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The Song of Slaanesh: Part III

Another month has passed and the paint pots have still not been opened. Try Back Scraping your way to mould-line-free models.

I have spent the little time I have had to dedicate to the army this month on continuing to assemble my first squad, there really isn’t anything much else for me to do!

This Months Purchase

As I already have 3 boxes of marines waiting to be built and painted I decided to pick up some new tools and some random little bits.

Most of my time so far has been spent prepping my models for painting, which has meant a lot of filing and clipping. This is why I bought myself a new set of files and some spanking new clippers, which should make life a bit easier. I also bought 2 sets of lightning claws and 4 Chaos Space Marine backpacks to start filling up my bits box.

Qty	Item	Price
1×	Side Cutters (Clippers)	£8.00
1×	Set of Files	£7.00
4×	Chaos Space Marine Backpack	£3.00
2×	Space Marine Veteran Lightning Claws	£5.00
1×	Shipping	£4.00
	Total:	£27.00

Last month I spent £36 which meant I could only spend £34 this month, luckily I was able to keep well under budget, leaving me with an additional £7 to spend on next months purchase.

Ordering Online

Ordering from the Games Workshop Online Store in the UK was a breeze, using the site is pretty simple and there was nothing stressful about the checkout process. I guess the only thing that surprised me was the cost of shipping (£4) and the time it takes to deliver your purchase (allow 8 working days) but maybe that is because I am used to Amazon next day delivery! It is definitely a useful way to shop, particularly if you are looking for specific components or rare models.

Back Scraping

Cleaning flash and mould lines from my miniatures is really not my favourite job, so I have really been putting off doing it. It is also something that really needs to be done, as there is nothing that looks worse than a think line running down the leg of a model.

One thing I have found that greatly eases the pain is a techniques described in a recent copy of White Dwarf. Back Scraping is where you take a sharp modelling knife (sharp knives need less pressure) hold the blade at a 45 degree angle to the surface you a planning to remove the line from and literally scrape the knife back along the surface. Going backwards, with the blade angled means you are less likely to remove anything you don’t want to, and won’t “bite” into the model as you try and remove the mould line. 

Now as is becoming the tradition with this series I leave you with a photo of the current state of my work space. Three squad members are ready for undercoating but the other three are all in bits.