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Come with me to Arcade...

Post by Cylon-Knight » Mon Sep 21, 2015 12:38 am

Last Day.
Capricorn 15's
Year of the City 2274.
Carousel begins...

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If you know Logan's Run you'll remember the iconic hand sculpture seen at Arcade.
It only has two scenes - for just fleeting seconds each - in the movie as pure set decoration.
But is is one bad @$$ decoration! :twisted:

I decided to make my own. And thought I would share the build now as it's quite far in.
:CK:

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Phase 1. Paper study.

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Phase 2. Cardboard. (Paper study is behind it.)
The fracking AWESOME Sand Man Deep Sleep pistol was made by Sean. *bows down*

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For the life clock in the palm. I figure at this point I'll use this glitter clay and sculpt one.
Still some time off for that, that's the plan for now.
The life clock on my build is 3 1/2 inches wide. BAM! :sunglasses:

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Obsessing over the shapes, with nothing for reference but the two dinky scenes.
The stand for the hand is not a simple pyramid. Phase 2's stand isn't as correct as it can be.
Pictured here is a small study of what will eventually be stand 2.5.
Realize Phase 2 hand has some issues to much of a pain to alter... 2.5 needed.

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The wrist. Even more mind bending.
I figured out the stand and wrist - but for now bumming my Phase 2 stand for a Phase 2.5 hand.

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New, and larger hand... BIG BOYS - BIG TOYS ;)

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Shapes... crazy... crazy... SHAPES.

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Here, I am giving you the finger. :roll:

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Opposite the thumb, more SHAPES.

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Fingers made.

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I've RENEWED my fingers!

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The fingers angle, trial and error. Guess and re-guess.

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Whooooooo

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Wheeeeeee

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Dream it.

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Do it.

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Did it.

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Ironically the hand stands exactly 30 inches tall... the exact age for Carousel!?!?
BUT - THERE IS NO SANCTUARY! :shock:

Hope you enjoyed!
Thinking of Phase 3 being done out of mirrored sheet styrene. Anyone ever ordered any?
I found some dealers online... still researching.

:byyourcommand:

P.S. 100,000 THANKS YOUS to Red Eye for Blu Ray caps of the movie. I only have the DVD version.
The HD caps helped A LOT. *bows down*


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Re: Come with me to Arcade...

Post by Red Eye » Mon Sep 21, 2015 3:51 am

And I wondered about the status of this project the other day...

Now I know it's in full swing and I really love it so far!

Keep rockin' or should I say "Run, Runner!"
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Post by bishopdonmiguel » Mon Sep 21, 2015 5:53 am

Speechless :blink:

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Post by FLIGHTLDR SERPENTINE » Tue Sep 22, 2015 7:20 pm

cool :cool: :loveit:
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Re: Come with me to Arcade...

Post by GoldCylon » Mon Oct 26, 2015 12:15 pm

Great work. To bad Tom DeSanto never broke ground on the movie. He tried but just couldn't get it sold to the studio.
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Post by GoldCylon » Mon Oct 26, 2015 12:15 pm

For a reboot that is what I meant to say.
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Re: Come with me to Arcade...

Post by Cylon-Knight » Sat Jan 02, 2016 1:12 am

If you didn't hear, sad news for Sci-Fi...
Science-fiction writer George Clayton Johnson, who co-wrote the 1967 novel Logan's Run, died at age 86 on 12-27-2015 :(
He also wrote some classic Star Trek shows, Twilight Zone shows and more.

Oddly, I started to work on my Arcade Hand that same day before I heard the news. Here is the update:
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I cut apart the cardboard palm detail bits.

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Flipped them over. And outlined them on the back of the mirrored plastic.
Slow and steady. Scoring and scoring and scoring the plastic on the lines.

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Eventually you can see the cut about to come through the mirrored side.

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The parts all done and the protective cover taken off you can see this plastic is a true mirror. Love it.

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But, the plastic is thick. 0.06mm. They had 0.04 but I went for 0.06 to ensure the hand will be stable when done... as it will be so big.
Here is a stack of 5 sheets, you can see it's taller than my pencil.

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My cardboard hand has no real thickness the the parts. But this plastic has thick edges.
If I do nothing the seams would be ugly like this pic.

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I used sand paper at first, but then moved to my orbital sander to bevel the edges.

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Bevels.

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Nice, new, crisp seam with the bevels.

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Cut and glued up four bits so far. As this is hand made (PUN!) and some parts still are rather small, the seams are not 100% perfect, but I'm happy with them and still learning how to best make the parts. I started with the small parts to learn with. Then I'll move to the fingers, the palm, and the stand will be last.

Thanks for looking!
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Re: Come with me to Arcade...

Post by Red Eye » Sat Jan 02, 2016 3:48 am

Love the update!

But I'm sorry to hear about the passing of Mr. Clayton. :sad:
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Re: Come with me to Arcade...

Post by GoldCylon » Sat Jan 02, 2016 5:43 pm

Exciting stuff. We are brothers of the chrome. Now give a brother a hand. :erk: :cylongold:

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