And really nice scratchbuilding, Lodni! Great save. Scratching parts is one thing I haven't tried yet.

PB

Gamera, those joints kind of blew me away also. Don't worry about the name, I will answer to about anything, just don't call me Stevie, lol.

Plodding along. The leg is done. Did some work on the turret, the insides of the 'power packs' and closing up the inseam area where the leg is HOLLOW!

Hope everyone had a fine Tuesday!

Surgery looking good! Are you going to weather the finish, or keep it clean?

PB

Looks good Lodni!

Thanks SilentBob! Bottom part of the head getting clamped. Hopefully, there will not be as much of a seam to take care of!

The 'main body' drying. Still have to add some 'greeblies' on the back by the power packs but the seams on this isn't too bad.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

Coming on really well there Lodni, liking it.

Lodni: Sharp work there!

Can't wait for the paint! :-)

PB

Porkbits

Can't wait for the paint! :-)

PB

 

Believe me, I can't either! LOL Thanks for the encouragement everyone! Put these two parts together just so I could feel like I'm getting somewhere - though I did some work on the seams of the body.

Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!

Got the seams on the 'head' pretty much taken care of. Just have to tiddy up some bits here & there and add the handrail at the top.

Hope everyone has a great week!

Oh wow, you're making great progress, nice work! 

Keep it coming, Lodni! Looks great.

PB

'Sneek peek' before primer.

Looks great! 

Very nice! 

PB

Lodni, that is looking great! Looking forward to seeing some paint on it.

I was able to finish of General Grievious this week, here are the final pics.

Starting on some weathering.

Had to put the cape on just to see.

Gamera, these are some of the molded joints.

I still don't know how they do that.

Anyway, I have him finished up in these final pics.

I don't quite like how the cape lays on him. So I finised up the lightsaber arms and put those on.

So he is now on the shelf in the Star Wars room.

As for the blaster, I have primed and base painted it. Also have put on most of the small parts. I made a rail for the telescope out of aluminum and mounted the scope on it. now I need to mount it to the gun, attach the shoulder stock extension and the Hengsteller counter. Then the real painting starts.

Hope everyone is doing okay. Plan to have more to show by Sunday.

-Stephen

Grievious looks awesome, Stephen! Well done. I suppose like most Bandai kits, it just fell together without too much effort? And, yeah, how Bandai molded pre-joined movable joints is beyond me.

I'm not usually a fan of props, but am geeking out on that blaster. There is no way you haven't pretended to shoot a few Rebels while making "Pew! Pew!" sounds. 

Hoping to maybe start the AT-ST a couple of weeks. Life, work, kids, and a couple of family tragedies have kept me away from bench too long. It's getting dusty. :-(

PB

I seem to have been slacking and missed these last couple of updates.

Lodni, that is looking so good on its feet, can't wat to see the paint go on.

Stephan, great work on Grievious, i do think he looks better with the cape. I'll update the front page later.

And it is mind boggling how theycan mold that joint.

I like the look of the blaster. Afteryou first posted, i found a place selling these in the UK, not a bad price. I am sureits the same one as it also didn't have the scope rail. They said it was molded useing a real Sten. Think i might have to grab one.

PB, Greivious had some tricky assemblies around the neck that you have to pay attention to, but other than that, he fell together quite well. I do suggest gluing his outer armor pieces down if you plan to handle him as they can (and will) fall off.

As for the blaster, how can you even ask? I have taken on the whole rebellion while making the pew, pew sounds. It is just to fun. I would suggest getting at least one, I have my eye on the Han Solo blaster next. The blaster is all put together, I am just trying to do a good job on painting and weathering right now.

Bish, no worries! You have a lot on your plate. Yep I got the blaster from across the pond and it sounds like you found the same seller. I would have to say the casting came from a sterling as it had a lot of the machine stamps on it. This really builds into a nice prop.

-Stephen

NucMedTech

As for the blaster, how can you even ask? I have taken on the whole rebellion while making the pew, pew sounds. It is just to fun. I would suggest getting at least one, I have my eye on the Han Solo blaster next. The blaster is all put together, I am just trying to do a good job on painting and weathering right now. 

Aha! I knew it!

Hm. Maybe I will get one. 

NucMedTech

PB, Greivious had some tricky assemblies around the neck that you have to pay attention to, but other than that, he fell together quite well. I do suggest gluing his outer armor pieces down if you plan to handle him as they can (and will) fall off.

As for the blaster, how can you even ask? I have taken on the whole rebellion while making the pew, pew sounds. It is just to fun. I would suggest getting at least one, I have my eye on the Han Solo blaster next. The blaster is all put together, I am just trying to do a good job on painting and weathering right now.

 

Bish, no worries! You have a lot on your plate. Yep I got the blaster from across the pond and it sounds like you found the same seller. I would have to say the casting came from a sterling as it had a lot of the machine stamps on it. This really builds into a nice prop.

-Stephen

 

Don't know why i said Sten, of course i should have said Sterling. I think i will get one in the new year. Are you useing a stand, i see they have one but are out of stock.

I am thinking of making a rack and hanging it on the wall.

Good idea, i look forward to seeing what you come up with.

Stephen: General G looks great! Love those pre-cast joints, I wonder what they'll come up with next! 

And if you didn't do a little pew-pew with the blaster you wouldn't be normal! 

Hopefully you have better aim than a stormtrooper...

silentbob33

Hopefully you have better aim than a stormtrooper...

 

Should be hard. A barn door comes to mind. What is it with the bad guys and shooting.