Swift, Silent & Deadly (2)

Thanks guys!

I really appreciate your feedback.

One suggestion I got was that at least one of the troopers needed a knife, to make a connection with the dead Ork in the background.

However, since all of them already had their rifles in hand, and it is sooo damn hard to find good IG arms without a rifle attached, I decided to rather give the central trooper a knife sticking in the ground in front of him.

  

 Not the best solution, but it'll suffice....

The next feedback comment were the magazines.
And I agree, the quick solution I had in place doesn't do the scene justice, so I decided to make my own magazines from scratch.

First I mounted 3 groups of 5 "cartridges" on a small strip of .25mm plasticard.

Then I cut some even thinner strips and mounted them as sides.

 

 

And finally some extremely thin strips on top...

 

Plus some strips at the bottom across...

 

And finally some base, to close it all off.

 

 

What a tiny, fidgety work, but I think it was worth the effort.

 

And with this, the build was complete!

Hurray, not it was time to gather the colors.

 

I used the airbrush to apply the first coats of green.

 

Applying the color from top down - zenithal?.

 

With only 4 shades of green,

 

I got this far :)

 

Already looks promising....

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next I applied a wash of Badab Black to work out some of the outlines and recesses.

 

Looking at my reference photos, all red and brown colors are extremely dark, while the metal items are rather bright in color.

 

After about 9hrs of painting I got this result:

 

 

 

 

Actually the photos don't do it justice, but it is very hard to get good photos.

 

 

 

 

But I think you get the idea :)

 

I am actually pleased of the result.

 

So here is its new home in the cabinet

 

In good company :)

Tonight I will try to get some better photos...

In the meantime, you may watch the video I uploaded to Youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXXigxTThGU

So, what's next?

Hmm, I'm really not sure :)

1. I could obviously continue with the ATHENA, incorporating the lights.
2. I could complete the Can Opener, finishing the paint job 

or I have some potential new projects

1. The workshop - a kind of humorous scene
2. Beach Landing - building another PONOS, this time in an amphibious assault
3. Taking a Break - a completely new scenic diorama, involving a pilot (not sure if walker of aircraft) taking a break in front of a real background...
4. Deadly Team - building a group (4 or 5) "Heavy Jaegers" with the experimental armor, as used in the Can Opener
5. Excavation - also a more scenic diorama involving some archaeologists digging up a wreck of an old vehicle, tank, or the like

Most of these new projects are so far only vague ideas, I did some preliminary Internet research and have some foggy thoughts on how to realize them.
So, what do you think?
Cheers
Klaus
 

Swift, Silent & Deadly (1)

Hi all,

Thank you very much for your positive feedback.

The image of the Orkalypse was quite visible in the community and I received a lot of feedback. On my facebook page, on CMON, as well as on BoLS.

So, thank you very much - this is a great uplift for my morale :)

Well, even during the Orkalypse build and paint process I was conducting a lot of Internet research, especially on Amphibious Assault and Beach Landing (as the PONOS looks rather amphibious and many of you suggested to build a beach landing dio).

During that research I stumbled accross some images that sparked a new idea.

The first one was this here:

 It shows two Marins of the USMC Recon landing on a beach. Wow, their pose projects such a strong message, really tense.

So I looked a bit into the unit and found their crest and credo:

 

 Swift, Silent, and Deadly.

In addition I also stumbled accross a lot of night vision images, such as this here:

Well, you know me :)
If I have such a strong idea, I need to build it.

The idea is to have some Special Forces infiltrating an Ork complex to do "force recon" - sabotage, assasination, cause havoc.

With this in mind I assembled a small base (actually a lid of a storage glass) and 3 troopers.

Not exactly the same pose, but I think I can make this work.

So I thought about an Ork complex and how to display it on such a small area and decided to concentrate on an area directly behind the fence/wall, showing the breach where my team entered.

Since the troopers are operating clandestine, they can't really use a laser rifle or a bolter, so I decided to go for some silenced rifles. Here you can see the scopes and supressors.

Then I did another posing test...

...and decided to rearrange them a bit.

To make the scene a bit more dramatic I decided to add a dead Ork.

:)

Afterthat I worked on some more details.

 

Like adding twin magazines and folding stock to the rifles.

 

Well, since it's going to be some night action, they also need night vision goggles.

 

They also received some midified backpacks.

 

And here they are in the scene:

 

 

 

 

 

Here you can see the implet mines or explosives they will use.

 

So what do you think so far?

What do you think of the idea to paint the whole thing in green night vision colors?

Any ideas, suggestions, tips?

Thanks

Klaus