Epic Valkyrie

 My Epic Imperial Guards have received some air transport in the form of this Valkyrie from Stroganoff on Thingiverse. This was printed in one piece using AnyCubic Eco-Resin.

Being a clumsy oaf, as I was preparing to undercoat it I dropped it on the garage floor and it shattered.  Fortunately I managed to find all the bits and repair it.  Gel supergue works very well on this resin and the repairs are practically invisible now that it has been painted.

As with my other Epic Imperial Guard vehicles, this has a Humbrol 75 bronze green base coat, Humbrol 86 olive drybrush.  The camo stripes are Vallejo black diluted with matt varnish to give a contrast paint effect.

I tried a new technique with the windows on this model, blue with extra highlights instead of the usual gloss black.  It has worked better than I expected, so I shall definitely try this again on some other models.

I painted the underside a paler colour for aerial camouflage, GW Corax white with Vallejo stoneall gray patches.

This is a lovely model and I'd like to print another 3 or 4 to give me the capability to transport a whole infantry detachment.  I'll just need to be more careful not to drop them...

Robotech wreckage

"Look Sarge, a big robot... but I think it's broken!"


This Robotech VF-1J Veritech fighter in Battloid mode (AKA Macross Valkyrie) has been in the loft for several years, and got rather too hot! Much of the plastic has discoloured from white to a stained yellow colour. The arms and legs are attached by moulded-on plastic pegs which push into PVC bushes, giving articulated joints at the shoulders, elbows, knees, wrists, feet and head. As you can see, the styrene pegs haven't survived very well!

Luckily I still have all the bits, and plan to rebuild it in a fixed pose - this will also enable me to remodel the hands and get it to hold the GU-11 gun pod properly.

This particular model is an Imai kit, and I think it was actually produced as a 1:100 scale, so should be spot-on for use with my 15mm games.

I'll probably paint it in the standard brown/grey/green camo I've been using on most of my vehicles to date, which will also mean that it will match some of my 1:300 scale Stinger and Wasp BattleMechs - time to start re-creating BattleTech in 15mm!