[[Germany] Ali Abbas]

hey jos, hows it going. did you do anything on your rig like you mentioned in the last competition, hows is yours getting along.

 

[[Germany] Ali Abbas]

thanks mate

[[Germany] Ali Abbas]

h guys, here is another little update. i made the shades and started rivetting the buckles onto the armor

[[Germany] Ali Abbas]

hi guys, here is another little update to the arena shade and i also cut out the front bay where the eye catcher helmet will be.

the shade posts have all been measured and cut to size. they all have supporting wires which you will see what for this evening. i want sagging shade textiles as the look here. the shade poles are all dismountable for transport and slid in vertically at 90°.

i also made the first pullyes by contrapting a mini lathe by clamping in my drill. :-)

the helmets bay is cut out and the placed on the Ludus balcony in the front which will also be worked on today.

more to come.

[[Germany] Ali Abbas]

hi guys, and here is the leather shroud already on, needs some polishing up and oldening still, also some deco elements,,,, more to come.

more to come.....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[[Germany] Ali Abbas]

and here is the little second update for today, am trying an armor cover for the back, this is the main base though

[[Germany] Ali Abbas]

Hi guys, its time i unpacked some of the hardware delivered so far. here are the first pics.

I havent checked everything yet, CPU is still to come, but most of the stuff is here.

 

[[Germany] Ali Abbas]

first coats..

[[Germany] Ali Abbas]

hi guys, so after making the roman standards staffs i wanted to get down to something more spartacussy  or thracian slave galdiatorial again.i decided to work on the ey catcher will will be in the front.

i googled aroung and looked at all the differnet kind of helmets and decided to make my own design. seeing as this mod is like all other mods i make for competitions all 100 handmade i didnt take the 3d printer or papakura or somethiung, i made it myself.

i used a polystyrene ball as the base of the skull shell and went on from there with hot glue, cardboard, foam, and worbla. just looking at the pictures i found in internet.

this helmet is a mix of thracian, the sparatcus series helmets and the most probable designs you would find when googling for galdiator helmets.

i made it so that when painted it looks as if its had afew battles and been beaten around and passed on from each fallen gladiator to the next and having to be patched up every time.

next post of it will be the final pain tshading job etc..

then it was acetone time, it worked better than i thought it would

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more to come...

oh yeah als0o tried out some new golden effects on the lion heads

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[[Germany] Ali Abbas]

Hi guys, its time for another little update, most of teh hardware has arrived, as soon as its complete then i will also püost some hardware goodyies photos.

another thing i started on in the mean while was the ROMAN STANDARD or STANDARTE. they were the eagle on a pole figure which were foremost when leading the army into battle. I assume that Crassus also had one, who is the Praetor who eventually brought Spartacus down, so I needed them too.

The paintjob isnt quite finished yet, but the main form is made. i cut up melted to the right shape and painted some plastic eagles. made a perch and they will also have the four letters  SPQR standing for Senatus Populusque Romanus, or in plain english, THE SENATE AND FOLK OF ROME.

now some pics of its evolution.. :-) more to come

[Prediction Voting Event]

@Andy, by the way I wanted to mention this last time too.

Many people seem to think that the contest is always over because of this prediction thread. Maybe it shoulkd ba handled some other way when the prediction is over and also made more clear that this has nothing to do with the actual Modding period and worklogs.

Otherwise folks take a look in to this site and think oh its over without realising its just the predict and not the final verdict :-)

[[Germany] Ali Abbas]

their will of course be more such figure head shields ands so forth in differenet sizes coming too.

 

[[Germany] Ali Abbas]

On 10.1.2018 at 7:31 PM, a13 said:

This project looks impressive. Good luck!

thanks mate, glad you like it. its gonna change a lot.

here is a little update to the lion shields.

