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Saturday, April 21, 2012
Friday, April 20, 2012
New WIPs WW2 and more SteamPunk Teasery
WW2 Boba Fett, whilst I am working on a commission of a redo of my fourth version of WW2 Boba Fett, I am creating another version... who is ready to ride...
Boba Fett's WW2 Slave:
and more SteamPunk Tease... Darth Vader:
Monday, April 16, 2012
SteamPunk Iron Man: One Piece at a time...
I have about 98% completed an arm. Rivits are all in place. I have some mechanics to add (gears to the elbows and the hydraulic piston) The arm is fully textured and when painted will look exactly like hammered copper, with brass accents.
I am at about 70% complete on the bottom legs. Legs are complete, just need textured. Working on his knee pads and starting on his boots. As you can see right now he has snow ball feet! getting em prepped for sculpting, and then plastic plating!
Harvesting Parts:
Here is what I wanted from them. Looking for the Hydraulic pistons and various gears for this project:
Just for Fun, here is a sketch I did last year for my first version of a SteamPunk Iron Man:
much More to come!
I am at about 70% complete on the bottom legs. Legs are complete, just need textured. Working on his knee pads and starting on his boots. As you can see right now he has snow ball feet! getting em prepped for sculpting, and then plastic plating!
These shots show the back of the legs and the work being put into them
Harvesting Parts:
Here are a few Construction Vehicles (Caterpillar Tractor/Dump Truck) scraps
Here is what I wanted from them. Looking for the Hydraulic pistons and various gears for this project:
Just for Fun, here is a sketch I did last year for my first version of a SteamPunk Iron Man:
much More to come!
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Little Black Book
This is a small notebook I carry around with me for jotting down ideas, and drawing up different projects:
Here is the sketch and plan for the SteamPunk Iron Man I did last year. Most projects start with a drawing, and then I go into detail as to a parts list and or different options for the figure.
Samurai Boba Fett Plans, long in waiting...
WW2 IG-88:SteamPunk Arch Angel's costume details:
I also have other various sketches such as this sketch of a photo area I built with different pull down back drops:
This is my second volume, I should dig up my first volume notebook and look through that and see what looks interesting enough to share.
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Showing Some Scale (WIP)
These pics are somewhat older...but they give you some scale on the figure.
For scale, you can see a Marvel Universe Iron Man (3.75 inches) figure standing next to this beast.
A while back, I decided that the arms were too long, so reluctantly I cut out about an inch and a half to two inches from the bicep area. I am pleased with the results:
As of late, I have been working on :skinning the legs. He is a pic of early in the process, and as you can see it is important to have clamps nearby:
As always, more to come soon...
For scale, you can see a Marvel Universe Iron Man (3.75 inches) figure standing next to this beast.
A while back, I decided that the arms were too long, so reluctantly I cut out about an inch and a half to two inches from the bicep area. I am pleased with the results:
As of late, I have been working on :skinning the legs. He is a pic of early in the process, and as you can see it is important to have clamps nearby:
As always, more to come soon...
Friday, March 30, 2012
Thursday, March 29, 2012
SteamPunk Iron Man - WIP Update
Here is a slight update on the 2up SteamPunk Iron man I am doing. He is coming along great, slower than expected, but still I am very pleased with this guy so far!
One part of this project that has taken more time than expected is adding texture to the styrene I am using to build the arms, hands and legs. Instead of having a nice flat surface, I am giving the plastic a texture that will resemble hammered steel and hammered copper. It looks real cool, and I will be taking some in process pics of that and some better close up pics of the texture as well. I got him som shoulder pads as well.
Here he is holding a ruler...right now, without his head and without his smoke stacks he stands at 20 inches tall, in the end, he will be about 22-24 inches tall.
Another setback, the other night I was working with my glue gun, that as of late, has been leaking molten glue out the trigger...I payed it no attention because it didnt effect its function. The other night I blew a fuse in the shop and smelled something burning. Found out, through smell it was my glue gun! it was sooo blackedned on the inside and on the outside:
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