#doomrider

The four chaos champions: Abaddon, Ahriman, Doomrider and Cypher.

Not gonna lie, I can work with this (but first I need to read who the fuck Doomrider is 😂)

... There is no heterosexual explanation for this:

Rest in peace Akira Toriyama, you've made a huge impact in my life. Thank you for everything. Credits for this awesome AMV: Original Project Concept: Ian Kasloff (DBZ_Doomrider)

Project Coordinators: Ian Kasloff (DBZ_Doomrider) Michael LaBrie (VegettoEX)

Technical Coordinator: Michael LaBrie (VegettoEX)

Audio Preparation: David P. (XenoDrake)

Website: Meredith Cantoni (Meri)

Track 01 - Raditz arc: Michael LaBrie (VegettoEX)

Track 02 - Saiya-jin arc: Meredith Cantoni (Meri)

Track 03 - Early Namek arc: Ryan Molina (Castor Troy)

Track 04 - Ginyu Tokusentai arc: Tim Park (Doki Doki Productions)

Track 05 - Freeza arc: Ian Kasloff (DBZ_Doomrider)

Track 06 - Garlic Jr. arc: James Scharmack (Hitori)

Track 07 - Trunks arc: Danny Wilson (Dannywilson)

Track 08 - Jinzôningen arc: Ryan Molina (Castor Troy)

Track 09 - 1st-form Cell arc: James Scharmack (Hitori)

Track 10 - 2nd-form Cell arc: Steve Voccola (Grover)

Track 11 - Perfect Cell arc: Edward Voccola (Maverick)

Track 12 - Cell Games arc: Jeff Heller (gambitt) Michael LaBrie (VegettoEX) Meredith Cantoni (Meri)

Track 13 - Ano Yo-ichi Budôkai arc: Jonathan Tenorio (Wolf Hunter)

Track 14 - Great Saiyaman / 25th Tenka-ichi Budôkai arc: Ron McClellan (FurryCurry)

Track 15 - Early Majin Buu arc: David McKeen (mckeed)

Track 16 - "Super" Buu / Fusion arc: Michael LaBrie (VegettoEX)

Doomrider. One of the great classic Chaos Space Marine special characters. Not because he was any good, but because he was utterly ridiculous and the foundation of one of Warhammer 40,000′s great memes.

So the notion hit me in early 2017 that I wanted to build one. I don’t have a Chaos army, I just wanted to take on the challenge of a build and then probably sell it. So I ordered a bike, and got started.

Step one, cut off the front forks for posing, and enlarge them.

You can also make out there that I sliced off the rear exhaunts and replaced them with hollow tubes. It just looks better.

I then smoothed down and fixed the massive hole in the front of the rear section, and used a LEGO ball socket piece to attach the front forks again.

The rider started to come together next, in a dynamic pose which would eventually be weilding a sword. If you look below, you can also see where I had to slice off the knees of the bikes so I could repose them out of their normal, rigid position.

I also grabbed more plasticard tubing and added the front faring to the bike, along with dual-weapons.

A bit of work on the base next, a ramp of wire to hold what would be a streak of fire coming off the bike’s wheels. In the original model, its only Doomrider’s head which is on fire. i decided to go the full Ghost Rider.

I added the first few flames using modelling putty (green stuff) before smoothing over the rest of the ramp with toilet tissue and PVA glue. Once dried the ramp would hold as strong as plastic.

As you can see below, I also added Doomrider’s sword, and got his body fully posed on the bike.

To finish off the flames, I actually used a modelling cement intended to be used to fill gaps in larger and perhaps smoother models. But if played with just right while its drying, it can be set in very spiky and flowing ways, looking fantastic as fire. I applied this over the entire ramp, dragging it out as it dried, and using it to wrap around some parts of the wheels and the bike itself to give the impression of the bike generating the fire (or riding through it).

Finally, you can see here the final head, and work on the shoudler pads.

I took a Fantasy Chaos maruader, drilled out his face, and replace it with a skeletons, using putty to correct any gaps and turning the horns sideways.

Which gives us our finsiehd product, which sold on eBay within a weel of being listed.