So hey, whats up?

Well to be honest Id say Im 99.5% done on the Atlas.   SOOOOO close, but I still have no camera to take pics.  I do have my daughters tablet, which takes pics,  but it doesnt seem to want to talk to my PC.
I REALLY want to show you all how it looks. Agggh. It looks so cool.

Also Jimi has assured me the Catapault is crossing the finish line right now and hopefully Ill have some pics of that soon.



I hate blogs without pics.........

Anything new?

Nope not really. The last couple of weeks I have been tweeking the Atlas  arms and working on the head. Making some progress, but I have no pics to show you as my camera is broken.

My family and I went to the Vancouver FanExpo last weekend (think Comicon) which was a blast  and so many cool costumes and props to take photos of but the camera was dropped and thats that.
I did manage to make a cool sword for my daughters costume. She went as Fionna  from Adventure Time and I squeezed out her crystal sword the night before.  Id love to show you the pics but you know.

Oh and a little update regarding the Catapault.
Jimi is hard at work but he is split 10 different ways right now thanx to Wonderfest coming up.  He is in casting overdrive.  But rest assured progress is being made and as soon as there is some new news Ill post pronto.

Baby got back

So I just wanted to show the little bits that have been finished that make up the whole back.

  Basically 6 pieces that attach  and then the shoulder bits go on top and that completes that.




























Next up, working on the shoulders.



I first built it like the paper plan, but thats the simplified version.

 But it did give me the dimensions to work with and then attempt number 2 gets us this.

And again, thanx to Sparks Murphey who got me some great closeup shots of the shoulder.

 Which attaches to this,

Which goes here. Now all this will be casted so I have a left and a right to work with.













Now the upper arms are giving me a little problem.  Once I had the basic shape done I realized that the little bit of movement I wanted to give it wont happens because there is like NO room to move,
It may be that it will end up just a static piece and attach in a very basic way.
It will rotate up and down thanx to the shoulder and with the way I'll do the elbow  the poseability of the arms will be pretty good regardless.

Well a few more days and the arms will be done..


Oh and I screwed the head up, gotta do it again. Its just so damn hard.

Some new shots of the the Big A

So the last week  or so has been devoted to getting the back done(but its not) and I started on the ac20, thanx to some help from Sparks Murphey on the MWO forums. He was able to provide me with some great shots of the gun.


I also began the head and let me tell you that is pretty much the hardest thing I have ever tried to model. The shape, the eyes and just all of it really. This is where it is now and I really hope I dont screw it up because I dont want to do it again.

 And here of course is a size comparison shot with the original Atlas model. Its turning out a little bigger than I thought it would but damn it looks so much cooler.

Everything you see is held together with sticky tack putty, it all comes apart for any future casting attempts.





More to come, all.

Mr. Atlas, your pants are ready

Heres a couple of test shots on the leg assembly.

As you can see a little more tweeking and detail  is needed. The knee joint has some movement for walking poses and the hips are ball joints for a wider stance.
I think however that I may have put the ball socket in the wrong place as the  hips
 seem way to high above legs.

Oh and torso is started.  more to come.

Thor still on the table.

The gent who was going to buy the Thor from me bowed out and so its still up for grabs.

$150 plus shipping and its  yours.

Update: SOLD

Hatchetman

Max O'conner( the original builder) recently reminded me I had this bit stored away. He started it years ago and I always wanted to see it finished. I had some time so he sent it to me.
I tweeked to torso and arms. Re-did the groin and finished the legs. Then I put it in a drawer and forgot about it. I suck.
Well here it sees the light again. Not a perfect copy of the mini but definitely recognizable as the Hatchetman Id say.

 Should it be kitted? When I asked around the net years ago there wasnt much of a response, hence its solitary confinement.













Not a bad match for size either considering I was basically eyeballing everything.