Jerry and Kurt, the dancers are no longer having fun and games! now, to business - Kurt, the Greek dance! ha - pretty funny!
Hi Joaquin, thanks for dropping by....and, yes, your idea of a backdrop is really good, and I used it - funny what happened next...you'll find out below - read on!
Hi Brad, thanks very much for the nice words! yep, I too am an Armorama viewer and participant - there are so many nice projects going on here! I look at lots of them - many that are not really my area of interest, but man, people are doing some pretty cool stuff, as a builder you can pick up a lot! Keep building!
Ok, on to this build:
Turns out it was a rainy (and windy) day here yesterday...nonetheless, into the neighborhood park I went to take some photos!
And the rain, clouds, and wind, allowed for actual rain, and not "rain effects"...believe it or not, I'd do it again!
The real rain, made for a pretty nice "special effects"!
And things were going along pretty well, if not wet...and wetter - I looked much more ridiculous than the dio out there...
And then the beginning of the storm hit...and with it came wind...no real problem for a while. But, as I mentioned above, I made a little sky colored back drop, which of course looked substantially less blue indoors, but that was fine...less fine, the wind.
For a while, the wind kept blowing the backdrop back - away from the dio, annoying, but fine. But, the wind shifted, abruptly! nice. The backdrop was then blown onto the dio!...so, for those of you wondering whether or not to use metal, rather than plastic antennas, my vote is yes! metal! First strike - the uphill GMVs hit - four bent antennas! I bent them back, and kept shooting!
And, I kept taking pictures....the sequence from the beginning is generally going clockwise around the dio. In the end, the slow going with the grass was worth the effort. I didn't post some recent WIP images of the ground plane - it received layers of sand and gravel, which helped too.
I'm feeling better about the figures too...sort of. I think I'm getting better with painting, but as I looked at these pictures I realize I'm showing more variety in equipment than what probably makes sense...I can live with that...If not, I'd never finish this, and I would have cost a fortune to get everyone up to speed....the bottom line is I'm finally feeling better about making figures!
And a few views from above...as the afternoon rains picked up, the backdrop kept getting blow about - the GRV took several hits - bending the antennas, and knocking one of the guys off - a miracle, though, none of the Live Resin barrels, weapons etc were broken! (not to worry, I broke one barrel today...) so, I kept straightening the antennas, and just posed the guy - and did so several times - the wind blew him about...
And a few indoor pics above - while OK, the outdoor lighting makes things pop better. I liked these though.
And the last one, the real deal:
Thanks guys for having a look, participating along the way, and your comments! I liked this build for a few reasons - first, is its based on an actual event which is chronicled, so I could get pretty close with the story, setting and equipment - next, the exercise in patience! and not giving up on all that grass! Good with me in the end!
Cheers and keep building!
Nick