Unlike the previous post in this series where I had little to show on the Land Raider Crusader, this time all I have to show and tell is the Land Raider. In fact, I have (mostly) completed it! Inspired by the last post in this series, I decided to push myself to complete what I had started on this model by Christmas.
First thing I had to do was complete the twin-linked Las Cannon sponsons, which you can see here. I would add the targeting systems and decals soon after this pic was taken.
I spent quite a bit of time getting the polarity aligned correctly with the magnets, but in the end all I had to do was turn them over and they now fit firmly onto the chassis.
Next up was deciding what to do about the multimelta turret. In the end I decided to add a
|I painted the head by mounting it to a pin-vice.|
|The components are gathered.|
In the Rogue Trader days the beaky marines were often painted with a stripe going down the center of their helms. I particularly recall seeing a Techmarine painted with a yellow and black cautions stripe on his helm and thought it might be cool to do this guy like that.
|The yellow stripe was added first by drawing it on with Blazing Orange then topping it with Sunburst Yellow.|
|I then drew on the black stripes.|
|Just screams old-school tech marine doesn't he?|
|Ready to melt stuff!|
|I positioned his head in the direction of the monitor on the gun's blast shield.|
|Both hatch weapons and crew being compared while I make a decision on it...|
And here is everything pretty much done after I added the decals.
One of the reasons to make this tank this way was so that I could still view the interior details. I am very pleased with how this turned out!
|Hail to the Great Machine Spirit.|
|A disarmed Land Raider.|
|A fully armed Land Raider Crusader|
|A fully armed standard Land Raider|
|Land Raider Crusader|
|Standard Land Raider|
I will do a set of Sponsons for the Land Raider Redeemer as well, so I can have all three options as my disposal.
Also I intend to add some slight wear-and-tear on this tank, like chipped paint and scrapes, mostly around the door, and maybe some ground splatter toward the bottom near the tracks and on them. I want to put a spot light on, but the obvious place to put it is in the way of the multimelta when I swing it that way. It's not vital, but I like to be as WYSISYG as much as possible.
Meanwhile, work (slowly) continues on the Drop Pod #2.