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I have the aircraft pretty much finished at this point.
I used Alclad Armored Glass on the windows.
The advanced Hellstrike missle cluster came out even better than I hoped.
Why can Revell make a kit a 1/3 the price but with 50 times more detail is beyond me.
These missles had a clear piece for the optics to cap off the missiles.
When I find my white colored pencil I am going to write a message on the bombs,like we did when I lived on a carrier.
I also gotta do the pilots and finish off the base.

Outstanding work mate, like a lot the winter camo You do on your stuff, simple looking and affective, nice use of trnfers as well!

Eisenhorn wrote:I really wanted to finish the winter camo before work,just got it done with time to spare to clean my workspace a bit too.

where did you get that Star Stencil from??

The one on aircraft came from the Archer Dry transfer,but You can also find them on Flames of War Decals sheets(smaller)
Cool thing with archer dry rub,they also sell a cvlear decal film you can rub the dry run onto and then it becomes a waterslide.
Dust decal sheet.
The key word is Sherman Tank stars in circles.

The brass etch stencil came from Voyager Models I think.
I have'nt tried the stencil yet,going to soon because I am running low on the wing size star transfer.


Wow this is a first,I am out of models ready to paint not sure what to work on next
The last Valkryie
Tauros Ventalator
Tauros
Drop Sentinels
Troops

Because Revell sells at least two orders of magnitude more models than GW.

Great work on the flyers, and great use of other kit munitions to up-gun the beasts!

--Brian

Thanks,You are correct
I wish for the day that GW might come out with an advanced kit,with brass etch and super detail bits,like you see with the AFV stuff
Like these missiles all it is,is a tiny clear plastic dome.
And look how good that one small detail did,those are now Machine Spirit guided missles

I decided to paint up the last Valkryie for a proper squadron.
This was one I knew I was doing from the get go.
A Valkryie unloading a squad of troops.
I cut down the stand so the back ramp was proper height..
I was able to fit on a complete legal squad debarking.
The back guy with demo charge is being reset as well,not too happy with that angle










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And after a marathon session ready for camo

That looks fantastic. Love the idea (although i'm surprised I've not seen it before...).
The painting is excellent as always, gritty and realistic!
I don't really like the punisher cannon on the nose of the other valkyrie however, it just looks a bit too bulky. I think you would have needed a slimmer cannon like an assault one for that to work to to its fullest.

Looks like the A10s cannon to me,you ever see that thing?
Thr real thing looks too bulky too

That looks fantastic. Love the idea (although i'm surprised I've not seen it before...).

Its probably because people that have elysian models only have a few in number and want them in their squads, not as display pieces on the bases that will never get to see game play. FW stuff is expensive man! Haha. Same deal for catachans , cadians and other IG minis. Id rather that single guardsman be firing a lasgun in a real squad than just a display piece on the base.

thats really cool, im going to have to do something similar to this

swampyturtle wrote:

That looks fantastic. Love the idea (although i'm surprised I've not seen it before...).

Its probably because people that have elysian models only have a few in number and want them in their squads, not as display pieces on the bases that will never get to see game play. FW stuff is expensive man! Haha. Same deal for catachans , cadians and other IG minis. Id rather that single guardsman be firing a lasgun in a real squad than just a display piece on the base.

Tbh I was meaning this in reference to normal IG models. No, that's the fun of the display pieces, you have them there for the hell of it! Soon as the valkyrie model came out I would have imagined these sort of things would be coming out...

@OP - Anyway it looks good. With reference to the A10 (whose Gatling cannon actually looks identical to the punisher, haha) I think it is the scale that is wrong. The A10 has it mounted on the underside of the nose, so it looks smaller in perspective. While the valkyrie model makes this impossible granted, what looks wrong (to me, anyway) is that where the cannon is attached to the model it takes up the whole nose...For example it would work better I think if it was slightly off-set. That said, with what you've got to work with i think you did a stirling job, I'm just being nit-picky in my constructive criticism.
As to the diorama you should paint it to a particularly high standad and go for a golden daemon with that bad boy. Perfect for it!

I hear you with the size but this is 40k everything is bigger,badder,bolder

As cool as this is the diorama I have waiting for GD will blow your mind.(G for Greta at waypoint Bravo)
I have it about 70% done but I am waiting for GD to come closer to New York.

Wow, your work is amazing, well done!

Eisenhorn wrote:I hear you with the size but this is 40k everything is bigger,badder,bolder

As cool as this is the diorama I have waiting for GD will blow your mind.(G for Greta at waypoint Bravo)
I have it about 70% done but I am waiting for GD to come closer to New York.

From double eagle? when are you gonna show us that one?

I'm not that one is suspended for now.
If I built it I would have to keep it somewhere.
However if you want to see,the progress I made check out my blog Heresy Workshop Nov\Dec 2010
http://heresy-legions.blogspot.com/2010/11/g-for-greta-pt1.html

Hey I found a nice pic of it I forgot I took,here it is

Wow... Cant wait till you get that one back out, and I love your valks!

Thanks I think painting Tanks and Aircraft is where I have the most fun.
I have an old dissassmbled Valk that I just might do in Aluminum too,as a one off maybe Steel Legion.
If I was going to do a GD diorama like this that is probally how I would go.
But like I said if I ever do go back "G" for Gretta will definitely be the one.
Somewhere on that blog is the fuel truck I made with a FW hellhound,that will be refueling the plane.
Did I mention I was a fueler and drove those trucks in the Navy,so the superdetail on that one is bar none.
Probally one of my favorite models.

I got the winter whitewash down this morning

I have the last Valk pretty much finshed up.
A few touch ups on the door jumpers and some highlighting on the troops.
I also have to attach the missle pods.
I tried my hand at some OSL with Red night light spilling out the back and painting the interior with a scab red/Baal Red glaze.

Looks great! But I'd really like to know, has anyone found a way to get the Valkyrie cockpits on securely without having to gap-fill a gak-ton? It's like the clear plastic bits are too small or something - it's ridiculous.

its looking really good, the only thing i would have changed is that i would have painted the helmetless guy's skin more pale, as it sticks out compared to the rest of them

You have outdone yourself sir. I've never seen anyone pull off a squad disembarking from a Valkyrie.

Oh Fudge there is a guy missing,the demo charge guy.
FETH I thought I had this one in the bag :(

I don't think that the OSL really works here (sorry to be a Negative Nelly) but it looks a bit too chalky at present...Otherwise I love it. It has a bucket load of character!

^ if you throw in one other red to highlight it, i think it will give it better depth

I agree with both statements,this guy has a bit more work left to do.
Just as I figured out how my towed artie goes togther
I lightened the ramp lighting quite a bit,much more subduded now.
I may give the new red glaze a try see how it looks,why no right?

Just finished this build,time for more Dakka

BooYah a Battery of towed guns to go with the Russes.
Look with the right diameter rod I can make these either Medeusa or Earthshakers

Those beauties are forgeworld, correct? I can't wait to see what you do to them!

OOOOOoooooooooooh baby, can't waite to see these bad boys in action!