Author Topic: Hemble's Dio's - Han Solo in Stormtrooper Disguise WIP 6" P63 07/07/15  (Read 171538 times)

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Re: Hemble's Dio's - AT-AT Driver WIP 6" P56 11/04/15
« Reply #840 on: April 13, 2015, 10:26:49 PM »
Thats what I figured Ron.  ahh well. I guess when I get to working on mine it'll just have to be the tie jumpsuit painted grey.

I look forward to seeing how yours turns out.

That is looking spot on to me, great work.

Cheers mate.

That tissue technique is an old model builders trick used to emulate cloth or canvas. You can work folds, wrinkles, and seams into it when it's wet. Very effective and convincing when dry, especially after painting, just not flexible after the watered down glue drys.
I suppose you could skip its coverage at the joints to try to get the best of both worlds

For Rons style of fixed pose custom figures, this is perfect for covering those unsightly joint seams.
Getting anxious to see more

I have more pics up tonight mate and I use to do military models and the same thing for tarps, roll etc and as you said it looks great.

Ron

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Re: Hemble's Dio's - AT-AT Driver WIP 6" P56 11/04/15
« Reply #841 on: April 14, 2015, 02:41:13 AM »
Hi All,

I have started painting him, I mixed flat white and black to get the grey tone for the jumpsuit and as you can see and as Clonehead mentioned the wet tissue will sit perfectly over the already sculpted creases.

I have also started weathering the white areas by dry brushing the flat white and then adding a very soft black wash to the white areas.

Ron

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Re: Hemble's Dio's - AT-AT Driver WIP 6" P57 14/04/15
« Reply #842 on: April 14, 2015, 03:11:34 AM »
Oh yeah, the colors look great. Off to share.

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Re: Hemble's Dio's - AT-AT Driver WIP 6" P57 14/04/15
« Reply #843 on: April 15, 2015, 03:39:19 AM »
Oh yeah, the colors look great. Off to share.

Cheers Shawn and I'll have more pics tomorrow.

Ron

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Re: Hemble's Dio's - AT-AT Driver WIP 6" P57 14/04/15
« Reply #844 on: April 16, 2015, 03:17:17 AM »
I am trying to remain low key about this one Ron, but you are really exceeding my every expectation with this. I just hope you don't get inundated with AT-AT Driver Requests after this. I know even if Hasbro makes one it will pale in comparison to this one.

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Re: Hemble's Dio's - AT-AT Driver WIP 6" P57 14/04/15
« Reply #845 on: April 19, 2015, 04:06:39 AM »
I am trying to remain low key about this one Ron, but you are really exceeding my every expectation with this. I just hope you don't get inundated with AT-AT Driver Requests after this. I know even if Hasbro makes one it will pale in comparison to this one.

LOL I already have mate but I won't be doing any after yours as I have a few projects I would like to do for myself and I sent you a PM regarding the insignia as well and I'm glad you are liking it so far.

Ron

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Re: Hemble's Dio's - AT-AT Driver WIP 6" P57 14/04/15
« Reply #846 on: April 19, 2015, 04:15:12 AM »
Hi All,

The AT-AT driver is now 85% complete I have a few touch ups to do and the insignia and then weathering. For the helmet I added small parts that are at the front of the helmet above the eyes and at the back above the black square and these were done by cutting small pieces from plasti card.

I also added the gun belt and added an extra pouch to the belt which is from an old Bullseye Marvel figure. The thing in the back ground is going to be a small comms relay and has been built so far from a 1/1000 scale Enterprise Nacelle a old texta lid and I projectile from a GI Joe figure.

Ron

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Re: Hemble's Dio's - AT-AT Driver WIP 6" P57 19/04/15
« Reply #847 on: April 19, 2015, 08:00:06 PM »
superb work as always. 

I got my spare tie pilot out and set him on my desk... set down to work on him and just couldn't get motivated.  That and all my paints are dried up...  :( 

Maybe next weekend.

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Re: Hemble's Dio's - AT-AT Driver WIP 6" P57 19/04/15
« Reply #848 on: April 20, 2015, 03:14:47 AM »
Nice work, Ron!

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Re: Hemble's Dio's - AT-AT Driver WIP 6" P57 19/04/15
« Reply #849 on: April 20, 2015, 09:18:59 AM »
Well now this is better than the three medicines the docs have me on now. Ron, so cool. I am ending my online time today with this on the front page. Looking fantastic!

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Re: Hemble's Dio's - AT-AT Driver WIP 6" P57 19/04/15
« Reply #850 on: April 20, 2015, 10:25:28 AM »
Love it Ron!  [at1]

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Re: Hemble's Dio's - AT-AT Driver WIP 6" P57 19/04/15
« Reply #851 on: April 20, 2015, 02:05:06 PM »
Flawless work, Ron! Fantastic!

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Re: Hemble's Dio's - AT-AT Driver WIP 6" P57 19/04/15
« Reply #852 on: April 20, 2015, 02:22:38 PM »
You the man Ron!

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Re: Hemble's Dio's - AT-AT Driver WIP 6" P57 19/04/15
« Reply #853 on: April 20, 2015, 05:46:45 PM »
Outstanding job! I want one!

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Re: Hemble's Dio's - AT-AT Driver WIP 6" P57 19/04/15
« Reply #854 on: April 21, 2015, 12:26:14 AM »
The AT-AT driver is magnificent. Thanks for sharing the process as well, it's really helpful for a less accomplished customizer like myself.