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Le Haitre Caterpillar Motorcycle FINISHED!
- Thread starter Iron Mike
- Start date
phantom II
Master at Arms
Starting to look interesting Mike . I love the masked heads . Going to be a good look .
Cheers, Christian
Cheers, Christian
Iron Mike
Master At Arms And Resident Curmudgeon
So I've been working on this between projects and finally have enough to show what's going on. I found a cool candle holder at Hobby Lobby that I thought would make an interesting base. I made a paper template so I could fit the foam inside.
Then I laid out my paths and cut rigid foam insulation to match.
I used my grandad's old hot glue gun to attach the foam to the base. Next up was a layer of DAS air drying clay.
The stumps are from MaiM, I temporarily planted them in the clay for final placement after paint. I left the clay to dry, they say 36 hours, but I waited a week to be safe. Tamiya Flat Earth was airbrushed over the dried clay so white wouldn't show through the later layers.
I made a sign from styrene to go along with the pre printed ones from Mathos Models.
Since this is In Another World, I decided to add some L. Frank Baum flavor to the scene.
Using Vallejo Thick Mud, grass tufts from AMMO, homemade leaves and scatter, along with rocks from our street, I started laying the groundwork. This went pretty fast, so I didn't stop to take photos along the way.
See if you can pick out the other Wizard homages.
A few more shots.
I realized I hadn't added the final dirt to the tracks until just now, so I'm off to the bench to finish it off. Thanks for coming by to check on me.
Then I laid out my paths and cut rigid foam insulation to match.
I used my grandad's old hot glue gun to attach the foam to the base. Next up was a layer of DAS air drying clay.
The stumps are from MaiM, I temporarily planted them in the clay for final placement after paint. I left the clay to dry, they say 36 hours, but I waited a week to be safe. Tamiya Flat Earth was airbrushed over the dried clay so white wouldn't show through the later layers.
I made a sign from styrene to go along with the pre printed ones from Mathos Models.
Since this is In Another World, I decided to add some L. Frank Baum flavor to the scene.
Using Vallejo Thick Mud, grass tufts from AMMO, homemade leaves and scatter, along with rocks from our street, I started laying the groundwork. This went pretty fast, so I didn't stop to take photos along the way.
See if you can pick out the other Wizard homages.
A few more shots.
I realized I hadn't added the final dirt to the tracks until just now, so I'm off to the bench to finish it off. Thanks for coming by to check on me.
Mike, that turned out terrific!!!
It all looks good, and several things pop out at me. The leather on the coat is perfect! The terrain looks real, the whole Idea rocks!
Bob
It all looks good, and several things pop out at me. The leather on the coat is perfect! The terrain looks real, the whole Idea rocks!
Bob
Awesome job Mike, glad you're having fun!
