Number 5 and Number 12

[Gunbird]

Sorry, no Chinese take-away (though I just had some *burp*)

In order to get a few mechanical red shirts (as in the Star Trek kind) I've been prowling the web for suitable droids and robots (at an affordable price) and I was looking for a type that would be a bit like the mouse droids on the Death Star or the Farscape DRD's. I think I found what I want in the 15mm Sci-Fi ranges of Peter Pig, namely the 09-011 Combat Robots (5/pack).

First, I tried painting them yellow. Boy did I fail spectacularly!    (Anybody with hints and tips how to do yellow, well, help!) Ok, <grumble>, stripped the bugger and made another one, and started to do a bit of converting on it was well, added a 1/144 IR jammer from an Apache and a round bitty from a 1/72 Valentine tank.  Did them grey to white and kept them rather plain and simple, and for a bit of character, gave them numbers. (Colourwise I'm aiming for the colour look of the little 3 legged things from the new Halflife game >> http://www.videogamesblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/07/half-life-2-episode-two-old-new-2.jpg but more grey then white. And I might even scratch one or two of those things as well....)

So I present to you, Number 5 and Number 12.





And a bit of a close up of Number 5.


In my book Number 5 is kind of a snoop compared to the basic model, Number 12, hence the big camera and sensor on the side.

Lovely little models, if a bit rigid in their pose, and an annoying flaw, nameliy the thick base they come on. Number 5 and 12 have theirs hidden with sheets of plasticcard, number 12 has a much rougher finish representing a broken patch of (Milliput) concrete, while that of 5 was filed smooth. The bases took more time then the paintjob, and sanding the bases down takes ages and so far gave me 2 droids sitting on their asses as the legs tend to collapse while sanding. And yes, I will make a destroyed model as well.

Now, as to possible uses, my first thought would be on a space ship, but they would fit in an evil professors lab just as fine, or in a sci-fi city, or an robot army, or in my next game of Robo Rally  ::

And for the peeps who want to know what size these blighters are, they are on my basic 20mm washers. This is what they look compared to a Euro:


And this compared to a (largish) 20mm model:


Enjoy.

Johan

[Poliorketes]

cute! I love them!