Today I finished the last of the internal frame parts. So I thought to take some quick photos and share it with you!
Friday, September 27, 2013
LG Internal Frame Painted
Hey All!
Today I finished the last of the internal frame parts. So I thought to take some quick photos and share it with you!
The internals are finished, and I used a few decals here and there to add a hair of detail, but
Today I finished the last of the internal frame parts. So I thought to take some quick photos and share it with you!
Monday, September 16, 2013
Final Fantasy Chocobo Tattoo
Hey All,
Just a tattoo post today. My most recent addition is a chocobo! Wark! I've always loved Final Fantasy VII, it's something that's always brought me happiness. I sometimes listen to the soundtrack from the game (yes all four disks) and I still play the game again and again. I've even bought multiple copies on various game systems over the years. Reminds me of growing up with my best friend. Anyway I wanted to get some ink from the game, and as my best friend and I are gonna get Cloud together at one point I decided on another lovable recognizable character from the franchise; the chocobo. I picked the game art that I liked the best and I went with it. My tattoo artist Terry Peek did an awesome job as usual and really brought this bird to life. I got it on my forearm so I could see it all the time and smile. Here's what it looks like:
Just a tattoo post today. My most recent addition is a chocobo! Wark! I've always loved Final Fantasy VII, it's something that's always brought me happiness. I sometimes listen to the soundtrack from the game (yes all four disks) and I still play the game again and again. I've even bought multiple copies on various game systems over the years. Reminds me of growing up with my best friend. Anyway I wanted to get some ink from the game, and as my best friend and I are gonna get Cloud together at one point I decided on another lovable recognizable character from the franchise; the chocobo. I picked the game art that I liked the best and I went with it. My tattoo artist Terry Peek did an awesome job as usual and really brought this bird to life. I got it on my forearm so I could see it all the time and smile. Here's what it looks like:
Sunday, September 8, 2013
Introduction to Scrach Building Part 1
Hey All,
Since I was asked so politely by many on YouTube and finally had time, I made a tutorial on scratch building. It's about an hour long and goes over every step of scratch building a part from nothing to a detailed primed part. The focus isn't on painting so that parts not really as relevant I just showed it to acknowledge that the part is basically ready to paint. Anyway I hope you guys like it, and if you find it useful or if you just love my gorgeous face share the video with someone you know. The goal is to get more people into the hobby, and for me to get more subscribers on my YouTube page. If I get enough subscribers or hits I will make another video teaching how to do other things such as more complicated SB methods, or perhaps how to cast replicate parts. Here's the video:
Stay tuned mechaholics...
Since I was asked so politely by many on YouTube and finally had time, I made a tutorial on scratch building. It's about an hour long and goes over every step of scratch building a part from nothing to a detailed primed part. The focus isn't on painting so that parts not really as relevant I just showed it to acknowledge that the part is basically ready to paint. Anyway I hope you guys like it, and if you find it useful or if you just love my gorgeous face share the video with someone you know. The goal is to get more people into the hobby, and for me to get more subscribers on my YouTube page. If I get enough subscribers or hits I will make another video teaching how to do other things such as more complicated SB methods, or perhaps how to cast replicate parts. Here's the video:
Stay tuned mechaholics...
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
SD Gundam Tattoo Update..err...again!
Hey all,
Just a quick update for my tattoo. I added the shoreline behind the ball unit, and a comet/meteor with it's tail coming out of the yellow street lines. Simple enough, but necessary as background. I still need to get the street gray filled in beneath the hover truck, and I may add a hole in the concrete above the hover truck. Here is the progress so far.
I'm loving how it's turning out. I still need to plan out which objects will get thicker lines, but I will do that a little farther along when I have a better idea of how it all looks. I know I'm gonna thicken some of them, probably the ball, and maybe the Zaku 2.
Here are some more pics of the update.
Just a quick update for my tattoo. I added the shoreline behind the ball unit, and a comet/meteor with it's tail coming out of the yellow street lines. Simple enough, but necessary as background. I still need to get the street gray filled in beneath the hover truck, and I may add a hole in the concrete above the hover truck. Here is the progress so far.
Here are some more pics of the update.
In other news I'm working on another top secret project that I will reveal in time. It's not another mecha yet, although I'm working on painting my LG. (I bought fluorescent strip lights for the garage and now I've started painting again.) This project is for my brother so I can't divulge anymore yet as in the off chance that he reads this it'll spoil the surprise, but I will say that it's gonna be a scratch built, hand sculpted piece that I'm casting and painting for him. My hope is that he loves it. Well I will update you all as soon as I can.
Stay tuned mechaholics...
Monday, July 29, 2013
Fleischer Truppe Figure Sculpt: Part One
Hey All,
I felt a bit of inspiration today so I started my sculpt for what I'm calling the Fleischer Truppe. I think that roughly translates to butcher squad in German. The concept is that this is a chemically enhanced and engineered human soldier who fights what are called "smiling men". The smiling men are humanoid predators that have the ability to unhinge their jaws, making their mouths open quite wide which makes their lips and mouths always look like they are smiling. Long story short the name Fleischer Truppe is a name given to the soldiers who fight the smiling men to embolden the humans in their fight against the superior predators they fight. This figure I'm sculpting is going to be a 12" figure with articulation all over, and hopefully good detail. It's my first organic looking sculpt so I may have to rework or remake certain parts as I'm going, but that's how I work anyway so nothing new there. I'm starting with the basic muscular humanoid form, and then I'm going to add the armor on top of that after the form is finished. Here is what I did today.
I felt a bit of inspiration today so I started my sculpt for what I'm calling the Fleischer Truppe. I think that roughly translates to butcher squad in German. The concept is that this is a chemically enhanced and engineered human soldier who fights what are called "smiling men". The smiling men are humanoid predators that have the ability to unhinge their jaws, making their mouths open quite wide which makes their lips and mouths always look like they are smiling. Long story short the name Fleischer Truppe is a name given to the soldiers who fight the smiling men to embolden the humans in their fight against the superior predators they fight. This figure I'm sculpting is going to be a 12" figure with articulation all over, and hopefully good detail. It's my first organic looking sculpt so I may have to rework or remake certain parts as I'm going, but that's how I work anyway so nothing new there. I'm starting with the basic muscular humanoid form, and then I'm going to add the armor on top of that after the form is finished. Here is what I did today.
I'm using sculpey for the sculpt. I find that the super sculpey is better for this work as it holds fine details well, and is easy to bake quickly. For the larger forms I've just rolled up bits of aluminum foil and just sculpted a thin layer of sculpey on top of that.
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