Gun Barrels

[archangel1]

Anybody else drill out the gun muzzles on their minis, or am I the only one that anal! I just can't stand that blank end, especially on large bore weapons.  I even did it on a pewter cannon barrel with a Dremel cutter bit! Man, talk about hot!  :wink:

[Lowtardog]

A little bit anal perhaps  but I can understand where you are coming from :mrgreen:

[Big Guy]

Artillery certainly, otherwise I may go as far as a dot of black paint, GW figures on the other hand...

[bandit86]

I drill out some of mine not all of them, it depends on my mood.

[Vanvlak]

Sadly, I tend to drill them too, unless they're too small or delicate.

[matakishi]

Sometimes, usually just cannons though (I'll do the touch hole too)

[Swampfox]

Yes, I tend to drill them out. Recently, I drilled out the barrels of my 15mm Peter Pig bazookas and 30cal mg's. My buddy thought I was nuts, but they look so much better.

[Trencher]

There's nothing wrong with it. I'll drill them out, too. Especially the larger ones like mortars, machine-guns, artillery guns. But when it comes to delicate rifles and pistols, I'd rather tend to skip this step.

[Captain Blood]

I don't think you're sad at all - the devil is always in the detail. But I tend to just make sure there's a good shiny highlight on the end of my muzzles, then use a black dot in the centre. From more than a few inches away, it looks pretty convincing to the nekkid eye.
Here are a couple of examples...

[white knight]

I never used to drill out guns, but did it today for the first time while assembling that Robotech walker for Weird War II.

[archangel1]

I don't think you're sad at all - the devil is always in the detail. But I tend to just make sure there's a good shiny highlight on the end of my muzzles, then use a black dot in the centre. From more than a few inches away, it looks pretty convincing to the nekkid eye.
Here are a couple of examples...

I'll agree that in some cases it isn't worth the trouble but in others...That rocket launcher in your second picture would give me fits if I didn't drill out the muzzle (unless it's already done)!  :wink:
This is how bad it gets...I was trying to drill out the barrel of the Thompson on one of Pulp Figures' Evil Hooded Minions when it split in half.  So, I removed the remaining piece of the muzzle end, drilled a larger hole in the collar, cut off a 1/16" piece of brass rod and glued that in place! I told you, anal!  :roll: