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Land Raider
Ok, the basic hull is done, except for the missing front plate.
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Land Raider
I broke off the hatch and glued it shut instead of trying to find a suitable crew figure. the other hatch needs to be built, it's also missing.
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Land Raider
Improvised front plate in place.
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Land Raider
Pretty much assembled. The reinforcing spars on the front plate were made from bits of sprue.
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Land Raider
Top view. Not the yellow heavy bolter. Gluing it on at this stage was another mistake, it soon broke off. The new hatch was made from the same material as the front plate.
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Land Raider
I added covers to the box like things beside the tracks, even though there apparently were none in the original.
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Celts
The latest batch of BTD celts.
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Celts
I didn't bother with the stripes this time around.
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Celts
Same figure, different shields and colors.
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Celts
I even did the eyes this time. They do look a bit funny, though.
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Celts
More brave warriors to the fray. Now I have 38 painted celts, 70 or so to go.
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Celts
Shield transfers are from VVV.
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Celts
The brave warrior looks to the god before battle,
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Land Raider
Mounting the guns. The original guns were missing, so I salvaged a pair from the bits box.
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Land Raider
Primed black. Looks much less hodge podge now, doesn't it? A coat of paint does wonders to scratch-built stuff, you just have to believe in it.
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Land Raider
Front view of the primed Land Raider.
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Land Raider
The basic coat. Unfortunately, I was unable to find the right shade of purple in a spray can, so I was forced to try some spray can magic. The base coat is a deep, metallic wine red, a Citroen color.
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Land Raider
Next, I would try to lightly spray on a lighter tone hoping that the average color approximates the original shade of GW Imperial Purple (which they no longer even sell).
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Russian tanks
Touched up Russian tanks parked by the new ruins.
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Russian tanks
A T-34/85. This is actually a real Russian diecast metal toy in 1:43 scale.
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Russian tanks
A 100mm AT gun from the same set of toys.
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Land Raider
I drilled a hole through the hull, stuck a bolt in and used washers to space the gun from the hull. Then tighten it with a nut and glue the nut to avoid it coming off inside the hull.
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Russian tanks
Another view of the T-34/85 with a SU-100 visible in the foreground.
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Russian tanks
An SU-100. I did some minor touchup with these, but I tried to keep it minimal. Basically, it's a light grey drybrush all over, dark brown/grey paint on the running wheels and a few details picked out in black, plus a matt coat which helps a lot in killing the toylike glare.
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Russian tanks
A BTR-60. The original gun was broken, so I had to make a replacement.
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Russian tanks
Here are all the tanks so far.
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Eldar
I did not paint these Eldar. I bought them painted. Usually I don't buy painted stuff, but the price was so low I figured it might be worth the bother to strip the paint and repaint them. But when I got them, I didn't have the heart to strip them...
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Eldar
While not quite my style, the figures were rather well done. If the seller had bothered to post pictures, he might have gotten much higher price - especially if he had gone to eBay, the demand for painted figures seems to be extremely low in Finland (they usually fetch significantly less than unpainted ones).
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Eldar
View of the Guardian force.
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Eldar Banshees
Banshees and Wraithlord (aka Dreadnought).
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Eldar Banshees
I did some minor touchup on the manes, but otherwise these are the way I got them.
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Eldar Wraithlords
Two wraithlords and an Avatar.
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Land Raider
Closeup on the gun mounting. Should have glued the washers together first, they were pretty impossible to keep on even stack at this point.
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Eldar Wraithlord
One of the wraithlords. I have one more wraithlord unassembled stuck somewhere and I have no idead whether three in one army is legal or not... but whattaheck.
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Eldar Avatar
I'm not a huge fan of this miniature, but the price was right.
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Eldar Wraithlord
The other wraithlord with rather neat flame effect.
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Eldar spearguy
This is a seer. Or a warlock. Or something. Anyway, I think he has the Singing Spear, whatever that does (apart from singing).
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Eldar Guardians
The color scheme is somehow familiar. It might official this or that craftworld scheme, but I really don't know. Or care.
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Eldar Guardians
Closeup on one of the guardians. This is something I've been a bit amazed about with these and some other miniatures I've seen: Very neat and good attention to details, but absolutely zero shading. Personally, I might skimp on some details, but I never skip shading.
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Eldar Guardians
Panel lining save a lot in this case, though.
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Eldar Swooping Hawks
I've got more hawks stashed away. I was actually thinking of building a fast attack Eldar force, with emphasis on hawks and bikes.
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Eldar Swooping Hawks
Again, intricate details but no shading at all.
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Eldar Swooping Hawks
These are a bit more individual than the guardians.
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Land Raider
Gun mounting from the inside.
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Purple Hearts
The third batch of Purple Hearts marines was recruited straight from a Space Crusade (box).
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Purple Hearts
Three different ways to build the commander, and I had to try them all. The heavy bolter might actually be an illegal choice for a character, so I might have to field him as a normal devastator squad trooper.
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Purple Hearts
Terminators, straight off the hulk.
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Purple Hearts
Standard terminator and one with heavy flamer. All that edging takes a surprisingly long time to paint, especially when the scheme looks so simple and fast to do.
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Purple Hearts
Displaying the shoulder insignia. Since I couldn't get suitable heart decals, I skipped the chapter logo. Instead these terminators sport the lightning symbol of rapid deployment troops and the flamer also shows the official special weapons - incendiary badge.
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Purple Hearts
An assault cannon conversion. Not a very good one, I might add. Note the special weapons - explosive badge.
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Purple Hearts
The cannon came from Space Crusade. I trimmed off the hands and turned it sideways on top of the storm bolter. The ammo can is from the bits box.
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Purple Hearts
Assault cannon taking cover in ruins.
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Purple Hearts
Tactical troopers straight off the crusade. Due to severe manpower problems, the chapter was forced to accept non-MkVI armor into field service. This is also the use of the white edging on shoulder pads.
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Purple Hearts
Flamer trooper. They claim it's a plasma weapon, but since the chapter was short on flamers, these guys got reassigned.
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Land Raider
Guns are mounted and bottom of the hull is in place.
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Purple Hearts
Regular trooper of the Crusade breed. They have discarded their bayonets but are otherwise vanilla.
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Purple Hearts
View of the backpack. Note the trademark silvered bolts.
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Purple Hearts
New addition to the vehicle pool, still not quite finished by the TechMarines.
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Purple Hearts
The chapter shade is not correct! Back to the mixing pot!
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Lava pools
Expiremental terrain: lava pools.
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Lava pools
These were made with 'crack' effect paint. Took several tries, the crackling effect sometimes worked and sometimes didn't.
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Stone gates
The brave marines stumble upon a site of ancient worship... or is that an ancient site of worship?
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Stone gates
These were made from scrap styrofoam with a hot wire cutter.
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Cargo capsules
A lone marine hiding among cargo capsules. These were made from easter egg innards. They're half-filled with sand to made them more stable.
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Cargo capsules
Marines advance through the maze of cargo capsules in the loading bay. I made some singles and some clusters of three glued together for more stability.
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Land Raider
Frontal view of the semi-built Land Raider.
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Land Raider
This proved to be a mistake - I had to pry the floor a bit loose to fit in the rear wall.
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Land Raider
Floor and rear wall fitted.
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Land Raider
Glue on the top and let it dry. Next bit is going to be a bit trickier, since the front plate is missing.
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