This week I’ve finished the fifth and final member of the Heavy Support autocannon squad for my Imperial Fists in the Age of Darkness project.

Painting & Modelling

I’ve been working on this project for a few weeks now and if you’d like to look back at how this squad progressed you can see previous posts on it here, here and here (or just scroll down). I’ve included a few close-up pictures of the final member of the squad below.

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.

The paint scheme on this miniature follows the recipes described in this earlier post. As I’ve said before, I chose to start with the Heavy Support squad as they were likely to be at the back of the army and therefore less noticeable. A perfect place to practice the army paint scheme! As it happens I’m pleased with the scheme and how this unit has turned out, so I’ll likely be continuing with it unaltered for the rest of the project.

That’s all for today, but I’ll be back again soon with more Imperial Fists! I have several different units on the work bench at the moment, so we’ll see which one I manage to finish first. 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.