Today I painted up the Battlefoam X-board travel display. Its a good size for a regular game with most armies. I painted this one up in neutral browns to minimize conflicts with different basing schemes. I was a little disappointed in the clips that hold the side boards on. They are hard to assemble and require special attention to avoid damage to the clips which have a tendency to splay wide causing one of the three prongs to miss the clip and splay even wider. It does come with a great carry bag and the 1520 XL army bag features side pockets specifically to carry this item in the same bag your army is traveling in ... handy! I think I'll make metal name plates for the armies and put some magnets on that slot. Its either that or velcro and use my name tag.. which has its merits!
Here you see some Dark Angels on three different themes of base. One is pretty close to the board finish but the others are not and I think they display pretty well.
The driving section of the howdah for the Gargantuan Squiggoth is coming along. detail painting is about 50% then weathering to match the rest of the Howdah and its epoxy time!
I've painted up the big shoota assortment for the critter and popped some magnets around the Howdah to mount them. I figure the guns will just get broken off in moving if I affix them permanently so magnets FTW! Now I'm just waiting on the main armaments to arrive from Forgeworld.
I've decided to go ahead with a variant paint scheme for the dark Eldar Razorwing. It will still sit well with the army as most of the elements of the variation appear in the main scheme. I've been working on the red fade section but they were not complete when i called it a night. I'm considering adding the red to the area at the front of the model covering the area from the base of the broken up white pattern to just past the cockpit and including the engine intakes. The rest of the model would remain black with some highlighting and some picked out detail.
I also need to tighten up the cockpit and pilot as they are just a little blotchy looking at the moment.
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