Modelling: True-Scale Marine

[schoon]

After reading Elusive71's article here, I had to give it a try.

 

I started with:

1. 1 Winged Skull torso front
   
2. 1 Winged Skull-and-Crossbones torso front (for the abdomen)
   
3. 1 regular torso back
   

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/schoon9953/Torso1.jpg

 

First, I cut the abdomen and belt off of A and the inverse portion off of B, leaving only the belt and abdomen.

 

Then, instead of using a sheet of spacer (because the joint line for the torso pieces is actually very curvy), I glued a piece of 0.03 inch styrene strip onto C, and then glued A onto the spacer.

 

Getting the abdomen and belt of B to fit right took a few test fits with sanding in between stages. Carefully cut off the buckle with a razor blade before gluing B into place. (It's much more difficult if you forget like I did :) )

 

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/schoon9953/Torso2.jpg

 

I then glued the buckle back in place, but lower for the "double thickness" belt, and used it as a base for gluing on a strip of 0.02 x 0.06 inch styrene strip.

 

Then I used green stuff to fill in all the gaps and to fix any bad casting problems. Locations of note:

1. Gaps in the sides of the collar
   
2. The side "seam" at the top of the belt (which appears to be a slightly bad cast)
   
3. Extending the buckle hardware for the double-wide belt
   

I used the extra GS to partially fill in the bottom of the torso (where the legs will fit) to make the leg portion of the task easier.

 

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/schoon9953/Torso3.jpg

 

It'll need a little sanding after the GS cures completely, but the torso is essentially done.

 

Later... Legs!

Edited July 13, 2009 by The Angelus Sanctus

[Sternhammer]

Looks good so far, Keep it up, how are the legs coming?

 

Sternhammer

[Freebooter]

Looking really good.

 

I remember i found on a forum somewhere (I'll try and find it), a guy started by adding a truescale squad to his radical DH army. It looked really cool seeing the marines being visibly bigger than the humans.

[Brother Gothard]

Woah! Sweet idea to bulk out only the chest vs the whole upper body. I'm SO stealing that for my deathguard.