15mm Dropship and crew

Troopship for my 15mm sci fi  army's  made from a Matchbox "Cloud Chopper" toy

Missile pods added from my kitbashing bit box

Rear gunners window was painted o and 2 large Gatling type guns added.  Not sure if I like them or not so they may get switched out at some point.

The ramp comes down so I added and interior with seating and a door to the flight decks.  the bits and bobs were made from plastic card and the like

Some troops disembark

Flight crew checks an engine as a small walker comes down the ramp

The other side

The model itself is pretty straight forward, I just removed the helicopter blades and addled the weapons and a radar dish to the top using a flight stand and a BB. 

A few more 15mm Gladiators

A few more gladiators from rebel miniatures.
the first group are my 1st attempt at sculpting 15 15mm, A roman nobleman and a gladiator. The rest of the pictures show the 4 basic gladiators from rebel and some conversion I made with head and weapon swaps. The unpainted ones are the 4 types sold by rebel as is.


































































the 2nd set are all different with shield changes and head swaps the 1st set are the same but painted in a different color with the last re sculpted as an arena official

15mm Sci fi Winter outpost crew

On a recent posting on Dropship horizon they asked what 15mm you would like to see, my respond was some crew in winter gear. The only ones I have found so far were from GZG and should be on their way across the pond and into my clutches soon. In the mean time I took some figure from my GZG collection did a few head swaps and pushed some putty and made my own(about 40 so far). 1st is Professor H. Vanderbilt Smith and his daughter Mindy. A few of the female staff (with Svetlana the head of base security) a few of the male staff and a few troopers with MA-01(Max) one of the base androids. More to come and I hope you like them.

15 mm gladiators

Rebel miniatures just came out with some really cool gladiators in 15mm. As of now they only have a pack of four for $2.99. They are a Hoplomacus(with spear) a Myrmillo/Dimachaerii, a Thracian and a Not Theokoles from the show Spartacus(although he is not any bigger than they others) All the figures are well sculpted with nice detail and were fun to paint up. I really hope they make some more.



I had bought 2 sets so I could convert one set into other gladiators. One of the Theokoles I made into a Retiarii adding a net and arm armor out of putty(I am still working on the trident) I took one of the Dimachaerii and cut off his sword and gave him a shield,The Thracian lost his head and I sculpted a new Standard type hoplomacus helmet in its place.








The last two are a standing Secutores and a Roman noble, ready to deliver a verdict. both of these I sculpted out of putty and Dollies from "Splintered light miniature" I think they came out OK. I liked the Roman it actually came out close to the actor I was going for.(Titus Calavius the magistrate in Spartacus)




The last is a comparison shot with a GZG Sci fi civillian on the left and a "rebel miniature" police Gang squad trooper on the right.

I have been busy making a few space craft for my 15mm space colony and bounty hunters. The 1st of 4 so far is a small bounty hunter/cargo ship. It is made from a few bits and bobs from my bit box with that main body being made from a Star Wars toy droid. Pretty cool what can be made from what you have laying around. 15mm figure is from GZG.

A few new 15mm done last night.
1st GZG gray aliens and ship, The grays paint up quick seeing that there is little detail (what you would expect for a grey) and the saucer is a toy that a friend gave me which I have repainted.





Next are the Crusties very District 9 looking with cool alien guns, sorry my photos don’t do them justice they are actually really nice. I used a few shades of brown and added some yellow and red spots and stripes. I went with bright colors of sliver and copper for the weapons as they did in the movie. These were some of the feebies that I got from my Christmas order with GZG I see a few more in my future :)



Lastly is an off world explorer (or this world if you want) this is a match box car that I have repainted. I think it came out pretty good if I don’t say so myself. The vehicle came in a box of 5 for $5 but I was only able to use this one from the pack but my 3year old great niece sure did like the rest, an excellent bargain all around. Next time I need to take a before picture.








As usual with the GZG figures they are fun and quick to paint but I still have a bunch to do so back to work.

enjoy

I have just started in with 15mm and I am having fun painting the little, little fellows up. I have started with a large purchase from GZG with a
HI-MOBILITY WHEELED Battle Force:
Contains 5 x Infantry Packs, 2 x Paladin wheeled MBTs, 2 x Bobcat light combat vehicles, 3 x Phalanx APCs, 1 x Bulldog command truck, plus packs of extras and assorted accessories
As well as a bunch of figure packs, I have also just ordered a bunch from Rafm and Stan Johansson (sp) miniatures.
this is what I have painted so far




While browsing some other blogs and web sites I came across this little gem on Chrome cat’s blog, https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnzNbbU1xwfa3Flbo8Z8zh8ev4QFh4T9B684cGuzsfh6k7F8l4kqqMaHsZ-6bBXBNNNo-1GmVJBDA1ZWjajmuTyapj4P99ksVaBZ07XAVIGOsDJnSmWLPLIpZMzorl9I61nSFh9HbQ55A/s1600/PB270855.JPG
the Truck seemed to fit in very well with 15mm sci fi figures and could work as another explorer vehicle, APC or work truck, luckily While out Christmas shopping yesterday I found a pack of matchbox cars with the very same vehicle in it for $5.49 the pack came with 5 different vehicles with which 3 fit in pretty good.
The 1st is the exploration vehicle it actually comes in 2 pieces the main truck and the rear cab which slides back to reveal a control center. I removed the control center to use in something later; now with the cabin removed you can make this into any number of configurations, flat bed, antiaircraft troop truck or anything else your imagination can come up with. This one I am doing as is (I am going to buy more) and for a dollar you can’t really go wrong.


The 2nd truck is a sci fi hummer, it too has a rear compartment that lifts up, inside it looks to be some sort of tracked ATV but I have not remove the inside of this one. Great little vehicle for Sci fi or post apocalyptic settings.







The 3rd vehicle that I am using is a helicopter. On this one I have removed the plastic side pods,the rotors and the tail section. I am going to try to make this a VTOL craft I just need to make some fans and re add the tail section or another engine (not sure what I will use yet)



GZG Command truck for comparison.

A very Good buy for a few dollars, more to follow later.

Armed Free traders(GZG) Again great detail on such small figure right down to the torn knee on the trader firing the pistol.

(GZG)
Heavy EVAC explorers

More GZG crew figures. This time my Blue crew for lack of a better name.

A few more of my Chinese starship crew both figures are from GZG.

Hope you like them.

My Foray Into the world of 15mm Sci fi begins with GZG figures. I picked up a bunch of packs from GZG recently because I thought they looked really nicely sculpted for 15mm (?) (Plus I liked firefly and the space traders looked great)



The figures overall are really nice and the service from GZG was fantastic. I have done a bunch so far so more pictures will be up soon, these I did in the last few hours at work.



The first is a not Wall-E figure which I just thought was co cool and even though its suppose to be 15mm it would look fine next to a 28mm figure too.







The second group is my crew of the Chinese trader ship (Insert Chinese trader ship name here I have not come up with one yet) I am hoping that GZG will do some more figure with the neck yoke uniform. The girl/guy with box and guy with gun had the burgundy shoulder /neck parts painted on the others were sculpted on, it just made for a nice cohesive crew uniform look.








A few Space suits and Power suits (from Battlestation miniatures)

All in all I am very pleased with these and they are fun to paint, and I can highly recommend GZG 15mm for those interest.