Hi guys.

Ive decided to have a fun project to run alongside getting my tournament guard army ready for the april throne of skulls.

Basicly I have 2 forgeworld Baneblades that are in a bit of a state. One is wisemans Baneblade its about 7 years old and is quite heavily beat up. It has had 2 paint jobs since I got it and is in need of some love and affection.

The second is a mars pattern Baneblade. This one was got second hand and is in even worse shape than the first one. I have no idea how old it is and I dont have the unique forgeworld ID number for it which is a shame.


I fished the wiseman one out a little while ago and I have taken some pictures of it in its current state so you can see what I am going to be working with. I will paint strip it after I have set up this thread and updated my tournament guard thread which has been neglected a bit as Ive been quite ill.


So here you go.












Thats it for now I will put more pics up when I have stripped it in a little while. I hope you all enjoy the process of getting these 2 awsome models back to working order.

Awesome, long time since I saw one of forgeworlds baneblades. GW's are everywhere these days (nothing bad in that).

Your right I myself have a pair of the plastic ones, one in a chaos army and one in my marine army.

But the plastic ones just dont compare to the forge world ones in detail or stature not in my opinion.

I have given the main body of the first Baneblade its first coat of stripper here are the pictures. I will not that this currently looks in real bad shape. This is normal for the paint stripping process I use. The first coat has totally removed the top layer of paint and most of the second layer. There is still a gak load of the first undercoat left on the model but this should nearly all come off with the next strip. Also there has been heavy damage to the model in terms of parts falling off like the drums and demolisher cannon. This again is normal the paint stripper tends to weaken the bond in the superglue but this is not a problem in fact I want the track systems to fall off as they are hard to strip while on the model.

So still lots to do before the model is even ready to repair let alone paint.











More to come maybe tonight I will strip it again when I get home as I have to go out in a little while.

Great start, always a fan of recommissioning these old veterans, did the same with a lightening strike fighter not too long ago.

I'll be checking out your other thread too, got to love a bit of guard.

Glad to see some one who feels the same. I will give it a second strip after tea and post the pics up maybe a couple of hours from now.

And yeah cant have to much guard.


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Right here are the pictures after the main hull has had its second strip. Most of the paint is gone now what is left is so thin that once reprimed you wouldnt know it was there. I still need to go over some of the small holes and corners with a scalpal to get the gunk out then its ready for repairs to begin and of course I need to do the guns and everything that broke off the hull. I will start them wednesday night.











On a more anoying note I could not dislodge the track systems which made cleaning the model much harder.
It would seem I built it a bit to well and as you can see some more parts have broken off some small bits like pipes are terminal and will have to be rebuilt with greenstuff and other materials.

I have just stripped all the other parts will post pics in a little while so its nearly time to start repairs.

Great Idea! I've put my own guard army on hold for the moment as it had just all got too much so doing a marine army as a break. I'm amazed how well it is cleaning up actually! I really though the paint stripper might do stuff to the resin.
Very true that you can never have too many guard particularly tanks I'm running at 7 super heavies at the moment!

The paint stripper I use will do plastic resin and metal with no effect at all on the material. It costs quite a lot thought. Its called removeALL 220 if you want to search for it. You can get it in the UK and America. My guard army runs at about 25 000 points ive only got the 2 baineblades but I have about 40 tanks and a gak tone of infantry. Working on refurbing the entire lot.

If you check out my other guard thread you will see most of the models in there have been through the refurbishment Im getting quite good at it.

Now doing the pics so watch this space.


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Ok here is a pair of pics of the parts that wernt on or fell off the hull.

I am no starting the rebuilding part of the project.





Getting there

Right its rebuilt had some little bits added and some cleaning up its ready to be resprayed now. Here are the pics.













What do you guys think?

That is one hell of a tank! And it's looking good- I look forward to seeing it fully recomissioned and back in service.

Out of interest, how big is it compared to a 'normal' tank?

