Epoxy Putty Is a Mighty Material! - Dragonfly Project EP03

[@markmras6040]

I dig the idea of the camera in the 2nd cockpit

[@paulpisters668]

The spooky eye has to come in, one pilot is enough. I personally would like to have a passage from the cockpit to the inside of the ship.

[@maninbucket77]

Keep the spooky eye. Add an open side door and add the other figure there.

[@ragetist]

Spooky eye is non-symmetric detail so it's much better, two pilots would just look weird imo.

[@march1138]

The AI co-pilot/giant camera eye is a fantastic idea. I love this progressive build.

[@stevewatts3502]

Almost verbatim the comment 👁 woulda left. 💡🧠👍

[@TheRealNarcid]

@@stevewatts3502 AI💯%

[@generalapathy6446]

aye, I agree.

[@wartman]

Robot eye for sure! I like the idea that the co-pilot is the dragonfly itself

[@klamar123]

Love the starboard side spooky sensor eye. The asymmetry will really help this piece feel more functional, and it adds to the storytelling.

[@Dorkshop]

Love the spooky eye

[@graefx]

The asymmetry of the spooky eye adds some for sure. I say go with it.

[@DavidLinkan]

The cam eye is a chef's kiss. Loving this project so far.

[@jeditsuyoshi]

Love it. I like the webcam idea. It breaks up the symmetry nicely while still maintaining the overall feel.

[@Norman_Peterson]

How beautiful it must be very relaxing as a hobby, fun. Also you recover rubbish that is thrown away in landfill, giving it new life. It must give a lot of satisfaction.

[@Froany]

Love the idea for some large camera eye thing.

[@McGinnisEnterprises]

I like the idea of the spooky eye. I’m a fan of asymmetrical design and think it will look good on the dragonfly. The ship is big enough for multiple crew members. Would be cool to see a second somewhere else.

[@eloquentsarcasm]

A man with official greeblie bins is a PROPER kitbashing madlad. Greeblies are the soul of any good construction, you could go years not finding a use for something and one day, BAM! you have an idea and that particular part makes the project. An AI eye is awesome, it reminds me of the Living Ship in No Man's Sky, in the cockpit if you swivel to either side you can see the ship's eyes behind you on either side.

[@CutTransformGlue]

Haha, I agree! You never know when a greeblie will come in handy.

[@LaserGadgets]

Damn I wish my drawers would look like this!

[@tommcandries7483]

I like the camera in the r/h pod idea, and a great change to the tail too.

[@dominiquea.j.lallement228]

Ho yes! Those two parts fit so well together!!!🥇

[@the-primered-thumb]

Go with the eye mate,one dude flying is just right 😉👍

[@dawidkowalewicz5845]

I like one pilot and one weird scary cam-eye!

[@sheep1ewe]

I think the camera was actualy a realy cool idea!

[@jasonlambo7896]

Spooky eye, for sure!! I started using wood filler putty for 3d prints (in addition to ca glue and baking powder). It dries quick, does not smell, and sands like magic. Another great video, please keep them coming

[@Tigrillo]

That eye could be The sensor pack , someting like the apache helicóptero. Great work

[@proto.roborovski]

Lovely work as always, you're always great at the smooth compound curves!

[@neil2242]

My vote's also for the single pilot + observer eye combo On a sidenote, thank you for the inspiration. I remember doing this in my teen years; recycling plastic trash into ships and robots using my dad's work tools. Somehow, life got in the way and I lost the spark. 'Glad I found your channel. Time to rekindle the hobby.

[@ErikDavisHeim]

Love the progress you’re making here! I think the camera eye would be really cool. It’s kind of spooky, and it introduces a nice element of asymmetry to the design.

[@lukemockeridge7899]

Yes! Asemetrical sounds like a great plan

[@simonreynolds1518]

Spooky eye please, it's different and I know you will make it look amazing

[@concept226]

A nice red LED in the middle of the eye would be cool.

[@joaquinsoto4909]

The eye idea rocks!!!! Go with it!

[@MrSongib]

Some plebs tips from me: DIY your own putty, you can make it to any consistency as you want from runny, thick, putty, or coarce. Make a batch of it for 2 part epoxy, it will last long time. Make it with any type of flour or starch or cement or sand or whatever texture you want. and for this guy, I think he need longer tails to looks a bit balance. xd

[@cerisekappes580]

Love the spooky eye!!

[@jaredperry917]

Using the camera for the other eye is an amazing idea it looks like one of those missile warning defense system turrets, or could also be for mapping terrain and radar scanning

[@WHYGANNT]

I'm definitely for the solo pilot and the webcam body being used, that slight asymmetry will really add to the finished design imo.

[@milanilic5280]

My vote goes to pilot + giant camera combo, it looks fantastic! Great work as always!

[@heindeberk6370]

Yeah the camera radar eye looks very cool. Also to my opinion a bit of asymmetry to a craft like this ads a lot of cool obscurity. Makes it more interesting. Looking forward to the rest of your build.

