If you add a VHS filter to this entire video it would make an amazing "found footage" style hobby film. It's already more than half way to that destination anyway. Mad Alex Labs, deep in a bunker somewhere in the north. No masks, all fumes, and fevered building. On the other hand, don't listen to me. Awesome little bot.
Thank you hunnit Clive and as always thank you for the support. I did experiment a bit with this video, some things I like some feel a bit rushed. But a good experiment and a fun challenge
Thank you Wittlegoblin! Oils are magic. A different workflow and takes getting used to but def a great tool. Looking forward to checking your bot bash vid out.
I've been excited to watch this since the Discord message was sent out announcing it. I'm glad you went with the "garbage kit" route. It was much more interesting and enjoyable to watch in my opinion. Thanks for another great video!
I've seen some previews at the discord but I didn't notice the heads and they are freaking me out in the best possible way - what a work of art. I really wish I had junk like this laying around... what a coincidence and how handy for this challenge ^^
I'm not sure which I enjoyed more; the build or your absolutely insane camera work. I think it's a bit of a tie, really. Great work on the bot and thanks for a wonderful video!
Two weeks ago while cutting a piece out of a mold I sliced right though my pinky finger. I feel your pain Alex...maybe I'm reading too much between the lines?😂 Also the faces inside your crusher are inspired.
Dude, Alex, the look on your face in the first 5 minutes of the video is so “I am a mile outside of my comfort zone.” I love it! Really fun to see your entire creative process with the dinosaur and the monster truck. I was laughing. That’s the look I get on my face when I have to deal with trash, too. 😂
That is a nice kitbash. I enjoy watching your vidoes and especially your narrative style. I would love to know what that "alternative" white spirit is, as sometimes it's a pain when you glue a plastic model together in a way you aren't happy with.
You've done a great job of threading this process into a narrative. Your lighting serves the quietly frantic pressure of a collaboration, and manages to compliment your setbacks beautifully. Amazing bot, and amazing work!
I love how this came out. I definitely would have leaned more heavily into the body horror and got some more trapped soldiers in there for more "bone" though! What a freaky effect. If it's a bit unstable, perhaps some thin armature wire from the electric hands could trail across the floor to provide additional points of contact with the ground?
Nice work, Alex. I really like the frenetic, handheld nature of this video overall. Makes it seem post-apocalyptic to a point. Thoroughly wonderful, as always. Cheers
Brilliant video. Wasn't expecting the horror movie effects. Nice dice roll....and fancy pants. Glad I am not the only one who experiences kit bashing = bandaids (plaster in English), though mine isn't as cool as yours.
way to go Alex..I love the Crusher. Now, thanks to you, I am not and have not been afraid of oil paints, however I am making a note never ever to purchase that fancy hobby oil wash and solvent that crushes sprue goo and model cement. Yikes! A thoroughly enjoyable video; your Bot will be a formidable foe battling soldiers and other spirit types in A War Transformed.
Thanks Mark! Yes, I'll definitely stick to the traditional art suplies from here on. The bottles of oil wash in the video have been permanently removed from my rack.
I do love watching your mistakes from time to time. Note to self, when I decide to work in oils use traditional oil and white spirits, don't buy into 'miniature' oil paints. I love the finished robot, and all the new videos/content creators to watch!
Thanks Bill. I intend to make a video on oil paints. The tricky thing with artist paints is that they are all pretty much single pigments and sometimes that requires a bit of knowledge. Where as the oil paints from AK for example are mixes that can assist when doing some effects. So for example, a single pigment "orange" is probably slightly transparent because of the pigment and will not make good rust effects. Where as the AK oil paints are mixed to be opaque and is a bit of a shortcut to make rust stains. But when making a wash for example, the opposite may very well be true.
Indeed! Darn expensive kit. But it's been lying around for probably ten years and so this way it's getting used at least. And plenty more plastic to use in there.
This was honestly a great watch, it gave an excellent perspective on your thought process and while you do explain it to us this was an great representation in real time so to speak I think it turned out well in terms of Bone legs I think that un armored mechanical legs counts as the bones of a metal construct the hands are my favorite part thoughts the use of the telegraph poles definitely were a great choice. It honestly looks like it was put together by magic Great Job Alex :)
Very cool Alex! Kit bashing is fun and that turned out pretty nice. Great inspiration as always and I think I am going to have to pick up a copy of A War Transformed for my collection, everytime I watch one of your videos lately I find my self going and looking at it on Amazon....😗
Fantastic video and build. Agree with Bill, the little head is freaky, but awesome. Really vibe with your laid back presentation. Honour being part of the collaboration with you!
Great build man, the face makes it! Also really enjoyed the video, It really takes a lot to chill me out but this episode really did make me relax and vibe. Really looking forward to going through the back college of your channel!
This type of walking around video turned out great! You've made a mistake, when you said "nothing fancy" in 14:32 - what about fancy pants?? I think it would be fun to have some loose cables hanging from this type of electric hands...