Ill take a picture for you give me a few minutes.

Thanks! That would be awesome.

here you go. Next to a land raider a leman russ and a necron pylon. Note the colour of the leman russ is how this tank will be done check my other thread out here to see better pics of the colour. http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/316909.page





Hope it helps you get an idea.

Thanks! That's quite a beast of a machine, isn't it!

Yes its a shame that since the "cheaper" plastic baneblade came out you dont very often see this model anymore.

You just had to take a picture on what looks like a nice comfy bed didn't you? It's early, I'm tired and don't want to be awake. Yargh.

On topic however, I think it's gonna look great once painted up. Have fun with it.

Looking mate. Out of interest are you using Badab Black for washing on these models? If so then perhaps you should check this out as a sub, help to save some cash.

http://www.youtube.com/user/OrcPainterNerd#p/u/4/ePk5WqmdKlo

Yes that would be my bed

The only parts of the models that get washed are the tracks and guns all silver bits basicly which int a huge amount. They then mostly get a was of devlan mud over that to give them and aged look. You cant really tell in the pictures.

So yes the paint is expensive but I dont use that much. What I could do with is a pot of gryponesepia? that size as my entire marine army is washed that colour to form its base colour. If they do one of them I would love to try and get one to test.

I don't think they do Sepia. I've seen the marines though they've been a little neglected of late haven't they? I'm still reading through the blog a little each day. Loved the mud effect from the thunderfire tracks, I'm thinking of trying it out my self as I'm constructing a small Doom Legion force whic obviously I can't battle damage very well as they are already all metal.

Back on to washes you may want to check out AwesomePaintJob's wash recipes on youtube. The video will give you the basics to make gallons of washes for probably the cost of ten pots.

I will check them out. Yes marines have been ignored as Im in guard mode. I will do soem more of them aftter this is all done. Got lots of marine stuff to do. Glad people still look at the thread.

How much of a pain are those resin tracks? Mine drove me insane....er! Nice work so far, looking forward to seeing some paint...

They are a massive pain gak just like all forge world models. They are hardly perfectly built on that tank but they ae ok.

Right folks its primed ready for me to start painting tomorrow.

Here are some pics.

Dont worry about the m16 in the backround thats just my airsoft gun Im taking bits off it ready for it to get a nice new steal body.










Comments please

looking good! Subscribing.

Have you considered putting something else over those mesh... things over the exhaust vents in the rear?

Looks intimidating! I like it!

P.S. My hubby and step-son would go nuts over that airsoft gun you've got.

Looking good! Have you undercoated it in Chaos Black or is it a metallic spray? can't quite tell from the pics.

I dont want to cover the engine bits up as thats how its ment to be. I did think about giving it like some camo cloaks or something but dint want to cover it up.

I figured there would be some one else on here that did airsoft or knew some one that did.

The model is just black atm the light in my rooms gak so I have to use the flash to get a decent image but it makes an all black model look shiney.


Will start painting the main hull section tomorrow.

Ive started painting the big nasty tanks hull. Ive done what is basiclt the base colour for the armour take a look.









Hope you like it so far. Keep in mind still the very early stages.

Looking good so far. If I was you I'd get some RL tank decals from tamiya or similar. Give the bad boy even more character when its done.

It will be getting id numbers ect on it when I get past the basic metal work and things.

I have started doing the metal work on the hull. I think this will take a few hours of painting to get it washed and done I will wait till I have finished the metal work completely before I do any more pics.

Just a quick update so you dont think I have stopped work.

Painted the three mini gun turrets today think its starting to look quite nice. Cant take a picture at the minute though as its night time and the light in my room is gak.

I have also done quite a bit of the metal work on the hull but it bores me real fast so Im doing a little at a time. Got to run the local club tomorrow night so I shant be working on the hull as I dont want to cart the tank and my army around town but I willt ake the main turret and do that and hopefully some more of my normal guard army (managed to paint a couple of veterans today while wash dried on turrets)

Anyway its getting there Ill get you some more pics soon.

