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Post by jknox33 on May 25, 2017 6:07:38 GMT
Great job on the eye piece an other alterations! Thanks, Sage! |
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Post by jknox33 on Jun 22, 2017 19:51:18 GMT
Here are some updates on different projects I'm working on. Some new faces and some you've already seen.  I've toyed with the thought of sunglasses and cornrows and thought it'd be cool. No name for him yet. The girl is "Meanstreak" who I've had on the shelf a while. Not finished painting her. Oculus got teeth added. I fixed Flashfire's nose (it was bit off) with green stuff and painted him brown as a new character. Tech is the bandana/cap guy and I did a repaint of Justin Case as a new character. Maybe one day I'll finish something up. |
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Post by sageforsaken on Jun 23, 2017 2:45:17 GMT
Here are some updates on different projects I'm working on. Some new faces and some you've already seen. View AttachmentI've toyed with he thought of sunglasses and cornrows and thought it'd be cool. No name for him yet. The girl is "Meanstreak" who I've had on the shelf a while. Not finished painting her. Oculus got teeth added. I fixed Flashfire's nose (it was bit off) with green stuff and painted him brown as a new character. Tech is the bandana/cap guy and I did a repaint of Justin Case as a new character. Maybe one day I'll finish something up. I think the shades turned out great. Might have to try that. Also love the paint around her eyes. If you have alot of the same figure bandanas might be cool. Color there hair \ eyes slightly different so they look like a unit but not the same person. maybe even do some head swaps only. Bandanas and shades etc. Or mask if you think you could shape them the same for each them |
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Post by jknox33 on Jun 23, 2017 16:30:58 GMT
Thanks, Sage. I've had a lot of ideas lately and I'll start projects, but life happens and they are shelved for a time. On top of these I just posted, I still have to finish up Mamba (modified Puma) and I'm working on a Ghost custom in which I've cut off his optics and hair to crest a new concept for him. Most of these guys in the pic are on a sub-team, but I've toyed with the idea of a uniform unit too.
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Post by jknox33 on Aug 23, 2017 20:37:48 GMT
These are a couple guys I worked on last week that I just haven't had time to paint. Both heads are Chap Mei. I modified the black guy to have Bolder's upper arms and Ranger Rick's lower arms. The legs are from the Kid Connection line for both. I'm not sold on the arm selection for the white guy. All I know is that I've named him "Riot." No name yet for the black guy. I'll post them whenever I have the time to paint them up.  |
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Post by jknox33 on Nov 11, 2017 23:32:48 GMT
 Here are are two more WIPs that will go in the pile of the myriad of unfinished customs. The first is Talon of the Tonka "Steel Monsters" collection. I felt the Troll body was perfect since it had a neck on it. Very little modding was done on the neck portion. I dremeled off the bandolier and may dremeled off the other side or sculpt a chest holster on him. I gave him Kid Connection Dino series legs. I wanted him to be fairly basic and not all gunned out. Really reminds me of Dr. Mindbender, but a rugged woodsman at the same time. The other is Ghost with his hair and optics shaved off. I've dremeled him some ears and I may give him a man-bun. I haven't decided on his hairstyle yet. As always, I post them up once their finished and repainted. |
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Post by sageforsaken on Nov 12, 2017 6:26:32 GMT
View AttachmentHere are are two more WIPs that will go in the pile of the myriad of unfinished customs. The first is Talon of the Tonka "Steel Monsters" collection. I felt the Troll body was perfect since it had a neck on it. Very little modding was done on the neck portion. I dremeled off the bandolier and may dremeled off the other side or sculpt a chest holster on him. I gave him Kid Connection Dino series legs. I wanted him to be fairly basic and not all gunned out. Really reminds me of Dr. Mindbender, but a rugged woodsman at the same time. The other is Ghost with his hair and optics shaved off. I've dremeled him some ears and I may give him a man-bun. I haven't decided on his hairstyle yet. As always, I post them up once their finished and repainted. Have you considered trying to make a mask that's up with hair under it? This Princess Mononoke mask is basically a peice of plastic secured to the head then sculpting over it. And fur sculpted over the hair that was there.  |
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Post by jknox33 on Nov 14, 2017 12:35:05 GMT
View AttachmentHere are are two more WIPs that will go in the pile of the myriad of unfinished customs. The first is Talon of the Tonka "Steel Monsters" collection. I felt the Troll body was perfect since it had a neck on it. Very little modding was done on the neck portion. I dremeled off the bandolier and may dremeled off the other side or sculpt a chest holster on him. I gave him Kid Connection Dino series legs. I wanted him to be fairly basic and not all gunned out. Really reminds me of Dr. Mindbender, but a rugged woodsman at the same time. The other is Ghost with his hair and optics shaved off. I've dremeled him some ears and I may give him a man-bun. I haven't decided on his hairstyle yet. As always, I post them up once their finished and repainted. Have you considered trying to make a mask that's up with hair under it? This Princess Mononoke mask is basically a peice of plastic secured to the head then sculpting over it. And fur sculpted over the hair that was there. I haven't thought of that, but in whatever little spare time I have I may just play around with that idea. |
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Post by jknox33 on Nov 26, 2017 2:56:11 GMT
I'm working on a Tracker Tom figure using Troll as a base sculpt. I took away the hood and added the bandana and long hair. I gave him the Native American red skin, but I still see Troll's very present likeness. I don't know if I should modify the face further (I cut down the nose) or add a bit of facial hair, but that option seems to make it less like Tom. Maybe I'll add some face paint like the Gi Joe Spirit figure.  |
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Post by jknox33 on Dec 5, 2017 3:08:47 GMT
Here are a couple of customs that I've been tinkering with. I gave Tracker Tom some warpaint, but I may do a little more...or take it off. I'm not certain yet. Because I have an abundance of Ruckers laying around, I made an old man Rucker or maybe a new character. I'll do something different with his hair eventually. I also gave him more menacing eyebrows, but his eyes are still too kind.  This is Ghost revisited. I took the hair and optics off and gave him a man-bun. I'll likely paint him different. He has a working holster as well, but you can't see it in the picture.  |
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Post by jknox33 on Jul 5, 2018 14:18:06 GMT
Haven't posted in this thread in a while. Here is a kitbash for an ultimate Plague. I switched out lower arms and lower legs and modded the head. I may dremel off the chest holster and sculpt the chest piece. He'll get a full repaint.  |
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Post by jknox33 on Sept 2, 2018 22:26:40 GMT
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Post by sageforsaken on Sept 2, 2018 23:17:21 GMT
This is crazy good work! I love how you are mixing parts. I only wish you had videos of the process or more work in progress photos.
The recipe is cool. I still dont understand how you carve out the heads and it look so good.
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Post by jknox33 on Sept 3, 2018 5:16:00 GMT
This is crazy good work! I love how you are mixing parts. I only wish you had videos of the process or more work in progress photos. The recipe is cool. I still dont understand how you carve out the heads and it look so good. Thanks! I just take a hacksaw to both torsos and basically glue them together. The skin tone of Bolder's joint matched Trickshot's lower arm so I basically just swapped out the lower and left Bolder's peg in. As for the heads, I just go really slow with the dremel to make what I want. It's basically just sanding down a surface until I get what I want. If I remember next time, I'll take more WIP pics of the process. |
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Post by MagicWazard on Sept 4, 2018 2:00:40 GMT
That is very nice!
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