Finally received the body for the Warthog sometime back.
Been pretty lazy also... Not to mention the new school term has just started.
Which also translates to less time to do it...
Probably going to spray paint it soon once the weather turns dry.
Weather's pretty screwed these days...
Have already started on the LAAV turret, barrel's looking pretty good.
That's the simple part, now on to the sculpting of details on the main body which is a killer considering my bumbling fingers and in-adequate tools.
Going to get me a scribe as suggested by Hanyang for the detailing.
Armour plate is most going to be cut out from the remaining lexon from the Warthog bodykit.
The material is pretty durable and easy to cut.
That's probably it for now.
Will update again with pictures soon. (I hope)
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Somemore Preparations
Went down to Artfriends today to look for more materials.
Couldn't manage to find the main 'ingredient' that I was looking for, namely the epoxy putty.
Don't really want to get Apoxie Sculpt (AS) as it's too troublesome to order it from the US and have it shipped over although it might make more sense financially if I did so.
Finally managed to get the 2 part epoxy putty from a hardware shop in Chinatown after much searching about. But it's about $6 for a miserable amount weighing abt 100 grams. There are cheaper alternatives at about $3.70 but the amount is slightly lesser. The main reason I bought that particular putty is because I know someone who has used it before.
Maybe I'll go down to Sunshine Plaza on the coming Monday since there is a greater concentration of hobby shops there. Hopefully, just hopefully, I'll find a shop selling AS at a reasonable price, though I highly doubt so. I've only seen the darn expensive Tamiya 2 part epoxy putty being sold there and that's a hell of an expensive putty to use, but that was years ago.
I still need to get paint primer, suitably coloured paints and some hard rubber hollowed squares. But I really need to get a huge amount of sculpting material if this is to work out. Have alot of trial and errors to work out.
Couldn't manage to find the main 'ingredient' that I was looking for, namely the epoxy putty.
Don't really want to get Apoxie Sculpt (AS) as it's too troublesome to order it from the US and have it shipped over although it might make more sense financially if I did so.
Finally managed to get the 2 part epoxy putty from a hardware shop in Chinatown after much searching about. But it's about $6 for a miserable amount weighing abt 100 grams. There are cheaper alternatives at about $3.70 but the amount is slightly lesser. The main reason I bought that particular putty is because I know someone who has used it before.
Maybe I'll go down to Sunshine Plaza on the coming Monday since there is a greater concentration of hobby shops there. Hopefully, just hopefully, I'll find a shop selling AS at a reasonable price, though I highly doubt so. I've only seen the darn expensive Tamiya 2 part epoxy putty being sold there and that's a hell of an expensive putty to use, but that was years ago.
I still need to get paint primer, suitably coloured paints and some hard rubber hollowed squares. But I really need to get a huge amount of sculpting material if this is to work out. Have alot of trial and errors to work out.
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Preparation for the Journey
Before any journey can begin, preparations must be made. This one is no exception.
At first, I was prepared to scratch build the entire vehicle starting from the main chassis. However, as I'm pretty new to the customising/building scene, I was sure that the resulting chassis would be far from close from the actual thing.
So, I decided to search for a suitable chassis that I could use and customise it if possible. Searching locally for a cheap and in-scale chassis proved to be a wild goose chase as I couldn't find anything remotely suitable. Then, I went to Ebay... ... ...
A customary search and after sifting through results that comprised mostly of the current McF version, the previous Joyride versions and the Haloclix version, I finally spotted what I wanted...
What I found was actually a custom made Warthog body that was used for those RC cars and the best thing was that it measures out perfectly and was in a suitable scale together with the McF MC. Thing is, it ain't that cheap but not that expensive either but it beats having to scratch build one. Now I'm waiting for it to arrive in the mail before I can start work.
But other preparations have to be made, I still need to get the other necessary materials to complete this journey. I'll be adding in the materials used as I acquire them.
At first, I was prepared to scratch build the entire vehicle starting from the main chassis. However, as I'm pretty new to the customising/building scene, I was sure that the resulting chassis would be far from close from the actual thing.
So, I decided to search for a suitable chassis that I could use and customise it if possible. Searching locally for a cheap and in-scale chassis proved to be a wild goose chase as I couldn't find anything remotely suitable. Then, I went to Ebay... ... ...
A customary search and after sifting through results that comprised mostly of the current McF version, the previous Joyride versions and the Haloclix version, I finally spotted what I wanted...
What I found was actually a custom made Warthog body that was used for those RC cars and the best thing was that it measures out perfectly and was in a suitable scale together with the McF MC. Thing is, it ain't that cheap but not that expensive either but it beats having to scratch build one. Now I'm waiting for it to arrive in the mail before I can start work.
But other preparations have to be made, I still need to get the other necessary materials to complete this journey. I'll be adding in the materials used as I acquire them.
The Dream
When I got the McF Halo 3 figures, I was so darn happy that Series 1 contained vehicles.
But alas, things were not meant to be as the vehicles were not in scale with the figures...
They were even smaller than the figures itself...
So I took it upon myself to create an in-scale Warthog that was as close to the in-game depictions.
But alas, things were not meant to be as the vehicles were not in scale with the figures...
They were even smaller than the figures itself...
So I took it upon myself to create an in-scale Warthog that was as close to the in-game depictions.
The Warthog Vehicle from the McF Halo 3 Series 1
Pic was taken from Spawn.com and can be found at
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