If you add a VHS filter to this entire video it would make an amazing "found footage" style hobby film. It's already more than half way to that destination anyway. Mad Alex Labs, deep in a bunker somewhere in the north. No masks, all fumes, and fevered building. On the other hand, don't listen to me. Awesome little bot.
Thank you hunnit Clive and as always thank you for the support. I did experiment a bit with this video, some things I like some feel a bit rushed. But a good experiment and a fun challenge
Thank you Wittlegoblin! Oils are magic. A different workflow and takes getting used to but def a great tool. Looking forward to checking your bot bash vid out.
I've been excited to watch this since the Discord message was sent out announcing it. I'm glad you went with the "garbage kit" route. It was much more interesting and enjoyable to watch in my opinion. Thanks for another great video!
I've seen some previews at the discord but I didn't notice the heads and they are freaking me out in the best possible way - what a work of art. I really wish I had junk like this laying around... what a coincidence and how handy for this challenge ^^
way to go Alex..I love the Crusher. Now, thanks to you, I am not and have not been afraid of oil paints, however I am making a note never ever to purchase that fancy hobby oil wash and solvent that crushes sprue goo and model cement. Yikes! A thoroughly enjoyable video; your Bot will be a formidable foe battling soldiers and other spirit types in A War Transformed.
Thanks Mark! Yes, I'll definitely stick to the traditional art suplies from here on. The bottles of oil wash in the video have been permanently removed from my rack.
I'm not sure which I enjoyed more; the build or your absolutely insane camera work. I think it's a bit of a tie, really. Great work on the bot and thanks for a wonderful video!
Very cool Alex! Kit bashing is fun and that turned out pretty nice. Great inspiration as always and I think I am going to have to pick up a copy of A War Transformed for my collection, everytime I watch one of your videos lately I find my self going and looking at it on Amazon....😗
Two weeks ago while cutting a piece out of a mold I sliced right though my pinky finger. I feel your pain Alex...maybe I'm reading too much between the lines?😂 Also the faces inside your crusher are inspired.
Dude, Alex, the look on your face in the first 5 minutes of the video is so “I am a mile outside of my comfort zone.” I love it! Really fun to see your entire creative process with the dinosaur and the monster truck. I was laughing. That’s the look I get on my face when I have to deal with trash, too. 😂
Hi Alex, I have to say, it makes me smile to see you having issues with something, you're always very accurate, and I love to watch you work, but you know, sometimes things just go wrong, take a breath, and go on, I really loved to watch you working out this mini, it's been "challenging" to work on something out of nothing? To see something and picture it out as something different?
Hi Alex. It seems to me that the average bits box is full of junk, and junk is trash, so I think you're good. 🙂 Your robot came out great. Keep having fun. 👍
I don't know if it would make a difference, but I find Tamiya's regular liquid cement holds better than their Extra Thin formula. I have also experimented with water colour paints. You can get the same effects as oil paints, but with water as a solvent. You need to do it later in the process because it never dries permanently, you can always reactivate water colours.
That is a nice kitbash. I enjoy watching your vidoes and especially your narrative style. I would love to know what that "alternative" white spirit is, as sometimes it's a pain when you glue a plastic model together in a way you aren't happy with.
Another great video, and cool take on the theme! I am very tempted to try and come up with a similar 'battlefield debris golem'. One observation is that you unified the look of the components by using a (great) paint scheme -- but it would have been more consistent with your concept to have parts look different from one another, no? That glue reaction issue must have been super annoying -- good to know to avoid anything but standard white spirit-type products! Thanks!
This type of walking around video turned out great! You've made a mistake, when you said "nothing fancy" in 14:32 - what about fancy pants?? I think it would be fun to have some loose cables hanging from this type of electric hands...
You've done a great job of threading this process into a narrative. Your lighting serves the quietly frantic pressure of a collaboration, and manages to compliment your setbacks beautifully. Amazing bot, and amazing work!
