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After getting the news of Silveroxide's passing this morning, I decided to build one of his designs to honor his memory. I found Zealot after discovering his work on the 40k forum Dakkadakka. This his Super Chimera. I had started a thread earlier, however I found I probably deleted it...

I'm saddened to hear this news. He is a very much a reason I discovered Zealot after running across his stuff on the Dakkadakka forum and desiring to find where he got all those cool card stock models he built routinely. O7 (salute) and blue skies sir. I just posted this information onto his...

Hatches are done, until painting that is.

Well, Tamiya knows if they don't drop the price, someone will just 3D print it!

Progress on the APC tonight. Driver and vehicle commander/gunner hatch inserts for the open configuration.

Not my tutorial, just something I found searching for paper card scratch building on YouTube. Well worth reviewing though, it's a 10 year old video.

YouTube from TinkerTerrain's channel from over 10 years ago. While he used Evergreen platicard stock, I suspect his track jig (for a scratchbuilt Baneblade tank for 40K no less...) would work in paper as well. I might have to make one...

Thank you everybody! I hope to have some more photos soon of some more work with regard to adding more details to the mech itself.

Sadly, that's likely the going rate, I picked this one up a couple years ago. Drives me nuts the way mecha models are produced in such 'limited' quantities! I'll give Good Smile a bit of slack though, they aren't Bandai, they only have so much factory space... But, it's still frustrating.

Okay, I resized these on my computer so they'll upload... ...the Money Shots of the completed model (well, 90% complete, there are a number of details I want to paint when time allows... Chipping, painting the ammo belt, etc). Yeah, last two were just for fun... I enjoy Votoms...

Being a scale modeler at heart, I certainly painted details that no one gets to see on my pilot!

I did remember to document some of the build... Turned into a holiday weekend build marathon! I will have resize some of the photos, as my phone camera tends to turn on HDR mode (that, and learn how to control my camera better). First we have the Exoframe and generic driver. Then our...

I have hobby ADHD or something... In the middle of my papercard M113 build, I started a plastic kit from the Sunrise anime series Obsolete. Well, sort of... You see, they made one of their Exoframe kits (Good Smile) a tribute to Armored Trooper Votoms. Here is my build so far.

Happy Thanksgiving (turkey day in the USA)! Used my holiday time off before the big feast to knock out the first insert, the troop hatch. It was exceedingly successful so far! Especially with how good it looks with a couple discounts inside. Started greebles on the top and front. Good...

Kinda like this?

Got the main body together, and have my vehicle commander and infantry roof hatch cavities setup. I plan on building inserts for open and buttoned up vehicles.

Tracks in progress... calling it a night. Cutting those greeble track pads was... Rough after the first 15.

Drive sprockets and idle wheels. On to.the tracks!

Road wheels for the track, the Sudsy way. Kept the inner and outer faces of the wheels, but laminated the hub with 3 layers of cereal box type card stock. Cut 4mm x 100mm strips of paper card, and gave each wheel half the wheel part (where the solid rubber would meet the steel tracks). Then...

Getting the tread wells, sides, road wheels, and some greebles done.