NECA 1/4 scale predator

[Macularius]

15,000 is not much worldwide is it?

When you consider the few developed countries that will actually get this, it's kind of a lot

 

[Elder_Predator2]

photos soon

 

[greygoose]

photos soon

Cheers.

 

[Elder_Predator2]

Okay, so what I did was dremel down the inside of the lower half. That means I eliminated the entire inner lip that 'locked' the two parts together. After that I put the cheek area onto the face. Then I took the upper half and pushed it down further into the lower half. Once in the position I wanted I glued them in place. After the two halves were done drying i glued the entire bio back onto the Predator's head. The back area kind of stood up so i took the hair dryer and bent the back of the bio to fit the head's curvature.
I didn't push the two pieces together too closely because I wasn't a big fan of the look and because it didn't fit the head very well at all. I think what I did is better than what it was originally.

 

[Rotfish]

Jeez, that thing's bigger than your photo background box! Congrats on receiving him, Elder!

I can only hope BBTS gives us the goods soon...

 

[Elder_Predator2]

He is HUGE! I mean it. I wasn't anticipating something like this. Thanks blade, do you think the mod helps?

 

[Centurion]

Okay, so what I did was dremel down the inside of the lower half. That means I eliminated the entire inner lip that 'locked' the two parts together. After that I put the cheek area onto the face. Then I took the upper half and pushed it down further into the lower half. Once in the position I wanted I glued them in place. After the two halves were done drying i glued the entire bio back onto the Predator's head. The back area kind of stood up so i took the hair dryer and bent the back of the bio to fit the head's curvature.
I didn't push the two pieces together too closely because I wasn't a big fan of the look and because it didn't fit the head very well at all. I think what I did is better than what it was originally.

EP2, thanks for the write up.
I would definitely give it a go too if I had him here.

 

[Elder_Predator2]

I suggest it, but heat the head up first before trying to remove the bio. It helps a lot, I think at least. Hopefully you will get him soon Centurion.

 

[Centurion]

Waiting on Amoktime to get it to me.

I see, from Kyle's pics why you had to Dremel down the lip of the bottom half of the bio. Great idea and I think it's the easiest way to go about fixing the visor.

Are you going to be working on the seam as well?

 

[Biojex]

Looks good Elder. I think I have that same lightbox. If so, I now have a perfect gauge for how frickin big he is.

 

[Elder_Predator2]

Waiting on Amoktime to get it to me.

I see, from Kyle's pics why you had to Dremel down the lip of the bottom half of the bio. Great idea and I think it's the easiest way to go about fixing the visor.

Are you going to be working on the seam as well?

Nope, I want to but I don't want to repaint the beast.

Looks good Elder. I think I have that same lightbox. If so, I now have a perfect gauge for how frickin big he is.

Its a good light box, now I need a good camera. Yeah, as of now I am looking for somewhere else to put him and take photos cause the light box is too small, you see too many colors and stuff.

 

[HULK]

here is my modifying pics, i just removed underside of mask with hairdryer, i cleaned inside part and glued again. you can see my preds original pics on page 361,

 

[Elder_Predator2]

Nice job, but what does the seam look like underneath the bio, where the bio and chin meet? I didn't want to disrupt that seam at all, hence the reason I decided to go the route I did.

 

[HULK]

Nice job, but what does the seam look like underneath the bio, where the bio and chin meet? I didn't want to disrupt that seam at all, hence the reason I decided to go the route I did.

chin is 0/0 , not inside or outside of the mask,

 

[greygoose]

Masked head looking sweet there guys.

 

[Rotfish]

Both mods turned out great! Not sure if I'd have the guts to do it, but it's an amazingly sculpted and painted mask, either way.

 

[Centurion]

HULK, after applying the heat, which way did you pull to pry off the bottom half of the bio?
Did you pull from the cheekbones or from the chin?

 

[Centurion]

Masked head looking sweet there guys.

Indeed. I like the way it looks with the "fix".

 

[Kiva]

Hmmmm

As the head is nice and hollow it would be nice to add a yellow bright LED and cut off the current visor and add a real black semi-transparent plastic so we can have some eye-flashing. When i get the courage i might be brave and have a play around

 

[greygoose]

Hmmmm

As the head is nice and hollow it would be nice to add a yellow bright LED and cut off the current visor and add a real black semi-transparent plastic so we can have some eye-flashing. When i get the courage i might be brave and have a play around

Do it!