Flint13 Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 That Venator looks sleek. Sleek and delicious. It's awesome to see the entire process going into this thing. It looks great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khornestar Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 Super helpful little tutorial/project there. As someone who buys more or less exclusively off of eBay and has been burned by crummy recasts before, it's good to know there's a better alternative than green stuff for gap filling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noctus Cornix Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 Its so smooth! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuskRaider Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 Bondo, eh? That's a great idea, I need to fill a ton of gaps on my Spartans. I have a ton of it too, I've owned a billion Datsuns Augustus b'Raass 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aqui Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 Those lines are seriously straight! Fantastic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ovidius Incertus Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 I was going to buy some Bondo when I was at NAPA the other day and didn't. Curses. Great idea on the sanding block. Hadn't really considered that at all. Have you used Bondo on curved surfaces? I've got some mold slippage on a Knight's leg that needs tending to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother-Chaplain Kage Posted January 18, 2016 Author Share Posted January 18, 2016 Thanks for all the kind words, folks. :) That... That's amazing. It's going to look so sleek and predator-like! Are you oing to get some of the detailing back, like those square crevices and rivets? Yeah, some of the detailing will be coming back, but those rectangular cutouts are not. Looking good mate, the mud/track guard date a vast improvement. Not a massive fan of completely removing all traces of the SM vehicle recesses from the front, they are very iconic.I am prepared to be proven wrong, and I love the future stug silhouette. I do have a fluffy story idea about the appearance, but I was deliberately trying for something that didn't have those normal SM flourishes. I was going to buy some Bondo when I was at NAPA the other day and didn't. Curses. Great idea on the sanding block. Hadn't really considered that at all. Have you used Bondo on curved surfaces? I've got some mold slippage on a Knight's leg that needs tending to. I certainly have. This is a larger figure conversion I started on a while back. http://i.imgur.com/t2u3J.jpg Flint13 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chandrian Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 ^how dare you cut off Lady Sylvanas' leg :O. Brother-Chaplain Kage 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flint13 Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 I have yet to see evidence your bondo skills aren't witchcraft. Nothing should be that stupid smooth and pretty. HellChyld, Augustus b'Raass and Brother-Chaplain Kage 3 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andvarr A Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Never thought of car body repar goo as an alternative to, say magisculpt or the infamous green.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codyrstuart Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Bondo, thats something I havent thought about using since auto shop class 10 years ago. I will have to keep that in mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother-Chaplain Kage Posted January 20, 2016 Author Share Posted January 20, 2016 (edited) Thanks, Flint, lol. I would only use bondo for some very specific cases, like this one where I needed to fill a large amount of space and get a very hard edge to it by sanding. Which, by the way, my arm is still recovering from all the sanding this past week and the tips of my thumb, index, and middle fingers on my right hand have pretty much had the fingerprints worn away and are strangely smooth. To give you some idea of just how much sanding I did, my custom sanding block which I recently re-covered with new sandpaper not long before this project is now all but destroyed; the previous sandpaper on it lasted me a couple of years. Edited April 3, 2016 by Brother Chaplain Kage CaptainHelion 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kizzdougs Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Awesome work on the Venator! I love that it looks both sleek and businesslike at the same time. very nice :tu: Brother-Chaplain Kage 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanofAngels Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 All the work you are putting into the Sicaran is really paying off, man! It looks amazing! I've never seen someone add those armor panels and level the sides out but it looks great! Can't wait to see it and the Breaker painted! Brother-Chaplain Kage 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainHelion Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 I detest sanding bondo. You're a braver soul than I. Brother-Chaplain Kage 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother-Chaplain Kage Posted January 20, 2016 Author Share Posted January 20, 2016 (edited) Awesome work on the Venator! I love that it looks both sleek and businesslike at the same time. very nice All the work you are putting into the Sicaran is really paying off, man! It looks amazing! I've never seen someone add those armor panels and level the sides out but it looks great! Can't wait to see it and the Breaker painted! Thanks, guys. I've still got a good bit of work to do on it, and hope I can get it done for the L&T deadline to make Chaplain. Edited January 27, 2016 by Brother Chaplain Kage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother-Chaplain Kage Posted January 27, 2016 Author Share Posted January 27, 2016 Alright, my 3D printed shields are in! They're a bit grainy as I expected, but a little scraping with an X-Acto and some targeted sanding with high grit paper will get it where I want. This one hasn't had much work done to it yet as I just wanted to get some primer on the clear resin to get a better look at it. http://i.imgur.com/GgTZ7hU.png You might also notice some changes in the waist as more work continues on this guy. HellChyld, Kizzdougs, Black Cohort and 9 others 12 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legionary Pallas Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Awesome work, as usual! Looking forward to seeing it done, with paint on it and everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother-Chaplain Kage Posted January 28, 2016 Author Share Posted January 28, 2016 Well, I thought I was almost done with him and just had a few more things to do once the shield showed up, but the delivery got delayed most likely by the bad weather in the northern states, and conversion illness got twitchy and made me start changing things. And of course, this is after I've pledged to finish this guy on a deadline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flint13 Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 So many tiny awesome details! Seriously, I keep finding stuff. I totally missed his little unification symbol until now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother-Chaplain Kage Posted February 5, 2016 Author Share Posted February 5, 2016 Getting closer to done... http://i.imgur.com/gO0ZdEx.png A few more details here and there, then the cape, and then paint. Skalpynock, Black Cohort, Dantay VI and 3 others 6 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dantay VI Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 He looks amazing, the raptora symbol, is especially well done. Brother-Chaplain Kage 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SalvationOfReason Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 Really like how the shoulder plates have been subtly bulked up, so that it's just noticeable enough to make a key difference.Also, did you end up swapping the raptora from the back leg to the front, or is it on both? Brother-Chaplain Kage 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother-Chaplain Kage Posted February 5, 2016 Author Share Posted February 5, 2016 (edited) Thanks, Dantay. SoR - Subtle? LOL, the left side is kind of subtle, but I was afraid I'd gone way overboard the right. I did move the raptor symbol and it's only on the right greave now. Edited February 5, 2016 by Brother Chaplain Kage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SalvationOfReason Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 Ah. I meant, when I look at the current and previous pictures, it looks like the plates have been raised, but it hasnt gone overboard. I mean, it's hard to be subtle when you're in a full suit of TDA!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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