1/48 boss pod....

[gwfalcon]

I am joining the queue too with a two set order!!

Edited September 11, 2012 by gwfalcon

[shdwfx2000]

Pm sent

[007-vf1]

Amazing Mike..this is superb..!!

[shdwfx2000]

I have to say I am pretty excited about this fella. I got the regult and finally got it built( still needs paint) and he just dominates everything around him. This guy is going to even give my Jumbo Machider stuff a run for their money. The regult comes in just a little over 19 inches and it looks like, from the top of the cannon, he is 22-23 inches tall.

Fantastic models!

[nautilus]

They are, and this beauty is going to put the willies up anyone who walks into my place. Like a Mecha John Wayne.

[cool8or]

I didn't see the pictures until today... I'ts a fantastic job!! Congratulations!!

[nautilus]

Even the missus admitted that this would not be a waste of money.....

I'm counting the days till that lovely box drops onto the doorstep.

[Wasabi-san]

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Edited November 11, 2014 by Wasabi-san

[mslz22]

1/48 standing pilot figure is on the way to me, I will refine this a bit more but the sculptor did a good job IMO. There are a few things i want to change but it's sure a great launching point for me to finish up from.

thanks

mike

Edited September 27, 2012 by mslz22

[Wasabi-san]

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Edited November 11, 2014 by Wasabi-san

[DarrinG]

Very cool...

[mslz22]

Lookin' good. Fixed pose?

I'll know better when it gets here what i can do with the joints, I don't want it to look "toyish" by adding ball joints, but would like some pose-ability. I can take a look at doing a tutorial on how to change a fixed pose figure by sculpting joints with apoxy-sculpt.

mike

[Wasabi-san]

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Edited November 11, 2014 by Wasabi-san

[mslz22]

I think the body, legs and arms are in apoxy sculpt and the head is baked super sculpty. I will be able to resulpt, sand/wetsand it and get it smoother and more refined. I am going to sculpt the helmet once i mold and cast a copy of the head to work off of. I am not sure about a rifle but will think about it.

I want to use him again for a 1/48 TV Milllia standing pilot. After this casting season is over I am hoping to finish up the V2 monster in 1/72 and then get onto a 1/48 TV Q rau.....hopefully.

thanks

mike

[Wasabi-san]

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Edited November 11, 2014 by Wasabi-san

[mslz22]

The 1/72nd monster is already about 75-80% done, with almost everything tweaked or new from the V1. I don't know if i will be able to cast it over the winter but hopefully it will be the first up in the spring for casting. This has been put on the back burner for way too long and i need to finish it.

I'm going to give the sculptor much more lead time on Milia, actually i gave him lead time on this as well but he had a busy summer, which is why i am putting the finishing touches on the above. As for Milia, I want her in her TV bad guy uniform and looking good.....

thanks

mike

[Wasabi-san]

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Edited November 11, 2014 by Wasabi-san

[Smut Peddler]

How about some 1/48 inbit down the road

[mslz22]

How about some 1/48 inbit down the road

I was thinking more along the line of 1/12 to go with the old ride armor kits.....maybe someday...

Really here is my wishlist for the next few years, not all of these may make it or make it into kit form, I do not know square 1 about 3D printing and i have a feeling that my days are numbered as far as offering up kits to you guys in that respect. Anyway, here is the list.

1/72nd scale monster

1/48 monster

1/48 tv Q armor suit

1/1500 tv Sdf

1/12 inbit

1/72nd regults in "army building" configuration, that equals cheap, no interior, designed to be built and painted fast. I know the Capt already covered the regult in superb fashion, but i would want to tackle this just for the fun of it and to have a correctly size (in comparison to the plastic kit) regult for myself...well a few at least

Again, who knows what the future holds, this is just a wishlist, and all this needs to fit in between paying casting gigs, and real life stuff like the family, plus like i said if 3D gets cheap enough to print big stuff cheap enough these will not be kits, just 1 off's

mike

Edited October 11, 2012 by mslz22

[Smut Peddler]

I was thinking more along the line of 1/12 to go with the old ride armor kits.....maybe someday...

Really here is my wishlist for the next few years, not all of these may make it or make it into kit form, I do not know square 1 about 3D printing and i have a feeling that my days are numbered as far as offering up kits to you guys in that respect. Anyway, here is the list.

1/72nd scale monster

1/48 monster

1/48 tv Q armor suit

1/1500 tv Sdf

1/12 inbit

1/72nd regults in "army building" configuration, that equals cheap, no interior, designed to be built and painted fast. I know the Capt already covered the regult in superb fashion, but i would want to tackle this just for the fun of it and to have a correctly size (in comparison to the plastic kit) regult for myself...well a few at least

Again, who knows what the future holds, this is just a wishlist, and all this needs to fit in between paying casting gigs, and real life stuff like the family, plus like i said if 3D gets cheap enough to print big stuff cheap enough these will not be kits, just 1 off's

mike

I'd be all over these if you were to sell them:

1/48 monster

1/48 tv Q armor suit

1/12 inbit

[Kicker773]

can we still order mike?

