{"id":4943,"date":"2012-09-21T15:43:43","date_gmt":"2012-09-21T20:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/?p=4943"},"modified":"2012-09-21T15:43:43","modified_gmt":"2012-09-21T20:43:43","slug":"in-progress-chompbot-no-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/in-progress-chompbot-no-5\/","title":{"rendered":"In Progress \u00c2\u00bb Chompbot No.5"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“A new one? What about finishing Frankenstein” you say? No worries! Frank will be finished next week when my laser-cut foliage arrives. Meanwhile, I’m working on the initial sample build of Industria Mechanika’s release of Jake Parker’s Chompbot #5.<\/p>\n

Preorder your Chompbot and Chomp Troopers here.<\/a><\/strong> Order by 9.28.2012 to get a $10 discount when you order the Chompbot and Chomp Troopers together!<\/p>\n

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This kit is a lot of fun and bigger than you might think. Check the preview video below to get a good idea of size. The figures are about 2″ tall while the bot itself clocks in at around 9 inches tall. Since most of that is a sphere, it’s a rather large piece!<\/p>\n

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Clean-up was a breeze. The only part to watch for when building the chompbot is that you’ll want to insert some 1\/16″ brass rod through the lower legs as they’re thin and over time could sag under the weight. Drilling those parts to insert the rod was really easy though so it’s a minimal worry. In fact I did all the clean-up, pinning, and even managed to drill out the resin eye-bulbs and replace them with 5mm LEDs\/soldering wires all in about 2 hours. Check out the following video to see how simply this goes together:<\/p>\n

httpvh:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=v3YBopHjGDY<\/p>\n

I started priming and painting yesterday. First I primed the Chompy with Duplicolor Green Self-Etching Primer, then with Duplicolor Dark Gray Sandable Primer.<\/p>\n

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When that cured I airbrushed the entire kit in German Gray Tamiya Acrylic then airbrushed on a very thin coat of Future (FFA) to seal it. When cured I masked off some of the parts I wanted to keep in the dark gray, then sprayed it all-over with a mottled coat of custom-mixed rust and dark gray Tamiya Acrylics.<\/p>\n

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Another very thin coat of FFA was applied, then I sprayed all of the parts with hair-spray. Over this I sprayed on a green blue, then Tamiya Acrylics Sky Gray. About 20 minutes later I took a wet stiff brush and started chipping away at the Sky Gray color to reveal the rusted mottled color below.<\/p>\n

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Next I’ll hand-paint some details in more German Gray that were easier to pait after the chipping than they would had been to mask.<\/p>\n\n\t\t