I have written and deleted a half dozen witty blog posts about this Land Raider but, in retrospect, none of the them have been sufficient. I'll stop stumbling through my futile attempts at prose, and let the pictures speak for themselves. Before I go, however, there are three things you need to know about it:
1) This tank was built & converted by CVinton (look
here and
here) at
Dark Future Games.
2) This tank was painted by Team Snake Eyes' very own
Chaplain Aerion.
3) This tank is ridiculously awesome. I am in awe of the artistic ability on display by the two individuals above. Enjoy.
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| Photoshop compilation of "before" photos. This is how we received the tank from CVinton. |
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| Photshop was used to make "color tests" before putting paint to model. |
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| Photoshop "color test" of right side. |
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| Crewman photo: Forgeworld Salamander shoulder pad and close up of CVinton's sculpting work. |
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| Front Grill. Yes, the eyes ARE following you...Heretic! |
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| Front Profile |
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Left Profile. All hatches are fully magnetized. Not pictured are the Flamestorm Cannons
that can turn this Crusader into the Redeemer variant. |
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| Left Side Sculpting |
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Right Profile. If you don't love the dragon mouths on the Hurricane Bolters, you're
either not alive or not human. True story. |
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Right Side Sculpting. "Ignis Rex" is likely horrible latin for "King of Fire" or "Fire King".
We were also pleasantly surprised that CVinton sculpted a fire imp or some such
into the flames at the bottom of the tank behind the Smith figure. |
As you might have deduced, there is more to come. While we did manage to acquire CVinton's beautifully converted Ironcland Dreadnought (Seriously? It's crushing a traitor guardsman in it's claw, how cool is that?) alas, we are not taking that to Adepticon this year, so it's not a priority right now. I did manage to get my scaly claws on
Bray'arth Ashmantle (that wasn't a shipping mistake CVinton, the Emperor was trying to tell you something...) and he will be serving as my personal HQ choice at Adepticon's 2012 Team Tournament. Stop by our table this year in Chicago for a closer look.
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7 comments:
I am so glad that Land Raider went to you guys and that it is coming to Adepticon! I cannot wait to see it in person. It looks incredible!
Bring the drool guards. We don't wan any heretic acid slobber messing up the paint :D
It looks amazing!! I was lucky enough to see it in person last night.
that almost looks good enough to loot:)
Gorgeous!
Awesome work, can't wait to see more
Andrew, I think that might actually be the best compliment we've ever gotten. :)
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