My Imperial Fists in the Age of Darkness project continues this week with the third member of my Heavy Support autocannon squad.

Painting & Modelling

The LED effects used for this miniature were identical to those I described for the previous member of the squad. The helmet and the autocannon muzzle effects used the techniques outlined in my LED Muzzle Flare tutorial. Again, I made one slight alteration; instead of the yellow 0805 SMD used for the muzzle flare in the tutorial, I used a larger TruOpto OSHR7331A-KL 1.8mm Yellow LED and a 20 ohm resistor. I chose this LED to make the autocannon muzzle flare larger and more impressive than a bolter muzzle flare, which is what the tutorial is focused on. Otherwise, all the methods used are the same.

I had originally planned some minor cosmetic modifications to the helmet and upper torso of this miniature to give the impression of a variant armour mark, just to add a little visual variety to the unit. But the pose didn’t really lend itself to what I’d pictured, so I’ve decided to save these changes for the Tactical Squads and leave the Heavy Support Squads as standard MKVI.

This miniature was painted using the recipes exactly as described in this post.

That’s all for today, but I’ll be back again soon with more Imperial Fists! As ever, thanks very much for reading, and please remember you can also find me sharing my work on Instagram, Threads, Bluesky and Mastodon. Or if you prefer you can subscribe to my website by entering your email in the box below to receive updates whenever I post a new blog article or tutorial.