Here are a couple mods I did to character I hated in the movie but had a better vision of as figures.
I also posted pics of these in my customs thread (link in signature with loads of other stuff), but there doesn't seem to be as much traffic over there as here for people who might find these interesting.
First up:
Here's a small, but dramatic detail change I wanted to do on my Marcus for a long time, but I wasn't sure (like usual) if I had the ability to pull it off or the guts to try. While waiting on a new airbrush compressor to arrive so I can continue the Na'vi Sapien Pred I'm doing, I decided to use the time to make my Marcus vision a reality.
It's probably common knowledge by now that I hate the story in Terminator Salvation. I think everything about every character is so wrong. But, I love the figures. While I can't stand the Marcus Wright character, the thought of using his battle-damaged head to create a totally un-Salvation-related custom T-800 Model (not 101) was intriguing.
Inspired by the Franco Columbo T-800 scene in T1, I wanted this T-800 to be hauling some heavy firepower, but finding an exact duplicate in 1/6 of what Columbo was firing wasn't happening. I also didn't want the weapon to be too real-world, but more like the plausible but fictional Cameron/Winston weapons I love, so I decided to find a Smart Gun from either the Drake or Vasquez Aliens figures. I found Vasquez's first.
That part I've had for a while now. The detail I'm talking about changing is the left eye. I hated that Marcus's face was burned off on the left side, yet his friggin' eyelids were still intact.
Lame!
I imagined how cool it would be if the eyelids weren't there and you could see the Endo eye. And here you go:
I used a small Dremel bit to carefully grind away the existing eye and hollow out the eye socket. Then I sculpted an Endo eye inside and painted it. I also repainted the right eye so that both were looking slightly left and up.
I was thinking of lighting it up, which is part of what took me so long to go ahead with this project because I knew it would take time to figure out, but in the end I figured I would probably only ever turn it on to take pics for this thread and never display it like that. Instead I decided to paint the lighted effect on so that I could get a sense of it without worrying about figuring out the wiring, or running down batteries. That way this figure doesn't have to sit with darkened eyes or have eyes that are too bright to be in visual scale anyway like the other Terminator figures. I also liked the camera-esque eyes of the T1 Endo with adjustable pupil/aperture. So that's the effect I wanted to paint.
So, what do you think?
I also posted pics of these in my customs thread (link in signature with loads of other stuff), but there doesn't seem to be as much traffic over there as here for people who might find these interesting.
First up:
Here's a small, but dramatic detail change I wanted to do on my Marcus for a long time, but I wasn't sure (like usual) if I had the ability to pull it off or the guts to try. While waiting on a new airbrush compressor to arrive so I can continue the Na'vi Sapien Pred I'm doing, I decided to use the time to make my Marcus vision a reality.
It's probably common knowledge by now that I hate the story in Terminator Salvation. I think everything about every character is so wrong. But, I love the figures. While I can't stand the Marcus Wright character, the thought of using his battle-damaged head to create a totally un-Salvation-related custom T-800 Model (not 101) was intriguing.
Inspired by the Franco Columbo T-800 scene in T1, I wanted this T-800 to be hauling some heavy firepower, but finding an exact duplicate in 1/6 of what Columbo was firing wasn't happening. I also didn't want the weapon to be too real-world, but more like the plausible but fictional Cameron/Winston weapons I love, so I decided to find a Smart Gun from either the Drake or Vasquez Aliens figures. I found Vasquez's first.
That part I've had for a while now. The detail I'm talking about changing is the left eye. I hated that Marcus's face was burned off on the left side, yet his friggin' eyelids were still intact.
Lame!
I imagined how cool it would be if the eyelids weren't there and you could see the Endo eye. And here you go:
I used a small Dremel bit to carefully grind away the existing eye and hollow out the eye socket. Then I sculpted an Endo eye inside and painted it. I also repainted the right eye so that both were looking slightly left and up.
I was thinking of lighting it up, which is part of what took me so long to go ahead with this project because I knew it would take time to figure out, but in the end I figured I would probably only ever turn it on to take pics for this thread and never display it like that. Instead I decided to paint the lighted effect on so that I could get a sense of it without worrying about figuring out the wiring, or running down batteries. That way this figure doesn't have to sit with darkened eyes or have eyes that are too bright to be in visual scale anyway like the other Terminator figures. I also liked the camera-esque eyes of the T1 Endo with adjustable pupil/aperture. So that's the effect I wanted to paint.
So, what do you think?
those are amazing. I wish I had your customizing talent. That Marcus eye is insanely cool(especially the constant light up paint effect) And the gun arm makes the "T-600" 10x better IMO.
Nice try.