I love how this came out. I definitely would have leaned more heavily into the body horror and got some more trapped soldiers in there for more "bone" though! What a freaky effect. If it's a bit unstable, perhaps some thin armature wire from the electric hands could trail across the floor to provide additional points of contact with the ground?
Nice work, Alex. I really like the frenetic, handheld nature of this video overall. Makes it seem post-apocalyptic to a point. Thoroughly wonderful, as always. Cheers
Brilliant video. Wasn't expecting the horror movie effects. Nice dice roll....and fancy pants. Glad I am not the only one who experiences kit bashing = bandaids (plaster in English), though mine isn't as cool as yours.
I do love watching your mistakes from time to time. Note to self, when I decide to work in oils use traditional oil and white spirits, don't buy into 'miniature' oil paints. I love the finished robot, and all the new videos/content creators to watch!
Thanks Bill. I intend to make a video on oil paints. The tricky thing with artist paints is that they are all pretty much single pigments and sometimes that requires a bit of knowledge. Where as the oil paints from AK for example are mixes that can assist when doing some effects. So for example, a single pigment "orange" is probably slightly transparent because of the pigment and will not make good rust effects. Where as the AK oil paints are mixed to be opaque and is a bit of a shortcut to make rust stains. But when making a wash for example, the opposite may very well be true.
Fantastic video and build. Agree with Bill, the little head is freaky, but awesome. Really vibe with your laid back presentation. Honour being part of the collaboration with you!
This was honestly a great watch, it gave an excellent perspective on your thought process and while you do explain it to us this was an great representation in real time so to speak I think it turned out well in terms of Bone legs I think that un armored mechanical legs counts as the bones of a metal construct the hands are my favorite part thoughts the use of the telegraph poles definitely were a great choice. It honestly looks like it was put together by magic Great Job Alex :)
Indeed! Darn expensive kit. But it's been lying around for probably ten years and so this way it's getting used at least. And plenty more plastic to use in there.
Great build man, the face makes it! Also really enjoyed the video, It really takes a lot to chill me out but this episode really did make me relax and vibe. Really looking forward to going through the back college of your channel!
Can't fathom why the solvent would dissemble a joint created by what is supposed to be melting and fusing the plastic together. Though I have found that the Tamiya paint-on solvent can be too thin and not melt enough of the plastic; so I often put gobs of thick tube solvent right in the middle, then paint-on solvent around the outer edges of the mating surfaces.
I love this video . Very different style . But very funny and fun plus a great build . Well the glue iissue wasnt fun or funny. But showed that everyone runs into issues you dont expect.
Oh boy, wouldn't know where to start. Much like cobbled-together weapons systems used in resistance movements. While not an exact historical parallel, (history doesn't repeat itself but it often rhymes) it reflects the spirit of improvisation and adapting existing technology to achieve new objectives. (I am not suggesting resistance movements for any country)
7:47 in my experience sanding the sprue goo parts afterwards, it is not as solid as plastic, but still decent. A good thing to keep in mind when you touch up our cleaning process after the sprue goo has dried. I found that the thicker plastic cement also gap fill relatively well. EDIT: to be fair I remember using a non GW plastic because I wanted the sprue goo to have a different color, so it would be easier to distinguish for sanding purposes. So could have been the different properties of the plastic. I still like the idea of sprue goo having a different color, so I will try colored GW plastic next time.
Speed holes is a Simpsons reference. Homer was dressed as Krusty the Clown who had a hit out on him. Homer was at a car lot and the hitman kept missing. Homer asked about the bullet holes and the salesman told him they were speed holes. Basically bullet holes or battle damage. Nice looking kitbash.
I love the idea of an "ad-hoc golem" and it looks awesome! But oh man, if only you had some skeleton bits to make the bony legs that would make it sooo creepy. Like as if it had used cadavers from the battlefield for parts of itself.
that face is freaky. And the model is great too... Knew you could do it, thanks for taking part!
