Jeeez....
"Look at the size of that thing..."
Jeeez....
"Look at the size of that thing..."
Thanks for the reply......
Curing a rainy day:
It's a far cry from this.....
https://i.imgur.com/3yoV86m.jpg
to this.....
https://i.imgur.com/VUSn5xa.jpg
and even further to this.
https://i.imgur.com/lij9Cbi.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/bpd8MlQ.jpg
It is my hope to have fully articulated legs on this beastie although I will not go to the effort I went to with my Warlord giving the legs a "Toe in" and "Toe Out" capability. That was much too much and although workable I have never employed that feature when posing my Warlord.
https://i.imgur.com/TxcnBfk.jpg
Finally I can get a glimpse of what I have been working toward for these past few weeks; with the hip connect scaled to size, and the upper leg finally attached at the knee. I can now make some inroads towards an actual knee structure. I am now thinking of cutting the knee joint into the upper tier of the greave. which I believe will look much better.
Onward and Upward as they say...............
Wow...
That really is... impressive.
Good proportions. If you keep up that level, I believe you will have one talked about model...
What a giant!
He needs his own room.
Awesome work, Blackadderz! I also find your speed at which you build this monster impressive. Hats off!
... and size DOES matter
Absolutely overwhelming. Can't wait to see the first shot of legs an Torso together ...
Ha! Well I wanted to set up the model to see if the sizes were in scale but the upper torso was too heavy to suspend over the lower torso and legs. I instead Photo shopped a quick composite to present here. First the image of the torso and the legs and then the green screen composite. The legs right now are like a house of cards so mounting the body on them is not possible.
https://i.imgur.com/y09kMSG.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/pRzSZon.jpg
As I said, the model thus far stands just over a meter tall (39.36 inches); a lot bigger than I had originally planned.
Wow ... Very impressive, as expected. Great Work so far!
Moinsen...
really great Job so far...
Keep on...
Reinforce and Detail Legs:
Today I began to strengthen the legs with the Armour and detailed the corner spires...
https://i.imgur.com/Bl6BkMI.jpg
and ran out of plastic. Ha!
https://i.imgur.com/3cOzYYu.jpg
I'll have to make a run tomorrow.
Stallmate
My local hobby supplier has let me down and I cannot get the large amount of strip styrene of a particular size I require. Normally I cut my own but even that did not produce enough.
https://i.imgur.com/bjzZa47.jpg
But every setback has a silver lining as it forced me to work on detail I was putting off 'til later. Which ultimately was most gratifying.
It also relieved me of the tedious aspect of making eight of these constructs plus I am catching up on current Dinosaur theory.
plus I am catching up on current Dinosaur theory.
This clearly needs further explanation
Zitat von »Blackadderz«
plus I am catching up on current Dinosaur theory.
This clearly needs further explanation
There is now speculation that a meteor may not have been the end of the Dinosaurs' future and that there is a third classification besides Saurischian and Ornithischian and I am still trying to figure out birds are derived from the "lizard-hipped" dinosaurs and not from the "bird-hipped" ornithischian dinosaurs.
And why Robert Bakker always looks like he needs a haircut? Ha!
Looking More Like A Wedding Cake
Everyday
https://i.imgur.com/5FR5BVh.jpg
A pains taking week and a lot of work but does it really reflect it; not so much.
The spires, Minarets, whatever mimic the 3D work by measurement but the spire points seem a bit squat.....
https://i.imgur.com/z4mddtV.jpg
But in this image they look okay. Go figure.
Anyway I'll try sanding them down some more. After all I have almost a millimeter to play with.
Twenty One To Go:
The basic shape of the greave portals
https://i.imgur.com/Nepf1Ip.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/nsORmOc.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/elNjknV.jpg
You should change the title of this thread since you are by far at a point now at which noone can deny you are not just attempting to...!
Sorry to have been so long in responding:
The tedium of making dozens of these structures; revising, chopping and rebuilding better representatives of them seemed like not the most interesting aspect of this build.
https://i.imgur.com/OYc5SIe.jpg
I finally have enough, eighteen, for the first tier of the greaves and, with slight modifications, I have devised of a better way to produce the second tier, eight in all, that is less labor intensive.
Couple that with an abscessed tooth, a root canal, and a mild case of the flu made me less than amenable to communicating my meager progress with my peers.
The castle portion of this construct will necessitate a lot of repetitive work and no I am not going to "cast" or 3D print any portion of the requisite components. In my warped OCD way I consider that cheating
Of course I am hypocritically not above using bitz.
Moinsen...
your improvement is really incredible...
Thanks for the reply........
Blackadder is Back In the Groove
To be a bit self serving I'm feeling much better and the past few day have been most productive. The gabled naves in the first level greaves give the appearance of homogeneity even though they aren't exactly the same.
https://i.imgur.com/BYJ02mZ.jpg
The first attempt at a stain glass insert for the naves for lack of a better name.
https://i.imgur.com/8d8LHKb.jpg
A side by side comparison I stumbled across on my imgur preview index. Even though my Emperor will be taller the proportions are pretty close. Whew!
https://i.imgur.com/wdDpheK.jpg
Note to self, "I have to shorten the second and third tier. And hip region needs to be beefier."