<![CDATA[Latest posts for the thread "LIght-up 30mm scale Cortana, Assault Marine, and Cairn Wraith."]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/73.page JForum - http://www.jforum.net LIght-up 30mm scale Cortana, Assault Marine, and Cairn Wraith. GW 25mm bases, and only a couple of millimetres thicker). Each one is a little special in a different way; the Cairn Wraith has a UV bulb behind a glow-in-the-dark skull, the Assault Marine has a red LED in a jump pack that is magnetized and removable, and Cortana has all the components in a base that is indistinguishable from a normal 30mm base. It's a shame that the light doesn't reach Cortana's head, friends have suggested using fibre-optic cables to better deliver the light, I might try that in the future. C&C welcome.

For full details and more pictures:
Cortana: http://soulsamurai.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/the-perfect-base.html
Assault Marine: http://soulsamurai.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/the-long-overdue-light-up-marine.html
Cairn Wraith: http://soulsamurai.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/the-replacement-death.html


Cortana:






Assault Marine:












Cairn Wraith:




And some more photos just for fun:





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warboss wrote:Whoa! Awesome!
warboss wrote:LED Cortana does look awesome. Now you just have to get one of those larger Macfarlane master chief figures and put her in his hand.
Thanks! I was thinking about getting this one and trying to put an LED under Cortana in his hand, but she's just so undetailed I didn't really see the point (plus it would be a serious pain to do, I'm not at all sure I could pull it off):
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Grey Knight Luke wrote:I really like the assault marine light. consider this stolen. Thanks.
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Cave_Dweller wrote:Very cool, what kind of LEDs did you use? They look really bright!
I used these "PLCC-2 SMD" things a friend led me to on ebay:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10-x-ULTRA-BRIGHT-WARM-WHITE-PLCC-2-SMD-LEDs-SMT-PLCC2-/360387141688?pt=UK_BOI_Electrical_Components_Supplies_ET&hash=item53e8bf6038
Basically they're tiny and run on 3V so there's no need for a resistor. They also have even smaller ones that I'm currently using on another project:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10-x-ULTRA-BRIGHT-WHITE-0805-SMD-LEDs-SMT-LED-550mcd-/360274864015?pt=UK_BOI_Electrical_Components_Supplies_ET&hash=item53e20e278f

Jihadnik wrote:Hahaha, your Cortana looks awesome, the one with the chief and cortana in hand looks like he's holding a melty ice cream!
Thanks! I find Haloclix to be better quality than Heroclix, but they still look crap compared to "proper" minis. A better paint job can help (for example: http://soulsamurai.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/master-chief-model.html), but I don't think I could do much for that one!
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