I hope your enjoying
the updates this week. Here is another of my recent creations from 2006, which
has turned into quite a year for me! I found this wonderful S.A.F.S (Super
Armored Fighting Suit, Mk 1) girl online and had to have her. Cast in
resin, she comes in six or seven pieces with almost no cleanup needed. I did
have to fill some major gaps at the hairline with milliput, but that turned out
to be no problem. My SAFS girl (the Japanese love "Super Deformed"
stuff and I like their "hybrids") sports Wave Option Parts spring
units (from Hobby Link Japan great stuff!) for the power supply lines on
the back of the legs and arms. This was my first attempt at anime style eyes and
I'm very happy with how they came out. A great tutorial from Kody Kwok's website
really helped!
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images below to see larger images
After priming with
Mr Surfacer after a good soak in Castrol Super Clean to get rid of mold release
agents, I painted with Model Master skin tones and Russian Interior Blue Green
with Reaper Miniatures paint applied in thin transparent layers to hair and what
little clothing there is. Painting went quickly and she was installed on her
custom "heartbreaker" base.
The SAFS suit is the brainchild
of highly talented Kow Yokoyama, who created his models of highly advanced
fighting suits for a future epoch. When introduced in the US, those of us
that saw those first ads in Finescale Modeler in 1985 thought it must be some
kind of WWIII in space. We really weren't far off, and now, SF3D (original
name) or Machinen Krieger (Ma.K.) is a very highly developed series with
intricately detailed, well produced models. If WWII German armor with a
hint of sci fi are your thing, Ma.K is right up your alley! A selection of
exceptionally well built and detailed models can be found at Kruegers' Krieger
website, which opened up doors to my modeling world.
http://home.att.net/~mak3000/hm.html
Have a safe and happy new year!
David
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