Some minor work tonight

Added what I call a thingy, not sure on its proper name but I found a few images on the net so I added it


Added the metal coat paint to the engine part and took a toothbrush and buffed it to reveal the metal look paint


Same with the front gun


And the same to the main gun


A quick pic of the lights on,this was pre gun detailing


And a quick walk around vid
http://i1095.photobucket.com/albums/i47 ... 2ff8f1.mp4

Absolutely beautiful. Nice work on the lighting too.

I like the detail you've done on the tiles for the miniatures too - makes me want to find the two packs I have somewhere.

What a fantastic project! Thanks for all the documentation of the steps too!

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really outstanding work mate

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Wow. How many hours do you have into this build?

Amazing looking!

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Not many hours too be honest, the initial kit is pretty much good to make, I was just bing picky on certain parts. Been on it for 4 weeks, 2 hours a night maybe,

Last bit of actual modelling has been done, made the grilles, painted and glued on, some minor wear thing to do with smokes and then to work on the marines paintwork.

The very fine mesh cut


And folded


All the bits were cut, folded and primed


And painted matt black


And glued in position to cover the engines.





That's all for now until I start on the marines

After seeing what you did with this, I can't wait to see the marines.

Insanely well done.

That is all.

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Fantastic build, thanks for posting.

Martin

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you can't take the PUNK outa Spunkmeyer

Very inspiring:) cannot wait to see the finished set.

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friggin awesome!!!!!!!!!!!! great work

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Time to do some work again, these tiles take ages to do so with 98 cast, humbrol metal coat gun metal paint we have this


Now I expect ill need more so the next idea I had was to paint an egg to decide if I was going to use it.
The standard eggs


And painted and epoxy glue


Couldn't resist a peek, also to see if I will continue and do the others I want


Decided I like the look, the tiles will all sit level once glued down, for now its simply time to lay things out to get a vision of how I want the battle to look.....as I'm limited by the pose the figures come in I feel I have it spot on. Now I want another 3 rows of tiles at the front to extend the length


At the front I need another 2 rows, so in total I need around 50 more tiles. Took the first battle scene from the film as an idea, the alien ran over and marines battling there way past the aliens




Will have more eggs on the back, some closed up when I modify one and mold it


This little fella has a base green coat


So some more tiles will space it out a bit

Excellent, love the flattened xeno under the tyre!

Nothin major, snows holding me back for more resin and a tin of paint for the tiles, I can't work on a size for the base until I have those done...... So I can't even start laying tiles yet. Seems then it will be egg painting, soldier painting and some highlighting on the xenos. So that's the future plan of action so today I took mr green soldier and made him his armour.

Before


And after an hour or so of hand brushed work



Happy with how he came out, 7 more to paint now and 1 swarm marine still seeking out the set

Plans change ...... weeks have past since the last update and another project has been in the works at the same time holding me off from casting the 150 more tiles i need. The more time goes on the more im not keen on the tile idea but i still want a battle scene even tho the apc is the main showcase.

So after being in the local aquatics store looking for inspiration and possibilities i stumbled over two items which got me thinking. Of course the first major advantage to what im thinking is its all fitting the models scale, it looks like what it supposed to be and it cuts down on hours of scratch building, painting, modelling and it fits the theme perfectly.

Out the window goes the floor tile idea and in comes another idea.........apc on the surface of lv426 with a hint of a marine battle. So the current revised layout which i feel is working better, ok not truely faithfull to the movie with this idea but unsure to go for this idea in its current pictured layout.

Still undecided on leaving the battle idea to one side and concentrating on the apc only but the poor old marines are posed in something that is only battle related.


So your opinions welcome........ Keep it based on the apc only, or have an alien fight to one side, some pics

I actually really like the second setup, it suits the preset poses really well.

Shame to not use the tiles, they look Really nice, maybe just have a marine/aliens diorama minus APC to get some use out of them.

Also, insanely good work on the APC, i've been doing miniatures for years and the work with electronics and functional components always impresses me. That's already a great kit, have wanted one before, but with the work you've done on it it's sodding fabulous.

I want one now but looking so good man cant wait to see the next update........

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I think this is inspired. The rocks give the whole thing a more dynamic feel and I like the idea of a wave of Xenos coming over the hill at the Marines. Great job!

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This look awesome.

The tiles will come in useful when neca release the aliens franchise next month

What are your thoughts on using both?

The colony flooring had to start somewhere so maybe utilize some tiles at the front to show the ramp into a building so we know the marines are 'falling back to the compound' as the aliens swarm over the rock.

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Thought about it, but its currently 550 square in dimensioñs. To do the ramp id also want to incorporpoate some hadleys hope and the airlock door. Too much scratch building

It looks amazing! I've done miniature modelling with Warhammer 40k, and this is way beyond my attempts at customization. I loved the work on the tiles, but I would agree the outdoor scene looks better and shows off the APC more. Pity the eggs can't be used in the scene.

Charlie

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thats so nice, top work and skills!

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