Author Topic: Accurised Black Lanner WIP  (Read 2600 times)

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Accurised Black Lanner WIP
« on: 31 March 2012, 22:06:02 »
Seems to be WIP season ...

I've always liked the CCG art for the Black Lanner:



Unfortunately, the mini is an incredibly accurate reproduction of the TRO art:



This simply woudln't do. I needed this to fill out a Smoke Jaguar star, so ... time to hit the bitz box. A couple of hours later, and I'm pretty happy with this.



Work involved:

- put in new ankles & hips (makes reposing the legs much easier)
- separate feet; bend toes on L foot
- scratch up new hips & offcut waist
- file off big SRM caps & add detail
- file down cockpit, add major part from plastic card, clay up the gaps
- add pod to L torso, scratch up arm connector
- trim off the ERML ports, separate, attach more widely
- replace LB-X gun muzzle for something more textured

Soon to join it's starmates (Mad Dog prime, Grendel prime, Viper A, Arctic Cheetah prime) in Smoke Jaguar Psi Galaxy colours (and scars!)

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Re: Accurised Black Lanner WIP
« Reply #1 on: 31 March 2012, 22:14:12 »
Looks very nice!  Wish I had decent mod skills.

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Re: Accurised Black Lanner WIP
« Reply #2 on: 31 March 2012, 22:19:22 »
very nice the lanner is an awesome falcon mech

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Re: Accurised Black Lanner WIP
« Reply #3 on: 31 March 2012, 22:53:34 »
Looking good O0
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Re: Accurised Black Lanner WIP
« Reply #4 on: 31 March 2012, 23:01:13 »
You do that miniature justice. Had no problem with the original sculpt, but this is really cool. Can't wait to see it painted. great work. O0
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Re: Accurised Black Lanner WIP
« Reply #5 on: 01 April 2012, 06:01:58 »
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Re: Accurised Black Lanner WIP
« Reply #6 on: 01 April 2012, 06:53:39 »
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Re: Accurised Black Lanner WIP
« Reply #7 on: 01 April 2012, 07:23:07 »
not bad at all.  O0
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Re: Accurised Black Lanner WIP
« Reply #8 on: 01 April 2012, 07:33:37 »
Take out this molding line ,put some liquid green stuff for cover some spots,and it looks really a good advice anyway. ;)

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Re: Accurised Black Lanner WIP
« Reply #9 on: 01 April 2012, 09:45:02 »
Nice mod O0.
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Re: Accurised Black Lanner WIP
« Reply #10 on: 01 April 2012, 12:58:34 »
I'D be pretty proud of that mod also.Very well done!
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Re: Accurised Black Lanner WIP
« Reply #11 on: 01 April 2012, 13:28:36 »
Looks very exciting! And I agree, the CCG pic makes it look cool, that TRO image just like a wobbly, ****** chicken :P
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Re: Accurised Black Lanner WIP
« Reply #12 on: 02 April 2012, 11:30:55 »
well done  O0
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Re: Accurised Black Lanner WIP
« Reply #13 on: 02 April 2012, 11:42:04 »
Looks very exciting! And I agree, the CCG pic makes it look cool, that TRO image just like a wobbly, ****** chicken :P
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To be fair, the proper IWM mini isn't quite that bad.  The CCG art is just that awesome.