I finished a third ‘Leviathan’ Terminator over the weekend, so Brother Rephas (right) joins the squad with a storm bolter and power fist. Since I’m getting this squad done at a much faster rate than my normal hobby progress, I thought it was worth taking a group picture to celebrate.

Modelling & Painting

If you’ve been building this Terminator squad too, you may have spotted that Brother Rephas has had an arm swap with the sergeant. This is because I wanted another basic Terminator in an active firing position, and also I needed his original arm for a pose I have planned for the sergeant.

The storm bolter LED muzzle flares used the techniques detailed in my LED Muzzle Flare Tutorial, the only difference being that there are two muzzle flares on a storm bolter. This meant two Yellow/Amber 0805 Chip LED (3V) connected in parallel. For the helmet eye lenses I used a TruOpto OSPG7331A-KL 1.8mm Green LED. Due to the position of the Terminator’s head in respect to its body, I found it easier to insert the helmet LED from the rear of the helmet, rather than underneath as I normally do.

After posting the previous Terminators, my good friend Apologist asked whether I’d considered illuminating the small shoulder lights/sensors with LEDs. I had, but decided against it. Actually lighting them up is technically trival, I would have done it in the same way as this servo skull. However, it would have added additional cost per model, and I think it would have drawn focus away from the head and gun effects for no real gain in overall aesthetics. So because of these two reasons I decided against it and to take the approach of painting the shoulder lenses as ‘passive’ sensors. I thought it was worth sharing that answer, in case anyone else was wondering the same thing.

When it came to painting Brother Rephas, I used my normal Flesh Eaters armour, Terminator iconography and freehand check recipes.

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