Hot Toys - MMS173 - Predator 2: 1/6th scale City Hunter Predator Collectible Figure

[stelian123]

It's called movie magic

 

[dedguy]

Because I have nothing else to paint right now I was looking for something to work on so I decided to repaint the skull and spine from the old P1 to better match the P2 bloody skull and spine. I'm kinda sick of the uniformly bright red one he comes with.

Now I just need to add the blood.


IMG_0555 by dangercorpse, on Flickr

 

[dedguy]

Here's the finished bloodied up skull and spine compared to the one that comes with the P2. I also used brass wire (as seen in the above pic) to connect the skull to the spine so I can pose the skull a bit.


IMG_0563 by dangercorpse, on Flickr

 

[Dr. Odd]

Looking good!

 

[Sidious-66]

That is a nice looking skull trophy dedguy.

 

[dedguy]

Some detail shots of the skull and the whole thing on the Predator now that the paint is fully cured.


IMG_0574 by dangercorpse, on Flickr

IMG_0568 by dangercorpse, on Flickr

IMG_0571 by dangercorpse, on Flickr

IMG_0583 by dangercorpse, on Flickr

 

[Kane's_son]

That's amazing, it looks exactly like the movie prop.

 

[dedguy]

I was sort of basing it on this screencap: https://cl.ly/image/0q3d1J0o1C0O

I tried to do the darker patches of blood but it just looked weird so I ended up mostly covering them with lighter blood.

 

[Whiplasher]

Mine arrived today. City Hunter is my favorit pred, the figure looks amazing. Paints are great. But.... Some joints are very loose. Right fist often turns out if you make the slightest movement. Head joints too. Also, bio mask is completely fit just by removing the middle part of the jaw. Everything else is great.

 

[Malvictus]

Ded, have you any experience with "sealing" the dreadlocks on predator figures to stop the rubber from deteriorating? I was wondering if there was any way to do this while keeping some flexibility?

 

[dedguy]

I don't though I have considered trying some sort of acrylic gloss coat on them since I'd prefer them to be gloss. I haven't had any issues with the dreads on my P1 deteriorating though and he's pretty old at this point.

 

[crazypredator2]

congrats whiplasher ! city hunter is a great figure, I love mine,no matter what some say.

 

[Malvictus]

Ah that's good news then, i was concerned my P2's dreads would start to erode over time. I bit the bullet and repainted my city hunters armour, mask and weapons because mine was just flat brown with zero highlights etc and it bothered me every time i looked at him.

So thought i may as well do the whole thing and try and finish the dreads off too

 

[dedguy]

They probably will decay over time but it's likely to be a long time. I think the original AvP Preds are still doing fine.

 

[crazypredator2]

keep your figures out of dust and sunlight ,they will live long.

 

[dedguy]

Oh yeah I should note I have blackout curtains and don't turn on lights.

 

[crazypredator2]

Oh yeah I should note I have blackout curtains and don't turn on lights.

I keep my figures in acrylic cases inside a glass display case.

 

[PwnStar511]

Just a cool new pose I gave him

 

[crazypredator2]

that pose is looking good!

 

[Malvictus]

Can just see him saying "come at me bro!"

I must have got a really bad figure looking at photos from other collectors, my spear handle was completely black other than the very middle part that was very badly drybrushed, and my armour had no highlighting at all *shrug*