The pods are coming!

[Inso]

I bought and assembled 8 Macross Regult pods (Nichimo 1/200 scale) a long time ago and they have been languishing in the attic for a good five years or so but a bout of boredom caused me to dig them out (Grymn is there for scale):



After I turned them over in my hands for a while, I decided that they looked a bit gangly so I have been slowly converting them and have got the first four almost finished:



I still need to tidy a few details up and then do the other four but I think the shorter legs suit them much better.

I will be putting together a small jungle patrol with these mechs and about the same number of Grymn so green and yellow will be the colours of choice.

Should be fun .

[Sangennaru]

Wow! Kudos to you! I've one of those, and assembling it is a real pain! But those pieces are great!

(wait, probably i've a different version, with like 2 thousand parts)

love also the conversion on the legs!

[Jaeger]

I wish I had a stash of pods in the attick...

Fits the Grymn better with the leg coversion.

/Jaeger

[Inso]

I was always in two minds about these pods because they were so gangly. I only confirmed my theory once I had bought and assembled them...and that is why they ended up stashed away.

Initially, I din't know what to do with them and I didn't want to start chopping them up because they were getting rare. Once I dug them out of the attic, it seemed obvious what I needed to do so that is why I bit the bullet and started chopping... and I am glad I did because they have improved (in my mind) a whole bunch and actually look more correctly proportioned now (even though, they are made up and don't have a 'proportion' to get correct...I think it is the aesthetics...).

Anyway, they are all chopped down now and are just getting all of their screws covered up or removed and the holes being filled in.

Now all I need is a bunch of bases for them (Heresy miniatures, 50mm I think).

[Inso]

I decided I couldn't wait for bases so it will be plasticard for now. Here are the eight finished pods with some Grymn troops to look after:



It will make a nice change to paint some green .

[dwartist]

I like those Grymn conversions. Better pics?

[Inso]

I like those Grymn conversions. Better pics?

They are wet at the moment but once they have dried, I'll get a pic or two .

[Messyart]

I'm not sure what's cooler.. The Pods, or the little hats 

[Inso]

I'm not sure what's cooler.. The Pods, or the little hats 

Seeing as you like hats...here is something I made earlier:



Full squad:

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/Grymn/Grymn%20DPM/PICT2077.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d161/Inso/Grymn/Grymn%20DPM/GrymnDPM5.jpg

[Messyart]

I've seen an awful lot of your stuff from FoD, you're one of the guys who encouraged me to try getting better :3

And those hats look even better 8D

[Inso]

Roughly base-coated but a pic taken to show off a selection of the hats:

[Mason]

Nice conversions on the pods, they do look much better like that.

That hats are damned fine too, easy to make a hat look massive if you get it wrong.
These look spot on!

[dwartist]

great stuff! Love the 'boonies' and the reversed caps!

[Cypher226]

Did you trim the heads down any before sculpting the headgear?

[Inso]

Did you trim the heads down any before sculpting the headgear?

To be honest, I can't remember. I know that I chopped the top off the beret heads but these...I'm not sure (it was 4 years ago and I have converted a LOT of miniatures since then).