I figured I might as well try to hit the paratrooper plane, then that I might as well try to hit the guys parachuting. The plane had other ideas I guess.
Minor Edit: I’m not talking about the first plane. That one I missed entirely. I’m referring to the second B25. Should have clipped it better.
I should have painted before I glued so I could have gotten some more detail on the interior. That being said I got two guys set up in there and got some important stuff so I’m fairly happy.
I used **spent** .22LR casings (**not live rounds**) for the ammo dumps as inspired loosely by images of ww1 ammo dumps. Hasn’t taken a lot of hours to do the actual paintwork though I did have a gap while I waited for the .22’s. Probably gonna go back to finish up the lasguns or any unintended gaps. At the very least I feel it passes the 3 foot rule.
Paints used:
Leadbelcher
Ushabti bone
Sycorax bronze
Warpstone glow
AK French Blue
AK German Field Grey
AK Gun Metal
AK Gold
AK Tan Yellow
AK black
AK Dark Rust
AK Mud Brown
Stirland Mud (for base)
And of course Nuln Oil.
Disclaimers:
These are spent shell casings and are **not live rounds**. Said rounds were fired at a range by a friend of mine. They have also had some cleaning to ensure contaminants such as lead don’t leach off.
I live in the good ol’ US of A, and both state and federal law considers these casings as “waste” or “inert metal.”
I am using spent shell casings because they look fairly accurate in both scale and coloration.
It should go without saying, but don’t use live rounds in a model or point it at someone.
Fits into the breach and looks roughly the right size. Saw someone else post about it a few months ago and finally managed to snag like 35 for use with the guns. Just gotta finish up basing and then work them in.
(Some cleaning may be required to ensure safety from various ammo related materials)
I don’t remember who I first saw do it but I just now was able to get some spent shells. It fits perfectly into the breach and looks just about perfect. Gonna try and mimic some of the piles of spent shells I’ve seen in photos from WW1 after I base with stirland mud.
I’ll still probably need to touch them up a bit as I noticed some imperfections. But I feel they passed the 3 foot rule.
This is very much a “Witness me!” Vehicle. Drive in spewing fire and hope nobody has anything that can punch through the thin armor and that you can outrun the sight of anyone that does.
That being said it is partially luck that I wasn’t immediately hit by either the enemy tank or someone else.