| Cyclopeus | 26 May 2014 3:11 p.m. PST |
I kit bashed these from some toys a while ago. They are for my Colonial Militia force.
I'm very happy with how they turned out. I had an incident with some wash and had to repaint them, but they are all done now. |
| AVAMANGO | 26 May 2014 4:36 p.m. PST |
They are a bit on the small side but only just and i would imagine hardly noticeable when they are on the games table the additional GZG stowage on the roofs gives them some needed height. The paint job has been really nicely executed and makes them look a bit special especially the head lights… nice job. :) |
| Redroom | 26 May 2014 4:39 p.m. PST |
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| grommet37 | 26 May 2014 6:03 p.m. PST |
Those are nice. What were the original models? |
| Redmenace | 26 May 2014 6:34 p.m. PST |
Be proud those are really nice. |
| Fritadas | 26 May 2014 6:59 p.m. PST |
Those look great (the lady of the house called them 'cute') |
| Armiesarmy | 26 May 2014 10:54 p.m. PST |
Look really nice, great painting and from 6ft away scale is fine Top job Keith |
| Gunner Dunbar | 26 May 2014 11:13 p.m. PST |
Great looking scout cars, I agree, they look about 10-20% to small, but not enough to not use them, what was thr original model? |
| John Treadaway | 27 May 2014 3:25 a.m. PST |
The painting is splendid and the stowage works really well, but I'd say they are more suited to 10mm forces. Nevertheless, great detail work. John T |
| zrunelord | 27 May 2014 4:08 a.m. PST |
Great Job Cyclopeus,
And like the rest I'm curious as to what the original models were. Z |
| No Such Agency | 27 May 2014 4:24 a.m. PST |
I'd agree they're really 10mm, but on the upside, they are really well painted! Honestly though, even slightly over/under sized models can represent perfectly well on the table. They look good and they still indicate "there's a scout car positioned here". |
| Cyclopeus | 27 May 2014 4:42 a.m. PST |
The toy is called Nano Speed, and I had to carefully choose the largest ones to even get close to the right scale. I don't usually put bases on vehicles, but these cars were so small that they really demanded the little height bump from the base. They are a little small, but on the table they work. They have a certain cartoony logic. I imagine them as super-compact field cars like the old WWII jeeps. Their role on the table is to act as spotters and to carry deployable weapon systems, ammo reloads, or comms/jamming equipment. The stowage is a trick I picked up in the last Trash-Bash; it's all electronic bits you find on a circuit board, resistors and capacitors and such. |
| Soldado | 27 May 2014 5:50 a.m. PST |
"The stowage is a trick I picked up in the last Trash-Bash; it's all electronic bits you find on a circuit board, resistors and capacitors and such." Now that is a good idea, mind if I borrow it? :) Soldado |
| Cyclopeus | 27 May 2014 10:09 a.m. PST |
Knock yourself out. Be careful with capacitors. I'm told they can hold a charge for a few days, and the bigger ones can hold a bigger charge. Disconnecting the circuit board from power (including battery power) for a few days should render it safe; that and not eating any of the bits. |
| Armiesarmy | 27 May 2014 2:08 p.m. PST |
Stowage…..now that really is quite clever! One I'll be using! |
 MrHarold  | 27 May 2014 8:01 p.m. PST |
These look really great. And yes, they might be on the smaller scale, but I've seen smaller!
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| Cyclopeus | 05 Jul 2014 3:48 p.m. PST |
I made a blog post for these, some new photos and wips. link Thanks,
Tom |
| TK 421 | 05 Jul 2014 5:18 p.m. PST |
I like the vehicle made from the mouse. |
