Custom PLAYSETS & DIORAMAS with your INDY TOYS!!
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The Golden Idol
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Inky_skin, does your Ark Ghost have the skull head or the angel face? I can't tell from the photo.
Also, do you plan to make Jock's entire plane or just the bottom parts for the figure to sit on?
Also, do you plan to make Jock's entire plane or just the bottom parts for the figure to sit on?
inky_skin
Active member
The Golden Idol said:
It has the 'angel' face. I'm planning on doing another with a more 'dynamic' pose that features the skull face - just not sure how to work with a mould that has so many undercuts in it - help !
I'm going to start with a float, and then see where it goes. I have a payed custom to complete for the first week in September (non-Indy - a "Day of the Dead" Bride and Groom), then it's full speed on Jock.
Goonie
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I built the Ark crate using soloboy5607's graphics
Materiels used:
I still don't have the Ark to put in it though. Not one local retailer had that Indy deluxe pack
. I still want to build three more variations; smudged Nazi logo, Top Secret crate, and Top Secret crate cracked open from Crystal Skull. I wouldn't mind building an alien body crate as well.
Materiels used:
- Cover stock 67lb weight
- Cardboard (I used a 12-pack microwave popcorn box, I found it to be just the right thickness)
- Wooden coffee stirs (stolen, I mean borrowed from Starbucks )
- soloboy5607's ark crate graphics
I still don't have the Ark to put in it though. Not one local retailer had that Indy deluxe pack
. I still want to build three more variations; smudged Nazi logo, Top Secret crate, and Top Secret crate cracked open from Crystal Skull. I wouldn't mind building an alien body crate as well.
Great crates, guys. I really like the smaller one you made, DutchIndy...it seems closer to the actual scale of the crate in the film.
Now time for a little Deja Vu...
Last Crusade Tank...the sequel!
By the time I had this thing assembled, my first LC tank was packaged and out the door to be mailed to its new owner. The experience of making the first one was a lot of fun, but it was also very difficult. It took me a month to complete, and I made many mistakes and had tonnes of setbacks. I kept adding to it, then realized that A) it was a tad too big for my tastes, and B) their were aesthetic elements to the basic structure that I wasn't 100% pleased with. So, rather than continue to modify it, I decided to sell it (money's tight, so that made sense) and just start from scratch. In contrast to the first version, I completed Tank 2 in one week.
Among the things that I wanted to change do this time around was make sure the caterpillar track housing was more accurately shaped. I also wanted to make the thing smaller, though I thought my first one was kind of cool because it was so big (but really I just wanted something more accurate), and the big reason for my wanting to redo such a mammoth project was because I wanted to do a better job of detailing the interior. So, here it is:
The Exterior:
Looks pretty familiar, eh? Its shorter in terms of height and length, and the treads/caterpillar tracks are 1/2" narrower than the first (I think tank #1 was more akin to the Monkey King tank). While I liked the proportions of my first tank better (especially the side gun ports and the overall length) this really is more what I wanted from the finished product.
Another big change from the first tank is that I wanted the side armour and panels to be more three dimensional, which requires more construction but looks much better.
The turret is also much more elegant in its construction, since I actually created a circular joint as opposed to using a screw (which worked well for the first tank, but I wanted to try something different).
The shovels are scratch-built using styrene card and rod...they're not removable though, so Vogel can't beat the crap out of Indy with them.
A couple of outside shots:
The Interior
With my first tank, I plunged ahead on the construction of the outer body, thinking I'd just detail the interior later. Unfortunately, the tank's structure required more foresight than I thought, so as a result I ended up having a nicely done interior room with very little going on. The main problem was that the side guns needed to be accessed from the inside, and the way I built the treads blocked them completely off. Sooo...I had to accomodate the guns when building the treads this time, and also make some detailed guns:
The guns are more appropriately scaled this time as well, and are made from some plastic tube that I had lying around and some styrene rod and card.
The final product:
Thinking this through before construction really helped save time...all I had to do was completely remake the thing! Lots of doohickies and doodads and greeblies added as I went. The chair, guns, bench, and control console were based on very simple boxes constructed from styrene.
In much the same way that the periscope added a toy-like flavour to my first thank, I see this more detailed interior as doing the same thing for this version (though I did flub up and not leave enough room for the periscope this time around).
