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Finally, as promised - both of the Valkyries of Thor Squadron, 64th Imperial Navy detachement! This post focuses mainly on Thor II, as Thor I has been posted a while back with a lot of pics, but you'll get to see some of it too, mainly because there are some new additions.

After reading this post by Corbane I began to feel a little ashamed about my Valks it would seem. I might get around and touch up the painting on them at some point, but that's only after I paint everything else. But let's get to the point! First, a shot of the squadron.



Of course, there's much more.


A couple of shots showing Thor II from various angles. From the sides:



The top - closeup on the engines. I think the metallics turned out quite well.


Under the wings. (The black spot is suppose to be weathering, slightly smodlered hull after being hit, in case you were wodnering)


And the belly.


And now for some details shots. First the obligatory nameplate:


My clumsy warning sings on the other side.


And a couple of shots taken before the cockpit was glued of its interior. The co-pilots controls.


And the pilot's console.


The pilot himself!


And a couple of shots of the cargo bay. Just one side, since the other is pretty much its mirror. I think I should worka bit more on the details inside of it, it looks quite bland.


The front.

And a quick shot of the base, slightly more detailed than the previous one.


Thor squadron in action!
And again... with slightly different weaponry!


Here's a close-up of Thor I as a Valkyrie.



And of Thor II.
And that's it. I'm not overly happy with them, but they look good on the tabletop and not too shabby in closeup so I guess all is fine. But I might get to fixing them at one point, especially with clumsily highlighted metallics in some spots and the interior. Perhaps more details such as various stripes visible on many other models..

But that later. Right now I'm in progress of the Psykers and they're coming along nicely. I've spent a while searching for inspiration on the NMM on the staff-tops and it's looking good. Right now I'm waiting for some good sunlight to take shots of the regimental advisors I've painted! Also the next Tactica Imperialis should come up some time soon.

Thanks for reading and I hope to hear from you in the comments! Perhaps you got some great ideas on how to spice up those Valks? Let's hear it!


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Finally! I managed to finish first of my pair of Valks. And let me tell you it was quite a painful process. A large model with tons of details and definitely deserving a good paintjob. And there's still one more to do. Oh well, at least I can show off this one a bit!

Of course I'm not entirely happy with it, like always. I did screw up a couple of things I'm really angry about and can't really do anything. First tip: Do not use plastic glue to glue the frames onto transparent pieces. Second: careful when you paint the ramp, if paint dries out on the moving parts... (Thanks to this post by Corbania Prime for the rescue!)

Anyway, enough about my clumsiness, on with the pics!




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Here's a shot at the base. I decided to leave it "plain". Gives you a better feel of how actually the surface of the planet 42nd is fighting on looks like, than the small bases do. The second one might actually get something happening on its base. And who knows maybe I'll add something here too. I can't make the bases too complex though - I won't be able to fit the Valks to the carrying case.


And now the details shots, first some interior shots. The pilots:

I decided to leave the top detachable. Let's you peek inside and makes it easier to put those Heavy Bolters in if I ever decide to field her with those. Still have them unpainted along with the missle pods, I'll be fixing that soon.

Anyway, with the top detached a shot at co-pilots controls:


And now the cargo bay itself:



And a few detail shots of my clumsy freehands. The nameplate (notice the burn on the hull!)


The warning signs:


The badge of the Thor squadron - part of the 64th Imperial Navy Detachement.


And the insignia of the Imperial Navy.


And concluding: one more shot of the Vendetta that just brought the high command to the field!


Aaaand that's it! Thanks for watching and, as always, I'm waiting for your comments! In case you were wondering the Lascannons to make the Vendetta are our good ol' heavy weapon teams Lacannons sticked together with the batteries attached at the sides. Same goes from the frontal Lascannon, which is the one from Valk with additional barrel added from the heavy weapons.

And now.. onto the HQ. I was a bit dragged into Mass Effect I purchesed recently (Great game, by the way, I reccomend it!) but now that I managed to play through it twice I can focus a bit more on painting... Finally...

Oh, and 42nd suffered its first defeat (under new rules, under the old it barely won anything) against the Tau. A very narrow might I add, only reason it wasn't a draw is that my opponent actually managed to roll double ones for Leadership, geez! I had no clue Tau can do things like that (never played them before), quite scary. Still, I have to say, even if I repeat myself, I love the new codex and the way it plays! No matter win or lose I have tons more fun than I had before and that's what it's all about, isn' it?


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