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Hot Toys –MMS120 - Iron Man 2: War Machine full spec and pics
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my wife got Warmachine for me for my bday. Except my bday is in April so she's purposely tormenting me by not allowing me to open it until then. Haha, actually she was afraid I was gonna buy this myself since I kept on talking about it so she just gave it to me first.
xkage824
Super Freak
awesome
i hope my wife does this for my next birthday
just hope it is not a war machine, i have two of those already lol
djlin
Super Freak
Got a shipping notification this morning.
That's good to hear congrats! Mine is still in progress they sure like to take their sweet time lol..
bandito
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Note/Excuse: Defects will not be covered after 30 days of purchase by HT's CS.
Hello everyone.
The set includes all 7 decals. That will replace the Hot Toys decals as well. The small ED 445 FLTS and the bigger 001 decals can be place over the HT's decals without having to remove them. The only one that will have to be removed first, is the bigger ED AF445.
Also note, that these are not waterslide decals. These decals are very thin with an adhesive backing. Basically, you just stick them on and you will be able to remove them later on if you decide too. The decals are transparent, so you will only see the white of the decal when it is placed on the War Machine figure. These were done at a professional business here in my home town.
Again these decals are very thin and you will not hardly notice any difference when compared to the model car decals. When you rub your figure over them you will feel a very small thickness in the decal.
They are easy to apply.
Congrats, Jim.
Guess you´re in buisness afterall, huh?!
I even enhanced the look of the big wing decal, where the big ED designation was.
I used grinding paper with an 800 grain.
That´s what I recommend to all, if you wanna hear it:
Don´t do it the way Anthrapoid told you, you´ll have double work.
If you do it with brush cleaner and a q-tip the surface ends up shiny and you have to redo the dull look of WM.
Just use grinding paper like I said and you can easily remove the decals, while keeping the surface and if you want to "re-grey" the part just use normal graphit from sharpening a pencil on the surface and it works the same on Jim's stickers/decals to make color equal to HT's decals.
Trust me, I did it, all worked perfect.
Pics tomorrow.
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centcom
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Hello everyone.
The set includes all 7 decals. That will replace the Hot Toys decals as well. The small ED 445 FLTS and the bigger 001 decals can be place over the HT's decals without having to remove them. The only one that will have to be removed first, is the bigger ED AF445.
Also note, that these are not waterslide decals. These decals are very thin with an adhesive backing. Basically, you just stick them on and you will be able to remove them later on if you decide too. The decals are transparent, so you will only see the white of the decal when it is placed on the War Machine figure. These were done at a professional business here in my home town.
Again these decals are very thin and you will not hardly notice any difference when compared to the model car decals. When you rub your figure over them you will feel a very small thickness in the decal.
They are easy to apply.
ohhh i see, i'm interested, i shall pm you
Firebird
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Congrats, Jim.
Guess you´re in buisness afterall, huh?!
I even enhanced the look of the big wing decal, where the big ED designation was.
I used grinding paper with an 800 grain.
That´s what I recommend to all, if you wanna hear it:
Don´t do it the way Anthrapoid told you, you´ll have double work.
If you do it with brush cleaner and a q-tip the surface ends up shiny and you have to redo the dull look of WM.
Just use grinding paper like I said and you can easily remove the decals, while keeping the surface and if you want to "re-grey" the part just use normal graphit from sharpening a pencil on the surface and it works the same on Jim's stickers/decals to make color equal to HT's decals.
Trust me, I did it, all worked perfect.
Pics tomorrow.
Thanks to your great pics buddy!
And those are some great tips.
to be fair I assume (I am sure someone will correct me if I am wrong 
Water slide decals:
- thinner, more fragile
- can be applied more easily around nonflat surfaces
- more skills needed to apply
- cannot be removed nor reapplied ones dried
Sticker decals:
- slightly thicker, possibly more durable
- easier to apply
- better chance of being able to remove and possibly reapply
I guess the decision on which way to go depends on the accuracy of the decals themselves and the your skill level
Water slide decals:
- thinner, more fragile
- can be applied more easily around nonflat surfaces
- more skills needed to apply
- cannot be removed nor reapplied ones dried
Sticker decals:
- slightly thicker, possibly more durable
- easier to apply
- better chance of being able to remove and possibly reapply
I guess the decision on which way to go depends on the accuracy of the decals themselves and the your skill level
to be fair I assume (I am sure someone will correct me if I am wrong
Water slide decals:
- thinner, more fragile
- can be applied more easily around nonflat surfaces
- more skills needed to apply
- cannot be removed nor reapplied ones dried
Sticker decals:
- slightly thicker, possibly more durable
- easier to apply
- better chance of being able to remove and possibly reapply
I guess the decision on which way to go depends on the accuracy of the decals themselves and the your skill level
Excellent comparison, Jeff.
But since I wrked with both now I can recommend Jim´s.
They´re slightly thicker, but if you only look at it and rub your finger on it, it´s absolutely not recognizable.
Thx to Jim I´m totally re-hyped for my WM.
obi_dave_kenobi
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I have the labels from Antrapoid that I got a while back. I just don't trust myself putting them on an jacking up the fig.
since all the surfaces used are flat the main advantage of waterslide decals less relavent. I honestly think Anthrapoids decals and tutorial are a great effort but yes I am still not sure if I can trust myself 
dinokiwi
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Bacground!
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Hey does any body has the image at the background at HIgh resolution??? Or something similar? I want to add a background to my War Machine and IronMan Mark VI (when it arrives)...
War Machine is already in that position but IM will be different…
HELP PLEASE! I NEED A GOOD BACGROUND!
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Hey does any body has the image at the background at HIgh resolution??? Or something similar? I want to add a background to my War Machine and IronMan Mark VI (when it arrives)...
War Machine is already in that position but IM will be different…
HELP PLEASE! I NEED A GOOD BACGROUND!
bandito
Super Freak
Some zen garden with google image search... (or source from Japanese pics/albums/galleries...)
You can blur it, (or combine portions of the 3 pictures).... so that WM and Mk.6 are in focus...
You can blur it, (or combine portions of the 3 pictures).... so that WM and Mk.6 are in focus...
since all the surfaces used are flat the main advantage of waterslide decals less relavent. I honestly think Anthrapoids decals and tutorial are a great effort but yes I am still not sure if I can trust myself
I wasn´t sure either, but trust me.
I did this the first time on an HT fig too and if you give th grinding paper fine thrusts over the surface a few times and look how much off the decals was removed, you can feel how much harder you can go.
After you got it all away you just look for incurrencies, thrust a few times over them and all is good.
It works perfect, really.
Marcus Wright
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Hey guys.
Does anyone now how to change his head?
Do I just pull it up as hard as I can?
Thanks.
Does anyone now how to change his head?
Do I just pull it up as hard as I can?
Thanks.
Yes, but don't grab it by the waist. Hold it by its chest with your index and middle fingers over its shoulders.
djlin
Super Freak
Hmm wow mine finally shipped from gohastings surprised.. Super slow shipping lol.
