I think it's because they've been moving more and more towards 3d modeling which allows them to just quickly mirror parts rather than resculpt.
On the Workbench
- Thread starter Midget
- Start date
I think it's because they've been moving more and more towards 3d modeling which allows them to just quickly mirror parts rather than resculpt.
A litte detail painting on the Fly. Black hair is more fitting. He looked to old to be this character with the gray hair.
My HALO Delta team. working on all the finer details. Gonna stick a ammo can pouch on The Rock and some other stuff I haven't thought of yet and finishing Slaymakers vest and Hydro Pack.
My HALO Delta team. working on all the finer details. Gonna stick a ammo can pouch on The Rock and some other stuff I haven't thought of yet and finishing Slaymakers vest and Hydro Pack.
Where do you guys find the time...
Ugh. I keep wanting to try and do something but I find I never have time to find time!
Ugh. I keep wanting to try and do something but I find I never have time to find time!
You have to make the time, pick out a little slot and say THAT'S my time to do "X", nothing else, and make it a regular thing.
Even if it's just 15 minutes.
Even if it's just 15 minutes.
Yeah I suppose so, I guess I have a bit of an addictive personality when it comes to my hobbies.. I can't "JUST" do something for 15 minutes.. I want to stay up till 2AM finishing it LOL
Gets me in trouble with work and the misses. Ugh.
Gets me in trouble with work and the misses. Ugh.
A litte detail painting on the Fly. Black hair is more fitting. He looked to old to be this character with the gray hair.
My HALO Delta team. working on all the finer details. Gonna stick a ammo can pouch on The Rock and some other stuff I haven't thought of yet and finishing Slaymakers vest and Hydro Pack.
I've really been thinking about how I can use the excellent base called Airborne. Now I have an idea!
Same here. Apparently I've ALWAYS been like that.
I obviously don't remember it because I was like 2 or 3, but my mom says that when I was a small child, she couldn't give me a big coloring book anywhere near bedtime. She said she did it once or twice, and I'd sit and try to finish the entire book, like my life depended on it. When she'd try to put me to bed, I'd cry and just freak out like I had something important to finish.
She finally realized she'd let me just keep coloring, and I apparently fell asleep trying to finish the book. She said I got almost done before I literally passed out from exhaustion, and she put me to bed after I passed out coloring (I mean, like hours later, like 1 or 2am). She just tested it to see what I'd do.
The next day, I apparently woke up and hurried to it to make sure it was okay, and before eating anything, I had to finish it. And I did, according to her.
Later, she learned to only give me small coloring books, and much earlier in the day. I had an aunt who got me one of those "TWO HUNDRED PAGES OF COLORING FUN!!!" type books, and she nearly strangled her.
I go through spells. Some days all I can think about is working on a dio non stop. Other days I am ho-hum. Sometimes I'll go out for a cigarette and something will pop into my mind I want to do. I put the cig out and go to it. If I wait I am liable to forget. That's my biggest problem, when that great idea pops into my head. It doesn't matter where I am or when it is, my brain tells me I have to get it started before I forget and until I get started I cant stop thinking about it.
Here's the bare vest -
And a little update to the fig. Should have this guy finished this weekend -
And a little update to the fig. Should have this guy finished this weekend -
Last edited:
Nice job on the gun. Whenever I've tried to make a sliding stock, it never turned out that straight.
What googles are those?
What googles are those?
Test fit, test fit, and test fit again. And it's still a bitch once glueing, eye-balling both L/R and up/down. Patience will get you there.
Panoramic NVGs are made from 2 PoC BeachHead binocs, styrene, and the RoC Desert Duke NVG mount(heavily trimmed). Just have to finish putting all the details on the helmet, since I'm transforming a Waverider into a FAST integrated. Fun, fun, fun.
Finally saw one and nabbed it.
Not a good angle but I will be buying a second to do a 2016 model Land Rover Defender Spec Op Recon vehicle with no back or cage. It's set up nice for some side gun mounts.
I painted body OD Green, Undercarige, floors, seats dash and tires flat black.
Now for the fun part. Outfitting.
Will probably use fthis one for my Joe Troopers.
Does the stock actually slide Obi?
And I can't wait to see that thing geared up Rick...that's when a vehicle goes from neato to bada$$!
And I can't wait to see that thing geared up Rick...that's when a vehicle goes from neato to bada$$!
The stock actually does slide, or did. I wanted it to, but really... I'll never truly use it. That and the fact that it liked to twist when posing, so I glued it to the position I wanted.
Unlike a real one, mine doesn't have the bottom rail on the buffer tube, which is what keeps it "locked" in place.
Such is the 1/18th life.
Unlike a real one, mine doesn't have the bottom rail on the buffer tube, which is what keeps it "locked" in place.
Such is the 1/18th life.
I could see how the in/out of the stock would be rather easy to accomplish with the right tools...but keeping it from rotating would be darn near impossible at that scale...
Has anyone here tackled the True Heroes AB-115? I have a few I'm planning on customizing to improve both the detail and realism and I'm stuck between ideas and can't afford to try both directions and could use some tips from anyone who has hacked on the big bird. I have a large amount of customs I'm planning on doing as soon as my health permits. I want to focus mainly on vehicles and of those, mostly aircraft, but I may break out the detail brush for a few figures down the road, and I also have a healthy stable of PTE armor and the True Heroes Apache dying for some work.
I was an avid and very skilled modeller in my youth, but my hands are much larger and less steady now, and I fear my Testors cheapie can-propelled airbrush has frozen its spray pattern selector after all these years (fucking 30+!). How do the new acrylic paints do? I spent a fortune back in the day on Testors Model Masters enamels, even with mixing my own custom colors (I have a recipe for a KILLER titanium finish that I still remember). From what I tried with acrylics that were available then, I hated them. I like my good ol' enamel and lacquer. Has that possibly changed?
I know you guys barely know me, (mostly that I'm an asshole on the bitchtank) but this is something I really need. My health has been failing severely for the last decade and with no kids and a work situation I don't even want to think about, much less discuss, I NEED to have some purpose back in my life. I ran out of reasons to fight my condition three years ago, but I've somehow managed to stick around, so I figure I ought to at least try and do something that makes me happy. I really am a miserable fuck.
I'm a broadcast engineer and have done electronics repair since a few years before, but my medicine makes me too loopy to be messing around with 700+ volts of DC in some of my amps. I have one minor Joe custom already completed of the VAMP II that is really just a detail job, but I'm very happy with how it turned out. I'll post some pics of it later.
Sorry for the sob story; the Midol and Oxy don't mix well. Be happy you got the severely abridged version and if you read this far, thanks for doing so.
I was an avid and very skilled modeller in my youth, but my hands are much larger and less steady now, and I fear my Testors cheapie can-propelled airbrush has frozen its spray pattern selector after all these years (fucking 30+!). How do the new acrylic paints do? I spent a fortune back in the day on Testors Model Masters enamels, even with mixing my own custom colors (I have a recipe for a KILLER titanium finish that I still remember). From what I tried with acrylics that were available then, I hated them. I like my good ol' enamel and lacquer. Has that possibly changed?
I know you guys barely know me, (mostly that I'm an asshole on the bitchtank) but this is something I really need. My health has been failing severely for the last decade and with no kids and a work situation I don't even want to think about, much less discuss, I NEED to have some purpose back in my life. I ran out of reasons to fight my condition three years ago, but I've somehow managed to stick around, so I figure I ought to at least try and do something that makes me happy. I really am a miserable fuck.
I'm a broadcast engineer and have done electronics repair since a few years before, but my medicine makes me too loopy to be messing around with 700+ volts of DC in some of my amps. I have one minor Joe custom already completed of the VAMP II that is really just a detail job, but I'm very happy with how it turned out. I'll post some pics of it later.
Sorry for the sob story; the Midol and Oxy don't mix well. Be happy you got the severely abridged version and if you read this far, thanks for doing so.
multiple holes at different increments and pin it. Pull the pin and adjust to a different length.
It would be tedious work, but after seeing what guys scratch-build at 1:72 scale I've learned almost nothing is impossible.
PJG: Need more detail on the two project options before I can weigh in on that.
I'm wanting to do an AC-130 or a C-130J (I LOVE those new props!). First order of business is giving the thing an actual windscreen that looks decent and doing something better with the built-in electronics. Past that, I'm stuck. I want reduce the "cartoon factor" as much as possible, but still keep it very much a toy and not a model. I haven't decided on paint, but that part I can handle. I just get really nervous about things like hot knives and major mods. I know it'll be slow going, but that's part of the point.
I read almost all long posts, so long as they make sense (I generally write lengthier posts myself, which I'm sure others skim or skip altogether... The "making sense" part, is up to you
). Your mileage may vary here, but most folks here tend to be on the "ready" side, versus not.Hang in there man, that's what hobbies are for. As long as they're a stress-reliever and not adding to it (whether being a misallocation of focus, time or funds) I see no harm in them. They're supposed to be enjoyed, so let them take your mind off other shit that's troubling you.
I've been thinking about cutting thin clear plastic roughly to shape and then using a heat gun to shrink/form it around the frame, which I would probably make out of wire or wood. I don't like the stock frame at all.
Last edited:
I may have accidently found a way to make grass. I usually make dirt by gluing sand and sawdust in layers to a base and putting large amounts of paint on it. I recently on a small scale have used pencil sharpener shavings. Well I decided to try the shavings on a larger scale. I glued them down and had some watered down green in a spray bottle I use, so I sprayed it with green. Holy cow, It may pass as grass with more paint applied. I'll update if it works out. If not I'll paint it brown and have dirt. lol. I'll get a pic in a minute.
It may work out, will need lots of paint, probably will have to keep spraying the paint to not flatten it out. I'll remove the pencil tips once it dries.
I'd have to literally buy pencils and a sharpener to use pencil shavings. You thought about just using dowel rods in the sharpener, or would that fuck it up?