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10-17-2021, 12:36 AM | #201 |
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Absolutely awesome man!
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10-18-2021, 10:13 PM | #202 |
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HHFF, thanks again for sharing your craft with us. The Stalker parts are much much better, especially the way you modded them. That’s a lot of effort you put into those arms! - Great tip there on sanding out the valleys of the fabric first so they don’t wear down too much. I’ve tried the steel files before, and thanks to you I’ve started buffing with felt. I think you saved the headsculpt with the eye paint mods. Kuddos!
EDIT: also, good tip to paint the inside of the helmet to make the plastic look less translucent - a simple thing anyone could use even if they don’t want to change the whole figure! Last edited by ARBCO Avenue; 10-19-2021 at 12:14 AM.. |
10-19-2021, 09:41 PM | #203 |
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HHFF,
Your final custom of this figure is amazing! Not taking away any of the custom cutting/sanding mods, but really I think what makes this look great is the paint. You simply painting that torso changed this figure from looking like a cheap Dollar Store toy to a legit collectible. Nice choice of parts and mods! Simply incredible. Jason |
10-20-2021, 06:19 PM | #204 |
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Apologies if this has been asked before. Would Flash/Grand Slam have the Stalker-type body with removable pads or must the pads be a portion of the mold/cast?
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10-21-2021, 04:03 AM | #205 |
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I'd be interested to see you try to kitbash a Joe Trooper of your own design. As is evident in my collection (see my signature) I like to kitbash trooper type figures. I imagine you'd be able to take that concept and run with it.
Maybe something along the lines of this: https://www.hisstank.com/forum/5446586-post9.html I thank you absolutely. And I also look forward to your new works--especially when you showcase new cast parts I may not be aware of. Quote:
HHFF, thanks again for sharing your craft with us. The Stalker parts are much much better, especially the way you modded them. That’s a lot of effort you put into those arms! - Great tip there on sanding out the valleys of the fabric first so they don’t wear down too much. I’ve tried the steel files before, and thanks to you I’ve started buffing with felt. I think you saved the headsculpt with the eye paint mods. Kuddos!
EDIT: also, good tip to paint the inside of the helmet to make the plastic look less translucent - a simple thing anyone could use even if they don’t want to change the whole figure! Also, the felt buffing was a technique I got from these forums, I believe. Either that or from techniques to clean/repair CDs (the little felt pad I use is from really old repair kit). Quote:
HHFF,
Your final custom of this figure is amazing! Not taking away any of the custom cutting/sanding mods, but really I think what makes this look great is the paint. You simply painting that torso changed this figure from looking like a cheap Dollar Store toy to a legit collectible. Nice choice of parts and mods! Simply incredible. Jason Keeping you in mind, I was going to tackle the garotte, but didn't have a spare Bazooka Trooper gear as I thought. For the bullets on the left arm, I'm not sure what size of ammo would be appropriate looking at photos of the original (they look really big and girthy), and the size of the webgear pistol (looks big on card art, small on all figures new and old). I need to get an original vintage figure or Black Major repro for better study if I do these bits. You sir have the wrong thread. The quick answers, though, are no, no, and no (respectively). |
10-21-2021, 08:40 AM | #206 |
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Yes, the paint definitely helps (also helped with the Retro HISS Driver). The translucency of the colored plastic used degrades the quality look. Simply repainting the figure without part swapping/modding might be enough work of an upgrade for anyone interested, and paint rub is less of an issue since the color difference as the rubbed joints would only be a different shade of blue. Keeping you in mind, I was going to tackle the garotte, but didn't have a spare Bazooka Trooper gear as I thought. For the bullets on the left arm, I'm not sure what size of ammo would be appropriate looking at photos of the original (they look really big and girthy), and the size of the webgear pistol (looks big on card art, small on all figures new and old). I need to get an original vintage figure or Black Major repro for better study if I do these bits. Jason |
10-21-2021, 11:18 AM | #207 |
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Maybe the chest pistol was intended to be a flare gun, and the rounds on the arm are for that? It makes the most sense, size wise.
I trimmed off the pistols on my Retro Cobra Troopers.. I’m spoiled and don’t like non-removable pistols on modern figures, plus it makes the design a little cleaner and the chest pistol is redundant with the leg one, really.
