1/12 Star Trek Horta

Modeling Subjects Science Fiction
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I’ve been wanting one to go with my Spock/snakes kit and Mugato kit. I could not find one from any garage kit maker. I figured I will have to make it from scratch.

My 1st thought was to sculpt it, but I’m not that good at sculpting.

I settled on Vac forming.

From this screencap the Horta suit is actually rectangular in shape.

I settled on using aluminum foil, crushed and formed, for the master.

My 1st pull, without vacuume for a soft look:

Too soft and too flat, so I made a new master:

And used the vacuum this time:

Not too bad I thought, I can work with it.

Primed, painted, and dusted with baking soda for texture:

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Next I got out the 2 part sculpting putty for the lava tubes. It has about a 45 min work time.

Some flat yellow paint:

It’s starting to look like a Horta.

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You have some ingenious ideas Mach

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Makes me think of when Spock mind melds with it, “Pain!” Interesting subject, great job so far.

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Don’t forget the “No kill I” etched into the base! [:D]

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This is great fun to watch. [Y]

Always a treat to watch a creative mind, something I wish I have but don’t.

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I Looks SUPER! Will be super cool to put in a rock setting dio with some of her eggs.[I]

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Thanks very much everyone!

I put some gloss yellow on the lava tubes, and pulled 3 more Horta’s, just to see what looked good.

here they are with the 1/12 AMT Spock/snakes kit:

You can see that I have started some detail dark green shading. It’s very evident on the BluRay screen caps. It would never have been seen on a 1966 RCA 25 inch TV!

I added some red colored epoxy to give the lava tubes some surface variation. On the other 3 have just started the lava tubes.

I also added the “wound” from when Kirk and Spock shot at her with the phaser-2’s.

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Red is on the lava tubes:

Washed Momma Horta with some rust, and airbrushed some .55inch metal balls with a purpleish mist so she can have some eggs.

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That’s awesome Mach71! Cool idea and love how she’s coming along.

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Thanks!,

This is where I am now:

I am going to re-work the wound a bit, and I only have 10 eggs. More are needed I think.

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Ha! That’s cool. I like your Star Trek shelf

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Thanks!

That one of 7 Star Trek shelves.

I like Star Trek.

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I love your Trek shelvies March71! Thanks for sharing- you have the coolest toys!!!

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The Horta came out great, well done! [Y]

And I like the entire shelf/dio too.

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Thanks!

My wife keeps saying “Please, no more phasers”.

Greg, The Horta is not quite done. I need to add the shaggy bits to the bottom and I’m thinking of reworking the wound. I also need many more eggs!

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At least your wife knows what a phaser is. Mine doesn’t.

[:)]

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Sadly for her, she knows all too well. At last count i think i have 40? Most are TOS.

Not much work done, I did set up the vac former to make a few wall sections.

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More eggs!!! I wanna Horta omelette!

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Mmmm, Crunchy eggs!

A bit more work today. I started on the Shaggy Fringe buy cutting many pieces of kevlar rocket shock cord.

And painted them brown:

Next I have to figure out the best arrangment for them on the bottom of the Horta. Evenly spaced or in small groups.

Also I found this on ebay for $17 shipped, a bargain I could not pass up.

I’m not sure what, if anything I’ll use, but it’s cool.