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Well, my fascination with adding LED's to models that don't need them has continued. Specifically, I did 3 more Killa Kans. I really like the Killa Kans, both in funtionality and looks, and they work absolutely perfectly for adding stuff inside them.

I was originally going to do these in a different color, like yellow, but decided to keep them in the same color scheme so I could take advantage of parts commonality between my existing walkers and these. All the arms are magentized and will swap with my existing dreadmob. I still have a Stompa and one more Deff Dread until I'm done, but it's coming along nicely.

Sorry about the rather plain backgrounds. I needed to roll up my zuzzy map and put away my terrain while I worked on my OTHER current super project, a 48tb media server. So, table is plain (and now, kinda scratched).

Kan 4:





Kan 5:





Kan 6:





Arms off:



Group shot, new only:



Group shot, dreadmob in progress:




Paint scheme for all of these is simple, because I hate painting. I washed and dried the sprues. Scraped the moldlines. Assembled torsos while adding electronics. The top panels aren't glued on, so I can replace the batteries when needed. Assembled all the major subassemblies and then primed white. Then painted them blood red, washed with baal red, and picked out the metallics. Boltgun metal got washed in Badab Black, Tin Bitz got washed in Devlan Mud, and I used some Vallejo Brassy Brass for other parts (GWS's brass sucks). I used some watered down Hawk Turquoise for the verdigris, then did final assembly, glued onto my seperatly assembled-and-painted bases, touched up the bits that had rubbed off from handling, dullcote, done.

And all the electronics are hidden in the torso? On- Off switch?
They look amazing!!!! Great job!!!!

The electronics are hidden in the torsos, yes. They are using 12mm (dime-sized) batteries.

I was out of micro-switches, so 2 of them (5 and 6) have push on-off switches with jellow buttons. On 5, in the second picture, third frame, you can just see the yellow button under the torso. Kan 6, second pic, second and third frames, you can see the yellow pushbutton on the side. I didn't try and hide it much since it fit my color scheme, I just glued some rivets onto the boxy part and called it a day.

Kan 4, though, I did something different. If you look at Kan 4, picture 2, frame 3, you'll see a lightning bolt glyph. There is actually a small box built around that glyph which has a jumper glued into it, along with a thin gap. If you pull the glyph off and move it forward, closing the jumper, the lights are on. If you seat the pins into the thin gap instead, it stays in place with the lights off. I found it too complicated so used the switches on 5 & 6. I also ordered regular micro slide switches for subsequent projects, as I found the pushbuttons too much of a hassle.

Interesting, like the idea of the 12mm batteries, those babies are small. I use the 2032’s which are roughly 15MM and a pain to hide in most places but cheap enough to buy to justify.
I would like to know your source for switches, I’m using push On-Off and they too could be smaller but that’s what my supplier offers without massive amounts in quantity. I get stuck buying batches unless I want to pay almost double so I usually buy say 10 of each at a time. The resisters I use I have to buy 100 at a time… not a big deal being their only 2 cents.
I’ll look at your pictures closer but I think you’ve done a great job “hiding” everything.