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Other Stuff => Workbench => Topic started by: Modhail on 09 December 2009, 09:35:11 PM
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Finally got started on a conversion I've wanted to do for quite some time now:
(http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h213/Modhail/WIP/HPIM3201.jpg)
An Appleseed Landmate... (based on the Infinity Guijia, ofcourse...)
It's not going to be based on a specific Landmate from any of the movies or manga. (To much details to add to get an exact likeness) But it's certainly a member of the Guges family.
Ofcourse this one isn't complete yet, it still needs these attached:
(http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h213/Modhail/WIP/HPIM3205.jpg)
The slave arms and sensor pod "head".
I've cut the arms so I could match the pose of the master arms, and lengthen them. (The original has too short upper arms in my opinion)
The upper arms still need bulking upas well, they're too scrawny at the moment.
(http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h213/Modhail/WIP/HPIM3203.jpg)
The back has magnets mounted already so I have the option of adding the backpack grenade laucher and/or the Hermes flight pack.
Oh, and the sensor antenna are movable! Not just for fun though.. They're such delicate parts, they're bound to snap off sooner or later and I'd rather have the option of just snapping them back on again without any damage. That's my story and I'm sticking with it! lol
(http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h213/Modhail/WIP/HPIM3208.jpg)
(They'll need a good coat of varnish, to prevent wear and tear on the paint though...)
Still to do:
-Build the Grenade pack
-Build the Hermes unit
-Scribe some panel lines on the "bunny ears", grenade pack and Hermes unit.
-Bulk up the Arms
-Add a (small) neckguard to the helmet, mainly just to bulk out the rather flat head really.
-Base and paint
I'm still undecided on the colour scheme though. Do I go for the E.S.W.A.T. white and blue, a covert ops style grey-brown, or a more flashy scheme, like the purple and yellow of Deunan's suit in the 2004 anime?
(This one is really just the test case, if I like the final result enough I hope to add another 2-3 more suits in E.S.W.A.T. colours or grey. Get a proper squad going... I think I've figured out where to saw the arms so that I can pose them in a 2-handed firing grip, but that will wait for #2)
Bye, Modhail
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"Does this armor make my butt look big?" lol
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Are you the one who's going to tell her "Yes"? :D
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Cool
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lol, it looks really interesting!
btw, it is the first time I see some infinity unpainted (err, the second time!)... they looks great! aren't they?
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Well, I've only got this one model from Infinity, but they do seem quite good. Very clean, both in sculpting and casting.
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Looking good so far, I like the fact you're using SM arms aswell (didn't occur to me)
cheers
James
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Love it. Got to be ESWAT really, then you can have Briarios who should be pretty easy to convert from this guy
(http://www.coolminiornot.com/store/shopimages/products/normal/cor280216.jpg)
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Great idea. All the Infinity I had seen seemed thin and spindly but those legs are quite chunky, I will have to take a better look at these me thinks.
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The infantry tends to be spindly yes, but the mecha don't suffer from that at all... That Cutter's quite a big boy.
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I understand what you are talking about now as I watched Appleseed Exmachina yesterday . I really loved the Helicopter bikes and transports (whatever they are called) . It would make an interesting subject to game.
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Yes it would... I'm having quite a bit of fun building this thing so far. If I like the end result, I could see myself building 2 or 3 more and having a game.
I don't think the bikes would be too hard to convert, once you find a suitable motorcycle mini to serve as a base. Maybe hack up a small scale heli for the rotors.
Those flying transports however... o_o
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This looks really great!
Wow.
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Very nice! You're doing ESWAT proud :).
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Hehe, thanks!
Well, I've finished the conversion:
(http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h213/Modhail/WIP/HPIM3232.jpg)
The slighty out-of-focus item in the front is a back-mounted grenade pack.
Here it is in position on the model:
(http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h213/Modhail/WIP/HPIM3236.jpg)
(http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h213/Modhail/WIP/HPIM3237.jpg)
Now all that's left is to base and paint it...
But seeing how long I dawdled on the conversion, who knows when that will be.... :?
(Technically, the build isn't even properly finished yet! Those two magnets on the grenade pack are there to accept the Hermes flight system, which is still gloriously unbuilt... Basically because A: It's a big, and somewhat complex, shape. B: There are several variant designs, and I can't choose and C: I can't decide wether to build it in active or inactive position...)
