tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69543921846905186612024-02-19T10:41:22.544+00:00Mattys ModelsMatty's Modelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11205435246991800943noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6954392184690518661.post-3208161952723355832015-05-28T14:26:00.001+01:002015-05-28T14:27:14.930+01:00Wedding gift - Ork Shield<div style="text-align: justify;">
Friends of mine where getting married & I was at a loss as for what I could get them. Then it hit me "Make them something!" I don't know where the idea of making an Ork shield, based off a tattoo the brides has, came from but they love it so that's all that matters!</div>
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Sadly, this idea to make them a gift came 3days before the wedding. Happily I already had Eva foam mats at home & I know I could cut, shape & paint them quick & easy enough to make this work</div>
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First things first was the size & a stencil for the Ork face.<br />
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Cut from Eva foam I then planned out the checkered pattern on the shield. <br />
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I wanted to make it a piratey looking crest so I cut out & shaped these Ork Choppa & Chain Sword parts to add as cross guards behind the shield. Again, these pieces where stenciled out, & I used a dremel to add in all the damage detail & shape the blade, spikes & handles.</div>
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These being an Ork shield I cut a section of the shield out, making it look broken, then added some spare scraps over it to give it a bolted back together look.</div>
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I used a 9mm plywood board, hot glued to the back, to make it nice & stiff & easier to mount on a wall</div>
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Then it was a simple matter of gluing the rest of the pieces in place. Once I got to this stage, & after the glue was dry, I went back over with my dremel to add in the "battle damage" scrapes & cuts to give the shield a better look as I knew I wanted to weather it heavily later on when painting so have a lot of pre-made scars helps with that.</div>
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Then time for a few coats of black primer & the painting can begin!<br />
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Nice bright base colours to begin with, very unOk like .<br />
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& now every prop makers favourite part, weathering! I have learn a huge amount of tricks over the years on how to get a realistic worn metal paint job. Both from trial & error, practises & fellow Master Prop Maker <a href="http://www.volpinprops.com/" target="_blank">Volpin Props</a> & <a href="http://punishedprops.com/" target="_blank">Chinbread</a>.</div>
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<i>Nice blood one the teeth there </i></div>
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<i>The worn away metal look is something I really happy with on this build. </i></div>
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& here we have the finished piece. Not shown as the two little D rings & added to the back so that it can be hung on a wall.</div>
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Transporting this thing was a game in itself! I have to make a custom box, for left over Eva foam as inserts to that the sword handles & blades would not get damaged. Over all I loved making this thing & with that little time I had I am really happy with how it turned out.</div>
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I plan to make a few more of these guys, smaller next time & in a merriment of different designs from Zelda to Pokemon to Assassins Creed & everything in-between</div>
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Matty's Modelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11205435246991800943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6954392184690518661.post-54915626728863329092015-04-28T16:22:00.000+01:002015-04-28T16:22:45.376+01:00Jervis Shopping Centre Christmas display<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipBi05R6ZFnLY-wm1QIxzhHDliEk6UU_DUlMCJKHmH6iE8bqLUng9jBBukwFkSphJHcorKPjzD6T5ekiY7VzYhWeDUHqbqFteAJSYMTRn5SDLLDphsB6QFpeq-qoPG_ckAt5ooGlVkgOhf/s1600/IMG_5437.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a>While working at Prop Me up I got to build a 20meter "Wall of Ice" as an entrance walk way to lead to their Santa Grotto. It is was my first build while working with them & I learned some quick & hand tricks when working with fiberglass that I'll use in the future.<br />
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Each section of wall was carved out of Styrofoam blocks, we got two per sheet.<br />
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Once the basic shape was done they where carved up to give the impression of icebergs. Since this was going to be two long walls of ice each end was carved so that it match in hight & detail so it match the next piece.<br />
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Two quick coats of Jesmonite later, tinted blue to make the applying that much visually easier, & the block is ready for fiberglassing.<br />
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A singe layer, done is two stages, first the front, then the back, with the help of heat lamps in between to speed up the curing stage was all that was need to cover the blocks. Fiberglass paper was also applied before the resin dried to help keep the fiberglass as smooth as possible. Once it was fully cured a light bit was sanding was involved to get rid of all sharp edges, air bubbles & bits of fiberglass left sticking out.<br />
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One last coat of resign, mixed with a smoothing agent to coat the fiberglass to make it ready for painting. This is where the heavy sanding is involved. These blocks where going to be out in public, in a shopping centre, with loads of kids walking by them. We hand to make sure every square inch of them was perfectly smooth so that little fingers woould not get cut on them.<br />
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Then once finished, repeat 20 more times. The main problem with this project was space. By the time I was done making the last few bricks we where running out of places to store them.<br />
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Then it was off to painting. Just a base coat of blue& streaks of dark blue & white for highlights. Here they are all laid out in the Jervis Shopping Centre<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This was a quick build as I got the finally go ahead two weeks before the convention, but I've built these pieces before so I knew I could do it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The whole arm was made out of 2mm craft foam, with each piece hand cut out. I started with the gauntlet, using a wooly gloves as the base. Each piece was blocky, showing it was good solid metal : </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Damaging up the arm was done to show that it this was used, in day to day life, as very little in the 40K universe is very clean & shiny. The extra detail of nuts & caps, on the fingers, gives a better metal feel.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Second was the lower arm. I wanted this to have the feel of layers & depth. Showing that there are working pieces underneath:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The next step is once again damaging. This involves taking a dremel, crafting knife & sandpaper to the foam & wires. Not damage is too severe as some of it is going to be lost during painting:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Lastly the upper arm. This I made to be just a simple overlapping armour pieces, to give the feel that it can move but there is also more, important, working pieces underneath:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It was tricky to get the shape & measurements just right for this one so that is would sit correctly on the person, it's why I made it flat first before heat gunning it into shape:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Once all the pieces where finished & heat gunned into shaped I added elastic straps, to the inside, so they could be worn without people seeing how they are held on. Once the glue was set it was onto the third phase, painting:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Each piece got a base coat of black then metallic silver was dry brushed on to highlight all the damaged areas.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Then I just kept going over & over the model with darker & darker shades of the metallic sliver, eventually using small amounts of pure black acrylic paint, to weather & dirty the prop to show it is well used & worn.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Lastly I dabbed on some white along the edges & deep scar marks for extras highlights & some brass paint for "metal on metal" damage weathering.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The fit was perfect, which was the one thing I was really worried about this build. I learn a few things while building this which I am going to use them when I build the Winter Solider arm, which I really hope is soon. </span><br />
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The next stage was to mold the blaster as I needed to make four copies of it. This is always the scariest part of prop building for me & the messiest. If anything goes wrong during this part of the build it will damage the master prop, but it will also cost me a fortune in materials. Seeing the shape of the blaster this had to be a two part mold.<br />
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I clayed up and boxed in the first half. This can normal take between two & three hours to set up as you make sure that the clay is level, you got the mold at the halfway mark & all the edges are perfectly done so that there will be no silicon leaked. I used Supersil 20 Silicone for the mold. It is a 10:100 mix silicone & one that I have used before & I've always been happy with the results.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This was a personal project I build for a month Dark Heresy LARP I game in. Been a LARP, costume is encourage and I knew my next character would have a Boltpistol in game so I wished to make one for my costume.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I went for balsa wood as the making build material for the pistol. I knew that it would be a bit delicate but it was the easiest material to work with so it was a chance I was willing to take. This scale is correct to what you would find in the RPG books, which is hugely over sized. The pistol is 4inces across and 13inches long. I had build a HeavyBolter before so I knew how to go about making the base structure for the prop.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The pistol grip was the only real tricky part of the build. Getting the size and shape just right so that my hand fit around it naturally.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">An extra layer of wood for the detail of the body, the grip sanded down and the magazine fit in nicely.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I made the mag separate as I want to be able to make a mold of it and cast a few extra ones to carry with me at the LARP. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Bolt pistols are normal coloured red or blue on the upper layer so I went for red. And seeing as how this is a weapon from the 40K Universe one always needs a add a skull or two.</span><br />
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<br />Matty's Modelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11205435246991800943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6954392184690518661.post-74714910698372765612013-11-11T01:17:00.001+00:002013-11-11T01:18:04.155+00:00Gentleman's Atomic Ray-Guns for Desert Bus for Hope Charity.<div style="text-align: left;">
For those of you that do not know Desert Bus for Hope is a charity event run by the wonderful Loading Ready Run guy. It is all in aid of the Penny Arcade Childs Play charity.This will be my forth year watching this guys play the game Desert Bus for 24hours a day until people stop giving them money. So for this year I decided to go all in and made something for them to auction off. Seeing as how I like my weapon props I went with a pair of dueling pistols. But not just any pistols! Steampunk Atomic Ray-gun pistols!!! =]</div>
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My plan was simple, build the prototype out of balsa wood and odds and ends, mold it and then cast two pistols. This was a big step for me in my prop making career as I knew it would involve a two part mold, which I'd never done before.</div>
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To start I Google searched "Dueling Pistols" and "Ray-Guns" and took the most common elements from the two and work a design that was inspired from both. A long elegant body, fin, piping and glass tube where elements I knew had to be in the design.</div>
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The grip was the most nerve wracking part to dermal out as the lines had to be prefect. </div>
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Suitable sci-fi themed barrel made from washers, pipe and a foam ball. </div>
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One of the key elements I wanted on the gun was a power/temperature gage, where the piping would could out of. This would give it the steampunk feel I was looking for. A similar gaga was added to the back of the pistol.</div>
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Here is the prototype finished and ready for molding. The extra piece at the fin is where the glass tube will fit. I have a number of them in a box just waiting for this type of project to come along.</div>
