Sir Horace - Praetorian Liaison Officer

Yesterday I was pretty happy and was about to post the images of Sir Horace here, when DaemonForge at Ammobunker pointed out the hand behind his back was wrong!

Aaaaargh!
I couldn't believe it, I added a left hand to his right arm :(

I went through my bits box - this one is only arms :-P
But I couldn't find an open right hand (usually found on the Tank Commander sprue)

I conducted a quick amputation (I save you from the gruesome images ) and now, here he is!

Major General Sir Horace, former member of the Dragoon Guards Black Watch, now liaison officer aboard the ATHENA. Sir Horace is bearer of the Praetorian Order of Merit, the Commander of Praetorian Empire, and the very rare Dencarian Air Cross.

I think his pose is pompous enough.

The new right hand.

He will be observing how the Stingray drone is readied and taking off.

In addition there will be a kind of retinue around him, as well as crew readying the drone.
This is one of the officers built for the former ATHENA island.

He needs some final cleanup.

This will be the drone operator.

I will probably have to build a connector cable to his glasses, won't I?

He'll have a black bandana with white skulls :)

Another officer observing the launch operations.

And a guard.

I'm pretty satisfied with his face nad the way his hat turned out.

From the old build I still have this Tech Priest.

But I'm not so sure if he'll fit the scena, as he has his pistol and sword drawn.

What do you think?

As mentioned before, I'm still working on a dog for Sir Horace, plus one or two surprises. I will also build some NCOs and sailors that are readying the drones (like the second drone being pushed onto the deck), but here I'm awaiting some bits first.

I hope you liked todays update.

Thanks for your time and feedback.

Cheers

Klaus

ATHENA - Steampunk airship (84)

Thank you for your feedback.
Agreed, I will not throw the Dragonfly away - sooner or later I'll find some use for it - but currently she doesn't fit the ATHENA.

Since the last update I added some final details and applied the neccessary rivets.
Here you can see the central rotor/engine,

which provides the lift.

The rear view offers a look at the two main exhausts (the ones left and right with the fins) as well as the two smaller, central heat vents.

From below you can see the actual engine for the forward jet, as well as the main jet exhaust for the central engine.

Close-up of the front,

and the side.

Now that the observation drone is complete I'm thinking about the second attack drone. Since it will have some kind of armament, I will most certainly have to alter the design - at least a bit.

While doing this I have finally the chance to work on the characters for the scene. Especially the liaison officer from the Dragoon Guards.
So I gathered some existing characters that were already build for the ATHENA deck, as well as a bunch of bits to build the new liaison officer.


May I introduce you to Sir Horace Remington :)

This is still a very early stage of the sculpting, with only the basic shape for his pith helmet.

A good Dragoon officer will need a dog (I think), so I hope I can give him a proper companion.

Here you can see the basic pose, with the dress code trosers.
The pith helmet taking shape.

And the final helmet.

I think he looks pretty good, doesn't he?

So Andreas, what do you think, is Sir Remington OK?

Once he's completed, I will send you a photo and you will have to tell me which colors to apply where. Also it would be good to know what his Rank is and which unit he belongs to :)

Thank you all for your time and I hope you enjoyed this little update.

C&C welcome.

Cheers

Klaus