AT-ST by Bandai

[JohnSimmons]

Very cool. And nice to be different, reminds me of the old mini rig:
http://www.battlegrip.com/?p=2292

 

[Unreality]

Love it.

 

[cargoman5126]

Looks really good,I would go that route..very?cool,,luv the ewok in the foreground!!lol

 

[Quaralane]

Liking the "visor" idea here

 

[Jaitea]

OMGOMGOMG I was TOTALLY THINKING OF DOING THE SAME THING!!!!

Its just images of Joe Johnston kept appearing when I was looking for reference pics,....I'm gonna make it an option,...thats the beauty about the Bandai kits, they make them for options,....gonna have to make a Bandai options box,....Stormtrooper hands & guns,...R2-D2 accessories,....AT-ST hatches open or closed ;D

Sweet idea.

Thanks Scott

Very cool. And nice to be different, reminds me of the old mini rig:
http://www.battlegrip.com/?p=2292

Had to google that one,....yep it does,....and a builder called Robeck made a Joe Johnston style AT-ST


http://www.therpf.com/f10/st-studio-scale-inspired-joe-johnston-sketchs-158125/

Love it.

Thanks Unreality,...I owe the bendy legs to your build,...thanks

Looks really good,I would go that route..very?cool,,luv the ewok in the foreground!!lol

Yep I love the concept drawings

Liking the "visor" idea here

Thanks Q,...I hope this version suits the visor

......OK

...some more mods

Although the Chicken has adjustable legs theres still a motion that the stop motion puppet had that the model doesn't do:

The legs & ankles tilting in or out

Theres a bit of chat over on RPF & Starship modeller with Blake1 showing how it all works on the foot:


& I found this image on how an upper limb rotates:


Then the expert MonsieurTox stepped in with images of his studio scale AT-ST:
http://www.therpf.com/f10/go-motion-rotj-st-full-scratch-42320/index8.html




.....So I got-a-cuttin:



I used spare poly parts from my Bandai Stormtrooper to make the joints
Still waiting for the filler to harden,...then tidy it up


...thanks for looking
John

 

[Unreality]

Damn dude. That is insane. The pics make the joints look big, but from having the kit, I still can't believe you are able to replicate those bits in such a small scale.

 

[Jaitea]

Thanks Unreality,....its actually not that difficult, theres plenty of space inside those parts to put joints

This is the parts cleaned up & assembled again.....just done one leg at the minute







Thanks for looking
John

 

[Unreality]

Still floors me. Congrats on taking the AT-ST buildoff to a whole new level. ;D

 

[Scrach]

Awesome mods, keep up the cool work!

 

[nicholassagan]

like i said on kotf, this is awesome and we need 3d prints

 

[JohnSimmons]

Oh wow these AT ST builds are just getting ridiculous!!! So cool 8)

 

[Grendels]

Nice work! Makes me want to get mine out...

 

[Quaralane]

Definitely some interesting mod work there

 

[nicholassagan]

How's it coming John?

 

[Junkie]

^

 

[Jaitea]

OK,...did a wee bit of painting last night,....mainly because of the extended comp time,....thanks again Scott

I painted the cockpit interior,...even though it'll likely never be seen :











Thats it,.....there was a piece that fell off on the outside of the head,...I had weathered it with oils & turps & although I had primed everything the wash must have ran down the back of the part & weakened it...

No biggie,...I just cemented it...BUT...theres something funny about the plastic on this kit definitely

J

 

[JohnSimmons]

Great stuff mate! I'm eager to see what my over use of the AK stuff will do to the plastic!

 

[Quaralane]

Definitely looking good there

 

[Jaitea]

Thanks John & Q

Some photos of the pose & a bit of weathering to the head:









J

 

[Unreality]

Very nicely done. I love the rusty areas. I gotta also say I love how we are all doing different versions of the walkers...from rust-buckets to the pair of Chrome statues Sven has. Great all around.