I've spaced the magnets in the torso and grenade pack (and to yet to build Hermes system) so that the suit can accept either the grenade pack or the Hermes system, or both at the same time.
Oh, and I've ordered two more to convert as well, along with 2 other models to use as opposing force. :D
And the GZG Briareos and Deunan, plus some of their Bubblegum Crisis Boomers, to use as Combat Cyborgs (As seen in the first scenes of the 2004 animation). I'm somewhat curious to see just what size those are.
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Perhaps build both 'active' and 'inactive' pieces.
And do post a picture of how big they are when you do. I've been eying them too for some time.
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Well, I've decided to abandon the flight system, for the time being.
Seeing that this guy will get 2 friends, I need to find a reproduceable way of making them.
The GZG Briareos and Deunan have arrived, as well as 3 sets of Boomers (I intend to use them as the Combat Cyborgs from the opening scene of the 2004 animation.) Here are the requested size comparisons:
(http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h213/Modhail/WIP/HPIM3255.jpg)
(From left to right, the comparison minis are: Hasslefree Jess, Hasslefree Grant, Copplestone/EM-4 Trooper and GW plastic Zombie.)
Note that Briareos is missing one of his "bunny ears", it was found floating around in the bottom of the ziplock bag... These are tiny little things, with even tinier contact points. :'( I just hope I can get it reattached.
As you can see from the pictures, Deunan is a tiny, sprightly little thing. Her face seems to be lacking some definition, but we'll see what a little paint can do. She seems almost like a teen or kid, so I might swap her out for the Victory Force Infantry leader at some point.
Briareos is, to my eyes, large enough, especially if I don't grind off his base (maybe a little smaller than portayed in the comics, but about right size when compared to the animations)... Looking at the mold lines, he'll need a bit of cleanup.
And the Boomers:
(http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h213/Modhail/WIP/HPIM3254.jpg)
(From left to right the comparison mini's are: Black Cat Hoodied Ghoul, The LAF's own Prof, GW plastic zombie and Hasslefree Jess.)
I have no idea how large the Boomers from Bubblegum Crisis are supposed to be, but for my uses they could have been a smidge taller and bulkier... They'll lose quite a bit of height once the (thick) integral bases are ground off.
I'm still undecided wether I'll keep them as they are, or try to sculpt on fatigue pants, to make them match the movie a bit more.
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Briarios looks big enough as you say going from the animes, but the boomers are too small for 28mm, they work alongside Deunan at her scale (which looks too small for 28mm, considering Jess isn't exactly big).
I'd love the bubblegum crisis minis, but they just look way too small from what I've seen.
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Yup, they could've done with being a bit larger...
Especially if you see what I want to use them for: Size Comparison (http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h213/Modhail/WIP/vlcsnap-2010-01-16-09h39m36s225.png)
Which is very sad, because they match quite nicely for appearance:
(http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h213/Modhail/WIP/vlcsnap-2010-01-16-09h45m12s253.png)
Initially I'd planned to remove the excessively thick bases, but that will make them appear even smaller.
Another option would have been to sneakily extend their legs, as I would be sculpting on fatigue pants anyway, but that would just destroy their proportions.
Does anyone know about any alternatives I could use, that are a better match for size? Or should I just resign myself to gaming attacks from the Cyber-Halflings? :?
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I didn't realize those figures from GZG were so close to 28mm. Their normal 25mm figures are tiny even compared to Hasslefree's stuff. Thanks, that's nice to know. I'm going to have to contact Eureka US before Cold Wars.
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I have to say that the Appleseed and BGC figures are all rather "true 25s", with Briareos just being a "hunk", so to speak. I got the two figure sets (separate and shoulder-mounted Deunan) at Fiasco, and while I think that Briareos will actually work with my existing, mainly Foundry, moderns, I probably will not be using either the separate Deunan and the double figure and convert another model.
That said, the sculpting is superb, and I really need to photograph the figures.
Pertaining to the boomers, I think they would work as the battle cyborgs, especially if you give them some weapons in scale with the other minis and cleverly hide the cast-on base. From the pic and my recollection of the movie, I'd say a bit more bulk wouldn't hurt. Maybe you could use ORC troopers from Infinity's "Panoceania" range, without their antennae and painted appropriately.
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Yup, they're good old 25's.
