The first model to return to the venerable A Call to Arms gamesystem has been painted, and what else could that be then the mainstay of a Dawn of the 3rd Age Earth Alliance fleet, the venerable Hyperion Cruiser.
A solid all rounder at Raid level, these vessels are the literal backbone of the EA fleet, workhorses like the Excelsior class is in Star Trek.
Armed with the needed medium ranged guns and boresight lasers, it also comes with a flight of Aurora Starfuries, excellent little dogfighters in the game and pretty iconic for the show.
As everything is measured base to base for fighter flights, it doesn't really matter how you make them up, and I re-opted like in the old days to put them by the two's on a round base. The huge hexagons from Fleet Action are just to unwieldy, and as they are cast in metal weigh a ton that can damage paintjobs in transport otherwise.
The Hyperion itself has been painted now in a light grey compared to inked metal I used to do all those years ago, to get some more joy out of working on them and it just looks better in my opinion now, as my paint style has evolved as well over all those years.
Now to start working on the rest of the fleet as well and get a game in somewhere during the summerbreak period...
Nice painting!
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