Scout Mech Scratchbuild Part 1

In this video I build a scout robot/mech, primarily using parts from a computer mouse and a bauble.
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[@greengoblinboy585]

Every Gavin Free fan (including myself) probably had a humour aneurysm hearing 2:47 😂💕💕💕 love this, dude! You're incredibly talented and creative! Keep it up 💕

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks very much! :)

[@scottrossgirvan8009]

Love this design. Great video series. You're onto something here....

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks for watching!

[@riverghost109]

Love seeing a creative mind at work brilliant stuff Joe 👍

[@thedarkpower]

Cheers Steve :)

[@junkyardzombie13]

I feel your realism comes from the fact you think about what the details actually do. You think about what the part would do, and not just cause it looks neat. I dig it.

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks! Yeah it drives me nuts if there's a mechanical looking part there which clearly has no use. I think it comes from my involvement in steampunk - just 'gluing a gear on it and calling it steampunk' is frowned upon, so I try and make sure everything has an actual function.

[@mhoover]

Marvelous how you build up detail on your models.

[@conradsmith9332]

This is pretty damn cool! I must try this with some old model kit peices I have laying around. These look so awesome.

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks very much :) Yeah it's good fun to see what you can come up with, I've become abit addicted!

[@chillywilly883]

Absolutely stunning work.

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks!

[@themaninthesuitcase]

Always excited to see you’ve posted something. You’re probably the first UK youtuber using CA accelerator, but lots of US people seem to use it. There’s not a lot of choice here it seems other than mitre bond and the stuff on eBay I got.

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks! Yes it's not as well known over here is it? I got the idea from a tested.com video. It's something of a game changer for me though and I use it for everything! I've only seen it available in a few shops, I generally get it from ebay too.

[@punkbloater]

Real nice man, love the creative process.

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks very much :)

[@mattmurray778]

Omg outstanding! Cant wait for the next one

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks!

[@seangere9698]

To change the look of those NO2 bottles slide some O Rings on some and use miliput/greenstuff 5 minute epoxy or the like to have a smooth transition between the NO2 bottles and the O Rings. Also different thicknesses of styrene can be added in rings, fins, strips, what have you to give all sorts of looks. Same can be done for most cast parts to make them look different from one another, that way it doesn't look as though you keep using the same pieces over and over again. You could even mix and match the different add ons to the same NO2 bottles.

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks. Yeah good ideas, they are handy alright I do fine myself using them a little too often though.

[@patrickgabrielli5509]

Super cool, can't wait to see the paint

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks Patrick!

[@dawarrior76]

I just love the way you think out details for your robots...you have many skills, non only that of imagining the projects but also that of building things from scratch. The way you cast pieces is amazing. Makes me want to start a project.
I am into modelling but nothing like this. Really cool stuff. My compliments...

[@thedarkpower]

Cheers dude I appreciate it. All I can say is, have a go, there's only one way to start ;)

[@petjapustisek6735]

outstanding! Can't wait for the next part :D

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks! :)

[@kurogiza]

Very inspirational. Great looking 'bot too.

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks Chris!

[@robbough1585]

Nice! Pleased to see you've got the bug for scratch building.
I liked your idea about the neck joint sliding over the bauble, I thought that this would have been be an ideal use for magnets and add a lot of articulation/movement. But this may cause a problem with regards to your lighting.
Looking forward to seeing more.

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks Rob. Yeah I did think about magnets, or maybe a sort of spring mechanism that could hold it together. I think it would work for a larger sized sphere, but this was quite packed once I got the wiring in there, so I bolted it all together in the end.

[@krzysztofmathews738]

Great work!

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks! 😁

[@JGHMAKINGTOYS]

Looks great

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks! 😁

[@crazyfrogwales]

This is awesome really inspirational too thanks

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks!

[@dovel1000]

Looking forward to part 2.

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks!

[@revzillo]

If this had three legs it woukd look great as one of the robots from War of the World's , looking fantastic so far 👍

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks! As it happens I've just published a three legged mech build ;)

[@adrianjayneful]

If you threw a couple neodymium magnets in the globe and the little globe cup it could probably hold and keep it moveable 😍

[@thedarkpower]

Good idea! I did consider that but there're some cables going into the back of it which would've restricted the movement unfortuately.

[@scottrossgirvan8009]

Gotta try one

[@bearshield7138]

you do very nice work

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks very much :)

[@ronankahn6881]

Really cool dude

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks!

[@psionic_gamer]

This is so sick! You should make some smaller sized mechs to go along with these big bois!

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks, good idea! ;)

[@franklinvanseizenbergsteam2534]

Love it!

[@thedarkpower]

Cheers dude, hope you're well :)

[@TIMBEAU1962]

Sir you are god! Again, super!

