Quixus Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Glad to be of service, but do you really think, making the model weapon hard as well as flexible is really necessary? Brother Excedis 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamby Posted January 21, 2015 Author Share Posted January 21, 2015 Glad to be of service, but do you really think, making the model weapon hard as well as flexible is really necessary?Oh no, not for a 28-30mm model - it's more for trying to get some color variation in some slightly larger pieces some of my wife's friends have asked for as pendants - apparently I might now have a second job as a jeweller ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamby Posted January 21, 2015 Author Share Posted January 21, 2015 Recently managed to snap the second Mandrake Finecast right arm for the samurai in two places. In the process of trying to get it back into one piece two things occurred: One - Discovered the Mandrake arm is at least 5mm shorter than the DE left arm, and Two - 'Saw' a vision of a clockwork bionic... But.. I'm currently not feeling it - not sure if it's the slightly weird bend, or the not-quite-at-the-elbow placement of the tiny cog... Anyway - clockwork bionic WIP - the rough Blue-tac join would of course be glued and Greenstuffed... So - to be, or not to be? http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2015/1/21/680644-arm1.jpg http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2015/1/21/680645-arm2.jpg http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2015/1/21/680646-arm3.jpg On a good note, I really like the look of the katana ;) Cheers! Honda 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daemon2027 Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 The arm doesn't look to bad to me, as in bent unnaturally. The cog however doesn't strike me as a bionic elbow. Maybe, if youu add a small brace it could be part exoskeleton type device. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drunes Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 It's not shocking, but i would indeed bent it a bit the arm, to orientate it toward the inside, seems a little bit unatural this way.Otherwise, i really like the cog and clockwork bionic idea (well and the whole thread is just breathtaking, needless to say) :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teetengee Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 I would create a sleeve-like apparatus over the elbow to create a bionic effect. Katana looks great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death given form Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Did... Did you use a zipper tooth for the tsuba (guard) on the katana? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamby Posted January 22, 2015 Author Share Posted January 22, 2015 The arm doesn't look to bad to me, as in bent unnaturally. The cog however doesn't strike me as a bionic elbow. Maybe, if youu add a small brace it could be part exoskeleton type device.thanks! I'm now thinking a mini piston will replace that little cog... Something like the exo-arm I built for the Prosecutor, but smaller... More elegant It's not shocking, but i would indeed bent it a bit the arm, to orientate it toward the inside, seems a little bit unatural this way. Otherwise, i really like the cog and clockwork bionic idea (well and the whole thread is just breathtaking, needless to say) :) thanks Drunes! I would create a sleeve-like apparatus over the elbow to create a bionic effect. Katana looks great! thanks Teetegee! Did... Did you use a zipper tooth for the tsuba (guard) on the katana?haha - no, it's a small metal tube bead from the homemade jewellery section in the local craft store, slid into place, held with a pinpoint of superglue, and then whacked with a hammer on both sides to clinch it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hushrong Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Katana looks great in hand! I think an exo-arm idea sounds fitting. The cog in the arm makes me think of that assassin from the first hellboy movie for some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamby Posted January 23, 2015 Author Share Posted January 23, 2015 Katana looks great in hand! I think an exo-arm idea sounds fitting. The cog in the arm makes me think of that assassin from the first hellboy movie for some reason. Thanks hushrong! - Karl Ruprecht Kroenen is the clockwork assassin from Hellboy... Running with the theme... Added brass etch strip to upper forearm, a flatter (and obviously larger) cog to the lower: http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2015/1/23/681211-arm01.jpg Here it is in place: http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2015/1/23/681212-arm02.jpg http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2015/1/23/681213-arm03.jpg Still not sure - thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quixus Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 It still looks like an ornament and not like a functional part of the artificial arm. What does the cogwheel do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daemon2027 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Yeah the cog wheel looks like a piece of jewellery at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighGothic Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 I would put it just under that little thing on her shoulder; it might look more like it has a function then Also, love this thread, your work is great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drunes Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 It still looks like an ornament and not like a functional part of the artificial arm. What does the cogwheel do? If I may, I think it allow the lower arm to rotate, by rotating itself around the "teeth" (sorry don't know if it's the right term) on the elbow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamby Posted January 26, 2015 Author Share Posted January 26, 2015 It still looks like an ornament and not like a functional part of the artificial arm. What does the cogwheel do? Yeah the cog wheel looks like a piece of jewellery at the moment. I would put it just under that little thing on her shoulder; it might look more like it has a function then Also, love this thread, your work is great! It still looks like an ornament and not like a functional part of the artificial arm. What does the cogwheel do? If I may, I think it allow the lower arm to rotate, by rotating itself around the "teeth" (sorry don't know if it's the right term) on the elbow Thanks all for the many and varied suggestions, however the Samurai's Mandrake Finecast arm split in 3 places again, and I'm not repairing it again or it'll send me mad! Onto something else for a bit then... Decided the basket hilt on the RT Captain's cutlass was too