Monday, January 26, 2009

The Bird Eye view of Warships

Adelaide Class Frigate and Ticonderoga VLS

Always have a thing for Naval units.

And here we have the birds eye view of a Ticonderoga VLS Class Cruiser and the O.H Perry Class Frigate.

I love the colors in the picture and I am most definitely looking forward to construct and get my projects done. Plus my shipment of GHQ naval units have arrive. When all the kits are done, it will be time for me to construct my GHQ naval fleets comprising of US made and Russian made ships.

Cheerios

Monday, January 19, 2009

The Soldier and His Armour

The next batch of pictures including the previous entry comes from my old camera. It will be the last time my old camera take pictures because my old W-50 has broken down again.

With a macro feature that provides clarity of macro focus to 2 cm, it is way better in providing detail compared to my new W150 Sony Digicam. Nevertheless, the pictures will still keep coming in. And now with the help of Joshua, my Photography partner in crime, he shall be contributing to both hobby blogs. YEAPPERS.

I must say that th epics that we have come up for this batch is the best so far. Almost all pics are clear and great in colour. The perspective is also very good and has a real punch to it.

Here is a Soldier looking onward while standing guard next to the Warrior IFV.
This shot provides a closer and more focus shot and a more personal angle of the last entry.

I put in the Vintage Sepia effect to give a more greater feel of the picture and the "war" effect in it.

Enjoy.

Trooper and the Warrior
Gideona Forces in Central Africa..

Saturday, January 17, 2009

A Game Im Gonna Get Soon

Here we have it. World in Conflict
A Game based on the "what if" scenario of the US getting attack by Cold War adversary Russia. Set in a modern day backdrop, this game has a great single player campaign with REALISTIC modern day units unlike their RTS counterparts like Red Alert that have really wierd out units.

This is a definite must buy for modern military enthusiast and it has also great multiplayer gameplay too.

You as a player take the role of one unit of either infantry, armor, support or anothe rrole which i have forgotten. Micro manage ur unit to victory and it involves fightnig in a highly detailed visual map.

Wikipedia should provide u better details into this game. As for me, im just suggesting and recommending a nice military game.

Trailers rock too. Check it out here



This is the official Trailer. An it looks seriously awesome.



This is the NYC invasion Trailer. Featuring the Song Shadow of the Sun by Audioslave and Lead Singer Chris Cornel. Love the song. The first time i heard it was on Collateral. Surreal song.

On another note, gonna start a military campaign game between WT and Josh which will be playtested by WT first followed by Joshawhen he comes back at the end of the year. Furthermore, the new batch of photoes has been done. Largely taken by Josh and with a lil direction from me, the photoes will be edited and ready for posting soon. You will probably see the first set by mid-year.

In any case, Josh shall also be contributing by posting some of the new entries and helping me out too and Im really glad to have an additional hand. Much appreciated by me to Josh. Cheers all.

Monday, January 12, 2009

The Warrior

A very nice Old Film Ambience Pic of the Warrior IFV and its troops.

These figures are courtesy of Joshua from Battlefield Evolution.

The Warrior IFV and Troops
Gideona's Troopers on defense and the GDI's Warrior providing Armor support.

After reviewing the pic i took, I felt it has a good layout with good background and it looks convincing that they were on the ground and ready for a fight.

The Soldiers and the Armour Vehicle also are in good scale and proportion to each other

Monday, January 05, 2009

The Guns of the Ticonderoga VLS Cruiser

Hey all, its a new year with more new stuff.. WOOT. And first entry of the year is NAVAL

The 5-Inch/54-caliber (Mk 45) lightweight gun is a modern U.S. naval artillery gun mount consisting of a 5-inch (127 mm) L54 Mark 19 gun on the Mark 45 mount. It is designed to be used against surface warships, for anti-aircraft use and shore bombardment to support amphibious operations.

