Thunderhawk Gunship – build #2 – Games Workshop Epic scale

Posted on 19 March, 2024 by Håkan

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

Posted on 31 December, 2023 by Håkan

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 4

Posted on 31 December, 2023 by Håkan

I did some additional painting and weathering and will consider it done.
I’m still missing decals, but it probably take a few weeks before I know, and besides I haven’t decided which unitI want to make.

Next post will be pics of the finished build!

Goff Rocker – WH40k – finished!

Posted on 31 December, 2023 by Håkan

Here’s a few pics of my finished Goff Rocker figure!

This was a fun figure to paint, even if it took a while before I got him finished.

Thunderhawk Gunship – part 3

Posted on 30 December, 2023 by Håkan

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

Posted on 27 December, 2023 by Håkan

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

Posted on 27 December, 2023 by Håkan

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.