Star Wars - AT-AT Imperial Walker
1/72 scale
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Named Star Wars Miniatures the company Hasbro offeres a new series of collectors figures and games supplies.
The models are designed as game figures as well as collectors items.
Sold seperately is the games system, which comes in an adveture games
style. The models serve as an helpfull visualisation of the games
progress on the game grid.
But they can also simply be collected.
The AT-AT Inperial Walker is one of the most
impressing models from the Star Wars movies, although he appears very
short, he has made his way to the fans hearts and still keeps his
fascination.
The Hasbro model is a static model only. It is
about 1/72 scale (not shown on the box unfortunately) and comes
completly assembled and painted perfect.
Coming straight out of the box the model seems almost perfect and doesn't need to be modified in any way.
The AT-AT is about
33cm high, 40cm long and 12cm wide! The model is screw assembled and
snap fit mostly and gives the modeller the opportunity to take it apart
and redo it, if he wants to.
The AT-AT is screwed to its simple black
base plate with four screws. The Base is devided into squares for use
with the game grid.
Included in the so called Colossal Pack
are a full color stat card, a double sided battle grid, a counter
sheet and a rules and screnario booklet as well. The regular game needs
to be bought seperately.
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The front of the cockpit with armament.
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back view
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side view on aged surface
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The cockpit seen from the side with the "neck"
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Top view from a fighters position.
Good to be seen here is the impressiv new base.
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The Colossal Pack as it comes.
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The 48 Special Models Base Plate for the AT-AT
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48 Special Modelsoffers
a self developed relief base as an alternative to the simple and less
attractive base included in the box. This new base gives the model a
completly different appearance and brings it closer to its movie
origin.
This resin cast base is cast in a single piece and weights about 1 kg.
It gives the model more stability and decorates it also! The new base
will be screwed instead of the original to the AT-AT's feet. It can be
interchanged within seconds and makes a games figur become a real
collectors item.
The 48 Special Modelsresin
base is an unpainted, white resin cast piece, which can be painted any
way you want it. An assembly and painting instruction can be
found at the end of this page.
The base is available from our webshop as a single item or in a set with the AT-At Walker!
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Side view with ready painted, new base plate
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Side view with ready painted, new base plate |
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Dynamic front view
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back view
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The ready painted base plate without the AT-AT
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base plate side by side with and without the AT-AT.
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The space craft fragments are part of the relief surface...
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...and give an impression on how big the AT-AT is .
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Hole pre-drilled from the back through the base, for screwing on the AT-AT model.
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The position of the AT-AT pylon is fixed and fits to the position of the original base.
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The spacecraft cockpit on the ground.
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Same thing diferent angle.
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Spacecraft wrack parts are spread over the surface.
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Will the AT-AT squeeze them?
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Assembly and Painting Instruction:
The resin bas should be prepared for painting by washing
off the mould release agent with thinner or benzine. Eventually sand
the surface with a fine sanding paper to make the paint stick better.
After that the whole base will be primed with white primer from a
spraycan. Use a white colored plastics primer, if available. If not a
matt white enamel basecolor will do too. Acrylic paints need a plastics
primer first!
After drying detail work will follow. All
surface located machine parts should be painted black first. After that
detail painting with polish metal colors and drybrushing may follow in
the well known way. We recommend a metal base color on which color can
be added for detailing. Which colors to use depends on your privat fun.
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our sampleall amchine parts were basecolored black, contured with metal
polishing paint at the edges and by use of green-yellow, red and whit
colors a former paintjob was simulated. The impression of an exploded
spacecraft was intended. The cockpit has become red seats and the
engine section in the back was painted with jet exhaust metal polishing
paint. All parts are drybrushed with matt white afterwards, to
simulate drifted snow. Even the spacecraft was shot down only some
minutes before a lot of snow would have been blasted which settles
later onto the parts.
Finaly the whole base gets a wash of gray oilpaint. Gray because the
effect may simulate only the lightly shades on the snow. A black
wash would be much to dark in this case. Additonaly the white adds a
haze of drifted snow to the darker areas.
After all has dried well (this may take a while, because of the oils.
It may be fastened up a bit by use of an hairdryer), The sidewall will
be painted black by use of a matt black color pen. It helps to paint
the edges without having to use masking tape. Paint also the
lower side of zhe base edge too. This prevents from lighting up areas
on the edge later!
Haveing dried again a piece of self adhesive velour
decoration foile is cut out, which covers the whole lower side of the
base. This will give the final touch to the base and prevent scratches
on tables and shelfs. The base may be use as a pattern for this. But it
is much easier is to cut an rectangular piece and simply paste to the
base. Before doing this you have to decide if you want to interchange
the bases late (i.e.for gaming) with the original one or if the new
base will be permanent. In the last case the AT-AT will be first
screwed to the base and then the foile will be attached. In the first
case attace the foile before screwing the AT-AT to the base. Cut out
the screw holes then an screw on the model.
In each case it makes sense to cut the edges after the foile was attached with a cutter!
Who wants the luxery version cuts a rectangular board to fit and routes
the egdes any shape he wants them to be. Spraypaint the board in matt
black and screw or glue the base to it. The AT-AT should be screwed
additionally to bothe base plates then, by use of longer screws.
Pimped like this a simple games figure becomes a high class collectors model for your Star Wars collection!
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