1/6 custom Imperial snowtroopers and 1/6 E-web cannon.

[hurricane]

built another snowie now, also found these on ebay they come as a set with bendy hands, wee little wooly white gloves...

 

[OT Freak]

That's so cool! Great Find!!

 

[Crimsonbob]

They look great love it

 

[the dude person]

They look great love it

^ what he said!

Sorry C-Bob, I guess I should stop doing that now...

Personally, I don't like bendy hands because of the little holes in them, and because I constantly live in fear that the next time I bend 'em the little wire inside will break...

Looks great though! A nice bit of added realism.

 

[mrshurricane]

Ive been told that the 'ekson 4t3' is done ?????? And the troops have new helmets

 

[Crimsonbob]

I dont know what a ekson 4t3 is either but it sounds cool

 

[kl241]

built another snowie now, also found these on ebay they come as a set with bendy hands, wee little wooly white gloves...

Hilarious. He's wearing Michael Jackson's glove!

 

[the dude person]

Hilarious. He's wearing Michael Jackson's glove!

Ew! Do you have any idea where that's been?

and not just his crotch, look at this!

I never noticed it looked like "the Glove" before.



So, any progress on the E-Web part yet?

 

[hurricane]

Ok are we sitting comfortably....firstly Ive altered the two snowtroopers the third still being built, ive taken the kotobukiya snowy helmt, and with some jiggery pokery with polyester resin shrunk it ever so slightly.These look far better than the original mooded hasbros i used.They have the same green lenses as the old ones.

 

[Crimsonbob]

Looks much better m8 as i hate the flat face look, i like the curve of the nose etc.

 

[hurricane]

Onto the power generator for the Eweb. "Eksoan Class-4T3 power generator. Like many high-yield generators, the 4T3 was prone to overheating and potentially explosive overload, despite its advanced Gk3 Cryocooler cooling unit.[1] Power was fed into the E-Web via a conduit that connects to the base of the TR-62 Autocushion Tripod. "
what was used,
1.5mm black plasticard
1/16th scale brass etched hinges
humbrol putty
lego
2.5mm plasticard
.5mm plasticard
1/16th scale tamiya kingtiger engine grill fixing bolts.
1/16th brass etched pipe fixing straps
hasbro 12" IG88 leg pipes.
brass rod.
hand made right angle pipe joints and fixing bolts.
1/35 scale photo etched bolt heads.
alot of swearing
headaches

As i originally was promised some actual schematics for the eweb and generator i held out long as possible for these.They never came.So many hours of studying the few photos and screen grabs from ESB, some amatuer fiddling with paint shop pro to enhance the pics for better reference.some study of actual artillery pieces.On a 501st site i read the hasbro 3 3/4 inch toy is 75% accurate, er its not.The basic 'box' was made from 1.5 mm plasticard, strengthened and kept true and square with some lego bricks glued inside.I appoached the generator as an actual thing as opposed to a prop.With this in mind ive added weld seems to all major edges , casting number here and there as found on full size armor/artillery pieces.All the plumbing has had junctions etc made with hex sections to resemble something that could be striiped down and mantained/repaired.
The genearator has the makers name 'casted' on one panel, not in Aurebesh, but in 'glalactic standard' as i guessed this world be a widely used generator and so a widely used language was fitting.Theres alot of guess work for dimension i went with photos showing the snowtroopers using the generator for approximates, ie: its roughly up to a troopers knee in height, so scaled down this is about 3" and with width i went with a shot showing a troopers arm across one end.The hemispherical section on the top was made using a kids toy ball one of thos cheap soft hollow ones, it was cut open and half filled with resin.Theres a fair bit of artistic license invloved but as i said no definitive ref was available, and the ESB shots actually conflict in some ways.The whole thing was airbrushed with citadel gun metal, then dabbed with masking fluid using a scrap of scotchbrite, once dry ,sprayed black with 'army painter' black primer.The masking fluid was rubbed awy leaving random scratches and chipped paint,especially around the base, sides, and carry handles.Mig pigments european earth was dusted over it and sealed in. this was the second one i built the first was not quite big enough and still exists as a basic box

 

[barryo]

loving the detail on this so far..................more more more.............

 

[Dorgmal Snow]

chuffin eck H you have excelled your self on this mate it is stunning and your insane details lift it to a different level I love it. The reworked Snow helms are also just amazing. I keep looking at those boots you did and just thinking...how!!!

brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, brilliant!

Mark

 

[Vivisect]

A agree with Mark, after looking at all the detail for to long I thought my heads was gonna explode.


Excellent job! :

 

[thundergod]

This is the thing that marks out a great model maker , attention to detail. What could have been "just a box" , now looks like a believable bit of kit . Fantastic , can't wait to see the rest of this project take shape . ( Don't suppose your planning to cast it up ? )

 

[Vivisect]

I think it would have to be taken it apart or something to cast, there are so many little nooks and such with all the detail, not that it wouldn't be worth a try.

 

[jkno]

That is one hell of a custom Eksoan Class-4T3 power generator!! LOVE IT!!

 

[hemble]

I just checked the thread were I left off and pure awesomeness to say the least and again very very inspirational work.

Ron

 

[Jediguy]

lovely work mate. I'm starting work on mine as well.

 

[Crimsonbob]

wow H that looks amazing and the detail wow