Medicom DK

[retaane]

d'oh! sorry, I forgot to elaborate on the head mod.

I just heated up the base of the head with a heat gun and then squished it between my thumb and finger with my thumb on his face and finger on the back of his head, widening the face and giving it the rounder look. then I held it there while blowing on it till it cooled off. one side where people have been cutting it (on the seam) did start to split open a little, but it's no biggie once it stiffened up.

did you use a hobby grade heat gun or a hair dryer on full heat setting

and YES ACE MOD

 

[lforigno]

when you did the head mod did the sculpt dent it at all and is there any way you can take a pic of how you did it? thanks

 

[Devil_666]

Yeah the poseable cape is cool and all.. but imo it doesn't looks nearly as good as when you put on a smaller/thinner cape. Those shots look sick. That repaint from rismo looks great as well. So exactly how big are the thighs? In some pics they look Chung Li big.. and in others it looks like they're the same size as the HT figure!?

 

[lforigno]

Yeah the poseable cape is cool and all.. but imo it doesn't looks nearly as good as when you put on a smaller/thinner cape. Those shots look sick. That repaint from rismo looks great as well. So exactly how big are the thighs? In some pics they look Chung Li big.. and in others it looks like they're the same size as the HT figure!?

the thighs are not as big as in person as the pics show. They are not super thin but honestly I think they look great in person.

 

[rismo]

did you use a hobby grade heat gun or a hair dryer on full heat setting

and YES ACE MOD

thanks! regular hobby heat gun. the head itself is already a little flexible. it's the baseplate with the peg hole that is pretty stiff. just put heat on it a little at a time, should only take a couple of seconds before it able to flex between your fingers. just keep the heat restricted to the bottom and you'll be fine. I've only ever used a heat gun for this type of stuff, so I'm not sure how this translates to a hair dryer.

if I think of it I'll snap a pic of the bottom when I pop it off to paint the eyes.

 

[drjedisith]

awesome redo rismo! im watching all you guys mod the head . i just may do mine after seeing all this coolness

 

[blakus939]

The head mod looks wrong to me, makes it look like the HT version which is wrong, and elongated. The nicest thing about the Medi is that head with it's narrow edges. Just my 2c

 

[Riko]

nice, it looks much better now!

what is the name of the tape you used?

@lforigno..

 

[lforigno]

@lforigno..

I asked my girlfriend who bought it and told me it is just regular painters tape. It is not the kind that is shiny on the outside. Any hardware store will have it.

 

[intothevoid]

this figure is amazing! it wasn't till I had it in-hand side-by-side with my HT version that I realized how messed up the HT one really is. I even modded my HT and he still looks quite the fatty. can't wait to see what HT does with the DX cause they totally just got served.

a face repaint and belt swap are pretty mandatory to complete the look and only takes a half hour or so. and I only recently started painting heads, so it can't be that hard

I've only had time this week to paint my face. used the HT as a model for coloring. I started his eyes by just darkening what was already there, but I want to totally redo them from scratch and give him a new belt.

here's a shot of what I have so far.

Outstanding job. I may have tried this method myself but i've already taken the base off.. hmm actually maybe i can heat the base and expand it, and then attach it to the head?

 

[zotols]

more simple mods for the belt and grappling gun.
i've added more depth to it so it doesnt look much like toys anymore.

heres a comparison before n after

and some diff views

and the gun comparisson

basically these are just simple black wash..at the end i think it also helped to tone down the plasticy saturation it once had.

 

[Riko]

I asked my girlfriend who bought it and told me it is just regular painters tape. It is not the kind that is shiny on the outside. Any hardware store will have it.

thx, would appreciate it dude!

 

[Cap'n Cook]

SUPERB work zotols!

You may have just convinced me to buy him.

 

[Thrustmaster]

SUPERB work zotols!

You may have just convinced me to buy him.

come on snake! don't let me be alone you have to resist...

 

[intothevoid]

I tried a cape mod I removed the old cape and made a new one




These two are best buds

My GOD I thought those were movie stills!!

 

[kazukijun]

come on snake! don't let me be alone you have to resist...

once again, resistance is futile!!!!
hehe

Great work zotols!, I'm gonna try them out as well, thks for sharing!

 

[Cap'n Cook]

come on snake! don't let me be alone you have to resist...

I know! I know!!!

Just getting MIGHTY difficult.

 

[lforigno]

Snake come over to the dark side

 

[Cap'n Cook]

Snake come over to the dark side

I would....BUT I know as soon as I hit 'buy', HT will unveil a teaser for the DX.
(esp because I have left it so long now)

 

[zotols]

thx all!

c'mon guys,just get this figure already! personally,i think even if the dx ver is going to kick ass, u wont go wrong buying this figure.

or at least it will be the best looking and coolest mistake u've ever done.