I've looked around a bit more myself for alternate mini's. And I think I'll just use the boomers and somehow try to camouflage the base. Some of them will certainly get guns! Maybe just consider them light scout troops instead of 'Borgs-of-the-line.
Thanks for the tip Chris, the Infinity ORC troopers are indeed an alternative, I'm just worried they look too much like suits instead of cyborgs...
That, and I already had them tagged as stand-in for the (surprise) ORC suits* as seen in the operation in France in Appleseed book 3. :D Though I might use some of the Yu Jing suits for those instead.
The Infinity range does hold a lot of useable stuff.
(Is this project snowballing? Naaah... ;))
*Apparently some translations call these Garthim suits instead?
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Thanks for the tip Chris, the Infinity ORC troopers are indeed an alternative, I'm just worried they look too much like suits instead of cyborgs...
That, and I already had them tagged as stand-in for the (surprise) ORC suits* as seen in the operation in France in Appleseed book 3. :D Though I might use some of the Yu Jing suits for those instead.
Operation Benandanti is my absolute favourite. I actually bought book 3 in English since I thought I'd lost my German one, then promptly found it behind a bookshelf three days after I returned from the voyage! lol
Considering ORC troops, the Nexus SWAT figures from the Kryomek line, currently available via Scotia Grendel, very much look like they were inspired (actually, they have "SWAT" in raised letters on their chestplates, but far be it from me to jump to conclusions!) by Shirow's design. The helmets are spot on.
Here's a link to the catalogue listing. (http://www.scotiagrendel.com/Products/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=3_112_116&sort=20a&page=2)
I originally got a bunch to use as Enclave Power Armours:
(http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg236/Christian_S_1979/Modelling%20and%20Miniatures/Fallout/ENCLAVE_PAs.jpg)
I also painted some as Brotherhood of Steel. Both had minor helmet conversions. My only criticism when using them as bona fide ORC troops is that the Nexus figures have a wide array of weapons, but I think that the higher numbers in the series (Packs VI and VII) contain figures armed with uniform submachineguns and combat knives.
But I still got a number which I'll paint up for use with ESWAT, although I personally prefer the Infinity figures - although these are a bit bigger, and the Nexus figs fit very well with most 28mm figures (Copplestone AND EM-4 Future Warriors, particularly), the Nexus have some rather spindly legs, but I think they'd work very well with slender 28s, and it's not that noticeable when painted. Generally, I've had very good service from Scotia Grendel and coincidentally just ordered a bunch of Fantasy stuff this evening.
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Oh my, those are interesting.... :)
You're right about both the helmets and legs.
Those heads, on the right infinity bodies would be just perfect... I guess bulking up their legs would be a more affordable option.
Got plenty of time to consider the solution...
Dumped the remains of this month's budget on 4 more suits: two more Giujia, these will be regular ESWAT Landmates (the current one will be my version of the high-tech classified Guges-<random letter here> ).
And an Infinity Salamander and Lizard, to use as black-market milspec landmates for the bad guys...
The Lizard needs no conversion, just a more intimidating paintjob, and the Salamander only needs master arms added.
They arrived yesterday and I've already cut one of the Giujia up:
(http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h213/Modhail/WIP/HPIM3259.jpg)
(My apologies for the fuzzines, the camera's batteries are a bit tired...)
I'm hoping to scratchbuild an entirely new head, similar to the ones of the "stock" Landmates of the 2004 movie and Deunan's Guges in book one. (Sorry for those of a more graphical inclination, can't seem to find a decent picture at the moment...)
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Great project! :o
Looking forward to seeing this lot painted up. Top Job.
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I couldn't primer Landmate #1, Deunan and Briareos today... It was snowing. :?
So I did a bit more on suit # 2:
(http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h213/Modhail/WIP/HPIM3268.jpg)
and
(http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h213/Modhail/WIP/HPIM3265.jpg)
(http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h213/Modhail/WIP/HPIM3266.jpg)
Did the first layer of GS to bulk up the upper arms.
Made the head and sculpted new fingers for his left hand, cradling the assault "rifle".
I had hoped to get the second layer of greenstuff on the arms done as wel. But the greenstuff cured too slow due to the low temperature today.
Still to do before it's ready for paint:
-the final layer of greenstuff on the upper arms.
-The "bunny ears" aerials on the shoulders.
-The grenade backpack.
