The army is described in the Gruntz background material as being robotic as the residents (the real people) live in a virtual world transitioning their minds from their bodies into a Mindwell called Thermopylae.
They have a military force consisting of Mecha, vehicles and robots with AI control systems. I therefore wanted the army to look and feel as robotic as possible so I looked around what was available and made the following choices.
The initial army was bought on Ebay but I have added a lot to it over the last few weeks. All the troops were painted in field blue in the initial purchase, so I decided to keep with the same colour scheme.
Most of the troops need finishing off with transfers, extra detailing, static grass etc. but I am really pleased how they are turning out. Ps all the new figures that I bought were painted by a good mate of mine he really put a lot of effort into matching them up to the original purchase.
My photography Really doesn't do them justice as there is a lot of highlighting and shading on the figure to bring them to life, flat field blue does not work, trust me.
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| The Army so far |
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| DP9 Heavy Gear Blitz Utopian Commando drones |
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| Dream pod 9 Heavy Gear Blitz Eden Commando |
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| DP9 Heavy Gear Blitz Utopian Commando drones |
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| Rebel Minis CAT (Cybernetic Autonomous Trooper) with head swap. |
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| Rebel Minis CAT (Cybernetic Autonomous Trooper) with head swap. |
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| Rebel Minis CAT (Cybernetic Autonomous Trooper) with head swap |
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| More views |
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| DP9 Heavy Gear Blitz Utopian support drone |
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| DP9 Heavy Gear Blitz Utopian support drones with leader in the background |
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| DP9 Heavy Gear Blitz Utopian support drones with leader in the background |
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| DP9 Heavy Gear Blitz Utopian RECCE drone |
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| DP9 Heavy Gear Blitz Utopian support drones with leader in the background walker type this time. |
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| Dropwing Commander 10mm Dropship used as a 15mm flying Gun Drone. |
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| Another view |
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| More Views of the CAT,s |
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| Critical Mass Phase Shifters |
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| DWC PHR Walkers used as small Mech's (Specialists in Gruntz) |
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| Critical Mass RAL Infantry |
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| Another View |
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| and another |
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| Close up |
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| DWC PHR Recce walkers |
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| DWC PHR Support Mech's again used as specialists |
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| Another view |
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| More Rebel Mini's CAT's with Head Swaps |
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| Critical mass Blockhead Battle suit used as power armour troops |
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| Another view |
Brilliant headswap on the CATS. Mind if I let that influence me for CATS 2.0?
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JBR
I don't mind at all. But most of these head swaps were initially done by the person I bought them from so that they matched the Critical Mass Praesentia droids. The heads are from Criticle Mass Games Praesentia Ral phase shifters, well at least the ones that I did were from those donors. I don't know what the legal position would be if you did a straight copy, but I suppose they aren't copywrited or maybe there's an intellectual copyright? Ps many thanks for doing some great models I love them.
DeleteI forgot I also added some of Rebel mini's URSA-Mech's to this army as they share the same kind of one eyed scanner approach to the head. I'm trying to get a common tech theme on the models.
DeleteNice. Were this done in Tamyia Field Blue?
ReplyDeleteIf I remember correctly, it's Vallejio Luftwaffe Blue.
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