Oh boy, wouldn't know where to start. Much like cobbled-together weapons systems used in resistance movements. While not an exact historical parallel, (history doesn't repeat itself but it often rhymes) it reflects the spirit of improvisation and adapting existing technology to achieve new objectives. (I am not suggesting resistance movements for any country)
Can't fathom why the solvent would dissemble a joint created by what is supposed to be melting and fusing the plastic together. Though I have found that the Tamiya paint-on solvent can be too thin and not melt enough of the plastic; so I often put gobs of thick tube solvent right in the middle, then paint-on solvent around the outer edges of the mating surfaces.
7:47 in my experience sanding the sprue goo parts afterwards, it is not as solid as plastic, but still decent. A good thing to keep in mind when you touch up our cleaning process after the sprue goo has dried. I found that the thicker plastic cement also gap fill relatively well. EDIT: to be fair I remember using a non GW plastic because I wanted the sprue goo to have a different color, so it would be easier to distinguish for sanding purposes. So could have been the different properties of the plastic. I still like the idea of sprue goo having a different color, so I will try colored GW plastic next time.
I love the idea of an "ad-hoc golem" and it looks awesome! But oh man, if only you had some skeleton bits to make the bony legs that would make it sooo creepy. Like as if it had used cadavers from the battlefield for parts of itself.
I love this video . Very different style . But very funny and fun plus a great build . Well the glue iissue wasnt fun or funny. But showed that everyone runs into issues you dont expect.
Speed holes is a Simpsons reference. Homer was dressed as Krusty the Clown who had a hit out on him. Homer was at a car lot and the hitman kept missing. Homer asked about the bullet holes and the salesman told him they were speed holes. Basically bullet holes or battle damage. Nice looking kitbash.
17:21 "...and then lightly... Whoops, that wasn't 'lightly', was it..." Leaving this in shows Integrity and humour, and that is why I like your videos! 😂
Grinder? damn that's a very progressive robot they want to build kek. bro you sounded like you were chanting a summoning song at 1:21 hahaha. That grabbing junk regret moment is too relatable. Watching this blurry cam up close stuff reminds me of blair witch somehow, a cool video idea could be to do a themed one where you pretend your locked in your basement hiding from something outside (looters, zombies, aliens whatever). Theme it comically to be like you are creating a model version of the threat to "figure it all out". Could be fun. Sorry that I'm suggesting random stuff when you didn't ask btw, I'm the kind of person who gets way too many ideas, shame they go to waste. God damn I love your lightning and editing, blue orange is always a good choice. why do you have brush soap on your table hahaha. Could it not be that you are using Plastic glue on a plastic that doesn't support it? Super glue might be worth considering for this. So long as it doesn't reach freezing it'll hold. put a thin piece of paper (like loo roll) between the glue points to make it glue even better. Looks great, reminds me of that old school immersive taste that the younger audience never got to experience that always felt so illusive to find whenever trying to remember where it was from. Maybe our young imaginations back then did a lot of the work that our memories remember. But damn I loved this kind of stuff, I can imagine a concept art for it, in a gigantic sewer with natural light coming from holes above as water falls on top of it. Yet it carries on. Really like it.
Nice work, love how you integrated the prompts into your current hobby project. The single colour base coat really works for this build. I'm always amazed how much the finishing layers add. Good reminder not to sweat the small stuff while base coating. Re: solvent safety - I'm not an expert, but I don't think white spirits are any worse than plastic glue. Unless your mask/filter has a charcoal layer (maybe that big mask you had does!), I don't think it does anything to protect you from VOCs. I personally use a fan or open window to keep fresh air circulating, and gloves to keep it off my skin when working with oil washes. There are other solvents you can use with oils (e.g. citrus based or natural turpentine), but not sure how they behave with plastic and acrylic paints. Actually, these may have been the cause of your disassembly incident.🤔
Thanks! White spirit / turpentine has a brain melting tendency and so I use my mask that has a filter for organic fumes when in my not so well ventilated bunker :)
Hi Alex. It seems to me that the average bits box is full of junk, and junk is trash, so I think you're good. 🙂 Your robot came out great. Keep having fun. 👍
Hi Alex, I have to say, it makes me smile to see you having issues with something, you're always very accurate, and I love to watch you work, but you know, sometimes things just go wrong, take a breath, and go on, I really loved to watch you working out this mini, it's been "challenging" to work on something out of nothing? To see something and picture it out as something different?
Another great video, and cool take on the theme! I am very tempted to try and come up with a similar 'battlefield debris golem'. One observation is that you unified the look of the components by using a (great) paint scheme -- but it would have been more consistent with your concept to have parts look different from one another, no? That glue reaction issue must have been super annoying -- good to know to avoid anything but standard white spirit-type products! Thanks!
Cool model. That aesthetic fits so well into WW1 meets magic. First time watching your content. I love your video style. I feel like I'm playing an immersive horror game and wondering if there will jump scares or if I will even survive to the glamour shots. Love the vision and execution.
I don't know if it would make a difference, but I find Tamiya's regular liquid cement holds better than their Extra Thin formula. I have also experimented with water colour paints. You can get the same effects as oil paints, but with water as a solvent. You need to do it later in the process because it never dries permanently, you can always reactivate water colours.
