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| Topic Started: Feb 21 2011, 07:54 AM (3,890 Views) | |
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Feb 21 2011, 07:54 AM Post #1 |
 
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I was about to finish writing this WIP then computer freezed. I was p!ssed but Firefox saved everthing, love it. Bought this old kit for 10USD hehe. along, some paints for Engage SR1,SR3  It's really old the manual and decal have turned yellow. I'm sticking it to the window, see if UV can clean that yellow off.  Except for PC joints, all parts are molded in orange, there are flash and all sort of old tooling issues.  The head is in 2 pieces, seamline right in the middle, and the sculpture on top is based on early lineart. might need to re sculpt it.   The end of the Buster Launcher looks like a peg or left over from the sprue, you could almost find a PC piece that could fit right on it. Needs re shape.  The gap in the legs. wow. base on the lineart there are panel line in the middle of the leg, I might put a 0.3mm line in there and fill the gap in the foot armor.  Without mod this is as furthest apart as possible for the legs with both feet touching the ground, a double ball joint is needed.  The legs are designed to bend almost 90 but in fact the tooling is so bad it can only do 20.  mod-ed the joints base on other 1/100 kits  and thinned some parts. Hopefully it can do the couching pose  Left: LED Mirage arm, Right: KOG arm, the PC joint is interchangeable. KOG's arms are so thick and ugly, I'm gonna copy that LED arm to the kOG.  New can of Silicone.  exceed resin are used to cast hands for gunpla. no waste   Implanting double ball joint to the foot. the joints are too long, I cut those in half, drilled a metal rod in, glued them back together. It was difficult to hold the ball when drilling, I used my teeth to hold them, I almost swallowed a ball! LOL swallow a ball.  Some plastic around the joints that are blocking the movement is simply cut away. Normally I don't do that.  A bit leaned backward for now, not a big deal if you see it like a L-Gaim   Filling the hollow shoulder armors.  Added details and reshaped the side knee armors.  Added a panel line in the middle of the leg. Double ball joints are still too long, re-did it  Now knee armors move with the knee while bending.  need to fill in the blank.  Edited by ingenhk, Jan 18 2012, 03:13 AM.
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Feb 21 2011, 08:27 AM Post #2 |
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This is going to be a fanastic WIP, I was particularly interested to see how you modified the foot joint. I've a feeling I'm going to learn lots of new techniques watching you work. Already looking forward to your next update. |
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| Japanesesandman | Feb 21 2011, 08:47 AM Post #3 |
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This is utterly fascinating to watch the step by step process! |
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| Aries the 13th | Feb 21 2011, 10:13 AM Post #4 |
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You've really been busy! A lot of modifications, hehe, you're really going all out on the guy, hehe. I'll certainly pick up a few ideas here as how to tackle the older kits XD Are you adding all the articulation so it can do it's signature pose with the buster launcher? |
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Feb 21 2011, 11:25 AM Post #5 |
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Mostly to the legs, upper body has no change beside the LED arms. yeah hopefully |
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| ironicPHRASE | Feb 21 2011, 03:17 PM Post #6 |
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excellent work on improving the leg articulation  the way you've adapted the knee pieces is especially impressive (^_____^) will help give me ideas for when I go to make my Patraqushe (^______^) @Aries I always found it funny when they said in the Anime that Lachesis Mortar Head had a " miniature " Buster Launcher (^_____^) ha ha ..... it's bigger than a sky scraper  ....... what's a " medium " Buster Launcher look like ??? (^____^) ha ha |
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Feb 21 2011, 03:39 PM Post #7 |
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dam i cant wait to c it finished!! 
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Feb 21 2011, 05:25 PM Post #8 |
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I love to read your WIP's Ingenhk! Didn't realize these kits needed so much work. @iP: I always thought they were comparing it to the cannons on the ships. |
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Feb 21 2011, 06:21 PM Post #9 |
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Newer kit like the Engage SR1, SR3 even the LED mirage shouldn't be this bad. I tried to keep it short to explain what happened in each pic, it could've been much longer, took me 2 hours already. |
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| lhasarus | Feb 24 2011, 12:52 PM Post #10 |
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Great modifications! Are these Yellow submarine ball-joints? The head seam-line looks like a nightmare to fill! Comparing it to the line-art I find the same lines and some more. Why do you want to re-sculpt it? Indeed very informative! |
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Feb 24 2011, 01:42 PM Post #11 |
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The amount of work and ingenuity displayed here is inspiring. |
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Feb 24 2011, 02:45 PM Post #12 |
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yes those are yellow submarine joints. Very stiff, too stiff in this case. the head is base on that early line art, newer version has an obvious penis, pudendum and some semen on it. Spoiler: click to toggle
Edited by ingenhk, Jan 18 2012, 04:12 AM.
