whytwolf Posted December 24, 2004 Posted December 24, 2004 As some of you may remember, I'd mentioned I was interested in doing a conversion of the Club-M kit from the DYRL version of the Q-Rau to the TV version. My first hurdle though was getting the Club-M kit. Well, much thanks to AlphaHX for loaning me a recast he got--it's allowed me to rethink the scale of this project First off, the recast is a really crummy one, needing a lot of work to clean up to cast masters from to modify. Yech Secondly, as I determined looking at the kit, I was not too impressed with the detail of the original. Much of the interior detail was a rats warren of 'wires', leaving lots of scratchbuilding to capture the interior detail of the TV version. So, with all that in mind, and my handy cache of Robotech (::gasp:: horrors!) DVDs for animation reference, I decided to set out sculpting a new kit. Yes, long, arduous process that it will be, I think it'll be better, and easier in the end to do so than clean up and then modify this kit. Well, then, that brings me to my current progress. Though minimal, I do have some work to show off--namely the start of the Milia figure that will go inside the armor's cockpit. The photos below show my work after about three hours. On the left is my new sculpt, and on the right a semi-clean recast of the Club-M kit. (I'm linking these, beacuse they're rather large) http://www.whytewolf.ca/media/MiliaSculpt1.jpg http://www.whytewolf.ca/media/MiliaSculpt2.jpg http://www.whytewolf.ca/media/MiliaSculpt3.jpg Bearing in mind that this is VERY preliminary (heck, her entire head needs to be fleshed out--basickly she's sholders and a skull) I'm hoping to hear from y'all about what you think, both what my plan is, and what the current results look like. This feedback will help me ensure I have the best Q-Rau sculpt in 1/72 that I can get. After all, two (or two hundred) heads are better than one right? Sean Quote
Mechleader Posted December 26, 2004 Posted December 26, 2004 Dude get this done and cast it up!!!! Put me down for one!!!! Quote
whytwolf Posted December 27, 2004 Author Posted December 27, 2004 Mechleader: well, that is part of the plan. Once I'm further along on the 'masters' I'll be talking orders--but thanks for the vote of confidence. Well, thank God for XMas holidays--I got some more work done on the QRau. Mostly I decided that the pilot's head looked NOTHING (even if very skeletal) like Milia's, so I spiked it into the trash, and also discovered that the pilot's arm positions are different between the two suit versions--the DYRL version has the pilot's arms pointed forward to grasp the waldos behind the chest cannons, whereas the TV version has the pilot's hands in the shoulder units. For that reason I repositioned the arms and have started on yet ANOTHER head (will show it when I feel more confident it looks like an anime chick ) The pictures linked below show the refined figure, as well as the beginnings of the suit's main chest/groin section where the pilot compartment resides. http://www.whytewolf.ca/media/qraumain1.JPG http://www.whytewolf.ca/media/qraumain2.JPG As I continue to work on this project I am continually surprised at both the poor engineering of the Club-M kit (most of the ball/socket joints for the limbs don't fit at all) not to mention that the kit and it's pilot are not to scale with the measurements given at Egan's site (well, at least as far as I can tell). That said, I'd like to ask other people who have built or own this kit what they think.. Is it that I simply have a crummy recast (Sorry AlphaHX, but the bubbles and warts in this kit are a shame--hope you don't mind me cleaning it up for you ) or was the original kitpoorly engineered as well? Anyway, I'll keep updating this thread as I progress--although, knowing my life, I could be doing lots of work on it now, only to drop off the face of the earth for several months...fate of a single father I guess Sean Quote
whytwolf Posted December 27, 2004 Author Posted December 27, 2004 Oh how gauch, replying to my own reply! Due to the boards being down yesterday, the last post was intended to update to boxing day--now here's what I accomplished tonight while watching a Randy Bachman special (and if you don't know this legend of the Guess Who and BTO, shame on you! ) http://www.whytewolf.ca/media/qrauleg1.jpg http://www.whytewolf.ca/media/qrauleg2.jpg http://www.whytewolf.ca/media/qrauleg3.jpg The little white guy with green putty is the new Valk pilot I'm working on for the Block 5 cockpit mod I mentioned a while back--just to give a sense of scale to the suit. And yes, the leg doesn't look like much now (and it's upside down, with the Club-M leg on the right) but you could think of it as a view of the suit's internal structure Sean Quote
AlphaHX Posted January 5, 2005 Posted January 5, 2005 Hey whytwolf... I've been gone to winter break and didnt even see this thread! Glad to see youve got things moving. Well, cant wait to see more progress! Keep us posted!!! Quote
AlphaHX Posted March 6, 2005 Posted March 6, 2005 *Bump* Any progress? I'm starting to miss my Q-Rau kit. Quote
Zentrandude Posted March 6, 2005 Posted March 6, 2005 Is his server down? cant see any of the pics. Quote
AlphaHX Posted March 6, 2005 Posted March 6, 2005 Is his server down? cant see any of the pics. Works fine for me... Quote
Zentrandude Posted March 7, 2005 Posted March 7, 2005 Is his server down? cant see any of the pics. Works fine for me... good for you. just won't connect to the server here. Quote
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