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Ready for molding. I had seen loads of these been made by fellow prop makers viva their photos on twitter so I knew what to do. Doesn't mean I was scared I'd get something wrong or mess up in some way. </div>
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After the first 1kg of silicon pored in I realized just how much this was going to take to make the mold for this gun. And just how much is was going to cost me =[ But, it's for charity! So what if I end up eating noodles for a while.</div>
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5kg of silicon later and both half's of the mold where finished. Just before I started on the second half I messaged Bill Doran (<a href="https://twitter.com/chinbeard" target="_blank">@chinbeard</a>) to ask a very important question, how do I stop the two half's from sticking together. He did in fact answer me so I got to skip the horror of having the mold be one huge mass.</div>
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And here is the first pull from the molds. Turned out perfect with very little clean up to do after wards. </div>
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Both gun primed and in the base coat colours. Why Red and Blue? Because in the gaming world it is always Red Vs Blue. Plus I am a huge Team Fortress 2 fan. </div>
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The temperature gage detail </div>
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And the "other" gage detail. In this you can also see the holes that had been drilled out for the piping to go along the outside. I didn't build these into the prototype as I wanted to have the freedom of been able to add in piping where ever I though it would look good. It also means on future pulls I can change around their design as I see fit.</div>
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I don't know what this does, but it is set quite high! </div>
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Working out placement of the pistols in the display box. </div>
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This was a nightmare to make. Getting the shape just right. Cutting out the dozen or more wall pieces. Getting the green cloth lining to sit smoothly on it! The only way I was able to make it was using balsa wood, but that also make it hugely fragile.</div>
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This turned out almost the way I wanted it. </div>
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The display case, all varnished up and ready for shipping. </div>
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I learned a great deal from this build. What to do and of course what
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certain stages of the build. I really hope that the people at Desert Bus like it and more importantly that it makes a decent amount for the chairity.</div>
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You can see the auction here on their site: <a href="http://desertbus.org/silent-auction/82" target="_blank">Desert Bus Silent Auction</a></div>
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Matty's Modelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11205435246991800943noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6954392184690518661.post-86211221447078113962013-09-26T21:37:00.002+01:002013-11-11T02:28:49.844+00:00Reinventing the Prosthetic LimbThis project was my final exam in my 4th year of Model Making and Digital Design in IADT. We were allowed to create anything, with the limit only being it had to fit within a 1meter cube box. This was the project I'd been waiting for seeing as how my whole reason for going back to college to do this course was a promise I made to myself about wanted to create a new prosthetic limb.<br />
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The idea was simple, bring the design of prosthetic limbs into the 21st century. Looking at the design and shape of prosthetic limbs that are worn by people today, and with a lot of researching into the subject, it was clear that they had not been updated since the 1950s. Which is unfair in today's world of designer clothing, computers, buildings. I knew that creating the limbs by hand would be tricky and not time effected. I wanted this project to be a prototype of how it can be done in the future so I went with 3D modeling the prototype and then having that model 3D Printed.<br />
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Each section of the limb was modeled in 3D Studio Max, then brought into Mudbox where the finer level of sculpting was done. Each part locks and fits together perfectly and is to a 1:1 scale with a human arm. An inner bone was made for everything to lock to which, with use of an adjustable elbow used in prosthetic limbs, would attach to the arm socket. The arm socket itself was design from a non-stander design show that very piece can be reworked.<br />
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This is the inner forearm was sculpted with the realistic muscle structure of the forearm carver into it.<br />
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The outside of the forearm was given the shape of the muscles but given a much harder, fabricated feel. <br />
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The hand, which itself is removable and can be switched out for another number of other designs, was modeled into a natural resting pose. The top of the hand having the same harden fabricated look as the forearm where as the palm was given a textured feel so show that it could act as a grip.<br />
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This is only my first stepping stone. I want to go further with this. but my only question now is how.<br />
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-MattyMatty's Modelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11205435246991800943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6954392184690518661.post-67404632871872061592013-03-04T18:38:00.005+00:002013-03-04T18:38:52.672+00:00Tin Woodsman Clockwork Heart - The Build<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In the previous post I when into detail about all of the concept work that went into the design of the Tin Woodsman heart. In this post I am going to go over how I built it. The whole process took a little over 5weeks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">During the first weeks of design I was out looking for and nice block of pine or cherry wood that would be used to create the heart. Sadly I had no luck finding one so Ply wood was used instead as it was made from layers which gave a beautiful grain effect I wanted. The heart was made in two pieces so that the clock-work could be easily installed later.</span><br />
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After a week of sanding I put one of the half through the vac-former as a test to see how the tin plates will turn out. The hard part was getting the edges smooth and cutting the plastic off afterwards but the shaped worked perfectly.<br />
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Testing the sliver spray paint. You can't see it in the photo but the
plastic is scratched to give the effect of machine shopped tin and it
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I then taped the plates in place and drilled 100's of little holes in them for the studs.<br />
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Once all the plastic plates where ready it was painting time. The scratches in the plastic came trough in the paint to gie the right weathered metal look, which I was pleased about.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I bit of charcoal dust was added to dirty the plates and then a gloss stray sealed them and also added a nice shine.<br />
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The next part was the clockwork on the inside. I got a small moter, think it would be prefect to drive the gears but I could not get the rpm low enough to have the clockwork spinning at a reasonable rate<br />
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So the motor was taken out and the innards of a small clock where used. The power of the this motor was hugely limited but it was still able to turn one
of the cogs in a nice ticking motion. I set up in a circuit with a
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Once I knew the circuit work I set in place all of the other cogs and gave then a nice brass colouring.<br />
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Through the use of the laser cutter I found a really easy way to make
the key that will turn on the switch as well as the keyhole. <br />
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I was then time to stain the wood and attach the plates. Then the task of gluing the 100s of studs in place began. Both half's of the heart where glued together at this point. as everything internal had been finished.<br />
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This was something fun. The pipes that left the heart were at first
going to be made from plastic but the bend in them never turned out
right so I moved onto metal. Luckily the college has a metal workshop
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The last piece made for the heart where exterior wires covering the
front, made to look like veins powering the body. I used the to scale
mock up heart to plan out the shape. Painting them red and blue was a tough choice but I was told that the added colour would be good for the model and after seeing the finished results it was the right call.<br />
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And here we had the finished piece. I was really happy with hoe this
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Matty's Modelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11205435246991800943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6954392184690518661.post-45361947523397999052013-01-09T01:02:00.003+00:002013-01-09T01:06:14.182+00:00Warhammer 40K Assassins SwordI was asked by a member of the Dark Heresy LARP to modify his Bokken to
give it a more 40K Imperial feel for his Assassin character to wear at
the LARP. He wanted a new handle extension, bound in the same manor as a
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A guard to be added in the shape of the Imperial two head eagle and
power field generator to show what type of weapon it was. The main
point that I was told about the modification was that it had to be
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The new handle would extend the length of the sword by two foot and curve the in opposite direction of the blade. The end of the Bokken was cut into to makes a slot for the extension and three pieces of 1/2inch MDF were glued together to make the new handle. Then it was just the simple matter of slotting the two together and screwing them in place. I then sanded down the handle till it matched the curve and shape of the rest of the Bokken.<br />
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The Second layer of binding was done with black ribbon. Starting at the bottom a twisting around the body of the handle to make this distinct cross pattern you see on Japanese swords. I learned this method from a very helpful YouTube video. I also, sadly, broken one of my clamps that I used to hold the ribbon in place during each twist.<br />
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The next step was the guard. This was cut and carved from 1/2inch MDF. getting the hold shape from the Bokken to fit through was the hardest part and required a few hours of sanding. The rest of the wing detail was simple dremeled out. I had to have this put on before I started the handle detail as I needed it for a starting point. The second piece is the "power field generator". It was just MDF cut and sanded to fit the curve of the sword.<br />
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Once the glue had dried is was a simple matter of added some extra details
to turn it from a block of wood into something that came from the 40K
Universe. Which means skulls. This was also painted black then D
ringed clasps where added for the strap.<br />
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This was a fun build which was a great extra costume piece for the
character. Granted he only gets to wear is at cons but that is the time
you really want to be showing off you best wears. Of course I am not 100% happy with it. The binding I'm quite proud of but I know the guard could have been better but that is the problem when working on a short deadline and also having a college project to hand it at the same time. But I learn and move on and make the next build better.<br />
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-M<br />
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<br />Matty's Modelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11205435246991800943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6954392184690518661.post-81912339078548201572012-10-30T20:17:00.000+00:002012-10-30T20:17:07.393+00:00Tin Woodsman Clockwork Heart - DesignAs part of our first project for college we where given free rein to build anything. Normally people build something that is from a movie/game/real-life but for this one I decided to create something that was a reimagining of a prop. My love/obsession with The Wizards of Oz was what gave me the idea. I deiced to create a new heart for the Tin Woodsman. Something that would be seen in a modern day version of the film. <br />
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With this project everything is about managing our time. We have 9 weeks till the hand in date so each weekend needed to be planned out. I set out the first two weeks of this project for design as this was something I had to come up with from scratch and each element had to have form and function I couldn't just stick what every I wanted together because at the our lectures would be asking me "Why is this like this" and a response of because I liked it wasn't going to be good enough.<br />
