Kitbashing a Grim Dark Robot model - from Scratch
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- čas přidán 28. 02. 2024
- Scalemodel tank build gone wrong. For The Big Bot Bash I kitbash a 1/35th scale panzer kampfwagen into a Weird robot. Paint it very worn and battered with some simple and efficient techniques.
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@wittlegoblin
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that face is freaky. And the model is great too... Knew you could do it, thanks for taking part!
Thanks Bill! And thank you for inviting. I was utterly at a loss there for a while before I realised I could cheat my way through the mission.
Whenever you walk around, it feels like you're holding me by my neck while calmly explaining the grim reality that awaits me.
Welcome to the bunker
Very nice! Looking forward to watching this dude touch down on that battlefield of yours!
Thanks Boylei! I'm looking forward to the same :) Will be checking out your video asap.
Heay! I’ve been watching the entire playlist. Starting with yours
If you add a VHS filter to this entire video it would make an amazing "found footage" style hobby film. It's already more than half way to that destination anyway. Mad Alex Labs, deep in a bunker somewhere in the north. No masks, all fumes, and fevered building. On the other hand, don't listen to me. Awesome little bot.
I'm only purchasing the VHS release if the package says "Please be kind; rewind!"
Thank you hunnit Clive and as always thank you for the support. I did experiment a bit with this video, some things I like some feel a bit rushed. But a good experiment and a fun challenge
What a beautiful piece of cinematography, I feel like I'm watching a personal diary of man living next to Roadside picnic
Thank you W!
The nervous energy bubbling behind the entire video is exactly how I feel about tricky kitbashes 😂
Both a very funny ep and a very cool result!
Thanks man, it was a bit different but also fun to see it come together.
I want to see the dinosaur kitbash for a world transformed vid!! No joke I do!
Hah! of course you do Phil :)
I’d watch it 😅
Reminds me of some kind of haunted, Deiselpunk golem. I could see that beast terrorizing some scavengers in Forbidden Psalm: The Last War.
Thanks Tim! Your quite right there :)
You've done a great job of threading this process into a narrative. Your lighting serves the quietly frantic pressure of a collaboration, and manages to compliment your setbacks beautifully. Amazing bot, and amazing work!
Thank you Bob, I appreciate it
Thoroughly enjoyed that Alex, and your semi-panicked intro was really funny. A great robot build.
I've never seen such an unhinged scandinavian reaction before
Hah!
Awesome work, dude. Love your studio space, too!
Thanks GB! Always such a mess but that's the way of things I guess.
Fantastic to find new fellow creators through this bot bash. You have such clean shots with great lighting!
Thanks and welcome! 🙏
I love how this came out. I definitely would have leaned more heavily into the body horror and got some more trapped soldiers in there for more "bone" though! What a freaky effect.
If it's a bit unstable, perhaps some thin armature wire from the electric hands could trail across the floor to provide additional points of contact with the ground?
Hey Alex, I really enjoy your videos and your sense of humor. I'm keeping my wife awake because I keep laughing at your comments. Thanks!! 😂
Thanks TT! Great to hear.
Nice work, Alex. I really like the frenetic, handheld nature of this video overall. Makes it seem post-apocalyptic to a point. Thoroughly wonderful, as always. Cheers
Thanks a ton!
I've always loved your filmmaking and storytelling, and the build is great too, especially considering how rarely you scratch build. Great video!
Thank you very much Iain
Thanks Iain!
I've been one of those people a little hesitant to try oils but you've got me inspired! This is gorgeous, what a face!
Thank you Wittlegoblin! Oils are magic. A different workflow and takes getting used to but def a great tool. Looking forward to checking your bot bash vid out.
Brilliant video. Wasn't expecting the horror movie effects. Nice dice roll....and fancy pants. Glad I am not the only one who experiences kit bashing = bandaids (plaster in English), though mine isn't as cool as yours.
Much appreciated!
So cool! I liked seeing you struggle out of your comfort zone. The paint job was absolutely beautiful
Glad you liked it!
