POW! annual 1971 - #2 - Magno
10 years ago
1-hour Ma.K build!
Given my usual glacial building pace, this was an extreme challenge!
The idea, devised by Homo Ferratus, had only three rules:
After a manic 45 minutes cutting holes and randomly gluing on parts, then shooting some white primer on, I had this:
The final 15 minutes were spent waiting for the primer to dry and quickly brushing on a Games Workshop wash (Gryphonne Sepia). Once my time was up, this is what I had:
Not too bad for an hour I thought!
Later on, I went back and adding some more decals and ID stripes and here is the final thing:
I also came up with some background for it:
The idea, devised by Homo Ferratus, had only three rules:
- You must use 1 Ping Pong ball!
- You must build it within 1 hour!
- Don't cheat, watch the time! ;)
After a manic 45 minutes cutting holes and randomly gluing on parts, then shooting some white primer on, I had this:
The final 15 minutes were spent waiting for the primer to dry and quickly brushing on a Games Workshop wash (Gryphonne Sepia). Once my time was up, this is what I had:
Not too bad for an hour I thought!
Later on, I went back and adding some more decals and ID stripes and here is the final thing:
I also came up with some background for it:
Wächter Orbital Surveillance DroneMore images can be found on Flickr. Forum threads discussing this build can be found at SFM:uk and the Maschinen Krueger forums.
Deployed in NEO and Lunar orbit, the Wächter is an AI surveillance drone utlised by the SDR to watch for Mercenary troops and vessels. The Mercs spent a lot of time hunting these drones down, first in modified AFS patrols and later with Fireball and Fireball SG hunting teams.
The Merc success rate in disabling the Wächters was very high, and the assembly and deployment of replacement drones was too much of a drain on SDR resources to enable them to be replaced quickly enough to be an effective deterrant to Merc plans on the Moon and surrounding space.
1/20 Heavy Use Worker Suit
I put this together during the Bay 37 build so took the odd ten minute slot to finish it off.
This is a prototype of the AFS used by the Mercenary Forces in the Maschinen Kreiger universe, it existed only as a sketch in one of the books until Jason Eaton created the kit master for the IHYC and sold a limited number during the Japanese Wonderfestival earlier this year.
Anyway, I choose to finish it off in the civilian colours, as it reminded me of the powerloader from Aliens, so I used a mix of yellow and ochre acrylics for the base colour and simply weathered and washed it.
Need to do more work on my face painting, but I reckon it's done ... for now ...
It's not up to Jason's standards, but here's my HUWS:
More pics can be found here: http://flickr.com/photos/26399668@N03/2613726207/in/photostream/
Thanks!
Need more practice on my face painting methinks ...
This is a prototype of the AFS used by the Mercenary Forces in the Maschinen Kreiger universe, it existed only as a sketch in one of the books until Jason Eaton created the kit master for the IHYC and sold a limited number during the Japanese Wonderfestival earlier this year.
Anyway, I choose to finish it off in the civilian colours, as it reminded me of the powerloader from Aliens, so I used a mix of yellow and ochre acrylics for the base colour and simply weathered and washed it.
Need to do more work on my face painting, but I reckon it's done ... for now ...
It's not up to Jason's standards, but here's my HUWS:
More pics can be found here: http://flickr.com/photos/26399668@N03/2613726207/in/photostream/
Thanks!
Need more practice on my face painting methinks ...
The Long Walk - Vintage Polaroid
Playing around with Photoshop tonight using directions from www.myinkblog.com.
A very nice effect that I think I'll use again on some of my other model photos when they're done.
A very nice effect that I think I'll use again on some of my other model photos when they're done.
[WIP] Hundespinne (Dog Spider)
Yet another ongoing build, this started off with the cockpit from a 1/20-scale Scopedog and will eventually become an experiemental walker for the SDR. I see it as a prototype for the Sturmkafer (which is a design I love, but is almost impossible to obtain).
The pilot's head is a resin one and the canopy is from a Hughes helicopter. The last picture shows the start of the engine block, taken from a 1/35 Flakpanzer kit.
The pilot's head is a resin one and the canopy is from a Hughes helicopter. The last picture shows the start of the engine block, taken from a 1/35 Flakpanzer kit.
[WIP] Dinomania build starts to come together
So, I started putting together the build for the SFM:uk Dinomania Group Build.
The Triceratops went together very quickly, but it is not the best fitting kit in the world and will need a lot of clean up. But I wanted to get an idea of how it would look with the other stuff, so I put together a 1/35 German Infantry figure and the house corner (a very disappointing kit, but salvageable). And this is what it looks like. It's a start.
The Triceratops went together very quickly, but it is not the best fitting kit in the world and will need a lot of clean up. But I wanted to get an idea of how it would look with the other stuff, so I put together a 1/35 German Infantry figure and the house corner (a very disappointing kit, but salvageable). And this is what it looks like. It's a start.
[WIP] Meteor and Fireball pics
Here are some pics of the Meteor in situ with a Fireball SG.
Dino Flakpanzer - oh my!
Just kicked off the second of this year's Group Builds over at SFM:uk, called "Dinomania".
Essentially several of us are taking a 1/35 Tamiya Triceratops (or two) and doing anything we like with it. Currently there are four participants, but there may be some more in the future.
My plan is to somehow turn mine into an alternate universe Dino Flakpanzer (anyone with a better name, let me know). I have some spare 1/35 WWII figures and accessories in the bits box, so will try and do something with them.
It's a pick-up build, so quite a long deadline (near the end of the year) so don't expect too many updates, it's something that will be worked on in parallel with the other planned builds this year.
Just for interest (and so you can see how I'm doing), here is my self-imposed build list for 2008:
Essentially several of us are taking a 1/35 Tamiya Triceratops (or two) and doing anything we like with it. Currently there are four participants, but there may be some more in the future.
My plan is to somehow turn mine into an alternate universe Dino Flakpanzer (anyone with a better name, let me know). I have some spare 1/35 WWII figures and accessories in the bits box, so will try and do something with them.
It's a pick-up build, so quite a long deadline (near the end of the year) so don't expect too many updates, it's something that will be worked on in parallel with the other planned builds this year.
Just for interest (and so you can see how I'm doing), here is my self-imposed build list for 2008:
- MaK Fireball SG and AFSSA E3C/E3CM Meteor asteroid diorama
- MaK Forum Group Build: Feuerspritze
- SFM:uk 2008 Competition Build (secret!)
- MaK Krote diorama
- SFM:uk Dinomania Group Build
- Anything else that tickles my fancy!