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Surprisingly not a jot. The finely divided metal is worked into the matte surface and cannot be removed.

The Assault Door Lacks Panache:

It seems I've been too conservative embellishing the front door. Besides the ho-hum paint job the loading ramp is rather bleak so it's back to the drawing board to try to perk up this dismal effort; in point of fact the whole nose of this work is pretty bland.

http://i.imgur.com/mz1DS4K.jpg


Whom I kidding; I don't have a drawing board but instead....

Eureka! I've found it while contemplating my next iteration of the loading ramp I've just thought of how I can extend the ramp to make the egress more user friendly.

http://i.imgur.com/rCpQ0mj.jpg


And the paint erosion needs to be toned down a tad as well.

I think your ramp could use some of the brass etchings from forgeworld to help embellish the details. Either that or take some swords and flatten one side of it to mount directly to the hull. Come up with some heraldry of your conclave that could be represented on the nose of the ramp.

Assault Door Redux:

Oh yes much more business like. I had to fake the sensor units on the doors as the images I have are pretty vague

http://i.imgur.com/z3g96SS.jpg


and there is only one that I can discern on the left side of the nose.

http://i.imgur.com/FKT7rhZ.jpg


The right one is a pure fabrication I put in just for artistic balance.

http://i.imgur.com/UhDAP3f.jpg


More painting to come but I had to see how this would look before I continue.

Done!

http://i.imgur.com/SrSitmH.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/52YbS5j.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/bQVmzUW.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/FMtF4C4.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/xtXxPLr.jpg

Stunning, just stunning.

Surprisingly I did not get one thumbs down on my choice of colour scheme.

Looks great!

Not sure if you still need that interior reference but this is what they did for the interior of the troop hold in the Ultramarines movie
http://www.gamer.ru/system/attached_images/images/000/178/322/original/4327705536_8611d364a5_b.jpg

 metallifan wrote:
Looks great!

Not sure if you still need that interior reference but this is what they did for the interior of the troop hold in the Ultramarines movie
http://www.gamer.ru/system/attached_images/images/000/178/322/original/4327705536_8611d364a5_b.jpg

Thanks, it pretty much goes along with my perception of how a troop gallery would appear as I cannot envision SM going into battle sitting down. An array such as you display has the SM armour clad standing and attached to life support until the crucial time when they go on internal power. My vision had the front to back in rows but the shoulder to shoulder is also a viable scenario although from an acceleration/deceleration stand point I believe front to back would be more aesthetically pleasing.

Not even sure if they're connected to life support. Looks like they're just standing crash harnesses and that's it. Hold was pressurized in the film so I doubt they'd bother with redundant LS systems since marines are capable of operating in space without the use of pressurized suits anyway.

Basic Painting 101

http://i.imgur.com/swLBYoo.jpg


Years ago when I began this project in my naivete I thought the Thunderhawk was able to transport a Land Raider. I did not know the FW model was too small to have that capability. So my son and I based our model on the size of a Land Raider slung beneath the seeming cutout in the belly that ideally fit the tracked APC to the flying APC.

http://i.imgur.com/8iuvZwz.jpg


Today I began painting the Land Beastie after a preliminary assembly used a light gray spray primer to paint the interior which was fast and easy (took about five minutes)

http://i.imgur.com/MqQk07e.jpg


I heartly recommend doing your base coating with cheap spray paint as opposed to expensive GW Citadel paints as so many are wont to do. $0.99 cents a can at Walmart, fast drying and plus it provides a durable base coat for your more expensive detailing acrylics.

http://i.imgur.com/YMHcX3J.jpg


So here we have the Land Raider neatly tucked up under the the Thunderhawk albeit in it's slick mode as I used most of the armament on the Thunderhawk......whoops!

Gawdayum that gets me all hot and bothered! It looks exceptional! GW be damned, I always thought of the Thunderhawk as a mobile deployment platform for a mechanized strike force rather than just a platoon level drop ship. I'm glad to see you do it justice.

And do people even buy GW primers and base coats? I was under the impression -everyone- used Krylon...

 metallifan wrote:
Gawdayum that gets me all hot and bothered! It looks exceptional! GW be damned, I always thought of the Thunderhawk as a mobile deployment platform for a mechanized strike force rather than just a platoon level drop ship. I'm glad to see you do it justice.