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10-22-2021, 08:47 PM | #208 |
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If you have that book with the concept drawings, I don't think the pistol on the web gear was originally intended to be an actual, real pistol. I'd have to double check when I get home, but if memory serves correct, it was more like a dart gun (I said DART gun, not FART gun!) or something similar. The fact(?) that it's not a real pistol might help to trying to customize the web gear further. One of my ultimate goals is to have a Cobra trooper with some kind of removable pistol. When I was a kid, for some reason, those prototype photos in the small catalogues looked, to me, like the Cobra trooper had a removable pistol because the pistol like extended across the chest. I guess maybe they decided to tone down the pistol to make room for the Cobra chest emblem.
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Maybe the chest pistol was intended to be a flare gun, and the rounds on the arm are for that? It makes the most sense, size wise.
I trimmed off the pistols on my Retro Cobra Troopers.. I’m spoiled and don’t like non-removable pistols on modern figures, plus it makes the design a little cleaner and the chest pistol is redundant with the leg one, really. However, the wonderful reproduced card art of the new Retro figures seems to be a good reference, and as you point out, the pistol doesn't look like a regular pistol. As DS notes, it may be more of a flare gun. But what small bit that can be seen on the original art doesn't look like flare ammo--though it does look like ammo specifically for the pistol on his webgear in the part. I think that's the point I dropped the whole thing from my figure. I don't know if there's a good mold for pistol that looks right for the larger shells I planned on using, and I don't think it will be right using smaller/normal sized shells for a pistol here. If I figure out the right combo (perhaps an experimental dart gun or other projectile) and appropriate sculpts, I'll finish off this last mile... DS: I here you on the redundancy (why I removed the knife of the web harness). I'm on a little opposite on you in terms of removable pistols, especially on the chest. Like you mention, removing the sculpted gun does make it cleaner, plus makes it a lot easier (and less awkward looking)to have him hold his assault rifle with two hands. But for right now, the small/thin sculpted-on pistol is well detailed, not too obstrusive and doesn't offend the Garrido image too much. Plus I don't want to try and clean up or cover up where is cut off. Any further ideas on this are appreciated any time, but has to look really good and be on point to the card art. We are so close. Otherwise, I got an Officer and some Grunts last weekend, messed with Grunts this week, will start to mess with Officer this weekend--I don't expect many ideas from this new Officer, but I can verify if construction moves the same way, and do some webgear swapping with 25th and POC-custom. Or be depressed and walk away based on Saturday's new Joe news... |
12-01-2021, 01:55 AM | #209 |
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HHFF,
The greebles on the Cobra’s arms are two bullets and a garrote. For the bullets, I trimmed off two bullets from a Roadblock vest, and for the garrote, I made a simple resin cast from a Cobra Bazooka Trooper web gear. One thing I would like to do with a custom Cobra is to make a removeable gun from the web gear. I have those books with the original design sketches, and if memory serves me correct, the weapon is not an actual (real-world) pistol. It's some other kind of made-up pistol. So, I should be able to take a Star Wars pistol and trim it down to fit a tab holster device. Jason So that web gear isn’t designed to hold a bunch of equipment, or act as load-bearing like the Officer’s H harness is. The way it hooks to the belt in front, and swoops to one side in back, that’s a big complicated holster to stabilize his weird long and unwieldy gun. Similarly, the holster is on his dominant side, so he isn’t supposed to pull it out fast like a handgun, it’s tucked out of the way for specialty use later. Likewise, with the bullets on his arm - Who the heck carries two bullets, strapped to their bicep? Those are designed to keep them safe and out of the way, for a special circumstance. Last, see the cap at the end of the pistol, which is designed to unscrew? That’s not how a normal gun works. Now, here’s some photos of dart guns, and the carrying cases for tranquilizer darts. You unscrew the back to load the dart. The original story pattern for the Cobra Trooper was kidnapping scientists, and bringing them back to Cobra for their secrets. The garrote is used to neutralize guards silently, a tranquilizer dart knocks out targets you want to transport alive. I think the Cobra Trooper greebles arm him to break into guarded facilities and kidnap scientists. |
12-01-2021, 02:21 PM | #210 |
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