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 OldMate wrote:
Don't take this the wrong way, but I'm glad you didn't buy the Abrams, Those leopard 2s look mint.

Yes I am glad I went with the Leopards instead of the Abrams.
As requested here a couple of group pictures and size comparisons, I also added a size comparison Ernie so to get a feel for the size of an infantry man.



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Size comparison flyers













Size comparison Tanks







Size comparison Combat Walker

I'd missed the jagdpanther. That's lovely with the energy weapon fitted. Great group shots

 Flinty wrote:
I'd missed the jagdpanther. That's lovely with the energy weapon fitted. Great group shots

Hi Flinty actually I missed the "Jagdpanther".

Totally missed to post that, thanks for the reminder!

The Idea behind the tank hunter came to me because I always loved the original Jagdpanther from WWII, even then a very modern looking tank for its time.
This way I could give the two tank platoons a little variation and I thought it would be a good idea integrate a tang buster with a battle field laser.
After finding a partly built 1/48 scale Tamia Jagdpanther by Ebay for a10€ I went for it straight away.

Of course I wanted to make the tank look a little more modern and gave it a "H.E.L.Laser" with which it could destroy any armoured vehicle with ease.


What do you think?

1st Tank Battalion, Platoon Bravo

"The Iron Fists"

Hunter Dragon HD2-86

Awesome!

Where's the minigun from?

 Oestergaard wrote:
Awesome!

Where's the minigun from?

Thanks Oestergraad glad you like it, the minigun is from Anvin Ind.
http://anvilindustry.co.uk/AFTERLIFE/Republic/Gun-Tractor-Weapons

Perfectly cast and worth every penny!

It is awesome, the laser takes the clearly ww2 design neatly into the near future.

 Illumini wrote:
It is awesome, the laser takes the clearly ww2 design neatly into the near future.

Thanks Illumini, in deed it does fit the future well. Did not think it would turn out that well in the beginning

,the weathering on these tanks is marvellous, good choice on the Jagdpanther, always loved German tank destroyers.

Wow, this project is awesome, love the NWO posters, lots of skills here, right up my alley.

That's so awesome.
The mix of walkers and conventional tanks is awesome and they scale very well. Like the futurised jadgpanther and its giant laser, which I guess would modernise most tank killers.
Did you have any problems finding stuff that scaled and looked right?
The drones on the tanks are a nice touch, what did you use for them?

Oh wow so many replies today great! Thanks to you all and glad you are interested!

sierra 1247 wrote:,the weathering on these tanks is marvellous, good choice on the Jagdpanther, always loved German tank destroyers.

Yes the Jagdpanther is a great model and so much potential to it, might have to get my self a few more

Imperial Templari wrote:Wow, this project is awesome, love the NWO posters, lots of skills here, right up my alley.

Welcome Imperial Templari, thanks to you to. Yes there are a lot of little things to see and think about on the bases, the larger the base the more information

OldMate wrote:That's so awesome.
The mix of walkers and conventional tanks is awesome and they scale very well. Like the futurised jadgpanther and its giant laser, which I guess would modernise most tank killers.
Did you have any problems finding stuff that scaled and looked right?
The drones on the tanks are a nice touch, what did you use for them?

Indeed they scale well and who is not to say that tanks will not get slightly bigger.
Due to the fact that I had a few 1/48 scale tanks I could already see that they would scale up nicely, it was just a choice of which tanks to use, in my case the Leopard II A6
The Vipers are a little large thow I did shorten them and when compared to the size of an actual F18 scaled down to 1/56scale they are actually smaller. So when compared to the modern military counterpart they do actually fit.
So no real problems finding the right scale. I just used Wiki and recalculated the scales for 1/56 - 1/48 scale models and went on from there.

Each vehicle will get its own drone, the larger ones 2 or 3. makes sence in a way as it gives the tank a longer fighting distance and the "over the horizon" view of the battle field
The drones are from Warlord games "gates of Antares"

I have several airfix 48th scale landrovers. They're square on scale with my soldiers( Victoria Miniatures, anvil Industry and plastic cadians) so I the tanks are not really out of scale. Its just that tanks are quite big!

BTW I call bs on 28mm scale being 1/56 because they're only 28mm if you measure to the figure's eyes.(. which is bizarre and stupid in my logic) Aprox 31mm from top of heads which is surprisingly about average height for a male 1/48th figure.

The unfortunate thing I find is 1/48th scale is still an uncommon scale for land vehicles. Its basically limited to Tamiya.

[img] See that guy next to the tread could well be your Ernie!

OldMate See that guy next to the tread could well be your Ernie!

Yes indeed that fits just fine.
I also find you are absolutely correct on the 28/32mm and 1/56 scale subject.

There are a few other companies like Akademy and a few others that produce 1/48 scale tanks thow you can not compare them to the amount of producers for 1/35 scale, shame.

So here the second "Phantom Dragon" I am working on, not quite finished but well on its way.

Even if I have mentioned it before just for good measure:

The idea behind this unit is theta the walker would engage a tank unit in close combat at lightning speed. Taking apart the tracks and decapitating the barrel leaving the tank units useless.
Although it was a little to sci fi for me I added a large jump pack to the model as it seemed just to cool to leave away.
Lesser armoured then the standard armoured Paladin walker they have a higher attack speed and the jump pack.

