Firebird
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Re: The Sickness´s Customs (Kratos and 1st Blade of Exile done)
Looking good Timo!
Can't wait to see the complete diorama.
Looking good Timo!
Can't wait to see the complete diorama.
The Sickness´s Customs (CW Devastator starts on Pg. 3)
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Re: The Sickness´s Customs (Kratos and 1st Blade of Exile done)
So I started this thread with a pretty big name and it didn´t quite live up to it, so I´m gonna fill this now.
November of last year I got Transformers Combiner Wars Titan Class Devastator and right of the bat? He is pretty awesome already, when unpacked and combined, also in scale-terms to masterpieces:
But I directly thought, when unpacked and combined that he has SO. MUCH. MORE. POTENTIAL.
So...I started to put up my workspace and started on his front shield and the treads of bonecrusher:
In betweenon Bonecrusher´s treads I saw so much more to and got me inspired to add my own caution tape, o here´s the first before/after pic of Devastator´s left arm BEFORE the later attachment of the DNA upgrade kit:
In between I saw more and more things I wanted to change and the front of Long Haul was where I tried to do my own license plate inspired things, where it says "Long Haul" in the fitting cavity and also I painted lights and little bits and pieces:
Much more to come through the day, if you dig that already...you may subscribe to that thread and see you later.
So I started this thread with a pretty big name and it didn´t quite live up to it, so I´m gonna fill this now.
November of last year I got Transformers Combiner Wars Titan Class Devastator and right of the bat? He is pretty awesome already, when unpacked and combined, also in scale-terms to masterpieces:
But I directly thought, when unpacked and combined that he has SO. MUCH. MORE. POTENTIAL.
So...I started to put up my workspace and started on his front shield and the treads of bonecrusher:
In betweenon Bonecrusher´s treads I saw so much more to and got me inspired to add my own caution tape, o here´s the first before/after pic of Devastator´s left arm BEFORE the later attachment of the DNA upgrade kit:
In between I saw more and more things I wanted to change and the front of Long Haul was where I tried to do my own license plate inspired things, where it says "Long Haul" in the fitting cavity and also I painted lights and little bits and pieces:
Much more to come through the day, if you dig that already...you may subscribe to that thread and see you later.
Re: The Sickness´s Customs (Kratos and 1st Blade of Exile done)
Next I went up to 'Hook' and his front and back needed some work too, I painted the lights,vents and also a license plate, those changes weren´t to big and you may see them at a later date.
After this I wandered to the top of hook, there was quite a bit more to do, like details on the crane arm, added steel rope to it, caution tape and brought out the light grid:
After that my styrene showed up and I was eager to see if I would be able to pull something off, with it. I liked the "knee" parts on the X2 upgrade kit, but 70 bucks or so, only for 2 parts to use were WAY too much. Knee parts are shown circled in red:
I love this material. Worked the first time with it and everything turned out the way I wanted it. It´s a bit raw, but it´s selfmade and gave me experience with the material.
Process:
And afterwards I repainted the whole thigh area, which turned out like this:
Comparison to still original right leg:
After that I went to "Scavenger" and his shovel arm, which had SO. MANY. DETAILS that were just green and needed a redo asap.
Brought out hoses, grills, ladders and all kinds of bits and pieces, on the forearm too, fitting to highlights on the extender pieces of the DNA kit:
Next I went up to 'Hook' and his front and back needed some work too, I painted the lights,vents and also a license plate, those changes weren´t to big and you may see them at a later date.
After this I wandered to the top of hook, there was quite a bit more to do, like details on the crane arm, added steel rope to it, caution tape and brought out the light grid:
After that my styrene showed up and I was eager to see if I would be able to pull something off, with it. I liked the "knee" parts on the X2 upgrade kit, but 70 bucks or so, only for 2 parts to use were WAY too much. Knee parts are shown circled in red:
I love this material. Worked the first time with it and everything turned out the way I wanted it. It´s a bit raw, but it´s selfmade and gave me experience with the material.
Process:
And afterwards I repainted the whole thigh area, which turned out like this:
Comparison to still original right leg:
After that I went to "Scavenger" and his shovel arm, which had SO. MANY. DETAILS that were just green and needed a redo asap.
