Post-Apocolyptic Urban Dio, UPDATED PROGRESS

   Hey mate, when i mentioned about a wheeled vehicle, i didn't mean some huge assault weapon. I was thinking more along the lines of like those things in Stargate. Those six wheeled buggies they take there supplies through the gate on. Instead of supplies you could mount some sort of heavy gun......a cannon that fires an EM pulse that only effects what it hits maybe..... I was only thinking small, 2 inches max length. It could be remotely controled by the troops, as is the Stargate thingy i mentioned.

   Boomer...

Thanks for all the feedback, I really appreciate it. Thanks a bunch for the link and stuff Aussiemuscle. Ive played both those games, both great and ya they partly inspired me to do this. Especially BF 2142 and the camouflage patterns they used. And yes I totally love Starship troopers, one of my favourite movies. Im a big sci-fi fan, mostly futuristic infantry combat type stuff like Halo, BF2142 and Starship Troopers. Ive always wanted to model it too but couldn't find much kits or anything. Also I like dioramas and doing the futuristic urban settings a lot.

Hey Boomer, thanks. And ya its lots of fun. As for what they are fighting I was thinking of keeping it a mystery. Like a one sided view where we see them but not what they are shooting at. I will put in some hints like plasma scoring to maybe indicate alien weaponry or something like that (suggestions?), or maybe hide some enemy creature or whatever somewhere in the dio. And I was thinking that exact same thing with the camouflage, match the colours and create a specific pattern. Ive been experimenting still though, colours will wait but Id like the pattern to be something unique and distinctive. The vehicle idea may not work out sadly, Id really like to but there isnt much room, maybe an alternative like a heavy weapons position or something (SUGGESTIONS!??). The number of troops is at 8 right now I think, 3 running across the road, 2 giving cover, 1 shouting at the ones crossing, and a 2 man sniper team. The modern BW set by Revell has some good poses too, and the G36k look pretty near futuristic, even more with minor modification although the scale is so small hard to tell a difference.

Im pretty stoked today because I just bought a badger anthem airbrush and a compressor for $150 and some other little tools. Pretty sweet deal though. My first real airbrush, besides a cheapo testors one that sprayed like a rattle can only. Pretty cool though, brings a new element to my modelling.

Anyways not much progress lately, real busy week with church, dentist (ughh 3 times this week), school (ughh 5 times this week) and family.

Big post lol. 

Looks like a fun project.  Keep us posted.

Regards,  Rick

  Hey Brad.........i mean Cam........ This looks like fun. What are your soldiers going to be fighting? Machines, aliens or other humans?  Also i suggest you make up your camo to suit the environment very closely.  I would wait until you start to put some colours on your diorama, then something cool may come to mind............I was thinking, maybe a six wheeled, motorized heavy gun would look cool supporting the troops too.......more troops would look good........

  This one is all yours. It's sci-fi man, nobody can tell you right or wrong.............you can let your imagination all hang out on this one.......

   Boomer...

sounds like a neat 'blank canvas' to start a dio of. If you need some inspiration, try (yes try) watching the starship troopers movie. it should give some ideas on costume and weapon design. also the games "advanced warfighter" and "battlefield 2150" should also help.

Progress is slow right now, just finished a bit more on each building and planned out construction and designs. Gotta go to work though.

Leave me some suggestions or comments.

A good start, Brad.

The nice thing about 1/72 scale is the small size of your diorama elements. If you do gaming, you can make them a certain size and inter-connect them as you build them. I havent done many myself, and plan to do some mecha vs men when I get some BANDAI kits in the mail.