GitS

[Mad Doc Morris]

Hello all!
Following Jack Bauer, I've painted another pair of movie/TV-stars. This time it's Ghost in the Shell, one of my all-time favourites.

Major Motoko Kusanagi (Hasslefree)



Batou (Hasslefree, minor conversion)



If you're familiar with their theme, you don't have to visit my blog's entry. But any visitor (and commentator, of course) is welcome nevertheless. 

[Inso]

Very nicely done  .

I'm not sure if you know this but Hasslefree are releasing a NOT-Batou miniature in the near future.

The big question is...when are you putting together some Tachikoma, Uchikoma or even one of the tanks?

[Mad Doc Morris]

Very nicely done  .

I'm not sure if you know this but Hasslefree are releasing a NOT-Batou miniature in the near future.

The big question is...when are you putting together some Tachikoma, Uchikoma or even one of the tanks?

Thanks for the heads up, didn't know that.
If you can point me to a nice model, I'm more than willing to add a spider tankette.

[Westfalia Chris]

Great work, especially on the black leather and purple hair.

As for the Tachikoma, here's a nice one that actually moves and should be about right-sized:

http://www.hlj.com/product/MEG81051

One can also scratch one that looks reasonably close from various wood shapes and pearls from crafts stores (if you got an Idee Creativmarkt near, they should have a nice selection):

http://www.displacedminiatures.com/images/img.1150967526590.jpg

http://www.displacedminiatures.com/images/img.1151657285830.jpg

[Mad Doc Morris]

Chris, when you posted your first scratchbuilt GitS-models I (being ten-thumbed) began searching for appropriate ready-made miniatures myself. Always hoped for a continuation on your side.
The toy tachikoma looks okay, if the eyes seem a bit big, don't they? However, link saved, many thanks.

[Westfalia Chris]

Chris, when you posted your first scratchbuilt GitS-models I (being ten-thumbed) began searching for appropriate ready-made miniatures myself. Always hoped for a continuation on your side.
The toy tachikoma looks okay, if the eyes seem a bit big, don't they? However, link saved, many thanks.

As you quite correctly say, it's a toy. There was a series of gashapon collectibles a couple of years back which might have been a bit closer, size-wise, as well as better proportioned, but I think the above would benefit nicely from maybe a full repaint or just some detail washes. Also, I haven't seen the collectibles for quite some time, so they might just be unavailable.

[TheMightyFlip]

Always nice to see some GitS stuff, now do Saito!

[Astromini5]

I have a old tachikoma that was an extra with a 7" toy of the major. Much too small to be a riding-mech for 28mm, so I added a cannon to make it less cute.

[Gluteus Maximus]

I've no idea what GitS is all about, but I love your figures and I'll visit your blog for more info 

That Harby is such a useful figure, with so many conversion options.

[Cherno]

Cool figures and paintjob. I like the GitS movies a lot. Isn't the crab-tank at the end of GitS different from the tanks posted above? I remember it being six-legged while those above are four-legged... They only appeared in the Stand Alone Complex series didn't they?

Anyway, that six-legged tank was awesome looking. I hope you can get one and paint it for us

[Mad Doc Morris]

Many thanks for your kind comments, guys.
The tachikoma tankettes first appeared in the manga, I think. They were definitely introduced in the first TV season, at the end of season 2 to be replaced by so called uchikomas. However, Masamune Shirow's affection for spiders also triggered the 'crab-tank' against which Kusanagi and Batou battled in the original movie. Huge pieces like this were seen at times in the series as well.
Spider tanks feature in the manga-inspired Infinity game IIRC. Maybe that's a source for conversions.

[Roebeast45]

If I remember right the first tankettes were called Fuijikoma. These were in the manga and the Playstation game. This is a video of the intro and gameplay of the game. The intro is still amazing and the game had about a half hour of new video based on the movie.



According to Wikpedia the design and name had to be changed for SAC.

[Westfalia Chris]

That's it pretty much - the manga had the Fuchikoma, the original movie (1995) had the "German think-tank" (which originally featured in a manga episode, in a slightly different shape, used by a terrorist), the 1st and 2nd TV series featured the Tachikoma plus several military models of larger walker tanks, and in the final episode of 2nd gig, they introduced the Uchikoma which resemble the manga version nicely, as does the whole scene evoke the beginning of the second manga episode.

[TheMightyFlip]

That game was pretty bad, I remeber I used cheats to get to view all the movies. Played the Stand Alone Complex game on the PS2 but couldnt get past the 1st level...

[hubbabubba]

fantastic painting