Carmagnolle diving suit (1882)

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Trying a new thing for my models : Preorders!
So the preorder for The Carmagnolle diving suit start NOW .
For all the people who will support the production ,all preorder get free shipping (with tracking ) you can combine with the other kits of course I will send the models already made and the diving suit separately all free of transport .

75$ (transport is free )
offer limited to 50 kits .

Visit the shop
http://futuristicmodel.ecwid.com/

The kit will have clear parts for the small glasses on the helmet and it's about 15 cm (6 inch) high.
It will be release mid January (earlier if possible ).
Now in production (casting) and we are working on the etch details parts,visuals etc...
I will share the test shot and visuals as soon as get them.

Thanks for the support .

 

[Zastrow.cuirassier]

As i was a professional diver, i should say that i really like this figure!
Looks great.

The first properly anthropomorphic design of ADS, built by the Carmagnolle brothers of Marseilles, France in 1882, featured rolling convolute joints consisting of partial sections of concentric spheres formed to create a close fit and kept watertight with a waterproof cloth. The suit had 22 of these joints: four in each leg, six per arm, and two in the body of the suit. The helmet possessed 25 individual 2-inch (50 mm) glass viewing ports spaced at the average distance of the human eyes. Weighing 830 pounds (380 kg), the Carmagnole ADS never worked properly and its joints never were entirely waterproof. It is now on display at the French National Navy Museum in Paris.

 

[Jimbo]

it looks well sculpted...no flesh painting to worry about here boys
Cheers
Jim

 

[bullmark]

thanks there is more details that I will make with etch parts if this kit sell enough to finance the next one I will do a line of old diving suit the early days of diving had wild designs .

 

[Oldironsides]

I love the concept of this model and look forward to seeing a final painted version.

Mark

 

[bullmark]

I must say I am pretty impatient to get the test shot and make the display model .

 

[Glen]

This is nice. I see a steampunk conversion in someone's future!

 

[Colin_Fraser]

Painting the divers eyes through the lenses will be a bitch.

Colin

 

[samson]

This looks great very cool design

 

[bullmark]

Small update ,the lenses will have a support to put them in the right orientation .

 

[samson]

Can you give a new guy a little info .what do you mean when you say I Will send the models already made?

 

[bullmark]

Can you give a new guy a little info .what do you mean when you say I Will send the models already made?

I have other kits on my shop for sell ,those are not preorders they are already available if some orders combine the diving suit and some other kits I won't wait the release of the diving suit ,I will send them separately and free of transport too of course.

 

[bullmark]

Small update on the preorders ,I will get the kits mid of January so time to prepare pack everything I will ship around january 20th ,preorders stops first week of january.
First casting will be of 50 kits included the preorders already made ,I will put for sell the kits left (if any ) after Tokyo's Wonder festival show (8th february ) .I strongly encourage you to preorder before I usually sold out after the show ,next cast will be summer 2015 .

 

[bullmark]

Working on the instruction while waiting for the resin and PE to arrive .

 

[bullmark]

Happy new year to everybody
To start the year on a good note the raw illustration for the Diving suit by Stan .Saying I am excited to see it finished with the typography is an understatement .

 

[bullmark]

Just got the kits!! now waiting for the etch parts to arrive then pack and send the orders.
couldn't resist to build one

 

[Gaudin]

Not steam punk, this is to go straight for Big Daddy conversion (from Bioshock Universe)

 

[bullmark]

the head is pretty much the same but the big daddy body is a bit different from the original diving suit ,lot of work to convert the kit to big daddy .

 

[Gaudin]

There were different suits in Bioshock2, more slender like this one. But I agree, its a conversion for a dedicated fan

 

[bullmark]

Done! just finished the painting.