Comparison
Tank 1:
Tank 2:
Let me know what you think, and thanks for looking.
Now time for a little Deja Vu...
Last Crusade Tank...the sequel!
By the time I had this thing assembled, my first LC tank was packaged and out the door to be mailed to its new owner. The experience of making the first one was a lot of fun, but it was also very difficult. It took me a month to complete, and I made many mistakes and had tonnes of setbacks. I kept adding to it, then realized that A) it was a tad too big for my tastes, and B) their were aesthetic elements to the basic structure that I wasn't 100% pleased with. So, rather than continue to modify it, I decided to sell it (money's tight, so that made sense) and just start from scratch. In contrast to the first version, I completed Tank 2 in one week.
Among the things that I wanted to change do this time around was make sure the caterpillar track housing was more accurately shaped. I also wanted to make the thing smaller, though I thought my first one was kind of cool because it was so big (but really I just wanted something more accurate), and the big reason for my wanting to redo such a mammoth project was because I wanted to do a better job of detailing the interior. So, here it is:
The Exterior:
Looks pretty familiar, eh? Its shorter in terms of height and length, and the treads/caterpillar tracks are 1/2" narrower than the first (I think tank #1 was more akin to the Monkey King tank). While I liked the proportions of my first tank better (especially the side gun ports and the overall length) this really is more what I wanted from the finished product.
Another big change from the first tank is that I wanted the side armour and panels to be more three dimensional, which requires more construction but looks much better.
The turret is also much more elegant in its construction, since I actually created a circular joint as opposed to using a screw (which worked well for the first tank, but I wanted to try something different).
The shovels are scratch-built using styrene card and rod...they're not removable though, so Vogel can't beat the crap out of Indy with them.
A couple of outside shots:
The Interior
With my first tank, I plunged ahead on the construction of the outer body, thinking I'd just detail the interior later. Unfortunately, the tank's structure required more foresight than I thought, so as a result I ended up having a nicely done interior room with very little going on. The main problem was that the side guns needed to be accessed from the inside, and the way I built the treads blocked them completely off. Sooo...I had to accomodate the guns when building the treads this time, and also make some detailed guns:
The guns are more appropriately scaled this time as well, and are made from some plastic tube that I had lying around and some styrene rod and card.
The final product:
Thinking this through before construction really helped save time...all I had to do was completely remake the thing! Lots of doohickies and doodads and greeblies added as I went. The chair, guns, bench, and control console were based on very simple boxes constructed from styrene.
In much the same way that the periscope added a toy-like flavour to my first thank, I see this more detailed interior as doing the same thing for this version (though I did flub up and not leave enough room for the periscope this time around).
Comparison
Tank 1:
Tank 2:
Let me know what you think, and thanks for looking.
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ChromiumBlue37
New member
My God that is amazing. Absolutely Museum-quality work!
Hasbro, are you seeing this???
Hasbro, are you seeing this???
The_Raiders
Well-known member
Glores, I can't even choose the right words to describe how awesome that is! It looks amazing, better then anything we could get from hasbro or anyone else, fantastic job!
The Golden Idol
New member
Glorbes, your work is nothing short of amazing.
DutchIndy
New member
Glorbes:
Thanks for complimenting me about my crate. I had a lot of fun making it, but man... YOUR work.... I could NEVER do that, ever. You are an artist. Like all the other said, it's hard to put into words what I'm feeling when I see your customs. It's a fanboy's wetdream.
The black and white photo... it look s like a LC movie still man. WOW!
Thanks for complimenting me about my crate.
I had a lot of fun making it, but man... YOUR work.... I could NEVER do that, ever. You are an artist. Like all the other said, it's hard to put into words what I'm feeling when I see your customs. It's a fanboy's wetdream.The black and white photo... it look s like a LC movie still man. WOW!
inky_skin
Active member
As always glorbes, a thing of beauty...
If you're making the planes - how 'bout I make the pilots ?
http://raven.theraider.net/showthread.php?p=376966&posted=1#post376966
If you're making the planes - how 'bout I make the pilots ?
http://raven.theraider.net/showthread.php?p=376966&posted=1#post376966