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Kitbash; Zilladon sea monster 2024-01-13
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Kitbash; Zilladon sea monster 2024-01-13
2024-01-13; new pics page 3; swapping in a larger Zilla head
2023-12-29; new pics page 2; scale check with new larger sized tower.
2023-12-27; new pics page 2; continuing to Hydrodon
2023-12-23; new pics page 2; checking scale of watchtower , and started painting the Hydrodon
2023-12-22; new pics page 2; visualizing rock cliff shoreline
2023-12-20; new pics page 2; working the base
2023-12-15; new pics page 1; replacing head and adding new fins
2023-12-07; new pics page 1; slimmed down back near tail, adding details
2023-12-03; new pics page 1; detailing the left side and working the claws
2023-12-02; new pics page 1; started working on the claws
2023-12-01; new pics page 1; started detailing the underside and tapering the forearms
2023-11-30; new pics page 1; filled in holes and roughed in forearms
2023-11-29; new pics page 1; finished cutting to significantly slim down body and tail
2023-11-25; new pics page 1; continuing to slim down body
2023-11-24; new pics page 1; started modifying Hydrodon sea monster
Plan to modify the Hydrodon to have a much slimmer and athletic build, and have a larger open mouth
2023-12-29; new pics page 2; scale check with new larger sized tower.
2023-12-27; new pics page 2; continuing to Hydrodon
2023-12-23; new pics page 2; checking scale of watchtower , and started painting the Hydrodon
2023-12-22; new pics page 2; visualizing rock cliff shoreline
2023-12-20; new pics page 2; working the base
2023-12-15; new pics page 1; replacing head and adding new fins
2023-12-07; new pics page 1; slimmed down back near tail, adding details
2023-12-03; new pics page 1; detailing the left side and working the claws
2023-12-02; new pics page 1; started working on the claws
2023-12-01; new pics page 1; started detailing the underside and tapering the forearms
2023-11-30; new pics page 1; filled in holes and roughed in forearms
2023-11-29; new pics page 1; finished cutting to significantly slim down body and tail
2023-11-25; new pics page 1; continuing to slim down body
2023-11-24; new pics page 1; started modifying Hydrodon sea monster
Plan to modify the Hydrodon to have a much slimmer and athletic build, and have a larger open mouth
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Re: Kitbash:Hydrodon sea monster 2023-11-24
Can you please finish your ongoing bashes before starting on yet another one Joe? (You're making us look bad down here)
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Re: Kitbash:Hydrodon sea monster 2023-11-24
Hah, well, you know I don’t care much for the painting phase, so I have to do some bashing in between paint sessions.
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Re: Kitbash:Hydrodon sea monster 2023-11-24
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Re: Kitbash:Hydrodon sea monster 2023-11-25
looking great Joe could be male & female... female with slender body
Re: Kitbash:Hydrodon sea monster 2023-11-25
Thank you Scott! I sincerely appreciate you allowing me to acquire this second kit from you.
Yeah, I was thinking along those same lines for sure.
I ordered a 3d printed Godzilla kit which I hope that I can use the head for this bash, so I do not have to sculpt a new head with open mouth.
As It would be very difficult (impossible?) for me to sculpt the tiny teeth for an open mouth.
I have another change idea which would be totally fantastic , but I have to do some research first to see if I think I can pull it off….
Yeah, I was thinking along those same lines for sure.
I ordered a 3d printed Godzilla kit which I hope that I can use the head for this bash, so I do not have to sculpt a new head with open mouth.
As It would be very difficult (impossible?) for me to sculpt the tiny teeth for an open mouth.
I have another change idea which would be totally fantastic , but I have to do some research first to see if I think I can pull it off….
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Re: Kitbash:Hydrodon sea monster 2023-11-25
Unfamiliar with this character - will be watching the mods with interest ...
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Re: Kitbash:Hydrodon sea monster 2023-11-25
Can't tell if you are enhancing the texture scales or slicing them off in that last photo?
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Re: Kitbash:Hydrodon sea monster 2023-11-25
I cut them off to slim the tail down.
I will add scales and texture back on but with a much slimmer profile.
I will add scales and texture back on but with a much slimmer profile.
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Re: Kitbash:Hydrodon sea monster 2023-12-15
About time for an update ... did you think you could take a few days off? You got us twitching with withdrawal symptoms ...
Very nice work - I have to say I like the idea of the Big G head. (Now THAT ONE is too small for you to 'bash into something else! )
P.S. I'm gonna go see Godzilla Minus One for the third time tomorrow. (Haven't done that for a movie since the first "Avatar" hit the screens in 2009 when my kids were still little) ....
Very nice work - I have to say I like the idea of the Big G head. (Now THAT ONE is too small for you to 'bash into something else! )
P.S. I'm gonna go see Godzilla Minus One for the third time tomorrow. (Haven't done that for a movie since the first "Avatar" hit the screens in 2009 when my kids were still little) ....
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Re: Kitbash:Hydrodon sea monster 2023-12-15
I would try to make head a bit bigger to match the arms size..
Which mean's you have to make the neck a somewhat shorter..
Which mean's you have to make the neck a somewhat shorter..
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Re: Kitbash:Hydrodon sea monster 2023-12-15
Thank you for the suggestion scuzz.
I just ordered 2 more different larger size 3d printed Zilla heads to possibly replace the current head.
But I have to be careful , because if I go too large with the head , it will make the overall size look much smaller in scale.
I.e. instead of appearing “whale sized”, if I replace the head with one that is too large, then the critter will be reduced to “shark sized”.
I want to maintain the original leviathan size scale feel to this creature.
If you look at the original kit, the head size is even smaller in relation to the body as I significantly slimmed down the body.
I just ordered 2 more different larger size 3d printed Zilla heads to possibly replace the current head.
But I have to be careful , because if I go too large with the head , it will make the overall size look much smaller in scale.
I.e. instead of appearing “whale sized”, if I replace the head with one that is too large, then the critter will be reduced to “shark sized”.
I want to maintain the original leviathan size scale feel to this creature.
If you look at the original kit, the head size is even smaller in relation to the body as I significantly slimmed down the body.