Projects: Key of Thundera - Gold chrome foil

I had mentioned this in older posts and thought it would be interesting for you to see. As you may know, I have had problems using metallic foil card in the past for my Ironman mask, but have now found a fantastic technique to achieve the same results with the added benefit of being able to leave the glue flaps un-foiled allowing for a proper glueable surface. I am not quite at the point where I can mass produce this on a large scale but the potential is very exciting to me and look forward to the time when I can make metallic foiled paper kits to order. What do you think, would you like a metallic chrome paper model?

Projects: Sword of Omens - Thundercats HO!

Yep, you guest it. I have already made a start on the large version of Sword of Omens. For those not in the know, the Sword of Omens starts off as a small dagger which has the power of 'sight beyond sight'. I'm illustrating that model at the moment. Lion'O can then make the dagger grow into a large broadsword which he can use for battle and/or to send a signal flair overhead, to call the other Thundercats into action and his aid. The others only need follow that signal flair in order to find him. I'm really pleased with this so far. Been studying the cartoon transformation frame by frame to work out how to get my model to grow from the dagger to the broadsword. looking forward to seeing if I can pull this effect off. All I need to do after that is find someone to play, Lion'O. Any volunteers?

Projects: Sarah-Jane - Stage 2

Behold! - the centre section of Thirty/Thirty's beloved giant energy rifle, Sarah-Jane. This rough mockup was constructed to test some of the construction methods I had chosen to use. Eventually I'll re-design the nets to smooth out the shapes because I'm not a huge fan of these large faceted surfaces. Now I have it in hand, I can also see where some structural corrections are needed and am not overly happy with some of the visible seams either, which will have to be disguise some how or I may have to change the nets again to erase the need for them to be in that position altogether. This is proving to be quite a structural challenge purely because of it's sheer size. Can't wait to get around to constructing the other sections and piecing it all together. It is going to be well over 6 foot tall when finished I think. There are two additional parts that attach to the top and bottom of this centre section which will make this part, (pictured top left), even BIGGER. I refer to the 'turbo booster'…

I think you hobbyists are really going to enjoy the challenge of making this beast…