Simply sublime, you sir are an artist! Considering what this is made from, a plain mouse, your attention to detail, basing, painting and lighting, bring this to life!! This is one mouse that roars!!! Brava, keep up the excellent work.
@thedarkpower5 жыл бұрын
Thanks Rob, very kind! Yep turns out mice are fantastic sources of robot bits!
@dozer88finn5 жыл бұрын
Great piece!! As far as the small bubbles Some swamps do bubble due to natural springs also if the Walker stepped in water it would kick bubbles. So adds some realism.😀👍
@thedarkpower5 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Haha yes, very good point! ;)
@nikos525 жыл бұрын
Great work. Check out "Lukes Aps" on youtube for diorama technics
@revzillo4 жыл бұрын
If you think about it the air bubbles should add to it , l'm just thinking if a robot was walking through boggy water there would be a cetain amount of bubbling due to the movement of its legs . Just a thought
@thedarkpower4 жыл бұрын
Yep you're totally right, it just bugs me - it looks better on camera than to the eye and I want to look at it from about 3cm and still see the details ;)
@Virakotxa5 жыл бұрын
What a discovery your chanel was! I'm really enjoying your content!
@thedarkpower5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching :)
@TIMBEAU19625 жыл бұрын
My goodness! You are really good! I really love the model you created. The robot was great, but this walking machine that seems to be stepping out the war of the world scenery is because of its simplicity better! But the previous robot is also super! The swamp and the dirt is great. I need to learn more about the material you use. Now building for the hallway I work a robot model out of wood and eva! But if I see this.... Its hard to continue, because I know now that I started with the knowledge I new then. Now listening to you I go crazy off all the ideas and possibility you show and explain! Thank you my master.... Your humble student!
@thedarkpower5 жыл бұрын
Hey thanks very much :) Yeah I do like weathered robots, they just look more real to me. Thanks for watching!
@nikond90ful14 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video.
@kurogiza5 жыл бұрын
Amazing work. Your explanation of your weathering technique is very valuable, thanks!
@thedarkpower5 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much Chris, glad it was useful!
@DaedalusProps5 жыл бұрын
Bro, absolutely do more stuff like this. I love watching you make this type of shit
@thedarkpower5 жыл бұрын
Cheers dude, I appreciate it.
@centaur1a3 жыл бұрын
Instead of using a torch. Have you tried a heat gun or hair dryer? Also. You should try “heat shrink tubes” when soldering two wires. Just in case the wire comes in contact with a exposed wire. Just shrink the tube with a hair dryer.
@thedarkpower3 жыл бұрын
Thanks, yeah I do use heat shrink for wiring, not sure if I showed it in the vid though. I didn't use my heat gun as it was a pretty old one so it would shoot out a load of bit's of burnt paint from where it had been used for paint stripping. Definitely worth giving it a go if I try this again though (I'll have to get a new heat gun!). Not sure if a hair dryer would be hot enough, but worth a go.
@bearshield71382 жыл бұрын
I like the way you think
@EURIPODES2 жыл бұрын
Really enjoying the scratch built mechs. You got me wanting to raid my nephews toy box
@thedarkpower2 жыл бұрын
Cheers dude, hah yeah it's very easy to end up with boxes of junk ;)
@dawarrior764 жыл бұрын
Buddy...oh my gud this thing looks soooo cool. Model is stunning...swampy base a looker...my god...very awesome...the way you explain things is sooooo clear...
@thedarkpower4 жыл бұрын
Thanks, I appreciate it :)
@thedarkpower4 жыл бұрын
And thanks for watching!
@tenchtrinidad41834 жыл бұрын
God them it, its look like alien robo mecha from war of the world.!! Fuck, awsome..
@thedarkpower4 жыл бұрын
Cheers dude!
@ryansergeant28964 жыл бұрын
Awesome build. Thanks for sharing
@thedarkpower4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@buckstarchaser23762 жыл бұрын
To de-gas your resin/modpodge, put it in a vacuum pot for a moment. This will temporarily expand the bubbles, bringing them to the top of your cup where they can pop. Then, when you return them back to normal atmospheric pressure, the visible bubbles will be pretty much gone, depending on how hard you vacuumed it.
@thedarkpower2 жыл бұрын
Thanks. Yeah i can't remember if I tried that with the clear resin here. I know I've had limited success with degassing resin in the vacuum chamber previously. Last time I tried I managed to blast resin all over the interior ;)
@buckstarchaser23762 жыл бұрын
@@thedarkpower Ahh yes... Vacuum draw-down control, and using a tall, straight or wide-mouthed container are important when you're turning goop into fizzy pop.
@kristoferson165 жыл бұрын
Amazing work!! Looking forward to more. You got my sub!
