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Really happy with the end result. It’s not intended to be any specific Adeptus Mechanicus forge world, uses a bit of inspiration from the Ryza colour scheme, but also one of the Kastellan robot schemes.

The orange took a stupid amount of steps, uses Jokaero base orange, then an Xpress paint used as a glaze, then a shade finally Hot Orange to highlight. But happy with the vibrancy of the result. And a good example of why you should buy your paints in person, the Jokaero orange was nowhere near the brightness I was hoping for!

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Based using Luke’s base ready mix to fit in with the Eagle Warriors, whom this’ll be supporting.

Really proud of this guy, I always liked the build but to finally have it complete is a great feeling! Now just to finish painting my Stompa and I’ll have both of my custom big guys done.

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Hopefully it’ll make sense as it gets more complete. The last picture is the idea for the lifta-droppa itself. A pod from Anakin’s Pod Racer :). And the top off a bottle of sealant. Again I hope it’ll make sense. If not no doubt I’ll shoot off in a different direction, as I tend to do.

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That’s 16 metal servtors, plus four plastic conversions seen before. They’re all armed with half a storm bolter (erm, bolter?) from IG and SM vehicles. Then there’s an SM hunter killer missile (rokkit launcha) and a shortened sentinel autocannon (big shoota) thrown in.

I still need to do the tedious job of drilling barrels, but I’m happy with the result. Will look much better painted I’m sure!

Also the Stalker is now completed, armed with a heavy plasma cannon conversion thing (kustom mega-blasta).

Next up are the big trakks and the lifta wagon.

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Here’s where I am so far:

Servitors. These are going to serve as the Ork boyz (slugga choppa armed). I’ve only done four so far, I just won a lot for 17 servitors on ebay that I’ll customise to fit. Based on an idea I saw on ebay btw.

The warbikes. These are going to be servitor controlled monocycles. The servitor torso will be out one side, the weapon on the other. If I get the model looking something like I want I’m going to cast it so I can reproduce ten easily. I’m also toying with the idea of enclosing some, just happens ping pong balls are the right size for the inner hole.

I’m doing hyspasists as gretchin (humans, probably cultists from the new starter set). They’ll be the only really shooty squads in the army, due to the grots higher BS skill.

Going to have three big trakks which will be tracked weapon platforms. Also some robots and some praetorians (the admech kind). It should be fun. The best part is it’s all small projects so I can chop and choose and keep my interest up!

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So I thought I’d build the stormtalon I’ve had laying around for ages. I didn’t want to do a standard build though, it looks like the designer wanted to get too much into a small space.

Here’s my take:

I lengthened the tail using the top fin, then mounted the tail backwards and upside down, seemed to have better proportions that way.

The engine wings have been moved to the front, and I trimmed off a few bits to try and slim down the engines (they’re still monsters though!).

Then for weaponry I used a pair of assault cannons from my ravenwing boxed set. Prefer them to the ones that come with the kit, so much leaner and better detailed. Finally dropped the rocket pods altogether and used some rockets from my bits box.

It’s still a bit snug, the whole thing feels like the cockpit is too wide and the engines too large meaning it’s a bit cramped. But I prefer the proportions now.

Still undecided what to use it for (my Angels of Elutriation chapter are Blood Angels successors, so no shiny flying potatoes for them). I’m currently toying with the idea of an Ad-Mech army based on the Ork Codex, so this may end up being a dakkajet. Random huh?

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The elbow and wrist rotate, although I’m going to lock the wrist once it’s all in the correct position. I also have a fair bit of filling to do in places.

Here’s a shot of the reaver as it stands:

Starting to come along I think. Head will really set it off. Left arm will have to wait until I buy some more 22mm pipe for the shoulder joint. Not to worry, plenty to do in the mean time..

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Anyway I’ve been working on the carapace. I think this is the trickiest part, so many curves on that thing and it defines the style quite distinctively.

That’s the original. So it curves in pretty much every direction, left to right and front to back on the top panel, then the four sides also curve in two dimensions. Makes it tricky.

So I jumped in with a big block of foam:

I made up some figures from looking at pictures, then tried to turn a 3d object into a 2d plan I could draw on a sheet of foam. Tricky, but the shape was about right. Then I started slicing along the top from each end to try and put the curve in.

That’s when the mishap struck, so as a work around I have to chop the whole thing in half. Meant I could cut the full width with one slice and made it a lot easier to work.

Attached small pieces under each side to try and create the edges. I need to do it once more to give about another 15mm to each side.

Here’s where we are now:

 Plenty of smoothing to do, then I’ll fill using modelling putty. Still not sure how I’m going to get the finish on this, not sure I want to try and plate it with plasticard. We’ll see, I’ve managed a pretty smooth finish over filler on my scale model cars so might be worth a go.

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I need to put a pin through each thigh, at the moment the legs rotate meaning he leans forward and backwards too easily. Might have a go at the head next..

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Really happy with the new resin, seems to be a lot easier to work with. Literally no bubbles at all in these casts.

I’ve just now shaped the other greave, it needs a top part creating and I need to do the wrapper for the foot, but it’s almost ready for assembly.

The body is getting there also. Figured out how to do the hips and the shoulders. Hips are just two pipe joints mounted on a piece of 22mm pipe through the middle. Pretty tight fit and should keep everything upright. If not I can pin through the side if need be.

Thighs will probably be that thin, but then I’ll add other supporting struts around the side. The original reaver had really narrow thighs too as shown. Want a quick mockup? Go on then

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