chunky, so stripped the weapon down to the blade and tang: http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2015/1/26/682008-cutlass2.jpg Cut some brass etch strip off a sprue, drilled and cut and filed at it for a while (note the too large first version in the upper right of shot): http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2015/1/26/682009-cutlass3.jpg Cutlass components ready for assembly: http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2015/1/26/682010-cutlass4.jpg And in hand - with added brass etch wings: http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2015/1/26/682011-cutlass5.jpg Then moved onto the Mechsuit rail-gun... Built a hand rail: http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2015/1/26/682012-mech11.jpg And mounted it: http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2015/1/26/682013-mech12.jpg Cheers all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighGothic Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Sword looks amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamby Posted January 27, 2015 Author Share Posted January 27, 2015 Sword looks amazing Cheers HighGothic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death given form Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 You're going to force me to do some Inq28 here soon... Your models just have so much character and are so unique! The reworked sword is gorgeous, the wing accent on the basket hilt is a jaw dropping little touch that seems so small but adds so much to the model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lykos Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Sometimes you just have to sit back and enjoy the ride and be awed by the view. Honda 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daemon2027 Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Aye that sword is a masterful. You really give me the itch to convert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BionicBrain Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 +SNIP+ And in hand - with added brass etch wings: http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2015/1/26/682011-cutlass5.jpg +SNIP+ The new hilt goes much better with the slim characteristic of the model, great work, and the wing part really makes it look like something archaic, yet from the 40k era! Also, kudos on the forged katana, that's just bonkers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamby Posted January 29, 2015 Author Share Posted January 29, 2015 You're going to force me to do some Inq28 here soon... Your models just have so much character and are so unique! The reworked sword is gorgeous, the wing accent on the basket hilt is a jaw dropping little touch that seems so small but adds so much to the model. Thanks! - If you're interested in Inq28 go and check out the Ammobunker forums - that's where the legends hang out, including John Blanche himself (though he rarely posts, he is watching us...) - The brass wings are cut from the ends of some Black Templar brass etch name bars from Forgeworld - they were actually used to cover up where the pin is showing though the plastic after I shaved it down a bit too much ;) Sometimes you just have to sit back and enjoy the ride and be awed by the view. Cheers! Aye that sword is a masterful. You really give me the itch to convert. Thanks! +SNIP+ And in hand - with added brass etch wings: http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2015/1/26/682011-cutlass5.jpg +SNIP+ The new hilt goes much better with the slim characteristic of the model, great work, and the wing part really makes it look like something archaic, yet from the 40k era! Also, kudos on the forged katana, that's just bonkers! Thanks! - My thoughts exactly regarding the new hilt - once I'd forged the katana and compared it to the cutlass the chunkiness of the plastic basket hilt really stood out - I think I may be destined to forge my weapons from metals for the rest of eternity... Small amount of work done tonight... Made a 2 part mold for a new character: http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2015/1/28/682740_sm-Mold.jpg Still having no luck with a right arm and realising I was hating the long Dark Elf Witch hair more and more on the Samurai, sliced and diced her mane into this: http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2015/1/28/682741_sm-Samurai11.jpg And glued it back into this: http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2015/1/28/682742_sm-Samurai12.jpg It's still messy but nothing a little GS won't fix. Also tried a new forging experiment using brass tube, forgot to take a pic, will post soon. Until next time then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighGothic Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 awesome, i want to build my own gothic ninja badasses now wanna see that mech suit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamby Posted February 2, 2015 Author Share Posted February 2, 2015 awesome, i want to build my own gothic ninja badasses now wanna see that mech suit! Your wish is my command... minor Mechsuit updates. Rebuilding this piece on the Mech-suit for various reasons: http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2015/2/2/683940-mech11.jpg Structurally sound again: http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2015/2/2/683941-mech12.jpg Added the scratch plate and brass stock to the rail-gun: http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2015/2/2/683942-mech13.jpg Raztalin 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamby Posted February 6, 2015 Author Share Posted February 6, 2015 Continuing on... Set up the cheap-o-Dremel as a lathe for the barrel (had to solder that brass tube to the pin, superglue wasn't doing the job): http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2015/2/6/684791-gun12.jpg Lathed in some minor detail, here's the finished barrel: http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2015/2/6/684793-gun14.jpg And inserted it into the business end of the rail-gun (and here is where I realised the lathed detail was basically invisible... o well): http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2015/2/6/684796-gun17.jpg Note (in both this pic and the last) the new end face, drilled through and bevelled with a diamond bit on the cheap-o-Dremel to create the barrel detail: http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2015/2/6/684795-gun16.jpg Adding the details to the clockwork firing magneto: http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2015/2/6/684794-gun15.jpg Clockwork magneto details: http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2015/2/6/684797-gun18.jpg Getting there :thumbsup: reckoning, Raztalin and Drunes 3 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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