Evolution of a build : The Iron Giant
I am a 100% a wham, bam, thank you mam type of builder. Pretty much what you see is what I built right out of the gate, but occasionally I have a few builds that I spent a little more time on and went back in and revised the design before taking the final pictures.
The Iron Giant was one of those builds, and only 1 of 2 that I have WIP pictures of. For this specific build the only reason why I took a picture was because I thought the cast shadow looked really cool.
Build from version a to version b:
* The head had zero change.
* The legs has some part changes, but pretty much remained the same.
* The arms and hand parts changed, but the overall layout and shapes pretty much stayed the same.
* The torso has the most change and was torn apart and built back up from scratch a 2nd time. This was one of the few builds that I actually ordered specific parts for instead of using what I had available in my office.
I do not have a big bag of assembly techniques to rely on yet so it took me a little while to figure out how to make the torso solid but still be able to keep the shaping I wanted. It took several hours, but i now have a torso that can be thrown against a wall (yes I did check the stability of the torso against a wall) and it won't break apart.
The most fragile part of the build is the fingers on the left hand (camera right). They were a pain to get on and will pop off when you move them around. I'm sure I'll figure out a solution for that hand if I ever go back and work on it again.
I love the Iron Giant movie and this build is still in my office, with no plans of being dismantled anytime soon.
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Evolution of a build : The Iron Giant
I am a 100% a wham, bam, thank you mam type of builder. Pretty much what you see is what I built right out of the gate, but occasionally I have a few builds that I spent a little more time on and went back in and revised the design before taking the final pictures.
The Iron Giant was one of those builds, and only 1 of 2 that I have WIP pictures of. For this specific build the only reason why I took a picture was because I thought the cast shadow looked really cool.
Build from version a to version b:
* The head had zero change.
* The legs has some part changes, but pretty much remained the same.
* The arms and hand parts changed, but the overall layout and shapes pretty much stayed the same.
* The torso has the most change and was torn apart and built back up from scratch a 2nd time. This was one of the few builds that I actually ordered specific parts for instead of using what I had available in my office.
I do not have a big bag of assembly techniques to rely on yet so it took me a little while to figure out how to make the torso solid but still be able to keep the shaping I wanted. It took several hours, but i now have a torso that can be thrown against a wall (yes I did check the stability of the torso against a wall) and it won't break apart.
The most fragile part of the build is the fingers on the left hand (camera right). They were a pain to get on and will pop off when you move them around. I'm sure I'll figure out a solution for that hand if I ever go back and work on it again.
I love the Iron Giant movie and this build is still in my office, with no plans of being dismantled anytime soon.
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