Well as well as getting better results on my other Land Raider, my next try with the Citadel Spray Gun on the Land Raider Mark IIb was also more successful.
See the full workbench feature on the Mark IIb Land Raider.
Tag: mark IIb
Other things that went wrong…
As well as having problems airbrushing my Land Raider, I had similar issues with my MKIIb Land Raider.
And my Inquisitor Repressor.
Grey Knights MkIIb Land Raider
Having given the Land Raider Mark IIb a black undercoat I started the basecoat.
Though this is a Grey Knights Land Raider, I decided early on with this force that the majority of the armoured vehicles would be a sandy desert colour.
I used Citadel Foundation Paint, Tausept Ochre as the basecoat.
Now I made a mistake, you get a set of doors and I (foolishly) asked them to replace the supplied eagle doors with Grey Knights Land Raider doors. Now what I didn’t realise was that the side doors on the sponson are not the same size as the Land Raider doors, but are in fact the same size as Rhino side doors. So the Grey Knight doors are too big!
See the full workbench feature on this Mark IIb Land Raider.
Land Raider MkIIb
Land Raider MkIIb in the Forge World display cabinets at GamesDay 2009.
Workbench feature on my Mark IIb Land Raider.
More photographs of the Mark IIb Land Raider.
Evolution of the Land Raider
The Landraider is the single most destructive weapon in the Adeptus Astartes’ arsenal. Protected by bonded ceramite and adamantium armour, the Landraider is impervious to all bar the most destructive weaponry. Equally impressive are its armaments – four lascannon and twin-linked heavy bolters allow the Land Raider to deliver punishing support fire capable of decimating enemy infantry and tanks alike.
Those of us old enough know that this model of the Land Raider is now how it has always been… This is the MkIII Land Raider there as both a MkI and a MkII.
Originally the Space Marine Land Raider looked like this. This is from the Rogue Trader era and used the concept of symmetrical parts to reduce the number of sprues that needed to be cast. Compare that to today where we have plastic Stompa kits and virtually everything that Games Workshop now sell is in plastic.
This (I believe) is the three-up version for the Epic version of the Land Raider.
With the release of Epic 40000 a new version of the Land Raider was envisaged which because of the time did not need to worry about number of sprues.
This is very similar to the current version and the MkIII is derived from this model. Of course it will be familiar to those gamers who know about the Forge World MkIIb Land Raider model as that Forge World model is a version of the Epic model.
These models were on display at GamesDay 2005.
More photographs of the MkIII Land Raider.
Mark IIb Land Raider
Having given my Mark IIb Land Raider a black undercoat, it needed a second coat.
This is to be a Grey Knights Land Raider, though I may use it now and again as an Inquisitor transport. Next stage will be the basecoat.
Full workbench feature on the Mark IIb Land Raider.
Mark IIb Land Raider
I have undercoated my Mark IIb Land Raider with a black undercoat.
This is to be a Grey Knights Land Raider, though I may use it now and again as an Inquisitor transport. As you can see from this shot though, the undercoat didn’t really cover the front, so I might need to give it another coat.
Next stage will be the basecoat.
Full workbench feature on the Mark IIb Land Raider.
Exhausting
I have added the (rather large) exhausts to my Mark IIb Land Raider.
They are much bigger than the plastic exhausts that come with the standard plastic Land Raider kit, but in my opinion do work well.
Full workbench feature on the Mark IIb Land Raider.
Mark IIb Land Raider Sponsons
I have added the lascannon sponsons to my Daemonhunters Mark IIb Land Raider.
They fit over the gaps where the doors and lascannon assemblies go on the “traditional” plastic “modern” Land Raider.
I have used Inquisitor Rhino doors on the sponsons, the normal Land Raider doors don’t fit they are slightly bigger.
I much prefer this model over the “modern” Land Raider and if I get a second Land Raider then it will be another Mark IIb.
This then begs the question what do I do with Grey Knights Land Raider doors I have?
Full workbench feature on the Mark IIb Land Raider.
Putting it together…
I have been putting my Mark IIb Land Raider together.
The track units went together very easily, adding the resin pieces was a little more complex.
The problem was that the resin pieces had shrunk slightly which meant the fit was not as good as the other plastic parts leaving some gaps between the resin parts and the plastic track units.
I did think about filling the gaps with green stuff, or using plasticard, however for the moment I am leaving as the gap is not that big.