XV-88 Broadsides (Re-)Deployed!

After looking at my last post and noticing some areas of the Broadsides that needed clean-up, I spent tonight doing small touch-ups. Mostly, this involved breaking out the foundation paints and recoating all the areas that didn't quite match. I even found a few spots on the SMS arms that, despite priming and painting, still had small spots of bare metal showing through. The bases got some cleanup as well, with a liberal application of Gryphonne Sepia wash followed by some drybrushing with Vallejo Cobra Leather. With them finally looking a bit sharper, I decided to break out the portable studio and snap a good picture of them.

I also managed to finish up the shield drones that go with the team leader:

Somehow, I managed to have a minor catastrophe with one of the suits while I was working. As I was doing my touch-up work, one of the railguns started getting a bit... wiggly. I worked the gun back and forth to see what the damage was, and the entire gun came loose from the body. My biggest fear was that the tab at the bottom of the gun had broken loose, but fortunately that wasn't the case. The glue just gave up. Thankfully, getting the gun reglued was just a matter of cleaning up the area with my hobby knife and regluing it.

Now that these are complete (minus any decals I might apply), it's onto my third Hammerhead next, as it's already primed and basecoated, along with its Ion Cannon turret. After that, there's a couple of Devilfish that need some basecoating. I've also been giving my Kroot a closer look. I might not use them much, but that doesn't mean they don't deserve to be painted!