1:144 Bandai AT-AT diorama (WIP)

Lynn TXP 0369

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• May 7, 2017

• #1

OK, here is my attempt at building a 1:144 Bandai AT-AT diorama.
AT-AT #1 is built and I attempted the picking off the snowspeeder pose.

This is just preliminary posing, I try and pose it better once painted and ready for the diorama. It poses pretty good, but is about as good as it will get, but it can be tweeked a bit once I look at the real pics, this is just from memory.
Lynn

 

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jthornton1993

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• May 8, 2017

• #2

It's posing looks awkward. It's stride is definitely too big.

 

Lynn TXP 0369

Sr Member

• May 8, 2017

• #3

That pose was based off the SW Chronicles pic, I was trying to do it from memory.
I'll try this one.

Lynn

 

Lynn TXP 0369

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• May 8, 2017

• #4

Another try.

Lynn

 

Last edited: May 8, 2017

Lynn TXP 0369

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• May 8, 2017

• #5

jthornton1993 said:

It's posing looks awkward. It's stride is definitely too big.

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Sorry for the blurry pic, but this is the pose I was trying to replicate above, so it is a bit unnatural, but a prop photo pic.

I was off a bit, but not a lot. Camera angle would have made it a little closer.
Lynn

 

Last edited: May 8, 2017

Lynn TXP 0369

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• May 9, 2017

• #6

Playing around with these three guys and having fun trying out some different poses.OK, some more gratuitous AT-AT pics, the tale of three AT-AT's. These bad boys are quite photogenic aren't they?

Lynn

 

Lynn TXP 0369

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• May 19, 2017

• #7

Pretty much done with these three.

Lynn

 

DARTH SABER

Master Member

• May 22, 2017

• #8

Lookin great!
Love the weathering.

Im working on one of these right now.
Quick question-

Regarding the paint job and the leg joints-
As you know the leg joints have a disc with a bar that pressed tightly against the inner disc and rotates when the leg is moved.
A large portion of the inner disc is exposed.
When painting the joints does the paint buildup on this inner disc hinder the the rotation of the legs?










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Lynn TXP 0369

Sr Member

• May 22, 2017

• #9

DARTH SABER said:

Lookin great!
Love the weathering.

Im working on one of these right now.
Quick question-

Regarding the paint job and the leg joints-
As you know the leg joints have a disc with a bar that pressed tightly against the inner disc and rotates when the leg is moved.
A large portion of the inner disc is exposed.
When painting the joints does the paint buildup on this inner disc hinder the the rotation of the legs?










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Thanks!, Mine stuck briefly, but when moved and broke loose, it works as fine as before paint.
Lynn

 

DARTH SABER

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• May 22, 2017

• #10

Lynn TXP 0369 said:

Thanks!, Mine stuck briefly, but when moved and broke loose, it works as fine as before paint.
Lynn

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Thanks.
So when you move it im assuming it scrapes the primer and paint off?

So no possibility of weathering in tha area?


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Lynn TXP 0369

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• May 22, 2017

• #11

DARTH SABER said:

Thanks.
So when you move it im assuming it scrapes the primer and paint off?

So no possibility of weathering in tha area?


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The paint will be where the parts are, so if it moves, the paint won't be where the parts were and have moved if that makes sense. It will kind of self wear, again if that kind of makes sense.
Lynn

 

DARTH SABER

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• May 22, 2017

• #12

Thanks, i was just trying to avoid painting issues that would lock up the joints.


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Lynn TXP 0369

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• May 22, 2017

• #13

I got my three AT-ST- Snowspeeder 1:144 two packs. If there is any doubt about the scale of either of these two, I think these pics speak for them selves when compared with the AT-AT driver 1:144 figure. I think they are perfect in scale with each other IMHO.

Lynn

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DARTH SABER said:

Thanks, i was just trying to avoid painting issues that would lock up the joints.


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Understood, I got two light main color coats, weathering, and two light coats of semi gloss down with no true issues other then what I told you. No big deal to worry about.
Lynn

 

Last edited: May 22, 2017

Lynn TXP 0369

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• May 23, 2017

• #14

Modded the AT-ST's just a bit, I added the "tendon" on the back legs as they are lacking and I posed two walking for the diorama. One will be stock posed as that will be on the "vehicle" display self by themselves. I just did a simple rotate of the leg for the pose, I'm sure I could have got more creative by cutting it a part and what not, but I'm not doing it at this scale and this seems to work.

Again, these are quite photogenic to take pics of and can show a lot of attitude by the simple tilt of the head and what not.
Lynn

 

Lynn TXP 0369

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• May 29, 2017

• #15

AT-AT #4 being done in Endor ROTJ style. I glued two bases together and these will be treated in Woodland scenes ground effects.

I love these things!! They are incredible.
Lynn