klisof Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 Hi, just a quick question about the Phobo's pattern bolters from Forgeworld. I just got a pack of these, and one side seems very lacking in detail, eg the magazine is completely smoth on the rear side while the 'ope' with the bullets visable on the other. This is not an issue if they are being help across the chest as usual, but I like to convert some marines to other poses. The other bolter sets (Tigris and Umber Ferrox) have had the same amount of detail on both sides of the weapon, so the question I have is are these Phobo's bolters lacking detail due to a casting error or are they sculpted this way? As it's every bolter in the pack and there are no other signs of casting errors I suspect it's a disappointing lack of detail in the sculpt when compared to the high quality of the tigrus and umber ferrox bolters, but I thought it was worth checking here just in case I need to mention this to forgeworld when I call them. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/265187-question-about-detail-on-forgeworld-phobos-bolters/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorthaur Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 The ones I got have the same problem, I think it is intentional. The one side of the Bolters, if used on the standard FW marine...would be facing inwards to the chest so you wouldn't be able to see the detail anyways. I think once its painted up it wont be a big deal, it just looks plain unpainted...if you must add some weathering to make it look less dull. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/265187-question-about-detail-on-forgeworld-phobos-bolters/#findComment-3231408 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorenzen Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 its intentional, the phobos has more "casing" than the other types and a single sided ejection port (making it unsuitable for leftys) its not totally blank on that side Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/265187-question-about-detail-on-forgeworld-phobos-bolters/#findComment-3231423 Share on other sites More sharing options...
klisof Posted November 6, 2012 Author Share Posted November 6, 2012 Thanks for the quick replies, I thought that would be the case as it didn't look like a casting error. Just kind of disappointing compared to the other bolter sets Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/265187-question-about-detail-on-forgeworld-phobos-bolters/#findComment-3231443 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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