Here are some pics of the mini turrets. Will do the main gun today.











Not the best pics in the world I think I need to get my sis to lend me her slr for a day so I can get some really good ones for you. These just dont do the metal work justice.

Have finished the main gun. Apart from I want to add the id number on the side and im gak at that kind of thing cant really do freehand. If anyone has any ideas please share.

So heres the main gun.









Any thoughts?

You can't go wrong with black. Very classy. The combination of the purple and brass makes it an over-all rich appearance. Awesome work!

Nice work! can't wait to see it finished


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For the freehand, the trick is to thin down you paint a lot, then dot out the design that you want. Once that is done, you just need to fill the design in. Failing that, you could always use some big transfers on the side as they can look very nie if they are put on properly.

Thanks you 2 glad you like it so far. The metal colour is easy its just boltgun metal heavy washed black then heavy washed devlan mud if you want to use it.

For the numbers there is a great how to in my "bible" the Imperial Armour model masterclass volume one available from forge world and you basically don't need to be able to paint all that well! It involves a stencil some sand and hairspray! Lol! If you want me to try and relate the technique for you just let me know, you might of course have the book but just didn't know it was in there.

I dont have the book but please yes let me In on how to do it in more detail.

Ok the guy in the book wanted to make a weathered and old looking number mark on the side of the tank, so he used the following technique;

This is a direc tQuote from the book and is the IP of Forge World;
1. A vinyl number mask was placed on to the tank. These masks can be found in any art/craft store for use in card decorating.
2. Masking tape was used to protect a large area around the mask, hair spray was then sprayed onto the area. while the hairspray was still wet, sand was sprinkled onto the area.
3. Once the hairspray had dried, the area was then sprayed with an off-white colour. Once the paint had dried , the mask was removed.
4. Because the sand was only held in place with hair spray, it can easily be rubbed off with a cloth, exposing the colour below.
5. The final result should look suitably aged, weathered and distressed.

The book is amazing and is only £26 best thing I ever bought! modeling porn!

Heres the link to the Forge World site where you can buy it:

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Modelling-Supplies/IMPERIAL-ARMOUR-MODEL-MASTERCLASS-VOLUME-ONE.html

Hope that helps!

I wouldnt want the aged look but doing that with just the number but not the sand might give me what I want. I shall hunt about for some of them vinal numbers.

That is a nice model, is the hull mounted canon a part of it or did you add it on?

Thats a part of it mate. There is a forge world baneblade on ebay atm thats nearly at its sale price. Looks like now they dont make these anymore they have become quite expensive

Done some more of the hull. Its a bit hit and miss still doing the metal work as I get bored of painting boltgun I do some washing so its a bit randomly coloured at the minute. The left track (as you look at the front is done so that give you and idea of how the rest of the metal will look but yeah pics.







comments please?

Coming along nicely!

Deffinately getting there I think.

I found an airbrush yesterday when I went shopping that I think I will buy that will make the id number easyer to do.

It will though the vinyl mask is a must then!

We will see how it goes I will come up with something.

Yea you could always make your own mask by carefully cutting out some masking tape or frisket.

I think it's looking really good so far. Really like the color of it.

Quick update its been a while.

Done the other track tonight on this old girl and took a quick snap for you guys



Its slowly getting there while I do other bits.

Good to see an update! It's coming along.

Right folks. I have not done much painting of anything the last 2 weeks but in that time the 2 new gaming tables have been built for the club I run. This means that soon it will be time for some massive games.

With that in mind I thought that really my guard army need to have at least one of my good old super heavy tanks finished and looking lovely.

So the last couple of days I have been working on the Baneblade. It is not yet finished but has come a long way. I have done its company markings, its mud and a little more work to the metal sections of the tank. "really not in the mood to paint metal atm".

