Scratch Build – In Progress IMPERIAL AT-AT - Finished !

Hi all, here is another update of the work that I had to do for the AT-AT!

With the Most of the routing work for the legs and reservoir work done, I could start on the base. The idea was to have the radiators, PSU, fancontroller, flowmeter, UV strip and media bay in the base as that would not fit inside the body.



Had a couple of pieces of mesh left over from the EURISKO. Thats why i keep telling my wife, never throw away anything ... And why i got so much crap scattered across my workspace , lol





The whole base is going to be covered with pieces of styrene.


Cut ou the letters by hand, could have gotten a lasercutter to do it more precise but I just like this work !


Glueing it all together, another job for my trusted fret saw. It weighs 40 pounds !






Damn it. Red UV plexi has the tendency to go pink.
Also the styrene is not lightproof enough so you can see the plexi through it.


Fixed it with some Aluminum tape !


I really needed to get some more red into the base, luckily I had this rgb strip laying around.






Wiring , wiring , wiring ...


Ah that looks better ...


Finally I could get started on soldering all the connectors back. I am so hoping I labelled it all correctly ...




I could not use screws to mount everything correctly in place as that would be visible on the top side of the base, so I had to resort to an old disney trick ... TAPE IT !!!








The final result ... Well almost, the connecting tube between the rads has been cut in 2 and a flowmeter has been placed to make sure I had adequate flow.


Gotta love them enermax fans, they arent the most quiet around but they sure do look pretty. Sort of like a generator ..


And with the base almost done, I could start on the body side soldering and placing of the hardware !


Until the next update !

 

That last pic looks like the Rebels hit the magazine.

 

LOL, add a little smoke and its a war scene ...

 

Hi all, here is another update of the work that I had to do for the AT-AT!

 

WOOHOO !!!

The IMPERIAL AT-AT has been featured on TORWars.com !

 

Hi all, here is the final update of the work that I had to do for the AT-AT!

Started work on the laser assembly for in the head. The head was well designed with multiple layers , hats off to the people at HASBRO !!!



I had to remove the leds that were in the lasre cannons and drill holes for the laser ligtht to get out !




The lasers had to be taped down and calibrated to fit exactly through the holes and not deviate to much when aimed at the wall. Cant have them pesky rebels escape cause we cant aim properly !




Installed a couple of red leds to light up the front window


I use a TSOP 1838 IR receiver to analyse the output of a old remote (from a broken hdmi switcher) and program the arduino to shoot the lasers at different patterns.


Found a nice place to store the Arduino also.


Last electrical check, yes everything works, now lets install the hardware and connect the watercooling stuff.


Filling station. The res I use to fill it up is on the top. Cause the input of liquid is directly in front of the pump, it wont run dry. Only thing was the air inside the system. Took a while before everything got out.


And there we have it, fully filled up and operational.


OH NO !!! I had to change out a fitting cause it was leaking and during that some liquid got trapped inside the aux 12v connector of the motehrboard. When the case was upright it didnt short anything. When the case was on its side ... IT DID !!!
So long Motherboard, CPU and GPU !!!!


So with 2 days left before the LAN party it was stress time !! Had to remove all the affected hardware and replace with new.


Hmm, which one was the broken one again ... DAMN !!!


And test out if everything worked again ... Luckely it did !


But after all the stress and driving around the country to get the exact parts I needed, with 2 hours left before the beginning of the LAN party I could relax. Its finished !!!


Now one last big job, how to get it to the party ... The same technique Luke used to trip one over, I used to keep it steady ... LOL


At the party some final adjustments (a piece of plastic inside the PSU kept touching the fan causing a terrible annoying high pitch sounds)


But there it is, I made it !




Now back at my house, I am redesigning my office. I have changed the hardware layout a little. The GPU is out and replace with 3 x 2 Tb HDD (just barely fitted) and its functioning as my NAS ! Probably one of the few watercooled NAS out there ...


With the USS EURISKO and the AT-AT my office got a upgrade !


And that was it ! Look here for the full highres picture log of the lan party "The Party 10"
I will be covering the base with styrene and maybe do some airbrushing to liven up the exterior of the AT-AT so keep posted for updates !

Hope you enjoyed the build as much as I did and I am already working on the next one !
ASPHIAX

 

wow - congrats to this awesome build.

 

Great build! It looks fantastic. between your two builds, you are going to have a bright room with all those lights on...

 

Sorry for the late reply !
Thanks! I am preparing for the airbrush phase of this baby. Practising a lot on small models like this one

Yeah, It looks so awesome when all the lights are off and its just the AT-AT and the EURISKO are lit. This is the other side of my office btw with the partially finished Modyssey and the BUB (Butt Ugly Bench) under the desk.

 

lol at your bench

 

It is a bit OTT on the awesome factor eh, kickass office.

Happy to see you getting right up to speed on the painting, will compliment your projects massively ASPHIAX, can't wait to see it all come together.

 

Looks sweet will be really cool when your done airbrushing!

 

Lol, i thought so too!

Thanks! Learning how to airbrush did take some time and i am still not really comfortable with it (give me some aluminum, plexi or mdf!) but i think i have been able to work with some basic techniques now. I have also started a star destroyer project (VENATOR Republic Star Destroyer) the size of the eurisko but have not posted it here yet out of respect of tavutatete and his Imperial Star Destroyer. Airbrushing will be Very important there too.

Thansk! Will be a massive job, not like the 15cm AT-ST here!

 

Sorry guys, but I just cant get the hang of the airbrush. Almost crapped the whole thing up.
Saving up to get a professional to do it for me! So this are the finished pictures. Hope you like them!
FINAL PICS !!!





























Some shots for the Swedish Gadget Magazine 3M !







Thanks for watching and be ready for a new project starting in 5 minutes , lol !

 

Nice build man

 

Great work.


So are Disney going to sponsor it

 

LOL, Only if Lorne Peterson would come to see it !
Thanks !

 

Sweet finish. You must have some wireless perifs... or long-ass cables in that office.

 

LOL, Thanks ! I had a long HDMI cable running from the AT-AT to my screen, but I have gone triple screen now, so I am running a different machine.