Space Marine Inceptors.

I have a strong dislike for clear flight stands, so I do things like this.

This trio of Inceptors all have a handy piece of terrain to keep them at about the right height.

One is hopping a fence with the help of his jet-pack.
Another is landing on a box (and is lucky the box has crushed).
And the last is smashing his way though a wall.

Also of note is that I used 9 different metallic paints on these.

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This is the fence-hopping Inceptor.

While he uses the jets to leap, he is placing enough weight onto the fence to bend it.

He is actually pinned all the way into the base and the support is hidden by the bush.

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The box landing Inceptor.

Using one side of one of my cast boxes and some scraps, I had this Inceptor crushing a box on landing.

Also, for his jets I modelled them curled up and painted them partially orange to indicate them powering down as he lands.

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And last, but not least, the brick wall Inceptor.

The wall is made of "mostly" separate bricks of plaster and foamcore.
Then pieces of broken plaster were placed individually to create the cracked plaster layer on each face of the wall.

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@DrH I do like when minis have an real sense of weight. Like I love the custom bases, but for things like Mecha there should be a sense that they aren’t just lightly on top of the terrain.
@MacBalance Absolutely.
In the same way that you might use shading to "sell" the lighting on a miniature, you can use posing/basing to sell the physical presence of the model.
Believable realism.