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Life size Ravage

Posted:
Wed Sep 19, 2007 5:34 pm
by Glitchbob452
Hi, this is my first post and third Kitbash/scratch build ever. He is made from an actual cassette tape casing and plastic sheet with some plastic rod. He actually folds up and fits inside the tape. I have just done his tail and head at the moment, and the head moves as well.


Posted:
Wed Sep 19, 2007 6:49 pm
by Blitz Magnus
By Primus, that is amazing!!!

Posted:
Wed Sep 19, 2007 8:17 pm
by i_amtrunks
That's really clever. Is it a hard process of cutting out the holes in the cassette without shattering it?

Posted:
Wed Sep 19, 2007 9:11 pm
by Burn
oooo now this is going to be a fun one to watch! can't wait to see how he turns out!


Posted:
Wed Sep 19, 2007 10:19 pm
by Decatron
I've never seen anyone try this out! Nice job

Posted:
Thu Sep 20, 2007 1:02 am
by Deceptiwho?
I agree this is going to be awesome!!

Posted:
Thu Sep 20, 2007 4:59 am
by Ramrider
Heh. This isn't what I was expecting from the thread title... "
Life-size Ravage?! Surely that'd be as big as a horse!" Very cool, though. What's next, a working Soundwave Walkman?
RGM-79 GM wrote:I've never seen anyone try this out! Nice job
I seem to remember someone starting a project like this, a couple of years ago maybe, on Transtopia. It wasn't a Ravage, rather a self-designed humanoid fig. I don't recall it getting very far, though.

Posted:
Thu Sep 20, 2007 4:17 pm
by Glitchbob452
I have managed to create one whole leg... it took me about 4 hours but I should be quicker with the others. I use a rotary tool to cut the shell of the cassette and it doesn't seem to cause any problems with the plastic shattering. I have stuck the outer casing of the cassette onto the plastic sheet i used to make the leg, so when he is in cassette mode, the outside looks vaguely normal.
Apologies for the slightly dodgy pictures.

Posted:
Thu Sep 20, 2007 5:16 pm
by Burn
Dude he's looking great!
You do realise though that I now expect you to make a life size Soundwave to accommodate him.


Posted:
Thu Sep 20, 2007 6:20 pm
by Ramrider
Looking good there. You're right, of course, rotary tools are great. What sort of cutting head are you using, though? I can't see that it'd be any kind of cutting disc or anything, because they wouldn't get the curved edges...

Posted:
Thu Sep 20, 2007 6:21 pm
by Knight Hawk
Burn wrote:Dude he's looking great!
You do realise though that I now expect you to make a life size Soundwave to accommodate him.

....and he must play music too


Posted:
Thu Sep 20, 2007 6:22 pm
by Kalon
Man this looks sweet!
Burn wrote:Dude he's looking great!
You do realise though that I now expect you to make a life size Soundwave to accommodate him.

Burn's right there! lol

Posted:
Thu Sep 20, 2007 6:37 pm
by Burn
Knight Hawk wrote:Burn wrote:Dude he's looking great!
You do realise though that I now expect you to make a life size Soundwave to accommodate him.

....and he must play music too

OUCH!


Posted:
Thu Sep 20, 2007 8:03 pm
by Knight Hawk
Burn wrote:Knight Hawk wrote:Burn wrote:Dude he's looking great!
You do realise though that I now expect you to make a life size Soundwave to accommodate him.

....and he must play music too

OUCH!


just kidding, I do like burns idea of real size soundwave though...
Rave looks great btw!!

Posted:
Thu Sep 20, 2007 8:13 pm
by Trelve
It could be worse, could have asked for a functioning cassette tape as well.
It's coming along very well and I can't wait to see the finished product.

Posted:
Thu Sep 20, 2007 8:47 pm
by i_amtrunks
Looking good!
Is there any possible way that these could be made with the tape spools still intact/added back in, to make this an actual working cassette again?
I'd imagine that there isn't, but you never know!

Posted:
Fri Sep 21, 2007 3:57 am
by Glitchbob452
I use a standard cutting disk to cut square shape and then i use a sanding tool to shape the plastic into curves and the like. I also have a smaller tool that has a tiny cutting disk on the end that is small enough to make curves, so i use that where i am trying to maintain the structure around the thing i am cutting, like on the case of the cassette. more pics soon...
p.s. I am starting to think where i can get the bits i might need to male a life size Soundwave, don't think he will actually be able to play tapes though.
Sadly it is pretty much impossible to make it a real working tape again, but i hope to be able to fit the spools inside with a litte tape on them.
My uni term starts next week so it might be a while till i can update it any more

Posted:
Fri Sep 21, 2007 12:39 pm
by charlieBROWN

Posted:
Fri Sep 21, 2007 2:19 pm
by bcm77
Ravage looks great so far,I'll be intrested to see the finished piece.

Posted:
Fri Sep 21, 2007 11:40 pm
by Retread
Ramrider wrote:Heh. This isn't what I was expecting from the thread title... "
Life-size Ravage?! Surely that'd be as big as a horse!" Very cool, though. What's next, a working Soundwave Walkman?
Yeah, I didn't want to be a negative nelly before and say the original ravage actually was life-size. He's a microcassete not a normal sized one.
That point aside, this is an interesting project. Looks like its coming along pretty good so far.