Battletech Mercenary Locust in 1/60
Final details and finishing the Locust
With the weathering done, then it was on to the final details for the Locust.
I needed to scratch make a rope ladder, and I just used the same techniques that ship builders do for ratlines. I made a quick jig, and with a couple thicknesses of thread and pva glue at the joins, boom, there’s a rope ladder.
The MechTech is a Raging Heroes Junkyard Girl model. I looped her left leg through the rope ladder to give her something to perch with, and there’s also some small grab handles across the torso in locations that make sense. The stowage bin has a couple of bolt action backpacks and a trenching tool, just because they looked about right.
Lastly, I cut some pieces of lexan (that’s overhead-projector-sheets for you folk of an age) to make the glass for the cockpit canopy.
With all that done, one more pass with sand pigments and the Locust Mech is done. On to finishing the Diorama.
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