OK I’ve got a quick update for tonight. The problem with regards to updating at the moment is that I’ve been doing little bits of work on lots of different pieces, working out how the torso is going to go together. My sculptor is going to have the naked figure done in a weeks time, at which point it will be moulded and duplicated. He will continue sculpting over the top of a resin cast and I will use a cast for proportioning the cockpit. Since the cockpit design will largely affect the torso layout I’ve got to wait until that is done before the torso can really come together.

Anyway I’ve been doing some more work on the waist, as you can see in the first pic. I’m really happy with how it’s coming along and am actually considering not covering it up with the amount of armour panels I had originally planned!

This next pic is a heavily WIP shot of some of the other torso parts. In the background is the very basic form of the reactor, which will hang diagonally downwards from the rear of the waist. I’m not happy with that slotted disc in the middle so will be doing a lot more refinement there. The area between the two styrene panels will be filled with putty to bulk it up. Lots of hoses and technical looking bits will also be added.

In the foreground are the beginnings of the two cylinders that will make the shoulder arm/weapons mounts. Obviously still pretty bland at this stage – again lots of detailing to do

That’s it for now. I guess I’ll continue work on the reactor, and make a start on the vents which will mount on the front of the torso (as per the sketch Xeones did)…

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