Thursday, 7 May 2009

Etched Brass




My Forge World Etched Brass order arrived and I have been fitting then to my Blood Pact vehicles.

I have never used these before so I was at a bit of a loss how to deal with them.

I cut them out and fixed them securely to the models. Then I coated them in Sepia wash and gave them 24 hours to thoroughly dry.

I brushed them hard with a pan scourer and polished the revealed metal with a rotacraft polisher.

I am quite pleased with the outcome.

John
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8 comments:

  1. The Inner Geek7 May 2009 at 15:01

    That did come out nice. I would have probably added them before priming, then painted them like any other detail work but I think your method might be the more correct one. At least judging by the results!

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  2. MasterDarksol7 May 2009 at 16:51

    I was never quite sure how to approach etched brass. Thanks for sharing, this look is definitely appealing.

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  3. Eric7 May 2009 at 18:04

    Gorgeous. Absolutely gorgeous. I might have to get some of those.

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  4. Pick A Damn Army7 May 2009 at 18:28

    That's a great technique. I'm in the same boat as The Inner Geek. I wouldn't have thought to do them this way, but it's hard to argue with your great results.

    There's a tutorial over on BoLS about dealing with brass etched stuff and it seems like it has some good advise. http://www.belloflostsouls.net/2008/11/hobby-working-with-brass-etchings.html

    The only critique I might give is that I can see the bits where the brass was attached to its sprue. Cutting those off would help the overall look of each piece. The tutorial at BoLS talks about that and recommends scissors for the task. From experience, some small sharp scissors make removing the pieces much easier.

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  5. John Lambshead7 May 2009 at 18:37

    Thanks for the comments guys. I used a craft knife to take them off the sprue and it did not work so well. I will try nail scissors next time.
    John

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  6. Anonymous8 May 2009 at 08:03

    Hey It's real Nice John!!

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