15mm Robots - PAINTED!

[answer_is_42]

Very impressive! Excuse me if it's already been mentioned, but how durable are they? Those legs look awfully fragile...

Nevertheless, the future! I think this is a good indication as to what wargames figure production will look like in, oh, a couple of decades?

[Sangennaru]

Very impressive! Excuse me if it's already been mentioned, but how durable are they? Those legs look awfully fragile...

well, considering the tiny thickness, they are very resistant. i'm toying with them since this afternoon and i broke a spine while cleaning them. If it was in metal, i would have devastated them already.
Still, i think that i will make some changes in the structure, since some parts could be done chunckier.

but the legs, actually, are really strong. plastic is light, so they don't have to hold much weight. =)

I'm painting now another one, i'll post a reference with some Khurasan, Eureka and RebelMinis

[Sangennaru]

Here's a second paint scheme:

and some comparison pics:


Left to right: Khurasan "terran", Lazy Robot, Blue Moon Cowboy, Lazy Robot, Rebel "titan", GZG District 9 Shrimp


Left to right: Rebel Minis power armor, Lazy Robot, Blue Moon, Eureka, Lazy Robot

Cheers and goodnight,
Jack

[Conquistador]

15 mm you say... That where I intend taking all my 25+ mm figures for storage purposes (the 3 mm and 6 mm figures will not be an issue for storage.)

Might need to see about getting something like this done just before retirement...

Gracias,

Glenn

[underfirewargaming]

They look amazing man!, I find that yes the FUD at first looks like a problem, but when you paint them up you cant even notice it. Its like spray painting, you do it and it creates many dot like ridges, which I have personally found to be amazing for catching painting details and highlights.

A well painted miniature can remove any detail issues, shame the guys are not easily casted though !. Really great work man keep at it, eventually I may commission you for a sculpt some day ( when I finally get my current masters casted, still waiting for one to be reshipped back too me :/!).

[YPU]

I'll be honest in saying I was a bit sceptical of your sculpts but in the FUD they look amazingly good. And like you said at a terrific price due to their skinny looks. Inspiring!

I have been been struggling along on a few speeder bike designs in Rhino 3d, perhaps we can colab and use one of your robots as a rider some time in the future. 

[Sangennaru]

15 mm you say... That where I intend taking all my 25+ mm figures for storage purposes (the 3 mm and 6 mm figures will not be an issue for storage.)

Might need to see about getting something like this done just before retirement...

Might be my poor english, but i've read this post three times and i can't understand it... what do you mean? :-?

They look amazing man!, I find that yes the FUD at first looks like a problem, but when you paint them up you cant even notice it. Its like spray painting, you do it and it creates many dot like ridges, which I have personally found to be amazing for catching painting details and highlights.

A well painted miniature can remove any detail issues, shame the guys are not easily casted though !. Really great work man keep at it, eventually I may commission you for a sculpt some day ( when I finally get my current masters casted, still waiting for one to be reshipped back too me :/!).

For the non-castable point, as i explained to Barbarian, this model is meant to be made of FUD. Metal is great, but most of this details are just too thin and undercut to be done. and that's a pro, not a con! We've been working and playing with casting all the time, and we barely have the concept of a "undercut" model, and now finally we can do it! Tubes going around, wires and "natural positions", without a hundred parts to glue.

I'll be honest in saying I was a bit sceptical of your sculpts but in the FUD they look amazingly good. And like you said at a terrific price due to their skinny looks. Inspiring!

I have been been struggling along on a few speeder bike designs in Rhino 3d, perhaps we can colab and use one of your robots as a rider some time in the future. 

Well, i was a little sceptical as well , until i saw the prints. The quality in this scale is just awesome.
For the colab, whenever you like! =)

cheers, and thanks you all
Jack

[Conquistador]

15 mm you say... That where I intend taking all my 25+ mm figures for storage purposes (the 3 mm and 6 mm figures will not be an issue for storage.)

Might need to see about getting something like this done just before retirement...

Gracias,

Glenn

Let me try again since I was unclear.


"15 mm you say... That where I intend taking all my 25+ mm figures for storage purposes (the 3 mm and 6 mm figures will not be an issue for storage.)"

I will re-type the same thought in more words (not so pressed for time) hoping for clarity:

Those look much better than I expected 15 mm to look and I am impressed.  Impressed enough to now consider doing something similar when I retire/move.

I am looking to move from a Missouri 5 bedroom house (college age daughter, daughter living/working in town 3 hours 14 minutes/215.6 miles but visits often, sewing/scrap booking room for wife, library for me, master bedroom,) to - initially, possibly permanently,) with basement for miniatures storage  to a two bedroom apartment in New Mexico and my (30? +/-) KR Multicase boxes plus multiple shelving units of 25+ mm figures needs to be reduced significantly in volume.  Selling a lot of stuff will help but also turning the 25+ mm for eras/genres I will be keeping into 15 mm sized figures will reduce the same a lot - at least by a fourth.  

My 6 mm and 3 mm figures should be easier to store than 25+ mm so I think they will not need to be culled so aggressively as the 25+ mm stuff, especially if I convert the armies I am keeping from 25+ mm to 15 mm.

Hope that helps.

Gracias,

Glenn

[Sangennaru]

Ahahah, ok thanks! That's much clearer!

Well, i've been moving to 15mm in order to "convert" my friends into miniature wargaming. It's cheaper and faster to paint. And scenery are faster to make as well =)

However, i've done some experiments with acetone (nail paints solvent), probably i didn't wait enough time, but it just looks a little more transparent now, nothing more =)
(the treated one is the left one!)

[Sangennaru]

While waiting to paint the new ones, and distracted by real life, i managed to make some better photos with the Macro lens i built myself.

Color scheme 1:








Color scheme 2:







the rudeness of the macro makes some dispersion effects with the color spectrum. I find it nice, and i like to work with that, even though a professional macro could work much better.

Cheers
Jack

[Commander Vyper]

Really nice Jack.

[YPU]

They really stand up to close inspection don't they?

Lovely colour schemes you picked for them as well, simple but really works.

Could I be so cheeky as to ask you to share your cad file? I really could use a scale reference dolly for my speeder bikes. Tough if you would rather sit on them I can imagine! 

[Sangennaru]

Really nice Jack.

Thanks commander!

They really stand up to close inspection don't they?

Lovely colour schemes you picked for them as well, simple but really works.

Could I be so cheeky as to ask you to share your cad file? I really could use a scale reference dolly for my speeder bikes. Tough if you would rather sit on them I can imagine! 

I'm planning to open a shapeways shop in the near future, with also posing options and customizing fees, but i won't use that robot, i will have to sculpt another version less... fragile.
but if you want the 3D, just drop me a pm, i'm sure it won't affect my market that much

Cheers
Jack

[Agis]

As soon as your shop is open you get an order! 

[Sangennaru]

As soon as your shop is open you get an order! 

Dear Agis, you'll have the bots ways before the shop!!