Welcome to the 25/28mm Pulp Robot Sculpting Page

Although I'm not into Pulp gaming I just couldn't resist having a go at a Pulp style robot. This was also my first ever 25/28mm sculpt. The style I wanted was the same as all those cliff hangar serials on the TV back in the 20's and 30's. Essentially I wanted it to look like a man in a tin can style costume.


Pic 1

First up I decided to make this miniature out of the new modeling putty called ProCreate.
I started by modelling the main body. For this I stuck some putty on the end of a piece of metal rod. I made the basic shape and tried a simple eye slit.


Pic 2

Next up I had a look at how I could make the arms and legs. I wanted a flexible tube look to the limbs. I also wanted nice big chunky shoulder pads and feet. So these I made by creating balls of putty and then cutting them in half. The limbs were more of a problem, I found some metal rods with the right look but they just would not bend. So in the end I had to heat them up on a stove while gently aplying pressure to get some sort of curve.


Pic 3

Next up I put the pieces together to see if I was on the right lines. You can see in Pic 3 the first robot next to a 28mm Foundry cowboy. The robot was a bit to short so I re did the legs to make it a bit taller than the Foundry cowboy. Pic 3 also shows the additional work I did on the body by carving parts from it to make room for hip joints.


Pic 4

The feet came next and these were done by drilling a hole in the top of the feet and inserting the leg tubing. Although it was a tight fit I used super glue to stick them together.
The vision slit was also changed at this point where I gave it a frame and holes for the screws to connect it. The discolouration of one of the legs comes from the heating process as previously mentioned.


Pic 5

The arms were next. For the shoulders I did the same as the feet. I cut out a piece of them and inserted one end of the arm. Again I used super glue to keep the arm in place. The same process I used for the hands. I was not going to be able to attach the hands any other way than by sticking them on. But I knew from a casting point of view this would not be strong enough. So I then started to add detail to the shoulders and hands to help support them.


Pic 6

As you can see from Pic 6 I enclosed the shoulder joints and made them look like they were bolted on. Similar for the hands, I created a cuff and detail to make it look like the hands were screwed together. Lastly I added a similar cuff for the feet for detail and to help support the foot connection.


Pic 7

Lastly I added a few more bits of detail. The model had to be simple. Almost like it was a costume built on a low budget! So I just added a couple of plates to the front and back.

So there we have it.


For a laugh I have put together a newspaper article on the Robot Rampage :)

Jeremey (AKA Germy)