3D Printing Journey

 

As promised in the previous post, here are Alpharius and Perturabo in all their 3D glory. Both files are on Thingiverse if you are interested.

I will be painting these models up hopefully in the next couple of weeks, so look out for the posts.

3D printed models are by no means a walk in the park, these did break in a couple of places, Perturabo's gun barrel broke while removing supports and Alpharius's spear broke when the modle was dropped accidently.

I am still more than happy with these trade offs. GW version is approx. £80, 3D version about £1 in resin and a bit of aggro to get it made. Which will you choose?

Vitor

Alpha Legion - Horus Heresy - Betrayal at Calth - Finished

All that was left to finish was the bases and the details.

I was a bit perplexed by what colour to paint the helmet crest and tabard., initially I went for red but that looked too much Night Lords so I repainted it grey and washed with black then highlighted with grey again. I think that fits in better with the Alpha Legion colour scheme as well. I did leave the eye lenses red though.

The bases were basically brown with weathering powder applied to give it that dusty Mars earth look.

The models really turned out the way I was hoping for and I am pretty pleased. This just makes my decision even harder now.

Only one legion left to try out.....


Vitor