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So to start I need to figure what was the purpose of the heart, what I would be designing into it and its scale. I knew I wanted clockwork ticking away inside, a key hole and for it to be made out of both Tin and Wood. I went online and googled wood and tin and heart in as many different ways as I could think of and collect all the images that sparked something inside my brain.<br />
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I started off with the stereotypical heart shape you see on cards leading up to February 14th. Pushed and pulled it in every way that was artistic thinking that this was going to be shape I use it just needs some tweaks I was very wrong but we shall get to that one later. I also looked into Artificial hearts for inspiration but they where to abstract and ugly for that I was thinking.<br />
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I did a quick run through of all the different way the heart could be shaped as well as looked into the design of the key hole.<br />
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It was about this time in my research I found an drawing of a realistic heart but make from wood and metal and my brain went "this". From here on out I started pulling my designs away from the stereotypical heart shape and more towards organic hearts, but not just human heart. I looked into the design of a number of different animals to see it there was a shape I like but still would be recognised as a heart.<br />
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Each animal has a huge different shaped heart and after a while of sketching I ended up using a human heart as my main point of reference. Again I kept the three main ideas of the build as I sketched. Tin, wood and clockwork.<br />
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Wires running over the surface of the heart will give the impression of the veins and arteries that cover the human heart.<br />
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I need to work out how much space the internal clockwork would need as well as the power supple, motor and switch. Since the heat was going to be built out of layers of wood I though keeping it in two half's until the finial build would work best. We have access to the laser cutter in college so making cogs would be a lot easier. Here I worked out how much I would need to caver of from the inside as well as the shape and set up of the cog wheels.<br />
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And here is a small mock up of the heart sharp carved from foam with the placement of the tin places and hole for the clockwork drawn on.<br />
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The Project is due on November 19th so my next post shall be about the building of the heart.<br />
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As mention in a previous post, <a href="http://missingpegbar.blogspot.ie/2012/09/steampunk-dueling-pistol_12.html">the building of a Steampunk Dueling Pistol,</a> I'm a member of the Dublin Steampunk LARP Society. The LARP is set in Dublin, in the year 1862. My character is an Inventor/Business man who makes technological oddities for people who will to pay him. Much like what I do! As part of the characters background he lost his right arm and eye in an accident at this workshop many years prier but was able to build himself a fully working mechanical arm, because you know "Steampunk". This of course means I need to have the proper costume piece to wear in game. When the LARP started I had a poorly thrown together arm, made from card wrapped in tinfoil. But when I had this arm signed by <a href="http://www.professorelemental.com/fr_home.cfm">Professor Elemental</a> at a Steampunk Burlesque night I decided to retire it as I didn't want to destroy the signature. This of course forced me to create a whole new arm. My girlfriend found, and bought me, several sheets of "Funky Foam" which turned out to be a really good building material.</div>
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Since I'd already built one arm I use the shape of that to recreate the updated version. I started with the hand, remember how much of a pain it was to do the first time round. I also learned from my mistakes, and taking a page from <a href="http://props.punishedpixels.com/2011/09/23/dragon-age-2-hawke/">Punished Props Dragon Age 2 armor build</a> I cut each piece on the fingers so that they would over lap for when I bend them. Because the more you know, and knowing is half the battle. Yo Joe.</div>
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I spent a weekend looking for a decent glove that I could use a the base for the gauntlet. Failing to find one I bought the cheapest set of gloves from Pennys that looked right. I did a test on the first finger to make sure I'd gotten the cut right and what do you know I did. See my previous "Yo Joe" statement.<br />
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This was then repeated four more times for each finger with a hand guard was cut and glued on top of the gauntlet. Which over lapped the fingers.<br />
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Then the forearm was measured and cut out, again using the old arm as a template for the shape. I have a beautifully made leather Steampunk shoulder guard, which may one day be replaced but for now I only need to worry about making the lower arm. Got my hands on strips of Velcro to be use for taking off the arm at the back and added a extra strip of foam to make it look like it has a piece of metal bolted the arm closed (not seen in pic).<br />
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Once the base was done I moved on to painting and "damage". Since my character works with huge machinery and the likes the metal on the arm, as well as the leather, has been scraped and scared over the years. So all this weathering was added with my trusty dremel. Since I was also going to have layers of detail simulating different layers of leather and metal I painted as I went, not waiting for the whole thing to be fully assembled before the painting starts. Which is what I would normal do.<br />
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Seeing as how it's a Steampunk LARP the costume piece had to have cogwheels in it somewhere. I wanted to look like the cogs did something and where not there just for show. So they were added in two area. One on the top of the gauntlet, showing the clockwork that made the fingers work. The second was just before the wrist on the forearm section. The cogs where cut from card and then coloured in a brass/copper paint. You can also see the extent I went to with the weathering on the metal of the gauntlet. This is also why I had two layers of foam on the arm. It added a nice sense of depth when looking at the clockwork giving the feeling that it's not just cogs on top of the arm, they are inside it.<br />
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The studs on the fingers and knuckles I found, randomly, in a hardware store. While the smaller ones are thumbtacks with the ends cut off.<br />
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The forearm was made in much the same way. The cogs where given a sliver coat over the copper for a bit of variety. I took a bit of inspiration from other Steampunk arms that I'd image searched, the piping being one of them. This arm was been built at the same time are the <a href="http://missingpegbar.blogspot.ie/2012/09/steampunk-dueling-pistol_12.html">Steampunk Dueling Pistol</a> hence the reason for the piping on the gun. Here it made more sense as the arm is "powered" by steam. The pipes where just 0.1inch plastic tubes that I heated up and bent into shape. Then painted gold.<br />
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A while back I got my hands on some vacuum tubes that my college was throwing out and I though that now would be the prefect time to use one.<br />
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What I learned from this build is that foam is really easy to work with and I am no longer averse in making costume pieces for people. Also Steampunk themed props are really enjoyable to make, apart from all the cogwheels that needs to be cut out.<br />
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I play an inventor in the Dublin Steampunk LARP Society. The game is set in Dublin in the year 1862. One of the characters there ask me, in game, to build them a dueling pistol, as they'd called out a member of the society. Then the player ask me to actually build the pistol as they could carry it around. I of course say yes. I was given free rein on the design of the pistol. So I decided to make it a three barreled revolver, which the player was happy with.</div>
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I returned to my old friend, balsa-wood as I did not have the time to build the prop out of anything else. The handle and body were carved separately as I could find a bit enough piece. I started with the handle. I modeled the basic shape of the gun off the Hellgun Dueling Pistol from the Rouge Trader book. It's where the finger grips design came from. This part was not to much work, just a large amount of dremeling to get the grips to stand out.</div>
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The barrels of the gun were cut from 0.5inch plastic piping I got from my local modeling shop. Then super glued together. The chambers for the bullets were cut to an inch in length, glued into the same shape as the barrels and then glued onto a 0.2inch pipe. This would act as the pivot point for when the chambers needed to turn.<br />
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Another 3inch length of balsa-wood was cut and shaped to fit the under side of the gun so the barrels would feel part of the gun.<br />
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This was then attached to the main body of the gun. The carving of this was pretty effortless, with the only really problem coming from the trigger guard, as I didn't want to snap it off. The central part, where the chamber fits, had to be carefully cut away and sanded down so that the spin was unaffected.<br />
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This just took a lot of trial and (little) error. The barrel wasn't glued into place yet as I stilled need to paint the whole thing but this was just to check that the chamber was free to spin around. I also took a light grain sandpaper to the barrels, seeing as now they where meant to be brass I did not want them perfectly smooth. A small amount of Polyfilla was put on the nozzle in the pic to seal it over.<br />
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For a little bit of extra detail for the handle, I cut out a skull from card and glued it on. This was another design choice lifted from the Hellgun.<br />
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Then the handle was then glued in place, with a small amount of Polyfilla used to cover up the seam. As I wanted the whole gun to look like it was carved from one piece of wood. The trigger was just three strips of card cut and glued into shape and position.<br />
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I used a dark woodsheen to varnish the body of the gun and brass paint for all of the other details. Something I normal worry about (ie: painting taking Days to finished) went but within a few hours. as the body barely need a second coat of paint and the brass paint drying quite quickly.<br />
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As I was working on a second Steampunk project at the same time as this I had some spare cogwheels lying around, so I added them. As something is not properly Steampunk until it has some cogs in it. In this case I placed the cogs to give them an "in game" reason for being there. One of them was set to be the firing mechanism and the two at the side for turned the bullet chamber. I added a coat of gold paint onto the skull on the handle as well as two of the cogwheels to give a bit more variety.<br />
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There was also this pipe added to the side because of "Steampunk" reasons. Either way everyone who saw it at the Steampunk LARP game though it was a damn fine pistol. So I was happy with that and the player was happy with the gun. So Win/Win.<br />
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I'm hoping that this will lead to more people asking for me to build them Steampunk props for the LARP game. What I did learn from this build is that cogwheels are murder to cut out and will take up your whole day.<br />
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-MattyMatty's Modelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11205435246991800943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6954392184690518661.post-17165551312689943972012-09-11T17:52:00.001+01:002012-09-12T03:05:29.291+01:00Star Trek Phaser<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Got a commission to build a Star Trek phaser from TNG for a Sci-fi themed birthday that was coming up in two weeks. There is something about me, crafting and short deadlines that get on really well together =D I started with a good old fashioned Google search and sketched up a design from there. Since I'd be making this one in my home workshop I figured balsa-wood would be the best material to work with, since all I had was some scalpels and a dremel.</div>
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I started by making a 1:1 scale drawing of the phaser and cutting the balsa-wood to the right dimensions.</div>
