My tripod came in yesterday and got the chance to get it ready late last night. Here now, in excruciating. boring detail, is how I modified the tripod for my bommer. Here’s the original tripod, maybe $20 tops online (Amazon.com…
Stopped off at the hardware store at lunch today and picked up some pvc and epoxy putty. I picked up 1×4-way connector, 1xT connector, a male/female threaded connector, a 2′ piece of pvc pipe (all in 1.2″ dia.) and two…
Spent some time today on the bommer. Got the interior ribbing done. Took a long time and was tedious work to make sure everything went together right the first time. Here are the templates/parts initially cut put. The ribs were…
Scaled up the bommer plans today. This is a full size drawing I’ve included a Barry shot using a few other models for scale. Skullhammer, standard battlewagon, trukk and a few boyz. And I went through my bitz boxes…
Took some time during lunch to sketch out and do a scale drawing of the bommer today. I’ve blocked out the basics – enough so I can confidently start transferring it to some full size graphed paper and making patterns…
More about the blasta bommer.
Feeling better (been sick the last week) so decided to break out the brushes today and slap some paint. Did the robes on the two slavers – one in red, the other in a dirty tan/off white. I’ll be painting…
OK dokey. 50 Hour Trivia Marathon is over. The house is back to normal and I’ve got the lions share of the modeling stuff setup in the new hobby room. Here’s the situation before. One small hutch and a large…
I’ve been on a bit of a break from active modeling/gaming lately as other aspects of my life become priorities. My wife is buying an advertising agency, we’re getting ready for a 50 hour trivia marathon (which we host a…
Finally crawling back to the bommer tonight. Spent a couple hours working on the base plating on the fuselage, nothing too spectacular or detailed, just plates. I wasn’t too picky or worried of things didn’t perfect here as I’ll be…