Over a Wilko grey primer base coat the casing has been painted Vallejo
reflective green and the metal parts GW chainmail over a black base
coat. A 50/50 wash of Vallejo black ink and Future floor polish toned down the metal to a dull sheen.
This was also a chance to try out some "chipping" techniques, something I haven't done much before. Vallejo
Russian uniform green was used to show where the darker top colour had
scuffed/flaked away around the edges of the casing. This was followed
by some cheap Inscribe acrylic craft paint burnt umber for an aged,
rusty colour. Smaller specks of Inscribe burnt sienna were used to
represent fresher, brighter rust. An HB pencil was rubbed along some of
the exposed edges where the rust has been rubbed back to the bare
metal.
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| Lots of switches! Especially good for making it look like 15mm equipment housing. |
It still didn't look quite right so a rummage through my decal folder produced a variety of extra details, some WWII vehicle markings, a couple of yellow panels which I think came from a M1 Abrams kit and the circle and triangles which are from QRF. These are all waterslide transfers and were affixed with Vallejo decal medium. Chipping was re-applied where required to blend the decals in. Next time I'll add the decals before weathering rather than as an afterthought!
All in all, This has come out very well, it's the ideal size for a piece of scatter terrain and could even be a useful game objective for something like Rogue Stars or Black Ops:
- It's small enough that one team could be trying to steal it
- Perhaps they have to get to it to sabotage power to the enemy base
- Maybe they need to turn it on to reactivate the base force-field before the local wildlife tries to eat them!
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