Junkbots Kriz modeled by RZERO1

One of the most creative artists I know, Raymond Celeste aka rzero1 just finished another cool looking robot!



This is yet another addition to Ray's ever growing line up of concept scrap / scratch built robots and he named it JunkBot Kriz. Named after one of our good friend Kriz who is a fellow admin of MAC forums. As always Ray's JunkBot looks cool and has his patented rusty finishing and small custom base. Great little stuff that I automatically wanted to share with my readers.



Here is the link to a ton more photos of this little critter at Raymond's website...

Junkbots Kriz modeled by RZERO1

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Junkbots Namcap modeled by RZERO1

 Good friend and MAC forums Moderator Raymond Celeste aka RZERO1 has just finished another crazy build!



This Raymond shares with us another one of his concept robots which is in line with his other " JunkBots ". Raymond was the originator of the concept mecha craze at MAC forums last year and he continues to deliver and give us a cool show of creative concept junkbots up to now.



Beautiful weathered finishing as always and creative crazy design. Tons more photos and discussion of this freshly done build at our MAC forums! Here is the link guys...

Junkbots Namcap modeled by RZERO1

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concept MECHA GB: Urban Crawler by Darwin Umali

This is the newest finished entry to our MAC's concept Mecha Group Build. This was created and modeled by a fellow Filipino modeler in Darwin Umali aka CLEFSHOXX. This build as Darin stated is a mecha for our on Philippine Marines so I guess this is set in the near future of around year 3123 ( pun intended ).

This is meant as a tactical robotic unit of some sort both for urban and jungle warfare. A pretty creative build made up of bits and pieces of different toy and plastic parts! This would be perfect if it was weathered I think, but I guess Darwin wanted a fresh from the factory look. 

Discussion of this creative build by Darwin Umali in his thread at MAC forums...

concept MECHA GB: Urban Crawler by Darwin Umali

Thanks for dropping by! Til' next post! :)

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MAC's concept MECHA GB is heating up!

Our concept MECHA Group Build is heating up guys! A handful have finished their builds already and as a modeler finishes his entry, I immediately post it in my concept MECHA GB gallery. The other 15+ modelers are still working on their entries though and are filling up the workshop section in our forums!



I am blown away everyday with the amount of creative and unique builds we are seeing in the workshop section right now. A handful of really nice walkers, a few wheelers, some small robot critters and even a furture marine! I highly suggest you join our GB or at least visit the nice WIP threads in the forums. Here is the link to the workshop section of our MAC forums...

MAC's concept MECHA GB WIP threads

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concept MECHA GB: British WWII Drone by eeun

This is the newest finished mecha for our concept MECHA GB and this cool military looking drone is modeled by Ian Raymond aka eeun. The military color scheme is very nice and the overall look of the mecha is impressive.



I love in particular all those hanging thin wires across the legs and the materials used in this build. The main body of this build is an old aluminum stereo knob and there are not much styrene to styrene gluing. I am still waiting for some close up photos from eeun before I could add this to the gallery.



Discussion of this beautiful military inspired mecha in our MAC Forums...

concept MECHA GB: British WWII Drone modeled by eeun

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concept MECHA GB: Enforcer by rzero1

This is Raymond Celeste's 2nd build for our concept MECHA GB. Raymond Celeste aka rzero1 continues to treat us with some very unique builds in our forums. This will be the 3rd installment in the concept MECHA GB Gallery here in my blog.

I like the Enforcer very much because of the mono wheel and the left arm is extra interesting. The weathering and finishing is always a delight to look at and the little details like the star badge and the wire stuff completes the overall look. FYI, the body of this build is a upside down Yakult bottle!

For more photos and discussion of this build, here is the link to our forums...

concept MECHA GB: Enforcer by rzero1

Thanks for dropping by! Hope to see you in our friendly forums! :)

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waiting patiently for the other bots...

Me and Raymond Celeste aka rzero1 has finished one of our BOTs. I will be doing a series of this mini robots made from scraps same as rzero1. I call my mini robots, bitBOTs while rzero calls his junkBOTs.

There are already 28 participants in this group build and both our BOTs are waiting for each completed kit!



The gallery here in my blog is up already and I will update the gallery as participants finish their builds, However you could join in the fun and discussion in our MAC forums. Here is the link to our WIP section where everybody is cooking up their concept MECH builds...

Mech Arts Community forums WIP section

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concept MECHA GB: bitBOT 001 by DC23

This is the second finished entry for our concept MECHA GB and this is my most photoshoped pics of any finished kit that I have. One of the requirement of the GB is too have a black background and even though I shot the kit against black paper, I just cannot achieve a black background.

I think I have to shoot indoors to achieve a black background as I shot outdoors thus making the black paper look gray. I then added a vignette to try to blend our concept MECHA GB logo. Anyways, this was a really fun build and I should make more bitBOTs for the GB after my Zeta commission works.

My objective in this build is to produce a small simple robot that I could play with in the office. Thus I used a choroQ base with a pullback wheel and glued all the parts with epoxy so that it is really strong. I have yet to give this another layer of semi gloss future to make sure the finishing will be extra strong.

I painted the blue base color with spray cans and super weathered the kit with citadel paints and some enamel washes. I also detail painted the brass colored parts with citadel paint. Now here are more photos of this little guy...

Thanks for dropping by! Til' next post! :)

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concept MECHA GB Gallery

Again, amateur looking LOGO design aside, I am just setting up the space / post for the gallery of this MAC forums group build. What is the point of having a group build or a contest if only members of the forums knows about them right? So we thought of setting up a gallery for all the participants here in my blog, which is the no... LOL.



Anyways, only Raymond Celeste has finished his build and his gallery has only 3 photos so far and has yet to be edited once we meet the deadline. As I've said, after the deadline more photos will be added to each modeler's gallery, but for the mean time you could view the photos in our MAC forums.



This post will serve as the gallery for all the participants who will finish their builds on time. So stay tuned for this space as I will add the finished builds in the banners as they finish each entry. Fill up those empty banners guys! :)

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concept MECHA GB: Gearhead by rzero1

I present to you the first ever finished build for our concept MECHA GB at our MAC forums. Fittingly so, the first modeler to finish is Raymond Celeste aka rzero1 of Boltex Machine. The same modeler who's Mr. Tank inspired Kriz to start this very unique group build.

Raymond calls this build Gearhead, made from lots of gear parts, sprues, and other sort of plastics. As always rzero1's finishing is very nice and rusty. A nice base with some pastel work complimented this build very much.

Discussion of this concept MECHA GB entry in our MAC forums...

concept MECHA GB: Gearhead by rzero1

Thanks for dropping by! Til' next feature! :)

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