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well lone cat...fluff wise they use coal... nice and dirty coal... nothing to make a good and lasting fire than smoke...well back in the victorian age of course...

i stick with the tau piece for now, it has that nice grill...i like the oven look of that...

and no, it is all plastic... no cardboard involved...


at all... yep that is what brings and lets me stay on this board... the banter that can sometimes switch over to a good discussion about much more important ideas and concept than plastic...ups...heresy anyone?^^

as for the update... no it is not on the walker...but on a totally if not entirely unrelated matter...

i hereby present to you

Rivetto MK I


he is the first of a new dawn of (experi-)mental carftmanship... the last resort in automated firefights... saving lives by taking lives by automatons...
steely clad and armed with sharp claws and the ever trusty teslarifle, rivetto marchs into the ranks of the foul enemy of the beloved empress queen victoria...
















he will hit primer today...and hopefully see paint even this night... so it might be that a finished model might hit your eyeballs this night even....


cheers, vik

He looks lovely
Cute even... in a deadly sort of rivetted way...

thanks kind sir^^.... and he is supposed to look cute... imagin soething like that coming your way on the battlefield... to have an evil looking robot fighting against you is one thing.... but a smiling one... now that inspires pure terror to the fleeing enemy...psychological warfare at a new level^^

Is it weird that he reminds me of Bender? (Futurama)

Niice Vik! That's frakkin awesome! Plasticard-Fu!

Lone Cat, why do you always drop into a thread, take up half of a page with a sloppy quote that you never edit out redundant pics, and then leave your opinion as if it is the only opinion that counts, and then never return to the thread to finish the convo? In case you don't get it, that is generally considered rude.

er...dave... i think you are basicall y right... have witnessed said behavior quite often with him...

and thanks mate^^


at MauS... could be subconsious... i like bender and futurama too^^ but the main reason i made him is that my youngest son one future (hruhurhur) day will have a need for an own army... and i have for now cleverly decided it will be a bit of a necron army... but a scratchbuilt one...

Yes Lone Cat, please don't troll.


I think he's more of a steampunk servitor vik! A riveting Steampunk servitor!

Viktor von Domm wrote:

Vik! Where did that come from?!? (I think I was partially surprised because your title didn't change ) Great work on Rivetto, mate! How long did that take you? Is he reaching for something in his backpack, or is that a menacing gesture?

My only CC would have been similar to MauS':

MauS wrote:He looks lovely...Cute even...

but you have already addressed that

Viktor von Domm wrote:thanks kind sir^^.... and he is supposed to look cute... imagin soething like that coming your way on the battlefield... to have an evil looking robot fighting against you is one thing.... but a smiling one... now that inspires pure terror to the fleeing enemy...psychological warfare at a new level^^

Keep up the great work!
Rawson

hmmm.... yup... could be^^

Oh my... Rivetto is awesome!
I wish I could paint him... You can cast this one, you know? And it will be nice to see a whole bunch of those with different characters and some variations. I already can see a good band of charismatic robots!
Well done, El Vic! Keep it up!

Another possible source of "boiler" type boxes/cylinders might be
1 old film canisters (if you can find any in the era of Digital photography)
2 MnM minis tubes (or a similar candy container)
3 The Pegasus "chemical plant" kit
4 the mini "beverage" cans (stuntie coke/pepsi, some juice cans)
5 Batteries used as a form for rolled and glued paper (ala Bugbait's barrels)

ishkatar wrote:You can cast this one, you know?

Yes! You should do this! I would buy some!

RSJake wrote:

ishkatar wrote:You can cast this one, you know?

Yes! You should do this! I would buy some!

i'd run it past trollforged...

guys.... you serious? hmmmm.... i take that as a huge compliment... but atm there are certain issues i have with this rivetto...that is why he is in fact named mark I... there will be definatly a second one... the limbs are not really what i want... next time i want to use different thicknesses of rods to make the limbs more working like looking...

but i think trollforge would be indeed a good idea to get this on the way... shouldn´t the mini then be in several parts to make it be cast in a more flexible way?

at ishkatar.... if you would paint him he would look ages better than if i do him^^ and it is already planned to make more of him... how and when is another matter but as i said, the army i have in my mind is for my youngest son...some necon like idea...

at jake :

Yes! You should do this! I would buy some!

wow....many thanks^^ we will see about that^^

at galron.... in fact i have lots of these items in my scratchbuild box already.... the filmcans specially i like to use...but they tend to not like glue... super glue just falls off and the plastic glue melts it but deosnt cure it anymore... it is a mystery...


well i tried to prime rivetto today... used smelly primer form the pot.... but some fingers fell off...so i had to reglue them on... now i will let it cure fully until tomorrow...then i can do some ugly paintwork to him^^

thanks for all the cheerful comments mates... they were very much apreciated...and needed today...

vik

Great one Vik!

to complete the cuteness, add a top/bowler hat in his claw so he's doffing it to the enemy
Great work, mate ^^

Very nice vik Like it a lot, certainly interested to see how you tackle Mk II.

Viktor von Domm wrote: the filmcans specially i like to use...but they tend to not like glue... super glue just falls off and the plastic glue melts it but deosnt cure it anymore... it is a mystery...

