Nic-e's 15mm scratchbuilding. new figure sculpts and tanks.

[Faber]

wow, I really like this project nic-e! 

The latest one is cracking, I'd paint it in the green scheme you did on the first tank. Olive green + red rust is a fantastic combo IMO! 

[von Lucky]

Nice conversion. Colour-wise I'd go with a light blue or green as suggested by Faber. White will make it too recognisable.

And at least you'll still have fun building/making pretty stuff.

[OSHIROmodels]

Not white and I'd try to cover up the 'finger holes' with some panels maybe.

cheers

James

[nic-e]

I would also put some sort of movement system on them as well.

Even if they are contragrav lift platforms they would still have some gribblies attached to the hull to make that happen. Personally though I tracks would work best. Oh and dazzle pattern on the latest one. Get that landship vibe happening.

There are a few gribblies on each one, wires and piping and such like, although they aren't in the photos. Personally i like the simple blocky look since it gives them a nice chunky silhouette, it stops them getting too cluttered which would be very easy at this scale, and it does away with trying to justify these heavy looking lumps moving around and instead just goes with the fantasy.

However, the dazzle camo idea os one i'll certainly be looking into, but probably ona future project when i start making the bigger ones i have planned.....



I've just rusted up the latest one and added the salt, so i'll be spraying it tomorrow morning.

I've also started sculpting a few nomads to go with the caravans and a refill station/tea house.

[nic-e]

Just a little update, but i had a go at sculpting one of the 1:100 railway figures into a 15mm sci fi nomad chap.
Decided to go for a beard and aviator coat ,and i'm going to remove the wire gun and sculpt in some sort of lazer.
Personally i'm pretty happy with at as a first attempt at sculpting 15mm.

[Michka]

That sculpt looks really good. The idea of sculpting 15mm figures terrifies me.

[nic-e]

I think having the railway figures as an armature helped alot, they're so thin you can just slap greenstuff on them.

Anyway,here he isbpainted looking alot like a 15mm version of me.


Don't worry,more plug tanks soon.

[The_Beast]

Very evocative!

As  you CAN use a self-portrait as an avatar, you could do far worse than that image. Trust me, people will be asking 'where can I get that fellow? My Walking Dead group SO needs it!'

Bit hard to tell from my somewhat older self portrait, but I've a bit more hair on the bottom end, and damn less than the top on  yours. 

I do like the Mak vibe of the tanks, though I'm not sure where I'd fit them in with what I've got. 'Soft apocalyptic' almost sounds like old Vaughn Bode cartoons. Again, not a bad thing.

Weirdly, the blue one made me think of the navigator's transport at the beginning of Lynch's Dune. 

Doug

[nic-e]

I am painting the tank...... It's just that sculpting these guys is really fun!!!

[Faber]

very cool survivors! The one with poncho and chinese hat is super.

[nic-e]

very cool survivors! The one with poncho and chinese hat is super.

He is my favorite. I think he captures that animatrix/blade runner style that i want to try and get.

[matthais-mouse]

Coming on very well i look forward to seeing even more on these

[OSHIROmodels]

Great stuff 

I like the proportions that the Preiser figures give, they certainly don't look like 15mm figures 

cheers

James

[nic-e]

I decided on a dark grey scheme for the new tank, but since I just moved into my new uni house I don't have my airbrush. Turns out masking fluid just doesn't give as nice effect as salt chipping, so looks like I'll be repainting it with an all over grey and adding aging by hand.

I did paint up the gunslinger and the bandit tho, and I'm pretty happy its them.

[nic-e]

Cheers chaps! 

I finally got the latest tank done, since I'm without WiFi for the next week is given me plenty of time to paint. (sadly I forgot my transfers so I had to freehand this one,and for a fine art student my painting skills are RUSTY.)

Here it is, went with a sand grey in the end to fine it a more military feel than the others.
I've also started work on a couple of things that might see this go from a few scratch builds to something a little bigger, but more on that in the future.....