GrosserHund in progress / see if Keith can figure out posting pics

[urumomo]

;D Ha ha ,, thanks man ,
It's from Maschinen Krieger -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maschinen_Krieger_ZbV_3000

and ,yeah , he's become self aware . I keep his components separated so he can't move about and cause havoc !

Boots with first top coat



single wash

 

[pitstop25]

lol.

 

[urumomo]

So , the feet are anticlimactic

the spring sections need a bunch more detail..


He likes the new gun ....

I think it scales well





Off to work ---- finished gun next ( finally : )
Any criticism , suggestions , comments and food orders taken with a smile ( drive-thru open 24 hrs )

..... THink he'll need more / expanded armor below the waist ? Might need to beef up his arms ...

 

[Grendels]

I will take a double cheeseburger, onion rings and a large orange drink...

Fast Food

Yeah I think those arms need a bit of beefing up, you gave him a very large gun.....

 

[urumomo]

Yeah ,, I just drive on to the window :
I know you remember when JackNBox had the clown heads with the speaker lol .

 

[Grendels]

Yeah ,, I just drive on to the window :
I know you remember when JackNBox had the clown heads with the speaker lol .

I have a clown head to put on your car antenna still in the package....

 

[urumomo]

Oooooh a collector's item .

Well , since we're off topic ,,,
I was just watering some plants and thought I'd share some happiness ;D

I planted that crape myrtle last fall and thought it was dead : ... glad I was so wrong

 

[the Baron]

The flamethrower and feet are perfect! I like that figure you included for scale, too--looks like a 19th-century composer in a futuristic jumpsuit. Franz Liszt, fighting for the mercs

The crepe myrtle is lovely, too. My black-eyed Susans and other daisies are fixing to bloom shortly.

 

[urumomo]

;D Welcome back , Baron
Glad you like the mods thus far ...
LOL ,,That guy does look trippy : Crazy '80 hair --- he's one of those Tamiya race car figs ---soon to be the Dog's pit crew

This dude , with his neck craned is a bonus

So ,, a little bit ago I was setting some decals with Microset and wondering " WTF ? Where is this goo coming from ? Why is the paper towel shredding onto the brush ? ???

Yeah ,, OH ! That's NOT Microset -- it's Decal Film : !

So I marked that bottle a little better ----

Ha Ha
I'll have some pics of the gun in an hour or so ,,,

 

[urumomo]

.. O K ,,
Here it is so far - now that it's in one piece I can spend time on the paint ( need sunglasses )
I'm keeping to the original diorama idea with the new gun being fitted / still on chain hoists etc , so I'm leaving it 'primer' but : .. I think I'll tone down the sunshiney-ness ......... it almost smells lemoney ;D




I need to add a little control arm(s) to that smaller , original armor plate ;






.. 8) I like it . .. It's designed to be rammed thru walls with that nice little chin on it ;D



.... Man ,, that 'll do till the yellow paint arrives : lol

 

[the Baron]

Outstanding! I like the primer idea. You could a mechanic standing by with an airbrush to apply the top coat.

Thanks for the info on the figures. I didn't recognize them, the set I have are in grey plastic. I thought yours were resin, from the color.

I've discovering Modeler's Racing Figures, too, from Japan. The various drivers would make good Strahl space pilots; their racing overalls are already much like flight suits.

 

[urumomo]

Ha ha ,,, Yeah , I had previously mentioned having one guy setting up for paint in the dio ...
so far my original original idea is intact --- the gun mods grew out of it
I see the Hund under a site-built hoist and all under camo netting ...... And with all you guys doing the lighting coolness ,, I'm strongly considering placing strung work lights around ----- yeah , think that will be the ticket ;D

I surmise you're Ebay'in the figures , Baron ?
Hobby Link Japan shows them to be discontinued

Are you using 1/24 scale ? that ~20% difference in scale bugs me : ... I know the practice is ubiquitous but

Now ,

I've moved the placement of the aft shield and made it articulated ( this example is static ) :



Knock Knock

 

[Grendels]

Now that is a big gun!

Crepe myrtles are blooming all over town right now!

 

[urumomo]

Hey John ! Yeah ,, the blooms are great

;D ;D Recap ....

And , YES , he can still stand upright with all the add-ons lol

And he still needs his Fuel packs ( good counterweight ) --- I'll be starting on the finish units today .
I'm going to make a little ' jig ' to plot the geometry of the armor plates before I tear it down for duplication

 

[urumomo]

Step 1A of genome armor mapping ...
...... at least till after Big Bang Theory ;D

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[urumomo]

I really want this Jeep for the diorama ,, but it's a lotta coin

Like 60+ bucks delivered :
... well , HLJ can do it for ~ 50 $ .. still pricey ------ maybe if it had a couch in it .. .

Pretty Sweet

 

[the Baron]

I surmise you're Ebay'in the figures , Baron ?
Hobby Link Japan shows them to be discontinued

Are you using 1/24 scale ? that ~20% difference in scale bugs me : ...

I hear ya, it bugs me, too. No, I'm sticking with figures packaged as 1/20--there's enough variation there as it is.

Yes, I troll eBay for them, but I've also browsed HobbyLink's catalog. There are still good and useful figures available, despite the ones that have been retired. That's what gets me about HLJ's online catalog, though. They show a lot of things as discontinued, so you can look at it and stew that you can't have it. "Nyah, nyah, nyah, nyah, nyah!"

 

[urumomo]

LOL ! I know ! HLJ keeps long gone stuff on there --- like that " nyah nyah ..." :

I've got a good visual in my head for the pit crew lay-out -------- with epoxy/putty it will happen ;D


So -- I,m mapping the armor layout , , I should have duplicated the existing shields before I affixed them to the mock -up , but , no problem .

I rotated the forward pair further forward :

BEFORE

NOW


I need to wait for this tacky glue to set ,,, passive-aggressive construction -- just blobbed on to affix the new position

You can see the amount of displacement from the original frame position

The Process :

I chart the positions of 3 'apex' points for each shield .
The fuel tanks are anchored square to the base and base index .
The 'X' and 'Y' come from

Then those points are transferred to the 'fence' -- and drilled
The fence is positioned and fixed here when it is ready though I may move it away a bit ... I'm restricted by nail length , so I'll need to substitute for the lowest shield points ...

Then casing nails are inserted to reach the 'depth' of the coordinate



When all 12 are positioned and affixed with tacky glue from behind , the fence is removed
The extended points are spray painted white


To recreate the mirror image Left side arrangement :
The nails are reversed in their holes to the depth now marked
The fence can be rotated to register with two new tanks anchored in the exact same place or placed horizontal with the shields temp glued to the points to allow the construction of the frame



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[urumomo]

Finally back at this .. can't believe it's already Sunday --and almost Monday

Beginning X/Y plot . . I'll need to cut the card down for the lower points ...

 

[urumomo]

....need to build one of these for the diorama - Fan art
says its a MaK Minesweeper - fits right in for these guys' role

See this thing being about 4 maybe 5 feet tall . ?

I like it's digitigrade design



Perfect subject for tons of shrapnel damage