Another scenic post today – Pegasus Hobbies’ Technobridge.
I picked this up quite awhile ago, got around to assembling it awhile ago, and then when we had a brief run of good weather several weeks ago I was finally able to paint it. Warm to hot weather is what I tend to need to get me motivated for any kind of scenery project, mostly so I can take things outside and spray them, and also because drying time is much improved. Box shot is taken from Pegasus’ website. I literally recycled the box (which I had kept for all this time) a week before I took these photos. Ooops!
I wanted it to look weathered and worn, so after the first spray coats of gunmetal and then a mid-silver, I played around with Vallejo Rust Washes, Orange paint and Pledge One Go floor wax (didn’t work out so great), drybrushing and a couple of different weathering powders.
I also wanted to emphasise the direction of years of traffic on the bridge, so I used a tissue (hi-tech modelling tools, here!) to “pull” the half-dried grime across the panels along the length of the bridge, creating a directionally weathered effect.
Here’s a scale shot, so you can see roughly how big the thing is. I didn’t have any vehicles ready, but it could easily fit a single Land Raider, but it’s just a bit too tight to fit two modern Rhinos side by side – you could probably fit a pair of original RT-era rhinos next to each other, though.
Unfortunately, the thing is too large for my light box, so this was the best I could do to see the sides of the thing once complete. Overhead light is obviously much stronger on the table. While this can easily be considered sci-fi/40k/Necromunda scenery due to its Industrial look and feel, those same design factors actually make it pretty appropriate for a lot of modern settings as well. This is A Good Thing.
Hey awesome! I have the same one sitting assembled but not painted on my shelf. Great to see one done up. I need to get working on mine..
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One of the best parts about painting it was that it was so quick and easy. Well, that’s two parts, but you get the idea. Time to knock yours out quickly during a weekend of nice weather? 😉
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Pretty darn spiffy mate! That looks like a really useful bit of kit – nicely done!
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Thanks Alex. Nice and easy were really key parts of it. Two of my favourite aspects in fact.
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Looks cool man. Pegasus is expensive though right?
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I wouldn’t say that. I ordered mine from BNA in Moorabbin. AU$25 for the Technobridge when I got it.
https://www.bnamodelworld.com/index.php?main_page=advanced_search_result&search_in_description=0&keyword=pegasus&inc_subcat=0&zenid=42cac9e94dc431462287ec6f50eda835&max_display=127
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Awesome!!!
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Great looking piece of terrain.
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Cheers mate!
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Fun and it definitely works. Nice job!
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This is cracking! First time I’ve seen it in scale – thanks for the shots of it with your Iron Warriors. I’ll earmark that for a future purchase, as I have an Armorcast river painted up that can now be anchored in 40K with this.
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