Brought out hoses, grills, ladders and all kinds of bits and pieces, on the forearm too, fitting to highlights on the extender pieces of the DNA kit:
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After this I turned to "Mixmaster" and upgraded is paint apps. I painted his rims, tanks on the inside and also part of DNA´s kit.
I have the pictures of this on another pc, but here you see a bit of what I did. More detailed ones later:
Afterwards I did various bits and pieces I wasn´t happy with. Plates for the knees from the DNA kit had a better place on my Devastator in the back, since Long Haul´s loading areas was originally hollowed out for his thighs. So I again just built little plates outta styrene were the DNA parts wandered too:
Then, since Long Haul´s arms were just staying there and I didn´t intend to cut´em off, I decided to close them and give them a proper arm form:
Next was Bonecrusher´s shovel. I painted it black from the inside and silver from the outside, to match the overall silver of his front in bot mode. Also added a nice waterslide decal on his hood:
And as the last bit: I loved what Generation Toy did with their Devastator (Gravity Builder), having a ladder on Long Haul´s (Burden´s) front.
I decided that I wanted that too and Devastator needs that:
I have the pictures of this on another pc, but here you see a bit of what I did. More detailed ones later:
Afterwards I did various bits and pieces I wasn´t happy with. Plates for the knees from the DNA kit had a better place on my Devastator in the back, since Long Haul´s loading areas was originally hollowed out for his thighs. So I again just built little plates outta styrene were the DNA parts wandered too:
Then, since Long Haul´s arms were just staying there and I didn´t intend to cut´em off, I decided to close them and give them a proper arm form:
Next was Bonecrusher´s shovel. I painted it black from the inside and silver from the outside, to match the overall silver of his front in bot mode. Also added a nice waterslide decal on his hood:
And as the last bit: I loved what Generation Toy did with their Devastator (Gravity Builder), having a ladder on Long Haul´s (Burden´s) front.
I decided that I wanted that too and Devastator needs that:
Not too many are sold on my project, so I just continue for my own documentary´s sake. 
After all of this was done, I wanted to raise his chest shield, which NEEDED raising.
I looked up the height, thought about what I could do, started a prototype and saw that a pretty big hole emerged left and right under his shield:
So I started carving out rough outlines of a filler piece, with twisties as cables and added more and more detail to it, until I thought to be happy and assembled it the first time:
And with his shield also and this time; no holes:
Needless to say that I was extremly happy with it and so I painted it:
Then came varnish and assembly, comparison before and after:
So now I have the possibility to have it in G1 configuration, with shield (upper), or IDW comics inspired (lower):
And lastly a comparison of old height to the new. About half an inch was added, so now the height is more fitting to a simulated chest, with the upper part roughly coming of as a collarbone:
Hope you guys enjoyed, currently I´m builing his second knee part, then comes painting of the 2nd thigh and also painting his last component: Scrapper. Can´t wait until he´s finished, but as a last:
After all of this was done, I wanted to raise his chest shield, which NEEDED raising.
I looked up the height, thought about what I could do, started a prototype and saw that a pretty big hole emerged left and right under his shield:
So I started carving out rough outlines of a filler piece, with twisties as cables and added more and more detail to it, until I thought to be happy and assembled it the first time:
And with his shield also and this time; no holes:
Needless to say that I was extremly happy with it and so I painted it:
Then came varnish and assembly, comparison before and after:
So now I have the possibility to have it in G1 configuration, with shield (upper), or IDW comics inspired (lower):
And lastly a comparison of old height to the new. About half an inch was added, so now the height is more fitting to a simulated chest, with the upper part roughly coming of as a collarbone:
Hope you guys enjoyed, currently I´m builing his second knee part, then comes painting of the 2nd thigh and also painting his last component: Scrapper. Can´t wait until he´s finished, but as a last:
Last updates before the big reveal:
I finished Mixmaster some time ago, but didn´t take pics:
Before and after:
More detailed view of the changes:
Managed to finished Scrapper a few days ago:
Another detailed view:
I finished Mixmaster some time ago, but didn´t take pics:
Before and after:
More detailed view of the changes:
Managed to finished Scrapper a few days ago:
Another detailed view:
And final pics:
Craig Walker
Super Freak
Great work 
Thx, man.
