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Got the tracks done on Baal Pred number 2, one more to go.

OK, here are the gunners periscopes. I have gone for a more tubular look.
Let me know what you think.

Thanks guys, I will be doing 3 Vindicators next, then some Land Raiders



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I work as a QA (Quality Assurance) Engineer, but I was originally a draftsman.

OK, time for an update on the detailing, been using the wings from the DC box sets and some spare shoulder details for the Baal's tell me what you think.


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Going to use some skulls etc I have in the bits box too.

Thanks Gutsnagga!

Yeah where I live now (Republic of Georgia) I would have to buy them and have them shipped in by international mail, it's prohibitively expensive for vehicles. US$58, plus postage to USA2Georgia, + USA2Georgia fee to Tbilisi......

And it's more fun to make them anyway.....

I remember scratch building the (at the time) new "boxy" dreads for epic back in the 1990's in Auckland in NZ. Now that was fiddly work!!!





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By the way, your winged Squiggoth looks awesome!!!

It's certainly something to aspire to making!!!

The plastic card is 0.5mm plastic table mats, you need to use super glue with it.

The plastic sheet is 2.5mm thick, its used for advertising boards etc.

I currently live in the former USSR republic of Georgia thanks to my wife being from there..... its a bit hard to get branded items here.

Spud, send me a private message, the tracks are not to hard. I can send you plans showing how I made them. Basically they are 2 layers of 0.5mm plastic sheet with light cuts to make the detail, then I cut out the tread details from one sheet and glue, then I glue the guide teeth on the back.

OK, here is the first one base coated.

I used them yesterday in a game, they sure lay down hurt on enemy infantry.

Thanks Azazelx

Hi all,

Been a while since I had much time to work on them.

Here is a pic of all 3 base-coated with an assault squad for scale, plus pics of the first one with the first coat of red.
The red used is a brick red which will be over brushed with a blood red to provide subtle shading.

Oops, forgot to attach this one

Any comments guys and girls??

Thanks guys, doing 2 jobs at the moment plus evening teaching English to the locals so time has not been on my side :-D
I'll hopefully do some more painting this week

Here is a pic of the DC Baal Pred with the first of the red stripes.

OK, here are some more pics.

All comments and (constructive) criticism are welcome

Thanks Far Seer and Shrouded lord.
I was thinking of adding rivets, around the drivers view slits and on the turret in particular, the problem is I can't get thin plastic rod here.

With the tracks I cut relative section lengths from from plastic card, and cut the track detail into one side. Then added tread details, and the track guide teeth to the other side.

Where the tracks bend around the wheels the track links are individual pieces. When I do the next 3 which will be vinidcators I will post pics of how I make them.

Cool idea! Thanks Far Seer, I'll see if I can find any of those. It can be hard to find stuff like that in former soviet republics, but there will be something similar I'm sure.

Thanks guys,

Here are all three together.

The blood red has been added, but need to do highlights on the red ones.

For Far seer,

Here are pics I took from when I was doing the tracks.

Hope this helps show what I was doing.

Thanks Zak!

JWM, Id be keen to see your whirlwind. Do you have pics on here?

Here is the DC Baal with the gun control optics added.
These are blu-tacked on so I can remove them and swap out for flamers.
They do turn with the guns

Cool! I can't get cardstock here in Georgia so I have to go with the plastic.

It will look great when it's painted I think.

Next for me is 3 Vindicators and then a whole of of Land Raider spam ;-) I loooove having LR as dedicated transports ;-)

OK all three with gun control cameras added.

hi troy, glad you like them.
Actually the main hatch on the turret is made from 20 and 10 tetri coins the 20 tetri coin is super glued to plastic card before being cut out. The doors of the hatch were cut out using a paper template taped to the plastic card.

The drivers hatches were made using a Singapore 5 cent piece taped to the plastic card. The detail was cut out using paper templates taped to plastic card.