Friday, May 11, 2018

Better Eldar Flight Stands

How many times has this happened to you? Your Eldar Grav-Tanks are happily zipping across the table and then...
Tragedy strikes! Those tiny flights stand are fine (kinda) for Vypers and other lesser races skimmers, but for a hefty Falcon-Type it is just an accident waiting to happen!  But not any more!

As part of my fixing up Mrs. Blackheart's cheesy overpowered  Eldar, I was tired of repairing/replacing/drilling out those damn flimsy flight pegs for the umpteenth time.

So after calmy describing my frustration with the issue, she helpfully and not unexpectedly, suggested we make a new base with the 3D printer servitor. She quickly drafted up a base and printed out a prototype. A few small changers and she cranked out eight for all her Grav-Tanks. She even made a new stand for her ancient Armorcast Tempest Super Heavy.

The PLA printing medium takes primer very well, and painted/flocked up with ease. I used Gorilla Glue CA thick gel to attach the stands. 

Each Falcon stand took about 45 minutes to print, and used a small amount of material to make.

The end result is rock-solid stability for her tanks, and no more worry about the stands breaking off during the game. My Tau tanks will receive a similar treatment when I get to refreshing that army in a bit.

All Shall Fall Before the Swordwind
With a Little Redesign

              

3 comments:

  1. Whoa!! Those are fantastic!

    We may need to speak about making a Monolith flight stand in the near future...

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  2. That is a very good idea! It shall be done.

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  3. Hey, do you have the STL file for the Falcon Stand? Is there any way you can provide it?

    Many thks!

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