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love the hydraulic beems

Nice job using the green putty, looking forward to seeing them painted.

Spot on dude, they'll even be roughly the same height as regular RR's. I really like what you've done there, even the posture and balance is awesome

I think I'm now happy with the concept as embodied in my Sergeant model. All GSed up with joints covered and foot bindings bulked up.

The backpack and arms are still separate from the guy to facilitate painting but otherwise everything is fixed in place.

For painting I was thinking of expanding on the idea that Sentinel pilots often have more lee-way than other Guard troops due to them working on their own in recon roles so often. Considering that Rough Riders are supposed to fulfill a very similar role I felt it appropriate to include this in the concept, so all the RRs will have personalised helmet markings, in a similar way to my Vendetta pilots. If these guys are supposed to be an elite unit issued with specialised gear it also makes sense for them to be a bit different to the line grunts. This might evolve a bit more as I prepare the rest of the unit leg assist units.

Anyway, on with the pics

Shiny, shiny, shiny.

Have you played Starcraft Flinty? The marines in that have a huge amount of personalisation on their armor and gear, and I always loved the look of their graffiti-covered kit. Even made some marines like that once.

Something along those lines might suit these guys, perhaps just a little bit of nam-style decoration on their equipment to show their veteran status?

looking good! I'd consider adding springs or hydraulics to the lower foot, but that's just me . Nice gs work!

Looks great. I was just wondering if you were going to model a guy hanging sheet rock above his head?

Hmm... have I played Starcraft... I think I lost about a year to it at one point that and the expansion. Roll on SC2!

On the point of the decoration on the SC Marines, I think its a little too extreme for my liking. These guys are supposed to be controlled, focused elite troopers. They need something flash to distinguish themselves, but if they go too overboard then they'd be too easy to catch and kill. For instance I was thinking that they would be in the same kind of camo scheme as the rest of the infantry, just with some helmet and shoulder markings. I might gussy up the backpacks, but again I reckon that they would be too much under the control of the specialised Techpriests to take much personalisation from the riders.

I was actually thinking I might try my hand at serious/interesting weathering on the suits. If anything is going to be worn a littl earound the edges it is some wacky mechanical suit thats barely under the control of the driver

@CK - I did try and fit hydraulics under the foot but I couldn't get it to work properly. It always looked too busy. The feet therefore are supposed to be relatively solid things to provide leverage and extra leg length.

hmmm it would be nice to see them painted...please post as soon as they are done...

Well I've done the Sergeant already (more pics here).



The others are awaiting more time and energy to ooze out of me

That looks a 1000 times better than I thought it would. Great job.

Utterly gorgeous, fantastic job dude.

I can almost imagine something similar being seen on late 21st-century battlefields. Exoskeleton-equipped Highland Division troops fighting as part of a pan-european coalition...

I've lost much more of my life to Civ 4 than starcraft, but it started me on the path for sure.

I love how the paintjob tied it together, nice work!