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So I just painted up a Leman Russ Demolisher with all the magnetized trimmings. I figured not to paint up either the hull lascannon or the heavy flamers, since I'd be to close to use the former, and too far to use the latter. However, I still magnetized the plasma cannons and other weapons. Also, I'm aware I used the wrong heavy bolter for the hull, but it's something I don't think most people will catch - after all, on the box art the damned thing is upside down! Enjoy!

Wow, nice how did you paint the heat marks on the plasma cannon?, it looks awsome!

Your highlighting makes it appear worn (which is a good thing), but the lack of mud on the lower section of the tank makes it look kind of unfinished.

Brother SRM Wrote:
on the box art the damned thing is upside down!

For a while i thought i was the only one who noticed!

Edit: So whats next on your to do list?

The heat marking is really easy - I just wash the whole area with Gryphonne Sepia, then Devlan Mud over most of it, leaving the edges still sepia. Then Badab Black over the very end of the barrel. As for weathering, I'm not quite there yet! I'll probably have to try it out on some cheapy models to get the technique down.

Next up on my to do list is the converted Sly Marbo, which I'm going to keep as a surprise til I'm done with it - I think it'll turn a lot of heads around here

Nice job! Can't wait for this Marbo conversion..

Brother SRM Wrote:on the box art the damned thing is upside down!

For a while i thought i was the only one who noticed!

They've even drawn the Plasma Cannons on upside down on the Codex diagram of the Executioner.

Valkyrie wrote:

Brother SRM Wrote:on the box art the damned thing is upside down!

For a while i thought i was the only one who noticed!

They've even drawn the Plasma Cannons on upside down on the Codex diagram of the Executioner.

That's typical games workshop genius for you, right there.

Really nice work. And those treads would look great with some decent weathering on them.

How easy was it to do the magnetizing?

Magnetizing really wasn't that hard - I just cut out a chunk in each sponson gun, and put a magnet in behind each sponson housing. I did pretty much the same thing for the main guns. This kit was pretty much made to be magnetized, so it wasn't much of a hassle. Thanks for the weathering link Citizensmith- it doesn't look hard at all and it could have some good effects.

Thanks for the input everyone!

I just did it on a Russ I was working on. The weathering part is really easy. The trick is when you put sealer on not to do it to heavily as its easy to blow a lot of it away. From reading about it on the blog they, have the recommended thing is to seal your model, then apply the weathering, the apply another light layer of sealer just to hold it in place.

Oh yeah, and with dry pigments, do it over some clean paper. You'll spill plenty of excess which you can then just tap back into the pot.

I actually like the bolters better upside down
(i dont think you wanna see my first marines)