Well .... here she is ... finally finished. I took this one to the Lone Star Armor & Figure Expo this yesterday and recieved a bronze medal for it. I was pretty pleased w/ it since it was the only A/C allowed in the show .... armor .... figure ... expo ... (Honestly, I think I slid by cause I told them I drove from Houston!)
(A little info for those that don't know how AMPS shows are judged .... personally I kind-of like it better than how IPMS is done. At AMPS, each entry is judged on its own, not against other pieces in that category. There are certain criteria that the piece must meet and in the end it is given a score from a panel of three judges. Based on the score you receive determines whether you place, or medal. For the complete list of rules and how the AMPS shows are judged, just google AMPS contest rules, and you should find it. )
As far as this particular show .... It was a great show, but I must admit that I was a little disappointed overall for a couple of (and I'll admit ... picky) reasons. 1) If you had multiple entries in a category and all of them received medal scores, one bronze, one silver, and one gold, you were presented w/ one gold medal for that category since that was your highest score. .... WTF?!? .... I personally didn't get this since all the pieces were judged individually, and then in the end, they lumped all your scores together. (And just for those out there that are thinking/ wanting to say that I'm just a medal collector ... this process only left me short one bronze medal. If you still insist that I'm just being whiney ... I mail you the one I got for you to play w/.) 2) ... and this is really my biggest disappointment ... I entered 6x pieces for the show and 3x of them medaled ... however, I only got 4x comments .... TOTAL ... on all the score sheets for all the pieces! FOUR!! .... and one of them was "Good Job"!!!! WTH!!!! If the piece got looked at by a judge, the least he/ she could do was take 30s to make a comment on the score sheet, especially given the time we spent building these darn things! Anyway, I plan on emailing the guys that ran the show so that maybe they can fix this for next time .... not that my opinion matters.
A - N - WAYS!!!!! .... On to the part that really matters ....
Here's a couple of shots of some of the base details. The title plate I made. I didn't want to go buy one since the only shop in my area is expensive and they do a cruddy job. Its made from alum can and the lettering is from a label maker I recently got .... and yes, I've been labeling everything. Its addictive. The water barrel is from the spares box, top cut off and filled w/ Woodland Scenics water (PINA). The lumber is just strips cut from 1/32 balsa sheet. The tile roofing is from a vac-u-casted sheet I picked up at my LHS. It came out decent, but if I went back and did it again, I'd make this out of balsa for the framing and go through the lengthy process of making the tiles individually from styrene rod 1/2's.
Overall the Delta operator figures came out well. I probably could have spent a little more time on them as in the end I felt a little rushed to get things done for the show, BUT ... it is what it is ...
... And .... for the final/ overall shots .... ENJOY!!
... I just threw this one in cause I knew Chris would look at it like ![Dunce [D)]](/emoticons/icon_smile_dunce.gif)
.... HAHAHA!!! j/k, Chris ... I was playing on PS.
Like I said, overall I'm pleased, but I may go back over this one to fix/ add a couple of details. But, for now .... it looks good sittin' on the shelf. I'll probably end up giving this one to a Ranger friend of mine. He'll think its bad-arse ...
Well, thanks to so many people for all your comments and suggestions on this one. Austin, definately couldn't have done it w/o you .... thanks for the kit. Klaus, you the man! Thanks again. Tom, Chris ... as always ... best friends forever! HAHAHA!!!! Seriously, thanks for all the help.
... AND ... as always .... all C&C welcome. Hope you guys enjoyed this one as much as I did ...