Fantastic video and build. Agree with Bill, the little head is freaky, but awesome. Really vibe with your laid back presentation. Honour being part of the collaboration with you!
Thanks kindly, it was a great challenge. Looking forward to checking out your build
My jaw dropped when you brought out the face. This is such a wonderful, cool, weird build!
way to go Alex..I love the Crusher. Now, thanks to you, I am not and have not been afraid of oil paints, however I am making a note never ever to purchase that fancy hobby oil wash and solvent that crushes sprue goo and model cement. Yikes! A thoroughly enjoyable video; your Bot will be a formidable foe battling soldiers and other spirit types in A War Transformed.
Thanks Mark! Yes, I'll definitely stick to the traditional art suplies from here on. The bottles of oil wash in the video have been permanently removed from my rack.
Great build and loved the creative process explained behind it. Look forward to more of your creative kitbashes as you go!
Thank you Blake, I appreciate it
I've been excited to watch this since the Discord message was sent out announcing it. I'm glad you went with the "garbage kit" route. It was much more interesting and enjoyable to watch in my opinion.
Thanks for another great video!
Thanks Erik, I'm glad I decided to make it a kitbash too.
Love it!
Thanks!!
This was honestly a great watch, it gave an excellent perspective on your thought process and while you do explain it to us this was an great representation in real time so to speak
I think it turned out well in terms of Bone legs I think that un armored mechanical legs counts as the bones of a metal construct the hands are my favorite part thoughts the use of the telegraph poles definitely were a great choice. It honestly looks like it was put together by magic
Great Job Alex :)
Thank you Ovan! I appreciate it truly.
Great work as usual! Heads up though!! No, literally take your head away from the open sprue-goo container. Those fumes aint good for the brains.😉
A master of the narrative and a cute little face to boot! Stomp stomp stomp 😂 Wonderful video again Alex.
Hah, Stomp! Thanks Allison!
The style of this was such a departure from your usual clean and calculated ways, it was a bit unsettling. But it shows you’re an excellent videographer.
Thanks Cronos!
WOW “fancy pants” you got trolled by the dice!! 😂😂😂
Good effort tho you created a really bizarre yet cool looking bot thing 😊
Def. trolled by dice! Thanks Martyn.
I've seen some previews at the discord but I didn't notice the heads and they are freaking me out in the best possible way - what a work of art.
I really wish I had junk like this laying around... what a coincidence and how handy for this challenge ^^
Thank you Bea. Yeah, very handy trash to have around! I should buy, I mean, gather more.
A battlefield junk golem. Nice idea.
I do love watching your mistakes from time to time. Note to self, when I decide to work in oils use traditional oil and white spirits, don't buy into 'miniature' oil paints. I love the finished robot, and all the new videos/content creators to watch!
Thanks Bill. I intend to make a video on oil paints. The tricky thing with artist paints is that they are all pretty much single pigments and sometimes that requires a bit of knowledge. Where as the oil paints from AK for example are mixes that can assist when doing some effects. So for example, a single pigment "orange" is probably slightly transparent because of the pigment and will not make good rust effects. Where as the AK oil paints are mixed to be opaque and is a bit of a shortcut to make rust stains. But when making a wash for example, the opposite may very well be true.
It genuinely upsets me how everything at 8:13 looks perfectly exposed and you probably weren't even trying. Looks this bot as well!
Hah! Thanks mate. I don't mean to upset you further.. but no, I was not trying. But let's just say I got lucky. Looking forward to watching your vid.
17:21 "...and then lightly... Whoops, that wasn't 'lightly', was it..."
Leaving this in shows Integrity and humour, and that is why I like your videos! 😂
I appreciate it!
I'm so into it, can't unsee it once u see it! freakin love it!
Great build, kitbashing is it's own skill and it is nice to see it included in the bot bash. The concept of the face is horrifying and I love it.
Thanks Alex, I appreciate it.