@thedarkpower5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@BRAD-ROTT4 жыл бұрын
Mooooore !!! ^;^
@simpleking1003 жыл бұрын
love your work, greetings from austria
@thedarkpower3 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Greetings from the UK :)
@seangere96984 жыл бұрын
Luke does some great dioramas. Been subbed to him for a couple of years now. A good thing for making tall grass/reeds is jute twine. You can dye it to any color you want and you can cut it to any length you want as well. You can use it to make vines, roots, trees and so on. As for the bubbles there's many ways to get rid of it. Blowtorch the lighters from the last Mech, hair dryer, heat gun. But these only work on surface bubbles. You can make a vibration table or if your wife has a foot manager you can use that to vibrate the resin and it will make the bubbles rise to the surface. It's best to make something to put over the foot massager just incase of any spillages.
@thedarkpower4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the tips. I wanna have another go at a diorama soon so that's really useful.
@celticarchie5 жыл бұрын
Another fantastic Mech! I foresee an army of mechs! :D I can just see it stalking through the swamp looking for certain green creatures in exhile! :D I was just wondering if you'd ever do a video on the materials you use and where to get them? Specifically the latex rubber for moulding, resin and the plastic-card. Whenever I do a search I end up either ordering the wrong stuff, or I get the amount confused and thing 100mm is 100 inches, or something like that. ;P
@thedarkpower5 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much! I think I have mentioned where I get stuff before, but I generally use this rubber www.dwrplastics.com/moulding-rubber/general-purpose/silicone-moulding-rubber and this resin www.dwrplastics.com/polyurethane-casting-resin/fast-curing-resin The foam board I get from hobby craft which is a craft store in the UK.
@mikepenn81814 жыл бұрын
Fantastic!! I liked the previous Mech build you created, Such an imaginative use of leftover household materials! This build however simple it looks, blew me away! Absolutely LOVE IT!!
@thedarkpower4 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much Mike! I'm really enjoying making cool stuff out of junk ;)
@revzillo4 жыл бұрын
Awesome mech looks great
@thedarkpower4 жыл бұрын
Thanks! :)
@zsmall5 жыл бұрын
I love these mech videos you're doing! I just found your channel keep up the good work.
@thedarkpower5 жыл бұрын
Thanks! :)
@LMB98885 жыл бұрын
Turned out great! The brush bristles with a little paint on them was a great idea. Love the videos.
@thedarkpower5 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much, thanks for watching!
@trevorvanzuydam81154 жыл бұрын
awesome man, love the paint dispensor. Luke is a favourite for us to watch
@thedarkpower4 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Yeah he does some amazing stuff.
@brouwjon4 жыл бұрын
Wow. Just wow. This is so cool!
@thedarkpower4 жыл бұрын
Thanks! :)
@gokhancoglu5 жыл бұрын
Very cool but leg so long
@thedarkpower5 жыл бұрын
Thanks. Funnily enough, that was intentional ;)
@ScratchBashing5 жыл бұрын
Very nice work!
@thedarkpower5 жыл бұрын
Thank you! :)
@asshura_gaming80854 жыл бұрын
This is the coolest thing I have ever seen
@thedarkpower4 жыл бұрын
Thanks! :)
@asshura_gaming80854 жыл бұрын
@@thedarkpower I have never thought that someone can make this much cool stuff from the scratch in traditional art I mean artist make cool mech but in 3d and you made like you are doing in some 3d software but the final thing is you are really amazing I really get inspired by you and watching this video is so much satisfying
@thedarkpower4 жыл бұрын
Thanks, I've not tried 3D but I'll have to give it a go sometime.
@zZ-bu1mp4 жыл бұрын
I love this
@thedarkpower4 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@ThornsOfOurTime5 жыл бұрын
Super cool
@eman19785 жыл бұрын
Very cool! very creative... nice work
@thedarkpower5 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@JonMadsen705 жыл бұрын
:)
@PacTheOne4 жыл бұрын
this is absolutely awesome dude!
@thedarkpower4 жыл бұрын
Hey, cheers! I appreciate it :)
@ckngmad13575 жыл бұрын
noice
@thefatman69dude4 жыл бұрын
Gotta blow the modge podge with a straw to help get rid of bubbles. Also tooth picks work well for popping bubbles by moving the bubbles to edge of the surface and then they pop off. It takes a fuck ton of time and can be annoying. But it helps me do it.
@thedarkpower4 жыл бұрын
Ah cool, thanks for the tip. I've seen people blow it with an airbrush before which I guess does the same thing.
@timwilkinsongs5 жыл бұрын
Brilliant work sir!
@thedarkpower5 жыл бұрын
Thanks! :)
@AndreLuiz-rq1kn5 жыл бұрын
very cool
@thedarkpower5 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@gallowshumor17845 жыл бұрын
Nice asf
@thedarkpower5 жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@petjapustisek67355 жыл бұрын
Fantastic!
@thedarkpower5 жыл бұрын
Cheers! :)
@nikos525 жыл бұрын
Also your chipping method could use an improvement. Try chipping fluid, or just sponge on top of the final color with metal, brown and or rust paint.
@thedarkpower5 жыл бұрын
I've not tried chipping fluid, but I don't think the other methods you mention could be described as offering an 'improvement'. I've never liked the look of painting metallic colours on top of the top coat when they're supposed to be underneath. I think it's abit of a lazy approach. See my previous mech video in any case, where I use rust powders to do some of what you're describing.