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Hey guys i am picking mine up tomorrow, any chance you can give us a picture guide as to exactly what you need to do?

:)

If you mean the dreadlocks mod myself and Rzeznikk have done, I didn't take any in progress pics.

But its pretty much an 'exactly like it says on the tin' kind of thing.

-Pull the dreadlocks out - in stages. I started from the front, worked backwards, and did only so many at once as I believed I could keep track of. I laid them out on a flat surface in an arrangement which mirrored their location on the Predator's head.

*note* not all of the dreadlocks will come out cleanly. Some will tear leaving a stump inside the hole on the head. I didn't consider this a disaster. Just make sure you pull on the dreads as close to the root as you can get so that any tears will be hidden near the predator's skull or inside the holes.

-Now notice how the dreads are all curved, how on the figure this curve makes all the dreads flow backwards behind the shoulders. The simple remedy to this is to turn them around so that curve now makes them flow forwards. Just drip some glue in the holes on the head and put the dreads back on with this in mind. Every now and then stop and put the biomask on the figure so you can see what it will look like.

-By repositioning the dreads on the side of the head to flow forwards you may notice that it looks like you're creating empty spaces or bald patches. So you probably will have to adjust all the dreads accordingly to fill in these spaces.


I imagine this mod would work to best effect for those of you who have customised your biomasks or bought custom ones. Although I'm happy with my dread-mod that big bulky mask prevents mine from looking quite right.
 
looks like you got a bad paint app. mine was a little off to but not that much.

:dunno

either way im keeping the bio on him or if i do remove the helm ill put the roaring mandibles on him. Its good to know that they are actually slightly off though.
 
well after much deliberation and self doubt, I finally went ahead and did the dread mod and I am very happy with the results!

thankyou A-dev and Rzeznikk for the tips!

<a href="https://s441.photobucket.com/albums/qq131/biojex/?action=view&current=preddread.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq131/biojex/preddread.jpg" border="0" alt="pred dread"></a>
 
well after much deliberation and self doubt, I finally went ahead and did the dread mod and I am very happy with the results!

thankyou A-dev and Rzeznikk for the tips!

<a href="https://s441.photobucket.com/albums/qq131/biojex/?action=view&current=preddread.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq131/biojex/preddread.jpg" border="0" alt="pred dread"></a>

That would be the yank out and put back method right? How many did you remove? Looks awesome.
 
Wow Alexander. Received today. PERFECT.

Thanks so much, better pics later but this iPhone pic for now:


Hmmm, can't figure out how to post a pic from my phone, so pics later. :)
 
eh 30-45 minutes

The hardest part for me was the first detachment. Once I was past that nervousness to purposefully break a $150+ figure it was all down hill:lol

:lol I was the same! Was nervous at first but after the first one I got the hang of it and I was so scared. Also once you start seeing the progression actually is making the figure look better, you don't want to stop! :)
 
I will also have to give this a go over the weekend...

I did receive my mask from taylerdurdem, and it is absolutley awesome. He also sent me an unpainted "clean" mask, so I can do my own paint up on that. After I complete the dread mod, I will post some pics!
 
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damn, that mask looks incredible on the P1. Looks so much better without his mask sticking out. Does anybody have any side by side pics with the original mask on?
 
Will post some up in a few mins.

It really is astounding how different it is. Makes it look exactly like a mini version of the screen costume.
 
Amasing pics snake!! I can see a major difference. The origianal mask is too big for his head, and plus the lens on his mask is to big.
 
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