The Meknificent Seven and Friends - 2014/10/26 Meks and Mercs (p.16)

[Westfalia Chris]

Nice one as ever, Chris!

Got those Strontium Dog figs in my birthday package (which I can't have till the weekend ) so it looks like you'r e set the bar for me again.

Curiously, I also turfed out the old Citadel set the other day. Been in the back of the bits box for about twenty years, completely forgotten I had it ! I wonder how they'll compare size-wise? Not well, I should imagine...

Blatantly speaking, I was dumbstruck at how large the Strontium Dog and Rogue Trooper Foundry stuff is. I'd expected some 28-30, but they are easily in the 32-35 bracket - I put them next to my Citadel Judges (to be painted after I return from Germany end of the month), and they are easily two heads taller, a good 10-12mm, depending on the model.

That said, the sculpting (on Johnny Alpha in particular) is superb, and the Gronk is so spot on.

[JollyBob]

Well, if I get chance over the weekend, I may take a comparison shot and post it up, just for laughs. Do you mind if I stick it in here, or would you prefer I started a new thread? Don't want to muck yours up.

[Westfalia Chris]

Well, if I get chance over the weekend, I may take a comparison shot and post it up, just for laughs. Do you mind if I stick it in here, or would you prefer I started a new thread? Don't want to muck yours up.

Nah, just go ahead - I'll be off for the weekend anyway (moving out Saturday, graduating Monday, flying to Germany on Tuesday), so I won't notice it until Tuesday evening, anyway.

The ABC focus has been watered down already by myself, anyway, and will be even more once I paint those Judges, Klegg and Satanus.

[JollyBob]

Nice! Ta. 

(And congratulations on graduating!)

[cheetor]

The Strontium Dogs are great.  My Johnny Alpha is half painted since 2003

Funnily enough I think that my favourite of the three is actually the Gronk.  He looks absolutely perfect.  A great sculpt of the character and you completely nailed it with the paint job.

The three of them are fantastic, some of the best work on this project so far I reckon

[JollyBob]

Well, if I get chance over the weekend, I may take a comparison shot and post it up, just for laughs.

Better late than never, since last weekend was lost to excessive drinking. 

Here's the comparison, anyway, Foundry to the left, old Citadel to the right.




You can see that the Foundry figs are around 1/3 larger than the originals. Definitely do not mix well...

Hope that's of some use or interest to those of you who collect this stuff. And thanks to Chris for letting me make a small hijacking. 

[RJ]

Chris!

Cracking work as always! I like Johnny Alpha, not that he's my fav character or anything... 

Keep up the good work.

On a side note, i am still working on my Rogue trooper game. I have some Norts converted from GW cadians and i think they have come up well. Hopefully will get round to pics soon. I also have lots more Foundry 2000AD  to paint

[abhorsen950]

Those are absoloutley stunning, very well done!!!

[Deserter]

I love this whole thread! Great subject matter, great selection of miniatures, amazing scratchbuilding, amazing painting, just great!

I've been on a big 2000AD fix since I had a read through the playtest Judge Dredd rules from Mongoose - that led to me requesting a bunch of stuff from the local library including various ABC Warrior collections. This project might just sway me into buying a few of the Foundry miniatures (if it wasn't for that horrible postage I probably would have already!).

[Brandlin]

I didn't see this thread until now.

I have been thinking along similar lines, but never got further than this post on my blog...

there might be some mongrel and happy shrapnel help there...

http://brandlin.blogspot.com/search/label/ABC%20Warriors


oh, and that mek quake is the biz... i was looking to make a kit... laser cut parts like my buildings, but its a bit on the back burner at the moment... do you have plans?

[Westfalia Chris]

Hey folks,

finally got back into the modelling and painting routine. FYI, I did an experimental Rottweiler miniature based on a GW terminator; expensive, and didn't work out; I'll post pics anyway, once I paint it. Anyway, I opted for a different approach and ordered a bunch of VOID 1.1 figures, Viridian Assault Marines (plastic) to use as a basis for Rottweilers and VASA Marines for Eternal Soldiers.

On the latter, I'd like some input. In the comic "The Black Hole", the Eternal Soldiers (Terran conquest troops during the "Classical Period" under Emperor Zalinn) are obviously only depicted in black and white, and not necessarily consistent - their uniform and equipment tone varies depending on the background and the effect the artist wishes to convey. All nice and works great in the book, but it doesn't make things easier for figure painting.

Here's a panel from "The Black Hole" ((c) Rebellion):



Based on this and other illustrations, I've whipped up a sketch to explore various colour combinations. I would personally prefer a dark scheme, but with some contrast between the different pieces of clothing, and wouldn't mind more "1980s Scifi-ish" rather than a "pseudorealistic military Scifi-ish" look. If you have any suggestions, I'd be happy to get some feedback.

[anevilgiraffe]

if memory serves it was Zalinn that started the Terran Empire which lead to Termight... I'd go with the black, grey or dark red... they're an army of conquest, which gave rise to the most facist facist state ever - blue green and purple just don't scream oppression...

I'm sure those strips would have been recoloured for the US format re-issue of the strip - I have some US dredds and rogues somewhere and they have been fully coloured... maybe a US forum member has some somewhere that could give a colour scheme...

[Westfalia Chris]

if memory serves it was Zalinn that started the Terran Empire which lead to Termight... I'd go with the black, grey or dark red... they're an army of conquest, which gave rise to the most facist facist state ever - blue green and purple just don't scream oppression...

That pretty much sums it up, I guess. I included the "imperial purple" on a whim, and I could combine it with black to make it darker; but then, they would look a bit too similar to the original VASA Marine paintjob for my taste.

I'm partial to a black or dark grey scheme, too, especially since it would form a nice contrast to the white Rottweilers (Stormtroopers and Imperial Army, I dare say).

[anevilgiraffe]

well you could do an Emperor's Guard in purple... a proto Inquisition in Red...

[JollyBob]

I think the first option you mocked up looks good, a sort of dried blood colour for the overall with darker helmet, boots etc. That said, the black or dark grey would look quite menacing, but it is kind of the default colourscheme for evil troopers.

I was thinking of painting my new Grymn in a similar red scheme, so its probably just on my mind at the moment.