Shortly after the release of the new Necromunda Underhive, a company called Deathray Designs produced an mdf set of walls/corridors to use on the boards called
Deadbolt's Derelict.
I managed to get a set during last years Black Friday sales at a cheaper price, shipping was insane though. But it' is a very nice set and I really wanted that claustrophobic feel to my Necromunda tunnel fighting.
I've been working on the kit a little here and there between other projects and they were finally fully constructed recently and waiting for the paint queue:
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| These are the corner columns with the holes that anchor all the walls together. |
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| The single wall sections, notice the hooks that lock into the columns above. |
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| The double wall sections, with all sorts of industrial detailing. |
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| I actually broke the very the very last piece I was removing from the frames, it was the only one that didn't separate easily out of the entire set. I'll just hide the damage with a load of rust texture. |
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| I've kept all the refuse from the frames, thought they might come in handy for detailing any scratch built terrain in the future. |
I've only had experience working with MDF terrain kits once before. And that just so happened to also be some
Necromunda terrain that I made for a local games club.
I remember the MDF being very thirsty on paint and soaking it up like a sponge. I got some advice in the comments back then about sealing the terrain first with a P.V.A/water mix.
But there are an awful lot of fine lines and detail on these kits and I didn't know if the glue mix might fill some of the said detail. So I thought I'd experiment with satin varnish to seal the pieces before priming:
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| I use this brand of varnish through my airbrush regularly with no problem whatsoever, so I thought I'd give it a try. |
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| First coat of varnish on the pieces upside down to get under the details so I don't miss anywhere. |
I'm just letting that first coat dry while I write this, so I can flip them over and give them all a coat from the top.
Once I've made a bit more headway and got the primer down, I'll update and report how the varnish worked as a sealer.
Well... Looks like everything is almost dry now, so going to get back to it.
Until next time, take care.
