Scout Tripods WIP - Now Complete

[Ray Rivers]

Okay!

So I've got this mountain of plastic from All's Quiet on the Martian Front. I'm cross posting this over at the Robot Peanut Studios Forum almost verbatim.

So I thought I would post up some stuff of my WIP on a pod of Scout Tripods. I've already finished one and decided to put my lessons learned into the other two.

So off we go. Apologize for the photos in advance, very rapidly done, but hopefully will serve.

The first thing I found out was that a Tripod with only 2 legs falls down.   I guess I abuse my models too badly and yep, I broke my first tripod of the stand. So that meant I had to pin the model to the base. So the first thing you will notice are the pins in the legs.

The next thing I wanted was some variety in my scouts. To do this I have one with the right leg raised, one with the left leg raised and the third with the back leg raised. I also varied the tentacles such that 1 had both a left and right tentacle, the other 2 left tentacles and the last 2 right tentacles.

I also wanted to add a bit of irregular shape to the base as it is so large. To do this I used silly putty as a base and then covered it with a thin covering of milliput. Here is a shot of the base:

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Here is a shot of the one of the tripods I'm working on: Notice the pins in the legs, a bit of milliput to smooth over the joints and the tentacles.

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Here is the second tripod. This tripod has the rear leg raised. Actually, with the models as molded you can't do this, so it required a small conversion. Very easy to do, I cut off the joint on the leg, glued it to the foot, then pinned it into place in the correct position:

[Ray Rivers]

So, that is where I stand so far.

Let's see the tripods placed on the bases to get an idea of what they will look like.

First the tripod with the right leg raised:

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And next the tripod with the back leg raised.

Next step will be mounting the tripods and doing their heads... soon hopefully.

[Malamute]

Nice to see these take shape Ray

[Ray Rivers]

Cheers, Nick!

They are actually lovely models, easy to build and paint up a treat.

[Sinewgrab]

Can you stand one beside a 28mm figure?  I know they are actually 15mm, but I just want to see if I can use them in my 28mm as scouts or 'droids...

They certainly look pretty.

[Ray Rivers]

Can you stand one beside a 28mm figure?  I know they are actually 15mm, but I just want to see if I can use them in my 28mm as scouts or 'droids...

Sure, mate!

The next time I do some photos, hopefully in the next couple days, I will include a shot with a 28mm figure alongside.

Being plastic, there is tons of mods you can do to these miniatures. For example, you can cut off the rounded bits of the legs and mount the pointy feet there, dropping the leg length from 9 cm to 5 cm. Note also that the tripod has a flat base to mount the head (which isn't mounted in my photos). You could mount just about anything you wanted there. The tentacles can also be easily shortened as well.

Also bear in the mind that although the Scout Tripod is the shortest, the Assault Tripod uses the same legs. So if you wanted to buy the model just for the legs, buy the Scout Tripod.

More to come...

[Dewbakuk]

Here's a couple I took at Partizan.

[OSHIROmodels]

The bigger ones don't look to out of place really with the one true scale 

cheers

James

[Ray Rivers]

The bigger ones don't look to out of place really with the one true scale  

The bigger one is an Assault Tripod, and yep, it will fit in nicely with 28mm stuff.

Even better is the Overseer Tripod of which I got one, but still haven't received it.  

[Amalric]

Very nice!
I look forward to seeing it painted up.

Any idea when these will be available retail to us mooks who didnt get in on the kickstarter?

[grant]

Cool

[Ray Rivers]

Any idea when these will be available retail to us mooks who didnt get in on the kickstarter?

I believe the basic tripods and tanks are available for order now at Architects of War for US folks and North Star for European Peoples.