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Wall mounted hand dryer? Or paper towel dispenser.

 Theophony wrote:
Wall mounted hand dryer?

Ha, Got it in one, and you haven't even played the game.



and it should look like;


I'll do the holes in the blower when I've done a putty version.

If the dryer wasn't the next item I was planning, what was I planning? What is missing from the bathroom collection?

The clue is in the name really...



I'm just feeling out the right scale for it at the moment.
I think the length is good and the overall height is about right (depending on the eventual feet).
The depth of the inside looks a little deep at the moment, but that should be fine once the putty goes on.
I might make it a little wider at the top, looking at it, it looks a little narrow compared to the sink...

Needs to be wider, opening looks about the same as the toilet width right now. Also if you made it shorter you could make the claw foot tub option as well .

Fantastic! I vote for separate taps and handles! Hand dryer is amazing! Tub is gonna kick ass! Theo...all Fallout tubs are claw tubs

 dsteingass wrote:
Fantastic! I vote for separate taps and handles! Hand dryer is amazing! Tub is gonna kick ass! Theo...all Fallout tubs are claw tubs

So are all chaos tubs

Thank you Theo.
Took a second to recognise that picture. Things like that were done really well in that film. They would just cgi that these days.

As Dave said, it will have claws and is sat on a blob of blu-tack to represent the height with claws on.

 dsteingass wrote:
Fantastic! I vote for separate taps and handles! Hand dryer is amazing! Tub is gonna kick ass! Theo...all Fallout tubs are claw tubs

Thanks Dave. As a valued customer I respect your opinion. I will try for separate taps.
Thanks. The hand dryer came together really easily and quickly. Bulked up by gluing bits of sprue together and then the pieces of plasticard (scraps left over from the dozer blade work) were added to give the right size and then a bit of sanding to get the shape. Will be easy to mould and cast too.

Here's an update on the bath with larger top. I think that's about right.


You will also notice that I appear to be making the bath as I did the toilets and not as the sinks.
This is because I've had another idea of how to form the shape and will report back when I get around to trying it out.

the tab wheels look amazing... I actually see a future additional use of these for some dials and other control uses... steampunk anyone?...

the tub is already looking very promising... I still remember vividly how you started with the toilets... and this is heading the same way and using the same method... and look what it developed into...

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
the tab wheels look amazing... I actually see a future additional use of these for some dials and other control uses... steampunk anyone?...

Indeed. I will make a separate mould for them so that they can be cast separately from the sinks and therefore extras will be available.

the tub is already looking very promising... I still remember vividly how you started with the toilets... and this is heading the same way and using the same method... and look what it developed into...

Thanks. Hopefully, with improvements.
Whereas the toilet's skeleton was glued together with superglue (which meant I was often gluing myself to them), this one is held together with good ol' sticky-backed-plastic.

You may also remember my problems with filling the bowls in, between the skeleton, on the toilets with the putty. I have overcome this issue by covering the whole thing in tissue paper and water/PVA, thereby giving me a solid base to spread the putty on to.


Job's a good 'un.

Very Nice!!

Looking good, but seems a trifle small to me - although it has been a while since I looked at Fallout. I'm sure the scale matches as I know you'd have looked at a fair bit of reference

I can attest that you´re able to make so many good stuff with cardboard and tissue paper and PVA... really PVA is godsend...

I guess he'll need a skeleton for a reference rather than a Marine

as in bathed to death? LOL

dsteingass wrote:Very Nice!!

Thanks Dave. Still a work in progress though.

monkeytroll wrote:Looking good, but seems a trifle small to me - although it has been a while since I looked at Fallout. I'm sure the scale matches as I know you'd have looked at a fair bit of reference

You may be right. It's difficult to tell from some screenshots due to the way perspective works in a computer game. See below.

Viktor von Domm wrote:I can attest that you´re able to make so many good stuff with cardboard and tissue paper and PVA... really PVA is godsend...

That it is, and safe for all ages.

dsteingass wrote:I guess he'll need a skeleton for a reference rather than a Marine

Viktor von Domm wrote:as in bathed to death? LOL

A skeleton, you say. Well it just so happens that some of a skeleton arrived today to lend a hand... (well that's all he came with and the arm isn't even attached )



You will notice the lip needs reducing (that was planned as I can only cut a useful bit of card so thin)
and it probably could do with being a tiny bit wider. This will happen shortly.

Progress on the bath.
I did indeed make it wider in probably the simplest way possible, I chopped it in half...

and then glued a piece of card to the bottom and added more tissue and PVA.

With that done and dried, I decided to solve one other problems I had with the toilet from when I made that. You will remember that I made the card skeleton and then covered that in putty before shaving and sanding it smooth. I ran into issues when the sanding reached down to the card level as that doesn't sand in the same way as putty. It wasn't the biggest issue, but I didn't want to repeat that knowing that I would have to remove more material from the bath skeleton...

So, using the marvel that is Oyumaru, I made a mould and cast the skeleton in putty. This means that I can carve and sand away to my heart's content and not worry about finding some card in the way.

You will notice that the cast isn't perfect, but that didn't bother me as the skeleton was very rough due to the tissue layers and I knew I would be adding putty to this before moving on.


And I have started adding the putty to the skeleton.

You will also see a completed hand dryer casting master. I will make one other copy of this one and then use them for the moulds for the resin.

Thanks.

Smart thinking with the putty master

Dryer looks good, bath is on it's way.

Hand dryers!

Yea that's one problem with not using all putty... but then its a pain to get a decent shape. It's looking awesome so far.

monkeytroll wrote:Smart thinking with the putty master

Dryer looks good, bath is on it's way.

Yep, with putty being so easy to carve it's a no-brainer.
Thanks.

