" Ack ack... Ack ack ack - ack ack!
~
Martian
ADC for review
After a furious full night's sleep, I've
started getting back into running mode!
The (first) laser cutter is on order, and I've received a few prototypes
back from UMAKE for review. Let's take a
look-see.
First up is the aide-de-camp. Overall, I'm super happy with him. The lines
are coming out clean and the model fits
together easily and well. Currently, the saddle and bicorn slots are a bit
large, so those will be fixed before I go into full production. But, this is the first time I've made the
left arm a separate piece instead of just holding reigns. Although I wouldn't
do this on all cav' models, I think for this fellow it really adds to his repertoire.
With this style of uniform, this
fellow could easily be used for Grenadiers a Cheval (with a bearskin) or a put
on the shako and create units of Gendarmes
d'Ordnance. Again, he comes with lots of parts for
sharing. I've already taken the spyglass arm and put it on an artillery
officer!
Batons
Here we have the
"official" Skull and Crown Wooden Wars Baton - version 1. I know me, so I'm versioning them, as I'm sure
I'll want to make another style. I'm open to suggestions!
Again, this came out great, goes
together very easily, and comes with 3 reinforcement coins. It measures just shy
of 30 cm. I am very much looking forward to painting these!
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| Yes- my game has wood... and balls! |
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| Modelled by Hop, the Empress's personal body guard. |
Cythereans: inhabitants of
Venus
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| A clear view of the Cytherean methane breathing apparatus. |
For those of you who didn't follow
my Kickstarter, here are the rough drawings for the first of the indigenous
planetary races, the Cythereans. These
stout lads ride upon even stouter mounts, commonly referred to by Her Majesties'
troops as "Venusaurs". It was
from this creature that the Steel Dragoon robotic version was developed.
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| Those legs were made for walking, stomping, rending... |
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| I'm going to change up the saddle a bit. |
That's all for now. Next time, we'll have more updates, sketches of Queen Victoria's Human troops, more
prototypes and hopefully some more painted stuff.
Excellent work so far. The Cytherean design really fits into the style you are using, while still looking distinctive and alien. The Venusaurs can breath oxygen, unlike the Cythereans, though?
ReplyDeleteI would really like to feature your game system and models in some way in an issue of The Campaigner. Email me if you are interested(contact(at)thecampaignermagazine.com).
Ahoy Mathew- I'm rather keen on the Cythereans as well, but can't take full credit from them. The original concept squiggle came from the talented Matt Harvey, who sent me a sheet of Robot squiggles when I was designing for QVRW. this guy was in the upper corner and really caught my imagination- so I ran with it!
DeleteRegarding Venusaurs- Her Majesty's Royal zookeepers have yet to catch a live one, so are unsure how they breathe.
Last but not least- yes I'd love to talk more about Campaigner- I'll email you off blog, as it were.
Cheers
Thomas
Hi, Are you well?
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