-Attaching the head.
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Whooops, it's been a while since I worked on these, has it? o_o
I recently came across a set of Lego mecha wargame rules (Mobile Frame Zero (http://www.mobileframezero.com), you can find the most recent rules here (http://mobileframezero.com/mfz/download-mobile-frame-zero-rapid-attack-draft-f4/).). I've given them a test drive, and found them rather entertaining. Because of the way the mecha were handled, it seemed this game could easily be adapted to other (non-Lego) mecha.
Which, in turn, resparked my interest in these Appleseed conversions, so I dug them out again.
Here is the state of affairs as it is now:
Conversions in progress:
(http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h213/Modhail/WIP/Appleseed/WP_000441.jpg)
Ready for paint:
(http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h213/Modhail/WIP/Appleseed/WP_000442.jpg)
The conversions in progress still need their "bunny ear" sensors made and attached, as well as their grenade packs.
The ready for paint consists of my original Landmate conversion, which now represents the prototype being used by an ESWAT officer. In the background are three terrorist/foreign power Landmates, with an officer model in the middle, and two troopers flanking it.
Hopefully I'll get those last two Landmate conversions finished in the next few days.
And then, someday, they may actually see paint.... ;D
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Just a quick update:
The "Bunny Ears" are a fact:
(http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h213/Modhail/WIP/Appleseed/WP_000445.jpg)
I've also made a start on the grenade packs, but I need to find replacements for some bits I used on the original conversion's pack that I don't have extras of...
So in essence, I now have two opposing forces of completed Landmates ready for primer!
(I'm cheating and not counting the grenade packs as those are optional upgrades. I do want to complete those two before actually primering the lot. The Hermes flight system can wait until later. I still haven't figured out how I want to build that.)
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Just a short update: the grenade packs are done, and today was dry enough to get some primering in:
(http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h213/Modhail/WIP/Appleseed/WP_000455.jpg)
Not very exciting to look at, I know...
The Opfor landmates (the back row) will be getting a grey paintjob (several shades, I guess, to maintain interest) with maybe a brighter detail colour. They need to remain sinister though.
The two "trooper" Guges will get the white ESWAT colour scheme of the 2004 animation, maybe with the blue accents replaced with a less cartoony grey.
The "officer" Guges in the middle, I'm still undecided on, it may be the (metallic) two tone blue of Deunan's Guges in the 1987 animation, or maybe the covert ops brownish-grey from certain pieces of colour art.
Basically, the choice between (what I assume will be) Deunan's personal Landmate is:
This:
(http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3122/3124059773_da3bc15f23_z.jpg?zz=1)(http://datafortress2020.oliwy.net/guges-d.jpg) (the latter is closer to the colour I'd be aiming at)
or this:
(http://www.e2046.com/product_album_image/PR/PR1826/PR1826_1803852228.jpg)
Which do you think would look better?
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I'm guessing since you've posted one of his pictures you may have seen this site:
http://homepage1.nifty.com/musuke/index.html (http://homepage1.nifty.com/musuke/index.html)
if not it's well worth the look for Appleseed/Ghost in the Shell.
I think I'd either take a colour closer to the first or not shade it as heavily if I took the second colour.It's still a fantastic project and looking forwards to seeing them finished.
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I had come across that site quite a while ago but lost the link, thank you for reminding me!
The japanese (I think?) is a bit of a barrier, sadly.
I'd love to get one of those resin kits one day...
By your comment I understand you'd prefer the brownish-grey over the two-tone blue?
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Depending on what purpose you're building it, I like the late ESWAT colour scheme:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v231/Hellequin/Landmate.jpg)
Anyway, tou did an excellent job so far ;)
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Yes i prefer the tan colour.
Google translate can help a little with the Japanese, but not much. It's enough to get an idea of it with a little guesstimating.
Again lovely work.
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Go for the tan and if there is something you desperately need translating then I might be able to get my wife to have a look :)
cheers
James
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Depending on what purpose you're building it, I like the late ESWAT colour scheme
I'm actually trying to not pin it down to a certain purpose or part of the Appleseed storyline. That way I can have the most freedom when thinking up scenarios.
That's part of the doubt about the colour scheme; I really like the two tone blue and would like to see if I can pull it off. But, it does pin me down in the "early days" of Deunan and Briareos' stay in Olympus, which limits me scenario-wise. (Plus, the type of head and legs don't match the prototype/early production Guges) Maybe I'll convert a specific "early" Guges sometime.
