I was fiddling with green stuff at the time and decided to sculpt a more organic robot/creature. In my mind this guy is some kind of monster or alien that scrounges on the battlefield for broken and discard parts and forms itself from those pieces. I was definitely inspired by the Japanese movies Tetsuo: The Iron Man and Meatball Machine.

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I knew the legs would be the most annoying thing to have to make from scratch every time, so I planned on making two legs and then molding and casting them. I created the legs using a combination of laser cut acryllic, styrene rods and sheets, acrylic nail beads, and some random Warhammer pauldrons.

Once i was generally happy with the legs, I made a one part cut mold of each. Everything I know I learned about mold making I learned from Robert Tolone on youtube. I even added in some air vents.

I’m not a fan of the resin I used but it’s what I had. Rather than a 50/50 resin to hardener mix, it uses drops of hardener depending on the pour depth. This isnt very helpful for this because I’m not casting a regular shape. The casts came out ok, if not a bit tacky at first.

Once I had some legs cast, I got started on the first robot. Just like the original legs, I used a combination of styrene bits, acrylic nail beads, and other plastic junk. It started looking like a camera because of the gear I used as the cockpit so I leaned into that concept.

I airbrushed the robot a yellow and did various chipping and weathering. I wanted to keep this paint job quick and vibrant. I also added a few small decals from a Sherman thank model kit.

For the second robot, it was a similar process to the first but I added in some MDF scraps and some of my daughter’s acrylic nails I’m constantly finding in the wash. The fake nails gave a nice gently curve to the two spots that I used it.

I airbrushed this one red and followed a similar technique as the previous robot.

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