This is a commission for a charity auction winner that I just recently finished. He has a custom mech company called the Barbie Brigade. Their unit colors are...well...a bit unusual for a war machine, but who am I to turn down such a challenge? He gave me the general color scheme- pink with white trim- and I went from there. This mini is a classic 1:300 scale marauder II approx 2in. or 4.5cm tall. He also supplied me with a pin up girl decal and the unit decal. I altered a few details that I didn't like about the original mini. I enlarged the PPC barrels on the arm pods to look like proper heavy weapons. Then I enhanced the hull cannon by replacing the barrel with something more suitable. I also beefed up the turret attachment for the hull cannon. Then finally I replaced the old exhaust vents with my new, improved versions. The old ones looked like flower petals.
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| New barrels on all the big guns! Scandalous art work on the nose, ohh-la-la! |
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| New vents! |
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| Those are tiny, blue, reflective jewels in the gun barrels on the arm pods. |
That is a pretty great paint job, in particular when you consider the size of the figure.
ReplyDeleteThe pink does seem wrong for a military vehicle though.
How can I make vents like that?
ReplyDeleteThe pink is awesome! How bad would it be to be losing to the Barbie Brigade...?
ReplyDeleteto be honest I like the pink, and would have no trouble fielding a unit of these, especially with the awesome paint job, great free hand.
ReplyDeleteNever thought I was going to say this one day: Pink CAN look sexy :-p
ReplyDeletethose vents are made by a company called Kotobukiya out of Japan. they make a whole bunch of customizing and detailing parts for any and all types of models and minis. the vents are two different pieces: the vent covers were inserted into the same round parts that i made the PPC gun barrels out of. i think it may be easier if i just post you a link to where i found these....then you can see the fantastic selection of detailing parts they make. i honestly don't know how i managed without them now!
ReplyDeletehttp://starshipmodeler.biz/shop/index.cfm/category/76/scratchbuildingdetailing-supplies.cfm
the specific parts i used: ROUND MOLD 4 and ROUND NOZZLE SMALL. the round mold vents fit perfectly into the round nozzles.