Resin Explosions!

Everybody needs explosions in wargames, I saw these resin ones on eBay and took a chance.

Weird things really, more like alien plants than bangs. However, I pressed on, it was a good excuse to try out my new orange Contrast paint from Games workshop. For this reason I sprayed them white, so the yellows etc would look brighter.

Can't see much yellow...

Once the orange and yellow Contrast paint was dry, I dry brushed it with grey and then pure white.

 These were done to go with my ACW armies, so I had to do a little research into shell explosions. I was really tempted to put black smoke at the top, but black powder explosions are white.

" Let's get out of here!"

I based them like I would a figure with various grits and flocks. Do they work? Well I suppose they do a little bit. My wife doesn't think so, but I can see past the alien thing.

I wanted something as tough as nails I can throw in a box when not needed. These certainly fit the bill.

 

ACW shell explosions. The one below is actually quite close to these resin ones.

UPDATE... I added some packing foam to add some whispy smoke to the bases The Perry's also use a similar foam for their packing and this makes great musket smoke.

This whispy foam helps to blur the edges of the explosion and make it look more realistic.

I think they look a lot more like explosions now with the extra smoke. 

These will look good with earth flying up from the blast. I will do this when I flock them. After I will cover them with hair spray to give the foam a bit of hold.