Thanks Bill! And thank you for inviting. I was utterly at a loss there for a while before I realised I could cheat my way through the mission.
If you add a VHS filter to this entire video it would make an amazing "found footage" style hobby film. It's already more than half way to that destination anyway. Mad Alex Labs, deep in a bunker somewhere in the north. No masks, all fumes, and fevered building. On the other hand, don't listen to me. Awesome little bot.
I'm only purchasing the VHS release if the package says "Please be kind; rewind!"
Thank you hunnit Clive and as always thank you for the support. I did experiment a bit with this video, some things I like some feel a bit rushed. But a good experiment and a fun challenge
The nervous energy bubbling behind the entire video is exactly how I feel about tricky kitbashes 😂
Both a very funny ep and a very cool result!
Thanks man, it was a bit different but also fun to see it come together.
Reminds me of some kind of haunted, Deiselpunk golem. I could see that beast terrorizing some scavengers in Forbidden Psalm: The Last War.
Thanks Tim! Your quite right there :)
Thoroughly enjoyed that Alex, and your semi-panicked intro was really funny. A great robot build.
I want to see the dinosaur kitbash for a world transformed vid!! No joke I do!
Hah! of course you do Phil :)
I’d watch it 😅
I've been one of those people a little hesitant to try oils but you've got me inspired! This is gorgeous, what a face!
Thank you Wittlegoblin! Oils are magic. A different workflow and takes getting used to but def a great tool. Looking forward to checking your bot bash vid out.
So cool! I liked seeing you struggle out of your comfort zone. The paint job was absolutely beautiful
Glad you liked it!
I've been excited to watch this since the Discord message was sent out announcing it. I'm glad you went with the "garbage kit" route. It was much more interesting and enjoyable to watch in my opinion.
Thanks for another great video!
Thanks Erik, I'm glad I decided to make it a kitbash too.
Great build and loved the creative process explained behind it. Look forward to more of your creative kitbashes as you go!
Thank you Blake, I appreciate it
Hey Alex, I really enjoy your videos and your sense of humor. I'm keeping my wife awake because I keep laughing at your comments. Thanks!! 😂
Thanks TT! Great to hear.
I've seen some previews at the discord but I didn't notice the heads and they are freaking me out in the best possible way - what a work of art.
I really wish I had junk like this laying around... what a coincidence and how handy for this challenge ^^
Thank you Bea. Yeah, very handy trash to have around! I should buy, I mean, gather more.
A master of the narrative and a cute little face to boot! Stomp stomp stomp 😂 Wonderful video again Alex.
Hah, Stomp! Thanks Allison!
I'm so into it, can't unsee it once u see it! freakin love it!
👌excellent paintjob as usual, love it !
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Thank you humbly!
way to go Alex..I love the Crusher. Now, thanks to you, I am not and have not been afraid of oil paints, however I am making a note never ever to purchase that fancy hobby oil wash and solvent that crushes sprue goo and model cement. Yikes! A thoroughly enjoyable video; your Bot will be a formidable foe battling soldiers and other spirit types in A War Transformed.
Thanks Mark! Yes, I'll definitely stick to the traditional art suplies from here on. The bottles of oil wash in the video have been permanently removed from my rack.
I think everything falling apart randomly at different times really showed the actual steps in kit bashing things...😅
A layer of gloss varnish before the wash will help it flow and protect the glue!
A battlefield junk golem. Nice idea.
Your bot has great character and life! Really well done. Thanks for sharing.
Glad you like it Avivat!
I think you got the most unique traits for your bot.
Always a highlight when you post!
Thank you Evil
One of the cooler kit bashes I've seen!
Very very cool! Always loved your stuff mate but love finding new channels through colabs like this
Awesome, thank you!
That turned out good!
Great job on this attempt at a different format!