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From there it was a matter of carving out the phaser from the wood. This was done roughly at first then more and more of the basic detail cut out once I was happy with the shape. The handle was the trickiest part to get right so that it curved to the shape of the hand. I also had to cut everything deeper than the design called for as I knew I would be covering the model in Polyfilla to smooth it all out.<br />
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Card was then cut out to give the front more shape and the whole model was cover in a layer of Polyfilla. It about this time that the sanding started. The phasers on TNG always have a clean, plastic look to them so I knew that I'd have to get it perfectly smooth.<br />
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More details such as the buttons were cut out of card and glued in place. The front nozzle of the gun was cut from some left over balsa-wood. Again these where all smoothed out<br />
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Then came the most time consuming part of the build. The handle grip. Dremeling out the groves was easy enough, I just have to take care to get them perfectly straight. It was the sanding and smoothing out that took hours.<br />
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Finding the correct colour for the phaser just took a trip down to my local Game Workshop. Weathering was nothing something that could be done here as it's Star Trek and everything is new and clean. But that not to say none could be done. I added a small amount of wear on the grip as well as the rim of the buttons.<br />
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Over all I'm happy with the way it turned out and I got the scale just right, which was one of my biggest concerns. But most importantly the client love it and that's all that matters.<br />
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What I learned from this, balsa-wood is both a god send and a curse!<br />
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A few weeks before ArcadeCon in Dublin I was asked to build the AER9 Laser Rifle from Fallout 3 as part of a cosplay costume. I had experience with building guns before and I'd see how other prop markers had created this rifle in the past so I took on the commission. The only problem was the time limit. ArcadeCon was fast approaching and I was without my normal workshop. Luckily I had seen how papercrafter <span style="background-color: white;">
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<span style="background-color: white;">To start with I looked up the design of the Laser rifle and found the blue prints. From there I work out the scale of the gun in Photoshop and planned out how I would go about making it. I knew that I would need a thick spine for the person to hold onto as well as to make the gun sturdy as possible. I drew out the shape of the spine onto the card and use that as a template to draw and cut out 5 more.</span></div>
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Once they where all cut out I aliened them up and superglued them together. I used a full tube and made use I got ever corner. There was slight irregularities when they were aliened, but that was to be expected and I would sand them down later to get a nice smooth finish. The centers was also cut out so that I could fit a cross cut of card down the middle which would help keep the blocky shape of the gun stable and give me something to glue the sides onto.</div>
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Once the spine was set, I went about make the sides, top and bottom which would make up the exterior of the gun.</div>
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Since I would worried about weight, suing balsa wood was best choice for the details such as the handles. As it is easy easy to cut and shape. I cut out 6 strips from the plasticard to add some grip detail to the from handle.</div>
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The back handle was cut to shape and glued in place. I would sand out a proper grip pattern into it later, before painting. As the main body was finished I move on to adding the front detail. This consisted of making it larger by adding a block of card to the front as well as cutting out and attaching the front extrusion that would hold the center pipe.</div>
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The back of the gun, whoever, was much more complex. I started by cutting out a section from the gun which would house the "power core" of the gun. At least I think that is what it is. Once again I added a block of card to bulk it out The housing and the power core itself was cut and shaped from balsa wood. A lot of raised detailed was added using 2 or 3 strips of card glued together. The pipe under the gun was 2 lengths of 5mm and 4mm plastic tube with some shaped balsa wood for the ends. The pipe on the top of the gun was a lot more difficult due to its shape. Leaving it in boiling water softened it up enough to curve it, but it was not perfect. I've still yet to come up with a way of bending pipes that creates the desirably effect.</div>
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The front and back detail was just a simple manor of cutting card to the right size and shape. Gluing them was tricky as they where so small, but there is nothing the adding of more superglue can not fix.</div>
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This was also when I used my dremel to sand out a proper grip shape for the bank handle. It was the one modification that the client want made to the gun, as he thought its normal shape was too unwieldy. I used Polyfilla to smooth out all the seams and join lines through out the gun. As well as fill out any flat areas. Then, armed with 400 and 800 gauge sandpaper I spent hours going over the body until I was happy I could move onto painting.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Now on to painting. Since the gun was set in the Fallout universe it had to look old and worn. So I got to try out a few different weather </span><span style="background-color: white;">technique that I had learned from fellow prop makers</span><span style="background-color: white;">. Plus my own experence while paint the</span> <a href="http://missingpegbar.blogspot.ie/2011/09/heavy-bolter-part-2-painting.html" target="_blank">Heavy Bolter</a> .<span style="background-color: white;"> I started with a base coat of black. Then coated the main body in green. </span><span style="background-color: white;"> I dabbed on silver paint, mixed with black, layer after layer till I got the effect of worn out metal. The same technique was use on the body to dirty the bright green until it resemble something that had been left, uncleaned for year.</span></div>
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More weather was added in the form of scrape mark along the metal body as well as the edges been scuffed with white paint to show wear and tear. The pipe on the top as well as the power core where done in a bright yellow, which was then aged in the same manor as the green of the body. I always worry when I start to paint a project that it is not going to tun our right, but then I start weather and I realise there is no such thing as a wrong look for weather. It''s suppose to look messy. I normally end up have to step away and say "it's done" otherwise you could just keep going and going.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">And here we have the finished piece with a nice instagram filter on it. Just to give it that gritty look. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">I'm quite pleased with how this one turned out given that fact that I only had two weeks to build it and I was working with card, something that I had not used to build something of this scale before. Yes there was a few mistakes made but you learn from them and remember to plan further ahead next time.</span>
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<span style="background-color: white;">-Matty</span>Matty's Modelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11205435246991800943noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6954392184690518661.post-9191764482114879532012-07-27T17:35:00.000+01:002012-07-27T17:35:43.866+01:00Imperial Psyker Staff<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Playing in a number of LARP's you get ideas for costume ideas all the time. This staff was build for a friend of mind who plays in our monthly Dark Heresy LARP. He's playing an Imperial Psyker so it made sense to build him this staff. I took the design from the Dark Heresy core rule with no read changes.</div>
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The build was not that hard. The head of the staff was 4 pieces of half inch wood glued together, then cut and sanded into shape. Extra blocks where added to the top and bottom to add depth.</div>
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The Imperial Eagle, which sits on the top, was carved out in two pieces. The bottom piece held the wings, which were sanded down for more depth detail and then the top piece was glued on top. I learn this trick from the last time I made an Imperial Eagle, were it was made from one block, which made sanding out the wings so much extra work.<br />
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By far the messiest part, and the most detailed part, was carving out the two wax purity seals that would be attacked later. The seal on the left was modeled after the one which came with the Space Marine collectors edition game for the 360. This involved a lot of dremeling. Hours of it. Just to get that "pressed into hot wax" look. The seal on the right is just a skull, because it's 40K and skulls are always welcome. When I try this again I shall need to get better heads for the dremel.<br />
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I attached bolts to the head for the lump details and then positioned the eagle in the center dowels. Then just a quick spray of black undercoat topped off with a nice shiny gold.<br />
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The staff itself was easy enough. There was only a few pieces of detail which need to be added to it. A bottom was add, which I believe was a wooden door knob, and two dividers to show where the hand grip would be. It took about 6 coats of varnish to get the wood as dark as I wish it to be. The hard grip itself was just a strip of red velvet wrapped around. I also cored the center of both the staff and the head piece and used a .5mm <span style="background-color: white;">threaded </span><span style="background-color: white;">steel bar to give the connection point between the two more stability.</span><br />
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The two purity seals when given an under coat of black then dark red then dry brushed a light red. Strips of cloth where hot glued to the back. There would be protection warding that the Psyker would have written out to keep him safe. Sadly these where cut out and glued onto the staff the night before the event it was need for so nothing was written on them.<br />
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The finished head of the staff.<br />
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The event in question was a book signing at our local Games Workshop by Dan Abnett and Graham McNeil, pictured below. In this photo you have me, in costume as an Imperial Priest. Pretty much everything I'm wearing I made myself for my Dark Heresy character. The guy playing the Psyker was late so I just carried it around myself as it fit in with my look. This was a really enjoyable day. Everyone though that our costumes looked amazing and the staff was later signed by both the authors there.<br />
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I'm looking forward to making more Imperial props. Being a gamer it helps to make items for what I enjoy doing and it's always nice when I get complements from other gamers.Matty's Modelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11205435246991800943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6954392184690518661.post-45988562308023389792012-03-12T00:31:00.010+00:002012-03-12T02:59:17.090+00:00Wizard of Oz Event Design 3D layout.The second project of the year was to design an event that would be held in the chapel in IADT with the result being out design would be pasted onto a production house and they would build what we have designed.<br /><br />We were tasked with picking a theme for the event. Measuring out the chapel where the event was going to happen. Create a 1:1 scale floor plan of the chapel within AutoCAD. Draw up a number of rendered concept perective drawings of how the chapel would look when finished and finially create a 1:1 scale model of the finished event, coloured, textured and lit in 3D Studio Max.<br /><br />I choose an anniversary showing of the movie <span style="font-style: italic;">The Wizard of Oz</span> with a live orchestra playing the music. Turning the chapel into a walk through of the movie's sets. Starting with Dorothy's house, the Scarecrow's field, the Tinman's tree and the Lion's forest. With the seating area being inside the Emerald city and the Wizard's throne at the front where the projector screen will be.<br /><br />This was the first step was the layout created in AutoCAD. This is the 1:1 scale model of the floor plan of the chapel. All of the added detail is everything to do with the event that needed to be built.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghyphenhyphen3D21-S_zYefTDfFaTai6QVxhr6QU7BWmgGfWpZbb2ctq9KrWDS4s2FpfIBLVs6ff2ctS1kZnY4Rno-mTEPuvM_fbhhIG51OvM9HGgMBc4M3AtNbHRurLsQDU9i5KKyyqrwUMgqSdRA7/s1600/chaple+layout.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 198px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghyphenhyphen3D21-S_zYefTDfFaTai6QVxhr6QU7BWmgGfWpZbb2ctq9KrWDS4s2FpfIBLVs6ff2ctS1kZnY4Rno-mTEPuvM_fbhhIG51OvM9HGgMBc4M3AtNbHRurLsQDU9i5KKyyqrwUMgqSdRA7/s320/chaple+layout.