The gun mount features an automatic loader with a capacity of 20 rounds. These can be fired under full automatic control, taking a little over a minute to exhaust those rounds at maximum fire rate. For sustained use, the gun mount would be occupied (below deck) by a three-man crew (gun captain, panel operator, and ammunition loader) to keep the gun supplied with ammunition.

The Ticonderoga Gun
The Mk 45, (54 Caliber) gun. Packs a real shelling on the Enemy.

When i look at the Ticonderoga's guns. I only have 1 thought on my mind. Coastal Bombardment.

OBviously, you will not see ship battles involving this weapon unless it is to ward off pirates and light armed seaboats.

Till next entry, Cheerios

and a Happy New year 2009!

Monday, December 29, 2008

Vintage take on the C130

Front View of the Hercules
Frontview of the Transport Bird, C130.

Everytime i see this plane, I am tempted to play COD4 Single Player again. :p

Nonetheless, COD4 is still by far the best FPS Modern Combat games i have played. (Second would be Battlefield 2)

Monday, December 22, 2008

B&W Hercules

Its the C130 Hercules Transport Airplane.

One of the Mainstay for the US and DSHCC Airforce. The iconic four engine turboprop plane can carry a maximum of 92 passengers or 64 airborne troopers. It can travel at a speed of 610km/h and has many variant.

One of the most coolest variant of the Hercules is the one both featured in Transformer and Callof Duty 4. Yes thts right.

Its the AC130 Gunship with its variety of weapons ranging from 30mm machine guns to 105mm Cannon. BAM

C130 Hercules
C130 Herc on the Runway

Monday, December 15, 2008

Not ur usual suspect

So you think it would be your usual suspect of American Vehicles?

Today, we feature the Saab Viggen in digitally-editted format.

Saab Viggen

The Saab 37 Viggen is a swedish single seat fighter jet for the Swedish Airforce. Maximum spee dof Mach 2.1 and it can carry the usual suspect of american air to air missiles and RB71 Skyflash.

It got phased out in 2005 and was replaced by the JAS 39 Gripen. Last flight of the Viggen was in June 2007.

The cool thing i like about this pic is that the plane is a real micromachine model and the editing has made it look like a picture painting .The Blue hue and the shader for the picture makes the plane look like a very nice pristine drawing that can be a shirt imprint design.

Whats your take?

Monday, December 08, 2008

The Improved SSN688

The Improved Los Angeles Class Submarine underwater moving away from the camera.

Travelling Sub
Obviously a digitally-edited picture but the model of the submarine is real.

The 688i Sub Underwater
The SSN 688i travelling underwater.

Its quite an easy guess for frequent Adobe Photoshop users on what effect is used in this pic.. :P

Cheers

Monday, December 01, 2008

Armyman

Its a Dashland Army Trooper in Desert Camo behind an M1A2.

Soldier on Lookout
This is one of my best telescopic macroshot of my military models

I like the focus shot on the trooper while the tank is blurred out. Cool Goggles he is wearing for the desert or urban backdrop.

The Tank is by Micromachines and the Trooper is by Battlefield Evolution. (Love the Desert combat outfit)

Monday, November 24, 2008

The Tank Camp

Hi all again. I have started on my next Ticonderoga VLS Cruiser and getting to use my airbrush to give its first primary coat. I must say that i am pretty amazed at the sheer precision of the model airbrush bt i feel tht its widespreadspray feature lacks the intensity with regards to gray colour paint. I have yet to see how good it will work with other colours.

Nonetheless, progress is in the midst and you will get to see picture of a great fleet of 1/700 DSHCC ships soon.

Furthermore, i have seen my GHQ models and i am very please at the great detail and the reasonable cost of acquiring the models that i have ordered. The ships are detailed and requires little or no assembling. This is similar to the armour units for GHQ and alli need to do is paint. Less Work for me to do, so that more effort can go to painting it real well.

As for now, Its Dashland Armed Forces M1A2 in an outfield camp geting ready for operations

Two M1A2 in camp
Hope u guys like the pic and the detail i put into the tanks

See ya next week ;)

Monday, November 17, 2008

Follow up on the Convoy.