Thanks Victor!
heads, after a while they will become bones. is an accicdentally very unsettling line
I'm not sure which I enjoyed more; the build or your absolutely insane camera work. I think it's a bit of a tie, really. Great work on the bot and thanks for a wonderful video!
Humble thanks E, thank you 🙏
This turned out great!
Thanks W!
Very cool Alex! Kit bashing is fun and that turned out pretty nice. Great inspiration as always and I think I am going to have to pick up a copy of A War Transformed for my collection, everytime I watch one of your videos lately I find my self going and looking at it on Amazon....😗
Thanks man, I mean, its great just for the art :)
Two weeks ago while cutting a piece out of a mold I sliced right though my pinky finger. I feel your pain Alex...maybe I'm reading too much between the lines?😂 Also the faces inside your crusher are inspired.
ah! this was actually a onion related injury :)
Good job.
Looks amazing!!! Completely out of your usual but you created beautifully!!! 😊😊😊
Thanks C!
@@52Miniatures you are very welcome 🤗
I think the first video I watched from you was one where you were going through the recycle bins to build an ork town so this certainly fits haha
Hah! That’s a while back now. Thanks for sticking around
Dude, Alex, the look on your face in the first 5 minutes of the video is so “I am a mile outside of my comfort zone.” I love it! Really fun to see your entire creative process with the dinosaur and the monster truck. I was laughing. That’s the look I get on my face when I have to deal with trash, too. 😂
Thanks Magnus, I was outside my comfort zone at first but also kind of a little stressed to get this one done.
Magically enhanced WWI robot?? From a different universe than Bangarang... Someone rolled triple "Fancy"!
This is how you paint a Big Bot
Thank you Dan! I do enjoy myself a spot of bot painting
Hi Alex, I have to say, it makes me smile to see you having issues with something, you're always very accurate, and I love to watch you work, but you know, sometimes things just go wrong, take a breath, and go on, I really loved to watch you working out this mini, it's been "challenging" to work on something out of nothing? To see something and picture it out as something different?
Thanks for that T. It was a challenge in the sense of proportions and position. Getting all the bits together and the story together was fun.
This is so cool!!
Thank you Tine! Looking forward to checking out your video
Grim Dark? Needz more Skullz!
Hi Alex. It seems to me that the average bits box is full of junk, and junk is trash, so I think you're good. 🙂 Your robot came out great. Keep having fun. 👍
Thanks ToG! Good to hear from you :)
very tech "golem" like.
I don't know if it would make a difference, but I find Tamiya's regular liquid cement holds better than their Extra Thin formula.
I have also experimented with water colour paints. You can get the same effects as oil paints, but with water as a solvent. You need to do it later in the process because it never dries permanently, you can always reactivate water colours.
Thanks for the tip B!
Challenge met!
Great build! Please film a base for it! Will you use it for a battle report?
Thanks Rub, I don't really do battle reports, not yet anyhow.
That is a nice kitbash. I enjoy watching your vidoes and especially your narrative style. I would love to know what that "alternative" white spirit is, as sometimes it's a pain when you glue a plastic model together in a way you aren't happy with.
Me too, I've reached out but not gotten any reply...
Another great video, and cool take on the theme! I am very tempted to try and come up with a similar 'battlefield debris golem'. One observation is that you unified the look of the components by using a (great) paint scheme -- but it would have been more consistent with your concept to have parts look different from one another, no? That glue reaction issue must have been super annoying -- good to know to avoid anything but standard white spirit-type products! Thanks!
Thanks Luc. I agree about the paint, great idea 👍
Very nice work.
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Cool build and camera work. :) If I had to guess, you're using a 35mm f/0.95 cropped or 50mm f/0.95 with Ronin/Raveneye with autofocus module?
This type of walking around video turned out great!
You've made a mistake, when you said "nothing fancy" in 14:32 - what about fancy pants??
I think it would be fun to have some loose cables hanging from this type of electric hands...
