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Posts related to my ongoing Imperial Knight Titan project, dubbed the Queen Bee.

Extra kit on an Imperial Knight torso

Selling the story with details

Imperial Knight Conversion: Pt. 21 — You can’t make an omelette without breaking a few eggs. Alright. The fiancé was out of town …


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Missteps and calamity

Imperial Knight Conversion: Pt. 20 — One step forward, two steps back–onto the floor. I suppose it’s time I tell the woeful tale …


Heat-stained brass technique.

Heat-stained brass technique

Imperial Knight Conversion: Pt. 19 — Annealed brass on engine exhausts. There was a lot of interest in the technique I used …


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Weathering finished on the legs

Imperial Knight Conversion: Pt. 18 — Weathering powder and oil/grease.  Big update coming. It’s been a while since I posted, but I’ve …


Imperial Knight leg worn metal

She’s been around the block.

Imperial Knight Conversion: Pt. 16 — Silver metal progress.  Just a quick update here so I can pick up some comments and suggestions, hopefully. …


Imperial Knight converted legs

The old lady begins to stir.

Imperial Knight Conversion: Pt. 14 — I DO own paints. See?  The old lady is getting her first bits of paint, at …


Hinged Imperial Knight face

It’s all in her head

Imperial Knight Conversion: Pt. 13 — Unfolding face plate. Alright, folks. The new hobby room (that’s right, a whole room!) is finally …


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Another brick in the wall

Imperial Knight Conversion: Pt. 12 — Walls on base started. It’s been slow going, but I wanted to make a quick update …


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Aura in Chains

Imperial Knight Conversion: Pt. 11 — More details and base reworked. I’ve been very busy as of late with buying a new …


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The face of death

Imperial Knight Conversion: Pt. 10 — Tilting face plate. Since I can’t let a good thing well enough alone, and since somebody …


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Fancy footwork

Imperial Knight Conversion: Pt. 9 — Feet and basing. Since I was going for balls-out drama here, I wanted this base to …


And here's a quick test on the model. Size looks about right to me. Seems a bit thin but once it's on the model it's good.

Banded groin armor plating

Imperial Knight Conversion: Pt.  8 — Old school groin armor. Just one more thing I had to mess with. While I do …


Here are her legs, ready to be attached to the hips. I like to think of this as her sassy teenager pose, but keep in mind that leg will be up and standing on some wreckage.

The hips don’t lie

Imperial Knight Conversion: Pt. 7 — Hips and legs. Here we are again. Now that things were coming together on the body …


And from the back. Again, it's really pretty sturdy. In this build, there are magnets in the barrel and cap, on the stubber and body, on the ammo can power tube and body, and then the black strips on the body and ammo can itself. Again, since most of these pieces hold together pretty well even without the magnets, this is all very flush and pretty tough to budge or mess up. Note how the stubber looks nice, like it's built right into and through the shield plate. I've seen a fair few builds that didn't even have the back of the stubber. For shame…

The revolution will be magnetized

Imperial Knight Conversion: Pt. 6 — Magnetized weapons. Buckle in for a very pic heavy tutorial on getting the 100% correct representation …