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Post by kelyle on Apr 19, 2007 23:21:59 GMT
Okay, after a brief forray into the concepts and ideas present, I decided to go for something easy for starters. I only did four troops as a test. The style is meant to be clearer then a diorama. Hope these are okay, comments needed. I'll explain the details later as I'm tired right now, but suffice to say there are details.
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Post by vendile on Apr 20, 2007 0:12:01 GMT
This has actually been posted in the wrong section, for futre reference, this really belongs in the Continent section of the forum. But anyway, Its actually a nice idea to make the PDF have autoguns rather than lasguns, a nice little twist to the bog-standard that everyone comes to expect. Nice drawings Just a small point, but in future could you try to ensure that either; 1) the images are slightly larger to help with reading the small text(in comparison to the image as a whole) 2) stick the photo/scan into photoshop and replace all written text with clearer typed text.
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Post by kelyle on Apr 20, 2007 10:16:23 GMT
Queers, next time it'll be in the right place.
The drawings arn't as detailed as I would have liked them to be but size a time didn't permit.
Anyway time for the idealogy.
The navy officer has high gators, to protect from water splash, granted its not acidic, but it'll be at least an irritant, and constant exposure is bound to give a nasty rash as well as cancer. The officer also has a flash burn across his face, probably from a fuel fire. The googles are to prevent water getting in his eyes in storms. The micro link on his arm is standard equipment for all PDF. The shock maul is either a officers weapon for 'encouraging' ratings or a standard boarding weapon given to non combatants to make themselves useful.
The navy marine is armed with a combat shotgun for close quater fighting, ship-ship. General combat technique, would be smoke grenade (hanging from his belt) a room or deck and use is infa-red optics to take out targets who can't even see them. The rebreather is a just in case to protect from smoke and swallowing water, a standard for all navy troops.
The PDF standard trooper is a basic marine but with a flak jacket, for extra protection. The reason for going with a auto gun was that PDFing a place where the main industrial product is fuel, there would undoudtably be tanks and silos in huge quantities. A lasgun could torch the whole lot, so non volitile slug ammo was prefered.
I see the jungle troopers as a gradually more independant force. Still answers orders and the likes, but they come under a lot more danger from local fauna and flora, hench being less 'standard' ie. two clips taped together, repaired gators, tatoos, etc. The Auto rifle carbine came from the idea of having a more cut down weapon for jungle fighting, or maybe I've seen platoon too many times.
P.s I'll try to make it clearer next time, but I don't have photoshop.
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Post by Doug on Apr 20, 2007 11:33:49 GMT
Sounds pretty good - I like them.
I'll move the topic to the right board for you
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Post by vendile on Apr 20, 2007 15:01:37 GMT
another point is that the "skirt" doesn't really work on the standard PDF trooper, looks out of place.
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Post by Doug on Apr 20, 2007 15:20:11 GMT
I disagree, I feel - the coat tails look no more out of place sticking out from underneath the body armour than on any comparable figure - say, the Cadians...
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Post by thenephew on Apr 20, 2007 16:15:31 GMT
Good stuff. I'm not so sure about the auto vs las - I'd always thought a bullet would be mor elikely to penetrate and spark on a collision/riccochet. Lasguns always seemed to me to damage through surface heat, but not penetrate much - so not a problem around metal containers. You could get round it by saying that laser technology is on used much on this planet simply because most of the machinesmiths in the system prefer projectile weapons. Or the troops do, because they are more reliable than las powerpacks in the planet's metholine-rich air. The extra bits and bobs on the equipment seem sensible and characterful. Thumbs up from here.
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Post by stormturmoil on Apr 20, 2007 21:41:23 GMT
Since this is a planet orbiting a Flare star, lasers are always likely to be a weapon of last resort since during a flare the increased visible light saturation is highly likely to just wash out any laser beam and cause it to lose coherence, and so it's effectiveness. As a result, solid round weapons are a better bet for reliability reasons.
I do like the designs, and like the touch of the helmet with the bult in glare goggles- a nice tip of the hat to outside environmental factors.
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Post by kelyle on Apr 20, 2007 22:19:00 GMT
I can see your point, but standard uniforms do look a bit foolish sometime. But it's a standard garb that links the different organisations, as well as the gators and trousers.
true, but las rounds are essentially kenetic energy so more likely to burn. Although I do agree that the imperial guard would have las weapons, more for administrative reasons, standard las ammo is easier to distrabute then specific calibre solid ammo, if any ones read 'guns of tanith' you'll get the idea.
'Its standard pattern...'
Okay what next, vehicles? Something bigger? or the guard?
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