Armorcast Warhound #1 - 08

Still working on the warhound, one problem at a time.

Because everything was back to parts, I decided to use some liquid greenstuff to fill all those tiny holes in the old lady. 

And, Emperor's Holy Throne, there are many !

The two white plasticards on both sides are where I'll modify the warhound and add some more cables.

Two will be "little ones" : command and power for the arm.

Another one, bigger, will be added to the plasma gun.

Armorcast Warhound #1 - 07

I'm late for this week's post.

Due to the bad events last friday the 13, I passed most of my time with familly and friends, laughing, eating and drinking.
In two words : feeling alive.

As you can see, the old lady isn't standing on its legs anymore.

After some reflections, I decided to add power and command cables to the arms.

Which means I need to add some plasticard details on the rear and the arms.

One step forward, two steps backward !

And my workplace is a mess. Again.

Armorcast Warhound #1 - 06

The base is epmpty, but it won't last.

Armorcast titans are oldies.

And it means you have to adapt and be creative when you need your "mini" to be transportable.

I had to put some greenstuff in the legs holes to be able to put the 5mm magnets in the right place.

I'm proud to announce she's able to stand up !

As you can see on your left, the warhound's head isn't pointing at the horizon.

As a titan, this walker's equipped with two guns. If the head was at the same level than its arms, the crew won't be able to see on the right, nor the left.

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Now I'm, almost, done with the legs, let's work on the arms.

Armorcast Warhound #1 - 05

Still working on the warhound.

Now I'm digging holes, no more sand paper. Which means, no more dust.

Let's have a close up on the holes.

There are two, and you can see they aren't centered.

The upper one's here for a swing bar.

The second one will be bigger and a 4mm magnet will fit in it.

I need to have a Warhound I can put into pieces and transport, and a Warhound I can use on a battlefield for a day or two and not seeing it broken appart.

Armorcast Warhound #1 - 04

Still working on the warhound with sand paper, supressing mold lines one by one.

I had to create some more tools to work on the spikes.
So Eighties baby !

The toothbrush's a very good tool. You can use it to curve the sand paper or simply clean the dust.

I'm now working with the 800 sand paper and it's good news. I'll soon see the end of this and prepare the base.

Armorcast Warhound #1 - 03

[IRL]

Posts aren't posted as usual.

The best I can do is to blog every two weeks.

A few weeks ago, I had to move away from my children and their mother.

This is why I don't own a PC anymore.

And it's a bit difficult to keep the same pace.

I'll be back on tracks asap but for now, it's the best I can do.

[/IRL]

Back to work.

First of all : I have to suppress all the mold lines.

Modeling knife isn't the best solution when you have to work on such an old lady.

You have to work her body parts with sand paper.
I'm using 240, 500 and 800.

The 240 is a strong one, which I rarely use.
The 500 is my best tool. It's fine enough to be the main tool.
The 800 is the final paper, the one I use to have a smooth surface.

I created some tools to work with the sand paper and keep the surfaces as "in their original shape" as possible.

I'm using small width wood parts, cutted in different shapes.

The paper's glued on the wood with some double faced tape.

Et voilà, you have a cheap -but efficient- set of tools.

Note : you must wear a mask while working with sandpaper.

Mo-ti-va-tion

Our Holly Hobby needs time.
Having a new mini in hand is just the beginning of a long journey.

You'll have to prepare, assemble, paint and -finally- enjoy your new mini.

Time you'll pass during these different steps isn't the same for everybody.
You'll go on with motivation, capacities interest and, the most powerful one, emulation.


Emulation can come from yourself, from your friends, or simply the fact that you want to be better.


Be better, but why ?
For the pleasure to have a mini, a titan, an army on display and be proud of it.
To give a smile to your game partner, who'll be proud to have such an army in front of his.
For the pleasure you'll have to be better and better with every mini you put on the bench.

One of the last post from ZenComics illustrates what I'm talking about :

http://zenpencils.com/comic/rhodes/

Emulation helped me to go back to our Holly Hobby.
It helped me to be back on the bench and start a new project.

I'd like to thank all the people I met during the ten years I practiced our Hobby.

Without you, I won't be were I'm today.