One of the cooler kit bashes I've seen!
That poor Panzer IV 😉 For the price of that kit you would get a combat patrol box. Anyway nice video & oils are great!
Indeed! Darn expensive kit. But it's been lying around for probably ten years and so this way it's getting used at least. And plenty more plastic to use in there.
Great Bot Build! I appreciate your first attempt to use found objects. That can be quite difficult w/out a little luck.
You did a great job with this. I love that you've made it fit with your own story.
I'm glad you like it
Crikey! My prayers have been heard! Thank the stars above!
Praise the Grim Dark Stars!
Two weeks ago while cutting a piece out of a mold I sliced right though my pinky finger. I feel your pain Alex...maybe I'm reading too much between the lines?😂 Also the faces inside your crusher are inspired.
ah! this was actually a onion related injury :)
Great build man, the face makes it!
Also really enjoyed the video, It really takes a lot to chill me out but this episode really did make me relax and vibe. Really looking forward to going through the back college of your channel!
Thanks man! I appreciate it. A lot of good bots were made during this channel, yours is great! 👍
Speed holes is a Simpsons reference. Homer was dressed as Krusty the Clown who had a hit out on him. Homer was at a car lot and the hitman kept missing. Homer asked about the bullet holes and the salesman told him they were speed holes.
Basically bullet holes or battle damage.
Nice looking kitbash.
i love the presentation style of this video. and the bot of course ;)
Thanks! And good to hear, it's a bit of an experiment. The presentation that is :)
I wouldn't like to mess with this guy. Looks nice!
Thanks 🙏 I appreciate it
Love the faces in the bot
I think you got the most unique traits for your bot.
I'm not sure which I enjoyed more; the build or your absolutely insane camera work. I think it's a bit of a tie, really. Great work on the bot and thanks for a wonderful video!
Humble thanks E, thank you 🙏
Going wrong in the best sense. Turned out amazing! Awesome video.
Thanks Ben! Great to be in a challenge together
That's a creepy bot! Creating some forking electricity around that hands could be cool - just for an extra layer of menace
Fantastic model. It needs a bit of bulk on the back. An old crate or something around the upper back. Just a thought.
Always a highlight when you post!
Thank you Evil
Great stuff friend 👏 👍
Thanks for sharing your journey
Thank you Mark, hope you are well.
I love the idea of an "ad-hoc golem" and it looks awesome! But oh man, if only you had some skeleton bits to make the bony legs that would make it sooo creepy. Like as if it had used cadavers from the battlefield for parts of itself.
It's so interesting to see you so flustered as I feel like you're always so calm in these videos but I absolutely love this end result.
“Whoops, that wasn’t lightly was it?” Bah, extra battle damage! There are no accidents!
👌excellent paintjob as usual, love it !
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Thank you humbly!
The Face! Dude the fACe!! ------_____
🙌
Looks great 👍
Very cool Alex! Kit bashing is fun and that turned out pretty nice. Great inspiration as always and I think I am going to have to pick up a copy of A War Transformed for my collection, everytime I watch one of your videos lately I find my self going and looking at it on Amazon....😗
Thanks man, I mean, its great just for the art :)
Great video, thanks for sharing your journey, and letting us know what to avoid 😅.
Thanks as always Is!
My favorite part of the whole thing is because the robot is predominantly clockwork, you could still theoretically use it for part of a fantasy gnome army, or like city states (even better for the Conquest equivalent)
A magnetised weapon load out would have been cool. Like one with axes and swords instead of electrical poles.
Nice work, love how you integrated the prompts into your current hobby project.
The single colour base coat really works for this build. I'm always amazed how much the finishing layers add. Good reminder not to sweat the small stuff while base coating.
