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Tim Nolan

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There is a ring around the edge of the display base, that is a perfect fit for this 2mm solid core side light fiber. I made some small rings from plastruct tubing to run it thru and secure it. (it doesn't seem to accept glue well)

After making some LED tubes to hold the strand and the actual LED's....


Cool Fx!


I cut out some "lava pools" and the crevace area in the base, and will underlight it for more of a volcanic look...


Neck drilled and cut out, LED in place to light the eyes...


Cool figure, should be fun to detail!



Everything got a bath in hot soapy water last night, almost time for primer after filling a few seams..... Fun build so far!!! More to come.....
 
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Wow! Nice job lighting the eyes. And the first thing I thought when I saw the fiber wrapped around the base was ---LAVA!
Nice to see your going to do more with the lava theme in the cracks and crevises. This has the potential to be an epic build!

:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:
 
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Tim Nolan

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OK, got past the bad primer incident, Vermithrax is now in black AutoAire basecoat. I'll start adding color during the next week or so.....


I'm working on the base lighting. The "glow ring" around the perimeter is installed and lights up great!



I am adding some transparent amber acrylic sheet over the holes I cut out in the base, as well as the crevice. This will be lit up with a red glow as well. The top of the base has been airbrushed with semi-opaque black, so light will come thru. I have both red and flickering amber LED's which will be under the rocks, giving it a "glowing lava" affect. I've tried it, and it works great!
Time to start soldering!

 
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What's the deal with Pegasus and vinyl anyway? I just bought the WOW alien and was rather dissapointed to see VINYL! I hate working with solid vinyl. Just give me good ole styrene. Or at least hollow cast vinyl!

You've got a great idea going there Tim, can't wait to see more.

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hal9001 said:
What's the deal with Pegasus and vinyl anyway? I just bought the WOW alien and was rather dissapointed to see VINYL! I hate working with solid vinyl. Just give me good ole styrene. Or at least hollow cast vinyl!

You've got a great idea going there Tim, can't wait to see more.

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I wish they were styrene too. People complain about seams etc with styrene but todays kits are much better tooled than older kits..so less seams etc.
And it's much easier to work with.

Nice job though Tim.
 
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