Hey, guys! I don't post WIP shots normally, but I'll be shut down for the holidays. Seems my workstation is EXACTLY where the Christmas tree goes. So, I'd like to post these pics as a teaser for what I'll reveal after the first of the year (but, hopefully sooner). This is my first smartgunner for a squad of Colonial Marines.
All inspiration for the USCM figs goes to Wookie-Balls. I am a HUGE fan of his Marines and I had to do a set. I had trouble finding bodies w/ similar uniforms, so I decided this squad would be a "best of the best" squad, with a little more leway than the regular grunts.
USCM Smartgunner, as-of-yet unnammed. His gun is named "Tom" in reference to Drake's gun from
Aliens. The "BFG" is self-explanitory, LOL. He is nearly done, just need the camo pattern paint-job, but I suck at camo and am putting it off.
This will be my flametrooper, perhaps. His helmet tag "Brain Dead" is inspired by Pvt. Hudson's helmet art. He's waiting on his camo job also, as well as his weapon.
You can see the rest of the team in the background, as well as the mech suit that will be part of the team. Kinda like the "power-loaders" seen in the film, only tricked out to kick serious alien @$$. I may also do a "sentry gun" from the deleted scenes or a custom military robot to go with. Team line-up looks to be a sgt., 2 smartgunners, a flametrooper, a medic/comms tech, a science officer and the mech suit pilot. I may also do a dropship pilot, if I can find an appropriate body & parts. This squad is so much fun to work on, I just wish I could get over my fear of camo work and get to it.