[nautilus]

A message from Yuka:

"Can you please hurry up and post that bloody pod. This fat idiot is wearing a groove in the flooring by the post box, pacing up and down like a cat in heat!"

This, I think is a little unfair, however I am certainly getting the jitters.

Last night, I found myself actually getting the tools ready, the paint out, and even went as afar as mixing up some epoxy before sanity returned and I realized that there was no spoon.... I mean Glaug.

[Wasabi-san]

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Edited November 11, 2014 by Wasabi-san

[nautilus]

Unboxing photos please, Wasabi!

In the absence of my own (which will no doubt take a good long while thanks to the distance), nothing better than some hard-core model porn to keep the spirits up.

[Wasabi-san]

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Edited November 11, 2014 by Wasabi-san

[nautilus]

Wasabi! YOu viLLaiN! DoN't mEdDle wItH mY PsyChoSes LiKe tHIs.......

Edit: Thanks for the PM, Mike. I'm still freaking out with anticipation, but at least it is controlable. :D

Edited October 13, 2012 by nautilus

[mslz22]

Thanks very much for the compliments. I really hope the kit lives up to everyone's expectations.

The first round of decals has shown up, so i will be able to get some in the mail soon to those of you who have kits without decals.

mike

[Wasabi-san]

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Edited November 11, 2014 by Wasabi-san

[CoreyD]

Massive! You weren't kidding!

Edited October 18, 2012 by CoreyD

[EXO]

What boobs?

[Smut Peddler]

Love these kits.

[Ignacio Ocamica]

What boobs?

Didn't notice until you pointed out

[nautilus]

Oh yeah baby..... You took *ALL* that paint off for Daddy...!

Err...... right.

Thank you for that (ahem) enlightening parts view, Wasabi. I just to nip to the ... err... garage for some ... err... AXLE GREASE! Yes, that's it...

Edit: And, without wishing to destroy what remains of the final fragments of the last shreds of my dignity, only let your wee lassy build the Regult if you video each and every moment of it...

Edited October 18, 2012 by nautilus

[Wasabi-san]

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Edited November 11, 2014 by Wasabi-san

[mslz22]

I think it's too big for any type of articulation, you are going to need to pick a pose and kind of stick with it. Starting with the feet one of the things i am going to recommend is to saw off those little resin locator pins on the ball and replace them with short bits of 1/4 inch brass. Originally i wanted to cast the brass in there but i immediately saw an issue with that tearing up them mold quickly, and it's a huge mold Each individual foot will need a small amount of adjustment via some file work to get them to fit square and parallel to the ball. If i was doing mine again i would get that squared away and reinforced with an additional bit of brass (maybe 1/8) from underneath before gluing in the very bottom of the foot pad.

The arm to body connection is pretty easy, mine is actually just CA'd in place for now and it's holding. But what i would do is use 2 small brass pins i the "ball" section of the upper arm. You can either add them where those rivet details are and if you use hollow brass it can appear as detail once sanded and painted, or you can countersink them and fill them over with some apoxy sculpt.

For anyone not familiar with apoxy sculpt it's a resin kit builders best friend IMO, it takes overnight to set, but it sets to almost the same hardness as resin so if you need to do things like seam work that requires some panel line work it's ideal. You won't get that panel line "wobble" that seems to happen all too easily with bondo.

Moving on to the legs. Once the feet are assembled I got a piece of plywood that will function as a base at some point, did some fiddling with the waist/upper legs/legs and feet to sketch out where the feet need to be on the plywood. I then marked it, pre drilled some holes in the plywood and feet, and secured the feet with drywall screws from underneath the plywood into the bottom foot pad. This is invisible to the important parts of the feet and gives you a very sturdy platform to build the rest of the kit.

The lower legs have 2 small dots on them that are locator marks for the red/clear bumps you see in the pics. Use those bumps to hide brass pins. Basically you will pre drill thru those to where the leg meets the ball of the foot. You will then be able to play around a bit to find out how you want to pose those legs, I kind of used a bit of hot glue to temp hold everything together. I then marked the ball of the foot by using the drill bit thru those pre drilled holes in the legs. You can then disassemble the whole thing for painting, drill those holes in the ball of the foot deeper for the pins to really grab in. Once it's all painted up and you reassemble it those bumps will be able to hide the brass pins.

The rest of it from there is pretty straight forward, the hip joint is locked in good and secure. I would add some extra pinning to the body/leg connector thingy.

Let me know if anyone needs help with assembly. I did take some pics of the assembly that i have not posted yet but hope to at some point. The next few weeks are super busy as i wrap up casting season but once things calm down i will try to get together at least a small guide.

thanks

mike