The making of my Martian War Machine.

[mrgrotey]

The first image is a model?! I thought it was a painting ;D

[Lonesome Crow]

Jun 1, 2011 6:38:20 GMT 1 mrgrotey said:

The first image is a model?! I thought it was a painting ;D

Yes it's a model, although when that photo was taken back in 2004 a lot of the model was badly damaged. The basket was reworked in Paint Shop Pro, so were the tentacles and of course the wheat field is also fake.

SIZE COMPARISON:

I did't have a can of Coke so here's something everyone should have, a couple of CD boxes to help demonstrate the new model's size.

[Thunder Child]

Very cool model! I remember seeing your early pictures for the first time, years ago. I was very impressed by them. Good work!

[RustiSwordz]

That, as they say, is pretty decent!

[Lonesome Crow]

Thanks chaps.
Currently working on the base and the wrecked house the machine will be kicking it way through.

Here's the first wall (Not painted yet of course), this will be the most complete wall of the house.

Picture is larger than life.

Made from polystyrene plastic sheet (white 4mm) and (red 1.5mm) the black lintels over the windows are cut from the very thin plastic from the innards of a CD box.

[Lonesome Crow]

Ooo! Just realized I hadn't posted pics of the Heat Ray and tentacles fitted.



I might try slightly thinner wire for the next model.

[eliash]

DANG. Just... DANG. No, wait... DANG!

If I had your skills and materials and talent, I'd make models of all the major fighting machines... Trim, Dean, Spielberg, Pendragon (I'd modify that one so that it has a body, and get rid of the chains and add tentacles), and especially Steves. Heck, maybe even the George Pal one. And I'd put them all together in one display.

Seriously, though... DANG! This model kicks ass.

[Thunder Child]

This is a nice model of the Dean tripod:

[Tripod]

Jun 12, 2011 19:35:27 GMT 1 Lonesome Crow said:

Ooo! Just realized I hadn't posted pics of the Heat Ray and tentacles fitted.

Hot damn, Lonesome! That looks sick, you did some great work there.

[Lonesome Crow]

Thanks eliash and Tripod.
I'm still working on the model off and on, busy building a ruined house and base. It's taking me longer to build the house than it did the Fighting machine, I think I tried to be too ambitious, should have kept it simple.

[Lonesome Crow]

Sept 29, 2011 11:47:47 GMT 1 Thunder Child said:

This is a nice model of the Dean tripod:

Yes I like this model, I think it would look better if the window in the hood had been clear not just black.

[Lonesome Crow]

Long time since updating this thread, been busy.

Still working on the house. I sculpted all the external and internal walls out of 4mm polystyrene sheet and inlaid sections of brick work where the cladding has fallen off. I built the chimney breast in the same way.



I then made Lab Putty moulds of all the parts.



The roof slates were made from the very thin black plastic you get inside CD jewel cases, the brick wall was painted just as a test piece.



The rubble strewn floor was created by moulding plasticine to the correct shape and then pressing fragments of broken brickwork and floorboards into it then making a Lab putty mould of it.



After adding some rafters to the inside of the roof the model was painted and assembled.
At this point the the roof still needs to be glued on and small gaps filled.



















Drainpipes and gutters will be added when the rest of the house is finished.

Now to work on the ground itself.

[Relyt]

That model ex-house is so realistic. Well, mostly realistic except for the obvious Styrofoam background! Surely it would be a temporary location for such a fine piece, as a proper backdrop for quality figurines and models would not be made of petroleum.

[mrgrotey]

Wow that's a crackin model there!

(pun intended

[obiwanbeeohbee]

Awesome, LC!