I have been painting in all this time, just not photographing or uploading, as you can see!
with isolation upon us, modellers are finally tackling back catalogues. In my case, that includes this previously half-finished starter army for the PHR in Dropzone Commander:
Everything except the command walkers is magnetized, so arms can be swapped between various walker roles, and the flyers are on their removable pegs to reduce the possibility of damage. Since I re-posed some of the legs, and to support them in battle, I laser cut some bases for the walkers to steady on.
Here you can see the close-up on their camouflage. I am not a fan of the default-bone colour of the official scheme, but was caught by an urban dazzle camouflage in the rulebook. I adapted the colour scheme (blue-grey, with pale-grey and deeper-blue accents) and applied it to mine. The hexes were airbrushed on with laser-etched painters tape providing the mask. Hitting it in different patches like this makes it look like the camo sweeps across the model in reaction to movement or surroundings.
The effect on larger, flatter surfaces like the Athena or the Neptunes (Below) really enhances the organic curves of the PHR and their advanced-tech feel.
It also allows for Neptunes to be individualized, without illogical big numbers or stripes.
The Taranis launchers are not glued in, so they can appear with weapons exposed, or sealed up in full scuttling beetle mode.
Infantry will join the vehicles shortly, but I am clear-basing them as well, and it'll take a bit of extra work fishing them off their bases, painting them, and gluing them down.
Now I just can't wait for the quarantining to end so I can throw these on a battlefield!
