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Old 01-25-2011, 03:23 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Custom Wet-Suit painting tips???

Hi. I wanted to make the AoCI Wet-Suit figure a little more ARAH accurate. I've replaced the lower legs w/ those from a Viper and I plan to switch the arms w/ something short-sleeved. I also need to add a helmet (most likely from a Cobra EEL but maybe ROC Flash).

Anyway, can anyone suggest a good paint (or mix) to match the the blue, white, and orange on this figure? Thanks!
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Old 01-25-2011, 03:31 PM   #2 (permalink)
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No help with paint as i am not that far yet with mine, but i used the resolute Duke helmet from the resolute 5 pack, it most resembled the helmet from the the ARAH line, unless another tanker had something better.
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Old 01-25-2011, 03:34 PM   #3 (permalink)
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I actually thought about maybe that one too, thanks!
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Old 01-25-2011, 03:59 PM   #4 (permalink)
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The Roc flash helmet works great. For mine, I just replaced the lower arms with Roc Hawk and sculpted that roll just below the knee.

Painting wise, the tealish blue looks similar to a model master acrylic called hellblau(some German spelling) and I believe its the 78 one. I don't think its 65 because its too pale.
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Old 01-25-2011, 04:25 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Can't help on paint, but hard parts:

Have a ROC Flash helmet for my Wet Suit. Not painted yet, but the other parts I ended up using were ROC Hawk arms, ROC Eel lower legs & feet with Viper knees, & ROC/POC Whiteout's head. Painting the upper half of the Flash helmet is the only painting I'm planning to do on mine.

Honestly I liked him better with Flint lower arms, & CM hands, but the Whiteout head was too perfect AND fit under the ROC Flash helmet. So had to use the ROC Hawk arms to match the Whiteout head's skin tone.
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Old 01-25-2011, 04:31 PM   #6 (permalink)
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I'm still hoping to find someone willing to paint up a helmet for me for Wetsuit. :( I just used Flint arms and I can't remember what hands and the lower legs were Viper's with Wetsuit's feet.

Here's a picture before I changed his hands to fleshtone. I also used Tomax's (or Xamot's) wrist communication type piece.


Hoping someone is willing to paint up a helmet that would work for me...haha.
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Old 01-25-2011, 04:35 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Broken Arrow has a custom figure with the classic helmet.
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I don't know if he sells the helmet separately though.
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Old 01-25-2011, 04:39 PM   #8 (permalink)
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I asked him about it, if only he'd answer my PM...haha.
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Old 01-25-2011, 05:14 PM   #9 (permalink)
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How well does vintage flashlight match?

Nighthawk: how well does the vintage flashlight color match the AOCI accessories?
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Old 01-25-2011, 06:45 PM   #10 (permalink)
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I actually never noticed, so I'm guessing it matches really well. If anything, it might be just a tad lighter (or yellower). However, I don't believe it's noticeable.

This is the only other picture I have of it:


I think it matches quite well. Like I said, I never really noticed it, so I guess that's a good thing.
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