So here are some pictures of the progress. I hope you like. I will point out that they are slightly dark. I need a new daylight bulb so note the dirt can be seen more in real life.



















I am quite happy with how it is turning out and its starting to look nice along side the other painted tanks.

It still need a lot of metal parts painting and all of its purity seals and scrolls doing. I will add its unique id number to the side of the turret and also do gun bur on the end of the main cannon the demolisher cannon and maybe the autocannon?


Please share your thoughts and feedback guys.

Thanks.

Purity seals and parchments have been done now. The main guns have had their burn affect added on. Just the windows and whats left of the metal work to do and add id number to the main turret.

















Im really happy with how this is coming along and think its goning look real nice next to the rest of the army.

No comments on the photos lately though? CC please and any thoughts?

those heavy bolter sponsons are letting the rest of the model down, spruce em up a bit yeah ?

How would you go about it? Metal the part thats ment to turn to break up the black?

It is such a nice model and the restoration was well worth it. Not far to go now. I was curious about the gold/coppery rings around the barrels, what where you going for?

Its how i do oxidisation if thats how you spell it. The burn end has purples and blues and golds in it. ive got a thread about it with pics of other tanks that have it. It has not come out quite as well of this for some reason but i like it.

Heres a link.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/395630.page

Glad you like the tank.

Right guys I have added the id number thought you all might like a look.





I like it.

Still waiting for ideas about the sponsons?

I'm not sure what Porkandbeans meant by that comment. I would possibly change the wire colour to something less pink! Maybe blue?

I love the id number, is it stencilled or a transfer or something?

You cant change the pink man the whole army has pink wires and purple windows its a feature

The ID numbers are silver vinal numbers brought from a craft shop in sheets.

I spray the whole sheet skull white and then apply them to the models. They how brilliant I have never had one fall off and they have no edge like a transfer. Tones and tones of people have thought they were hand painted only to be shocked they are vinals.

On another note being a "real" baneblade. That id number is the forgeworld unique id that every model got back in them days. I am afraid I dont know the id of the second baneblade I have though :(

I haven't seen the rest of the army so I didn't know! All i Saw was a pink Necron pylon!

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/316909.page Check it out mate. Might want to skip to the end and work backwards so you can see finished models

Right done a bit more today its really close to done now. Ive done the lights and windows and done some more of the metal work.

I have also added more metal work to the sponsons to try and see if that broke them up a bit after it being pointed out that they are letting the tank down.







Hope you are liking it

Great work! Personally I think the sponsons are fine.

Right its the big viewing. The first baneblade is finished. Here are pics for your enjoyment.



















I hope you all lik it

On a different note. I have started the work on the second baneblade. Things arnt good at the minute. I dunno what the guy who had it before me base coated it with but that gaks putting up a fight. Its been through a very heavy paint stripping process and is still not ready for it to be repaired and base coated. The entire tank has fallen apart. Nearly every thing is broken.

I will take some photos later but I can say without a dought that number 2 is going to be a long hard project.

Well number one looks very cool! I see you have added a few parts from more modern tanks to it.

If you mean the storage thats all forgeworld. The only other bits ive added are a bit of forgeworld spare track and some purity seals

Looks the business! Well done Truffle

Fantastic work! Looks miles better than what it started out like.

Any idea you post a link for the RemoveAll 220? Had a look through google and cant find anything

Thanks guys.

http://www.dtepstore.com/search.aspx?manufacturer=151

That link is in dollars so that us i assume.

To get it in the UK you might have to wait. I just searched and the company that makes the stuff is doing a new website and the E commerce? side of it aint done yet. But if you search for remove ALL 220 uk in google youll get it up.

Ok guys. Here she is. This might be one of the saddest images Ive ever seen of a model.





Not even close to ready to be rebuilt yet but im getting there. Some parts need more stripping and there is so much damage to others that well, long road ahead.

Wow looks great! The purple adds a bit of something unique, and I love how the details are picked out so well.

