The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #392: Sculpting a Logan Figurine and Like a Hood Ornament #48: Rocketeer Minifigure Painting and Making a Game Piece 3

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #392: Sculpting a Logan Figurine and Like a Hood Ornament #48: Rocketeer Minifigure Painting and Making a Game Piece 3

https://archive.org/download/podcast-392/Podcast%20392.mp3

This week, I’m continuing projects from the last few episodes, painting the Rocketeer minifigure made during the sculpt-along episode as well as Rocketeer game piece. 

Pictures of these figures after the first coat of paint.  Once the paint fully dries, it will be time for another coat or two as well as the details, like the jacket buttons and helmet lenses.   I also still have to paint the flames and smoke on the game piece figure.

I recently ordered a large figurine from the company Hero Forge, making it about as close to Logan from The Thirteenth Hour as I could.  I was planning to sculpt a little onto the parts that I couldn’t make exactly the same and then cast the head for a custom Logan Hero Construx figures.  

Here is the figure before …

And after.  Once the clay is dry, still a fair amount of detail work needed …

Thanks for listening!

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The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #390 and Like a Hood Ornament #47: Rocketeer Minifigure Resin Casting Updates and Making a Game Piece 2

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast #389 and Like a H90 and Like a Hood Ornament #47: Rocketeer Minifigure Resin Casting Updates and Making a Game Piece 2ood Ornament #46: Rocketeer Minifigure Sculpt-along

https://archive.org/download/podcast-390/Podcast%20390.mp3

This week, I’m continuing a project started back in episode 384, making a little game piece of the Rocketeer.  My progress on that project was forestalled due to a batch of bad silicone, and it took awhile to get a new batch.  I ended up switching to a different line within the Smooth On catalog called Mold Star 16 (since I could find it), and it ended up working out great.  To celebrate, I made little cup molds of all the pieces of the Rocketeer mini figure parts I made last time (arms, legs, torso, head) as well as finally making a mold of the Rocketeer board game piece I prepared for molding in episode 384.

I had fairly low expectations of how the game piece would turn out, but once I broke in the mold, it actually worked quite well despite the complexity and intricacy of the game piece.  

I used one of the copies of the game piece to extract copies of the rocetpack and the helmet to modify the Hero Clix figure to the left (which I sanded down a bit to prepare it for the clay additions below – adding to the arms, making the chest bib with the buttons, and the jodhpurs).  It will then need to be sanded down once cured to smooth it all out.    

I attached the head using a pin to hold it in place (in addition to some superglue).  I also angled the hed so it is looking a bit right, toward the upraised hand.  It just felt more dynamic a pose.  I just need to flesh out the smoke in back with some additional clay, sand things down, and then prime it for painting.

The first resin Rocketeer minifigure duplicate made from the figure we created last week.  So far, I made four of them.

Thanks for listening!

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The Thirteenth Hour Podcast Episode #384 and Like a Hood Ornament #45: Making a Rocketeer Game Piece 1

The Thirteenth Hour Podcast Episode #384 and Like a Hood Ornament #45: Making a Rocketeer Game Piece 1

https://archive.org/download/podcast-384/Podcast%20384.mp3

This week, I’m starting the process of casting part of the game piece that came with the Rocketeer board game to make a helmet and rocketpack to modify a Heroclix figure into a Cliff Secord!  We will pick this up in the new year (once I get some new silicone).  

In this episode, we’ll be taking the Rocketeer game piece, adding some vents (toothpicks) to the protruding parts of the figure when it’s upside down, since the pour spout will be the base of the figure.  I’ll be using the helmet and pack to hopefully add to the Technocrat figure 

These toothpicks will form the vents once the mold is made to carry the air out and hopefully help the areas that protrude fill.

Turns out there wasn’t enough silicone to fill even this K-cup container, so we will shelve this project until next year.  But, I was able to case the upper body, which should be enough for my original intention.

And here are some cast torsos next to the original Hero Clix game piece.  To be continued!

Lastly, last week, I was talking about a film called Max Q with Billy Campbell who plays a very Cliff Secord type of character.  If you liked the Rocketeer, you’ll probably like this film as well.  I really enjoyed it.  Sadly, it’s very hard to find, though a kind soul uploaded it to Youtube.  Check it out!  The entire playlist of all eight parts is here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQt_32e40QXFA5414DrH8SiyMtyax_VmP

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