OneManNoodles wrote:Hand dryers!

Yea that's one problem with not using all putty... but then its a pain to get a decent shape. It's looking awesome so far.

I think this way you get the benefit of building the shape with a skeleton and then the benefit of just having putty to work with. Win-Win.
Thanks OMN.

Tubby! i like it. Well, now i might need the whole set dr.

Nice stuff. The hand dryer looks a bit thick though, like it would jut out too far from the wall. Maybe take 1mm or so off the back? Or not. It'll be good either way

Next up, one of those dispensers for tissue toilet seat covers?

For the tub make sure the underside of the lip is flat so that it can be inset into a frame. 'Tis quite the trend these days.

cormadepanda wrote:Tubby! i like it. Well, now i might need the whole set dr.

Thanks Comrade. That's what I like to hear.

Red Harvest wrote:Nice stuff. The hand dryer looks a bit thick though, like it would jut out too far from the wall. Maybe take 1mm or so off the back? Or not. It'll be good either way

Thanks.
Well those in game are quite "chunky". I may leave it as is and if the customer thinks it's too thick for the purpose they can easily sand it down to fit.

Next up, one of those dispensers for tissue toilet seat covers?

There is a strange lack of these in Fallout. Probably something to do with all the toilet seats going missing...

Something to keep in mind for when I expand my miniature bathroom range though. Although wouldn't that just be a box?

For the tub make sure the underside of the lip is flat so that it can be inset into a frame. 'Tis quite the trend these days.

The lip does appear to have a flat bottom so you are in luck with that.

And I've done a bit of work on shaping that and starting to smooth and refine the overall shape.


Much more work to be done.
I need to add a thin layer of putty on the outside to smooth it over, and fix up the broken bits of the lip.
And then it will be just a matter of getting it perfectly smooth all over, then the taps and drains....

This will be the last thing I make before the moulding and casting of the final products. I already have a box I didn't get to do last time and now I have the sinks, hand dryers and baths, and also re-casting more Tainted toilets. Busy busy busy.

Welcome to Dr. H's thread, currently making dentures . Sorry saw the colored putty and that's what popped into my head. Looking very good doc

Thank you Theo.

I do have a mouth-guard somewhere from when I played rugby that works in pretty much the same way. I believe it was called a Shock-Doctor... Strange how things work out...

lol....dentures ...

I have to say that for me the dimensions of the tub appear slightly off to the FO one...of course you could always declare it a 28mm heroic scale tub...and be safe

but I totally like your work here!

tho it still makes me wonder why you never considered to work with just putty/ Fimo or other stuff...but then again, who would argue here as you arrived already to a perfect tub...and we all know how many roads to rome there are...

They still make dentures in the UK? It's all implants these days over here, or so it seems.

The tub is good, nice shape and dimensions IMHO. Legs for it? Or a place to attach them, for those who like the claw foot tub look?

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
lol....dentures ...

I have to say that for me the dimensions of the tub appear slightly off to the FO one...of course you could always declare it a 28mm heroic scale tub...and be safe

That's the problem with working in this scale. If you calculate real world distances into 28mm scale, they all look tiny and you nearly have to double the measurements in some cases.
The other problem is working from computer screenshots and having to estimate the relative measurements.

The height, I think is spot on; It's just slightly higher than the toilet seat.
The width; It's slightly less than the depth of the toilet (front to back) which it appears to be in the screenshots. Maybe it could be wider, but then the whole bath looks very short (lengthwise) and...
The length; Could possibly be longer, but in 28mm it's 6 foot long and on the table here it's up to the shoulder of a SM. Any longer and it becomes a giant bath...

but I totally like your work here!

tho it still makes me wonder why you never considered to work with just putty/ Fimo or other stuff...but then again, who would argue here as you arrived already to a perfect tub...and we all know how many roads to rome there are...

Thanks.
The reason I didn't go straight to putty was that I knew the measurements would be out when converted and it would need modification of it's dimensions.
Things like chopping it in half lengthwise is just much easier when it's made of paper and card then of putty (milliput is really quite hard when set).

Also, if I made a total mess of the skeleton build, I could just chuck it in the bin and I've not lost anything. Putty costs money.

Also also, It's difficult to make thin walls of putty without support. It will often bend under it's own weight. So a skeleton is really helpful.


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 Red Harvest wrote:
They still make dentures in the UK? It's all implants these days over here, or so it seems.

I have no idea. Not at the point of needing to look into it as yet...

The tub is good, nice shape and dimensions IMHO. Legs for it? Or a place to attach them, for those who like the claw foot tub look?

Thanks Red.
The in-game bath has legs, so I will be making legs. Not sure yet how (it may involve sprue carving) and they may or may not be cast separate as that would be easier. The attachment of them would then be an option.

Well the issue with GW models is they all end up as the same height ignoring race.

These look great, Dr H! I still haven't started work on my toilets yet, but when these other items become available they may give me the incentive I need to renovate my post-apoc bathroom!

The sinks are especially neat. Well done there.

cormadepanda wrote:Well the issue with GW models is they all end up as the same height ignoring race.

Yeah, it is a shame when you notice that. And again when you notice the vehicles aren't big enough... *sigh*

They are gaming pieces after all. Nobody complains about the relative sizes of the pieces on a Monopoly board...

Gives us modellers a bit more fun though.

DarkTraveler777 wrote:These look great, Dr H! I still haven't started work on my toilets yet, but when these other items become available they may give me the incentive I need to renovate my post-apoc bathroom!

The sinks are especially neat. Well done there.

Thanks DarkTraveler. Good to hear. I'll look forward to it.



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Ooo, and here's the bath mostly cleaned up.


There's a few rough patches where the putty wasn't quite mixed right I will fill these in and then make a copy before moving on to the details.