Landraiders finished

Drop pod finished

Finished my prototype, and I like how it turned out. Still think I'll try shortening it a couple of mm next time. I'll also be more careful with the glue, messiness really shows at this scale.

Firepower

Got my first stuff from a very popular 3D printing service yesterday. Was pretty excited as I had never ordered anything from there before and only a few people had any experience with the shop.

I had ordered a few guntowers from and I was not disappointed when they showed up.

Landraider

Thanks to a very friendly person I have been able to put my hand on a coupe of landraiders. I have always loved the landraider model, but never painted any - did start one once but it never really got anywhere. Therefor I was quite happy when I git the chance to include some of these excellent models in my Epic force.
Tried to add as much weathering as possible on such a small scale model, looks rather good I think.

Also added some red markings to my rhinos, to tie them in with the rest.

Ready for deployment

Added a few little detail to the pod, and this is where I'll leave it. Except for the size concerns, I'm pretty happy with the result, and will be looking forward to getting it painted.

Scale

A bit concerned about the size of droppod - a bit on the large side I'm afraid. It not too bad, and I guess making it smaller will make it somewhat less detailed - not sure I want to go down that road. What do you think?

Also been painting up a lot more of little guys.

Hmm.......

Look -  new rumours regarding Epic, interesting.

Via Feit 212: LINK

GW will bring back Specialist Games gradually with beginning in the 3th Quarter 2014.

-First Game will be Epic in July or August 2014

-There will be no individual model Boxes or Blister, only Game Sets and possibly "Expansions"

-Sets remain permanent in assortment

-Epic Game Set might feature Space Marines vs. Orks, there will be Sets for Imperial Guard, Eldar and Chaos

Detailing the drop pod

Have been working all night to get the fins to work, but it's simply not easy enough to reproduce the shape to the desired similarity. I have instead added the other planned detail, and I think it works pretty well. Now I just need to fill in the blanks with GS, and perhaps add a little contour or a symbol to the doors.

Mk.II Drop pod

As I had the basic shape in place, I started thinking about how to get some cool looking detail onto the model. Though I can't make it look like he GW model, I'll try to take it that direction, as I really like that design. The first step was changing the shape a bit and add some wider bits - stabilizers I think they are?
I have also been trying to add a fin - tested on the old piece - will have to be level with the edge though, and I'm not sure how much it really adds to the model.

Heavy Droppings

As promised I've been trying out different ways to finish the droppod - wood, miliput in different shapes and last but not least plasticcard. Couldn't really get it right for some time, and I guess I should have stayed with the stuff I know best. IMO the plastic card one is by far the best, and honestly also the easiest and fastest to do. So I guess I have the basics now - well time for refinement, detail work will be following shortly.