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Garage Dreadnought
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2019-09-24 12:30:00-07:00 |
This started off as a scratchbuilt papermodel dreadnought, from which I made a garage-style silicone caulk mold, and cast in resin. It is in the ... |
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Finished dreadnought!
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2019-09-24 12:25:00-07:00 |
Finally, done with the dreadnought. It has been a fun ride. Please go vote for him on coolminiornot putty&paint or, give him a like on ... |
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Garage base
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2019-09-20 10:54:00.002000-07:00 |
The garage dread got a garage base Needs some serious matt varnish to knock the shine off it, but otherwise it's almost done! More wip ... |
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Purity seal
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2019-09-16 10:13:00-07:00 |
Broke the purity seal on the garage dread's shoulder a while back. Here is a new one: I might write up a post about how ... |
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Freehand raven
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2019-09-13 11:36:00-07:00 |
On the chassis of the garage dread: It's covered in gloss coat, so I can add some oil-based weathering... |
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Garage dread: chipping and insignia
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2019-09-12 09:57:00-07:00 |
Slapped some chipping and insignia on the garage dread. Basically, the same process as the Raptor's chipping, but I went a step further and added ... |
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Garage dread wip
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2019-09-11 10:43:00.002000-07:00 |
He is getting the rough and ready treatment. Needs some insignias and then a ton of weathering. Because of the rough cast, with visible bubbles ... |
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Weekend basing
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2018-12-17 13:26:00-08:00 |
Spent the weekend basing the couple of models I have made: The dready also got a base: All primed and ready to go: Looks like ... |
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Primed and gap-filled dready
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2018-12-11 10:36:00.002000-08:00 |
A coat of gray primer showed up a fair amount of tiny bubbles on the surface of the parts, again more so toward the parts ... |
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Dreadnought proto clone
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2018-12-05 22:22:00-08:00 |
Finally, I've got all the molds together to cast one of these: The hand took the longest to properly mold. Because I am using caulking ... |
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Molding & Casting
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2018-12-05 14:35:00-08:00 |
Here is the progress I've made in making molds and casting resin parts for this figure. Minus the left hand - this gave me a ... |
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Power fist
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2018-11-06 10:47:00-08:00 |
The mold is complete, so I removed the parts from it. They only suffered minimal damage, nothing a bit of CA couldn't fix. Started building ... |
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Prime, bake & mold
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2018-11-05 12:09:00-08:00 |
So here is the primed body of the dreadnought - it looks a tad cleaner this way I did this last night, then took the ... |
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Bulking out
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2018-11-02 15:02:00-08:00 |
Some more progress: bulking out the... bulkheads?The body fits together nicely. Adding more detail to the feet... |
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Rivets & Surgery
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2018-11-01 11:59:00-08:00 |
More rivets, and some surgery for the next steps.I think this build will have a *lot* of mixed media in it, so it might not ... |