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hi guys
well with optimus finished last year, and my batman arkham figure complete,see here http://www.therpf.com/f11/batman-arkham ... ure-97413/ it was now time to get my teeth into my next project, its still very early stages, but this has been in the works since mid jan, i plan to build a G1 inspired Ravage, that will transform!!
He'll be about the size of a meduim dog once transformed, and being as this is being bought up to date, and cassettes are no longer an option, he will transform to a briefcase, Ive always loved the fact the decepticons love to work with the humans, were as the autobots make friends with humans,the deceptions love to use humans to their advantage,so with this in mind, and after a lot of research, i went for the briefcase. As i can image a human, walking into a research lab, and placing the brief case down in the shadows, allowing ravage to transform and do what he does best, stealth and spying.
enclosed in the pics is the small g1 cassette that ive worked from, im also adding more movement, in the neck, and the legs,also (me being me) im making the mouth open and shut too, ive looked at pics of real panthers and the ligiments,and how the legs bend, so im hoping to replicate this in my build, anyway heres the pics, like i said, its still early stages, ive got car filler on order and more parts to build, but wanted to show you all now, where im at in this build.
all the best
colin

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hi guys

well managed to get loads more done today, front legs, tail section and finish the jaw, im going to build this all first in wood, make sure eveything opens and shuts etc before i tidy up everything with car filler and styrene.
the tail section picture ive shown with a bit of wire, what i intend to do with this, is use the stalk from one of those bendy lamps, that way the tail can be put into different poses etc, then rolled up and tucked into the tail area,
Also bought a pack of metal bq skewers,i will cut of the tips,these will form ravages smaller teeth, and wind chime metal will be made into ravages bigger teeth.
heres the pics guys
all the best
colin

hi guys

good day today, managed to tackle rear legs, wasnt to bad to work out, couple of quick poses and a quick fold up too, legs arnt attached yet as ive got to get some decent bolts, but the hard part is done, now its the long shift which willl consist of car filler, sanding, styrene etc etc etc
all the best
colin

hi guys
another update, spent the last few days tidying up the head, getting rid of all the imperfections etc, car filler to slope the edges,and bring out the detail, jaw has been giving his famous fangs, plus ive given him a few smaller teeth, to make him more meaner! teeth were made from kebab skewers for the smal teeth, and knitting needles for the bigger fangs, eyes are red live glow perspex that i also used on optimus's energon axe.
heres the pics guys
all the best
colin

So cool!!!! Excellent work

GEEWUN wrote:So cool!!!! Excellent work

thanks mate

another update guys
styrene panels have been added, these give ravage more depth, also in his ears i used some offcuts from a sieve, again this gives ravage the illusion of speaker type ears, once this goes into paint i will dry brush silver to bring out all the small details.
all the best
colin

anyway update guys

right styrene added to body, and extra detail added to add more depth to his body, sanded and all nicks and holes filled with car filler, and the body put into black primer, neck also has had styrene added too, now onto the head, eyes were drilled out, and the top of the head too, i then filled the top of the head with epoxy, once set this went like a glass block, eyes were then set in place, and panel replaced back, now id like to add a back light to ravages head to light up his eyes, at night, this will be trial and error, sAll into black primer, this helps me get a feel of where im going, and with the panels rubbed back slightly it brings them out and ravage is taking shape,
oh quick couple of questions, should i go for a black decepticon logo with a chrome surround,or a purple logo??
and should i go for all black,including legs, or silver legs like the cartoon.
all the best
colin

That looks amazing. Very well done so far.

If you don't mind me asking, is that made of wood? And I didn't see your other work except the Batman. Do you carve your stuff by hand, in case like the Batman, or do you have access to machining tools to do this stuff like lathes and such? Your work is amazing.

HoosierDaddy wrote:That looks amazing. Very well done so far.

If you don't mind me asking, is that made of wood? And I didn't see your other work except the Batman. Do you carve your stuff by hand, in case like the Batman, or do you have access to machining tools to do this stuff like lathes and such? Your work is amazing.

thanks for the kind words HoosierDaddy, yes ravage is made from mdf and wood, Batman started out as an 8o's batman, he had no eyes or cape, so i built everything from the ground up, like all his armour and batarang etc using styrene. then he was painted to bring him up to the arkham standard, did you every see my 7ft optimus, he was posted on these boards too, heres my last video i did for him,

Absolutely incredible..

Good work, all we need now is a giant Soundwave...

