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Offline Cacique Caribe

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Pellucidar Fans Might Recognize THIS!
« on: January 19, 2019, 06:05:01 PM »
So, what do you guys think of this, my first attempt at making a very weathered and abandoned “iron mole” (for use with 15mm figures)?



More pics here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/9593487@N07/sets/72157705635591075

I started off with a piece of closet rod, a CD, and a couple of LEGO drill and gear pieces.

The drill screw was a piece of LEGO that I bought super cheap, and so were the two gear pieces that I added at its base:

https://www.brickowl.com/catalog/lego-rock-raiders-drill
https://www.brickowl.com/catalog/lego-black-double-bevel-gear-with-36-teeth-32498
https://www.brickowl.com/catalog/lego-medium-stone-gray-gear-with-40-teeth-3649-34432

I had been checking that site for a while, waiting for that specific screw piece to become available at a decent price.  I finally got two of them for about a buck and a half each.

The body of the iron mole is just a piece of a closet dowel rod, to which I added rectangular pieces of toilet paper roll cardboard material.  The hatch I made using a bit of green stuff.

The base is a CD to which I added a jumbled mass of foam pieces cut in blocky looking shapes, to simulate hard ground that had been cracked and pushed apart from underneath.  Once glued down in place I used premixed joint compound to fill in some of the bigger gaps.  I waited until the joint compound had dried a bit and added more texture by stippling.

I had some tufts, and a couple of shades of flocking.  I’m about to seal it with diluted PVA or a spray sealer, depending on the weather.

And that’s all there was to it.
« Last Edit: January 21, 2019, 07:01:54 PM by Cacique Caribe »

Offline GDonk

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Re: Pellucidar Fans Might Recognize THIS!
« Reply #1 on: January 19, 2019, 10:02:38 PM »
Looks amazing. Beautiful build and finish.

Offline Tactalvanic

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Re: Pellucidar Fans Might Recognize THIS!
« Reply #2 on: January 19, 2019, 10:45:00 PM »
very evocative, and looks a lot better now its not just a piece of lego.

Nice

Offline Bowman

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Re: Pellucidar Fans Might Recognize THIS!
« Reply #3 on: January 19, 2019, 11:48:03 PM »
Wow, CC. That looks awesome ............as usual.

Just checking, are those bare figures actually 15mm?
"This I have known ever since I stretched out my fingers to the abomination within that great gilded frame; stretched out my fingers and touched a cold and unyielding surface of polished glass." 

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Offline Cacique Caribe

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Re: Pellucidar Fans Might Recognize THIS!
« Reply #4 on: January 20, 2019, 01:07:13 AM »
Thanks guys!

And yes, those are 15mm figures indeed:



I believe that those particular ones are a combination of Highlander Studios and Blue Moon Manufacturing, though I have many more from other makers:

http://www.highlanderstudiosinc.com/Store/shop/space-1889/wilderness-adventurers/
https://www.bluemoonmanufacturing.com/view_product.php?product=15HOR-106

Thanks

Dan
« Last Edit: January 21, 2019, 07:01:13 PM by Cacique Caribe »

Offline Bowman

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Re: Pellucidar Fans Might Recognize THIS!
« Reply #5 on: January 20, 2019, 02:13:29 AM »
Mmmmm..... :'(

Too bad, as that LEGO screw looks awesome, but it’s too small for my 28mm figures.

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Re: Pellucidar Fans Might Recognize THIS!
« Reply #6 on: January 20, 2019, 04:39:05 AM »
That looks brilliant  :-*

Barry

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Offline VSF Gamer

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Re: Pellucidar Fans Might Recognize THIS!
« Reply #7 on: January 20, 2019, 04:51:05 AM »
Great job scratch building!n I'm jealous.
 

Offline GDonk

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Re: Pellucidar Fans Might Recognize THIS!
« Reply #8 on: January 20, 2019, 10:34:46 AM »
Mmmmm..... :'(

Too bad, as that LEGO screw looks awesome, but it’s too small for my 28mm figures.
Have you looked at the GI Mole Pod? The screw bit stuck on the end of a bit of drain pipe can work for 28mm (I have one somewhere amongst my many, many w.i.p. s).

Offline Bowman

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Re: Pellucidar Fans Might Recognize THIS!
« Reply #9 on: January 20, 2019, 07:05:17 PM »
Ahh.....

The GI Joe Mole Pod. Thanks for that.

Offline Cyrus the Great

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Re: Pellucidar Fans Might Recognize THIS!
« Reply #10 on: January 21, 2019, 06:21:27 AM »
CC, a very workmanlike model. Nice to see your work again. 

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Re: Pellucidar Fans Might Recognize THIS!
« Reply #11 on: January 21, 2019, 07:35:06 AM »
Good work CC, nicely constructed!
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Offline Dr DeAth

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Re: Pellucidar Fans Might Recognize THIS!
« Reply #12 on: January 21, 2019, 08:20:00 AM »
Scratch building at its best.
Photos of my recent efforts are at www.littleleadmen.com and https://beaverlickfalls.blogspot.com

Offline Tesla knight

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Re: Pellucidar Fans Might Recognize THIS!
« Reply #13 on: January 21, 2019, 05:01:02 PM »
Very cool!!

Offline Cacique Caribe

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Re: Pellucidar Fans Might Recognize THIS!
« Reply #14 on: January 21, 2019, 06:36:38 PM »
Thanks, guys, for all the kind comments.

Now I’ve gotta come up with a color scheme for these brave adventurers.  I think that I will probably start with a party of 5:



So ... what would have been suitable “travel” attire colors for that time?  Suggestions?

Thanks

Dan
« Last Edit: January 21, 2019, 07:00:40 PM by Cacique Caribe »