Juggernaut

[old squirmydad]

Soon.
And free.
;D

[Vermin King]

Looks interesting. got that late 40s/early 50s batmobile tail action going. When you texture this, which genre are you going for?

[old squirmydad]

I'm texturing it like this;



It's from an old serial called "Undersea Kingdom";
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undersea_Kingdom



It was supposed to be the fearsome transportation of Unga Khan's Volkites (automaton troops) but every scene the camera cuts away just before the Volkites are about to enter the vehicle as the costumes are obviously too large and unwieldy to get in, or bend for that matter.

The wiki section on technology in this series is very amusing. I was thinking about this series the other day and was surprised that I couldn't find a papermodel available for the Juggernaut, so I decided to make an early Christmas present.

[Vermin King]

hmmm, don't see a listing in the DirecTV guide.

I guess I was off a couple decades. As far as models, I know I've seen one very similar to the Aerial Torpedo Projector. I'll have to try to find it.

[Reivaj]

WOW it look great!! I love the retro sci-fi stuff

[old squirmydad]

Thanks. Still trying to find good pictures of the hood so I can figure out what that lump is....

[old squirmydad]

Slight tweaks to the upper cabin and hood ornament thingy. About halfway through texturing.

[old squirmydad]

So there's page 1;


I should be able to do my final build Monday and whip up some simple instructions.

[Vermin King]

Shouldn't the Top Cabin be wider? Or is this 'remiscent of' or 'based on' the Juggernaut?


I think I will paint up a couple toothpicks for the two cannon.

[old squirmydad]

Hmm, maybe so, looked thinner in the other pic I was looking at. I'll revisit the architecture today, easy fix as I haven't textured that part yet.
Fin is done though;

[Vermin King]

I can't tell that the round thing at the front is anything more than an overly large hood ornament. Good images on this are not common, that's for sure.

[cowboyleland]

In all probability even those individuals most "in the know" always refered to it as "the thing on the front."

Fin looks great!

[old squirmydad]

Well I found this picture, but the shape of the hood thingy looks different here than in the other shots, maybe it's a gussied-up publicity still.


So I've incorporated a little of the odd shape from the other photos with the detail in this one to make my own version;

[okumarts]

I love this and I love the source material!
So cool!

[Vermin King]

If you look at that shot I posted, the thing looks like half-of a devilled egg cut long-wise. Shiny at the bottom, darker at the top. Looking at your front-on view, the darker part looks almost like a louvered/slotted grill treatment. Looking at the front-on view, instead of egg-shaped, I think it may be shield-shaped with the slots going down near the bottom ending at a shinier plate at the bottom.

Maybe???

[old squirmydad]

I settled on maybe...and called it done.
Fun little project, for me at least, ymmv. I'll be working on the cut-files tonight and my build tomorrow.

[Vermin King]

I have to wait until tonight to build it, but I have a question as to the tail piece. With the tabs being untextured, I'm confused.

[old squirmydad]

I forgot to put a cut-box on the top and back of the cab, it goes up through the inside of the cab and the tabs glue to the underside of the cab roof. I'll post a pic today.

[Vermin King]

Cool. Thanks. I figured that that is how I'd do it.

[stevelortz]

If anybody's interested in watching Crash Corrigan and The Undersea Kingdom serial, it's available on youtube!

Have fun!
Steve

[old squirmydad]

Fin+cabin how-to;


I updated the pdf's with some missing flaps and with a cut guide on top of the cabin....which I think I'll redo in something more subtle for those who want to drive fin-less. Have to work tonight though so that's a tomorrow dealie.

Thanks Steve, but I just found this in a local discount bin;

www.amazon.com/Classic-Sci-Fi-TV-150-Episodes/dp/B001LQQJ66/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1350951010&sr=1-1&keywords=150+sci+fi

I've got a great deal of silly classic sci-fi to watch now, including Phantom Empire, Flash Gordon, and Radar Men from the Moon!
;D ;D

[old squirmydad]

I really should do some work, client's late though.

[old squirmydad]

Instructions are done, Juggernaut is in it's final form, just one more little thing I want to add to the file to be really done.

[Christopher Roe]

I had a big cheesy grin on my face the entire time I was reading this thread.

Think you can do a couple of Volkite standees to go with it, or tap one of the other artists to do them?

[old squirmydad]

Nov 1, 2012 12:33:09 GMT -9 Christopher Roe said:

I had a big cheesy grin on my face the entire time I was reading this thread.

Think you can do a couple of Volkite standees to go with it, or tap one of the other artists to do them?

Busted... ;D

I'm not much of a figure artist, but that is what I'm working on to finish this kit.

[Vermin King]

That is too cool.

[Christopher Roe]

Nice! Don't worry, you nailed it. ;D

[Sirrob01]

Squirmy I hope you don't mind but I was intrigued by this guy and have been working on something quick between laying out hoards and building terrain:



by the way like the model

[old squirmydad]

Mind?!?!? Dude! That's awesome! ;D ;D
Do you want me to include the finished figures on that blank half-page of the Juggernaut kit? That way it'll be a full package.

[Christopher Roe]

I love it when a collaboration like that happens!