[[Germany] Ali Abbas]

So hi guys, tomorrow i will post the next update. i have shifted flats and found almost all my stuff in the wrong boxes i packed so it should be easier now , :-)

more tomorrow

[[Japan] Von Carlo Rasonble]

daaammmmmnnnn, i will sure give you 100 marks for the best pictures so far.

my best will be when tzhe mod is finished, tiell then its worklog quick n dirty camera pics...

good luck

[[Germany] Ali Abbas]

hi guys. here is my last update befpre xmas. i am actually moving into anew flat now so it will be a week i guess before i can post again.

i wish you all a very merry christmas.

anyway, today i dremeled in the stone n brick look and started making the shade holders.

i ran into the same problem that the romans probably did because of  the abgle towards the front, but forund a way to measure each one seperately.

here are the pics of todays modding.

in between the woodwork i also started cutting the lion head i had molded previously to see what that comes out like.

[[Germany] Ali Abbas]

yes, as you know i love delving into depp detail. so here is alittle more.

i did some arches today and roughly measured the shade pillers.

but mainly it was all about the sides of the main tribune deck and the arches.

[[Germany] Ali Abbas]

hi again, and here are some more pics of the back arches, not finished yet

i also made rge first gates on top where the gladiators would enter the arena. they will also have functions,,,,yet to be revealed

[[Germany] Ali Abbas]

On 19.12.2017 at 10:30 AM, Jos214demi said:

Holy!!! This is insane! It's looking awesome already!

thanks mate, I am sure it will get really interseting soon. its still pretty basic stuff, making the basic form to accomodate the funktions, hardware and all the proper deco and elements of this very extreme theme agin.

so, i finished the scalle sticking and sanded it off a wee bit. must still be further carried on. but i started working on the top segmented arena.

as i already mentioned, this mod is all about the whole spartacus era, the world he was dooemd to live in, what happened to him, who made it happen etc..

so we need a lot of roman elements too, als some greek because SPARTACUS was  THRACIAN, which was a greek province as the legend goes.

anway, i am now making an arena and many other elements which will be all these cultural styles mixed together. but all from that epoche and era.

we bear in mind, this is prechristianity, so no crosses or such elements in the armor, its all about jupiter, pluto and other mythical gods.

 

so while they are dry hardening i carried onm to make the top arena segment base.

the arena floors looked like dirt but were actually sand on wooden platforms. because the romans had a complex corridor, tunnel and lift system underneath.

once again u must stress the fact that i am only using hand guided machines and no automation. this is all handmade handcrafted stuff you are spectating.

each and every little groove making it a planking look is as uneven as the romans would have made it without modern tools, but as accurate as those fine engineers could muster.

[[Germany] Ali Abbas]

Hi guys. here is a little update again.

i am using sawed in half ans sanded lemello wedges to make some of the armor scales.

when set in scene, sanded off and with the paintjob they will look great later. they will still have some studs and other elements too of course

[[Germany] Ali Abbas]

and here are the rest of the progressional pics of today.

i made the base and a led holding turret upon which the main piller stands.

i also started the armor plates with the spartacus armor snakes, the main snake form is done, must be formed to be more detailed of course.

more to come

here you can see the cobras then the main frame sof them i made, of course adapted to the bottom corners of the glass windows

 

[[Germany] Ali Abbas]

hi guys.

i saw the lion heads on spratcus`s gladiator armor and decided to integrate them too. i litterally wnet roung looking at door knobs and knockers and found this one. i am using it as a negative for making these sub negatives. sub neg, because i will be vacuuming acrlic plates ontp them, when they are dry.

these are basically made by covering the head, waiting till its dry and using the mold as another mold for furth molding twice. sperated with alayer of silicon spray.

they will look great when finished. wait n see. :-)

more to come

 

now i have to screw the lion head back onto someones door :-) thanks to rose for that

[[Germany] Ali Abbas]

Hi guys, I started making the base platform which will carry the whole corep 90 probably without the feet though. it will also have a....... no no, wait till next post :-)

i also forgot some of the pics of making the handle so here they also are

 

[[Germany] Ali Abbas]

Hi guys here are the last pics of the Gladius. It now belongs to the CAPUA HAUS OF BATIATUS, which was the Ludus where Spartacus was enslaved.

now I will start integrating it onto the case. with many more featurettes

 

[[Germany] Ali Abbas]

one more pic before i stop today, first stain, sanding tomorrow