Sunday, January 11, 2026

'Empire' From MattW: AT-M6 Star Wars Walker

 

 Empire AT-M6 Star Wars 





What says Empire more than the Galactic Empire and the First Order! The All Terrain MegaCaliber Six (AT-M6), also known as the Gorilla Walker is a mobile heavy artillery walker. The biggest walker in the First Order's arsenal, the AT-M6 was much larger than the All Terrain Armored (AT-AT ). Armed with a single Mega-Caliber Six turbolaser cannon mounted to its back for which the walker was named. It Is also equipped with two forward-mounted fire-linked heavy laser cannons, two cheek-mounted anti-ship medium laser cannonsand two sets of serrated cable cutters in the front legs to deter attempts at toppling the top-heavy walker. The walker also carried a targeting computer which analyzed the input from two sets of cockpit-mounted targeting sensor banks to deliver precise shots.

My first model off the desk for 2026 for the analogue painting challenge. The kit is a Bandai plastic model kit number 5064111. A nicely detailed with lots of deep paneling lines, and very simple assembly, no scale but I suspect around 1/500th scale standing 36m = 7.3cm tall, the body is similar in size to a hot wheels car. 

Really happy with the result, I tried to base the vehicle like the film on a salt crusted red planet as per the movie. The AT-M6 has very simple paint job of black, then dry brushed dark grey, through to a highlight in light grey. 


Points 6mm crew served weapon or vehicle 1 points 
Bonus Empire 50

Total 51 points 

Cheers
Matt

7 comments:

  1. Great job for classic "Empire" post!

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  2. I do think it's a decent evolution of the classic AT-AT, nicely done. And good basing.

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  3. I may not have approved of the movie, but I most certainly approve of the painting and basing. :D It looks great. At first glance I thought it was an AT-AT squashing some poor Hoth defenders.

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  4. Excellent work, Matt. Love the basing's nod to the movie. I've added a few points as it's a big fella for the scale.

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  5. Lovely looking big stompy walker type and nice basing!
    Best Iain

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  6. Cracking model, it really captures the brutal aspect of the First Order.

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