Round Four Report from Garness-at-Home - Part 4

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Dread Pirate Garness continues:

I thought the model could using some "nose art." I decided I wanted something macho but still military, so I created the Roving Guns, and painted a pair of crossed revolvers on the side of the vehicle, with "Roving Guns" across the top.

Next was a little weathering. On the missile pods, I used Apple Barrel Black for a very specific reason: it is a very thin brand of paint, and would be perfect for soot residue here. (I assumed the backblast from the missiles would escape from the missle pod.) I also used it on the jet engines, where the soot would build up over time.

Here is a little tip that may help some of you, which I recently picked up myself: I use some small scrap pieces of wood, about 1 inch square by about 3 inches long or so. I drill a hole in a figure, and put a long pin in it. I then stuck the pin into the piece of wood. Makes it so easy to handle the figure, without having to try to hold the base or the figure itself.

I made a bigger piece for the hovercraft, so I could set it down without worrying about it falling over. All I did was get some pinewood, cut in small sections, and there ya go. I know many of you use a figure glued onto a piece of cork or a paint bottle, but I can't tell how many times that darned base or figure came lose and hit the floor.