Re: solvent safety - I'm not an expert, but I don't think white spirits are any worse than plastic glue. Unless your mask/filter has a charcoal layer (maybe that big mask you had does!), I don't think it does anything to protect you from VOCs. I personally use a fan or open window to keep fresh air circulating, and gloves to keep it off my skin when working with oil washes. There are other solvents you can use with oils (e.g. citrus based or natural turpentine), but not sure how they behave with plastic and acrylic paints. Actually, these may have been the cause of your disassembly incident.🤔
Thanks! White spirit / turpentine has a brain melting tendency and so I use my mask that has a filter for organic fumes when in my not so well ventilated bunker :)
Excellent build. Ive loved this challenge, it helped me find out about so many great creators and amazing videos to add to the watchlist
Watching from Bill making stuff
Welcome to the channel :)
heads, after a while they will become bones. is an accicdentally very unsettling line
Your bot has great character and life! Really well done. Thanks for sharing.
Glad you like it Avivat!
Finally got round to watching thos! DEFFINITELY NOT TRASH! 😂 but once again, well done!
Hah! Thanks P
Hello! Great work. I came because of Bill making stuff's recommendation.Congratulations!
Thanks Bill! And thanks for watching
Very very cool! Always loved your stuff mate but love finding new channels through colabs like this
Awesome, thank you!
Hi Alex. It seems to me that the average bits box is full of junk, and junk is trash, so I think you're good. 🙂 Your robot came out great. Keep having fun. 👍
Thanks ToG! Good to hear from you :)
Great looking mini.
Loved this little thing. It almost looks cute!
That turned out good!
Great job on this attempt at a different format!
Thanks Victor!
Magically enhanced WWI robot?? From a different universe than Bangarang... Someone rolled triple "Fancy"!
Hi Alex, I have to say, it makes me smile to see you having issues with something, you're always very accurate, and I love to watch you work, but you know, sometimes things just go wrong, take a breath, and go on, I really loved to watch you working out this mini, it's been "challenging" to work on something out of nothing? To see something and picture it out as something different?
Thanks for that T. It was a challenge in the sense of proportions and position. Getting all the bits together and the story together was fun.
This Big Bot Bash colab has been really fun to watch.
I learned about Sprue Glue a good while ago from one of your earlier videos. I still use and swear by it to this day. Its a wonderful idea.
Great to hear! Thanks Justin
Awesome cinematic video as always.
Thanks Red 👍
Fantastic build brother you did an outstanding job man the paint job looks great.
Thank you humbly 🙏
This video is exactly why I bloody love your channel, Alex. Bravo
Thanks Jam! I appreciate it
Here from Boylei. Great build. I like the bike light idea
I love this video . Very different style . But very funny and fun plus a great build . Well the glue iissue wasnt fun or funny. But showed that everyone runs into issues you dont expect.
The signs at the beginning of this video give me big sesame street energy, but the non fitting words are chef's kiss.
Grim Dark? Needz more Skullz!
I think the first video I watched from you was one where you were going through the recycle bins to build an ork town so this certainly fits haha
Hah! That’s a while back now. Thanks for sticking around
Looks amazing!!! Completely out of your usual but you created beautifully!!! 😊😊😊
Thanks C!
@@52Miniatures you are very welcome 🤗
The lighting in the beginning makes me feel like he's about to show me his human bones collection.
What happens in the bunker stays in the bunker
Cool model. That aesthetic fits so well into WW1 meets magic.
First time watching your content. I love your video style. I feel like I'm playing an immersive horror game and wondering if there will jump scares or if I will even survive to the glamour shots. Love the vision and execution.
Thanks Dice and welcome to the channel
I love all the details ❤
Knäppgöken Bill skickade hit mig! Din bot ser schysst ut! 👍👍👍
Tackar! Hälsa knäppgöken
This turned out great!
Thanks W!
I love this, well made!
Awesome!! love it!!
This is how you paint a Big Bot
Thank you Dan! I do enjoy myself a spot of bot painting
I think everything falling apart randomly at different times really showed the actual steps in kit bashing things...😅
Lovely build and paint job Alex! That head is so so freaky
Thanks man! Been very busy and still not had a chance to watch any of the other video, but looking forward to getting around to yours 👌