Friday, 13 May 2016
WIP: Antenociti 28mm 'Superhawk' dropship...
...interior decals finished, Just the floor and screens to finish then a little weathering.
WIP: Antenociti 28mm Samasara utility truck: crane...
...brightened the yellow a little and added a few decals.
Thursday, 12 May 2016
WIP: Antenociti 28mm 'Superhawk' dropship...
...made a start on the interior. Floor panels next then lots of decals.
Wednesday, 11 May 2016
Antenociti raises the 'bar' for 28mm dropships!!
Jed has sent me a pre-production copy of his 28mm 'Superhawk' dropship (due out at the end of July hopefully) and it's stunning! Superbly designed (like the 'Samsara' it has been developed from a card model) and immaculately cast in resin it comes as a kit of parts with a detailed cabin interior and movable upper and lower loading ramps.
I've had and still have a few 28mm 'dropships' eg. Forgeworld, Games workshop, Puppets War, Titan Forge to name but a few. Due to poor casting, warped parts and bad fit of parts most remain either unbuilt, partly built or awaiting further correction work and paint. Perversely the only one I finished - the Titan Forge X5 - was the worst of all, a nightmare of a kit! Of the others the Puppets War craft are worth persevering with and will be eventually finished. The two Forgeworld fliers I had - the Arvus Lighter (still have a soft spot for this design) and the Valkyrie (replaced by the GW plastic kit) were so poor in terms of fit and warping of major components that I ended up binning both!
The 'Superhawk' is the dropship I've been waiting for for years!
Here's what you get... the hull parts
some of the interior detail
engine pods
engine supports
fuel tanks(?)
upper and lower ramps
the cockpit
interior of the roof
a small bag containing the landing gear and several sensor/lights/drone/ pods
I taped the parts together to try to illustrate how the model will look built
the 'Superhawk' is designed for Infinity (Ariadna faction?) but i don't have any Infinity minis so added a Studio Mcvey figure (about the same size as Infinity I think) to the cabin for scale purposes
Right...off to the spray booth to start priming the interior...
I've had and still have a few 28mm 'dropships' eg. Forgeworld, Games workshop, Puppets War, Titan Forge to name but a few. Due to poor casting, warped parts and bad fit of parts most remain either unbuilt, partly built or awaiting further correction work and paint. Perversely the only one I finished - the Titan Forge X5 - was the worst of all, a nightmare of a kit! Of the others the Puppets War craft are worth persevering with and will be eventually finished. The two Forgeworld fliers I had - the Arvus Lighter (still have a soft spot for this design) and the Valkyrie (replaced by the GW plastic kit) were so poor in terms of fit and warping of major components that I ended up binning both!
The 'Superhawk' is the dropship I've been waiting for for years!
Here's what you get... the hull parts
some of the interior detail
engine pods
engine supports
fuel tanks(?)
upper and lower ramps
the cockpit
interior of the roof
a small bag containing the landing gear and several sensor/lights/drone/ pods
I taped the parts together to try to illustrate how the model will look built
Right...off to the spray booth to start priming the interior...
Tuesday, 3 May 2016
WIP: 28mm 'Samsara' utility vehicle with crane...
...with a an undercoat of darkish yellow. will be much more yellow when top coat added.
Tuesday, 19 April 2016
WIP: Antenociti 28mm 'Samsara'...
...Utility Vehicles. Christmas happens several times a year for me! Thanks, Jed!
Originally a card model Jed has obtained the rights to produce this in resin and, as as in the card models, he has provided several variants based on a modular system. They were included in a recent, very successful Kickstarter project and I'm not sure how the eventual retail models will be sold. My three models arrived as three different front hulls, two rear hulls of one type and a third, elongated and raised type plus the various, separate parts - wheels, bumpers, turrets etc.. The various turrets are interchangeable between vehicles. The Samsaras are big buggers too (apparently they are reduced to 80% of their original size!).
As you would expect from Antenociti the resin mouldings are excellent and fit of parts exemplary. the front and rear hulls need sanding flush before joining - this is easily achieved by sanding in a figure eight on sandpaper sheet taped to a board. Be a little careful when aligning the two parts and use gel superglue to give you a little more time to manoeuvre into position. I've drilled and pinned the wheels, bumpers and the parts of the crane (and will probably do the same with the turrets) although none are glued in place as yet.
Nice idea to have the same style wheels as the recently released Warthog ADV.
...and for scale purposes
...oh, and I said they were big didn't I?
Originally a card model Jed has obtained the rights to produce this in resin and, as as in the card models, he has provided several variants based on a modular system. They were included in a recent, very successful Kickstarter project and I'm not sure how the eventual retail models will be sold. My three models arrived as three different front hulls, two rear hulls of one type and a third, elongated and raised type plus the various, separate parts - wheels, bumpers, turrets etc.. The various turrets are interchangeable between vehicles. The Samsaras are big buggers too (apparently they are reduced to 80% of their original size!).
As you would expect from Antenociti the resin mouldings are excellent and fit of parts exemplary. the front and rear hulls need sanding flush before joining - this is easily achieved by sanding in a figure eight on sandpaper sheet taped to a board. Be a little careful when aligning the two parts and use gel superglue to give you a little more time to manoeuvre into position. I've drilled and pinned the wheels, bumpers and the parts of the crane (and will probably do the same with the turrets) although none are glued in place as yet.
Nice idea to have the same style wheels as the recently released Warthog ADV.
...and for scale purposes
...oh, and I said they were big didn't I?
Tuesday, 8 March 2016
Basing the 'UNS Hopper'...
...that's been sitting on a shelf for almost 18 months. The Industria Mechanica 'Hopper' doesn't have an undercarriage so has to 'float' above it's base. Unfortunately a 'flying stand' is not included in the kit and although I was able to buy a separate display stand to mount the model from Michael at I.M. I wanted to display the 'Hopper' on some kind of base with the standing figure included with the model. I did consider screwing a clear acrylic rod centrally under the hull (which is hollow to allow for lighting the kit) but decided (a very recent 'Eureka! moment) to drill and pin the two solid engine pods which attach to the hull with very robust locating blocks. This seems to have done the trick although I haven't decided yet how best to disguise the pins locating the model to the base.
The base itself will be a quite simple 'docking' area with industrial plating for the floor with possibly a couple of hatches in the floor and some cabling and equipment to alleviate a little of the bareness.
The base itself will be a quite simple 'docking' area with industrial plating for the floor with possibly a couple of hatches in the floor and some cabling and equipment to alleviate a little of the bareness.
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