{"id":3133,"date":"2017-12-01T08:00:43","date_gmt":"2017-12-01T15:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/?p=3133"},"modified":"2018-01-01T10:11:22","modified_gmt":"2018-01-01T17:11:22","slug":"mfin-mfrs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/?p=3133","title":{"rendered":"MFin&#8217; MFRs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I ran through some more minis painting this week.\u00a0 I got the bug so I&#8217;m going to strike while the iron is hot.\u00a0 It was odd though as everything seemed to work really well or be fraught with disaster.\u00a0 A very &#8220;it was the best of times, it was the worst of times&#8221; situation.<\/p>\n<p>I started off early this week with a little more work on my Optimus Prime Dropzone model.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Prime-Trailer-good.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3132\" src=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Prime-Trailer-good-600x357.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Prime-Trailer-good-600x357.jpg 600w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Prime-Trailer-good-198x118.jpg 198w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Prime-Trailer-good-400x238.jpg 400w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Prime-Trailer-good-768x456.jpg 768w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Prime-Trailer-good-900x535.jpg 900w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Prime-Trailer-good.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I taped off the trailer with some painters blue tape.\u00a0 I had already painted this up weeks ago and then sealed it as I notice even painters tape will take off the cheap acrylic paint I use.\u00a0\u00a0 This taping worked perfect. Nice crisp lines and the matte seal that I used insured that none of the previous paint job was compromised.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Prime-Trailer-bad.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3131\" src=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Prime-Trailer-bad-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Prime-Trailer-bad-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Prime-Trailer-bad-198x149.jpg 198w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Prime-Trailer-bad-400x300.jpg 400w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Prime-Trailer-bad-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Prime-Trailer-bad-900x675.jpg 900w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Prime-Trailer-bad.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then WTF. Same tape, same session but almost the complete opposite result.\u00a0 I pressed the tape in with a lot of pressure on both sides before I sprayed but this side just decided to completely fail.\u00a0 You had one job!\u00a0 Ah well. I have some silver paint that I&#8217;ll be using to fix this side up.<\/p>\n<p>On a more productive note, I started up my Marine Force Recon squad.\u00a0 I plan on using these bad boys in my next Dropzone game later this month so I wanted to get a jump on the painting train as I tend to have to pull some eleventh hour nights getting them done during the week of the game.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Dropzone-Commander-Marine-Force-Recon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3128\" src=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Dropzone-Commander-Marine-Force-Recon-600x395.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Dropzone-Commander-Marine-Force-Recon-600x395.jpg 600w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Dropzone-Commander-Marine-Force-Recon-198x130.jpg 198w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Dropzone-Commander-Marine-Force-Recon-400x263.jpg 400w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Dropzone-Commander-Marine-Force-Recon-768x506.jpg 768w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Dropzone-Commander-Marine-Force-Recon-900x593.jpg 900w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Dropzone-Commander-Marine-Force-Recon.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The MFR soldiers are probably the best 10mm soldiers I&#8217;ve had to paint for Dropzone.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t know if it was the grey primer and the fact that I started by washing them in an undiluted dark wash (Nuln Oil from GW) but I swear the sculpts are top notch.\u00a0 When I&#8217;ve gone to paint my Resistance faction soldiers, they tend to be pretty light on detail at best and totally unrecognizable at worst.\u00a0 These models actually come from the UCM faction, the Resistance faction just borrows them and makes them better.<\/p>\n<p>These soldiers are pretty useless without a transport so I picked up their standard short bus, the Raven A (also a model my faction co-opts from the UCM faction but makes them better in every way possible).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Dropzone-Commander-Raven-A-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3130\" src=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Dropzone-Commander-Raven-A-02-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Dropzone-Commander-Raven-A-02-600x600.jpg 600w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Dropzone-Commander-Raven-A-02-198x198.jpg 198w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Dropzone-Commander-Raven-A-02-400x400.jpg 400w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Dropzone-Commander-Raven-A-02-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Dropzone-Commander-Raven-A-02-88x88.jpg 88w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Dropzone-Commander-Raven-A-02-900x900.jpg 900w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Dropzone-Commander-Raven-A-02.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>These guys are sporting my standard Resistance faction themed blood stripe (Yay Beer!).\u00a0 I thought I&#8217;d be all smart and prime these guys grey first, then wash in undiluted Nuln Oil, and finally seal with a matte spray since I knew I was going to mask tape the models to get straight blood stripe lines (see! they work here&#8230;).\u00a0 But. I decided to add a little more to the color scheme and accented with a dark grey.\u00a0 This side didn&#8217;t seal so in typical fashion, the blue painter&#8217;s tape I used lifted up my new grey accent paint and I had to redo some work.<\/p>\n<p>That dark grey worked well on the first one but the second one decided it had had enough of this mortal coil and totally jumped out of my hands to land smack dab in the middle of my grey paint load.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t even know if I could duplicate the maneuver if I tried but it swan-dived full on into that sucker and so I had to change my scheme a little to compensate.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Dropzone-Commander-Raven-A-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3129\" src=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Dropzone-Commander-Raven-A-01-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Dropzone-Commander-Raven-A-01-600x600.jpg 600w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Dropzone-Commander-Raven-A-01-198x198.jpg 198w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Dropzone-Commander-Raven-A-01-400x400.jpg 400w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Dropzone-Commander-Raven-A-01-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Dropzone-Commander-Raven-A-01-88x88.jpg 88w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Dropzone-Commander-Raven-A-01-900x900.jpg 900w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Dropzone-Commander-Raven-A-01.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I originally wanted both to sport the dark grey accent at the wing line like the left model but fate decided that they would not be fraternal instead of identical twins. It could have been much worse and in the end, I think it works out well as now I can tell them apart.<\/p>\n<p>I thought this would complete my next army list but after playing around with the builder, I found I have at least one more model to finish up before the campaign starts up again. Luckily, it is an easy hovercraft transport that I&#8217;ve already painted a few of and should make for a quick work session.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I ran through some more minis painting this week.\u00a0 I got the bug so I&#8217;m going to strike while the iron is hot.\u00a0 It was odd though as everything seemed to work really well or be fraught with disaster.\u00a0 A very &#8220;it was the best of times, it was the worst of times&#8221; situation. 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