Thunderhawk Gunship – build #2 – Games Workshop Epic scale

As the decals for the first Gunship was missing, I got a new one and decided to build that one too. At least there is decals enough for several ships on the sheet.
The first one I built was for the traitors as it turned out, so now I’m building one in a loyal scheme.

Building it is quite easy and everything fits very well.

Right before I started painting, I decided to glue the canon as well.
Instead of starting with black primer as usual, I went for grey instead.

I then used beige and ivory as zenithal colours.

On top of that I painted a off white/ivory colour.

Next I’ll ask for the chevron pattern on the nose and probably on the wings.

Thunderhawk Gunship – Legions Imperialis – final reveal

Here’s some pics of my finished build!

This was a quick and fun build! Using Speed Paint to paint the major parts of the ship was an interesting experience, that turned out better than expected. It sure is a way to get models and figures painted faster. And if done right they turn out looking quite good as well!

Thunderhawk Gunship – part 3

First I gave it an overall cote of black primer.

Then a grey primer at about 45-60 degrees around from the top.

Then white primer was sprayed almost from above.

After that I did some dry brushing with white to pick up some details even on the underside.
Then I used Speed paint on parts of the ship. This time I used airbrush instead of brushing it on by hand.

As can be seen the base was masked to allow for the metal colour.

I masked the ship for the next step and realized that perhaps it was best to paint the windows first.

After also masking the windows, i first painted white on the areas where the first colour was showing. Then Goblin green was painted on the rest of the ship.

The tape was then removed.

It turned out pretty good, but I wasn’t totally happy with the demarcations in some places.
But since this is a speed build, I’m not re-painting it.
After removing the tape from the windows and placed it on its stand, it looked like this!

The windows got some shadows and highlight in an attempt to make them look like glass.

All the guns and engines got metal paint.

Next I’ll do some highlights, pin wash and general weathering.

Thunderhawk Gunship – part 2

The remaining parts was assembled.

I opted to build it flying with the landing gear up.

I’m not sure which part of the stand I’ll use yet, but perhaps I’ll use the bottom grey rod and the short clear one.

For some reason the decals are missing and this was a brand new sealed kit.
I’ll see if I can sort it somehow.

Thunderhawk Gunship – Legions Imperialis – WH Horus Heresy

This is the gift I got from my Swedish Secret Santa that I started to build for a speed build group build on HLI.

It’s a fairly easy build and everything fits very nice. GW are also specialists on hiding seam lines and ejection pin marks are nowhere to be seen.
The only thing you need to do is remove nubs and mold lines before assembly.

That was how far I got yesterday. There’s a few more parts to sort before it’s ready for primer and paint.

Newly arrived this week december 2023

Seems like I’ve forgot to show my newly arrived kits!

First is the small parcel I got from my Swedish Secret Santa.

Nice little package with rime and everything!

Next is a bunch of kits that I’ve ordered from the Swedish auction site Tradera.

And last but not least a bunch of kits from Games Workshop with orks for my army! 🙂

Cheap non descript boxes for some of the kits, which is typical when you order directly from them. Now I have to re-calculate my ork army! 🙂
Of course I have to build it too!

I just realized that I forgot 2 kits that arrived last week.

This is Tamiya re-release of those kits! Nostalgic! 🙂