Sideview of the convoy on the road in black and white. I really like the wheels on the medical convoy vans. They are the same iconic mini wheels that are used in the classic micromachine cars and vehicles when i was a kid.

I can still remember the time when i saw the first micromachine. At tht time, i was more orientated to Matchbox cars and hotwheels. Both this brands were way bigger in company size and products.. literally. But matchbox was so cool.. wanted to get one.. but never got the opportunity in the end till micromachines military came out.

Enjoy the pics.

Sideview of Medic Convoy in B&W
On the road to M.A.S.H Camp

Medical Convoy destroyed
BOOM BOOM .. "Medic Van Down".. A picture concept by josh.

Monday, November 10, 2008

A Small Convoy.

Been focusing a lot on the Big Guns and mainstay units on this blog. Now a picture on the more lighter and more frequently used vehicles in the army.

This picture is a medical convoy being escorted by the Hummer to a designated location.

Medical Convoy travelling
Two medical vans and the hummer drive along the road as the sky begins to darken..

Monday, November 03, 2008

Assortment of Raptor pics

More Great views of the Raptor that i have taken.

Backview of the F22
Backview of the plane and its vector thrust engines.

Sideview of the Raptor
Sideview of the plane and its Panel Codename

And btw, i must give credit to Joshua for the fine picture taking he has done wif regards to the F22 pics. Thanx a lot DUDE! :D

Monday, October 27, 2008

An upclose view of the F22

I like this shot.. where the Sun shines on the tarmac and gives a nice reflection on the cockpit of the F22 while idling tyres lay next to the plane. Sometimes, without the human presence, pictures like this gives a sense of serenity and calming silence.

Cockpit shot of the F22
The Cockpit of the Raptor

Monday, October 20, 2008

F22 Raptor

The Proliferation of F22 into the US Airforce is going on well and the number of F22 in the Airforce has increased to near 200. Thus, the mainstay superior advanced fighter is going to be the F22. Finally after a few years, the F22 has become a vital part of the airforce including DSHCC air units.

Vacant F22 on the runway
A Vacant Raptor on the Runway

This is a pretty welld one diecast by Majisto though im not too sure about the quality of its recent collectibles. Enjoy. :D

Monday, October 13, 2008

The Two Modified M1A2

ANd here it is. My two modified deset camouflage M1A2 Abrams. Did my best in making it look as pristine and as detailed as possible compared to the normal M1A1 tanks it was before. :D



Rolling in the desert sand.. here are the M1A2 from birdsight view.

Two M1A2 in the Desert
2 M1A2 SEP from the 52nd ACR of the DSHCC Armed Forces.

Monday, October 06, 2008

Detail on the M1A2

I use to notice more often than not, many of the new improved M1A1s and M1A2s have front panel brackets. Therefore, i decided to add them on when i modified my micromachine M1A2. I added a few more details to make it as great looking as possible.

Love the M1A2.. I have practically an Abram tank in all scales and sizes. :)

Closeup on Detail of the M1A2
A Dashland M1A2 viewed from the side.

Monday, September 29, 2008

My Modified and Painted Up M1A2

Done this quite a while ago and really proud of its completion. This was my last few projects that were done. I took my M1A1 abram MicroMachine and gave it a whole new paintjob with better detailed and use putty mould to customise it such that it had a commander CITV and convert it into the new M1A2 SEP.

I am sure most of the peeps who see my stuff noe more about the M1A2 stats than i do. here is my completed M1A2 near a guardhouse and ready to move off. Enjoy and do comment pls..

M1A2 Tank going out of the camp

Monday, September 22, 2008

Birds Eye View of the Inflatable

Birds Eye View of Raft
Its the Inflatable from above...

As u can see the inflatable has a more stable structure than normal inflatables with electronic controls for its steering and riding and 3 SAW machine guns to handle any oncoming light threat.

Tht's about it.. I mean how much can u describe a Inflatable boat.. lol.. But at least it is different from the normal naval units you peeps have seen :D