James, thank you for the offer! I'm just content to look at the pretty pictures for the most part at the moment.
I was wondering though, if the creator of these models mentions on his site if/where these are for sale online (with his permission)? I'm seriously tempted to get one for display, but I'd rather not see my money going to recasters, without benefit to the original creator...
I don't want to unduly trouble your wife (or you) but if she could take a quick peek, I would be very grateful!
Update: I started painting the first Landmate today, here it is in it's basecoat:
(http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h213/Modhail/WIP/Appleseed/WP_000457.jpg)
For some reason it turns up more green on my monitor, the actual colour is a mix of grey and tan (the two Vallejo colours in the background: mixed in a 2 brown to 1 grey ratio).
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Painting is done on the first landmate, as far as I'm concerned. It turned out a bit darker and (oddly enough) green than I had originally intended. But the paintjob is neat enough and near enough that I'm hesitant to risk messing it up by repainting it:
(http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h213/Modhail/WIP/Appleseed/WP_000476.jpg)
(http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h213/Modhail/WIP/Appleseed/WP_000477.jpg)
It is currently unmarked, I might read through volume 3 and 4 again to see if there are any markings I could add.
This means that, as of today, my finished Appleseed cast is this:
(http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h213/Modhail/WIP/Appleseed/WP_000481.jpg)
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Looking good!
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Very nice Erik. Looking forward on seeing the others painted as well.
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Me too...
But I've only got this week to finish them... After that I'll only be home in the weekends for a couple of months, so I expect my hobby-time to be somewhat reduced. :?
Here's how far I got today:
(http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h213/Modhail/WIP/Appleseed/WP_000491.jpg)
Need to go now or the New Year's party will start without me...
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This is my favorite LAF thread right now. Have a happy new year.
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Thank you, Pentaro!
Indeed, a happy new year!
No painting today, still a bit fuzzy from last night...
I did however field test an idea I had about terrain for Appleseed. I needed something to reproduce the many levels of elevation you see in much of the Appleseed artwork. I used some modular dungeon/secret base terrain I have on perma-loan from Wayswatcher:
(http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h213/Modhail/WIP/Appleseed/WP_000492.jpg)
I also did a quick field test to see how the Mobile Frame Zero rules would handle Appleseed style combat. I think they will need tweaking, maybe even to the point of a (partial) rewrite. (More thought on that can be found on my blog).
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White, oh, how I curse your name! >:(
I had a bit of a struggle with the white on those ESWAT landmates, can you tell?
I've had to abandon my original plan of painting them both side by side, due to it. Instead I focussed on getting just one right. (Mainly so I would only have to strip the one if things really went pear-shaped!)
I managed to get it right to an acceptable level (naturally the camera then proceeded to obliterate all the highlighting and shading I did...).
Here is how he is looking at the moment:
(http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h213/Modhail/WIP/Appleseed/temporary.jpg)
(Once again: a workbench pic, and still the camera won't behave itself by focussing properly. My apologies.)
So, this sadly brings my current burst of activity to an end. Starting next week, I'll be away from home during the weekdays for about half a year. In the weekends hobby will have to compete with family life, social life, and general catching up to life at home, so I fear it will regularly fall by the wayside...
On the plus side: I received the first three Appleseed manga books (Used to have them years ago, lent them to a friend who pulled a white blue yonder... Kept putting off replacing them for some reason, usually due to blowing the budget on mini's. ::) ). So I can at least enjoy the stories again!
Oh, and an updated "What's finished" pic:
(http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h213/Modhail/WIP/Appleseed/temporary-1.jpg)
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That looks perfectly fine, good job.
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Wow, has it really been that long!?
I've been painting a lot of fantasy stuff lately (the last two years or so), and during a recent large project, the Warhammer Quest display backdrop, combined with real life, my mojo flagged quite a bit.
So I decided to give it a break and just pick up a random project on a whim. Clear the palate as it were. I wanted to do something none-fantasy, but not grimdark (I felt like I had enough doom and gloom on my plate already...). Something small and easily finished.
I had a look over my stacks of mini's ready to paint and WIP (I have an archival drawer cabinet with minis from various projects that are either WIP, primered or ready for primer. I tend to switch gears a lot usually, and this is my way of accomodating my hobby-butterfly tendencies).
