But the classic version is where it is at! These are some of the very first models I collected. One was also assembled a long time ago by my dad when we were working on them together and I had given him some of my collection for his army. I remember he actually used a torch to weld some of it together and it melted the seat and the engine a bit behind the pilot! Ha!
Later on when it was clear we wouldn't finish them that way I took that army back which is about half of my collection of marines. A few years ago I assembled the second speeder but left the riders off to make painting easier. I got as far as a base coat of blue which is where I picked them up here.
I wanted to go with a bit of a rougher look on the paint job because a) it would be easier b) it is really hard to find examples of good paint jobs for these on line and c) I thought it would give a good Rogue Trader black and white sketch feeling to them. I even found the exact art I was thinking of that inspired me. I think it was actually from one of the White Dwarf compilation books.
Anyway, I'm really happy with the freehand chapter symbols and the engines turned out better than I thought. Wasn't sure what to do with them but I came up with the look while working on the "lava" power swords. I also was happy with how the green computer display and gun camera lenses turned out. Finally I was a bit disappointed with how blue they ended up being so I tried to add a little gold into one of the searchlights? That is on the front. Maybe I'll come back and add more gold trim later but for now they are ready for games!
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