The resin baneblade is clearly superior. I can just tell.

Yes there is lots of work to do there!!

Nice work, the FW Lucius Baneblade is my favorite and I don't think the GW plastic version is at all comparable unless some drastic alterations are performed. (IMHO) . I rescued a derelict from ebay years ago and she is still the best Super Heavy I have.

My derilict thread;

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/241594.page

Good to see Im not the only one. I have a little update. Started the repairs today here are pics.





Just got the main hull back together and got the sponsons on it. This one will take much more than the first to sort out.

Also today I won another mar patter baneblade on ebay. So a full squad can be done.

cc

Always nice to see someone showing some love to an old abandoned model!

Refurbing models is piles of fun

Nothing has the panache of a FW Mars Pattern Baneblade 'sept mebbe the Lucius pattern. That 2 pounds of sculpted resin just screams badass something the lightweight GW plastic version can only aspire to. Nice to see you are forging ahead with the restoration.

Good luck I'll be watching.

Coming along nicely!

Im glad you all like the progress slow as it is. Tonight I will be getting soomemore done.

Cant quite agree with you blacladder I like the wiseman baneblade more than the mars. That one gets to be squad leader

Some prgogress today. The heavy bolter side gun is back on, the demolisher cannon is back on and I have remounted the main gun into the turret.

The biggest bit of progress though is that I have started work on rebuilding the massivly damaged track systems. Heres the pics





She still looks like a total wreck but at least we are moving forwards.

CC as always guys

Good luck on that one, I tried casting the treads out of aircraft epoxy that came out rather good but you need the pieces to make the mould.

When I restored my tanks the bogies seemed like a daunting task because I was new to scratchbuilding. Now they would be a piece of cake to build. I'll offer suggestions if you wish.

Hope you have the treads; they have to be sculpted.

I was just looking through your thread. I like them brass lascannons. The lascannons on this tank are trashed at the ends of the barrels i was just gonna remould them with green stuff as they are to small to replace with plastic ends.

I have all the parts for the tank so I dont need to worry about the tracks they are jsut a bit screwed up and will never look perfect. But as long as the ones at the front and back are ok it does not matter as this girls never being turned upside down in game dead or not

So yeah my plan is to spray the screwed up guns with acid car primer so that I can see them better as they are hard to define at the minute. Then I can greenstuff them then prime the whole tank ready for painting after I have added any extras like storage.

FYI I didn't solder the brass together but used cyanoacetate glue instead, I used the thinnest evergreen rod to simulate the wire bundle along side the barrel three or four strands I guess and I used a razor saw to cut the flash suppressors (On a Laser Gun ?)





Sorry to hyjack your thread I'll edit the image size when I get home from work.

HA Dunno if they are ment to be flash surpressors or not but I see what ya saying. Dont woirry about the hijack I have done it plenty of times.

Will get some more of the tank rebuilt tomorrow I hope. Before I go and run the local club.

Right I just primed the little turrets and the side sponsons of the baneblade so that I could see how buggered up the ends were.

They are rough as hell.









Here are my thoughts. It might be easier to just cut the heavy bolter barrels off and replace them with some plasticard tubing of the same size with a hole drilled through the side of it.

I also have a pair of plastic baneblade lascannon turrets upstairs and they are also tiny so If i cut the barrels off them and used them to replace the resin barrels?


Ideas guys do you think this could work?

The first one looks really really good, can we see it with the rest of the army? Also the second one does look in a sad state, but after what i have seen on the first one i imagine the second will look as good

Young Logan

Thanks mate. I will take some nice army pics for you when I get a chance. Some point within the next few days.

Brilliant news everyone. Baneblade 3 just arrived in the post and it is nearly perfect condition!

Here are 2 quick snaps do note all the white fluff is what is left of the material storage the owner had put on. I will clean this off easy with a knife.





