Topic: Hemble's Dio's - Han Solo in Stormtrooper Disguise WIP 6" P63 07/07/15

[XTS_Operative]

Hey Ron, do you pre-mix the PVA woodglue and plaster of paris to prevent the foamcore from warping? This may not apply on your latest dio, but on at least one of your older productions it looks like you used 3/8" (or 9.5mm) foamcore for construction. Or maybe a better question, how do you keep your constructions from warping?

Someone on rebelscum advised pre-washing the foamcore with a 75/25 ratio of PVA to water mix to "seal it." I've never encountered this problem before now.

[hemble]

Hi All

Joerhyno - Thanks mate and the cans will get the old weathering done to them once I decide waht colour I'm going to paint them.

XTS_Operative - I do pre-mix the plaster and glue before I apply it to any surface. I have never had any problems with the foamcore warping even when I srcibe lines into it to make the mix adhere even better.

The only thing I can think of that would be making the walls warp would be the mix is to watery. I always make my mix the same consistency of pancake mix, the only problem with adding woodglue to plaster is that it speeds up the drying process faster so you have to work fast with it.

Ron

[XTS_Operative]

Thanks for your advice.

[hemble]

Hi All

XTS_Operative - mate no worries.

And I have completed the three containers and damn it was hard to decide how to paint them, so I went onto wikipedia and did a search for SW cargo containers and they had different colours and when I saw the blue I went with that.

Pic 1 - I painted the cans with Vallejo's Dark Blue 930.
Pic 2 - I then painted the top, bottom and middle with GW Mithril Silver.
Pic 3 - I then gave the cans a very light wash of Matt Black.
Pic 4 - Once the cans first wash was dry I made some prints on the computer and printed them off and stuck them on. Once the prints dried I then gave the cans a good going over using a wash of Matt black again.

If memory serves the prints read
                            
                           CAUTION
DO NOT PRESS SIDES CONTAINS EXPLOSIVES  
       CLASS ONE EXPLOSIVE CONTAINER

Ron

[hemble]

Hi All

Pic 1 - Once the wash dried I then pressed random areas of the cans to make them look damaged and yes droids don't like to look at caution signs
Pic 2 - The cans were given a drybrush of GW Mithril Silver and Vallejo's Gunmetal Grey 70.863.
Pic 3 - Then cans were then given a drybrush of Vallejo's Beige Brown 875, GW Bestail Brown and then Vallejo's Drak Sand 70847 and once dry I used a mix of reddish brown and light brown pastel chalks.

Ron

[hemble]

Two more pics showing the completed cargo containers on the base.

Ron

[krztfr]

Awesome creativity with this one makes me almost want a twelve inch figure so I can make a soda can shipping container

[Tankster]

Ron you are so inventive!!!

[Tamer]

Thanks for showing us how you do all this Ron. I love the tutorial approach you are taking with each new update.

[hemble]

Hi All

krztfr, Tankster & Tamer - Cheers guys and really glad that you are all enjoying the dio so far and also the tutorials. I have redone the dio and have added something new to it that I should have added at the begining and will have pics up hopefully tonight or tomorrow.

Ron

[Joerhyno]

AWESOME!!! Now yer talkin'... Love 'em!

krztfr- Just get those mini cans they sell, I buy them for my wife all the time because she can't ever seem to finish a reg size can. Or if anything, cut one in half and tape it. Should still have the same look only smaller. I believe Hemble uses tape for those stripes anyway, right?

[hemble]

AWESOME!!! Now yer talkin'... Love 'em!

krztfr- Just get those mini cans they sell, I buy them for my wife all the time because she can't ever seem to finish a reg size can. Or if anything, cut one in half and tape it. Should still have the same look only smaller. I believe Hemble uses tape for those stripes anyway, right?

Cheers mate and I used thin cardboard strips for the rings.

Ron

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Hi All

Well I am 95% complete with the dio all I have to do now is add the sand and a little weathering and then it is done. As I mentioned in an earlier post I have added a new part to the dio which I should have done right at the start, so here is what I did.

Pic 1 - I cut out a section of the wall near the steps to make a door and added plasticard to the sides. The plasticard has small squres and looks like padding once painted, you can get this from any good hobby shop or online from evergreen.

I then patched up the gap between the wall and the padding with plaster of paris.

Pic 2 - The door was made using thin cardboard which I got from a cereal box and was strengthened at the back using balsa wood to stop it warpping when painted.

Pic 3 & 4  - Is what the door looks like almost complete, it was first painted using Vallejo's Black 70.950 and once dry was painted using Vallejo's Flat Brown 70984. Once the last coat is dry the door was then drybrushed using GW Mithril Silver and Vallejo's Gunmetal Grey 70.863.

The padding was given a wash of Vallejo's Black 70.950 and left to dry then it was drybrushed using Vallejo's Biege Brown 875 and Vallejo's White 70951.

The intercom was made using some thin cardboard for the back, I used a old paint lid for the monitor and a part of a Star trek 1/1000th nacelle for the mouth piece. the button between the monitor and mouth piece is from a 7" Artasylum Star Trek Enterprise scanner and the two pieces on the right hand side are again from Artasylum Star Trek Gorn figure.

The poster I got permission to use from bama287 over at www.fanpop.com I just printed it off and stuck it to the wall.

Ron

[hemble]

Hi All

Well the dio and sandtroopers are all complete I hope you all enjoyed the tutorial and will have another dio soon.

Ron

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A few more.

Ron