THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF THE HAMMER’S SLAMMERS THE CRUCIBLE RULES SYSTEM HANDBOOK

Painting the M53 “Hog” from Ainsty in 1/100th

The Slammers have finally got the right sized piece of artillery for their forces in 1/100th (15mm) scale and in 1/285th (6mm) from Brigade. There’s a page here on the background to this vehicle and a link to the play sheet that goes with the force here. Getting paint on the models is largely the same process, though, irrespective of scale, so I will go through the steps to paint the larger version. Clean up and priming The models required very little clean up. There is a little ‘striping’ on some of the surfaces via the 3d printing process but nothing that can’t be overcome and/or disguised with paint and a little sanding (or covering in weathering and stowage!). On that basis, after cleaning mould lines from the gun barrel and assembling the them (well - sticking on the barrel...) I didn’t actually prime these models at all but simply sprayed them with a couple of good coats of an automotive silver from a spray can. I could have used Army Painter silver primer (if I’d had any lying around) but it gave me the effect I wanted: a hard, durable coat of not too shiny silver to represent the iridium castings that form the main hull. Next up is the skirts: colour choices, techniques and approaches depend on what was wanted, look wise, and the scale of the models.