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Welcome to the 28mm Sci-Fi UAV
Sculpting Page
I bumped into Rees of MoonFleet
miniatures at the Salute
2007 show. Who said he was after
some Sci-FI versions of modern UAV's.
Pic 1
Moonfleet
wanted two UAV's and for both to be
able to be fielded as recon or attack.
They provided some sketch work and
so picture references of existing
military UAV's but basically gave
me free rein to see what I came up
with. I decided early on to go for
a missile like jet version and a central
rotor lift idea for the models. Pic
1 shows the very early stages of the
missile/plane looking UAV.
Pic 2
Adding more detail to the first
UAV Pic 2 shows the basic components
of the two wings and two tail fins.
I've added a structure to the back
of the UAV to mount the tail fins.
Pic 3
Now we see the first UAV taking
shape, you can see in Pic 3 the shape
I was aiming for. Sort of a shark
shape with wings as fins. As I mentioned
two versions of each were required.
Pic 3 shows the nose mounted mini
gun and under wing missiles for the
attack version. You can also see in
the underside picture I added a jet
air intake.
Pic 4
For the recon version I went for
a massive dome for all the radar electronics
and the nose turret became a camera
one instead. I'd forgotten to take
the missiles off for the recon picture
but that just shows these models can
be customised for multiple roles!
The rear view shows the jet propulsion
for the first UAV.
Pic 5
To make the second UAV distinctive
from the first I went for a completely
different shape. Built around a central
rotor engine this model became all
about adding parts to the main engine.
I went for a twin tail fin approach
(I like it!) but put the wings on
the outer ring of the rotor. This
gives the model a flatter profile.
Pic 6
Again we can see the componenets
of the two wings and tail fins. I've
also added more details to the rotor
and front of the model.
Pic 7
The second UAV was harder to make
into two versions since it lacked
the space to put a large radar housing
on it. So instead it can have either
the mini gun turret or camera one.
The wings can also mount the missile
racks to distinguish between the attack
and recon versions.
Production rights bought by Moonfleet
Miniatures
Jeremey (AKA Germ)
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