Landmate conversions, an Appleseed inspired project.

[Gunbird]

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! 

[Modhail]

I'm supposed to a lot of things...   

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.

[Gunbird]

Give me 10 months and I'll have it sorted

[Modhail]

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?

[Modhail]

I guess Appleseed is still on the menu. Today I started paint on the two "trooper" enemy landmates:

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...