[@gabrielvaldez6877]

Definitivamente el ojo me gusta más! Los dos pilotos es lo obvio y quedaría muy bien, pero el ojo le va a dar una personalidad única.

[@anthonymcnamara4002]

I've always had good results using linocut tools to gouge consistent lines in plastic, especially if warmed slightly with a head gun. Linocut tools usually come as a relatively cheap set with a variety of useful profiles.

[@NalgoDeSatanas]

Team spooky eye ❤️❤️❤️

[@flexalex01]

I think you should keep the spooky eye copilot/ camera. It's an interesting way of breaking the symmetry. Great work!

[@alvarorenno]

Que trabalho incrível! Meu parabéns! Eu também gosto de fazer trashbashing e aprendo muitas técnicas novas contigo.

[@someguywhopaints692]

Definitely go for the spooky eye - looks like a good sized shape to hide some lighting effects in... ;)

[@TheAlexsandrocosta]

amazing job!!!!

[@PantsuMann]

Always loved asymetry in designs. Giger's derelict, Homeworld ships and such. I think the webcam eye would be perfect. Think targeting pod on aircrafts.

[@KamikiVector]

wait.... this isn't your home? I always assumed that your work shop was attached to your house. that's cool I wish I had a dedicated space for my hobby

[@McGinnisEnterprises]

I caught that too.

[@redfuzz5]

Would love to see one of the pilots head forward with his head inside that little hole tilting forward or downward even, like a gunner or navigator, and the pilot on the otherside feet forward. Great project.

[@stretchpadawan1]

I love the idea of the camera in the cockpit. I would have the pilot facing forward, have their head turned to the side and the camera looking in the same direction, like its slaved to the pilot.

[@CutTransformGlue]

I think that would be awesome!

[@ElMoppo1]

The camera would look great, especially if you can find some nice thick lenses to put in it, maybe with something reflective at the back layer.

[@gabemccrea6220]

10000000% add the robo eye, i think an AI copilot idea is sick, or even some sort of sniper eye for like a long range weapon option from a hover position would be sick with that, i think that gives you some dope opportunities for an asymmetrical pilot headset as well, with like one primary navigation eye and one primary armament eye

[@jesseking8342]

Oh yes, you definitely have to make that second cockpit into a targeting system/rangefinder/ai copilot/area mapping system.

[@c_d_modelshop]

I really dig the eye idea. But as someone interested in military. It would be cool if it was a sort of ball jointed laser "cannon" as protection while flying.

[@tjenahoj]

Great stuff! Spooky eye! An alternative could be its not even a spooky eye but a gatling gun protruding from it :D

[@PeterSoden-eb6js]

For better mixing of the epoxy putty, Roll each piece into aq worm and then plait them together before you roll them into a ball for final mixing. I was going to suggest making one of the pilots a gunner but I also like the eye idea. The tail looks better now.

[@nadavkapuano5534]

Definitely do the one eye thing

[@TyphoidGabriel]

You can shorten the curing time of epoxy by applying heat (not too much though). The outcome will be a bit more brittle, but for miniatures (unless its a load bearing structure) that's totally fine

[@marlostewart1107]

Like having an AI co-pilot. Spooky eye definitely works.

[@negotiableaffections]

single pilot and the 'gizmo' in the other 'eye'-pod

[@Followers_Of_The_Way]

Use the spooky eye! It’s fits too well

[@mrwoodandmrtin]

I vote for 2 pilots. the craft is already strange enough with the bug look, the camera eye will just distract from the main design. maybe use the eye idea on another project

[@diyfireking]

Nice work dude 😊😊

[@CutTransformGlue]

Thank you!

[@feffe4036]

Really cool work!

[@CutTransformGlue]

Thanks a lot!

[@redheadsg1]

Keep spooky eye. That could be a radar od big camera or something like that.

[@boxfoxscoot1614]

I love epoxy putty

[@och70]

The 3D webcam could be a targeting/scanning system for weapons, etc.

[@oculusangelicus8978]

I think that the introduction of that dead webcam ball housing is a good one, but you should place the Pilot in the Left Orb from your prospective or the right orb from the Pilot's perspective since this is the generally accepted pilot's seat and the co-pilot sits in the other seat, but of course that is all at your discretion, Also in order to make the webcam orb seem more purposeful, modify it to have multiple lens apertures to give it the artificially intelligent robot feel to it so that it gives the right impression, if that is what you wanted to do, o f course. Something along the lines of a guy who own a bizarre spaceship and is a scavenger or a mercenary or bounty hunter and has a more reliable and trustworthy Robot as his co-pilot/ intelligence officer/emergency backup. But is in the shape of a floating orb that has lenses pointing in every direction like an astro droid that is capable of lots of different things. Just a suggestion of course, but Star Wars in a Universe with an environment that can accept pretty much ANY ship design, into its general mishmash pan galactic culture.

[@TyphoidGabriel]

Definately the webcam!

