I’ve taken a break from my recent batch of scratch built robots recently and have been working on some pure sculpture projects. In this video I practice sculpting up a skull using monster clay hard.
Scratchbuilding a Mech from Clear Plastic Baubles Part 2
Here’s the second part of my latest mech build! This time around I’ve gone a little 1950s-esque with the colour scheme.
The face is inspired by some of Simon Stalenhag’s work. He’s a fantastic artist if you’ve not heard of him. Here’s an example of his stuff. I talk a little more about him and other mech artists in this video.
Here’re some more pics of the mech.
Scratchbuilding a Mech from Clear Plastic Baubles Part 1
I’m still abit obsessed with Mechs and I’m currently working on a new one. It’s largely made out of clear plastic baubles with a few cast resin pieces in there too.
Scout Mech build part 2
Here’s the second part of my video series in which I finish my mech model, paint it up and add a diorama base. I’ve been watching quite a lot of diorama videos on YouTube recently and I’ve become very struck by the people who do this kind of thing cos there’s some amazing stuff out there. So in this video I add some clear resin to the base to serve as some water and I also add some vegetation and various other bits to create, hopefully, a realistic looking diorama scene.
Scout Mech Build
Following on from my previous mech build, I became a little obsessed with robots (not that I wasn’t already) and launched straight into my next build, this time of a scout type robot. I’m imagining this one is designed for hunting targets in bogs and marshes. In this video I construct the model. I’ll be painting it and sorting out a diorama base in the next part.
I also got hold of some inspiration from these two artists, both of whom are amazing.
Scratchbuilding a Mech Part 2 – painting, base and lights
I’ve finished my mech build. In this second and final part of the video series I paint the model, add some detail to the base and add some LED lights. I’ve gotta say I really enjoyed doing this and am already thinking about ideas for another robot build. I’ve also been watching diorama building videos on YouTube and want to include some of those techniques in the build.
Just to note that I’ve not made this video live on Youtube at the time of posting it here. I’m just curious as to whether anyone actually looks at my blog 😉
I also took a load of pics so here’s a selection.
Scratchbuilding a Mech Part 1
Here’s the first part of mech building series which looks at building the piece. The next part will cover painting.
Mech Painting
I’ve now finished my scratch build mech and am now moving on to paint.
It’s amazing how much a layer of undercoat really pulls all the disparate pieces together.
Here’s the first painted piece. I’m trying to strike the right balance of weathering – I want it to look used but not totally beaten up.
Scratchbuild Mech
This is something I’ve wanted to do for a long time, so I started collecting parts to use in this some time ago. I’m going to be putting together a full video on building this so I won’t go into it in too much detail. The sculpture is largely made from resin casts of things like lighters, yoghurt pots and deodorant bottles.
1950s-esque Robot
Here’s a video of a 1950s-esque robot that I made recently. This is actually a cast of my bioshock mask which went abit wrong, but had a really nice texture to it that looks a little like rusted and pitted metal. So I used it to create this sculpture.
