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Offline greedo

Re: Cloud City Garrison's IG-88
« Reply #30 on: June 28, 2018, 02:10:45 PM »
Not sure if you've seen this thread or not, but it's one of the best/informative threads out there for IG88 stuff.  He's also documented a lot of info from his several meetings with Bill Hargreaves ( IG88's creator) if you are interested in that kind of stuff

https://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=231559&highlight=ig88
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Re: Cloud City Garrison's IG-88
« Reply #31 on: June 28, 2018, 05:28:46 PM »
Not sure if you've seen this thread or not, but it's one of the best/informative threads out there for IG88 stuff.  He's also documented a lot of info from his several meetings with Bill Hargreaves ( IG88's creator) if you are interested in that kind of stuff

https://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=231559&highlight=ig88

Wow! That's pretty fantastic! Thanks for sharing. Looks like I have a new build bible now!
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Re: Cloud City Garrison's IG-88
« Reply #32 on: July 23, 2018, 11:54:11 PM »
How's this coming along Michael?

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Re: Cloud City Garrison's IG-88
« Reply #33 on: July 24, 2018, 07:48:21 AM »
Taking a little break to work on some Rose City raffle stuff. I'm hoping to come back to this after the summer.
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Re: Cloud City Garrison's IG-88
« Reply #34 on: July 24, 2018, 07:59:45 AM »
Taking a little break to work on some Rose City raffle stuff. I'm hoping to come back to this after the summer.
Ah yes blades and blasters and the like.

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Re: Cloud City Garrison's IG-88
« Reply #35 on: September 02, 2019, 04:43:58 PM »
Well, I said I would take some time off and come back after the summer... I never specified which summer. Well, after finishing the Wampa, Gamorrean Guard, Zuckuss and an X-wing pilot, I dragged the legs on this out of storage and decided to get back to plugging away and see where it could go. It's nice that it's just a fun project, so there really isn't a time line for completion. So, when I left off, I had a pretty good amount of the legs done but they are still in need of some finishing details. I had gotten tripped up on how to do the hips, but I think I've powered through and am making progress again. So, I dug the build threads out of the bottom of the pile and started looking at them again:

20190807_113457 by Michael Halstead, on Flickr

I built a general frame for what the remainder of the body will look like:

20190807_154926 by Michael Halstead, on Flickr

Then, added the head for motivation:

20190808_111212 by Michael Halstead, on Flickr

Wait, no, that's not right... Here we go:

20190807_211451 by Michael Halstead, on Flickr

Added some fake arms for now and then started working on the hips after I found some rounded wood that I could use:

20190808_134156 by Michael Halstead, on Flickr

And then I built a rough draft of the side skirts:

20190811_143050 by Michael Halstead, on Flickr

Those will be refined later. Then, I started building a rough draft of the three upper body segments:

20190811_144656 by Michael Halstead, on Flickr

20190812_162133 by Michael Halstead, on Flickr

20190811_215551 by Michael Halstead, on Flickr

20190811_215629 by Michael Halstead, on Flickr

20190814_140726 by Michael Halstead, on Flickr

Starting on the bottom segment, I started adding all the details. Now, from here on, I'm generally using the Sideshow toy since I have one on hand and it's easily accessible. You build yours however you want.

20190814_202401 by Michael Halstead, on Flickr

20190815_143932 by Michael Halstead, on Flickr

20190815_143939 by Michael Halstead, on Flickr

20190816_152115 by Michael Halstead, on Flickr

And here's the general idea of what I'm going for:

20190814_202351 by Michael Halstead, on Flickr

Added a few more small details and am now here:

20190817_152627 by Michael Halstead, on Flickr

Starting on the next segment, which is a bunch of tubes with pipes between them, which can be seen in these two pictures:

20190818_072831 by Michael Halstead, on Flickr

20190818_072841 by Michael Halstead, on Flickr

Have a pretty good start on those:

Front:

20190902_163515 by Michael Halstead, on Flickr

Back:

20190902_163533 by Michael Halstead, on Flickr

And then the chest spike. Thanks to D'Angelo for the idea here:

20190902_140617 by Michael Halstead, on Flickr

And, lastly for now, I have glue on the tabs on the side skirts drying so that they can be mounted tomorrow:

20190902_163545 by Michael Halstead, on Flickr

So, for now, here's about where I stand:

20190902_160856 by Michael Halstead, on Flickr

Tons to do but I've found new interest in the project, so I'm hoping I can keep plugging away and see where it takes me. Special thanks as well to Mike Kraemer for welding me a base with posts in it that run up his legs to add stability and keep him from tipping over on me.
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Re: Cloud City Garrison's IG-88
« Reply #36 on: September 02, 2019, 07:45:01 PM »
So happy to see this back on the table, so to speak.

