Gundamhead Posted September 9, 2003 Posted September 9, 2003 I took Arii's 1/100 Spartan and decided to make him look more like the hand to hand fighter he should be. The old Arii kit is pretty nice overall but I thought it could use some improvement. First I fixed his stance, his original stance reminded me of a horseshoe, and never struck me as intimidating. So I lowered his legs and gave him a cowboy swagger. Next were his hands. Big claw fingers that were meant for pounding giant aliens became the balled fists they should be. Much more proper. Spartans have a whopper of a cannon in their chests. Arii's kit lets you open the hatch, but there is no cannon. Well now he's got one. Spartans eventually seemed to take the role of policing the pockets of humanity after the Space War and got nice giant stun batons. So did mine. Now he looks ready to take on anything Quamzin (Kyhron) could hurl at him instaed of looking more like cannon fodder. I'm toying with the idea in casting a few of the upgraded parts. Is there interst in buying some? It's thighs, hands, club, and cannon. http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/thewildki....src=ph&.view=t Quote
Gundamhead Posted September 9, 2003 Author Posted September 9, 2003 I'll try getting better pics soon. Quote
Myersjessee Posted September 9, 2003 Posted September 9, 2003 I would definitly like to see more close-ups...thanks for thsaring your work! Quote
orguss01 Posted September 9, 2003 Posted September 9, 2003 What is it that happens to the thighs/legs? what does the upgrade look like in comprsn?? Quote
Eternal_D Posted September 9, 2003 Posted September 9, 2003 (edited) so how did you fix the legs and make the fists to look like that? what color green is that? green black? edit in: looks really nice...you did a bang up job. Edited September 9, 2003 by Eternal_D Quote
kanata67 Posted September 9, 2003 Posted September 9, 2003 Thats looks dang nice. Makes me want to assemble the 1/100 spartan I have. More pics please Quote
Gundamhead Posted September 9, 2003 Author Posted September 9, 2003 Thanks for the praise. I'm just happy I got to finish a model, I've been working a lot of OT lately that's cut into modeling time. The thighs were actually shortened and bowed. I cut his open hands and modified his fingers into a fist. I got 3 or 4 more Spartans to do up, but the Defender, Tomahawk, and Phalynx are itching to join the crew. Oh the color is IJN green. (Imperial Japanese Navy Green, you can get it from Model Master, but mine is Floquil's old color line) I stuck in some more pics, but my camera sucks. The new parts are shown though next to the old. Quote
Eternal_D Posted September 9, 2003 Posted September 9, 2003 wow, how bout some pictures of that monster? is that 1/100 scale too? Quote
Gundamhead Posted September 9, 2003 Author Posted September 9, 2003 Yeah, he's mine. I scratch built him in 1/100. Here's some pics. The Spartan is shown in his early unfinished days with rest of the crew. http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/zaku2ace/...rc=ph%26.view=t Quote
Grayson72 Posted September 10, 2003 Posted September 10, 2003 Ok how the hell did you build a completely custom Monster from scratch? Quote
kanata67 Posted September 10, 2003 Posted September 10, 2003 Ok how the hell did you build a completely custom Monster from scratch? I'm thinking the paper monster scaled the size you want printed on styrene would be a good start Quote
Commander McBride Posted September 10, 2003 Posted September 10, 2003 Awesome monster, man! I love the paint job, with the worn off areas. And the hatch detail is great. Quote
Gundamhead Posted September 10, 2003 Author Posted September 10, 2003 There were no paper Monsters when I built him. He's my own design. Interesting idea though. But I think they'd be blocky and not sit right. I used the line art from Perfect Memory and made up some rough plans and sketches. I think he's more acurate than either of the old 1/160 or 1/200 kits. Yellow subs is too 'customized' for my taste. He's solid resin and weighs a bit over 5 lbs and balances nicely. Nice testimony to the artists design in my opinion. The prototype was made from various bits and ingredients. Styrene, resin, brass, epoxy putties, and a ton of crazy glue. Then I molded him and cast him. The one in the picture was the first all resin 1/100 Monster I made. I don't know if I want to make the next one crouching ready to fire, or taking a step forward. I still have the Defender on my brain. Quote
Gundamhead Posted September 15, 2003 Author Posted September 15, 2003 So no interest ina upgrade kit for Arii's 1/100 Spartan eh? Oh well gave it a shot. B) Quote
B-52 GUNNER Posted September 17, 2003 Posted September 17, 2003 How much would you charge for a kit? Hopefully you still have the Resin RTV Molds. Quote
EXO Posted September 17, 2003 Posted September 17, 2003 There were no paper Monsters when I built him. He's my own design. Interesting idea though. But I think they'd be blocky and not sit right. I used the line art from Perfect Memory and made up some rough plans and sketches. I think he's more acurate than either of the old 1/160 or 1/200 kits. Yellow subs is too 'customized' for my taste. He's solid resin and weighs a bit over 5 lbs and balances nicely. Nice testimony to the artists design in my opinion. The prototype was made from various bits and ingredients. Styrene, resin, brass, epoxy putties, and a ton of crazy glue. Then I molded him and cast him. The one in the picture was the first all resin 1/100 Monster I made. I don't know if I want to make the next one crouching ready to fire, or taking a step forward. I still have the Defender on my brain. That's nuts!!! Great Job... I like the way sneaked that monster into a Spartan thread and we're all like "WTF???" Quote
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