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18 September 2024page first published

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I've previous rebased my Heavy Droids and my Terminators for my 15mm Alien Squad Leader army, but didn't have enough units to meet the required 100 points for an army. So I pondered the army list, and I remembered…

Megatron

…Rubber Megatron! I picked up some inexpensive vinyl mecha at the dollar store a few months ago. That would work as a Mechanoid battle mech!

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Will Megatron fit on a 50mm x 50mm wooden base from LITKO?

Megatron

Yes! And I've glued him down with gap-filling superglue, using a toothpick to spread out excess glue. (The base was previously primed black, top and bottom.)

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I then did some filing and scraping to remove seam marks, drilled an opening in the weapon, and sprayed the based model with flat black primer.

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Following the same painting technique as I used on the other Mechanoid models, I begin with giving the model a drybrush of gunmetal metallic.

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This is followed by a lighter drybrushing with a steel color, mostly on the head, hands, weapons and that smokestack-looking thing.

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This is followed by an armor ink wash to add shading to the model.

Megatron

I decided that the model looked a bit bland, so decided to add a decal. I've got my ramekin with water, and I've cut out a decal from a sheet of fingernail art decals I picked up years ago at a dollar store.

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Above, you can see ex-Megatron with a new chest decoration.

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Next, the base is flocked with black sand. It will be sealed with a spray of matte clear, and LITKO FlexSteel added to the bottom for storage purposes.

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And here is the finished Mechanoid battle mech!

Megatron

He's a little dark, but I think he matches the ominous coloring of the rest of the Mechanoid army.

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To the Transformers fans out there: what is that smokestack on his back supposed to be? Launcher? Cooling stack?

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I don't know what kind of weapon Megatron had, but I'm glad I drilled a hole in my giant droid's weapon.

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This addition to my army brings up my point total, but I'm still short of the required 100 points…

More to Come!