Topic: Glorbes Vehicles (Sherman and Panzer III Tanks, p. 12)

[Sjefke]

i have no words that will do this justice except.......just amazing !!!

ditto

[Luke Sprywalker]

Oh wow! Thanks for sharing the older work you talked about on CAFN! Great stuff Bruce!

[Tamer]

Had to put that X-Wing on the front page too.

[glorbes]

Cardboard AT-ST for 6" Black Series has begun...


My wife may kill me.

[Tamer]

Does anyone else feel like singing Joy to the World?

Glorbes, rock on my friend. Love it! Off to share on the front page.

[DocOutlands]

Holy WOW!!      

From my 13yo - "Person, you are AMAZING! Kudos!" and a fist-bump to the screen.   

[hemble]

You never stop amazing me with what you use to build your amazing vehicles out of Glorbes, keep them coming buddy.

Ron

[spudafett]

I never do this... but seriously... I was sitting here getting ready to work on some customs, browsing the front page of ISY and this scrolled up.

I LITERALLY JUST YELLED:  "HOLY $#IT, That's awesome"


A few questions:
Are you basing your measurements on movie accuracy or the hasbro 1:18th scale atst?

What are you using for design references?

Do you plan on filling in the thicker cardboard edges or leaving the corrugated cardboard exposed?

Are you articulating the legs, and if so how?

Will the head be able to rotate?  Will there be any other movable parts?

What does the interior look like?


I ask all these questions because recently I took it upon myself to try and construct a 1:18th scale version of the walker seen in the Star Wars Rebels promotional material... and I quit when I got to the legs!  I'll be watching this build closely.  Looks great so far!

[mr.Jedi1977]

wow another grand slam !!!!! Just amazing ... i cant wait to see this finished . I too am curious will the head be able to rotate ?

[glorbes]

Thanks for the kind words everyone (and the front page bump!).


A few questions:
Are you basing your measurements on movie accuracy or the hasbro 1:18th scale atst?

What are you using for design references?

I'm using the 2009 Hasbro toy, the Sculpting a Galaxy book, and the Cross Sections book.

Do you plan on filling in the thicker cardboard edges or leaving the corrugated cardboard exposed?

I plan on covering most of the edges with a combo of masking tape and cereal box cardboard.

Are you articulating the legs, and if so how?

Nope, I have no idea how do that so that the joints will support the weight of the head and thorax.

Will the head be able to rotate?  Will there be any other movable parts?

The walker will be articulated at the top of the legs and the head will probably  be able to rotate.

What does the interior look like?

While not completed yet, I plan to have it look relatively accurate to the cockpit from ROTJ, as well as incorporate details from the cross sections book.


I ask all these questions because recently I took it upon myself to try and construct a 1:18th scale version of the walker seen in the Star Wars Rebels promotional material... and I quit when I got to the legs!  I'll be watching this build closely.  Looks great so far!

Make the legs solid, unarticulated pieces and make them from stacked cardboard...they should hold the weight of the cockpit.

[glorbes]

Cardboard Black Series AT-ST

Hasbro would be nuts to make vehicles in the 6” scale...they would be massive and cost a fortune.  But, much to my wife’s delight, I’ve been toying with making custom vehicles...and this is the first attempt at creating something “accurate” to display the Black Series figures with.



I measured all the dimensions of Hasbro’s 2009 AT-ST and doubled them, figuring that the slightly underscaled original would translate into something that would be close to actual proportions of the AT-ST.  It’s probably a smidge big, but I like it that way.





The photos aren’t all that nice, but I plan on taking this out into the backyard and getting some really nice shots.






This thing was made from corrugated cardboard, masking tape, carpenter glue, and some wooden doweling...super cheap and super fast to make.
Let me know what you think, and thanks for looking.

[Tamer]

This is fantastic! Hard to believe it is mostly paper.

It would be cool to see you build this using Styrene or some other materials that doesn't leave the corrugated edges like the cardboard. I would love to just sit and watch you construct things like this.

Thanks for sharing this with us. Off to the front page.

[spudafett]

wow.  Fantastic.  I love it.

my only criticism is the same as Tamer, the corrugated edges of the cardboard showing is an unfortunate side effect of this medium.  However, that being said I love the fact that you used masking tape on some of the corners to hid it.  That was ingenious! 

My only other criticism is that maybe the "neck" is a little tall... but that is a MINOR critique!  Everything else about this is fantastic.

I am assuming then that the legs are not poseable?

[r1bb1t]

Bruce, your talent knows no bounds. Love the scale on the chicken walker.

[glorbes]

Thanks for the great feedback guys.  Cardboard has its drawbacks of course, but with some more effort it could be made to have a bit more polish.  The problem of course with styrene is that it has become more expensive...whereas cardboard is something I get from the recycle bin at work...it  allows for the project to happen at a fraction of the cost.  The way I look at it, the Chicken Walker here is something akin to an impressionistic sketch...it could use some more fine tuning and finesse, but you get the idea.  But...some of those edges could be filled in if one were to take the time to apply a little more tape and glue.