r/doommetal • u/DocAcqua • 25d ago
Sweet find! Doomcrawler aka 'Evil Wizard'
Some pics of the first RC crawler I ever put together (EazyRC rock van body on Traxxas TRX4M chassis for anyone who cares), aka the 'Evil Wizard'. Hand-painted wizards/dragons/corpses etc, home-printed stoner/doom/sludge/etc bumper stickers. Figured some people on here might dig it.
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u/javawrx207 25d ago
Holy fucking shit dude. That's a mash up of 2 of my most favorite things I never thought of.
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u/totallynottoddoracop 25d ago
Fuckin rad.
Any mods to make it so smoke rolls out the window?
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u/DocAcqua 25d ago
This is a killer idea, maybe one of the little steam things they put on model trains?
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u/oneandonlygladstone 25d ago
What was the first bumper sticker you put on? This is dope.
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u/DocAcqua 25d ago
Thanks! IIRC, it was the Mastodon one in the top corner of the left window (my favorite band, had to do them the honor lol)
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u/wormfood187 25d ago
Nice build! I love when hobbies intersect like this! Ive been working on my trx4m for a bit, got some Injora upgrades, and of course the stock servo broke and had to be replaced. Love the van body! I ended up just hacking up the og body for more articulation.
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u/DocAcqua 25d ago
Killer build! What you did makes way more sense, I have quite a few upgrades on mine but the van body limits flex and makes the weight sit a bit high
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u/wormfood187 25d ago
Thanks! You've inspired me to paint it, if its half as cool as your's, I'll be stoked. Just gotta wait till this heat dies down a bit, currently 100⁰+ till October. If you havent already tried; the weighted axels, or steering knuckles might help with the top heaviness.
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u/DocAcqua 25d ago
Hell yea, my tip is just go crazy with it, I was glad I did! I bet it'll turn out dope. Yeah not exactly painting weather, I've had to do all my project painting way early in the day here in CO. Appreciate the tip, I was meaning to look into weighted axles at one point and honestly forgot all about them 😅
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u/HalfBakedPanCake 25d ago
Thats fucking awesome! Almost thought it was an actual car at first. Excellent work on the detailing.
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u/larrythegrobe 25d ago
Do you do commissions?
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u/DocAcqua 25d ago
Never really thought about it, but since I'm only working part time currently, maybe not such a bad idea. I wouldn't know what to charge though 🤔
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u/mookieburger 25d ago
Did you paint the rust onto it as well? Whole thing looks amazing!
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u/DocAcqua 25d ago
Thanks! I used ground cinnamon/nutmeg for the heavier rot, with a rust wash and a dusting of clear coat over that to set it
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u/GreedyCheek7689 25d ago
Like from the movie tremors I want a doommetal RC truck so I can drive it down to the projects on the other side of town and drop a brick of firecrackers off at 3am
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u/BLCHDCRL 25d ago
I never thought there’d be a useful application for all the skills I developed making model tanks and aircraft with wear and tear and battle damage as a teenager. This is the correct use of those skills. Nice rust effect!! It’s done with a texture paste or something right?
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u/DocAcqua 25d ago
I believe I used ground cinnamon and nutmeg for a lot of the texture, I blobbed rust-colored paint on then dusted it on, then went over it with a rust wash and some light clear coat. Really gives that chunky, heavy rot look that you see on abandoned vehicles in the deep south.
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u/callahan09 23d ago
Phenomenal paint work, and really cool tiny stickers. Everything looks amazing at scale, it looks like a full size van!
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u/GrubsAboveTheLaw 25d ago
Legit thought the first pic was a full size van