Tuesday 23 June 2020

The Black Maria - An Inquisitorial Transport

I've wanted to make some sort of special forces vehicle for a little while, and had originally bought the Zinge Industries APC conversion kit for my Imperial Guard Kill Team. But it had sat, assembled and unpainted for a couple of years. Having recently completed my Inquisitorial Commandos, I figured I could dust down the APC and paint it up for them.


The Zinge Industries kit is designed to fit the GW Astra Militarum Taurox plastic kit. It comprises of a selection of resin add-ons, most notably the wheels to replace the tracks from the original kit. I also added a little remote gun, but I can't recall where it's from.



I assembled the kit, leaving off the rear cover to give me an open rear section where I can place figures. I did fully enclose the driver's cab by adding a few panels from some other kits.

The paint job was stupidly quick - around an hour in total once I'd gone back and painted a few details. The process was:

- Undercoat black
- Drybrush dark grey
- Stipple chocolate brown on lower third
- Drybrush tan (focussing on lower third)
- Sponge weathering with gunmetal
- Paint details (headlights, guns, fuel canisters etc)





All in all, I think it does the job!

16 comments:

  1. That's very nice. I've got one of these somewhere, and I've been thinking of doing a similar paint scheme. I might give it a go now!

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    1. Thanks Toby! I can't wait to see your version if you get round to it :)

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  2. Lovely work on the APC!

    I'm amazed you managed to paint it in an hour as I take longer than that to paint 15mm scale vehicles!

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    1. Glad you like it. It really was a rough and ready process with a couple of big brushes!

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  3. Pretty nice! I used the Zinge bits too, it's quite an improvement from the original design. Taking the turret out was also the right choice, I think. I like your paintjob on this one, it looks so menacing!

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    1. The Zinge parts really are nice aren't they?! I find leaving the turret off gives a sleeker profile (if you can call a 2.5m high vehicle 'sleek'!).

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  4. Nicely done! It fits in very nicely with the troopers.

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  5. Job most definitely done!

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  6. Its amazing how much better that loosk with just a few new parts.

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    1. I think the tyres and the open back really help change the profile, as well as replacing the turret with a sleeker gun. Thanks!

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  7. This is very good work. To mack plain black so interesting visually takes a lot of work i.e. weathering and/or adding external details.

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    1. I did have a worry that it was going to look a bit boring, but hopefully the weathering does the job to lift it!

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  8. I think it looks amazing mate and I can’t even stand the stupid look of the Taurox.

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    1. Thanks Dai! I was always pretty neutral about the Taurox, although I know plenty of people have strong feelings about it! I definitely needed to get rid of the tracks though

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