Leighbo
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Another day another project! Been doing a lot of military stuff the last few months so I thought I'd have a crack at an Ma.k Fliege that I had in the stash.
As it's a space based suit I wanted to do something portraying low gravity on the surface on another planet.
I painted up the figure and interior as they will be sealed in when complete
Unfortunately most of these isn't on view when the visor is in place
I am going to model this in a dynamic pose catching hold of a transmitter antenna whilst floating through the low gravity. To create the antenna I epoxied 3 bamboo skewers together to make a strong foundation to hold the Fliege then raided the parts bin for some accessories as well as using some plastic stock.
I also made a box out of balsa sheet and then filled it with plaster to hold the antenna in and give some weight to balance the weight. Well I half filled the box as I ran out of plaster! Below is the final pose, I need to epoxy the joints for strength and then add Milliput to create the flexible joint covers
Also to ensure the hand can hold the weight I epoxied the hand to the antenna and will fix it all back together after painting
That's all for now, thanks for looking!
Another day another project! Been doing a lot of military stuff the last few months so I thought I'd have a crack at an Ma.k Fliege that I had in the stash.
As it's a space based suit I wanted to do something portraying low gravity on the surface on another planet.
I painted up the figure and interior as they will be sealed in when complete
Unfortunately most of these isn't on view when the visor is in place
I am going to model this in a dynamic pose catching hold of a transmitter antenna whilst floating through the low gravity. To create the antenna I epoxied 3 bamboo skewers together to make a strong foundation to hold the Fliege then raided the parts bin for some accessories as well as using some plastic stock.
I also made a box out of balsa sheet and then filled it with plaster to hold the antenna in and give some weight to balance the weight. Well I half filled the box as I ran out of plaster! Below is the final pose, I need to epoxy the joints for strength and then add Milliput to create the flexible joint covers
Also to ensure the hand can hold the weight I epoxied the hand to the antenna and will fix it all back together after painting
That's all for now, thanks for looking!