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Hi guys.
I have painted up a drop pod for my DA army and decided to base it in a crater as if its just landed but it doesnt look quite right. any ideas?

I'm picturing it in my head the way I would do it.... and it looks perfect! Change nothing!

But if you would post a pic of how YOU did it... I'll see if I can offer suggestions.

ill try and get the pic posted tommorow.
the drop pod just sits inside one of the battlescape craters. looks ok but doesnt quite look right. maybe i need to add more debris or smoke. i have pictures of my DA drop pod on the gallery.

Did you trim off any of the bottom of the DP to appear as if it's embedded into the landing zone a bit? If not you could set it at a slight angle so it doesn't look like a model sitting in a plastic crater, but a drop pod that had just made a landing onto a hot LZ.

Perhaps position an orc's upper half emerging from under it with a very surprised look on his face.

 RavensNestPainting wrote:
Perhaps position an orc's upper half emerging from under it with a very surprised look on his face.

Or his bottom half with Ruby Red Shoes!

 Bobaram wrote:

 RavensNestPainting wrote:
Perhaps position an orc's upper half emerging from under it with a very surprised look on his face.

Or his bottom half with Ruby Red Shoes!

I thought the same thing when I read that post!! Roflol!! Crap! Flying monkies inbound!

thanks guys. The model is supposed to have landed in a ruined chapel in its hunt for Fallen Dark Angels.
I wanted the drop pod to be removable so didnt want to cut bits off.
I think i need to add more debris to the crater

 Bobaram wrote:

 RavensNestPainting wrote:
Perhaps position an orc's upper half emerging from under it with a very surprised look on his face.

Or his bottom half with Ruby Red Shoes!

I like the way you think.