Landmate conversions, an Appleseed inspired project.

[Modhail]

Finally got started on a conversion I've wanted to do for quite some time now:

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:

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.


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!  

(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

[Cosmotiger]

"Does this armor make my butt look big?"   

[Modhail]

Are you the one who's going to tell her "Yes"? 

[TheMightyFlip]

Cool

[Sangennaru]

, 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?

[Modhail]

Well, I've only got this one model from Infinity, but they do seem quite good. Very clean, both in sculpting and casting.

[OSHIROmodels]

Looking good so far, I like the fact you're using SM arms aswell (didn't occur to me)

cheers

James

[Dewbakuk]

Love it. Got to be ESWAT really, then you can have Briarios who should be pretty easy to convert from this guy

[Svennn]

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.

[Modhail]

The infantry tends to be spindly yes, but the mecha don't suffer from that at all... That Cutter's quite a big boy.

[Dan]

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.

[Modhail]

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...   

[dijit]

This looks really great!
Wow.

[Bako]

Very nice! You're doing ESWAT proud .

[Modhail]

Hehe, thanks!

Well, I've finished the conversion:



The slighty out-of-focus item in the front is a back-mounted grenade pack.
Here it is in position on the model:




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.   
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.