RFI - 1/24 Wave Tachikoma from Ghost In the Shell SAC 2nd GIG.

[plasmahal]

1/24 Wave Tachikoma from Ghost In the Shell SAC 2nd GIG.

Background: A Tachikoma (タチコマ?) is a fictional artificial intelligence, walker/roller in the Ghost in the Shell universe; appearing in the manga, created by Masamune Shirow, and the Stand Alone Complex sub-universe. Nine of them are assigned to Section 9's use originally. They are spider-like, multi-legged combat vehicles, equipped with artificial intelligence. The spider design appears in other places in Shirow's work, like the Appleseed manga. Shirow is noted to keep numerous spiders as pets.

Production I.G was unable to use the Fuchikoma design in the 2002 Stand Alone Complex anime TV series due to copyright conflicts. However, Masamune Shirow was able to design a legally safe equivalent to the spider-tanks for the new show, which he named the "Tachikoma". There are distinct differences in the design, most significantly in the 'eyes' and the vertically oriented abdomen. Still, the tanks are easily recognizable as descendants of the original Fuchikoma. Their AI 'personalities' and roles in the new series are indistinguishable from their predecessors in the manga.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachikoma
 

• Kit Manufacture: WAVE.
• Scale: 1/24.
• Type: Anime Mecha.
• Extras used: OOB + base.
• Paints and colours used: Primer was White Stynylrez. Paints used were MIG's new metal acrylic warhead metallic blue A.MIG-196, Tamiya X-2 gloss white, alclad aqua gloss.
• Weathering: Grime clay wash and various AK weathering products.

Edited September 27, 2016 by plasmahal

[celt]

I looked at this in the works in progress,did not know what it was but liked it.Now that its in the RPI, I still dont know what it is but its an amazing thing to look at,very nice,thanks for sharing.

[Will Vale]

Love it, the Major looks great too. Are you going to do (or have you already done?) the spider tank to go with it?

 

Cheers,

 

Will

[Andy Moore]

Beautiful build. The Tachikoma, the Major and the base all look equally great.

 

Andy

[plasmahal]

Thanks for feedback guys.

 

[batcode]

looks great, nice work

[Misrule]

Only another twenty years or so and I can have a real one of these in the garage

 

 

I mean the tank, not the Major of course....

 

 

...although...

[Graeme]

There are some short trailers out for the new live action movie...Scarlett Johansen looks ok in them but IMHO they should have cast a Japanese female lead, and kept the Mercans happy with US male support actors

[Hunter Rose]

Love the ghost in the shell designs, you've done a really nice job, nice paint on the major too