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Re: Cloud City Garrison's IG-88
« Reply #37 on: September 03, 2019, 07:44:11 AM »
ty ty! the pictures don't do it justice Mike! it looks so good already in person. Much Greeblie!
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Re: Cloud City Garrison's IG-88
« Reply #38 on: September 06, 2019, 02:08:10 PM »
Got the next upper torso segment mostly done. First, I added what is now being called The D'Angelo Spike:

20190902_191541 by Michael Halstead, on Flickr

Then, I cut out an access panel in the back and added magnets to it so that I can grab him by the "spine" to assist in breaking him down:

20190904_145119 by Michael Halstead, on Flickr

20190904_145109 by Michael Halstead, on Flickr

I may add a few details, similar to the Sideshow toy, to the access panel to keep it from being a large, blank, surface.

Then, after some adjustments, I mounted on my front tubes:

20190905_153055 by Michael Halstead, on Flickr

Then, I started adding the back tubes:

20190905_153116 by Michael Halstead, on Flickr

20190906_132429 by Michael Halstead, on Flickr

Here, you can see that they add some bulk and shape to him:

20190906_132613 by Michael Halstead, on Flickr

Then, I added the tips of some funnels to the front tubes to give them a rounded top:

20190906_133500 by Michael Halstead, on Flickr

And here is the required, where I stand now picture:

20190906_133452 by Michael Halstead, on Flickr

He's still missing all the tubing that goes between and connects all the cylinders and runs up and down his legs. I figure that will be pretty fiddly, so I'm saving it for close to the end. Next, I'll be tacking the upper chest and shoulders before I start to work my way down the arms.
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Re: Cloud City Garrison's IG-88
« Reply #39 on: September 07, 2019, 10:38:17 AM »
Man this is coming along nice!  The body is starting to fill out and look like the real deal.

LOL, love the D’Angelo spike and the front/rear testes!
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Re: Cloud City Garrison's IG-88
« Reply #40 on: December 05, 2019, 03:30:44 PM »
Well, I left off somewhere and did a few other projects in the middle. Back at this a bit now and wanted to share some update photos.

Got a couple automotive funnels and then added some thin ABS to make the chest section:

IMG_20191126_153257888 by Michael Halstead, on Flickr

IMG_20191127_133232740 by Michael Halstead, on Flickr

Then, I started working on the shoulders. Initially, I tried melting some ABS to make it one solid piece:

IMG_20191127_192829025 by Michael Halstead, on Flickr

But, then I cut the bottom sections so that they could slope back, as they do on the prop:

IMG_20191201_191906692 by Michael Halstead, on Flickr

But that really weakened them. As you can see in that picture, I started brainstorming the arms as well.

I didn't love how it looked with the thin, single layer, or ABS. It also wasn't very strong and I could see it breaking apart pretty easily. So, I covered it all with one large sheet of Worbla.

IMG_20191203_173749137 by Michael Halstead, on Flickr

IMG_20191203_173758788 by Michael Halstead, on Flickr

Dang, my workspace is a mess. LOL

Then, I was blessed with help from Ryen Schurman who was able to design and print the 4 shoulder/chest greeblie pieces. Thanks a ton!

IMG_20191204_105319662 by Michael Halstead, on Flickr

IMG_20191205_141450977 by Michael Halstead, on Flickr

Now, I need to make a collar piece for the chest to neck transition, and sew the shoulder/neck pad thing, and then work on the arms. I have about a rough draft of what the arms will look like but I need to add a lot of details and figure out a few missing pieces, but it's coming along and progress is being made.

IMG_20191205_150634523 by Michael Halstead, on Flickr
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Re: Cloud City Garrison's IG-88
« Reply #41 on: December 07, 2019, 07:35:47 AM »
Coming along nicely Michael. I'm glad to see this moving forward.

