{"id":1687,"date":"2003-03-03T17:23:44","date_gmt":"2003-03-04T01:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/?p=1687"},"modified":"2009-02-11T17:25:16","modified_gmt":"2009-02-12T01:25:16","slug":"in-progress-%c2%bb-non-hguc-hygogg-mako","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/in-progress-%c2%bb-non-hguc-hygogg-mako\/","title":{"rendered":"In Progress \u00c2\u00bb Non-HGUC Hygogg &#8216;Mako&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"subhead\">2.13.2003 \u00c2\u00bb progress<br \/>\nintro<\/p>\n<p>Here is my first progress shot for my Hygog. As you<br \/>\ncan see, I haven&#8217;t gotten much done. Just a little sanding and puttying.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;ll look much better in the coming weeks though. I hope!<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-hygog\/aDSC00536.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"268\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"subhead\">2.16.2003 \u00c2\u00bb inspiration &amp; clay<\/p>\n<p>I managed to progress a bit on my Hygog and diorama.<\/p>\n<p>Diorama:<\/p>\n<p>The base is a stained\/finished wooden plaque that<br \/>\nI bought at Michael&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p>The landscape is made from a base of styrofoam, then<br \/>\ncovered in a baking soda\/cornstarch clay. Here&#8217;s the recipe:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"Body\">1 cup baking soda<\/li>\n<li class=\"Body\">1\/2 cup corn starch<\/li>\n<li class=\"Body\">3\/4 cup water<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mix baking soda and corn starch in a non-stick pan.<br \/>\nStir in water over medium heat and stir continuously until mixture<br \/>\nbecomes the consistency of mashed potatoes. About 3-5 minutes. Remove<br \/>\nimmediately from heat an place into airtight container. After ten<br \/>\nminutes (or when cooled off a bit) knead dough until smooth. (Overcooking<br \/>\nthe dough will make it crumbly.) Clay will dry overnight. Some shrinking<br \/>\nwill occur and cracks will occur as well, so keep a little extra<br \/>\nclay to fill those in.<\/p>\n<p>Next, I will need to prime the landscape and begin<br \/>\npainting\/gardening \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>The Jar will be the location of my batteries and will<br \/>\neventually become a giant fuel tank for a Federation refueling depot.<\/p>\n<p>Hygog:<\/p>\n<p>My goal is to make the painting of this aquatic mobile suit look<br \/>\nlike a mako shark corvette. Here&#8217;s what I&#8217;ve done so far:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"Body\">Puttied, sanded, primed.<\/li>\n<li class=\"Body\">Airbrushed a medium-light blue on all parts.<\/li>\n<li class=\"Body\">Airbrushed Field-Blue on upper parts of parts.<\/li>\n<li class=\"Body\">Airbrushed white underneath all of parts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-hygog\/mako03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"140\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-hygog\/xIMGA0158.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"subhead\">2.18.2003 \u00c2\u00bb silverfish<\/p>\n<p>Major painting on the kit is complete. Here are some<br \/>\npics. I still need to make my &#8220;lens&#8221; inserts for the vents<br \/>\non the shoulders and forearms. They&#8217;ll be clear plastic. One side<br \/>\npainted silver, the other side clear orange. I also need to wire-up<br \/>\nthe LED for the eye.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-hygog\/xIMGA0161.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"139\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-hygog\/xIMGA0163.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"201\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-hygog\/xIMGA0166.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"267\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"subhead\">2.24.2003 \u00c2\u00bb snow blower<\/p>\n<p>Update time again. Sorry that it&#8217;s been a while, but<br \/>\nmuch is going on. Here are some updated shots of my diorama. Oh,<br \/>\njust to make it easier to explain, here&#8217;s a step-by-step:<\/p>\n<p>Primed clay with BIN primer.<\/p>\n<p>Painted ground with cheapo acrylics from Michael&#8217;s<br \/>\nCrafts. I used black, brown and a touch of dark blue.<\/p>\n<p>Sprayed down a coat of flat, matt, clear acrylic.<br \/>\nAlso cheap at Michael&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p>Elmer&#8217;s glued down &#8220;dead&#8221; turf I got at<br \/>\nan AWESOME local hobby shop. If you&#8217;re in Pittsburgh, check out<br \/>\nAB Charles.<\/p>\n<p>Sprayed down another coat of clear fixative.<\/p>\n<p>While matt fixative was still wet, I used a mesh strainer<br \/>\nand sifted baking soda onto the surface to simulate snowfall. I<br \/>\nwasn&#8217;t sure if it would look right, but as you can see in the pics&#8230;!<\/p>\n<p>Blew off excess baking soda with airbrush and used<br \/>\na paintbrush to &#8220;sweep&#8221; away other parts for &#8220;melt&#8221;<br \/>\nlook.<\/p>\n<p>Sprayed with 2 more coats of matt fixative.