Another project lurking on my desk is my Dwarf army for Kings of War. The cannons are fun models, but the wood housing for the guns is very flat has almost no detail or grain pattern.
I painted up the three cannons and tried to make them a little more interesting by painting it as though it was a heavier wood grain on the front panel and wheels. While the cannons are all identical, the centre gun has some foliage atop it, as it though it was rushed out of a barn to defend the town. Affectionately known as Ol' Mossy now, it's my favourite of the three.
The Mantic studio paintjob (below) demonstrates how boring the housing is as a sculpt. I'm surprised they opted for brown and more brown as a colour scheme as it does nothing for the model, which is a shame as it's quite nice. How brown? I feel like I've loaded up Age of Conan again after all these years.
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