As mentioned in my previous post this is not a power-loader from Aliens. But It does have some resemblances.Enough resemblances for me to want to use it as both a 28 (or 25) mm miniature and also a 15mm miniature. Hold yor horses there is a scale comparison at the end I promise!
Obviously I went for the fork lift arm version although GZG do make a couple of other versions. But the fork lift seemed a better fit for any 28mm shenanigans that I may have tucked away in the back of my mind. (And there are some).
I painted direction indicators on both the front and the back of the legs and hazard lights as well. The vehicle is supposed to be civilian so I had no issue doing that to make it look road legal!
Likewise I went for yellow colouring as most Industrial building plant is painted yellow and I though it might make it look a little more civilian and besides the power loader in Aliens is also yellow! I went for a pale yellow and dirtied up the feet and the legs and also the engine on the back, just to make it more "Lived in" and not straight off of the factory production line. Overall I am happy with the result and will now move onto something else. But for now I am just basking in the joy o getting it finished as it did take longer to paint than I first though it would.
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| The model, a foundry 28mm street violence figure and a battlefront 15mm Modern Russian, All just to show size comparison. |
As you can see despite the model being designed and built for 15mm there is enough room for a 28mm to sit behind the roll cage and operate the machine. So totally usable in a variety of scales and I hope to use it in 2 scales at least. But probably NOT 1/300thscale SCI FI.... but you never know!
Thank you for looking today and I hope to do some more 15mm sci fi this week as I have another force to get together. After that perhaps back to 28mm figures for Matt.
Cheers Guys, all the best Clint.
Excellent!
ReplyDeleteThanks Lee I am quite pleased with it. It is versatile enough to use in different scales and now that it is finished I want to get it on the table.
DeleteUsed to have these, nice work Clint san!
ReplyDeleteCheers Fran. A struggle to work out how it went together but it painted up OK and looks good enough for the wargames table.
DeleteThat has turned out most excellent, Clint. I'm so glad you went with the yellow colour scheme. It is so apt.
ReplyDeleteThank you Bryan. While I am a wargamer I am not always wanting military vehicles, sometime civil is a better option.
DeleteNow I wonder if |I can get it into a zombie game!!! Opps thinking out loud.
You say it was intended for use with 15mm figures but it looks to me as if it was intended for 28mms, but nevertheless it's obviously suiable for both.
ReplyDeleteYour colour scheme is ideal imo for this, I much prefer the civilian look rather than a military one.
Thanks Joe. I am sure if they were any good the Military would use them, or maybe armoured versions of them. But I wanted it civil use so the colour choice was easy to make, .... What yellow do I have the most left of!
DeleteLooks ace Clint, good job!
ReplyDeleteThanks Gobbo. Once I worked out the assembly I have smiled every time I looked at it (including painting it!)
DeleteWhile I do not need any more I will admit to still being tempted to get some!
Very nice. I can see it being used in both scales, but it's designed for a seated operator, rather than a standing operator, as in aliens. The cab is roomy for a 15mm operator, but might be a bit cramped for a 28mm, but still usable, perhaps meant for a more petite female physique.
ReplyDeleteThank you Robert . yes it would be cramped in there. Remember that GZG figures are true 25mm and NOT Games Workshop figures which tend to be significantly taller. So while cramped a seated figure would still fit.
DeleteThat's a nice model. It might seem a little small for 28mm, but remember that many vehicle and building models are quite a bit smaller than they would be in real life (especially troop transporters - I've often wondered how an entire squad and all their equipment can fit into some sci-fi APCs). Such compromises are just one of the prices we have to pay to have games where infantry aren't completely dwarfed by everything else...
ReplyDeleteThank you C6. yes it might be a little small for 28mm. BUT GZG Stargrunt figures are a little smaller at 25mm(and NO SCALE CREEP) > I agree with you about transports as well as you say just one of the compromises we make as wargamers.
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