[SDFarsight]

Here's my attempt at modding three of my XV8s in the colours of the three Tachikomas at the end of the first series of Ghost in the Shell.

I thought I'd post this in Painting rather than Showcase, as this still has quite some work to be done that I'm not sure about.


XV8-Koma suits
XV8-Koma suits rear
Regular Tachikomas
Desperate Tachikoma team (Warning: Spoilers)
Yellow

I think I could do some more to them such as further painting detail and giving them a 'koma style aerial, but I won't give them any huge modifications like four legs, as that'll get me some serious 'WTF' looks when they get onto the tabletop ^-^. I might mod one to look like the Type 303 Armoured Suit (the black one in the scene)

[khanaris]

With the bright colors, it is very important that you do highlighting and weathering steps. I like the idea, but at first glance it may just look like you went with simple blocks of color, and people may not get the reference.

[SDFarsight]

Aye; the most work needs to be done on the blue and gray ones, as all the yellow one needs is some (as you said) highlighting/weathering and the black rings around its wrists. And as you can see, the grey one just looks like it's simply a metal XV8. Amought other things, I could add that red wire to the bottom of the grey's jetpack.

I havn't really tried weathering effects before though, well I have on photoshop, but not on models.

I'm not sure if I could make those circles on the XV8's jetpacks to be their other eyes or their web slingers. Using a (painted) flying stand, I could add an aerial onto or replacing that Formula-1 style radiator/induction thing that's behind the XV8's heads; as otherwise the aerial would be widly disproportunate if I acutaly put it on the head.