Just a short blog post today as I’m still working on the Terminators from the Leviathan box. But in the meantime, here’s the teleport homer that comes in the set, with added flashing LED beacon.

Modelling & Painting

Although I could have easily added a normal LED to the teleport homer (especially given ‘Rule 4′), I decided a flashing LED was the best choice here. The homing beacon is seen flashing in the Leviathan trailer, and I think it helps to give a cinematic sense of urgency and imminent threat.

To create the beacon I just followed the principles of my LED Eye Lense Tutorial, although in this case I made a resin recast of the light bulb rather than a helmet. I had to change the base of the teleport homer to a 32mm from a 25mm to accommodate the required battery holder. If you don’t fancy making a resin recast of the bulb, then I have an alternative method of making LED bulbs in my Ork Comms Boy post.

The LED used is a 1.8mm 3V 1.5 Hz green LED from Small Scale Lights. The “1.5 Hz” or 1.5 hertz refers to the frequency with which it flashes – in this case, 1.5 times every second. The circuitry which allows the LED to flash is built into the LED itself, so no extra electronics were required. The wires from the LED run down through the body of the teleport homer and connect to the battery and switch in the base.

As you can see in the pictures below, I cut off the stabiliser wings to make drilling the hole for the LED easier. I then reattached them once it was successfully installed.

For the paint scheme, I simply followed my standard Flesh Eaters painting recipes that you can see in this post.

That’s it for today – I said it was a short one! But I hope you found that interesting. Please check back for some actual Terminators teleporting onto this beacon soon! As always, thanks very much for reading, and please don’t forget you can also follow my work on social media at Twitter, Mastodon, Threads and Instagram.