Next kit

Its the pre-Christmas season all and Id like to get a new kit in the rubber before the end of the year and Id like to run a small kit before the big Atlas goes into the rubber I think.
Right now I have 2 kits that are ready to go so Id like your opinion as to which little guys gets the rubber treatment.

The Urbanmech?About 14.5 cm tall











Or the Vulcan? About 17 cm tall.



Either would need at least 15 pre-orders to get the ball rolling.

Give me a shout at scott.murphy@telus.net

Beautiful!

Id like to post a couple of pics of a Catapault in progress.


This is from the desk of Scott Christian, who has been at work for some time amassing a large collection of 1/60 scale bad-assery to have the ultimate tabletop game.

 I absolutely  love the cockpit glazing effect he did. Wish I could get mine to look that good.

Have a look here at some more of his work.
http://wingnutscockpit.blogspot.ca/
 Awesome stuff must be acknowledged.

I'm Done?

The Atlas that is.
Kinda.
As you can see it looks like its all there right? But it still needs some polish, a scribed line here, an extra doodad there. But Ive been working on this thing for so long I kinda burnt out on it hence the lack of updates. Man its big. thats what she said.
Seriously though, I really want to get it done cause theres so many other mechs to build.

 
 It stands 10 7/8 inches tall or 27.7 cm for our metric friends.

 As you can see I had new heads printed at a larger size. The old one were just too small.
Both the Founders style head......










And the Standard head.
The problem with the standard head though is that the collar isn't done.  I gotta get around to that.

 And here the heads side by side, you can see the difference nes't  pas?

Hello all

Sorry for the lack of any movement here. Ive been sidetracked the last little while with convention security, costumes  and props for Halloween for the kids and playing both Splinter Cell and Mechwarrior Online.
I have been doing some mech tweeking though. Ive been doing a little bit on the Marauder, both the old and new, doing some finishing work on the Atlas with the new heads  as well as getting started on a new  Hellspawn kit.
The Hellspawn Im tweeking so it will look like a cross between the old MW4 style and the new MWO style. And since its a 40 ton mech its a little smaller than the last few offerings and should be much cheaper to cast.
Ill some some pics to update with in a week or so.
Later.

Slapping a Catapult together

 OK so I just had to put one together real quick.
While Jimi did take a while to cast these up, He did do a good job, barely any flash left and only some mold seam to cleanup.

Im sure you guys can figure out how this goes together but here's a tutorial anyway.
Starting with the feet, the joint blade/shield thing gets glued on here. And then the calf cover slips on.

 When inserting the next leg piece in you may need to drill out some overpour in the calf.

 The lower leg piece should sit at a slight upward angle.

You could remove the marker pin to allow for a greater range of pose-ability.

 The missile pod struts arms get put here obviously.  

 Lay the missile pod upside down to help line up the pods rear.

 You can see here that the locator holes identify the left and right pod.

 On the outside of the pod attach the larger protrusion while the slimmer one goes on the inside.

 Keeping the pods on their rear lines them up to receive the  strut arms.

 On mine Im giving it a slight forward step. CA glue insta-set spray is a huge help so you dont have to hold it position waiting for the glue to set up.




Embarrassing edit: I put the thighs on upside down......d'oh 

 And the of course, when the lower half is all set you can add the upper.
Keep in mind that the whole upper portion is solid resin so there is more weight there. Make sure the pose you've set is well balanced.

 Additionally, you may want to  pin the joints  for added strength.

And that is that.
I still have few left for sale, give me a shout.

The Catapault is in!

Just got home and found a huge box full of Cats and packing peanuts!  As soon as I can some pics will be posted and the kits that already have homes waiting for them will ship out tomorrow.
Again, to all those who pre-paid to help finance this kit run, thank you for your patience.


edit: a few pics for you.

A big box full of......

 bags that contain......

 all that you see here.

Something new part 2

I was able to get an old camera I had working (damn outdated drivers software) and was able to snap a few , cleaner pics to give a better sense of where this big build is.

And again you can see why I think the head is too small.
BTW, I had the head  cleaned up for cg  printing, both  Founders and Standard,and they were printed at 1 1/2 half inch diameter. Maybe 1 5/8 is needed.
But aside from this litte hiccup Id say the Atlas is looking fuckin awesome.

Oh and BTW those little figures at the feet are true 1/60 scale so   they are accurate
 to the size of the mechs.