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Re: Cloud City Garrison's IG-88
« Reply #42 on: March 17, 2020, 05:20:28 PM »
Well, I've left this idle for a bit, but it's because I keep getting stuck and then having a moment of inspiration and then make a good deal of progress. So, I was working on the arms when I last updated, so here are some updated pics showing my progress:

IMG_20200102_162343413 by Michael Halstead, on Flickr

Then, I got stuck on the hands for a bit, but started slowly plugging away.

IMG_20200312_132752705 by Michael Halstead, on Flickr

Went back and added some greeblie details.

And, working on the right hand, I wanted to make what I'm calling the pincher claw. Started out with a plate of steel, but it's too thin, so I did a few options out of wood, which I thought I would have a difficult time adhering the outer section to.

IMG_20200315_164422351 by Michael Halstead, on Flickr

So, I used a thick sheet of ABS and the lower track slider piece for a screen door:

IMG_20200316_180746887 by Michael Halstead, on Flickr

But, the plastic piece didn't look right, so I cut this bugger in half:

IMG_20200316_183523193 by Michael Halstead, on Flickr

IMG_20200316_183632109 by Michael Halstead, on Flickr

And was pretty happy with the progress:

IMG_20200316_183829046 by Michael Halstead, on Flickr

So, today, I added the outer layer of ABS to give them more of the look of the Sideshow toy:

IMG_20200317_151414499 by Michael Halstead, on Flickr

IMG_20200317_154232198 by Michael Halstead, on Flickr

IMG_20200317_161835702 by Michael Halstead, on Flickr

And now, my IG88 has one hand!!!

IMG_20200317_170342541 by Michael Halstead, on Flickr

Still haven't worked out how he will be holding a blaster. May look kind of wonky with one in his hand but maybe an E11 would be light enough that it could be held. I dunno, more to come...
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Re: Cloud City Garrison's IG-88
« Reply #43 on: March 22, 2020, 05:21:00 PM »
I left off with a right hand and in need of a left, right? This one is supposed to look more like a horseshoe, so I bought some horseshoes, but wanting to reduce weight, I just used it as a template and cut it out of ABS plastic:

IMG_20200319_135306437 by Michael Halstead, on Flickr

IMG_20200319_135321781 by Michael Halstead, on Flickr

Added the plastic edging:

IMG_20200319_151942893 by Michael Halstead, on Flickr

The screen door roller parts:

IMG_20200319_161235331 by Michael Halstead, on Flickr

And then some additional greeblies to make it look more complete:

IMG_20200319_163000842 by Michael Halstead, on Flickr

And, here we have a left hand!

IMG_20200319_171116488 by Michael Halstead, on Flickr

COWER IN FEAR MORTALS!!!!

IMG_20200319_171145316 by Michael Halstead, on Flickr

Then, I built this little left arm greeblie thing:

IMG_20200322_134636226 by Michael Halstead, on Flickr

And, now on to armpits. I wanted to enclose the chest box a little more as it was too open and I didn't like how it looked.

IMG_20200322_144740337 by Michael Halstead, on Flickr

So, I put in some ABS in there and sealed it in:

IMG_20200322_144826250 by Michael Halstead, on Flickr

And, then, lastly for today, I wanted to make a collar for the body to neck transition. Make it look a little better. So, I cut this piece out and have it gluing in place now:

IMG_20200322_164923952 by Michael Halstead, on Flickr

Cad Bane approves.

I picked up an E11 and I am reasonable certain I can mount it in the left hand. Would be cool to get another for the right hand but I want to see how it looks first and see how it handles the added weight. I don't anticipate a problem. Next, there are some greeblie pieces for the legs that hoses run out of, so I need to build those and then add the hoses. Then, I probably can start the arduous task of painting this monster. While that is happening, I plan on making the shoulder bags and I also need to make the bandolier with grenades. So, I feel like I'm starting to reach the final stretch, but there's still a lot to do an every time I look at him, I see something else to tweak. So, don't be surprised if I come up with things I missed and need to add them.
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Re: Cloud City Garrison's IG-88
« Reply #44 on: March 23, 2020, 08:02:56 PM »
Looking awesome... it’s really coming together!
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