i was just going to say that too, have prowl and chromedome overlook the remains
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i was just going to say that too, have prowl and chromedome overlook the remains
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And that only his top half hey..?.. i was doing only his arm and i gave up ... wished i had more time to get back into him... Well keep it up ...
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I look forward to seeing your progress
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Uh..... no legs?
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Got to 'em tonight. Here they are!Originally Posted by pw_sd
Uh..... no legs?
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My first breakage!!!!I pulled the red piece the wrong way and >snap<. I'll glue it back together, if that doesn't work, I'll drill through the middle and put a pin in it.
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All the hips and legs pieces laid out:
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Did you kill Metroplex?This reminds me of the autopsy scene in MTMTE #9...
Just for Paulbot and Spitcurlboy...
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(Request for moderators: Is there any chance you could please change the name of the thread to "Metroplex Custom WIP (pic heavy)"? I just realised that it may be a more accurate description of the thread. Many thanks!)
Step 2: Washing/cleaning the parts. No pics as this was a pretty boring part of the job, yet very important to the final result. Washed every external part with a special formula designed to cut through any grease and oil on the figure's surface.
Step 3: Gap filling. Using a special epoxy clay, I'm filling all the big holes and gaps in the figure. There are a lot of them, some quite deep and large (primarily due to the size of the figure), a necessary element of the construction of the figure, both in conserving plastic and reducing weight, but also in stress to some parts.
While a small amount of the epoxy clay goes a long way, it is very expensive stuff, so to conserve it, I filled the holes mostly to the top with cheap plasticine first:
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The green side is the plasticine, the white is the epoxy clay over the top.
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Once the epoxy clay has cured, i will file/sand it down so it is more or less seamless. Some of the holes, such as screw hole, will only be able to be filled close to the end of the custom, after reassembly.
The use of the plasticine and the size of the holes lead me to a small problem: it will make the figure heavier, and even if this is only by a couple of hundred grams, it may lead to balance issues in the future. To counter this, I found some plastic cutting board:
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It's about 5mm thick, and very light. I cut some of this up to fit into some of the larger holes, underneath the plasticine, to fill space without adding too much weight. You can see some of it here:
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I'm going to be gap filling most of this week I think. It's fiddly and time consuming, but the custom will be a much better result for the work though.
Yep, the ratchets were a bit of a revelation to me. Basically, the orange and grey pieces seen in the pictures above are separate and move against each other. They are each held firm in the two sides of the pivot joint and pushed together with a spring inside the joint. As you move the figure's joint, the spring is depressed, allowing movement, while (presumably) causing it to be static without force. I suppose if one wanted to improve the strength of the ratchets, you would just insert a stronger spring.
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This is all very relevant to me, as I do model kits such as Gunpla and at the moment Patlabor's Ingram.
I promote this to say all the above so far he said about the epoxy filling is true and is not cheap stuff.
Nice work so far.
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