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| Aries the 13th | Feb 24 2011, 03:22 PM Post #13 |
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Hehe, that really cracked me up! I'll take your word for it, but is really seems like a bit of a Freudian Rorschach test to me XD |
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| ironicPHRASE | Feb 24 2011, 05:04 PM Post #14 |
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   ................ ok, ..............fair enough (^_____^) ha ha |
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| mobilesuit101 | Feb 24 2011, 08:52 PM Post #15 |
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wow those are some nice mods youve added..definitely gonna watch this wip
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Feb 24 2011, 09:06 PM Post #16 |
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IP > The 1/144 Patraqushe should have this on the head, check yours.... do you know. there is a 2nd face on the back of the head. I did not know this before I built the kit. Also the sword handles are shaped like 'the thingy'... There might be more 'easter eggs' to be found from this thing. follow this link, the 2nd pic shows the 2nd face http://www.xiaot.com/vbbs/viewthread.php?tid=75746&extra=page%3D1 Edited by ingenhk, Feb 24 2011, 09:10 PM.
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| ironicPHRASE | Feb 25 2011, 05:39 AM Post #17 |
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oh my GAWD, you're right, they're EVERYWHERE (@ , @) .......... I thought the had a funny shape (^________^) ha ha .................yeah.......... I'm not sure if I can handle that so I'm gonna cut mine down a bit (^_____^) ha ha I allready knew about the 2 faces though (O______O) ............. allthough I never notice the picture on top of the head (@ @) .............. graphic ha ha |
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Mar 3 2011, 10:13 PM Post #18 |
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Just an update on my experiment, here is a pic of the decal after sunlight bath for three weeks, I use the same background for taking the pic It was like this before So here is it after the treatment  the right side is the pic from 3 weeks ago. 
Edited by ingenhk, Jan 18 2012, 04:13 AM.
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| ArcturusEX | Mar 3 2011, 10:18 PM Post #19 |
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How does that bath work? |
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Mar 3 2011, 10:19 PM Post #20 |
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Just stick it to the window, I don't know the science behind it...or is it witchery
Edited by ingenhk, Mar 3 2011, 10:19 PM.
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| ironicPHRASE | Mar 5 2011, 07:50 AM Post #21 |
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wow I didn't know you could do that with old decals (O_____O) is it literally just sunlight ? thats amazing
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| Aries the 13th | Mar 5 2011, 08:48 PM Post #22 |
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definitely works like a charm XD @.@ UV voodoo, hehe @.@ |
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Mar 9 2011, 12:57 PM Post #23 |
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I had already filled the gap in the foot guards But then, I decided to get rid of it, and use the LEDs copy. Just that there is a large hole on the back exposing the ball joint.  ]
Edited by ingenhk, Nov 12 2011, 02:56 PM.
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| KRIZ | Mar 10 2011, 08:28 AM Post #24 |
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nice recasting, wish you all the best. |
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| ironicPHRASE | Mar 10 2011, 01:54 PM Post #25 |
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nice new foot guards (O_____O) by the way, how difficult is it to make those resin casts you make (O _o) ????? I've been considering trying them out ( saves sculpting things twice (^____^) ha ha ) |
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Mar 10 2011, 02:17 PM Post #26 |
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It could be much more easier if you make a mold for each piece instead of like me, mold 2 or more parts in one mold, that way it is difficult to plan the 'runner', the channel for releasing the air that got trapped inside and it'd be difficult to balance the weight/pressure(by gravity). Many of my casts has air bubble or broken corner, as long as most of the details are presented, I'll just use those pieces.
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| NeuesZiel | Mar 10 2011, 02:17 PM Post #27 |
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The re-cast is looking sharp, it's great to see this kit taking shape. |
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| lhasarus | Mar 10 2011, 02:45 PM Post #28 |
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The UV-components of the sunlight 'splits' the color molecules. That's what I'd say as a physicist. It's bleaching! But I don't know why it turns yellow...where are the chemists? But this trick is awesome! Thanks for showing! I just hope I won't forget. Great progress! 
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Apr 23 2011, 07:59 AM Post #29 |
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added detail on the empty armpit/side of the chest, traced the outline with pencil the shape of this area is different from other KOG models. I just improvised  There shall be more wip within days  Not a wip, just distantly related, I've collected all 3 HG Heavy Metal the other day. Spoiler: click to toggle Edited by ingenhk, Jan 18 2012, 04:40 AM.
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Apr 23 2011, 03:53 PM Post #30 |
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Great detailing on the armpit area! It's little things like that that really makes your work so great to follow Ingenhk!!!:castlerock: |
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