Basicly from what I can tell so far heres what it needs. All the tiny turrets were glued on. The lascannons came off clean and eprfect but the heavy bolter snapped its joint inside the gun so this will need a new system built in the form of bras rod for it to sit on.

The gak left from his material stuff needs to be cleaned off.

The transfers need filein off.

It needs a hatch.

The bottom tacks need gluing back on. This tank was based and on pulling it off the base the bottom tracks came off and suffered some damage. Light compared to my 2 baneblades so no problem to fix.

Then the really good news. Im pretty sure I can just repain this tank black and it will be fine with no need for paint stripper That saves me a lot of money time and effort and saves the tank from taking massive damage like the other 2 did.

What do you guys think? Any more ideas on what to do to it?


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Right folks. I have been working on getting baneblade 3 ready for repaint as I was not in the mood to spend time on the more damaged second tank tonight.

Heres the progress. The searchlight broke and has been repaired at a lower level. The crap left from the strange material he stuck over the tank has been removed. Damaged parts that this caused have been filed down and cleaned up.

The tracks have been reglued. This shew me a couple of issues. It appears that a track link is missing on one side (photo included in a moment) Also one of the fron tracks was damaged and really anoying me once i noticed it. To fixe this I have broken of the front unit and ordered some more tracks. Strangely enough you can still order forgeworld baneblade track units in 4s for 5 quid. Dunno why but it helps me a lot and as i got the tank so cheap (£46) I dont mind throwing a fiver at the tracks.

The heavy bolter turret has been drilled so it can now sit on the tank and turn. Little bits of mould lines and stuff have been filed down and cut off.

The main turret has had an ammo box added to the back where a material storage thing had been. When i removed the material i found the aquila under it was fethed so I filed it down and added a box.

I have also added a hatch to the turret and filed down the ends of the lascannons to neaten them up.

Now I cant go much more into the painting untill I get the new tracks which wont be untill next week at best but I can repaint the turrets. That will start sunday as tomorrow im busy.

Anyway here are pics.



Lowered searchlight.



The removed front track section



The missing bottom track link



Back of the turret



The mini heavy bolter turrets new mount.



Side shot showing the side of the turret where material storage was. All removed now and filed flat so that I can add an id number later like the first baneblade. PS the id number will be U028 the reason being I do not know the unique id of the tank so U for unknown and the guy I had got it from on ebay had the id 028 on the side so i will replace it when done as a mark of respect for the tanks past.



A shot of the other side. Note the large flat section on the hull will have spare track links on it once they arrive to cover up any minor damage from removing material crap.


Right guys. I hope you like it so far I await your input

May i ask if thre is any reason why you are re-doing the older FW baneblade and not the new GW one. I haven't got a problem, just interested. And good luck with the two that need doing

Young Logan

Its simple. I had a pair of them from before the plastic one existed that were not up to my standard any more and I always wanted a full squad. And also the plastic baneblade looks like a bit of gak, I have 2 of them 1 in my chaos army and 1 in my space marine army but both are converted to look not so completely gak.




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Right folks. It has begun.

Tonight I started repainting baneblade 3 (looks like baneblade 2 will be done last. TIME PARADOX)

Anyway as I cant start the main hull untill I have repaired the tracks I figured that I would do the turrets. So here is the main gun after it was reprimed painted black then the grey and white dry brushing added.



Its a start. Tomorrow I may do the full block grey sections and start the metal.

Some good progress tonight guys. The main gun of Baneblade three is getting close to finished. It needs the gun burns added and an ID number then I think it is done

Here are a couple of pics.





Note the finished turret in the backround. I have been using it to make sure I get a perfect shade match on the grey highlighting.

CC guys please and thank you.

Excellent progress so far, you're doing a brilliant job, the turret is looking great! It is a very simple but effective colour scheme.

Thanks Cosmic

I have just finished the main gun and taken some pics for you. It even has its old ID number back.











I think it has come out well and looks fine on top of the finished baneblade so that means I have the colour right anyway.