As you can see, you´re the first to comment.
Great compliment by you.
Your work is just insane, dude!!!
As you can see, you´re the first to comment.
Great compliment by you.
Your work is just insane, dude!!!
Craig Walker
Super Freak
Thanks 
The Marvel Legends Death's Head sure is amazing. Just the sheer fact of having an official toy of that guy is bonkers, but...
...he is blue!!!
That cannot stand, so it's time for a new custom:
So I started out easy, ripping him apart, which also came easy, as the shoulder armor is just pegged in and has a teenie weeni drop of glue.
Got that off, then the cape slides down easy, you can cut it to the right size and got some left for later *Insert cheeky wink here, as I hate that emoji now
Next I thought I would reverse engineer the shoulder armor, putting on styrene to later dremel it down to the desired shape.
But I threw out that idea soon, as the armor wasn't correct. It needs to wrap around the neck:
I needed a win next, so I ripped apart his belt & loin area, changed the levels from 3 to to, attached the frame by using foam rubber,
keeping the center bit of the belt, inserted that into his stomach area , fleshed it out with styrene and then attached part of the cape,
that looked nicely tattered and torn into the loin cloth/belt thingy:
...he is blue!!!
That cannot stand, so it's time for a new custom:So I started out easy, ripping him apart, which also came easy, as the shoulder armor is just pegged in and has a teenie weeni drop of glue.
Got that off, then the cape slides down easy, you can cut it to the right size and got some left for later *Insert cheeky wink here, as I hate that emoji now
Next I thought I would reverse engineer the shoulder armor, putting on styrene to later dremel it down to the desired shape.
But I threw out that idea soon, as the armor wasn't correct. It needs to wrap around the neck:
I needed a win next, so I ripped apart his belt & loin area, changed the levels from 3 to to, attached the frame by using foam rubber,
keeping the center bit of the belt, inserted that into his stomach area , fleshed it out with styrene and then attached part of the cape,
that looked nicely tattered and torn into the loin cloth/belt thingy:
Next up were the lower arms, lining and undervest, which I needed to do from scratch, again using foam rubber.
Remolding the lower arms was pretty easy. Just inserted foam and did a new frame on top, but since I didn't want the foam to crack, using acrylics, I decided to mix it with "Cospaint", a concoction originally thought up for cosplay. Prime, paint and seal in one it helps to keep rubber materials, like mine, or EVA flexible. Stirred it up with a nice mixture of brown, black and silver, for some metallice particles, took an Edding fineline, pretty similar to Gundam markers and went to town:
The vest turned out pretty cool at the very start. That was almost a sewing pattern. Used superglue, which actually welds that stuff into one, attached it, mixed green, the same way as the brown and:
Remolding the lower arms was pretty easy. Just inserted foam and did a new frame on top, but since I didn't want the foam to crack, using acrylics, I decided to mix it with "Cospaint", a concoction originally thought up for cosplay. Prime, paint and seal in one it helps to keep rubber materials, like mine, or EVA flexible. Stirred it up with a nice mixture of brown, black and silver, for some metallice particles, took an Edding fineline, pretty similar to Gundam markers and went to town:
The vest turned out pretty cool at the very start. That was almost a sewing pattern. Used superglue, which actually welds that stuff into one, attached it, mixed green, the same way as the brown and:
Next up I feld this guy needs a face again.
The head he came with was alright, but I got myself a new head from Etsy which was pretty damn near perfect.
It arrived in between works, needed an adapter and since DH was also missing an accessory I built that using balsal wood and styrene:
...and the head needed no shaving, was ready to be attached and painted. One bullet hole later (refined the mouth area later on):
The head he came with was alright, but I got myself a new head from Etsy which was pretty damn near perfect.
It arrived in between works, needed an adapter and since DH was also missing an accessory I built that using balsal wood and styrene:
...and the head needed no shaving, was ready to be attached and painted. One bullet hole later (refined the mouth area later on):
I knew what I was able to do, so with my previous foam knowledge and paint, I moved in on the legs.
Closing in to the finish line...
Closing in to the finish line...
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