My contribution to the 'Flight' Bonus Round comes via Vanguard Miniatures 3mm "Dominion: The Wars of Tusculum Nova", part of their 'Defeat in Detail' range.
I obtained these pre-release models last month in order to paint up, so they are not currently available to buy. My collection uses the Vanguard 3mm models as proxies for a 3mm Horus Heresy Ultramarine army. Hence the blue, 'gold' and white scheme.
This batch consists of a Jet Bike Turma, which is 3 bases of 6 Jetbikes each.
As well as 4 'wings' of Speeders - 2 with Anti Tank and 2 with Anti Personnel weapons:
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| AT Speeders |
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| AP Speeders |
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| Missile Launching AP speeders |
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| 'Lascannon' armed Speeders |
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| Assault Cannon armed Speeders |
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| Heavy Bolter armed speeders |
Here is the whole lot along with some of the Ultramarine proxy infantry, painted previously:
Bases are MDF with milliput craters and heavy energy weapon scars. Note in the last picture I remembered to add the tufts!
Total of 18 Jetbikes and 12 Speeders. 3mm vehicles are variable points, but they are the same size as my 10mm ACW models, so I would go for 1 point each.
These are awesome! I love the basing, especially the scorch marks.
ReplyDeleteThanks! The craters and such were care of a tutorial on YouTube, though I did the laser impacts myself.
DeleteVery nice, enhanced by the basing!
ReplyDeleteThank you sir!
DeleteHow cool!
ReplyDeleteThey are lovely minis!
DeleteWell done on getting them done they look awesome
ReplyDeleteThank you sir! Worth the time spent... though perhaps not for the scale!
DeleteOh sweet. Love those speeders.
ReplyDeleteThey are nice - I took off the stands that come with and replaced with paper clips.
DeleteNicely done James!
ReplyDeleteThanks Paul!
DeleteGah.. how do you paint something so small!
ReplyDeletePatience and a need for self harm!!! I use a magnifier for the shoulder pads on these guys now, else it gets hard to focus!
DeleteWow such detail on such teeny tiny little models!
ReplyDeleteThanks Peter. They are great Models to paint, and I think they would look good with a much plainer scheme than I’ve used as well!
DeleteBrilliant work James. The painting is terrific and I love the shell-cratered bases you've created for them.
ReplyDeleteThanks Curt - just a little bit of milliput on the bases and some GW technical paint for the sun cracked earth effect.
DeleteTerrific submission, with great painting and fine groundwork (including explosion scorching) on the bases. I love to see Sci-Fi in this scale. Great work, James!
ReplyDeleteThanks Sidney, I’ve more to do when I get sick of German artillery!
DeleteThose are very nice, James! Same size as epic? The jet bikes are wonderful,and the detail on the land speeders is fantastic! And such a wee scale!
ReplyDeleteThanks David - I'm not sure how they scale against Epic models. I think the Jetbikes might be smaller than epic scale bikers, and I'm pretty sure the speeders will be smaller as Vanguard do make a 6mm version I believe. The infantry are a bit smaller as well, though his 3mm range is truescale, so the Stalkers (Titan analogues) look properly massive and I think the standard human infantry will be smaller than the Elites/Marines.
DeleteHi Nice work on these James, to answer a few questions here the entire 3mm line is a direct 50% reduction in size of my 6mm models so the Elites infantry for example are 4mm tall being super soldiers but regular human infantry will be 3mm in height. Vehicles are much smaller than regular epic scale models.
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