Introducing Zeus.

[chris0423]

Well folks, thought it was about time I contributed, and started a build. The main thrust of what I intend to be doing over the next year or so, will centre around my 'what-if' mountain top base, entrance diorama, R0423.


So before getting stuck in, I will set the scene.R0423 in all its glory, still a lot to do, but this will show you where i am heading.


R0423 is a Forward Operating Campaign Base (FOCB) located in mountainous Srumahh Region of a fictitious North African / Middle East combat zone. Sitting at 3167 metres it Is known by its occupants as Mount Olympus.

The camp houses a non-conventional force of Tier 1 Special Forces (SF) units from the DRAWL Alliance for the projection of short to medium duration ISTAR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition & Reconnaissance) and DA (Direct Action) operations over the surrounding 1200 square mile area.

A range of dedicated SF vehicles provide reconnaissance, offensive and support capabilities and post will show how I have developed these starting with Zeus.

ZEUS
Based on the Buffalo MPCV chassis, and provides all terrain ISTAR capabilities to mobile forces through the ‘PROPHET HORIZON’ package. A suite of tactical ISTAR and DA management systems and C3 (Command Control Communications) is accommodated within this platform with various Electro Optical/Infra Red sensors, communications and self defence package. Offensive and self defensive capabilities are provided through a 0.50 cal Heavy Machine Gun mounted within a Remote Weapons Station and two M240K 7.62mm Medium Machine guns, along with a passive self defensive Multi-Directional Counter Measures (MDCM) dispenser suite.

Here are some pictures of progress to date, jumped straight in to the internals.


















Other vehicles will follow, and include;-

PEGASUS I & II.
Based on the MATV these vehicles provide rapid DA and CTR (Close Target Reconnaissance) capabilities. Armaments will include twin 0.50 cal Heavy Machine Guns, M240K 7.62mm Medium Machine Guns and the M47 40mm Automatic Grenade Launcher, along with Electro Optical/Infra Red sensors communications and self defence package.

HADES
Based on the HEMMITT, this vehicle provides mobile medium range all terrain fire support. Armed with 24 Raytheon Griffin ground lunched missiles, twin 120mm self loading mortars and 2 independent twin 20mm Bushmaster cannons, along with target acquisition sensors and self defence package.

Sorry for the long winded intro, but as always all comments and suggestions are most welcome.

Chris.

[TRM]

Oh, we are into the vehicle stage of the project!! getting comfy now!! Looking great btw~~~keep it coming!!!

[spud]

Sounds really cool chris, and nice start on the buffalo

[robbo]

Looks a great dio you've got going on here mate, resin extras look good, look forward to seeing how this turns out

[Deleted]

Epic project Chris, the dio is looking superb
Vehicles are going to be interesting to.... Looking forward to more

[`Boots`]

Oh yeah thats lookin` grand Chris................some real neat work on that vehicle bud, the detailing is awesome ;D

[chris0423]

Cheers folks, the Buffalo is a great kit. The only parts scratched are the control stick at the front passenger seat and the cabling. The rest is resin AM accessories and kit parts from Pro-Art and Legend, with a monitor screen from a HUMVEE set.

Just to add a few figures from the legend HUMVEE crew (still to arrive), add a few M4 personal weapons, ammo boxes and water cooler & bottles to complete the internals. Won't be going mad on the painting, as the windows are deep green tinted glass which willobscure what can be seen anyway. Back door will be left open, so some thing can be seen at least.

Progress will halt for the next two weeks, as it's holiday time, but notpad will be at hand to firm up an external design.

Thanks, again.

Chris.

[multicam]

I'm fascinated by the near-future, what if nature of this whole concept. Absolutely love the idea and the compound looks awesome. Can't wait for updates on this one.

[Mence]

Very interesting Chris, I like....

[Deleted]

Hey this looks cool so far, I'll be looking in with interest.

[chris0423]

Hi Folks,

Not so much an update on progress, but an update on the way ahead. Having gone off on holiday early July, not much has happened, other than learning some very good lessons.

You will see from the previous pictures, that I opted to fill inside of the body with loads off kit. I have subsequently gave the internals a coat of grey primer and 'attempted' to paint it up. Well the secret is in the 'attempted' bit. Well what a hast I have made of it, so have made a tactical decission to remove the internals and try and recover as mush as possible for another day.

Having seen how DickeyF has done the internals of his Stryker, it is clear to me that painting (in may case at least) should be done on an elemental basis and then assembled.

So I have decided to give the glass a real heavy dark green tint and then fit reflective filim to the inside so it is completley opaque and close up the hatches. I also wanted to show the vehicle in action and I am also lacking suitable figures (am awaiting Legens set becoming available).

I know that a good bit of work has gone onto the inside, but having been my first armour build in years, and one with inside too boot the lessions learned have made the work worth the effort.

So by going down this road, it will at least let me to move it on at a greater pace and start to enjoy the build again.

Update within the next few days.

Chris.

[spud]

yea im not a huge fan of placing everything then painting i think its asking for trouble, but you have learned that lesson but at least you know how to get around it now

Looking forward to the pics

[venom1]

Man, this is gonna be cool! Looking forward to further updates Chris!

Cheers,

Sam

[chris0423]

Hey Frank & Legend, had not dropped back into this one for a good while, so sorry for not moving back sooner.

I have moved the build over to the Post Apocalyptic Group Build, under the title of Blockade Runner. A little progress from this. Hope you like what I have done with her !

Chris?