Sandcrawler project

[billygoat333]

man this thing has come a long way. loving it.

[artoodeeto]

THE OUTSIDE IS DONE!!!!!! 3 years in the making and I finally finished the darn thing. I'll move on to the inside soon, but for now, I'm gonna enjoy the way it looks. I *might* do another, much heavier, dusting of pastel powder - the initial pics below are what it looked like before I sprayed with a flat coat to seal the powder, and the flat coat really took away a lot of the pigment. It still looks somewhat wind-scoured, but it's more subtle. Maybe that's better...let me know your opinions (keep in mind this thing is supposed to be enormous).

this shot is looking up under the rear of the top section. I had started cutting out the floor of the engine room (lying on the floor on my back...sawdust in the face, etc etc) so the power supply would be visible.

And now the pics from today, after I sprayed the flat coat:

Any advice or thoughts on the additional super-heavy pigment coat (which becomes much more transparent after the flat coat) are appreciated!

[x88x]

Wow, that last coat really made a huge difference. You're right though, the sealer did kind of dull the look...though I think that might be a good thing in this case. The thing is supposed to be ancient, after all.

The stripped PSU looks sweet in there. I had a thought though; instead of just painting the label on that fan black, maybe replace it with the logo from some Star Wars corporation?

Also, as a side note, if that capacitor were to scale.....I WANT ONE!

[artoodeeto]

The stripped PSU looks sweet in there. I had a thought though; instead of just painting the label on that fan black, maybe replace it with the logo from some Star Wars corporation?

Also, as a side note, if that capacitor were to scale.....I WANT ONE!

LOL! yeah that would be one heck of a capacitor, wouldn't it! I like the fan label idea....I'll have to figure out if in any of the stuff out there, there's info on what company was supposed to have built the sandcrawler. And if I can't find anything, maybe I'll come up with a "Tatooine Mining Corporation" logo...TMC. or something.

And also, I couldn't believe how much of a difference the pastel made. it took the model from "got dirty on the way out of the factory yesterday" to "trundling around in the desert for the better part of a century."

[msmrx57]

AWESOME!!!! The flat coat really helped the aged look.

[artoodeeto]

thanks! yeah, it's really the powder pastel that gave it the aged look. the flat coat dialed the whiteness back a bit (ok, a lot) but I think I like it that way.

Courtesy of www.outoftheboxmods.com and Danger Den, I have a little package on the way, I think it was sent today....

gutting part of the interior to make room for the massive 15" long blackice gtx360 rad and that sweet looking reservoir is the next step. I already know where it's all going...just wait. All I'll say is it'll be at least partially visible and part of the model's interior, and of course it's gonna look real cool.

[Trace]

Is that the vomit care package???

[artoodeeto]

LOL, I ain't knockin it. the hoses are a little green....but they'll either end up painted, or not visible. No worries. The fans will be painted too. As will the pump. Dunno about the reservoir yet, depends on how it ends up fitting inside and how visible it is.

[Trace]

Hey whatever works!

[x88x]

Hmmm, what ever will you do with that res...