Well done for a person who rarely scratch build. Have thought of trying “voice over” your videos if you need too?
Thank you 🙏 If you have a look at my videos you’ll find that most have a voiceover
Excellent video, super inspiring. The mini you used to get your scale - was that one of the Dredge minis from Mezgike?
No, I can’t quite remember now. It’s a 3d print and I made a video about it in the past
Do like a good kit bash themed video
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Bill sent me
Whenever you walk around, it feels like you're holding me by my neck while calmly explaining the grim reality that awaits me.
Welcome to the bunker
Very nice! Looking forward to watching this dude touch down on that battlefield of yours!
Thanks Boylei! I'm looking forward to the same :) Will be checking out your video asap.
Heay! I’ve been watching the entire playlist. Starting with yours
What a beautiful piece of cinematography, I feel like I'm watching a personal diary of man living next to Roadside picnic
Thank you W!
I've never seen such an unhinged scandinavian reaction before
Hah!
You've done a great job of threading this process into a narrative. Your lighting serves the quietly frantic pressure of a collaboration, and manages to compliment your setbacks beautifully. Amazing bot, and amazing work!
Thank you Bob, I appreciate it
Awesome work, dude. Love your studio space, too!
Thanks GB! Always such a mess but that's the way of things I guess.
I love how this came out. I definitely would have leaned more heavily into the body horror and got some more trapped soldiers in there for more "bone" though! What a freaky effect.
If it's a bit unstable, perhaps some thin armature wire from the electric hands could trail across the floor to provide additional points of contact with the ground?
Fantastic to find new fellow creators through this bot bash. You have such clean shots with great lighting!
Thanks and welcome! 🙏
Nice work, Alex. I really like the frenetic, handheld nature of this video overall. Makes it seem post-apocalyptic to a point. Thoroughly wonderful, as always. Cheers
Thanks a ton!
Brilliant video. Wasn't expecting the horror movie effects. Nice dice roll....and fancy pants. Glad I am not the only one who experiences kit bashing = bandaids (plaster in English), though mine isn't as cool as yours.
Much appreciated!
It genuinely upsets me how everything at 8:13 looks perfectly exposed and you probably weren't even trying. Looks this bot as well!
Hah! Thanks mate. I don't mean to upset you further.. but no, I was not trying. But let's just say I got lucky. Looking forward to watching your vid.
Great work as usual! Heads up though!! No, literally take your head away from the open sprue-goo container. Those fumes aint good for the brains.😉
I've always loved your filmmaking and storytelling, and the build is great too, especially considering how rarely you scratch build. Great video!
Thank you very much Iain
Thanks Iain!
Trash: the things you need two weeks after throwing them away.
I do love watching your mistakes from time to time. Note to self, when I decide to work in oils use traditional oil and white spirits, don't buy into 'miniature' oil paints. I love the finished robot, and all the new videos/content creators to watch!
Thanks Bill. I intend to make a video on oil paints. The tricky thing with artist paints is that they are all pretty much single pigments and sometimes that requires a bit of knowledge. Where as the oil paints from AK for example are mixes that can assist when doing some effects. So for example, a single pigment "orange" is probably slightly transparent because of the pigment and will not make good rust effects. Where as the AK oil paints are mixed to be opaque and is a bit of a shortcut to make rust stains. But when making a wash for example, the opposite may very well be true.
“Whoops, that wasn’t lightly was it?” Bah, extra battle damage! There are no accidents!
Love it!
Thanks!!
I want one. Make a file and I'd buy it!
Fantastic video and build. Agree with Bill, the little head is freaky, but awesome. Really vibe with your laid back presentation. Honour being part of the collaboration with you!
Thanks kindly, it was a great challenge. Looking forward to checking out your build
Yay, I win. Not GW :)
Great Bot Build! I appreciate your first attempt to use found objects. That can be quite difficult w/out a little luck.
