As the sun comes up this lone Imperial AT-AT (All Terrain Armored Transport) sets out on patrol on icy world. Although this Imperial combat walker is 22.5 metre high, carries a crew of four and up to 40 snowtroopers as passengers, it looks insignificant against the landscape. (Robin Rowland)

The journey is uphill into the mountains. (Robin Rowland)

Through a mountain pass. (Robin Rowland)

The Imperial Walker All Terrain Armored Transport, a symbol of the might of the galactic empire.

An attacking AT-AT coming out of the blinding early morning sun would strike fear into any group of rebels. (Robin Rowland)

The patrol continues. (Robin Rowland)

Not all the walkers return safely from their mission. The crew and passengers of our AT-AT have to pass one that didn’t make it (Robin Rowland)

A rebel snowspeeder in its own dawn patrol spots the AT-AT so their troops are warned. (Robin Rowland)

The AT-AT reaches the limit of its assigned patrol and turns and heads back to home base. (Robin Rowland)

Details

Hasbro Star Wars Command AT-AT. This time after spray panting with white primer, i used a series of washes, first a couple of diluted grey washes, then a grey wash mixed with white and blue, then I added a steel colour to the grey wash and the finished off with a final grey wash.

All images were taken in my front garden in -15 C (wind chill -25 C). In the current cold snap I noticed gorgeous light on Sunday as the sun came up over the mountains of Kitimat. Monday was cloudy but today Tuesday was perfect. Cameras. Wide shots taken with Sony Alpha 6000 with 18 to 55. Medium shots with Sony Alpha 6000 and Sony Alpha 77 and close ups with Sony Alpha 77 with a Tamron 70 to 300 set on macro mode. The one problem was that when I tried to create tracks, the snow was so soft that in most cases, all that came of it was a big hole in the snow that didn’t look right. Also the wind kept blowing the model over.