We've primed the bus, and paint goes on like blood today. Yessssssss.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
We have received numerous complaints about the cat videos featured on this blog, and how un-metal they are. I conceed, and I hope you find this Bearsharktopus more to your liking.
We've primed the bus, and paint goes on like blood today. Yessssssss.
We've primed the bus, and paint goes on like blood today. Yessssssss.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Eyes of a Stranger
Hey now. What have we here?
Ooooooh. This is nice...
OH MAN!So the good folks over at G4TV have (in their infinite trust in humanity's goodness, no doubt) shipped us an HD video camera to record some of our behind the scenes rocking, which they will then air on Attack of the Show!! Holy crap!
Monday, September 14, 2009
Am I Evil?
Man. Working with fiberglass sucks ass. How about a stupid cat break?
and my personal favorite...
This weekend we'll have some excellence for your consumption.
and my personal favorite...
This weekend we'll have some excellence for your consumption.
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Running with the Devil
Hey rockers! We have less than two weeks until race day (yikes!). With the nonstop work on the bike and Christine being on the lamb, we haven't been able to share with you as much as we'd like. Until we get some awesome pictures posted, to satisfy your thirst for more Tour of Destruction, why not build your own!? It's pretty simple, you just need 4 things:
Something with wheels. A wagon works, but bonus points if your wheels are mixed sizes).
Some kind of shell for the body. I recommend something less itchy than fiberglass.
The body's gotta have flames. Otherwise, why even bother? You guys know how to color, right?
If you try riding it, please wear a helmet and don't hurt yourself. If you find (or make) a helmet this awesome, and you don't share it, the rock gods will surely punish you.
Send us your creations! You could upload a fan photo on the facebook page or post a link in the comments!
Stay brutal.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
War Ensemble
Oh man! The folks over at Kotaku have uncovered our secret bunker! They had a short post on the site over the weekend about our work on the Tour Bus. Sweet!
We've also attracted some loyal, hardcore fans to our Facebook group "Tour of Destruction". There we'll have more regular photo dumps, videos, and updates going on, so if you can't bear to wait for our blog posts and you are a member of the book of faces, that will keep you sated. Temporarily.
But now, back to the important stuff.
While we were letting the primer dry on the mold for the body, we headed to a nearby park to put the Bus through its paces.
The CNC mill we used to carve out the body is also great for some smaller more defined shapes (which we'll see more of later), but there's a lot of sanding involved. The Tour of Destruction just wouldn't be complete without its signature pipes, which need to be smooooooooth.
Like the body, the exhaust pipes need numerous coats of primer over the foam before we can lay down the fiberglass. The polyester resin that we are going to use for the fiberglass body will erode the polystyrene foam, so we need a thick protective layer. Remember, when you are dealing with the pink, always protect your junk.. or you junk might melt off.
We then put on our science suits and get ready to work with some noxious, nasty ass chemicals n'shit. Fiber glass is not for the feint of heart, and it requires a good amount of manly toughness to get it right. Of which we have plenty.
First we cut out sheets of it to lay over the surface of the bus. The fiber glass is literally sheets of long threads or fibers of glass - it's itchy shit.
We've got about 15 minutes before the resin hardens to the point that we can't work it into the fibers anymore, so we lay the glass on quickly.
Dab, dab, dad-dabbity dab, scrub, scrub dab. We need to work the fabric a lot to mash out the bubbles and seams that occur.
For our last fiber glass layer, we dye the resin red. We thought maybe this will help as a base coat. We were wrong; it's all getting sanded off anyway.
Here we find Sean removing the body from the mold with the care and precision of a surgeon.
Lots and lots of sanding - we've got to get this guy smooth. Like butter.
The bus is finally starting to come together, but we can't relax yet! Now that we have the final shell for the body, we need to start adding some of the finer details to this rockin' bod.
We've also attracted some loyal, hardcore fans to our Facebook group "Tour of Destruction". There we'll have more regular photo dumps, videos, and updates going on, so if you can't bear to wait for our blog posts and you are a member of the book of faces, that will keep you sated. Temporarily.
But now, back to the important stuff.
While we were letting the primer dry on the mold for the body, we headed to a nearby park to put the Bus through its paces.
The CNC mill we used to carve out the body is also great for some smaller more defined shapes (which we'll see more of later), but there's a lot of sanding involved. The Tour of Destruction just wouldn't be complete without its signature pipes, which need to be smooooooooth.
Like the body, the exhaust pipes need numerous coats of primer over the foam before we can lay down the fiberglass. The polyester resin that we are going to use for the fiberglass body will erode the polystyrene foam, so we need a thick protective layer. Remember, when you are dealing with the pink, always protect your junk.. or you junk might melt off.
We then put on our science suits and get ready to work with some noxious, nasty ass chemicals n'shit. Fiber glass is not for the feint of heart, and it requires a good amount of manly toughness to get it right. Of which we have plenty.
First we cut out sheets of it to lay over the surface of the bus. The fiber glass is literally sheets of long threads or fibers of glass - it's itchy shit.
But we look like mad scientists when using it, so who cares? Here we're mixing the resin and its catalyst together.
We've got about 15 minutes before the resin hardens to the point that we can't work it into the fibers anymore, so we lay the glass on quickly.
Dab, dab, dad-dabbity dab, scrub, scrub dab. We need to work the fabric a lot to mash out the bubbles and seams that occur.
For our last fiber glass layer, we dye the resin red. We thought maybe this will help as a base coat. We were wrong; it's all getting sanded off anyway.
Here we find Sean removing the body from the mold with the care and precision of a surgeon.
Lots and lots of sanding - we've got to get this guy smooth. Like butter.
The bus is finally starting to come together, but we can't relax yet! Now that we have the final shell for the body, we need to start adding some of the finer details to this rockin' bod.
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