Monday, March 7, 2011

Squamata Imperialis Heavy Support




Hello,
here we have the heavy support arm to my Squamata Imperialis army.
In the top picture for size comparison are; a super heavy walker; 2 heavy walkers; a dreadnought; and a lowly infantryman
In the 2nd pic are my 6 heavy walkers lined up with an infantryman
In the 3rd pic are my 3 super heavy walkers next to an infantryman
and the 4rth pic shows detail of an infantryman and a squad attached dreadnought.
the super heavy walkers are not finished detailing, but you get the idea where this army is going.
it will consist of 6 squads of 14 infantry; 6 dreadnoughts; 6 heavy walkers(equal to medium/heavy tanks);
3 super heavy walkers( equal to super heavy tanks); and 6 combat wombat bullfrog landers for the infantry(still waiting on those)
my plan is that the bullfrog landers will each carry 14 infantry and 1 dreadnought to the hotzone
and the heavy and super heavy walkers can also fly into the hotzone( at least they could on gundam)
so all I need are my bullfrog landers and some fighting piranha decals and I am set.
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Saturday, February 26, 2011

octopod apc comparison


hello, as asked for on tmp;
an infantry to apc size comparison for the "scarab" apc.
far left are 2 squamata imperialis ammo carriers from Critical mass games
next an alien merc from Ground zero games
a felid trooper from Khurasan miniatures
and an alien merc from critical mass games
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Friday, February 25, 2011

Octopod APC's




Hello,
here we have 3 primed APC's for my Octopod soldiers from 15mmUK. I have another 3 waiting on their legs in the mail.
very simple conversion...each apc consists of 1 starwars cmg viper droid body, and 1 set of legs from a robogear spider walker.
I think I got 6 of the vipers from troll and toad a while back for very cheap(maybe 1-2 $ each), and I have had the robogear kits for a long time. just had to buy 3 more at 8$ each.
The main thing that made me use these for the octopods was the simple fact that the vehicle has tentacles hanging from it's
"face". It is a large imposing APC for 15mm, but I envision it hauling an oversized squad of 20 octos, or 12 and some type of support.
legs will be steel...tentacles steelbody-olive drab with an as yet undetermined camo pattern.
oh and pay no attention to that large Zaku skulking in the background....another project
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Sunday, January 30, 2011

gzg New Israeli plans

Hello, no pics this time. just jotting down my plans for my not yet started GZG NI army. It will be a mechanized infantry force; but I will be using true mechs instead of tanks.
For all my infantry support mechs, I plan on using 1/300 scale Gundam Zaku prepainted
(guessing they will be 55mm tall; still waiting from ebay) For my rare super heavy mechs, I will be using some 1/200 scale Zaku II(aboout 85mm tall). Have not considered apc's yet.
In keeping with the prepainted models, the color scheme will be 2 tone; light pale green/dark green.
plan---
prime infantry with thin grey gesso/wash with new black wash/ highlite wwith soft white(accent)
light green=50/50 mix of mint julip grn/silver sage grn, watered down with wash mix
dark green= watered down blk forest grn
weapons kneepads= black-or black green,or blackink
visor= black ink
so far I have 7 1/300 zaku on  way aand 1 1/200 zaku

Monday, December 20, 2010

size comparison 2


comparison of Squamata trooper and power armor infantry ssupport suit (khurasan)
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Squamata Imperialis battle force




Hello, just finished my first 34 Squamata Imperialis figures from Critical Mass Games. 62 more to go. Loved painting these guys-very simple easy paintjob.These figures will always star in my battles, as the sculptor is a genius, so much character and cartooniness and so any unique figures. To me ,they really capture the feel of the wacky 2nd edition 40K orks(which are my only fond memories of 40K).
I have used 6 Khurasan orca power armor suits to add to the battleforce( like district9 poower armor, or Ork killakans)
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squamata imperialis power armor


Still a WIP; just blocked in initial colors. wanted to show what a great fit these Khurasan orca power armor figs are for my
Squamata Imperialis force. If anyone ever reads this, I am open to suggestions on the black dome.
current options-
1)all bllack
2) all gold
3)same linen color as SI troopers' mask, with 2 black porthole "eyes"
4) black with white drawn teethand eyes.
bytheway, these power armor units stand about twice the height of my Squamata Imperialis troopers, giving a very good District 9 pwer armr feel about them.
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