"More 15mm Scratch Built AFV's & IFV's" Topic
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| zrunelord | 01 Feb 2018 2:10 p.m. PST |
Hello again all,
To continue with my previous post here are more Scratch Built AFV's & IFV's.
2 of my favourite models are GZG 15mm Phalanx & Paladin. Even if they have been designed years ago they are still very scifi looking & never seem to get old.
My main concerns with them are that they are made of heavy metal which can be disastrous if model slips from the hand & they are low as vehicles go ( though they would look very plausible as 10mm or AI controlled ones ).
So I decided to do my versions of them.
As usual the hulls are very straight forward, made out of card of card , see the first pic for the tanks plan. The chassis are made of wood & card with marker cap based wheels.The axles are made from metal pop rivet leftovers . Turrets are made from PVC ( e.g. billboard type material & cotton bud barrels for the twin missile launchers ).
They're not perfect but came out great for gaming
I undercoated 3 in black & light sprayed with grey primer. Enjoy
Z castrarunis.blogspot.com.mt/2018/02/more-15mm-scratch-built-afvs-ifvs.html
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| cloudcaptain | 01 Feb 2018 4:05 p.m. PST |
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| Cacique Caribe | 01 Feb 2018 4:18 p.m. PST |
Wow, great artistic vision too! Dan |
| Zeelow | 01 Feb 2018 4:42 p.m. PST |
Well, you certainly know how the "cow eats the cabbage!!"
NICE. |
Oberlindes Sol LIC  | 01 Feb 2018 5:57 p.m. PST |
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| Gokiburi | 01 Feb 2018 7:52 p.m. PST |
GZG's Gall Force style vehicles are some of my favorites as well, I've only got the 6mm ones though. I really like what you've done with the design, they've got a nice "cursed earth" thing going. |
Darkest Star Games  | 02 Feb 2018 10:48 a.m. PST |
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| Gavin Syme GBS | 03 Feb 2018 2:52 a.m. PST |
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| zrunelord | 03 Feb 2018 4:24 a.m. PST |
Thanks all for liking them, glad you like them. Zeelow, had to look that one up 😉, I learnt a new one today.Don't get me wrong ,I wasn't belittling GZG vehicles I just prefer resin/ card to metal ones. Figures is something else though, I have ton of GZG metal ones, don't like resin ones as they're too fragile. Gokiburi, I have those too & they're so much better scale wise when compared to an infantry figure.
Z |
| Kirk Alderfer | 05 Feb 2018 8:44 p.m. PST |
Reminds me of the crawlers from Soldier. Good stuff. |
| Fritadas | 13 Feb 2018 10:33 p.m. PST |
You're gonna have to get some of these builds of yours cast someday soon |
| Mad Mecha Guy | 14 Feb 2018 12:33 p.m. PST |
You might like the new crates & drum coming soon from GZG. |
| zrunelord | 14 Feb 2018 2:39 p.m. PST |
Thanks all,
Kirk – those would be a challenge to build…. might try to someday.
Fritadas – The problem is that most of my stuff is made out of card etc & most of it is unique. I only cast the bits which I require for repeat ability like the Serpentia vehicle front but I'll consider building something which can be cast if someone is willing to do it.
MMG – can't wait to see them. Love the stuff you are doing for him .You have never have enough 15mm stuff.
Keep it up. Z |
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