The campaign has now Funded and can be found' here:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/blind-beggar/skyriders-28mm-scale-sci-fi-vehicles-and-miniatureSome of you may remember that last year's Build Something Competition had the subject of 'Flight' as a guideline for entries and I built a 'Parawing' for it from brass plate.
The thread for that particular build is here:
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=96742.0It eventually ended up with a master casting of the build which looked like this...
I also built the 'pilot' for the Parawing, which began life like this...
....and ended up like this....
When they were cast up in metal I ended up with metal masters (including the 'hanging' attachment that held the pilot in place) looking like this....
Not bad, but it could have been more useful all round if I had gone down a different route.
So, bearing this in mind, I asked Andy at Ainsty to cast up the master in resin, which has made it much lighter, and worked on a variant which would allow the riders to stand on top of the 'wing' and ride it more like a board.
This would be much more useful, so I sculpted some more 'pilots' to stand on top of the boards and ride them rather than hang beneath them.
I now have all of the components back and the result is a much better design which may be useful in a whole bunch of settings.
Once the paint has dried I will take some pictures and post the results here.