Have you tried scraping the part you want to glue with a file or something and then using the Super Glue?
Or, you could drill into the canister, and use GS to bond the pieces together.

Or, I'm not sure if you guys have the small energy drinks over there,

They might be a bit big, but it might work.

Just throwing ideas out there.

Good Luck!

shrike wrote:to complete the cuteness, add a top/bowler hat in his claw so he's doffing it to the enemy
Great work, mate ^^

tied to make a top hat but i didn´t have the materials for that... but now i will search with more enthusiasm... i like that idea... told my wife what a character this robot should have... deadly and sevicable and a gentleman... " so sorry to do you in good sir..."


at baiyuan ...thank you sir!

at monkey... definatly with a different pose and i like to come up with a better way to make that boiler for him... and a nother head... cute how this is but i want something a bit more round looking...

at jake... i think i have seen these eergy drinks already... but they are in this smallish bottle a bit still new on the market...but i like the shape!!!
and yep... tried scraping a bit... but i think a redo is a good idea... GS and pinning with it,...sounds interesting...






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Rawson wrote:

Viktor von Domm wrote:

Vik! Where did that come from?!? (I think I was partially surprised because your title didn't change ) Great work on Rivetto, mate! How long did that take you? Is he reaching for something in his backpack, or is that a menacing gesture?

My only CC would have been similar to MauS':

MauS wrote:He looks lovely...Cute even...

but you have already addressed that

Viktor von Domm wrote:thanks kind sir^^.... and he is supposed to look cute... imagin soething like that coming your way on the battlefield... to have an evil looking robot fighting against you is one thing.... but a smiling one... now that inspires pure terror to the fleeing enemy...psychological warfare at a new level^^

Keep up the great work!
Rawson

ups missed your comment entrily... up now that is...

he is calling his fellow robots to charge... or as shrike now suggested doffing his hat... if i am able to make one that is^^

well he took some time... i would guess about two hours... the limiting factor is always the glue getting to cure... that is such a timestretching issue...

and many thanks rawson... by the way... about the cuteness... he has even a winking eye if you look closley...

Me likey Rivetto Vik!

Domo Arigato Mr. Rivetto

Viktor von Domm wrote:guys.... you serious? hmmmm.... i take that as a huge compliment... but atm there are certain issues i have with this rivetto...that is why he is in fact named mark I... there will be definatly a second one... the limbs are not really what i want... next time i want to use different thicknesses of rods to make the limbs more working like looking...

but i think trollforge would be indeed a good idea to get this on the way... shouldn´t the mini then be in several parts to make it be cast in a more flexible way?

at ishkatar.... if you would paint him he would look ages better than if i do him^^ and it is already planned to make more of him... how and when is another matter but as i said, the army i have in my mind is for my youngest son...some necon like idea...

at jake :

Yes! You should do this! I would buy some!

wow....many thanks^^ we will see about that^^

at galorn.... in fact i have lots of these items in my scratchbuild box already.... the filmcans specially i like to use...but they tend to not like glue... super glue just falls off and the plastic glue melts it but deosnt cure it anymore... it is a mystery...


well i tried to prime rivetto today... used smelly primer form the pot.... but some fingers fell off...so i had to reglue them on... now i will let it cure fully until tomorrow...then i can do some ugly paintwork to him^^

thanks for all the cheerful comments mates... they were very much apreciated...and needed today...

vik

To get super glue to adhere you simply need to sand the plastic a little with a fine grain sandpaper (200+ grit, generally is black) or use the film canister as a form for a rolled paper cylinder soaked with PVA glue.

^^ I'd love to see the opponent's face when an army of rivetto's come running at him
(or just an army of rivetto's)

i like him!

Ha love him he is amazing How could you fight that you would stand there and go ARRRRRRRR!!! then it would turn and melt your face of how sweet …. great work though its like Benders nicer brother turned out well and you must build a top hat most definitely the pose screams it and its steam punk.


The next one needs a bow tie and monocle just to tie them together

Great work and nice use of bits how many pieces are on there by the way

lone dirty dog wrote:Ha love him he is amazing How could you fight that you would stand there and go ARRRRRRRR!!! then it would turn and melt your face of how sweet …. great work though its like Benders nicer brother turned out well

reminds me of a red dwarf episode:
"The poor wretch. He has a faulty gun. He has accidentally shot me five times. Oh, how I love him!"

RSJake wrote:

Viktor von Domm wrote: the filmcans specially i like to use...but they tend to not like glue... super glue just falls off and the plastic glue melts it but deosnt cure it anymore... it is a mystery...

Have you tried scraping the part you want to glue with a file or something and then using the Super Glue?
Or, you could drill into the canister, and use GS to bond the pieces together.

Or, I'm not sure if you guys have the small energy drinks over there,

They might be a bit big, but it might work.

Just throwing ideas out there.

Good Luck!

honestly I don't drink this stuff. too dangerous to me.

see, he NEVER reads

i have a bottle of that stuff.... if you need it just drop a line

Haha - I'm finding the mild flame war quite entertaining .

Rivetto is awesome! I love the name to - and sweet muffins it looks like you'll finsh something! Haha. Nice stuff.