Piecing together a Matrix Neo

[MarfMaster]

Thanks for the tip, Ray! Just did a quick search on ebay for the n2 Neo, but no luck. A whole lot of trinity though...

Id love to see some pics of your boots when you get a sec

 

[Raymond F.]

Sure Marf i will post some of my progress pics tonight, all i need to finish now is the shoulder harness.

I have the head, glasses, pants, coat, shirt, rappelling harness, boots, and guns all sorted out.

 

[MarfMaster]

Sure Marf i will post some of my progress pics tonight, all i need to finish now is the shoulder harness.

I have the head, glasses, pants, coat, shirt, rappelling harness, boots, and guns all sorted out.

Nice I have all the makings of the shoulder and rappelling harnesses, I just need my Sarah Connor pants to get here so I can get the proportions right. Really excited to put them together! After those I just need to sort the boots and wait for a Knight Runner coat to pop up

 

[Raymond F.]

I'm using sunglasses from the gentle giant bust with some refining. They look great.

I didnt want to fake it by using home made materials because they would always feel junky to me. I wanted high quality plastic shades with translucent lenses. The GG ones are great I thinned the nose bridge and arms by lightly sanding and I dunked them in hot water to get the upwards shape of the lenses right . Very very happy

 

[agonistes86]

I guess you must the guy that outbid me on the only pair of sarah connor pants on ebay. I had a hunch it has to be someone from here cause he was so persistant LOL.

Haha yeah that was me. Glad we didn't push the price even higher on each other, as my maximum bid was even higher. I decided I really want these pants now, what would another $5-10 more matter to me in a couple of months?

 

[Wor-Gar]

On a related note, I'm using the boots from the n2 figure which i got for 15 bucks for the figure.

I painted the silver a bit better cleaned up the buckles a bit and painted on the silver logos and a few extra silver bits and added a tad of weathering and I have to say that they are not only passable but pretty good overall. If something better comes along I'd consider but i seriously recommend getting these. They have my seal of approval and you all know I'm one finicky mother___...

Let's see...... too much talk, need pics.

 

[MarfMaster]

I'm using sunglasses from the gentle giant bust with some refining. They look great.

I didnt want to fake it by using home made materials because they would always feel junky to me. I wanted high quality plastic shades with translucent lenses. The GG ones are great I thinned the nose bridge and arms by lightly sanding and I dunked them in hot water to get the upwards shape of the lenses right . Very very happy

How did you remove the glasses from the bust, just pry them off?

 

[usswanker]

Alright! My Headplay head showed up today as well as my shirt. I just slapped him together real quick. Don’t mind the belt I just stole the pants from Sarah really quick.

My harness is coming along quite nice I think. I bought some straps from Monkey Depot and they accidently sent me some canteens good news is though they found my straps and sent them out yesterday.

But here what he looks like so far.

 

[MarfMaster]

My harness is coming along quite nice I think. I bought some straps from Monkey Depot and they accidently sent me some canteens good news is though they found my straps and sent them out yesterday.

They did the same thing to me!

Looks great usswanker

 

[Wor-Gar]

Looks good and lanky. What body did you use?

 

[elvis1976]

Here the n2 boots repainted, still need to add the A logo, and here' a pics of my NEO, I'm using the GG head.

I kept the neck wich looks better and i repainted the head, well not finished yet.
Glasses are temporary.
Still think the gg head is the best Neo likeness.

 

[usswanker]

They did the same thing to me!

Looks great usswanker

I was like hell yeah free canteens! I can use the buckles and stuff. Then I relized wtf where are my Y straps!

Looks good and lanky. What body did you use?

Narrow truetype.

 

[Raymond F.]

See? i told you the n2 boots will work. i'll post pics of mine tonight

 

[MarfMaster]

Here the n2 boots repainted, still need to add the A logo, and here' a pics of my NEO, I'm using the GG head.

I kept the neck wich looks better and i repainted the head, well not finished yet.
Glasses are temporary.
Still think the gg head is the best Neo likeness.

Those boots look great, I'll have to keep an eye out for a pair. Why aren't you using the glasses that came with the bust? Awesome work bro

 

[Wor-Gar]

Nice work, elvis!!!

 

[elvis1976]

I like the N2 boots but i'm still working on some custom one.
I'm working with some german leather boots as a base.

Will have pics in a few.

 

[elvis1976]

Here's some more crappy pics.

 

[Wor-Gar]

I like that the hair's bigger on the GG, and the neck line looks much more realistic of course. Those busts are a bit pricey to come by though.

What body are you using, Seb?

 

[agonistes86]

This looks awesome.
Still not sure about the sculpt though. In the profile pic it looks great, but from the front there's something off IMO. Probably it's just those glasses though, the frame looks weird. From the side it looks very realistic, the paint job is great.

I've thought about buying those boots too, but they're too short for my taste. The details are good, and they're the best available without modding no doubt, but they just look too "stubby" to me.

 

[MarfMaster]

Gotta show off your awesome work on that shoulder harness After seeing your repainted bust I'm really torn on the sculpt, since I have the bust just laying around gathering dust. The headplay sculpt looks good with a nice pair of glasses, but yours looks great as well.