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718818616878799282" border="0" /></a><br />A large amount of concept work went into the creation of each section of the event. Each part was made up of the key elements of each scenes from the movie so that the people attending would feel that they had just walk through the <span style="font-style: italic;">The Wizard of Oz</span> before sitting down to watch it. The sections where to be built in much the same way that the sets of the original film would have been made. Painted backgrounds on canvas, bright over the top colours. Again, this was to add to the feel that the audience were in the film as they walked through.<br /><br />This first sketch is a colour pallet of how I wanted each section to look before doing the larger drawings. It also helped me work out what colours worked best as I tried recreated the colours used in the film as much as possible.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQyERCLjNDMhdEGGwCfXL4n7kQ7Q3krBPtoeKAtdDWTkwtgmACJdrBMRnWkcJz-dc0Uq5mmATYVsPm0JWvJeRectaI4OVIGDxIV2PHZcPkdXqDZhZsYDUcANBAkx8KuktFBgOg7mq19kAd/s1600/IMG_2025.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 237px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQyERCLjNDMhdEGGwCfXL4n7kQ7Q3krBPtoeKAtdDWTkwtgmACJdrBMRnWkcJz-dc0Uq5mmATYVsPm0JWvJeRectaI4OVIGDxIV2PHZcPkdXqDZhZsYDUcANBAkx8KuktFBgOg7mq19kAd/s320/IMG_2025.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718818629905568226" border="0" /></a><br />Here we have the fully rendered sketch of the Scarecrow's field and the Lion's forest. Ending in the field of poppys which was just outside the gates of the Emerald City.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCRBILs63kBeI9SR5oSqZph7XNaAvvhZoaJWap_wW3xpq0RFQVOfnjOuOEAd-IXADdAeUklWl2qPwvAeS5HPe8sovXOX_rXJtaMOorQgdZBmaJ5V4McuT1Mkv0JfMV2YbOpdTsLfIpr6F2/s1600/IMG_2026.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 171px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCRBILs63kBeI9SR5oSqZph7XNaAvvhZoaJWap_wW3xpq0RFQVOfnjOuOEAd-IXADdAeUklWl2qPwvAeS5HPe8sovXOX_rXJtaMOorQgdZBmaJ5V4McuT1Mkv0JfMV2YbOpdTsLfIpr6F2/s320/IMG_2026.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718818632977222882" border="0" /></a><br />The entrance of the chapel was made to look like Dorothy's house with the yellow brick road on the ground in front of people as the walked in. This lead left to the Scarecrow's field, pictured about, then right to the Tinman's tree. Back left again and along the Lion's forest before heading straight into the Emerald City.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY1kLrS2xBeJczfprEdh-MGLNLidu5hQNSuZumvem3mAx3FL3r8FUtAAdPa7tkCBlSEesX7Ae6bBe0jfOiVlMsD0DzzeYvmEGJlOLGEMVajEo72QueLBvcSFuToyD_wVxg_gVZNyXpLbVH/s1600/IMG_2027.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY1kLrS2xBeJczfprEdh-MGLNLidu5hQNSuZumvem3mAx3FL3r8FUtAAdPa7tkCBlSEesX7Ae6bBe0jfOiVlMsD0DzzeYvmEGJlOLGEMVajEo72QueLBvcSFuToyD_wVxg_gVZNyXpLbVH/s320/IMG_2027.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718818638973051506" border="0" /></a><br />The walls of the city was make up of the shops that could been seen in the film. The backdrops where once again going to be painted canvas screens, the same all of the other walls, depicting more of Oz in the background. Here we have the gates of the city, the seating arrangement as well as the Wizards Throne at the back wall.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ-Jij69gljBS1eC7SdkiHLuKfhSDOsjxE1oayQFQYBld3rkofDrPTEpZDzCjK1Oc6YerrBt9xgi6-4NBgTnfGT5SWujKV75PSYzonYyA863sNMTwNuY33BvyS6rYNGTdn6PdDrXmOcOtG/s1600/IMG_2024.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ-Jij69gljBS1eC7SdkiHLuKfhSDOsjxE1oayQFQYBld3rkofDrPTEpZDzCjK1Oc6YerrBt9xgi6-4NBgTnfGT5SWujKV75PSYzonYyA863sNMTwNuY33BvyS6rYNGTdn6PdDrXmOcOtG/s320/IMG_2024.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718818620264926194" border="0" /></a><br />In movie screen shots were used to create a number of the textures of the 3D models. Mostly the backdrops, as well as the trees.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkJRaoOJYvWz1icLkVhvHWxnBRrmXlLVAu2kXMwDOx1KvUoOU0i3T2DtO3_ggVLl4u_afwF_TAByPiCfQtELy036CDpvH9Np9WUFm2Q1two5dd72TV9Izh9iF5wHruvvyZ-OyfmgteDREC/s1600/Chaple+renders+7.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkJRaoOJYvWz1icLkVhvHWxnBRrmXlLVAu2kXMwDOx1KvUoOU0i3T2DtO3_ggVLl4u_afwF_TAByPiCfQtELy036CDpvH9Np9WUFm2Q1two5dd72TV9Izh9iF5wHruvvyZ-OyfmgteDREC/s320/Chaple+renders+7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718804103509503010" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidxokQLyCfFZijL02wTtoPF2OiDTE3F0czGytlTDLM46ElcqIPgON-fCVm8ZtpV8AHZ7Fhk-vQ8Se_batVAp-0Npn-F5Rr9GX75vugx3XfxV3Gz2sozzgEoSsik5Ji8-iKSGbN4XmJsAsO/s1600/Chaple+renders+6.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidxokQLyCfFZijL02wTtoPF2OiDTE3F0czGytlTDLM46ElcqIPgON-fCVm8ZtpV8AHZ7Fhk-vQ8Se_batVAp-0Npn-F5Rr9GX75vugx3XfxV3Gz2sozzgEoSsik5Ji8-iKSGbN4XmJsAsO/s320/Chaple+renders+6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718804100063262306" border="0" /></a><br />When creating the gates of Oz, at the end of the yellow brick road on, I used forced perspective to make them look taller than they were. The conductor of the live orchestra stood on top of the gates dressed in the gate keeps outfit with would add to the feeling for the people attending that they where in Oz.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilV4QI_LJk7M8cJ1p2d_PLq3gUTHyfCrHGjgSEQ4Q-v5S5x_SBkWdO1O8Fw-_WKidsau6LDVPsztB8pY9Rx67oVwrilR3sD8zVRrSDM1vn0WvHjof3EDOtWx4rUBd1JE6DFsbRsFFxFpkp/s1600/Chaple+renders+4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilV4QI_LJk7M8cJ1p2d_PLq3gUTHyfCrHGjgSEQ4Q-v5S5x_SBkWdO1O8Fw-_WKidsau6LDVPsztB8pY9Rx67oVwrilR3sD8zVRrSDM1vn0WvHjof3EDOtWx4rUBd1JE6DFsbRsFFxFpkp/s320/Chaple+renders+4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718804093783356562" border="0" /></a><br />Two ariel performers, dressed as Glinda and Elpaba would be suspended above the audience in hoops. This was done to use the whole place of the chapel. As flying is a big part of the movie I felt that it could not be left out and this would be a wonderful way of having two of the main characters within the stage.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEignXPcayd4aCaLBOJI30d_H4-I_vNp3oQ2-rVJzqeyk6juxg4bEkD2zFKUXrHh7uz-sBJGTgZXKelF-te7tuVAa2vjkwp9aXu6m5hitofSWA0reDmPXDlJFFbp7qSaLLGkpMNXG20vgaAB/s1600/Chaple+renders+12.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEignXPcayd4aCaLBOJI30d_H4-I_vNp3oQ2-rVJzqeyk6juxg4bEkD2zFKUXrHh7uz-sBJGTgZXKelF-te7tuVAa2vjkwp9aXu6m5hitofSWA0reDmPXDlJFFbp7qSaLLGkpMNXG20vgaAB/s320/Chaple+renders+12.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718804108652375570" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6dxuq1rg4TMphl89Ux4eL5Srvk21CIqghDuTeBZfEF0P-ru_sktFAQ1l05HUQfeKpz42K1sTRO_3gGnafQhjmra2Y5jDcl5ks212iIxxvyIf9V1RXy7RM_2koLHj_HzeMdm97B0oNSoFU/s1600/Chaple+renders+9.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6dxuq1rg4TMphl89Ux4eL5Srvk21CIqghDuTeBZfEF0P-ru_sktFAQ1l05HUQfeKpz42K1sTRO_3gGnafQhjmra2Y5jDcl5ks212iIxxvyIf9V1RXy7RM_2koLHj_HzeMdm97B0oNSoFU/s320/Chaple+renders+9.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718803702165067522" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhptVFQbGz23jVpv20zyZovFqKJJ2Ysd3pyS3ik5VMoPR4Wv-b-TM2oHfNKm4bonrHpbcIg2Dmhj-WH19oCbPxS4A0x6C1x_sxpW5Es1WT7lDP1nrkeiisYmKTOU1lQhnPHVI2xV8bvP56N/s1600/Chaple+renders+10.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhptVFQbGz23jVpv20zyZovFqKJJ2Ysd3pyS3ik5VMoPR4Wv-b-TM2oHfNKm4bonrHpbcIg2Dmhj-WH19oCbPxS4A0x6C1x_sxpW5Es1WT7lDP1nrkeiisYmKTOU1lQhnPHVI2xV8bvP56N/s320/Chaple+renders+10.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718803704343179170" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRKQ7fpSoj7hbE_Vw0rPqrtrhLOcAe9v4U5_TkJ9z1gwO-iiFA6SA32iWK4A9LdDEyUeShqPjccgvs2LsPdAsLKdm9OCuW2GWsUbNVEcQyJYez6lmwlQVfssBnNyCMBV9JEy4ut_3OiqsO/s1600/Chaple+renders+11.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRKQ7fpSoj7hbE_Vw0rPqrtrhLOcAe9v4U5_TkJ9z1gwO-iiFA6SA32iWK4A9LdDEyUeShqPjccgvs2LsPdAsLKdm9OCuW2GWsUbNVEcQyJYez6lmwlQVfssBnNyCMBV9JEy4ut_3OiqsO/s320/Chaple+renders+11.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718803710534001666" border="0" /></a><br />The Wizards throne would have a fan flame turned on, as well as a number of smoke machines with would give the proper atmosphere of menace. Once again I used forced perspective on the door of the Wizards throne to give the feeling that this is a huge part of the Emerald city. the fans and lights would be turned off when the film would start and the projector screen would lower from the ceiling above.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxYQKHNYDlMvPxjyYquuSVbQwnQbh44kTqNvC4sZs3VoFNVi29UlL2Kjw7-WDBs0vTV1SvkrBZQCeOB8ilhoaR6jO_BC6PSpdaWJ_a0im2yWNXAfEGh8XyWZwVB0HM3xC5xAVtMw9IOJOZ/s1600/Chaple+renders+1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxYQKHNYDlMvPxjyYquuSVbQwnQbh44kTqNvC4sZs3VoFNVi29UlL2Kjw7-WDBs0vTV1SvkrBZQCeOB8ilhoaR6jO_BC6PSpdaWJ_a0im2yWNXAfEGh8XyWZwVB0HM3xC5xAVtMw9IOJOZ/s320/Chaple+renders+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718803690558459954" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXlvsCZl0N15ucfnoD_HxxQYc678-iw81GiNuly83dFcpRH8Dyv1jNCJKuBsurUpDlgU_MYDQ76E4ywRgR7d2Z0hxPTC2ht5woNCoCm8OLAoVGago-4547kiGzEJLEEhr8MEYYSOtF9ePP/s1600/Chaple+renders+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXlvsCZl0N15ucfnoD_HxxQYc678-iw81GiNuly83dFcpRH8Dyv1jNCJKuBsurUpDlgU_MYDQ76E4ywRgR7d2Z0hxPTC2ht5woNCoCm8OLAoVGago-4547kiGzEJLEEhr8MEYYSOtF9ePP/s320/Chaple+renders+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718803694634044242" border="0" /></a>Matty's Modelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11205435246991800943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6954392184690518661.post-47381093941181178902011-12-30T04:25:00.005+00:002012-03-09T17:38:51.895+00:00Mudbox 3D CrabFirst project of college was with a program that I'd never used before, which made it all the more fun, Mudbox. Pretty much the same a Z brush but this one works side by side with 3D Studio Max for loading models. Our project was to create, in 3D, an animal from the Natural History Museum. The model was to be as photo realistic as possible in both detail and texturing. We had 7 weeks to do this project and I'm really happy with the way my model turned out, especially since it was my first time using this sort of modelling technique.<br /><br />This is the original low rez model in 3D Max, fully texture and posed with the normal map created in Mudbox placed on it. I'm really happy with this way this turned out and I shall be using Mudbox again with any future 3D project. Below are the step I went through creating all of it's detail and texturing in Mudbox.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWs4tU-3mfqDFKuLQn8bZtVXAOK2vkRd9K1-NuxafUUlt-kQM9Pm11AATeGAaGEQWh0rOi0iFshqsLkfFTpO0FzsCk9BFUUJMnoGKPVF6bfi1p91zlNd2YZ5bTWnVfhhieZjIXtARrXcez/s1600/Max+Crab.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWs4tU-3mfqDFKuLQn8bZtVXAOK2vkRd9K1-NuxafUUlt-kQM9Pm11AATeGAaGEQWh0rOi0iFshqsLkfFTpO0FzsCk9BFUUJMnoGKPVF6bfi1p91zlNd2YZ5bTWnVfhhieZjIXtARrXcez/s320/Max+Crab.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5717951426926276850" border="0" /></a><div><div>This is how the model look when it was taken from 3d Max into Mudbox. Still quite detailed when it comes to it's joints in it's legs as I come from an animation background when it comes to building 3D models. So I know how to setup joints for them to be able to work when it comes to skinning. Now we didn't have to skin these models but I still built it that way as it was no extra trouble for me, and would make it easier later on when I got to the higher detail levels.</div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibSQxKgg9udkCYt8UyuyQJvpjGUMwU_xb-Pu2bRKxdKYMtpUr667_Ym9_Iw57IYIUGC0UQgfCWrURM-G_1ODk-pO304S9Kmh4l5k86ozWsgpmuImi8FSaIXRiFs8Ut_z26-USen4a8qzUM/s1600/Mudbox+crab_0000_Layer+9.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 178px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibSQxKgg9udkCYt8UyuyQJvpjGUMwU_xb-Pu2bRKxdKYMtpUr667_Ym9_Iw57IYIUGC0UQgfCWrURM-G_1ODk-pO304S9Kmh4l5k86ozWsgpmuImi8FSaIXRiFs8Ut_z26-USen4a8qzUM/s320/Mudbox+crab_0000_Layer+9.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691776377969931538" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY3P_eGlLk30pU1XWOj7r61__UqvC6-0tE7kmNfIddJkXMXpc1H3Yslp5NVcYZv0W1cxMOC-yHE8zamx0GZCuPT2oHY9gBDxQFMObk8SWg-g2KWp-b2wTTsqGhX2nOXe_xY7nXejsuyOOk/s1600/Mudbox+crab_0004_Layer+1.jpg"><br /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">The joints and legs where the first place I started working the detail into.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqvQDsf5FopggNiQNmWN4ZgNXu2oKLtjSvMwlU9haMg4kp64KIMddEl6QY1sDo-_pJOQfgyN_GgCX1uD4qn0E1I8sy9VH7ObaFAKA33rcaXmZLqAlJcrMf4oslbNN0biSy2HU45ddn5P4-/s1600/Mudbox+crab_0001_Layer+6.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 178px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqvQDsf5FopggNiQNmWN4ZgNXu2oKLtjSvMwlU9haMg4kp64KIMddEl6QY1sDo-_pJOQfgyN_GgCX1uD4qn0E1I8sy9VH7ObaFAKA33rcaXmZLqAlJcrMf4oslbNN0biSy2HU45ddn5P4-/s320/Mudbox+crab_0001_Layer+6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5717952001636978450" border="0" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div>It seem the more you worked on it the less and less noticeable things changed <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLJx6qeA_uXV_QcWpYme6ipHBJt6RTqOI_jQfzP9BNTvjzGojpLtYZ5sXYcTqNOlh-i38ul3Kufi8EQejV9gFNFm-dpJ-OTYm5KNCae85oXv9TaOTjytEJ-sC_lUGbrk919AXvM6qQ-RrH/s1600/Mudbox+crab_0002_Layer+5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 178px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLJx6qeA_uXV_QcWpYme6ipHBJt6RTqOI_jQfzP9BNTvjzGojpLtYZ5sXYcTqNOlh-i38ul3Kufi8EQejV9gFNFm-dpJ-OTYm5KNCae85oXv9TaOTjytEJ-sC_lUGbrk919AXvM6qQ-RrH/s320/Mudbox+crab_0002_Layer+5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5717952535794372674" border="0" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Here we have the last layer of detail worked into the surface of the crab. This was at about 14 million polygons and was where I got all of the hard body detail on the claws and shell to really pop out. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_JDMVqfkUjZ1DSXHeu8cBb84jP4JpWpvFnaTxyIYvro3GqyEmshB2qrUnVZEYZjDdduTLaUiUwUQUVc5PACMtG7DNBbdFXWUa9a5wFIz2_kY0wX0tgYPpKpIC950bs_bpgR6s4WUvvykg/s1600/Mudbox+crab_0003_Layer+3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 178px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_JDMVqfkUjZ1DSXHeu8cBb84jP4JpWpvFnaTxyIYvro3GqyEmshB2qrUnVZEYZjDdduTLaUiUwUQUVc5PACMtG7DNBbdFXWUa9a5wFIz2_kY0wX0tgYPpKpIC950bs_bpgR6s4WUvvykg/s320/Mudbox+crab_0003_Layer+3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5717952831336528562" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA7pio8nL9yYAzJWlZiUv50_WUrz7GlC39AX7msRseK30rZg5t8AqvhirKRa16X4NZTYxbN-wZ770ly_QTEsUbVoL7V-oHh7qPwXl5nBjRK21cJOIQvWBj9kFGpGMEJ4Ruui1nYdTyS-cJ/s1600/Mudbox+crab_0001_Layer+6.jpg"><br /></a></div><div>And lastly we have the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-align: -webkit-auto; ">texturing</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-align: -webkit-auto; ">. Mudbox is a wonderful </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-align: -webkit-auto; ">program</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "> to work with as I could paint right onto the model or take the texture map into Photoshop and work on it there. I used both of this techniques</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; "> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-align: -webkit-auto; ">to creative the texture, partly because I know my way around Photoshop really well and partly because the computer I was working on couldn't </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-align: -webkit-auto; ">handle</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""> Mudbox at times so painting was just to slow.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIYgBmRjFc8iKn8DEvgpfwO4lgF5NSDUuzIRAiS4HzD3DtoKZDWzGXSWn_WImQDzhAqyVRVbrQmpWb83azhAXiiithPJSf69WTvn39efqbVJoFxuNpMzMTMQorva6HAJdJf901GLbsqBwg/s1600/Mudbox+crab_0004_Layer+1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 178px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIYgBmRjFc8iKn8DEvgpfwO4lgF5NSDUuzIRAiS4HzD3DtoKZDWzGXSWn_WImQDzhAqyVRVbrQmpWb83azhAXiiithPJSf69WTvn39efqbVJoFxuNpMzMTMQorva6HAJdJf901GLbsqBwg/s320/Mudbox+crab_0004_Layer+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5717953015585614130" border="0" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Matty's Modelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11205435246991800943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6954392184690518661.post-27499921447006251302011-09-12T22:29:00.000+01:002011-09-12T23:25:39.819+01:00Heavy Bolter part 2: Painting<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Once the Heavy Bolter was finished is was time for painting. This was the part I was dreading the most. Sure a few coats of black and silver here and there and she would have looked the part but to get the model to really pop I knew that I was going to have to go mad on the detail to give it the proper worn metallic feel to it.</span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"> I started off simple with a few coast of primer and a black base coat.</span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI5XkKuvjQb3FUgPc9NUHGHYxbg_d1B9GslesmDLyqOuv_7opH1wR75ZL1X41bz2u4SjAY24PjCoYtgvP4Y-P-nO2JkqZJqK5XW76ud-F3uXCgTUbadBX2ZWStX8a48xUzGpMkBBqbjLLU/s1600/IMG_0925.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI5XkKuvjQb3FUgPc9NUHGHYxbg_d1B9GslesmDLyqOuv_7opH1wR75ZL1X41bz2u4SjAY24PjCoYtgvP4Y-P-nO2JkqZJqK5XW76ud-F3uXCgTUbadBX2ZWStX8a48xUzGpMkBBqbjLLU/s320/IMG_0925.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651592128691497346" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVFoU9PviXDGdZDJ4IKzZcjZf8FddvfZEEbRc8c1pjBvUkpo1HH9Yqer4cJaJovkkKWkIKs_PJmQj6SIRgXBDHKZCZsxCKkWZO_G_olkrHMMePMEfvBZ78F1qGSHZ6x_2LI1JYOsdCM4X1/s1600/IMG_0970.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVFoU9PviXDGdZDJ4IKzZcjZf8FddvfZEEbRc8c1pjBvUkpo1HH9Yqer4cJaJovkkKWkIKs_PJmQj6SIRgXBDHKZCZsxCKkWZO_G_olkrHMMePMEfvBZ78F1qGSHZ6x_2LI1JYOsdCM4X1/s320/IMG_0970.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651591899045146306" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: trebuchet ms;">Then silver was use to high-light the barrel, breach and the handles. I through gold would work well on the grips to give them the right Warhammer 40K feel. Then came the problem with working on such a large scale model. Flat colours. This is where internet research came in really handy. Reading some other other prop masters blogs I learned about speckling to give models a use metal look.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlsrSzERvVBYq8JgRXH4hHLQ_R1n7dPjHp5qOJ4ewDGq0P5tx4Dhd5QbFfDK46MhVcapi-KZ5QXX7UtCUYUQDKm6rrErrrWYHiBL8b3d-i0wnI_BCGSew5MmRbVpgPutc2pclJHtUd8ZVY/s1600/IMG_1002.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlsrSzERvVBYq8JgRXH4hHLQ_R1n7dPjHp5qOJ4ewDGq0P5tx4Dhd5QbFfDK46MhVcapi-KZ5QXX7UtCUYUQDKm6rrErrrWYHiBL8b3d-i0wnI_BCGSew5MmRbVpgPutc2pclJHtUd8ZVY/s320/IMG_1002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651591575935461410" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">So I got the most beat up looking brush I had and using a mix of silver, black and blue, when to town on the Bolter. From what I had read inconsistency was the best way to make the effect look real. It was weird at first painting the model like this. It felt like I was just making a mess but over the course of the painting it all seem to fit together and when I stepped back the over all look fitted. Now this was the first time I had done anything like this so I was not expecting it to be a master piece when I'd finished, but I was happy with it. Once the was done there came the second stage of detailing to give it a rough worn look. White paint was used along the edges to give the impression of scraps and ware on the Bolter.</span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjga5u0bhTIawMtoAyEOLbrXrnf8cTJJwaF0vi3KAtHnqEWSK3xq1MpFa3A-N1Ilpv2vbYNWF0ZrlVnRsdUU3AAZAdbZ95eL9QnRslWt89qOi8FhsLhYYGAVB6hsMiVSWRJFG06qbsfOEdg/s1600/IMG_1003.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjga5u0bhTIawMtoAyEOLbrXrnf8cTJJwaF0vi3KAtHnqEWSK3xq1MpFa3A-N1Ilpv2vbYNWF0ZrlVnRsdUU3AAZAdbZ95eL9QnRslWt89qOi8FhsLhYYGAVB6hsMiVSWRJFG06qbsfOEdg/s320/IMG_1003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651591255749856354" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: trebuchet ms;">The barrel and breach needed blacking to show gun fire and the releasing of the shells. This was done along the same lines as the scraps marks on the edges of the Bolter. Again I had the feel that I was messing it up the hole it I was doing this until I stepped away and I could take in the whole effect.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga96ssrmnpn20IB6j87CSuJSBs8vNfCm9KQpcONSh2ulhCv8ZU3cJpluUaa49vBYtYHELjUMB8Kzy5CO5UJ3PTzuA6_BuM8M_O8Jw69ewAxfjeg-yX2NNWJm4r-H1ZLbCOyF5YgDJTcgx_/s1600/IMG_1232.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga96ssrmnpn20IB6j87CSuJSBs8vNfCm9KQpcONSh2ulhCv8ZU3cJpluUaa49vBYtYHELjUMB8Kzy5CO5UJ3PTzuA6_BuM8M_O8Jw69ewAxfjeg-yX2NNWJm4r-H1ZLbCOyF5YgDJTcgx_/s320/IMG_1232.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651590948692885218" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4CDCZObhd-6wkToHzp-ullz7knxcR5rxGK7HBG-h4_kmDDckCAMwM8XLC7WU6X4dvT927aAOMPv7gv6UqnFsOebh3yxcjIrBKBjiBr3_F8Xwc5DEQmQakKEnimsd-mxlRzUTD-qTKCwKQ/s1600/IMG_1233.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4CDCZObhd-6wkToHzp-ullz7knxcR5rxGK7HBG-h4_kmDDckCAMwM8XLC7WU6X4dvT927aAOMPv7gv6UqnFsOebh3yxcjIrBKBjiBr3_F8Xwc5DEQmQakKEnimsd-mxlRzUTD-qTKCwKQ/s320/IMG_1233.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651590730357984706" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">I was at a loss as to what I would paint the raised detail at the back here as most of the pictures I'd see just had then plain silver but that didn't feel right to me so I added some more gold, a spot of red and yellow strips to show that these are all working parts of the Bolter.</span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTPt9tvIO-KKFedF1_WCj_thu5lpMTjlIAECCilImDlQF8SSGwxdWq4GMRUnpuJ68tjy0hVYfT0ueGrbbqrHPTDbqNs9-gn8hDxSBxy66iFQpG_jVGsh-xnOvvaHlw4C5ZVIw8lSWG4oEa/s1600/IMG_1234.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTPt9tvIO-KKFedF1_WCj_thu5lpMTjlIAECCilImDlQF8SSGwxdWq4GMRUnpuJ68tjy0hVYfT0ueGrbbqrHPTDbqNs9-gn8hDxSBxy66iFQpG_jVGsh-xnOvvaHlw4C5ZVIw8lSWG4oEa/s320/IMG_1234.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651590416259477218" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">And with those done the Heavy Bolter was finished. I added alot most scrap marks to the back of the Bolter as that would be pressing up against the armor of a Space Marine so it would ware more.</span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT4nsMKLljS10qLCh9f3hDHkcLDDoJ70MwzoNu1QnqmYIRhSYOAzCqBEuA-EAU_lOe4KsOmAkho-1HBjGu-Dh3KLRIzF5UjDHycPsSZLpvQK5EkelkOXuvDcTJHakNFi5UbmgNPQoQ9eNC/s1600/IMG_1236.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT4nsMKLljS10qLCh9f3hDHkcLDDoJ70MwzoNu1QnqmYIRhSYOAzCqBEuA-EAU_lOe4KsOmAkho-1HBjGu-Dh3KLRIzF5UjDHycPsSZLpvQK5EkelkOXuvDcTJHakNFi5UbmgNPQoQ9eNC/s320/IMG_1236.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651589798602225330" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: trebuchet ms;">And (almost) finished. I say almost because there is still two piece of detail I want to add to the model. The crest of the Deathwatch and a purity seal. Because I moved house during the last stages of the build I never got around to making either of them. But now that I'm settled in I have the time and space to get them made. I'm setting a deadline of the middle of October to have these done, painted and attached as Gaelcon is on that bank holiday weekend and I want to have it on display for that convention.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtSMGB_Nt3fwUrU48ppaD7-kIgrJnODc86k7Vq174KFPckeAdJXLGXVchYwXtZnAyhb__kAHaaxirHnKz_vLqhtHpCZhRMZI2BxWL1Fa2JKx8lzzMlwkNHVRTVL4Rspt4b7aSIFph19io-/s1600/IMG_1235.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtSMGB_Nt3fwUrU48ppaD7-kIgrJnODc86k7Vq174KFPckeAdJXLGXVchYwXtZnAyhb__kAHaaxirHnKz_vLqhtHpCZhRMZI2BxWL1Fa2JKx8lzzMlwkNHVRTVL4Rspt4b7aSIFph19io-/s320/IMG_1235.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651600220793959442" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">And here we have one of the chaps down at my local Gamer Workshop ready to fight the good fight for the God-Emperor</span>.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnR0uEd6O7EE3Wvod0Mg-0PEjGQouiIRIBgnm0Ai2_IJOZW4tUgVsag6I3WEgg7T5lOhZPwV9Np30LnHXZJHySpXoDqUil1qrXBkl3ln6VTf_2F-lOXGjwgeyJhVtcpWBxx-a1Yhsdhuad/s1600/IMG_1238.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnR0uEd6O7EE3Wvod0Mg-0PEjGQouiIRIBgnm0Ai2_IJOZW4tUgVsag6I3WEgg7T5lOhZPwV9Np30LnHXZJHySpXoDqUil1qrXBkl3ln6VTf_2F-lOXGjwgeyJhVtcpWBxx-a1Yhsdhuad/s320/IMG_1238.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651589190433765522" border="0" /></a>Matty's Modelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11205435246991800943noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6954392184690518661.post-91012293854892088932011-08-30T16:11:00.000+01:002011-08-30T16:53:56.499+01:00Commission and things to come.<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Seeing as how college is just around the corner I though I would give you guys a taste of what I'm working on as well as seeing if I can get some commissions to help with my college fees.</span>
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<br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I am current working on two head pieces, both for Halloween costumes. The Rocketeer Helmet and the mask of the Nazi Assassin from Hellboy.</span>
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<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdpWM6z4sKxzx4238UckxXo9B1BEC2Him511-K9SdH2gen9XAoFgfj0Ggaf_ek_CyJH2GPljoCy_eeMbfSRiD-fPnnvIx8Mox040LaOLwcQfy3yY2hIvm_ab5w-ooJCW2GU7aSMzoRKYXD/s1600/the+masks.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 222px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdpWM6z4sKxzx4238UckxXo9B1BEC2Him511-K9SdH2gen9XAoFgfj0Ggaf_ek_CyJH2GPljoCy_eeMbfSRiD-fPnnvIx8Mox040LaOLwcQfy3yY2hIvm_ab5w-ooJCW2GU7aSMzoRKYXD/s320/the+masks.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646669853359306178" border="0" /></a>
<br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Never worked on helmets before so these are going to be a challenge and that is why I'm doing them. None of these quick and easy builds for Matty, no sir! Mostly 'cos I want a job straight out of the gates when I finish college and playing it safe and easy wont get me one. I have the technique of how to build them, I just need to put it into practice, which I plan to do once I hit college. I might even start before hand, just so I'm not wasting time sitting about waiting to do them. Once these are done I will only have college projects left to quench my appetite for building so I move on to the second half of this post.
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<br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I want to open up for commission so that I'm constantly trying new things in my builds and also because I need help with money at the moment as my college fees are causing me great discomfort. If you've had a prop from a movie or game that you've always wanted, a weapon, helmet, gaulet. Or you're a preformer and looking for a new set piece for your act feel free to send me an email at: <span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: trebuchet ms; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">missingpegbar@yahoo.co.uk</span> with either a picture or a description of what you are looking for and I will be happy to build it for you, for a price.
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<br />Well here is to a great year of college. Enjoy.