WOW “fancy pants” you got trolled by the dice!! 😂😂😂
Good effort tho you created a really bizarre yet cool looking bot thing 😊
Def. trolled by dice! Thanks Martyn.
This was honestly a great watch, it gave an excellent perspective on your thought process and while you do explain it to us this was an great representation in real time so to speak
I think it turned out well in terms of Bone legs I think that un armored mechanical legs counts as the bones of a metal construct the hands are my favorite part thoughts the use of the telegraph poles definitely were a great choice. It honestly looks like it was put together by magic
Great Job Alex :)
Thank you Ovan! I appreciate it truly.
That poor Panzer IV 😉 For the price of that kit you would get a combat patrol box. Anyway nice video & oils are great!
Indeed! Darn expensive kit. But it's been lying around for probably ten years and so this way it's getting used at least. And plenty more plastic to use in there.
i love the presentation style of this video. and the bot of course ;)
Thanks! And good to hear, it's a bit of an experiment. The presentation that is :)
My jaw dropped when you brought out the face. This is such a wonderful, cool, weird build!
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Going wrong in the best sense. Turned out amazing! Awesome video.
Thanks Ben! Great to be in a challenge together
The Face! Dude the fACe!! ------_____
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Great build man, the face makes it!
Also really enjoyed the video, It really takes a lot to chill me out but this episode really did make me relax and vibe. Really looking forward to going through the back college of your channel!
Thanks man! I appreciate it. A lot of good bots were made during this channel, yours is great! 👍
Looks great 👍
Great video, thanks for sharing your journey, and letting us know what to avoid 😅.
Thanks as always Is!
Can't fathom why the solvent would dissemble a joint created by what is supposed to be melting and fusing the plastic together. Though I have found that the Tamiya paint-on solvent can be too thin and not melt enough of the plastic; so I often put gobs of thick tube solvent right in the middle, then paint-on solvent around the outer edges of the mating surfaces.
I love this video . Very different style . But very funny and fun plus a great build . Well the glue iissue wasnt fun or funny. But showed that everyone runs into issues you dont expect.
Here from Boylei. Great build. I like the bike light idea
Great stuff friend 👏 👍
Thanks for sharing your journey
Thank you Mark, hope you are well.
You could have gotten some skeleton minis or citadel skulls boxes for the legs
Oh boy, wouldn't know where to start. Much like cobbled-together weapons systems used in resistance movements. While not an exact historical parallel, (history doesn't repeat itself but it often rhymes) it reflects the spirit of improvisation and adapting existing technology to achieve new objectives. (I am not suggesting resistance movements for any country)
7:47 in my experience sanding the sprue goo parts afterwards, it is not as solid as plastic, but still decent. A good thing to keep in mind when you touch up our cleaning process after the sprue goo has dried. I found that the thicker plastic cement also gap fill relatively well.
EDIT: to be fair I remember using a non GW plastic because I wanted the sprue goo to have a different color, so it would be easier to distinguish for sanding purposes. So could have been the different properties of the plastic. I still like the idea of sprue goo having a different color, so I will try colored GW plastic next time.
I love this, well made!
Speed holes is a Simpsons reference. Homer was dressed as Krusty the Clown who had a hit out on him. Homer was at a car lot and the hitman kept missing. Homer asked about the bullet holes and the salesman told him they were speed holes.
Basically bullet holes or battle damage.
Nice looking kitbash.
I love the idea of an "ad-hoc golem" and it looks awesome! But oh man, if only you had some skeleton bits to make the bony legs that would make it sooo creepy. Like as if it had used cadavers from the battlefield for parts of itself.
Excellent build. Ive loved this challenge, it helped me find out about so many great creators and amazing videos to add to the watchlist
Fantastic model. It needs a bit of bulk on the back. An old crate or something around the upper back. Just a thought.
Awesome 🤖
It reminds me of a character from kids books . Like iron giant