So you could imagine the unit of two "Phantom Dragons" dropping down on the enemy and as soon they have decimated the first tank they jump to the next, avoiding enemy fire as they go.

Again I wanted a different menacing appearance to the other mech walkers so I used 3rd party bits to alter them


Paladin Dragon Armoured Walker "Phantom Dragon" PD- 23

Super cool concept and great execution. The sparks flying from the buzz-saw is a cool detail.

 Illumini wrote:
Super cool concept and great execution. The sparks flying from the buzz-saw is a cool detail.

Well thank you very much Illumini!
Yes the sparks were a little idea I had while playing around with static grass. I suppose you could get it done better if you took the time and sorted them in to one direction

Very cool indeed. Lovely work on the posing, and the sparks look great.

Poor Merkava. Love the shock and awe tactics. Could you imagine being inside when something like that jumps on you!


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I like the rust effect stained in the snow.

monkeytroll wrote:Very cool indeed. Lovely work on the posing, and the sparks look great.

Thanks monkeytroll! The posing with these models is just a dream, I have never encountered so perfectly fit together and possible models like these. They are in their own right amazing.

OldMate wrote:Poor Merkava. Love the shock and awe tactics. Could you imagine being inside when something like that jumps on you!

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I like the rust effect stained in the snow.

Well spotted OldMate! Good eye. Indeed, all you hear is a loud klang, the armour gets ripped open and then a huge buzz saw kicks in and your trapped in this metal casket

At long last I have basically finished the special Ops drop ship and Miniatures.
I will present the special ops unit separately when the bases are done.

I wanted to keep it dark so no real paint wonders but the base fits the scene well I think, what do you guys think?




"Special Ops Drop ship"
"Black Dragon" BD- 239"
and
"Special Ops Unit"



























I did try to get all the details though there are so many it is hard to get them all on a picture, the flats have full interior, windows on all floors and a coke vending machine in the lobby
As usual the base can be used as a terrain piece and the different levels can be removed.
The special ops team are only pinned so they can be removed for play on their own bases if needed.

Words... failing... gnnnnnnnn


Great work again. Really inspirational. Thanks.for sharing.

Fantastic work as always. The detailing is superb, really puts your models in a living environment.

And the fact you pin everything for multiple use just adds that extra layer of excellence

Flinty wrote:Words... failing... gnnnnnnnn


Great work again. Really inspirational. Thanks.for sharing.

Hi Flinty thank so much and I am glad I can inspire you, would love to see what you make of it

monkeytroll wrote:Fantastic work as always. The detailing is superb, really puts your models in a living environment.

And the fact you pin everything for multiple use just adds that extra layer of excellence

That's nice to hear monkeytroll Very glad you are along for the ride and that I can keep your interest going

Absolutely wonderful work! And playable at the same time- Flinty was right: words fail me. Wow, just

Good Lord, keep this coming. Your work is unreal! Hats off to you mate

Nice mix of Anvil grenadier heads and Forgeworld drop bodies. Really works for near future. Never really considered dark red visors but they look mint.

Do you use Antenocitis workshop survival cars for basing?

Love the graffiti, nice touch and it really does add to that story of the collapse of order in the city/planet.
Its always a pleasure to see your work.

Almost getting tired of saying "amazing", but each piece is a little (or not so little in this case) diorama, so hard to not keep saying it.

Is the building scratch built?

sierra 1247 wrote:Good Lord, keep this coming. Your work is unreal! Hats off to you mate

Many many thanks for your praise and glad you like it

OldMate wrote:Nice mix of Anvil grenadier heads and Forgeworld drop bodies. Really works for near future. Never really considered dark red visors but they look mint.

Do you use Antenocitis workshop survival cars for basing?

Love the graffiti, nice touch and it really does add to that story of the collapse of order in the city/planet.
Its always a pleasure to see your work.

OldMate you have an excellent eye!! Well spotted.
Yes I do use Antenocitis vehicles some times. just depends what lying around.

Indeed all the little special story lines and pictures on the buildings gives it a hole new dimension I think, there will be more as we advance

sierra 1247 wrote:Good Lord, keep this coming. Your work is unreal! Hats off to you mate

Thanks to you too and yes there is a lot more to come, please keep looking and please do feel free to comment any time good criticism and ideas are always welcome

Meer_Cat wrote:Absolutely wonderful work! And playable at the same time- Flinty was right: words fail me. Wow, just

Thank you Mee_Cat, playable is one of the main objectives as you never know what game you might want to play.

Illumini wrote:Almost getting tired of saying "amazing", but each piece is a little (or not so little in this case) diorama, so hard to not keep saying it.

Is the building scratch built?

Exactly, a small story in each model, but not just a diorama but also a playable unit and in most cases a usable piece of terrain.
Yes the building is scratch built

Came here from the link in the gallery.
Everything is just absolutely stunning! The attention to detail is just perfect.

Dare I ask what is the material you use for your buildings? Not sure if you mentioned it somewhere, but the photos mesmerized me

 Ezki wrote:
Came here from the link in the gallery.
Everything is just absolutely stunning! The attention to detail is just perfect.

Dare I ask what is the material you use for your buildings? Not sure if you mentioned it somewhere, but the photos mesmerized me

Hello and welcome Ezki!
Very glad you like the stuff, its is a lot of fun putting some real life into the army and the environment the "work" in.

The main part of the buildings is made of foam board, which is very stable and can be cut with a simple cutter knife.
Please do ask any questions you might have!