Hell Talon Fighter-Bomber

[Nikolakhs]

Hey all!

 

So I recently received a Hell Talon in the mail from ebay, and I thought I'd chronicle it's construction and painting, from beginning to end, as I've looked across the interwebs and can't seem to find anything like this for a Hell Talon or a Hell Blade.

 

First off, most of the large pieces were slightly warped. Everything had to be put into a hot water bath and bent back to a relatively straight angle, but I was unable to completely make everything match up.

 

Sorry for the fuzzy pics. iPod camera is what I have to work with.

 

Here's a shot of the dry assembly and what the finished product should look like. Most of the mold injections haven't been removed yet.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v257/Mr.Trowa/Hell%20Talon/photo1.jpg

 

 

First step first. Magnetizing the bombs. In game I want them removable since the hell talon only gets 8 to use. Also, the havoc launcher and autocannon will be magnetized in case I want to switch out.

 

I marked where the magnets would go based off of where the existing spots were already slotted for the bombs.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v257/Mr.Trowa/Hell%20Talon/photo1-1.jpg

 

black dot should line up with black dot

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v257/Mr.Trowa/Hell%20Talon/photo2-1.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v257/Mr.Trowa/Hell%20Talon/photo3.jpg

 

I sharpied the tops of the magnets and stacked them so that I wouldn't mix up polarities. I want all the bombs to fit on any slot. I used 2 sizes: 1/16 and 1/8". I wanted the bombs to have smaller magnets so that the resin wouldnt break when I added them.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v257/Mr.Trowa/Hell%20Talon/photoJPG.jpg

 

Magnets in undercarriage

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v257/Mr.Trowa/Hell%20Talon/photo4.jpg

magnets in bomb

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v257/Mr.Trowa/Hell%20Talon/photo5.jpg

 

Finished magnetization of bombs

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v257/Mr.Trowa/Hell%20Talon/photo3-1.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v257/Mr.Trowa/Hell%20Talon/photo2-2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v257/Mr.Trowa/Hell%20Talon/photo1-2.jpg

 

...More to come as pieces are glued down and the gaps are filled.

 

-Nikolakhs

[Nikolakhs]

Hell talon as of 5 minutes ago is starting to shape up.

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v257/Mr.Trowa/Hell%20Talon/photo4-1.jpg

 

There were some huge gaps in the piping pieces, so I had to fill them in. Wasn't too hard of a job, it just took forever to smooth the putty.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v257/Mr.Trowa/Hell%20Talon/photo2-3.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v257/Mr.Trowa/Hell%20Talon/photo5-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v257/Mr.Trowa/Hell%20Talon/photo1-3.jpg

 

Questions and C&C appreciated =)

 

-Nikolakhs

[Legio Draconis]

Looking good, will keep an eye on this.

[Alphz]

Looking good!

 

If you dont mind me asking, what kind of putty are you using? and how did you drill out the recesses for your magnets?

 

cheers

[Nikolakhs]

So I've done some progress on this beastie.

 

I decided I needed to finish building its' base before painting it, for lighting purposes and for setting purposes.

 

But before that, Alphz asked for a tut on magnetizing, so I'll do that first:

 

I mark exactly where the magnets are going. Can't afford to screw up on this model, although I put the havoc launcher incorrectly, forgetting about polarity. That was a stupid mistake that took 10 minutes to fix. I make the holes for the magnets just big enough so that I can push the magnets in and they'll stick without glue, so that with glue they'll never come out.

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v257/Mr.Trowa/Hell%20Talon/photo2-4.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v257/Mr.Trowa/Hell%20Talon/photo3-2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v257/Mr.Trowa/Hell%20Talon/photo4-2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v257/Mr.Trowa/Hell%20Talon/photo6.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v257/Mr.Trowa/Hell%20Talon/photo7.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v257/Mr.Trowa/Hell%20Talon/photo8.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v257/Mr.Trowa/Hell%20Talon/photo9.jpg

 

Easy enough? Right?

 

So I also started work on the base. There's going to be things on fire. And a bloodletter over a freshly killed guardsman. And a guardsman hiding on the top floor of that building holding on to the imperial primer for dear life, looking like he's crying.

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v257/Mr.Trowa/Hell%20Talon/photo1-1-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v257/Mr.Trowa/Hell%20Talon/photo2-1-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v257/Mr.Trowa/Hell%20Talon/photo3-1-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v257/Mr.Trowa/Hell%20Talon/photo4-1-1.jpg

 

and I've tried my hand at building some plasticard buildings, this one still needs thicker walls and battle damage. It'll probably be brick on the outside, with a metal door.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v257/Mr.Trowa/Hell%20Talon/photo5-1-1.jpg

 

And finally, the pattern that I've decided on:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v257/Mr.Trowa/Hell%20Talon/photo5-2.jpg

 

And that's an update!

 

C & C appreciated!

 

-Nikolakhs