Cyber Bishop wrote:Absolutely incredible..

thanks mate

MightyMagnus78 wrote:Good work, all we need now is a giant Soundwave...

mmm maybe next, would be great though! thanks for the kind words.

hi guys

Right next job front paws, paws were tidyed up,sanded and filled, now the great part, i was sitting there watching more than meets the eye, and theres a scene where ravage is captured and put intop a cage, hound drops the keys and ravage trys to reach, as he cant, a small extending arm comes from the top of the paw, mmmmm,it got me thinking, and here it is, a little nod to G1 ravage.
heres the pics guys
all the best
colin

compute146 wrote:

HoosierDaddy wrote:That looks amazing. Very well done so far.

If you don't mind me asking, is that made of wood? And I didn't see your other work except the Batman. Do you carve your stuff by hand, in case like the Batman, or do you have access to machining tools to do this stuff like lathes and such? Your work is amazing.

thanks for the kind words HoosierDaddy, yes ravage is made from mdf and wood, Batman started out as an 8o's batman, he had no eyes or cape, so i built everything from the ground up, like all his armour and batarang etc using styrene. then he was painted to bring him up to the arkham standard, did you every see my 7ft optimus, he was posted on these boards too, heres my last video i did for him,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_k7Xet83Dw

batman figure pictures

http://www.therpf.com/f11/batman-arkham ... ure-97413/

optimus build

http://www.therpf.com/f11/optimus-prime ... ica-77084/

all the best

colin

Amazing!!!

hi guys

right front legs complete, all filled sand etc, angled the edges to add depth to his legs, then the holes had to be drilled, couple of schoolboy errors, holes in wrong places!! lol once corrected, i counter sunk the bolts so they dont stick out to much, i used locking nuts as they can be done up tight,
decepticon logs are from ebay, i just need to paint them purple, there only there to show you all how this is progressing, heres the pics guys
all the best
colin

That thing is AMAZING....

What is the scale up compared to the actual toy??

Oh joy, this is looking wicked!

toyfixer wrote:That thing is AMAZING....

What is the scale up compared to the actual toy??

thanks mate! he's been scaled up 8 times from the actual g1 cassette.
all the best
colin

Blurrz wrote:Oh joy, this is looking wicked!

thanks mate, he's geting there slowly, im hoping to get him done for the summer.
all the best
colin

Wow! compute, your Ravage is incredible! How I wish I was that good with my hands...

I'll be following your progress as closely as I can. I look forward to seeing him all done.

Oh, you know what would go good with Ravage? His fellow Cassetticon, Overkill. Please, you have to build an Overkill. Words could not describe how unbelievable he'd be.

Plaything wrote:Wow! compute, your Ravage is incredible! How I wish I was that good with my hands...

I'll be following your progress as closely as I can. I look forward to seeing him all done.

Oh, you know what would go good with Ravage? His fellow Cassetticon, Overkill. Please, you have to build an Overkill. Words could not describe how unbelievable he'd be.

thanks for your kind words, overkill would be cool, though!!

hi guys
sorry about delay in posting, slipped disc, so no building for a few weeks, but im back on the case, right rear legs complete, quickly assembled to show you guys, tail im really pleased with, the whole thing folds up, and gives ravage the tail he deserves, the tip i engraved, one side human, the other side autobot, with tallies of how many ravage has killed. i can imagine ravage using his claws to engrave his latest kill, anyway heres the pics, still got to tweek a few things,but the whole building part is done.
all the best
colin

Let me know when you're at the "finished" product of this, it's deserving to be on the front page!

Blurrz wrote:it's deserving to be on the front page!

Completely agree with Blurrz on this one. This project is ridiculously sick, and people should see it. Brilliant work.

Editor wrote:

Blurrz wrote:it's deserving to be on the front page!

Completely agree with Blurrz on this one. This project is ridiculously sick, and people should see it. Brilliant work.

Blurrz and Editor, will keep you both posted, just a few tweeks here and there, missles to make, but keep you updated
and thanks you both for your support and kind words

all the best
colin

hi guys
right ive been beavering away on ravages iconic missiles, totally built from scratch, the main part of the missile was an empty air freshner cans, to get the dome part of the missile, i hunted high and low and bought some kids egg type toys, cut the top part of and filled and sanded and the dome part was done, then it was a case of adding details like thrusters at the rear, wing details, scopes on the top etc etc, quick coat of primer and a mock up with ravage, alls looking good, heres the pics
all the best
colin