Cylon Centurion

[niart17]

Working on this Moebius Cylon. I didn't care the squatty chicken pose that it came with so I did some modifications to reposition the legs and limp wristed hand closer to how the hand retracts like in the pilot episode. Still got some details and touch-ups on the seams, but it's coming along I think. I'll post some more in progress shots soon.

Thanks for checking it out. More later.

Bill

[niart17]

Ok, to back up a bit. Here is the leg position as it comes in the kit.

Not sure why they chose the spread leg awkward pose, but it's not too difficult to fix. Had I wanted to get into more detail and accuracy I might have replaced the ball joints totally, but I wanted a quick build so I worked with what was there.

So I assembled the legs per the instructions and then removed the leg portion at the ball and cup joint. Then used milliput to fill in the hole that was left and after it dried a little shaped into a full spherical shape.

Then I re-positioned the legs held in place with some artist clay to get the position I wanted. Once I was satisfied, I could superglue the cup on to the ball joint and voila, no more squatty dance moves. I did have to have his right leg posed outward some because of the way the foot was designed. It would have been a lot more major surgery to get it in a straight up and down position so I just got as close to a believable pose as I could.

[GreyGhost]

Very nicely done, Bill!

-Gregg

[niart17]

Thanks Gregg. It's a really fun kit to build. a lot of parts, fits pretty well and it's BIG!

Well mostly done with this. I need to work out putting the cabling behind his head so right now it's just sitting on top lose. And after looking at these pics I see I need to clean up the upper seam around his eye. I also will probably weather it some with some oils. Nothing drastic just enough to give it a war used Cylon.

A face only a mother could love.

Thanks for checking it out.

Bill

Edited May 31, 2015 by niart17