I considered using one of the Trump heads to make Bat-Trump but settled for the fortnight gold suit to make super Trump.
(May still make Bat-Trump)
(May still make Bat-Trump)
Nacho photo booth
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etsy... The store is temporarily closed, but I think they'll be back. Just keep checking.
Custom 3d Printed Classified Legends Compatible Comic Multiverse Hazzard Boys Bo & Luke Heads 1/12 1-10 1/18 1/6 Scale - Etsy
Custom 3d Printed Classified Legends Compatible Comic Multiverse Hazzard Boys Bo & Luke Heads 1/12 1-10 1/18 1/6 Scale - Etsy
Got the latest wave of S7 Ultimates, and I've been working on the setup of the photo studio, so I couldn't resist.
Been on a NewAge legends TF binge since september (more on that later)... then while in south TX, I had a chance to play with them in the dirt.
I mentioned a while back that I wanted to do a named-character Dreadnok BAT... so I finally got around to it. 
I remember that. Love the name too! I can hear Torch from the cartoon, " Oy, DAN, get ova 'ere and groind deez Joes inta vegemoite!"
Given the *flourish* of most Dreadnok monikers, I thought it would be funnier if their BAT just had a normal dude name. And something short that could be an acronym made even more sense.
Mostly I like the jean jacket and copper mohawk. They're goofy and pointless, like most dreadnok decos, but I can just picture them in the Jersey swamp gas station bay fixing up this old, barely functional BAT and giving him a little biker gang flair.
Mostly I like the jean jacket and copper mohawk. They're goofy and pointless, like most dreadnok decos, but I can just picture them in the Jersey swamp gas station bay fixing up this old, barely functional BAT and giving him a little biker gang flair.
Because sometimes, you just can't wait for Mattel to get on with it...
Prowl, Sideswipe, and Sunstreaker all have custom wheels that I 3d printed and chromed myself. Pretty happy with the results.
Prowl, Sideswipe, and Sunstreaker all have custom wheels that I 3d printed and chromed myself. Pretty happy with the results.
So, a few weeks ago, I finally took the time to field strip my airbrush and fix whatever was gummed up in it so that I could do some painting in the garage airbrush booth as the weather got nicer. Having accumulated a lot of noggins for various projects, I wanted to try a technique I read about several years ago in regards to painting heads/faces.
The gist of the idea is that you primer the heads in grey, then after it dries, you go back and shoot them with black upwards from under the chin, getting the underside of the eyebrows, nose, mouth, etc. And once again after it dries, you go back and shoot them with white looking down from above the forehead, getting the cheekbones, top of the nose, top of the chin, etc. The effect is a spooky shadow/highlight combo that really accentuates the details in sculpts. And then when you shoot fleshtone over the faces, it'll give the paint more tones in exactly the right places, far more detailed looking than if you just brushed fleshtone all over it... like I normally do... like a caveman.
I haven't gotten to the flesh coat yet, but here are some pics of the black & white effect. You don't realize the dramatic effect it has until it dawns on you that the harsh shadows and highlights are not all from the actual light source. It already makes the sculpts look far better than most 1/12 noggins. Hopefully the effect continues to work as described once I add the skin tone. The trick will be to spray it on thick enough to cover without being so thick as to obscure the underlying tones.
Plus, it's not hard to figure out what customs I've got coming next
The gist of the idea is that you primer the heads in grey, then after it dries, you go back and shoot them with black upwards from under the chin, getting the underside of the eyebrows, nose, mouth, etc. And once again after it dries, you go back and shoot them with white looking down from above the forehead, getting the cheekbones, top of the nose, top of the chin, etc. The effect is a spooky shadow/highlight combo that really accentuates the details in sculpts. And then when you shoot fleshtone over the faces, it'll give the paint more tones in exactly the right places, far more detailed looking than if you just brushed fleshtone all over it... like I normally do... like a caveman.
