My Army Work Blog

[masterchief]

Thought I'd post up a work blog for my 15mm Gruntz army. My goal is to try and finish something once a week, whether that is a squad of guys, a group of specialists, a vehicle, etc. First up, however, I decided to post something I mocked up earlier. I purchased a couple of Rebel Miniature's Saber gunships, but I wasn't too happy with the tiny little thrusters that the kit came with, but was not sure how to proceed. Then I had a brainstorm and grabbed some 40mm lipped bases and mocked up the below conversion.

The plan is to build a master prop half using the 40mm lipped base. I plan to make the prop symmetrical top and bottom and front and back (for when I flip it onto the other wing). Then I will make a simple one-sided mold and resin cast the prop in halves, which I then join together to make a complete prop. Still not sure what I am going to do about the tail. I don't want to fiddle with two-part molds since I'm not that experienced with resin casting, so I will probably just make a template and build the tails from scratch out of plastic card. I'm also thinking of doing something more vertical for the tail.

Thoughts? Suggestions? Comments?

[masterchief]

I finished these guys up late last week. They are the ARC recon troopers from Critical Mass Games. These are my basic line troopers, the current profile is a Shoot 5, Assault 3, Guard 11, Soak 12, Skill 4 and Mental 8 with the Hard Vetz perk. They are armed with plasma rifles, small CCW, and HE grenades. I have options for SA missile launchers, grenade launders, plasma SAW, and sniper rifle (which I call a designated marksmen rifle).

[Brummie]

The flyers looks good I think the tale needs to be wider to bring into the same perspective as the front wings.

Love the infantry especially the visors

[Mr. Harold]

Love the conversion idea for the Rebel VTOL... It'll be cool to see it all come together.

Those CMG Arc Fleet troopers look great! Like the bases and shoulder pads too!