Strike Noir: Check

Went through a bunch of "black" schema's before settling on this slightly colored black. The the previous blacks made the machine difficult to distinguish some parts from others. So, the base looks like this... -ish.

Strike Noir: Beam Rifle

Well, most of it... Still needs a few details.

Strike Noir: Shorty 2

I'll probably just bump map the rest, this little gun is starting to rack up some polys as is. Handle's probably a bit too wide too, I think.

Strike Noir: Shorty 1

Shorty is the name of the handheld beam gun sported by the 105E which I think is an interesting departure from the long rifles of earlier on. The recipe calls for 2 of these on the Strike Noir.

Strike Noir: Noir Pack 3

Still working on the backpack. Attached the swords to the holders that reside inside the wings, but still working on detail that is scattered throughout the wings/guns etc. Whew! Shocked still that so much goes into it, but then again I should have expected it considering it's a single pack with a lot of utility. Still need to rig the backpack after I finish.

Strike Noir: Swords

Pretty close. Not sure how I got an indenture in the blade. Must have made a mistake somewhere.

Strike Noir: Noir Pack 2

I'm stupefied at the amount of detail that appears to be present in the Master Grade Noir plastic model. Basically it means that I'm still not done at all and have quite a ways to go. But I'll probably have to guess at what lies in the angles that I can't see from pictures.

105E: IWSP

Did it for the LOLZ (as they say) since today has been a not so great day. Just for the kick of seeing things fit without having to mess with a lot of things.

Strike Noir: Noir Pack 1

The Noir striker pack seems full of detail so it's taking me a while to get started on it.

Strike Noir: Legs 2

Just barely getting there. I've got to realign a lot of the leg parts and some of it seems a bit bent at the moment. Just still has a lot of problems I haven't hit yet. But hitting the sack for now as I'm feeling the onset of a cold coming.

Strike Noir: Legs 1

I knew the legs of the Noir were somehow different from the original strike, but I'm actually taken back by how different they are. The work that needs to be done to them is fairly substancial, though not quite enough to start from scratch. Anywho, getting my lazy arse to start that part now....

Strike Noir: Arms 2

I counted on being busy this week, so only getting to finishing the arms.

Strike Noir: Arms 1

Modifying the arms to fit the Strike Noir armor. Interesting how the shoulder armer locks are a bit shorter than the Strikes.

Strike Noir: Waist 2

Just realized there's a slight problem in the chest. But moving on.

Strike Noir: Waist 1

Working on the waist now. Doesn't seem like much to do. A little lifting here and there. Redoing the front skirt armor and thinning out others a bit. The rear electrical terminal also juts out a bit farther on the Noir. For the most part, it still seems to fit the original Strike quite well.

Strike Noir: Body 2

Crap, I forgot some detail on the head again. Also, the body needs some last minute notches.

Strike Noir: Body 1

Basically all that has to be done is redoing the front section of the upper body, collar and a small bit in the back as well as replacing parts of the chest frame that are affected by the redo. The rest is virtually identical, or at least "similar enough" so that I don't have to do anything to it.... soooo...... going through it.

Strike Noir: Head 2

Been out buying costumes for the holiday party. Just got back on the Noir head. Needs a few finishing touches (grooves and whatnot).

Strike Noir

Again, I figured I'd start a bunch now. This one is (of course) MOSTLY a conversion, but a lot of the Strike Noir is surprisingly different from the Strike. Parts like the body and legs have superficial differences but the head is almost completely different from each other. Still, I'm going under the premise that heavy modification of the Strike's head will eventually yield the Noir's without having to completely rebuild it, and so I reverted back to an early version of the Strike's head (I save almost every step) and started work from there to get where I am at the moment...