And do people even buy GW primers and base coats? I was under the impression -everyone- used Krylon...

I us'ta be a fan of Krylon until they pandered to the 'Paint Your Wicker Furniture Set' and changed their nozzle to a fire-hose-like apparatus that laid down a quarter inch of paint at a pass. Now I use the old fashion round spray pattern nozzle when I can find it (at present Wallmart) and I categorically refuse to use RUSTOLEUM which has to be the the worst paint on the market. There are still a few generic paint manufactures like Kmart that produce a decent product but they are becoming scarcer.

 The_Blackadder wrote:

 metallifan wrote:
Gawdayum that gets me all hot and bothered! It looks exceptional! GW be damned, I always thought of the Thunderhawk as a mobile deployment platform for a mechanized strike force rather than just a platoon level drop ship. I'm glad to see you do it justice.

And do people even buy GW primers and base coats? I was under the impression -everyone- used Krylon...

I us'ta be a fan of Krylon until they pandered to the 'Paint Your Wicker Furniture Set' and changed their nozzle to a fire-hose-like apparatus that laid down a quarter inch of paint at a pass. Now I use the old fashion round spray pattern nozzle when I can find it (at present Wallmart) and I categorically refuse to use RUSTOLEUM which has to be the the worst paint on the market. There are still a few generic paint manufactures like Kmart that produce a decent product but they are becoming scarcer.

You mean the flat square nozzle? To be honest, I don't mind it much. Yea a flat wide spray takes more getting used to than the old conical spray, but you get better control over it. I also found that Krylon still adheres the best to the plastic out of everything out there... Maybe Canadian Krylon is different than US cans?

Yeah I know someone building a Land Raider is about as exciting as watching ice melt but I'll try to make it interesting.

After spray painting the interior gray I proceeded to apply a coat of black primer to the exterior of the hull.

http://i.imgur.com/CCzhHnP.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/GEaYXHB.jpg


I left as many parts as I could removable; I had no idea Land Raiders were so complex. Seems like they're built like a house of cards and the front loading door is a masterpiece of engineering, kudos to that. I'll have to keep that trick in mind for a future scratch project.

http://i.imgur.com/1Y68Vrn.jpg


After the paint dried I began applying the Grey Knights Aluminum Metallic powder.

http://i.imgur.com/oA4LMgu.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/1fN59uS.jpg


So you're telling me Blackadder that after all that we're gray again.....

Fifteen Minute Paint Job:

Sidetracked as I've been with the election primaries I've missed working on my Landraider so today I bit the bullet and painted er coloured up the whole tank less the armament which is still in the mail from Australia.

Granted I did have the whole tank primed with flat black but swear to God it took fifteen to twenty minuts to paint er colour up this tank and no drying time. Of course there are pro-painters that can fault this tyro effort but you cannot beat the speed of the result.

So here's a few views you might find interesting:

http://i.imgur.com/o6c0MZU.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/Zf19C0v.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/aavguV7.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/Xe74ERw.jpg


Yeah that's copper powder I put on the track as an experiment. I've had the stuff lying about for years and decided to give it a go.

Fifteen Minute Paint Job Part Three:

Last night I masked of the entire tank and sprayed the front end with rust primer. The masking took the better part of an hour but the painting but a couple of minutes............

http://i.imgur.com/ygbyuSF.jpg


Kyrlon Rust Primer is no longer made which is a pity because it provides a deep base for reds and oranges so when dry brushing on these colours the primer provides shadow.

http://i.imgur.com/tLt7SkI.jpg

Good work, Blacky. The metal is very effective.
Are there any problems with painting over the real-metal-metal layer?

Nope, not a bit, the paint goes on and adheres. That's spray and brush on water base as well.

Phoenix Rising:

From ashes This little Rhino was painted red and forgotten. I primed it in black and rubbed in aluminum powder.

http://i.imgur.com/Hdn4dA1.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/OGcqvdl.jpg


http://i.imgur.com/RU671qU.jpg

The Case of the Missing Stancheon Shield:

As if I didn't have enough to do I cannot find the Lascannon cover shield so after an exhaustive search I decided to build one......

http://i.imgur.com/xSyYRAO.jpg


These photos reveal it's still a bit rough around the edges.

http://i.imgur.com/1WlIxmv.jpg

Rhino Revisited:

Work has pretty much been stalled due to working on the new bath but I did manage to sneak in some painting when no one was looking.....

http://i.imgur.com/IjM58ca.jpg


In the scrap box I found some Rhino accessories and a vintage four bogie GW Rhino which astounded me because of it's size and simplicity; we'll go into that at a later date.

