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

Painting & Modelling

The LED effects used for this miniature were again identical to those I described for the previous members 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.

It’s occurred to me that this is quite an unusual project by my standards, because each successive miniature is very similar to the last. Normally there’s a lot of variety between my LED projects that I post each week – even in armies like the Flesh Eaters space marines there was a lot of variation between individual squad members. Individual variety doesn’t fit so well for Age of Darkness Imperial Fists though, especially where each member of the squad is carrying a the same giant weapon. But as I’ve said before, I hope to start introducing a little more individual personality when I get to the Tacticals and other units.

The paint scheme on this miniature follows the recipes described in this earlier post.

That’s all for today, but I’ll be back again soon with the fifth and final member of this unit! As always, 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.