{"id":254,"date":"2016-12-10T04:42:16","date_gmt":"2016-12-10T04:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/?p=254"},"modified":"2016-12-10T04:58:38","modified_gmt":"2016-12-10T04:58:38","slug":"enforcer-with-power-axe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kaihaku.net\/roleplaying\/2016\/12\/10\/enforcer-with-power-axe\/","title":{"rendered":"Enforcer with Power Axe"},"content":{"rendered":"

I decided to practice conversions on an\u00a0Enforcer<\/a> by giving it a shield and axe.\u00a0The shield was from some leftover Tau shield drone bits I picked up and the Power Axe was from Hasslefree Miniature’s<\/a> Sci-Fi conversion pack<\/a>. I\u00a0tried to give this one more of a camouflage paint job and mixed things up to make it stand out a bit from the other Enforcers.
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I think that the narrowness of the primary eye helps it stand out from other one eyed\u00a0Enforcers I’ve done like the X Clone<\/a> and Dual Pistol Wielder<\/a>. \u00a0I like that it has a bit of a cyclops feel to it. I also think that using the same color for the torso and waist\u00a0to downplay the contrast ended up making it feel more top heavy.<\/p>\n

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It’s easy to find extra\u00a0Warhammer and Warhammer 40K bits for cheap online. I thought that they would make for good conversion pieces and I wasn’t let down by this Tau shield drone bits. I think it\u00a0makes for a great shield and, good news, I still have a couple\u00a0more to use down the road.<\/p>\n

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This was the last conversion I did before picking up a\u00a0pin vice and tiny drill bit so that I could pin conversions. It was very challenging to get the pewter Power Axe to secure in place to the plastic model. The super glue and plastic putty that I’d been using up to this point were ineffective.\u00a0\u00a0I eventually jury-rigged a makeshift cradle around the handle with some extra plastic and doubly secured it all in plastic putty which did hold after drying. It definitely would have been easier and stronger overall to have pinned the\u00a0conversion in place.<\/p>\n

I primed the\u00a0Power Axe and dried plastic putty with thinned White Gesso. I’ve had a much better time of priming with\u00a0Gesso since I started thinning it, I think this mix was 1 part Gesso to 2 parts Floor Polish. Yes, you read that correctly, floor polish. It’s an old trick used by cheap painters such as myself and something that I’ll write about in more depth later.<\/p>\n

I’ll add the usual note that I\u00a0plan to use the Enforcers<\/a> from Mantic Entertainment\u2019s Deadzone<\/a> wargame as miniatures for playable androids in my upcoming\u00a0Science Fantasy\u00a0game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I decided to practice conversions on an\u00a0Enforcer by giving it a shield and axe.\u00a0The shield was from some leftover Tau shield drone bits I picked up and the Power Axe was from Hasslefree Miniature’s Sci-Fi conversion pack. I\u00a0tried to give this one more of a camouflage paint job and mixed things up to make it… <\/p>\n

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