Time to start one the three mini turrets.

That looks the business!

Looking good, keep up the good work.

D

Thanks guys. I juts finished the base colour on the three mini turrets.



I will get these done tomorrow. Now after that I wont be able to continue three until the tracks arrive so I am now going to do some more repairs to number 2

Right guys. Im not dead I just have not been very well and so have not been bloging. I have made some progress with U028 or Baneblade 3. Its mini turrets are done and I have don the grey and white of the main hull. I have also painted one of the tracks and given that track both of its coats of wash. Here are the progress pictures for you.









Of course you already knew that the main gun was done. This tank looks a little darker than the first one but that is because it has more big flat sections and I am pretty sure that once I have done all of the model it will be fine. Next to the first baneblade it fits right in

Right guys. Big news. I know I hant done any work on my baneblades lately. Will do some soon. News is that this arrived today from ebay.



I picked this beauty up for £85 posted. A steal as far as I am concerned. She will look the tits next to my 3 baneblades when they are done Just thought you might like to see whats in store

what a steal!

I can just hear the Mechanicum Priest yelling to a servitor for "MOAR PURPLE WIRE!". or maybe he just tells him in binary code so no one in ear hot makes fun of him.

subbed!

There's found gold in GW's plasticizing the Baneblade series model.

I've just about doubled my superheavy collection in the past year now 12 and counting. The GW styrene superheavy has dropped the bottom out of the resin superheavy market and diehards are reaping the benefits. I can't rebuild them as fast as I win bids on them. The last one a Lucius Baneblade I got for $80 bucks $96 including shipping. I just have to scratch build a new turret. The two missing my son has for refurbishing.

I'm following this thread with interest.

Well painted forgeworld baneblades can go for around £250 here. I have seen it many times

I've seen it as well but I'm more interested in rescuing poorly executed SuperHeavy's that were given as Xmas gifts to over-indulged rugrats who have no idea what is entailed in producing a well made resin model. Mummy and Daddy fork over big bucks to placate junior on the holiday and consider the money well spent because its an expensive gift and the hapless urchin can't complain because its what he asked for and it took a few minutes on line to complete a major portion of Xmas shopping; mission accomplished.

Come a few months later junior realizes he's in over his head (unlike a certain incumbent) as a resin model is so much more than glue part 12 to part 13. Then there's 300+ dollars gathering dust in a closet and let's dump it on ebay and cut our losses. Thats when its time to reap the benefits. You will note that all my models are only primed.

I will not commit to a paint scheme until I am ready to devote maximum attention to that endeavor.

Although I shall be hard pressed to auction twelve S.H.'s as a Heavy Tank Company.

Hunting for tanks made by morons is what I have done with these. This shadowsword is no exception. With zero force i managed to do this to it.



Makes it a lot easier to refurbish Built so badly lol

While I wouldn't categorize tyros in modeling as "morons" they certainly didn't heed the caution from FW that the models in question are 'not for inexperienced modelers' of whom I like to pretend I am one. (Experienced modeler that is.)

Refurbishing these poor unfortunates has almost become a crusade with me.

Well its nearly finishing time for the silverskulls and I am sick of painting tournament models at the the minute so I have started to do some bits to these babies again while doing the last few bits for my marines.

The next Baneblade is coming along nicely and I hope to finish it this week






I the last couple of days I have painted the second track, started some metal work, painted the demolisher cannon and done the company stripe on one side.

Hope its to your liking

CC as always.

Right a little more progress.

Baneblade 3 now has its fuel drums back and painted and a few more bits of metal work done.





I will do the rest of the engine metalwork next.

I love those big aux fuel drums on the original Baneblades et al; much better than the diminutive drums on the GW superheavies.

IMHO I hasten to add.............

Time for a group shot me thinks! Oh & by the way I got me one of these bad boys the other day, I'll post it on my random modelling blog when it's done.