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<br />-M
<br /></div>Matty's Modelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11205435246991800943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6954392184690518661.post-22259442727859224542011-08-16T17:18:00.000+01:002011-08-16T18:22:22.619+01:00Pac-Man lights<span class="Apple-style-span" >I got the ides for this after stumbling upon an image of Pac-man hanging from street lights. I knew that they would make a pretty sweet birthday present for a friend of mine and being poor crafted gifts are always best.
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<br /></div><div>I got myself a few sheets of .08 tick plastic and had original planed to use a heat gun to curve strips of the plastic to make the tops of the ghosts and pac-man himself. But it was pointed out to be that would be adding way to much work for myself and to just use a large plastic bottle. After I faceplamed myself I got to work. 1 inch thick strips were cut from the bottle to make pac-man and the tops of the ghosts.</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgga-P1PF7PKyl-mMzHoHFdL1lvN8sri0BqRSTEnO7P12Bvo50wYiw5ZTce9P6TNCQM8DIhKL6Z-Nn2_jIApGeEOplavViIP6s7vn4aHZkkywYU9BV-H57p_G773TlXtVtZTm6HnwfGPj8D/s1600/IMG_0961.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgga-P1PF7PKyl-mMzHoHFdL1lvN8sri0BqRSTEnO7P12Bvo50wYiw5ZTce9P6TNCQM8DIhKL6Z-Nn2_jIApGeEOplavViIP6s7vn4aHZkkywYU9BV-H57p_G773TlXtVtZTm6HnwfGPj8D/s320/IMG_0961.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641495011069295154" /></a>
<br /></div><div>I used the top of the bottle to measure out the curve of pac-man and the ghosts on the plastic sheets. They were going to be fully encased so two side needed to be made for each model. I let myself be a bit mess on the cut of these as I knew I was going to trim down the edges once each one was fully built.
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<br /></div><div>Hot glue was used to attack the sides to the base. The only problem I had with this was that the glue had a tendency to melt the bottle so I had to play a tricky game of letting the glue gun cool down enough as to not melt the bottle but still be glue-able. Once the tops where in-place I measured out and mouth pieces and sides for the ghosts from what was left of the plastic sheet.
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<br /></div><div>My biggest problem with the build was the lights. I was able to find really cheep Christmas tree lights in town (pic below). A set of 40. Now I only want the string to be 15 lights long so I went about a bit of rewiring, cutting away the excess of lights and having a string of only 15. Now sadly me knowing little on the subject of electronics led to me blowing out every light on this newly rewired string and there was to much current going through for the poor lights to handle. But we live and learn.
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<br /></div><div>Luckily I was able to find a second cheep set of Christmas tree lights in town. A set of 20 this time. The only problem with these was that they had little stars on each of the lights that I had to carve off. This took a while to do and four lights where damaged in the process but by the end of it they worked and I was happy.
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<br /></div><div>Once the side where glued in place I made cuts in the curved tops and set up the string of lights in place. I wanted to make sure that there was no chance of them turning over so I placed the holes for the light high enough to prevent this. Once I was happy with their placement the cuts and holes where glued closed.
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<br /></div><div>The last of the build was to glue in place the other face of all the ghosts and pac-man. This was a bit tricky but only when it came to gluing the curved tops to the body. Once each model was finished and set I went about dremeling away any excess plastic on the edges before painting could start.
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<br /></div><div>I just normal acrylic paint for the bodies, only a two coats as I wanted the light to shine through and the spines where done in black to maximise the light coming out the faces. Once the faces were dried the eyes were added and I was finished.
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<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilLEdi5EHvPkuUzI868hojliGXD4ReKbUQdN04zXCM0WFXtPxQa1Y9vV5dclHftIJdtdzmRwY6JYg05dPehqG0WNg8LBuokkcpkQ8L2mTFu2DW-BPDpsXPTfcHRNGCzMT-np9xgy42-sMg/s1600/IMG_1011.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilLEdi5EHvPkuUzI868hojliGXD4ReKbUQdN04zXCM0WFXtPxQa1Y9vV5dclHftIJdtdzmRwY6JYg05dPehqG0WNg8LBuokkcpkQ8L2mTFu2DW-BPDpsXPTfcHRNGCzMT-np9xgy42-sMg/s320/IMG_1011.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641493072659892882" /></a>
<br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >And here we have them finished with the lights turned on. Granted it's not that dark so the full glowing effect can't been seen but I am happy with now this project turned out and right on schedule as well, which is always good.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioqpQCgLz8XSwf1pV0Ec2m-wwEyXT-WpooxgnM3x2XK246Y0Krckj_wgoHUp74NmVaEZPBKRyAZDDV2m9WoWOq2DsmHlOwHnwcuoz78eMRlUnUexpM-4zvdZEOlI4w9fzZx3qRyJdXuWgW/s1600/IMG_1015.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}">
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<br /></div>Matty's Modelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11205435246991800943noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6954392184690518661.post-66371646582446546342011-08-10T13:42:00.000+01:002011-08-10T15:02:03.126+01:00Magic Roses<div style="text-align: left; font-family: trebuchet ms;">This was a very recent project that I finished and a very personal one. Beingflat broke at the moment kind of sucks. But there was the up side, I decided to created some roses out of Magic the Gathering cards I have for my girlfriend. She is a huge MtG fan and I'm a hopeless romantic.
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<br />I decided to make a rose for each of the five colours in Magic, using the mana cards. I cut out three different sizes for the petals. Then, starting with the smallest, I curled them around each other, quite tightly, to form the center. Folding out the other petals to make it look open.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_-T-mKKsq5zb1x0vVB3um0aPD-5OKBg8jKjKDroTxe1-SLhTS_YCPSb5TgStyGr_eu99ulyKinjBfjInHQFqpHTW_Z3_rESVwOyqINrcVAP8w0pCwPIGLUTzXujlFAlLiv7KULDL5qdo5/s1600/IMG_0916.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_-T-mKKsq5zb1x0vVB3um0aPD-5OKBg8jKjKDroTxe1-SLhTS_YCPSb5TgStyGr_eu99ulyKinjBfjInHQFqpHTW_Z3_rESVwOyqINrcVAP8w0pCwPIGLUTzXujlFAlLiv7KULDL5qdo5/s320/IMG_0916.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639214400583938514" border="0" /></a>
<br />The larger petals were then hot glued into place. I cured the edges of each of the large petals to make sure they had the proper look.
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<br />Once I knew what I was doing I cut out, curled and hot glue the four other roses together.
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<br />I made the stems out of wood I had at the work shop, painted green, and used green mana cards to cover up the joined between stem and bud.
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<br />The base was made from a block of wood that I cut and sanded into shape. This was the most work out of the whole build. Once the shape was gotten I drilled holes for the stems to fit in, going in a curved shape around the front of the base.
<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5RddwK7unTuBZR-z2JGoWGVZeVMYB93X_QaWNRfXip9ObUrS3Vc8y3w50NDfVaf_oJ6MzCnLZ8rh7s5Drv0WTBzxOxCFQd2UX4THkGBsghPp9iGB_N4oNBVsZLoJZ8NzSRPBDIa8RLbNK/s1600/IMG_0958.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5RddwK7unTuBZR-z2JGoWGVZeVMYB93X_QaWNRfXip9ObUrS3Vc8y3w50NDfVaf_oJ6MzCnLZ8rh7s5Drv0WTBzxOxCFQd2UX4THkGBsghPp9iGB_N4oNBVsZLoJZ8NzSRPBDIa8RLbNK/s320/IMG_0958.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639209923448743650" border="0" /></a>And here is the finished product. When I had it finished something was bugging me about the way the rose sat, but I wasn't able to figuar out what till I got home. The huge gaps between each head looked offal so I trimmed down the stems on the upper roses to give them all a nice flowing feeling.
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<br />Matty's Modelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11205435246991800943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6954392184690518661.post-17315127752459133232011-08-10T00:15:00.000+01:002011-08-10T01:18:14.130+01:00Heavy Bolter part 1: The build<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>I am a huge Nerd/RolePlayer and I really enjoy the Warhammer 40K Universe and the games that are set in it, Dark Heresy, Rouge Trader and its newest game Deathwatch. A few months ago we started playing Deathwatch and I chose the Devastator as a class. Their weapon of choice the Heavy Bolter. At the end of one of our session it was mention that if we could only come in costume we could get more XP! Well since making Space Marine Armor was out of the question I thought I would do the next best thing, make a scale model of the Heavy Bolter my character uses =D<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><div>I worked out the scale from the images I got off the web, using the barrel size as the reference point. Since it is a two handed weapon was by the end was going to be pretty heavy I started by making a spine for the gun. Internal panels were put on both sides so that the body would be good and strong. I just 1/2 inch MDF for these piece and 1/4 inch MDF for the shell of the body to try and keep down the weight as much as possible. The barrel was made from a 5"Hard rubber water pipe. At the start this is where most of the weight came from so I was worried she was going to be from heavy, but that sorted it's self out later, when more was added on.
<br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcsxGQ9dM-uka9DVQHiyAQXG-CqcFS1RaJ8nDN4ysMChiyb0dQ5lnQZYLlOMAxkK04Idl8aJMF9rBCP02R8hlmrSnCTK2MvZmazzqXkPSh_y-aOvLJ5s9Rm7KEm7U-1vgB-crkWdWXGogW/s320/IMG_0895.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639000988049957682" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdKi-4RmvyorAMGE2LDhGWZzulwlVLW1a3xBJFfmeLGYf5aX6LirrBmSEEgKacbT4eJ3AOCuvE8uVA4xSfS-Rkik1ki-S2SF3Sqv5bAgI2jmy5mxKCtvvsMwGsHKFgHhjpV-L3zuAsEFl2/s320/IMG_0899.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639001419691287746" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq-TwbwfA3aQ9dMKka6H255Ei7PTFUsrFCisyhBJEMjzIpAXtx3RwOrcBk_7NZKyumIdhoPge3Z_oIjZsYmLAeepiwDcrzDfGalweWrw4wPeiOWIMpwnKjM-j57j1umlojq1YUFlC2l_ZK/s320/IMG_0898.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639007678479229394" /><div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The handle was going to be made from clay but that didn't last to long so I glued two piece of 1/2 inch MDF on either side and sanded them down into a nice curved hand grip. The Mag for the bolter was a tricky build, and something I didn't have s ref image to go off as a Heavy Bolter is belt fed. I also started using polyfiller to fill in the joins between the wood and cover up the holes of the nails. This stuff worked wonders. I also remember that I had to put in a breach from the shells to exit.</div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFl6-4b5DhyphenhyphenVG_ikhXe0tElC7iA5fwa-6ebmQo0heoifvAI97ak3-UhBvtAaR1IF4gwNUJaasgr6B2y61cphIRDBvo5ZkPNyCihMg69Caj-v3MUj54Zj9UOxu_teosW4a7J4fvRZQaWPeb/s320/IMG_0902.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 239px; height: 320px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639002011845602930" />
<br /></div><div>Sadly I don't have any proper woodwork clamps, which time and time again would have been a God send, so I was forced to impervise with what ever heavy weights I could find. But about half way through the build I found this purple clamp which was used to securer the undercarriage for the barrel. A second hole was cut above the barrel for the scope, which was just a short piece of 2" pipe I had a home from another build.
<br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJQXQ99onMVLujcYLMPTmqK1ZzFx_vQdG_9HLqlHcQ6DzIIfvFaN_EYepJZT_wwxDVzpmH2bO0zaBzvzn_sZhvvdxOLCyjZv3ck2-BNZz-e-JufBV1YnNlyYdyXBdM7S0quGfYrv6-Pjzr/s320/IMG_0903.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 239px; height: 320px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639002521670468770" />
<br /></div><div>Were as the clay didn't work for the other handle it did hold for this one. I glued it in place to make sure it wasn't going anywhere. I roughly sculpted the shape and once it was safe to work on, I sanded it smooth and into a more defined shaped.<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf2Wh8TribZr-s2FGGY10-qT3q6bqj1CGNPliam7dn1Us-HlMYG4JO6ErqWEaVhnvCH8-OKd-S5Yw1DUKW2fN-oBTSg5gdArGwCf8eTahLj81Bs98XNeUcX2-UfLIB6h_zKqLgelR0b1NE/s320/IMG_0904.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 239px; height: 320px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639003187914533970" />
<br /></div><div>Once the main body was finished I started carving out and shaping the external details. Nearly all of these where made from either 1/2 or 1/4 MDF. I just followed the details that where on the images I got off the internet. I'm not sure what any of these extra dodads do but who am I to argue with the design of Games Workshop.
