Has anyone tried the small brass etched eagles from forge world. I am debating buying them for my EC but don't want to waste my limited funds if they are a bit shabby.

I got some of the fairly small ones in a bits trade, they're pretty standard etch brass, ie quite finely detailed arround the edges but with very little depth.

It depends what sort of look you're going for really, personally I'd make a push mould of the marine chest with the eagle on rather than using the brass.

Bit of a newbie here - what's a push mould.

Green Stuff cast.

Cover over the eagle with GS, a nice thickish layer (lube the eagle first, I use a small amount of vaseline). When it is dry, you can pop it off and have a nice negitive of the eagle in the mold. Then you can use it to create more eagle by pressing GS into it, letting it dry, them some careful trimming and cleanup and you have a green stuff cast eagle for your marines chest.

That is a simple explanation. There are some really good articles around for doing it, just search "Green Stuff Casting" or the like and you will find it.

Not illegal, GW themselves have encouraged hobbyists that it is ok to do it, so don't worry about IP or anything like that. On the old website they had a tutorial of their own to do it, and have shown it in WD.

Hope that helps point you in the right direction. I can not seem to find a good article with my search-foo today.. >.>

-Eric

I got a sheet of them and I love 'em.

They're great for a variety of things - it really does depend on what you want it for.

The advantages over push moulds is the thickness, or rather lack of.

The sheets are usually about 0.3mm thick and they curve quite nicely.


Biggest downside is that you have to use super glue to fix them, so if you get it misplaced, it's a pain in the proverbial to get it off and correct.

And they're REALLY sharp once you take them off the "sprue"!