[@rancelopez6431]

Another great Video. Noice

[@magnusrexus]

I would dot the eyes. It seems to fit better with the sci-fi motif. Dragonflies have unique eyes to help them see and have great eyesight because they are predators. Also on a practical note, it is not ergonomic for the pilot. I would imagine they would have a hard time getting in and out of the vehicle.

[@techmisek5061]

Keep the AI eye and maybe try to do it like the predator had triple laser tracking inside of it :)

[@csch1510]

Great idea and a nice in-universe Referenzen!

[@joseraul65]

Go for big eye. It could also be a weapon if this is a military type of vehicle

[@ThereandBackaKen]

Love the one pilot + 'weird eye' approach... the asymmetry is supercool... just wondering how that pilot gets into the cockpit and how does he/she get out of it to get into the rest of the ship? I think the pilot scale is off... that it should be 1/2 the size it is. That way you can have a hatch/doorway into the rest of the ship to make the design more believable/practical. Other than that... looking cool!

[@Zitropat]

A gimballed HEL laser maybe? so you can spare the transparent dome for another air vehicle project.

[@wingnutbert9685]

Having the other ball as a gun turret would be cool. Kind like the old WWII bombers.

[@steampunk8036]

Do the spooky eye, my creative friend. -Rick, USMC

[@thorsmallet]

...amazing...this is looking really amazing!! But you should move the wings further to the front -- create the illusion of a longer tail and create a design that doesn't feel so perfectly balanced... :) Also, one pilot and one eye is great, -- is there a way to make the eyse bigger?

[@CutTransformGlue]

Not at this point I'm afraid, but I agree with the wings further on the front... I'll see if that's possible! Thank you 🙏

[@jorgedelvalle5569]

Ever try a hot knife for scoring the panel lines in that "terrible blue plastic"? They look like a soldering iron with an Exacto blade...

[@SethKotta]

Spooky eye

[@YSBQUNKFR]

Genial! Ahora con audio en español

[@ning8833]

Hope you read this… My dad was a semi famous jeweller sculptor who worked with plastics and epoxy his whole life. He used to heat plastic up with a heat gun mould it into shapes, sand it, use resins, etc. this was back when there were little safety guidelines and easy to obtain good safety equipment. He developed asthma, emphysema, nerve damage where he couldn’t feel his face, through the coughing he got an enlarged hearts and the last 20 years of his life were a misery due to his physical deterioration. He died from complications due to this. Please please invest in safety equipment to take fumes away from you. When sanding plastics, using resins, 3D printing, etc. wear a really good respirator, use a airbrush booth to take the fumes away from your lungs. Or something better. It took 20 years for the effects to hit but they really messed him up. Hope this is received with the love it’s intended. Love your work. ❤

[@CutTransformGlue]

Thank you so much for you comment! Investing in safety is really important but also, very costly, but definitely one of my goals for this next year Thank you again buddy

[@oliverb7897]

That pilot model is way bigger than i expected. Does he just live in that cockpit?

[@MROC66]

The "eye" in the second cockpit could be is Ai Co-Pilot . like R2 was fir Luke in his X-wing..

[@Steelfingers]

Yup. One guy on left and eye on right. Try to make it so it seems the guy has access to the rest of the ship

[@ocin7917]

When you put bolts in, do you always have a nut glued underneath? Or is it possible to just put a bolt in and it will stay?

[@johnnycantcount]

Turn the spooky eye into a a duel gun like on a belly turret

[@dmjfilamentmagic7751]

2 cannon gun turret ball instead of the eye, pilot on one side gun on the other.

[@Baka-Zoe]

alguma chance do por um motorzinho pra fazer as helices girar no futuro?

[@csch1510]

Sensor arry/droid in the left side Cockpit?

[@TonyBullard]

I really think you need to pad the ending of your videos more. The suggested videos popped up on my TV and covered the AI copilot almost entirely. Give us some long shots of the current build to gawk at.

[@voidborn-one]

Great Idea for AI as co-pilot, but the scale of the figure is imho not matching to the entrance on the side and the ball. Figure is too big, it feels claustrophobic.

[@gringofett3944]

Go with the camera, its like a copilot thats a robot.

[@EmilAjduk]

Put "R2D2" bot in second cockpit

[@bluemule6278]

I think seeing two pilots would be cool.

[@axtmann]

They camera eye is a great idea. Too much symmetry makes a design boring.

[@thesleepingpower]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpqtmJ6rbsdjbK8 some Scribing Chisels might make this kind of work easier

[@JAGGYCRASH]

AI copilot?

[@jraltwies]

Asymmetry is more interesting. One pilot.

[@slavicstriz8715]

Put a robot on the other eye 🎉and it can be a bit, not a human shape. Still resembles humans but not.

[@enchibla]

that weird eye could be like a laser or camera pod the pilot guides with head tracking…it’s a cool idea imo

[@CutTransformGlue]

Love the head tracking idea!