My eye fell on my partly painted Appleseed Landmate conversion from a couple of years ago...
At the time painting on it had stalled out, because, well, painting that much white neatly was an absolute bugbear. Luckily, this time I knew what I was in for (and had several years more painting experience under my belt). The trick to painting white is accepting it will take a bazillion layers...and just get on with it.
Anyway, here is the result:
(http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h213/Modhail/WIP/Appleseed/WP_20160121_001.jpg)
And the anterior:
(http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h213/Modhail/WIP/Appleseed/WP_20160121_003.jpg)
In the end, it turned out a little lighter/brighter than his buddy I painted years ago:
(http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h213/Modhail/WIP/Appleseed/WP_20160121_005.jpg)
(Old one on the left, new paint in the centre, and Special Ops Landmate on the right.)
Here's a pic of the whole gang as it stands now:
(http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h213/Modhail/WIP/Appleseed/WP_20160121_007.jpg)
The SWAT team in the background isn't formally part of the Appleseed project (they're painted in the colours and markings of the Arrestatieteam, the Dutch equivalent of SWAT), but as they're carrying futuristic gear anyway, they might as well be co-opted.
With him, all my law enforcement Landmates are painted. On the to-paint tray are still 3 opposing force Landmates and 9 Bubblegum Crisis "Boomer" miniatures that need converting into combat cyborgs. When I'll do those minis? I don't know.
I had intended this mini to be a single painting project, to reboot the mojo, but I've finally watched Appleseed Alpha ("for research") and am currently rereading the manga, and it's drawing me in again. So this project may just have a longer breath than I had planned.
I also discovered that the particular Infinity models I used for these conversions are being replaced with a newer sculpt that isn't compatible with the looks of these (It's a nice sculpt, but there's just not enough of the classic Guges in it for me). So I kinda, sorta, somewhat quickly ordered an extra one, to convert into a support Landmate with an Anti-Landmate Sniper rifle.
There's still plenty on the wish list for this project, with the top picks being; a Landmate for Briareos, suitable clean sci-fi terrain, and most importantly, a ruleset that does what I want from Appleseed style gaming.
After that it's just tasties: more (varied) opposing force, some vehicles, civillians...
But there's not much of a priority on that, because as far as I know I don't have anyone to actually game this with... It's mainly just a modelling project and homage to Appleseed.
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Ooo, glad to see you back at this 8) 8)
cheers
James
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Took you a while, didn't it? (wait, weren't you supposed to paint Frostgrave stuff this week?). A pity my future ruined city doesn't match up too well to these fluff wise, would have saved you some effort. Great white! :D
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I'm supposed to a lot of things... ;D
Ah, but that is the beauty of Appleseed, while Olympus (the "free world capitol") is a nice sleek, cyber-utopia, much of the world is still "Badlands": war ravaged countryside (often desert-like) and bombed-out cities, where future ruined urban buildings are quite usual... ;) A lot of covert conflict and asset retrieval/exchange goes on in those areas.
And as long as I don't equip the landmates with flight gear or involve (larger) vehicles, a skirmish sized table (3'x3' or 4'x4') would be sufficient.
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Give me 10 months and I'll have it sorted :)
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Heh, knowing you, you would have...
I can't promise a finished 4'x4' sleek cyber-utopia in that time though, but if I can get the three OpFor Landmates finished by then, I'll be happy. We could even try a game then, if I find suitable rules?
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I guess Appleseed is still on the menu. Today I started paint on the two "trooper" enemy landmates:
(http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h213/Modhail/WIP/Appleseed/WP_20160123_001.jpg)
This is just the overall basecoat, some segments will get painted in lighter and darker grey, to add more visual interest.
As these aren't based on any existing canon Appleseed landmates, I'll have to figure out a colour scheme on my own. As I will be using these in various roles (terrorist, foreign power covert ops, organised crime) I'm trying to be a bit generic with their colour scheme. However, they are clearly designed specifically for combat applications, so I want to steer away from bright colours, except for spot colour or details, to prevent them looking civilian.
The suits are Infinity Szalamandra TAGs with the external ammo feeds, fins and canisters removed and old Eldar plastic arms added as master arms.
Oh, and I changed the title of the thread, seeing how this has gone well beyond a single landmate conversion...