jimsloth wrote:WOW!......
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WOW!
(regathers himself) so, did you end up using the second head sulpt or is that a third version? and since you did go into such extreme detail with this guy, did you ever consiter using a drill bit to put in the rivit look on the edges of the pannels (for example on either side of the 'con logo, or on the wheel pannels)? Third question, is the cannon that size because that way it matches the vehical mode sketch (in other words, the two sketches have a continuety issue)?
and incase I didn't say it before... WOW!
The head scuplt is the second one I made. I modified it a little from the pics in the WIP thread. I shaved about a 1/16" off the bottom (at TFM's suggestion), redid the grooves, and made the sides more concaved.
For the rivet detail, I actually used glue and made rivets on the wheels and legs. I forgot about the chest and groin area prior to paint though. Here's a closeup of the legs.
There were a couple continuety issues between the cannon and bot modes in Guido's concept drawing. I typically went with what would work the best. If I made the knees and cannon smaller (like in the bot drawing), it would have looked bad in alt mode. For that reason, the proportions are a bit off in bot mode but still, IMO, look as though it would if Hasbro had made it.
Primus_Feather wrote: Very Nice Lobo, Mind if I inquire which method you went with for the Cannon??
Just a cannon unfortunately. Non firing and no gimmicks. I did that for a couple resons, Time and Weight. I spent about a week playing around with just HOW to built the cannon and wanted to make sure I'd finish by BotCon. Also had to keep the weight down because it puts quite the strain on the elbow joint and I couldn't build a stop becasue I need the elbow to bend backwards for the transformation.
But I did leave it open enough on the inside to maybe go back and do something with it. The barrels "chambered" for Lego Bionicle Zamora (sp?) balls.
Sturmvogel Prime wrote:Really Impressive, but i have some questions:
1.- Where i can find the styrene for work in that?
2.- How i can glue Transformer parts to scale models (for example)?
You can get styrene at almost any hobby store or online.
You can use all kinds of glue for kitbashes. I mostly use Super Glue gel or JB Weld epoxy.
Thanks for the compliments everyone!