<br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitEWk1S10bdYDG-ib3AbeoY12pWc5z-eYiiW7AG_ilMQDcFKCzrPlkC23vEk3U0JqtNTa7bi9I5N7gWkWq6kqRCXSxBjUCGKgo2JxV0a2gG3D6Do6QcG-h1k6FBtZ3vkVd4wlVjkJCtwlm/s320/IMG_0911.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639003892807851058" />
<br /></div><div>I found little studs at home from some leather work I did in the past and they worked perfectly as added detail. The breach was a tricky one. I sanded down a piece of 1/2 inch MDF until one of its sides was curved. Then glued it onto the inside of the hole to give a nice sense of depth in the prop. I then just covered the breach. I've learned from this that I need to get a better sander.<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjexbg4DkkmeLjJ85gtIDWfyCEkHYhSd9xjh4ySKuWYGFvTcH3e7KsMGDbHMBOmN2XRZZc5Ww8gCXXDIJRX595jX7mc74183ysZzBa0zfDOlwQmlkHj2VRdnW8gZtQKmcskpb9voXt6Ja_n/s320/IMG_0913.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 239px; height: 320px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639004482257872226" />
<br /></div><div>The same details where added to the backside of the gun, minus the breach. Once again the polyfiller was a great help here as I use clay at first to fill those gaps and holes but it didn't sit right. Once all the polyfiller had set I sanded it all down till it was flush with the model. I cleaned it down to remove all the dust and she was ready for her first coat of primer.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsjjMQ2CEOstQJOMV1r8ISErlETsywWXqLGfHK38QfizkP3v-583rOISyY7JvfQRiGveL_d_wRi4EBAYNAxWRqi3CuQ3cQdNnTJVhibpORwZFtaCDjrSmMo2Xj0chWO4NQDC40B2sDT89f/s1600/IMG_0914.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsjjMQ2CEOstQJOMV1r8ISErlETsywWXqLGfHK38QfizkP3v-583rOISyY7JvfQRiGveL_d_wRi4EBAYNAxWRqi3CuQ3cQdNnTJVhibpORwZFtaCDjrSmMo2Xj0chWO4NQDC40B2sDT89f/s320/IMG_0914.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639005063473076114" /></a></div>Matty's Modelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11205435246991800943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6954392184690518661.post-1732503800717573642011-08-09T23:36:00.000+01:002011-08-10T00:14:48.807+01:00Rocky Horror LaserI'm a Huge Rocky Horror Picture Show fan and I'm part of a Rocky Horror troop. We put on a show three times a year and the one thing that has always bugged me is the prop we use for Riff Raff's Laser at the end of the show. It was a devil's pitch fork with tin foil wrapped around it. So I build a proper laser.<div>
<br /></div><div>It started, like all good prop builds do, with a few lengths of pipe cut and drilled to size. The main body was 2" and the handle 1". I used copper pipe at the points of the laser.
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<br /></div><div>This was the only really difficult apart of the build. I tired using a bending pipe to get a nice natural curve but without any luck so I was reduced to hammering and bending it by hand. Not pretty but it worked.
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<br /></div><div>I used a container from a kids toy you get out of vending machines at the cap on the end. A screw in cap was used to hold the middle piece in place.
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<br /></div><div>Clay time. I used Milliput on the all seames, the tops of the copper pipes and the dents in this curves to give the whole prop the look of being one piece. Once the Clay was hard I sanded it down smooth.
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<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdN3zgyRScVfzQJyDL1k7l2GtWkiYOx4gU6DfOALkjEWWV6eH6RPPsbQXU-rHuJV4yVBqVIO4bt79sqWOXXpNXI1bZtW32vGGfzZUKIYdTHb5qvahydWGQ1FbobGDz8EgMJOJZAvZRoUdy/s1600/IMG_0680.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdN3zgyRScVfzQJyDL1k7l2GtWkiYOx4gU6DfOALkjEWWV6eH6RPPsbQXU-rHuJV4yVBqVIO4bt79sqWOXXpNXI1bZtW32vGGfzZUKIYdTHb5qvahydWGQ1FbobGDz8EgMJOJZAvZRoUdy/s320/IMG_0680.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638993411042541378" /></a>
<br /></div><div>The lighting bolt on top was a last minutes addon, before I primed the body, as I had almost forgotten about it.
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<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">A few coats of primer and Shiny Gold paint later and we have the finished prop ready for its debut on stage.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfiX_liHEaGckhiB5MWR0HPjsn28SkR9iaTwNmTwhB54X_gLQz2OEqc9O9Nvwg9BGP27CAz9-gbhND8tI_uC2BdINEo7Kzwb7-Bmoe2hoFV5fc4gAlvH0Ez_MFKAhcWaPsR9P58AOK3-mH/s1600/IMG_0682.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfiX_liHEaGckhiB5MWR0HPjsn28SkR9iaTwNmTwhB54X_gLQz2OEqc9O9Nvwg9BGP27CAz9-gbhND8tI_uC2BdINEo7Kzwb7-Bmoe2hoFV5fc4gAlvH0Ez_MFKAhcWaPsR9P58AOK3-mH/s320/IMG_0682.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638990963956262098" /></a>
<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCpdPCpU3XMPVo-X23S751pSXI6_pjpK45Imfr_SSx8g3lJ6iBF3wTYXX2mCzeBz64L5lwvu8ssPfjbcggyExqoASW66MABN1pRxRWS8eO26HMs5t5YjSywRx4btNciIldfedRNDyZ9f7f/s1600/IMG_0838.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCpdPCpU3XMPVo-X23S751pSXI6_pjpK45Imfr_SSx8g3lJ6iBF3wTYXX2mCzeBz64L5lwvu8ssPfjbcggyExqoASW66MABN1pRxRWS8eO26HMs5t5YjSywRx4btNciIldfedRNDyZ9f7f/s320/IMG_0838.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638990497255962162" /></a></div>Matty's Modelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11205435246991800943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6954392184690518661.post-12583770776078509672011-08-09T23:28:00.000+01:002011-08-09T23:36:32.138+01:00Chaos Imperator Titan<span class="Apple-style-span" >During the building of the Titan I mention that for the next years Con we could make a Chaos version of this Titan. So about May of 2010 I started designing out how the Chaos Imperator Titan would look. This build was a solo project as I lived outside of Dublin and it would have been to difficult for anyone to come up each day to help build it.</span>Matty's Modelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11205435246991800943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6954392184690518661.post-14976637128526538532011-08-09T22:40:00.000+01:002011-08-09T23:28:00.754+01:00Imperator Titan<div><span class="Apple-style-span" >As a friend of mind was the Con Director for Gaelcon in 2009 he set about the task of build a 4 foot scale model of a Warhammer 40K Imperator Titan. When I found out about this I offered my help and built the cathedral that sits on top of the war machine.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >
<br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >Each tower was made from plastcard (something that I will not be using again for such delicate builds again any time soon) This part was just lots of cutting and shaping to get each one perfect.</span></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivLB8ZxJiE8tNViSCChea4aH2m5fSmLrlLLSKGIns9zba4U7k-BExIKJKESgSFyVJYX9thuo5rszvd0BZvNKxtersd6Whjpuf0PeDf9cpuxMAf-l2QRHHX2EWEMYNW2UxU97vjhAacM0HM/s320/Photos2-0337.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638982226889529282" />Cardboard was used to mimic the detail of columns going around the towers and thick plastic sheets made the stepping details on the roofs
<br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn0D9-WiJcIyQf4zbSRw3MCOH_mcfSGVk9geXtcODpmIcINrk3ZYCwV3_PTzDYiAn7f03a-DTTYaJ0DqfcDUQ93wbZSe2kPqm8MrcUUTJhkCbOBo2qO_YBAz9-By1fxp2FzrdeF0ePglN-/s320/Photos2-0340.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638982340612962498" />A larger dome was made of the centre in the same manner as the towers.
<br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDTxCKWuhOmbBbYtdx86cRKtZwbZJejs_9PKnInGNw8KUGLKykVdTxvssXhELiQTLXxHAbZ-qLahIVQBECgRVuVQGbseXlYc5tHBUrrb9Me0-8Zu1GT1qRarOGJ2Gh4FQj-8SJBOihIsIZ/s320/Photos2-0342.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638982479625092578" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSectVhGuSdNDkaBmtA0Q9LIHvAdRhij_rxp_MmDsSshSXVOHP-hV8Q0Vy_yAMRxvgGMDBAxsoUjMyZp9e1Wr9zTJ8bndHM2MyyvunmJlOwi_WGTEiAM8aFZhgVFpHrzBlASvhw1T7MHTW/s320/Photos2-0345.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638982538165633570" />There was a lack of production shots taken due to the rush we were in to finish the Titan for the convention. To fill out the detail around the base of the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; ">cathedral we used store bought models for Games Workshop. This made up the back tower, the shield wall around the edge and the front gate to the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" >cathedral. The little gun in placement on the corners were made by me out of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; ">plastcard.</span>
<br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBYL3KMcjEC1Z0mmIWuz56vVooxMNn2q12AK4fKuLK_iIphH3pVEwTM0qAPqHpnJERKZ8_DbCLwiLA5GqUG4tfj2ZyBghkWbIoMySHz-OhgyKj5X4SvkZCfNhDV49RGG4c2SapZCBumvFE/s320/Imperator+Titan+01.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 238px; height: 320px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638982712481785010" />Because of the time limit colouring was also left till the very last minute, in fact I spent the night before the con painting as fast and as detailed as I could so that she would be ready and on display for the morning.<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfcxO89iC38RPAi6uk9HyAfVl4FsE55lIxoU2QnaEHiZbDcsHu7dwGeQ6pdIAXAww-qvpG-vrazxKIqrnAoXSmiwzY53HgRhR-cMbvKmB-h_HbMLd7cGmljLKiH88GFFF2mX1Wmur6zRwj/s320/Imperator+Titan+02.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 237px; height: 320px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638982780438332530" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieq5SUQH-tLWEWKzNcToqNvI5K_xk4k9MXO5GBateQ0e4LaL9z2-wnSgNdC6weY3WJXB2aM_cYY4hk58pmauMqtxcWWiyD2jBOt16VzrjuqGOIHOy-Y7H-Zho8yUSiuMZTdi10tfJiH6dB/s320/Imperator+Titan+04.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 241px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638982843443431682" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU_KXvXkisXNIgwWdVdns2O3o0yVgZGCbNCpNzYeVEBtzRJ6gXPnu32LFk9WhRHRlocEl3JI6Sjg2panO6yK5xe38-iVqSbskfJqb6pKHA0bdCLVc9IaiyWOg_XBUe8AfUzFT6GcclMyb4/s1600/Imperator+Titan+03.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 238px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU_KXvXkisXNIgwWdVdns2O3o0yVgZGCbNCpNzYeVEBtzRJ6gXPnu32LFk9WhRHRlocEl3JI6Sjg2panO6yK5xe38-iVqSbskfJqb6pKHA0bdCLVc9IaiyWOg_XBUe8AfUzFT6GcclMyb4/s320/Imperator+Titan+03.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638982903116301362" /></span></a>Matty's Modelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11205435246991800943noreply@blogger.com0