Meanwhile the current Rhino is beginning to look pretty good (IMHO) and the ugly little cuss is growing on me.

http://i.imgur.com/lAzWWFJ.jpg


Some day I'll get around to applying decals.

http://i.imgur.com/SrRITDi.jpg


After I learn how to do it that is.

That's no Rhino, that's a Baal Predator!

Whatever.... thanks for the information

Meanwhile I've been working on a lot of other project but...

It's Beginning To Look a Lot Like Christmas:

I was in the mall the other day and wandered into a store I've not seen before called 'Big Lots' They had these marvelous seed type LED Christmas lights:

http://i.imgur.com/PRFimZr.jpg


Prewired and ready to be installed in your model project, in this case my never ending Thunderhawk Project:

http://i.imgur.com/kpd3JDc.jpg


Striping down the fuselage and just jamming about half the bulbs into the forward cargo bay shows me they will provide sufficient light to illuminate the interior and taking so little space to be readily hidden behind the thin walls and ceiling of the bay

http://i.imgur.com/mbIGFHU.jpg


Threading the lights though the hull will require a bit of effort but the savings of time manufacturing the circuit is worth the $5 cost of the string.

http://i.imgur.com/oyDEKjA.jpg


They come in Cool White, (Shown) Warm White and Multicoloured .... I may buy the multicoloured string and splice colours in strategic areas of the model.

I can't wait to install some of these in my Warlord Titan.

Bargain. Good find.

Thanks for the reply,

Ceiling Panel and Lenses

last night it came to me how to employ these marvelous lights. I had hoped for more conventional LEDs' but the circuitry behind the ceiling panel was quite restricted if I was to have adequate clearance for a Slick Rhino in the cargo bay. These seed Leds were just the ticket but how to mount them???

I began with a sheet of 0.030 inch styrene cut to fit the ceiling... initially I posited 18 lights to illuminate the bay interior and drilled two rows of nine per side but I hit upon some scrap plastic interesting shapes in the form of dispossible contact lens containers. Slightly fogged thes container vials provide interesting shapes, just the thing for a set of 40K light fixtures plus they diffuse the light.......

http://i.imgur.com/1Au7mJT.jpg


With the holes drilled for the sockets to mount the LEDs and a dry trial run I think these will work out nicely.

http://i.imgur.com/RnPExOp.jpg

Can't wait to see the lights installed, looks like a great unique idea!

Tripping the Lights Fantastic:

This is coming out 'way better than I expected. It's amazing how much light these little diodes generate.

The image below shows three stages of construction with the finished light assembly in the foreground. I used Testors' Clear Parts Cement to glue the LED to the ceiling panel and I just dropped the lens blister over the foreground LED to show what I have in mind once all the LEDs are installed

http://i.imgur.com/bVbGO1Z.jpg


Below is a close up of the LED and the lens blister.

http://i.imgur.com/YPrr1sq.jpg


Once the panel is completed the raised rim around the lens blister will be painted to give a purpose to the structure that is a buttress frame member and to give protection for the lens in the cargo hold.

Nice use of the blisters.

Thanks for the reply,

Trial Bay Lighting:

Awright before anyone points it out, I know the ceiling is hanging down on the left side....

This is just a trial to determine of the lighting is adequate which it is and then some. The camera lens picks up a lot more light than is apparent in person and the lenses defuse the harshness of the LEDs just about right.

http://i.imgur.com/XkfhAgs.jpg


Close up of the ceiling shows 14 LEDs is sufficient to illuminate the entire bay

http://i.imgur.com/0ux5OhC.jpg


My entry gewgaws which I thought too 'busy' actually look plain and uninspired in the cold light.

http://i.imgur.com/EPY036F.jpg


I need to perk them up quite a bit plus the walls further back in the bay now that it is illuminated.

http://i.imgur.com/75oqQQ9.jpg

Very cool man! It seems you will have a lot of extra wiring. do you have a place to hide the excess?