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks! :)

[@knskumo]

It looks like a Locust mech from the original Battletech. Nice.

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks! Yeah I used to play Battletech years back. The one that always stuck in my mind was the Madcat.

[@alien_brain]

form should follow function. some of those combos arent plausible imho. but its still fascinating. im sure you had fun doing it

[@thedarkpower]

Well I did make them out of real physical objects (this isn't a 3D render for example), so they are possible ;)

[@LaserGadgets]

You should really make more videos like that!!

[@thedarkpower]

More on the way ;)

[@LaserGadgets]

@@thedarkpower I was afraid you are focussing on masks and stuff like that. Wearables.

[@thedarkpower]

No I do a mix of a stuff. The events I usually do were cancelled due to covid, so I moved away from that recently, will likely revisit soon though.

[@LaserGadgets]

@@thedarkpower Thats why I was actually expecting to find more kit bash stuff! You can do that at home. And right now, most people should be at home quite alot :> if you know what I mean.

[@thedarkpower]

I gotcha, no I've really got into the sculpture again recently so I've been concentrating on that. I am currently working on another mech though so that'll show up soon. It's not kitbashed though, this one's all scratchbuild :)

[@resin_Hd]

Excellent build. I'd love to build something similar, but when I have a go, I get stuck not knowing which way to proceed. Did you have it all planned out, or do you just do it as you think of an idea?

[@thedarkpower]

Cheers dude. Well I usually have a basic idea, but it tends to evolve as I build. New bits and pieces I find give me new ideas. For example I did wonder if I might put clothes on this one(!). It didn't end up that way of course ;)

[@ckngmad1357]

nice, my suggestion is add astronaut helmet that could open

[@ars5047]

Hi!I have a question.do you know exactly what you are going to do when you start collecting parts,or you use your creativity and use your parts to make these amazing things?by the way great job!you are awesome

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks very much. Well I usually have a basic idea of what I want to make, but it tends to evolve as I work on it and the pieces I used give me ideas as I go.

[@ars5047]

@@thedarkpower thanks for responding.you have a new apprentice and a loyal fan

[@papasmurf3529]

Wow such a masterful creation! Truly inspirational. If only you used discarded items instead of functional and new ones :/ Plenty of E-waste and junk out there ,and Im sure your viewers would send you something broken from their own piles! Just a thought :)

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks! That'd be nice in principle but difficult in practice - I don't really fancy giving the world my home address and I'd probably end up with huge piles of junk! Cheap gaming mouses can be had for a few £/$ so much easier to use something you know will work. I have upscaled plenty of stuff in other projects though.

[@rikyaji23]

nice

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks!

[@mcopado]

I have so much wanted to scratchbuild with a computer mouse but I never get around to it. They look to me like they'd make a great flying car in the same vein of the police ones in Blade Runner.

[@thedarkpower]

Yep mice have a lot of potential I think. The trick is to totally pull them apart so they don't look like mice anymore!

[@michaelskramii2245]

Cool to see this - thank you for sharing. Do you ever post at OSW? I too like to scratchbuild ( mostly in 1/6 scale ). Keep up the great work...

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks Michael, no I've not heard of OSW.

[@thedarkpower]

Oh, actually I have - One Sixth Scale Warrior? I collect Hot Toys so I've had a look at the site but I've not posted.

[@michaelskramii2245]

@@thedarkpower No doubt your work/posts would be very welcome there. I have been there since 2003, but have recently dipped my toes in the youtube pool so to speak - hoping my own channel will catch on as more OSW miniature makers migrate over to YT. Keep up the good work - you have an undeniable talent.

[@thedarkpower]

Thanks Michael, I've subscribed. You have some cool builds! Good luck with TH-cam, I've always enjoyed creating videos and making stuff, so it's a good fit for me.

[@michaelskramii2245]

@@thedarkpower Awesome - thank you. I had an idea to share with you about 1/1 scale materials to repurpose for scale modeling - two really good things for interesting parts are old instamatic cheap cameras, and also older remote controls. Both are readily available at thrift stores and are usually cheap. Also used guitar strings - they make really cool tech-looking cables - and the flat wound strings can be pulled apart allowing for a hollow metal outer sheath that is perfect for routing wires for LED's.

[@BRAD-ROTT]

moooooooooooooooooore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ^^

[@godusopp5675]

IRADO!!... Olinda - PE.

[@centroreciclodeatividadesa6614]

no aguardo da parte 2....

[@JonMadsen70]

:)

[@zenosan4394]

You're always working on a really small part of your desk, and all the glue, paint etc.. it taking all the place, you should clean up and have more place to breath

[@thedarkpower]

Yeah I always work messy. Can't help it. I think it's because I like to work quickly, so tools and various other bits are always lying about.