SimonT - "Does my bum look big in this?" A wee lass in an armoured battle suit

[JR]

My only concern is I can see no tracks !

[Tim Marlow]

Don’t know about tracks John, I can’t see any pewter either!

[Steve Jones]

...and what about the rag and a bucket?? :tears-of-joy: :thumb2:

[rtfoe]

No rivets and weld marks man...squinting my eyes...very strange. :thinking::tears-of-joy:

Cheers,
Richard

[Mickc1440]

That's a great looking model Simon, look forward to seeing it in paint.

[Jim R]

Unless she's meant to be a faerie, has she got pointy ears?

If she hasn't he'll scratch some out of Green Stuff.

[SimonT]

Jakko - that is great. Must have taken some time and considerable cost to build. Even better, the vid is backed by one of my favourite bands Sabaton :thumb2: The three bodyguards in red capes are rather nice as well

Karl - not by my reckoning :thinking: An 80mm figure height at 1/18 would make them only around 4ft 8", still rather on the short side
Can't see her lugs for hair but I am assuming she is not a fairy

John - no, no tracks on this one. When you think about it though a personal tracked and armed vehicle would probably make much more sense rather than having to sort the complicated matter of making a walking machine that is stable over all terrain

Tim - no pewter on this one, shock horror

Steve - no it isn't having a bucket, silly boy

Richard - no rivets or welds either. All very strange

Mick - not too far off paint now......

Jim - ears are covered by hair so they can be any shape you want





destroyed three CD cases and various transparent packing plastics trying to make the canopy - the above are just a small sample of the failures

The CD cases were the best quality plastic and seemed most likely to work but, as per my previous attempts at plug moulding, results were variable. Most attempts ended in failure - holes, too thin in places, burnt edges, wonky shapes

I did however get one that came out roughly canopy shaped - canopy for what I am not sure but it wasn't for this!



After a bit of sanding I had something canopy like, it just didn't really fit the complicated rear edge of the frame so, I decided it would be easier to modify the frame to fit the canopy


the frame got some button/light panels and the rear edge of the frame modified with lots of short sections of square rod to change the shape. It was all blended together with filler and sanded down

the canopy has a few marks so will have to polish it - not too critical though as I will be tinting it with clear orange paint


canopy loosely back in place - it has been stuck down and pulled off three times now. Hopefully the next time will be the last



apart from tidying I think assembly is now complete

[Guest]

Jakko - that is great. Must have taken some time and considerable cost to build.

I noticed the fingers of the hands move, so it’s probably even more complicated than it already looks.

The three bodyguards in red capes are rather nice as well

I was kind of surprised to see that many Sisters of Battle cosplayers …

no, no tracks on this one. When you think about it though a personal tracked and armed vehicle would probably make much more sense rather than having to sort the complicated matter of making a walking machine that is stable over all terrain

It’s simply that walkers are cooler. As military machines they make no sense whatsoever compared to tanks, but they look cooler to many SF buffs.

The CD cases were the best quality plastic and seemed most likely to work but, as per my previous attempts at plug moulding, results were variable. Most attempts ended in failure - holes, too thin in places, burnt edges, wonky shapes

Luckily the material isn’t too difficult to come by

Looking good, though

[SimonT]

Definitely cooler looking - made me buy it anyway :smiling5:


I think this is now ready for some paint :thumb2:

[papa 695]

Looking very good Simon. Great work on the canopy and frame.

[Steve Jones]

I think this is now ready for some paint

Are you sure Mr T?? I still cant see a bucket and cloth. She really is going to need one of she is going to keep that canopy clean.

[Guest]

She’s got staff to do that for her:

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[minitnkr]

Is she taking applications?

[SimonT]

It's ok - the canopy is treated with a special coating containing millions of constantly moving wash wipe nano-bots

Each bot has its own built in BnM-0002-EZ/CL/EEN-3.0 bucket and mop system

The bucket is fitted with the latest XDF/43-X564-FF-76a cleaning fluid recycling processor that refreshes the bucket each time it fills up with dirty fluid


or something

[SimonT]

primed in mig one shot