CHOOM!

– Lieutenant Alehoc

A week ago today I received delivery of the wonderful Indomitus boxed set. Normally I wouldn’t start a project with an HQ model – I feel that’s something you have to build up to! But the new Lieutenant is my favourite model in the Indomitus set, plus it was the one that I had the clearest vision for. I’ve known what I wanted to do with it from the moment I saw the previews.

This model was not only a record build and paint for one of my LED models (less than a week), but also one of the rare occasions where a model ends up looking exactly as I imagined! I’m very pleased with how it has turned out.

To achieve this volkite effect I simply followed the process that I used in my LED muzzle flare tutorial, except rather than sculpting the standard muzzle flare, I tried to capture the distinctive volkite muzzle flare seen in the artwork. You can see what the resin effect looks like the the LED off in the pictures below. The LED I used was a TruOpto 1.8mm Red LED.

That’s all for today. More Indomitus models to come soon!