WIP: ACP Games 15mm 'Vanir' Dropship...

...now has the lower hull airbrushed light grey but I'm not ready to photograph it yet. Meanwhile I've nearly finished another three troopers -0 these for the troop compartment.

WIP: ACP Games 'Vanir' Dropship...

...has been primed. Just waiting for it to harden before applying the basecoat. I have just about finished the first of the figures for the troop hold - the 'Valkyrie' will be striding down the ramp ahead of the troopers still in the troop compartment.

WIP: ACP Games 'Vanir' Dropship...

...is all 'buttoned-up' ready for primer but I haven't been able to get the airbrush out thanks to domestic 'duties' so the odd 10/15 minutes here and there has been spent on the figures. The 'Valkyrie' just needs a weapon and a little wear'n'tear.

WIP: ACP Games 15mm 'Vanir' Dropship...

...working on the interior - roof and cockpit wall/door

seating

I've cut the bases off a few of the ACP troopers and a Valkyrie so they can be positioned in the interior about to 'disembark' - so far they've been primed, base-coated and had a dark wash added

1/48 Evo-Ex Varano ...

Khurasan 15mm Jong Pac "Eight Dragons" MAG Droid...

I'll be painting a couple of the Jong-Pac troopers this week for scale comparison but the Drone is finished.

looks good as a 25/28mm vehicle too!

WIP: ACP Games 'Vanir' Dropship...

...is built, apart form adding a little metalwork (nose turret and under-wing rocket pods), has been washed to remove any mould-release residue and is now ready for primer.

 

with a few figures for scale...ACP's Mercs

Clear Horizon's 'Hell Divers'...

and the same troopers in the hold...

with a little work the seated 'Hell Divers' from the Insertion Team can be made to fit the seats (sans restraining bar!)...

Final stage of the Dreamforge KS arrives...

...with images of the 'Keilorkopf' APC (edit: and my name!) I built and painted for Mark on the box! Reviews and builds to follow.

I never wanted to paint and collect 15mm sci-fi miniatures...

...but some people can be very persuasive as, of course, can the beautifully designed and cast miniatures they produce. Late last year I was presented with the opportunity to paint a new 15mm Dropship that will very shortly be the subject of a Kickstarter project instigated by James 'Jimbo' Burrell of ACP Games who produced the excellent set of Mercs I painted a couple of years ago.

I have now received the castings for the ACP  'Vanir' Dropship and will begin a WIP very shortly. Jimbo has already completed the painting of one of the 'Vanir' and a bloody nice job he's made of it too...

Here's the one  received today...it's huge!

It measures about 18x13cm and comes as a kit of parts - 20 resin and 13 metal -  (the photo you see above attests to the great fit of the parts as it has just been slotted together without glue or blu-tak - hence the not quite aligned engine nacelles. It also lacks it's undercarriage, sensors and weaponry).

The kit includes a separate lower hull with a very detailed interior complete with seating (seating which even has  restraining bars for their occupants!) and a ramp which can be displayed open or closed.

More very soon...