<\/p>\n<p>Also pictured are the missile pods and metallic orange<br \/>\narm inserts which I&#8217;ve gotten finished as well. This thing is really<br \/>\nstarting to take shape. Whew! I still need to make the jar look<br \/>\nlike a fuel tank, and finish the wiring for the LED.<\/p>\n<p>I used an exacto knife and cut apart one of the missile<br \/>\npods.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-hygog\/xIMGA0167.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-hygog\/xIMGA0168.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-hygog\/xIMGA0170.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-hygog\/xIMGA0171.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"118\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"subhead\">3.2.2003 \u00c2\u00bb go with the flow<\/p>\n<p>Another update for the Hygog diorama. This week, I<br \/>\ndid some interesting things with the diorama. I finished the Hygog<br \/>\nkit, put the wires for the LED through the base, finished the fuel<br \/>\ntank, and poured the water in.<\/p>\n<p>Water?!<\/p>\n<p>Yes, water. I was watching While You Were Out on TLC.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s one of those home decorating shows. I saw them make some candles<br \/>\nthat were clear with toy cars in them. I thought, Hey! This would<br \/>\nbe cool for a Hygog diorama! So away I went to Michael&#8217;s and bought<br \/>\nthe &#8220;Clear Gel Wax. (see pic below)<\/p>\n<p>I like to experiment with different techniques and<br \/>\nhave been wanting to find a cheap way to do water effects. This<br \/>\nseemed like a good way to do it. Another cool thing about using<br \/>\nwax instead of a clear resin casting material is that the wax can<br \/>\nbe &#8220;peeled&#8221; off later if the look wasn&#8217;t what I was going<br \/>\nfor. Since it&#8217;s a gel, it dried into a squishy solid mass. Think<br \/>\nJello.<\/p>\n<p>I blocked off the edges of where I would pour the<br \/>\nwax, heated it up, and poured it in. The results were kinda cool,<br \/>\nbut not as perfect as I would had liked. I&#8217;m so glad that I had<br \/>\na cookie sheet under my diorama because the wax broke free in a<br \/>\nspot and went everywhere. Well, at least into the cookie sheet.<\/p>\n<p>Around the legs of the kit and the rocks, I pealed<br \/>\nthe cooled gel-wax back to make it look splashy. This was an unexpected<br \/>\nevent since I didn&#8217;t expect the wax to shrink a bit and leave itself<br \/>\nstranded up the legs. Later, I drybrushed some white Tamiya around<br \/>\nthe pealed marks and the shore to make it look like waves. Since<br \/>\nthe wax dried rounded, I painted some clear high-gloss acrylic on<br \/>\nthe shore to make it look wet. (2nd pic)<\/p>\n<p>Only one problem&#8230; One of the Hygogs feet warped<br \/>\na little bit due to the 250 degree temperature of the wax.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, look at the pics to see the finished results:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-hygog\/xIMGA0175.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" width=\"171\" height=\"188\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-hygog\/xIMGA0177.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-hygog\/xIMGA0178.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-hygog\/xIMGA0180.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"subhead\">3.3.2003 \u00c2\u00bb go with the flow<\/p>\n<p>Project on hold for now&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"subhead\">10.04.2003 \u00c2\u00bb go with the flow<\/p>\n<p>Thought I&#8217;d post some larger images of what it looks<br \/>\nlike so far.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-hygog\/Almost01.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fichtenfoo.com\/images\/prog-hygog\/Almost02.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n\n<!-- Facebook Like Button v1.9.6 BEGIN [http:\/\/blog.bottomlessinc.com] -->\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Ffichtenfoo.net%2Fblog%2Fin-progress-%25c2%25bb-non-hguc-hygogg-mako%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;font=trebuchet+ms\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height: 30px; align: left; margin: 2px 0px 2px 3px\"><\/iframe>\n<!-- Facebook Like Button END -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2.13.2003 \u00c2\u00bb progress intro Here is my first progress shot for my Hygog. As you can see, I haven&#8217;t gotten much done. Just a little sanding and puttying. It&#8217;ll look much better in the coming weeks though. I hope! 2.16.2003 \u00c2\u00bb inspiration &amp; clay I managed to progress a bit&#8230;<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/in-progress-%c2%bb-non-hguc-hygogg-mako\/\"><span>Continue Reading<\/span><i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,56],"tags":[135,72,30,42,708,35,55],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1687"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1687"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1687\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1688,"href":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1687\/revisions\/1688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}