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| Dwarven Flying Machine with Flamethrower | |
| Product # | 4421 |
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| Suggested Retail Price | 8.13 EUR |
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Finalist Lyondri writes:
I must say it: I somewhat dislike dwarves. On the battlefield, they are too slow, too static. I like offensive armies or at least which are able to strike powerful blows at their opponent.
From the painter's point of view, the minis are...well...too small. I like big minis which have a strong visual impact on the tabletop (that's why I mostly paint & play with 25mm miniatures).
The Hang-Glider still remains a very good and very original miniature. Let's examine step-by-step the painting process.
The very first step is obvious: carefully examine the miniature to check every possible mini-details on it. This is very important because each of these details will have to be painted...This step will also help for determining the right colour scheme for our flyer.
About the colour scheme The Hang-Glider looks like those very early planes of the begining of the last century so, as I said, I'll take my inspiration from WWI aircraft. The most obvious choice would be to paint the Bat red & white, like the planes of the most famous german Ace, von Richtofen. It would be a very good choice as it's a simple scheme that would easily fit the global Dwarven Army colour scheme and as most gamers (I think :-) will note the allusion. Third point, the Bat could be then quickly painted!
What are the other options? Allied planes were not so colourful and not so remarkable. On the other side, German aircraft standard camo would be far to tricky to paint - for a poor result, I think.
Ok, let's go for the Red Baron colour scheme!
About the black iron crosses: I don't wish to reproduce them, of course! I am to paint a Dwarven Hang-Glider, not a German one! :-) Instead, I'll replace them with a Dwarven rune taken from the Dwarven Army book.
I'll paint the Glider's structure with natural colours. Painting it with another bright colour would be too much as the striking visual effect would be achieved with the wing's red.
About the pilot: I'll give him a warm black jacket. I'll paint his beard blond or grey, to help viewing it near the brown structure under the red wing.
The flame cannon will be painted with a bronze colour, to keep the same warm red/brown colour for the whole miniature.
Now, the very first thing to do on any miniature, before doing anything else: remove all the remaining casting trails and check that every piece fit well with the others. With the Bat, the oil tank is a bit large and the big wing fit a little amiss. I'll have to cut it a little.
This is also the time to ask myself if I'll assemble the mini and then paint it, or if I'll paint the two pieces and then glue them together. The Dwarven pilot is small and right under the wing. It would be somewhat tricky to paint him if I glue the wing first. It's the same problem with the tiny cables that run along the Bat's structure, so I'll paint the two pieces separately and glue them together for the final stage.
It's now time to prime the mini. I'll use the Citadel Skull White undercoat. I prefer it to a black one for two reasons:
