Scratchbuilding a Mech from Clear Plastic Baubles Part 1

[@gpgpgpgp1000]

It's amazing how versatile holiday trinkets from hobby and craft stores can be.

[@thedarkpower]

Yeah, these things are really useful!

[@ScratchBashing]

The smooth finish you achieved on the armour looks great! Looking forward to part 2!

[@thedarkpower]

Cheers dude.

[@aptech2933]

Going through the chaos that is the internet till I finely come across this. O_o Great channel mate.

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks very much I appreciate it :)

[@da-madmodler4692]

Like the clear bulb idea I’ve been wanting to build a large scale at at walker bust.

[@larrymanns364]

I absolutely LOVE the tricks you use to get straight smooth panel lines! I will definitely steal that idea from you.

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks! Yes please go ahead and steal ;)

[@mattiasfagerlund]

Hey, mr Power, I've been watching your stuff for some time, and I'd like to tell you this; I really enjoy your work, your faces are spectacular, totally awesome. But what inspires me most, from your making, are the soft forms you create in this video! The faces you make are well beyond me, and the rounded to soft shapes you make here are also difficult, but they look so approachable and so organic. I hope to see more of them in the future. From a mech engineering perspective, they look difficult and expensive - but mechs would be so it sells the concept. No criticism of any of your other pieces, but these shapes gives me a warm feeling!

[@thedarkpower]

Hey Mr Fagerlund, thanks very much! Yeah I really enjoy working with the plastic spheres, it makes it very easy to create interesting shapes. Add abit of bondo in and you can make anything. It does mean lots of sanding though! ;)

[@ars5047]

Great job!nice work with the fingers too!

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks!

[@LeeOfBent]

Really inspiring build! Love that you included the silhouette shot near the end, it really makes me look forward tot he next episode an seeing how you finish it up!

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks! Yeah every so often the light coming through the window makes things look awesome ;)

[@borealfear6762]

Man, I was juste looking for glass eyes and here I am, it's 2 am and I'm bingewatching your content.

[@thedarkpower]

Haha, thanks. I have a video about eyes as it happens ;) kzbin.info/www/bejne/e3qZqGiElrqMY9k

[@estebanuno1]

Great channel. I’ve been digging for a video like this. Thank you!

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks for watching! :)

[@dovel1000]

Excellent! Looking forward to seeing it completed.

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks!

[@emperortrajan3609]

You are a genius with these! Awesome work!

[@thedarkpower]

Thank you!

[@ALIENADDICT]

Very inspiring my friend I need to start doing my crafts again love this

[@thedarkpower]

Cheers dude ;)

[@TIMBEAU1962]

Dear dark power! Please love to see the sequel! Take care, sorry for being inpatient, but.... WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT! 😊

[@thedarkpower]

Don't worry it's almost finished ;)

[@kurogiza]

Amazing build! The fingers are absolutely phenomenal. The rounded shapes give it a very Ma.K-like look. It's a shame that a lot of the mechanical details are hidden by the covers, especially the shoulder joints, wrist joints and hip joints, but I guess you have to make a choice at some point as to what to cover. I am looking forward to the paint job!!

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks, yes someone else mentioned Ma.K. I didn't know the name but I do recognise the models which are very cool. I could leave the details out beneath the panels of course but I like the idea that the viewer will be rewarded if they look more closely at the final model. A friend of mine who's a professional model maker made a tripod tank and he went so far as to detail the entire inside of the cockpit even though only tiny portions of it would be visible. I liked that idea ;) facebook.com/pg/herrdoktorslab/photos/?tab=album&album_id=566415180060490 facebook.com/herrdoktorslab/photos/a.822213824480623/2150326831669309/?type=3&theater

[@hornseaartsociety5754]

Absolutely fantastic. As most others say.....your work is truly inspiring. Can I ask though, do you sell them? Show them at conventions? Just display them? Exhibit them???

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks very much. Yes I do exhibit at a few events each year, I probably should start selling some though as I'm running out of space at home! ;)

[@TruthSurge]

5:41 just sayin.... if you breed Homer Simpson with Snoopy.... hehe wow, this is quite interesting. nice result. Actually, the way you are assembling it and how you are seeing this stuff is pretty amazing to me. I've never been in a position to try creating much from a physical standpoint so I watch this going HOW? How did he know to do THAT??? After I see it, I go oh yeah, that's the right way to make that look nice. haha I have a skill saw, a drill, a hammer and a dremel tool. I just got the dremel some months ago and boy.... my brain just exploded with ideas. I can actually cut metal now! ooooooh boy..... heheheh

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks! Yeah it's easy once you know how ;) A dremel is an incredibly useful tool.

[@williamhughes9559]

He really (I hope its a HE) does look like Homie

[@dawarrior76]

Such an awesome work...wow...great job

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks!

[@TheBearwithchainsaws]

Seriously Brilliant Stuff!Cannot wait for part 2!Thanks Mate!

[@thedarkpower]

Cheers! Part 2 is on the way!

[@MrSpacepauls]

Recently found your channel on youtube, can't to see part 2. Awesome talent you have.

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks very much, part 2 is on the way ;)

[@Greentreeanduril]

Amazing work. Can’t wait to see this finished. The main body was giving me a red dwarf/star bug vibe as you was putting it together. Great work 👍🏻

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks, yeah I had the same thought as I was making it!

[@guntherjager482]

This is phenomenal. Keep up the good work. I would really like to see some 1:35 scale models. Something Warhammer 40K related. Its a large scratch building community.

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks very much! You know 40k was how I got into all of this in the first place. It'd be cool to make a dreadnought or titan ;)

[@guntherjager482]

@@thedarkpower please for the love of the omnisiah make a titan.

[@techy1215922]

I must have more, this looks so fantastic!!

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks! Part 2 on the way ;)

[@AlexModeling]

Been watching all your vídeos and i say: hell of a good work! Art form! Love those mechas

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks for watching, I appreciate it :)

[@philharris8130]

Extraordinary. So beautifully constructed :-)

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks! :)

[@ericclement1598]

Your work is fucking incredible I’m loving watching this! Gets me stoked to go into the studio and get working

[@thedarkpower]

Hey thanks very much, glad it's motivating you ;)

[@MrLionelrichtea]

Hey new follower here, loving these mech’s. Dude your video format is top notch.

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks for watching, I appreciate it!

[@charlie1872]

I am watching your video and realizing that my questions about what can I do with these plastic and styrofoam spheres? I don’t have a bandsaw or lathe like yourself but I should give it a go. How would you suggest I paint the styrofoam balls as I think they might disintegrate? How about doing a tour around your workshop with detailed descriptions of what equipment you have etc and how did you get started in this? That would be very interesting. Happy New Year from Toronto 👍

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks for watching! You can do alot with plastic and Styrofoam without the need for expensive tools. I'd recommend using PVA glue to seal the Styrofoam if you're worried about it disintegrating. Some solvents can eat it away. I do have a workshop tour on the channel actually and some in depth looks at some tools, primarily the vacuum and pressure chambers. Other people on KZbin know alot more about lathes than I do so worth checking for some tutorials on those elsewhere. Happy new year! 😁

[@georgemartinez1720]

Great work

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks! :)

[@cabalse]

Your videos is such an inspiration, keep it up, thanks!

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks! :)

[@shanerussell7335]

Just found your channel. Very inspirational. Have you looked into 3D printing some of your parts? Or maybe even the completed designs?

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks Shane. Yeah I definitely wanna have a go at 3D printing. It definitely has a place in model making, I think it's just another tool in the arsenal though, if you know what I mean. The main issues that hold me back are the print times and the resolution of the prints. Once they get better I'll definitely be having a go.

[@williamhughes9559]

I love scratch building with stuff from the 🗑. I drive my wife 🤪 but she gets over it. Along with plastic tubes of various sizes, lids, and pieces of HDPE & PETE, hot glue, and super glue I can be a design genius

[@thedarkpower]

Haha, yep same - I have boxes of junk ;)

[@Rex-hx5fz]

Can’t wait for part 2

[@CutTransformGlue]

This is awesome!

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks dude, really enjoyed your videos btw :)

[@Rex-hx5fz]

Amazing seriously amazing

[@thedarkpower]

Cheers ;)

[@mattmurray778]

Brilliant! More!

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks! Currently editing part 2 ;)

[@ars5047]

OMG!I can not wait for part 2 :(

[@TIMBEAU1962]

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAA again enjoined this like a good book or nice scifi movie! I normally make a sketch and then build, but realized that building with the stuff you have and combining is also a design method! That is more better dan making a sketch. Making a sketch is building without the parts you don't have. And that's terrible! I just seen a terrible scifi, bumblebee, I look a this kinda movies for reverence! I loved the hands, the little scratch marks all over a great. Anyways.... Thank you for sharing enjoined it very much!

[@thedarkpower]

Cheers dude. Yeah I'm not that good at drawing so I find myself making it up as I go along, pretty much. I find that works as you often find interesting bits and pieces that make you think of things that you wouldn't necessarily think of otherwise.

[@resin_Hd]

Outstanding! WOW!

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks! :)

[@hoodie7659]

Wow. Just wow.

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks :)

[@gorg9007]

I like the idea of giving the robot a peg leg

[@bearshield7138]

very nice

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks :)

[@Gisburne2000]

At 7:23 you could have gone with 'dystopian Homer Simpson head', but I think your original plan was better :)

[@thedarkpower]

Yeah the Mrs thought it looked like Homer Simpson too ;)

[@PabinongTV]

로봇 너무 멋집니다. 특히 가슴과 남자의 심볼이 아주 인상적이네요. 좋은 영상 잘 감상하고 갑니다.

[@thedarkpower]

고맙습니다! :)

[@JnthnZ]

Love your style, If you are looking for more mech references search for "keith thompson"

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks! Wow, yes he has some great stuff!

[@ScratchBashing]

5:41 looks like a weird face :)

[@thedarkpower]

Haha, yeah the mrs thinks it looks like homer simpson ;)

[@pedrooscar1890]

Can i know the name of that kick ass background music you got going on?

[@thedarkpower]

There's a few, but the one at the beginning is called 'A Stranger Thing'. It's from youtube's free music gallery kzbin.infomusic?nv=1

[@1DUBBz1]

the first part looked like a futuristic gas mask.

[@mcsdaver]

This is some amazing work!!!!! If you upscale it a bit and add EZ Robot and servos you can make your robots real. Check my Dave robot to see some of what can be done. I did 3d print part of my robot.

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks very much :) I have dabbled a little with arduinos and servos so that might be my next step ;)

[@theRealDonaldTrump666]

did he just make a hermaphrodite mech? i see boob guns and a benis gun... i dont know what happens when you play warhammer but around my neck of the woods its pg13. also you need to put stat numbers for stuff on them and do a yearly wrap up for each years creations. work backwards if you have to through your own channels posts and just show off all of what you made. some people want to see cool stuff but dont want to see you make it

[@thedarkpower]

Well art's in the eye of the beholder - if you see genitalia then that's cool ;) This channel's focus is on the process of making stuff though, not just the end result. Maybe an end of year recap is a cool idea though. Cheers.

[@eddiegremlin]

Anyone else see Homer Simpson?