Was out of town this weekend but was able to finish up two Crisis Suits I started a while ago. They were actually very simple to paint up and look pretty good. I also got a Pegasus Hobbies Technobridge and sprayed it last night. Not sure if I will do more to it, as it looks pretty good as is. Nice inexpensive piece of terrain which will work great for the large river running through the middle of my table.
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| Riptide Front |
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| Riptide shield arm |
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| Riptide with Ion Accelerator |
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| Riptide with Heavy Burst Cannon |
I picked up a Riptide over the weekend and manged to get most of it done. Still need to go in a do all the lenses with purple, and I might add some more black and white on the body to provide some contrast, but I’m really happy with how it’s turning out. I’ve magnetized the weapons so that I can take either of the main weapons or secondary weapons. Still need to do the little support system bits that come with the kit which will also be magnetized. The kit is great and it was a lot of fun to build.
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| Eldar deployed |
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| Eldrad and Fire Warrior in close combat with Riptide |
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| Mymeara Wave Serpent with bright lances |
So had some serious insomnia issues last night, so I worked on one of the wave serpents. I really hope these get fixed in the next Eldar codex. While the speed is nice, they are just way too expensive for how easy they are to kill. That said, I love how they look so will continue to paint the rest of them up.
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| Mymeara Fire Prism |
I used all Vallejo paint at this point. White primer through the airbrush (only way to prime here in Seattle with the weather), followed by Vallejo GC Jade Green, Turquoise both thinned out with Matte Medium and a little water/flow aid. The Fire Prism crystal is painted with Vallejo Model Air Yellow, Orange, and Scarlet Red. Next step will be to varnish it and start on black lining.
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| Models ready for a new paint job |
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| Primed |
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| Jade Green applied |
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| Turquoise |
A few updates. So I watched Return of the Jedi again to see what else I could steal for cool ice terrain and started on a few more pieces. Laid everything out to see how the terrain density would be. I have about 25% coverage including the pipelines which can’t be removed (not counting the giant iced over river). I need one more solid piece of terrain to feel comfortable with the table, and will build a few beyond that for varieties sake. One thing I definitely will do, is make a larger island with a nice piece of LoS blocking terrain. I’m thinking a pumping station, to go in the middle of the board. Maybe a couple of small islands to go in the river to not always have the middle of the board open. Sorry about the image quality but this was just a test setup in the kitchen. Also these are all work in progress. Pretty much just primered and textured at this point.
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| Hidden Base Blast Doors |
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| Defense Laser Tower |
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| Shield Generator |
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| Board Laid Out to check terrain Density |
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| Terrain in one corner |
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| Lamenters Behind Aegis Line |
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| Cracked Ice |
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| Close up |
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| Models on ice |
I finally found an affordable solution for making the frozen river for my ice board. Ceiling panels for florescent lights to simulate the ice. This is a translucent cracked ice type and runs about 10 bucks for a 2×4 foot section. Two of them will be enough to do the large river on my table. Certainly better than the estimated $100 bucks worth of resin I thought I was going to need. I had thought about trying it, but saw it in action here and new it would be perfect.
The one problem I ran into is that the panels are actually 23.5 inches vs 47.5 inches. So for one of the panels I needed to use multiple pieces. Rather than have a straight seam, I cracked and broke it into pieces and then used Woodland Scenics Realistic Water to make it look like the water was flowing up through the crack. The water seeped under the plastic to give a really nice looking effect. I’m really happy, I just need to do some snow banks along the edges to cover up the rough cutting.
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| Lamenter’s Land Raider |
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| Top View |
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| Side View |
