1/20 astronaut Pt 2

Found the pics of him with his head on and the helmet all done. Super sculpy for those that have not used it before needs to be baked in the oven to harden off so whilst sculpting you are not fighting the reaction of putty that go's off in about 2 to 4 hours

depending on the brand used. You can like me leave in balancing on top of your scanner between sculpting sessions (just keep it away from the cats ) I used a ball of tinfoil to form the helmet and then dug it out (harder than you think) after it was cured in the oven. Also i used different shades of sculpy to help me form the different layers of the helmet and not get lost with what went where and keep it (sort of symmetrical)

He's in white primer now but i need to get some pics done of him plus there's some touching up to do before i paint him up and try to figure out how I'm going to attach him to the dio i have planned. The dio btw is on hold now till September/October when we will be starting a hopefully a group build at SFM:UK based on machinen Kreiger and the repop of the Kauz and Fliege and the new Snake eye. More info about them can be found out here http://maschinenkrueger.com/forum/index.php?topic=3216.0 I'm going to try to do 2 builds for this ( rendom baouts of insanity do run in the family :) A fire ball already started and a Fliege so i can cover both Merc and SDR space based suits, I hope, well that's the plan and I'm sticking to it-ish.

1/20 Astronaut

Here is another ongoing build that's been languishing on my desk for quite a while now. This is my first proper attempt at sculpting a figure. I used super sculpy mixed with sculpy III to give the sculpy a grey tone that helps when sculpting.

This chap will eventually be part of a diorama including a Fireball SG (stop gap) from the Machinen Krieger universe. The figure is more advanced than this now but will leave those pics for a later update (plus i can't find the pics at the moment :) I've really enjoyed doing this and have started on some more, again in 1/20 scale and i will post some of them up when time allows me to do so. I've had to abandon one as the proportions were just not right. I've done a helmet for him and hopefully will be able to figure out how to make a face plate for him, that will be the last part of the build to do.

Rich