I haven't gotten to the flesh coat yet, but here are some pics of the black & white effect. You don't realize the dramatic effect it has until it dawns on you that the harsh shadows and highlights are not all from the actual light source. It already makes the sculpts look far better than most 1/12 noggins. Hopefully the effect continues to work as described once I add the skin tone. The trick will be to spray it on thick enough to cover without being so thick as to obscure the underlying tones.
Plus, it's not hard to figure out what customs I've got coming next
Been doing a lot of customizing of my new favorite HW casting, a "Custom '68 Camaro" that has an awesome old-school short track / dirt track vibe. I've repainted 23 (!) of them so far into various classic and fictional liveries. Rather than post 150 photos, I'll just link to the galleries I posted up on reddit.
It's been a fun experience so far dabbling in something beyond Joe customs.
Classic Stock
Modern Stock
Classic Euro
Newcomers Group 1
Newcomers Group 2
The "35" in the last group is especially fun, as I used a color-changing paint that's different depending on the viewing angle.
I'll post some better pics once I get some time in the photo studio, but I just had to snap a crappy phone pic of this weekend project.
Agreed. That's why they put him on the box!
...and this cover, a personal fav:
...and this cover, a personal fav:
Love that Thunder Machine! It looks so legit that it takes me back. I used the heck out of mine as a kid. So many times I packed it full of Dreadnoks to harass Joe convoys and bases. It often got blown up by Joe vehicles just to be rebuilt for the next attack. Good times!
It's by far the best looking and most fun build I've done so far. The designer did an excellent job making the parts intuitive, easy to assemble (hard to screw up by putting little alignment tabs everywhere), and generally doing things in a very thoughtful way (plus good photo instructions). Exact opposite of the FANG that was super frustrating at every turn.
I still haven't posted half the stuff I've printed... such a backlog. I just need to get it all to the studio and take some real pics, not just phone shots on my desk.
And while it sounds dumb, the thunder machine "sounds" good. No there is no thunder, but it's a big heavy piece of ABS plastic, the wheels roll good, and it just feels sturdy. It's far more like a big toy than the fragile almost-like-a-model-kit builds I've done of other stuff. That's why I had to post pics right away, very pleased with how it turned out.
I still haven't posted half the stuff I've printed... such a backlog. I just need to get it all to the studio and take some real pics, not just phone shots on my desk.
And while it sounds dumb, the thunder machine "sounds" good. No there is no thunder, but it's a big heavy piece of ABS plastic, the wheels roll good, and it just feels sturdy. It's far more like a big toy than the fragile almost-like-a-model-kit builds I've done of other stuff. That's why I had to post pics right away, very pleased with how it turned out.
Our office has a built-in 2ft wide hexagonal display case. My mother puts holiday decorations in it and such, and the rest of the time she has a little display of all the armed forces flags... because why not.
But because I'm fun, I decided Feb needed a Daytona 500 theme. So I'm building a scale section of the front stretch.
I 3D printed the track, the SAFER barrier, and the catch fence posts. The fence itself is gutter mesh and picture hanging wire.
But because I'm fun, I decided Feb needed a Daytona 500 theme. So I'm building a scale section of the front stretch.
I 3D printed the track, the SAFER barrier, and the catch fence posts. The fence itself is gutter mesh and picture hanging wire.
So I finally got some time in the photo studio to get some good pics of various projects I've been working on...
Approximately 8.3 gagillion hours went into printing them, but I'm pretty pleased with the results. It's all a learning curve, and I cringe at many of the mistakes I made, early on especially... but not enough to redo any project. Live and learn, tackle something new.
Still have a mountain of things to photo... less vehicles but more dio stuff. I'm all about the world-building at the moment, everything that goes around the figures and vehicles.
Still have a mountain of things to photo... less vehicles but more dio stuff. I'm all about the world-building at the moment, everything that goes around the figures and vehicles.
When they announced the greenshirt, my first thought was he was 90% of the way to a Sparks figure. Finally got around to finishing the mods.
Haha, it's just the angle of the photo. I originally used RnR arms, and those were rather huge, but I swapped to NF Falcon arms and they're much more reasonable.