Rons Metal Models

[RonMig]

After reading lots of the tutorials and members projects and posts, I
got myself a mig last autumn and got stuck into playing with spare metal bits & pieces...
One of my nephew's toys (plus my liking of the Alien movies) inspired my direction / interest beyond initial practice welds.
These are the completed shots of my first three models - for more pics of each project have a look at my photoalbums.

the first one is my take on the monster from Alien; I've kept this one for myself!
the second is a Shark-Alien-Astronaut hybrid; this was a birthday present to my brother
the third is a Knight-controlled T-Rex Warrior; I gave this to my great-nephew - he loves dinosaurs and was the catalyst for these works.

the 4th is only part-done; has been delayed by the weather (first it was too wet, then too hot -massive heatwave for 2 months!- now too wet again (all my welding is outside in the garden) but is my take on the "charr" from his xbox guildwars game..
-still to come is the body-armor, left hand&axe/sword/shield and the head, complete with horns and spike-weapons...!

all parts are scraps / donated old-tools etc, all rusty as heck but they clean up well with my electric drill's wire-brush attachment

let me know what you think!

 

[brokenbiker]

looking good. I like the alien and the guy with the gun

 

[stef1]

Those are all very impressive!! I think its a good job you took up mig welding last autumn!

 

[strube1369]

Very imaginative. Nice, man, nice.

 

[chunkolini]

Brilliant.
A said before the head on the dino thingy is brilliant.
Where did you get the fridge sized coke can from?

 

[John_Duffy]

Did he not yell when you jammed his tail in the Work-mate? Very good - you have a real eye.

 

[gerrymoore]

FAB....U....LOUS .......as a well known judge might say!!

 

[strada]

Excellent
Its amazing what you can make with some scrap and a bit of imagination.

 

[kevla]

Brilliant, what a imagination!

 

[Shedendman]

Big massive wow,they're really good,its got me thinking now

 

[ChrisJ]

Nice work :-)

 

[RonMig]

thanks for the encouragement everyone
detoured a bit as I bought a compressor and was making a trolley for it, detoured again into making go-kart-type steering joints for it & its taking longer than I thought...

 

[Flapdisk]

Love the models mate, looks like you have found a good compressor there too.

 

[RonMig]

Done some work on the Charr's head, a bit of body armour (head/back and forearms) and a belt holding a backup double-barrelled firearm.
Still lots to do, like upper-arm plates, leg plates, ears, mane, shield, sword.
Been having porosity problems on the small spot welds which I'm assuming are contamination, which is a bit annoying... but it's only a model...
a few more pics -
this first one is a bit misleading, makes it look huge, but the face is about the size of my thumbnail...

 

[RonMig]

Here's #4 finished...

there's loads of pics in my #4 album if you want to see more...
http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/album.php?albumid=1551

 

[Metalsculptor]

Very good.

I really like the dino rider's helmet, sword and armour - because they're small and well made, what did you make them from? Sword looks like a jigsaw blade or something, but the helm and armour not sure?…

You can get a really nice photo by taping a big sheet of white paper to a wall so it curves down onto the worktop.
This gives no lines behind the sculpture, although giving a scale reference (like the giant coke can) is also a good thing.

 

[RonMig]

Very good.

I really like the dino rider's helmet, sword and armour - because they're small and well made, what did you make them from? Sword looks like a jigsaw blade or something, but the helm and armour not sure?…

Thanks! The welds were a challenge for me as a relative newbie, as the rider is only about 7" tall.
The helmet is made from the end of an empty CO2 cartridge from my lad's airsoft pistol, and is about 1"
The sword is a bolt, ground down & edged with a flapdisc then slotted with a 1mm cutting disc.
The armour is 1mm mild sheet shaped into 4 sections; luckily the few exposed welds on these are small enough to look like straps, so fit in nicely.
Will definitely try the photo tip!

 

[RonMig]

Here's #5 finished... Baby Dragon (Infantem Draco Migronii) -

more pics in my album or in the thread "there be dragons 'ere" in the projects/sculpture section

#6 is in progress, it's called "Borg Enterprise" - here's a sneak preview

 

[Wolfgang]

Here's #5 finished... Baby Dragon (Infantem Draco Migronii) -
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more pics in my album or in the thread "there be dragons 'ere" in the projects/sculpture section

#6 is in progress, it's called "Borg Enterprise" - here's a sneak preview
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Very cool!
I can't wait to see the "Enterprise" completed!

 

[Wolfgang]

Knight-controlled T-Rex Warrior

Could you show a close-up of the teeth?
I like your work!