Jim's Legion

[Jim]

Okay, my dip has arrived from warlord (along with some other great stuff) so I thought I would show you how my first test runs turned out.

This is what they look like after the dip is dry. Ew sweaty romans!

I then applied Wattyl Matt Estapol varnish to them ( for Australians and other who cant yet get the Army Builder stuff).

Sorry the pics are a bit squ-wif but i had to manually shrink them to make them presentable.

Lessons Learnt:

-You need a solid basecoat before applying the dip.

- Use lighter colours then you would normaly,

- I dont have enough romans!

Really I am suprised myself at how good they look.

Now once I have completed my 4000 point FOW battle I have today, and my move interstate I will certaintly knock production up a notch.

Regards

Jim

[Phil]

Looking good so far - just needs a shield...

Or a vacuum cleaner. That particular pose, until you add the shield, always makes me think he ought to be doing the hoovering...

Phil

[Guest]

They look ace, mate!

Will you leave the base rim as it is?

Keep'em coming

Cheers

S.P.

[aukenlak]

Great work, Jim! I need to get to work on my guys ASAP.

[Jim]

G'day all,

Tanks for your comments.

S.P. I was planning on doing the base rim snakebite leather or beastial brown, depending on what it looks like with the shield.

Gotta go some kraut tanks need a go old fashion yank clobbering!

Cheers,

Jim

[Paul @ Warlord Games]

Phil said:

Looking good so far - just needs a shield…

Or a vacuum cleaner. That particular pose, until you add the shield, always makes me think he ought to be doing the hoovering…

Phil

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Or someone's nicked his dog.

Cheers,

Paul

[Paul @ Warlord Games]

Looking good Jim!

Can't wait to see the full unit,.

Cheers,

Paul

[Little Odo]

Looking good Jim - I too want to see them ranked up ready to bust some Celtic heads.

Also, thanks for the before and after shots with the dip. I now know what to expect from both the application of the dip and then the spray.

[Paul @ Warlord Games]

I'm sure Phil will agree with me here - when you first apply the dip your heart sinks. The models look truly awful and has you reaching for the paintstripper.

However, once you give the dried model a coat of matt varnish it transforms into a bloody nicely painted model.

Just a heads-up that you have to see the process through!

Cheers,

Paul

[Phil]

You do get used to it though...

"These figures look like crap, so they must be fine." seems rather strange to begin with, but it grows on you.

Phil