Tigerfeet's Predator P1 custom.

[Elder_Predator2]

Why would he use a helmet? he can't put it on.
I guess he could have one for display, like lay it on the ground.

 

[Elder_Predator2]

Here's a small tip: You might want to do a series of light tan, and beige washes to the face and body.

 

[tigerfeet]

Oh boy its taking me ages to repaint the dreads to be black from their original colour of the avp elder.............only half way through now....another 30 to do !! the big question though is whether to remove the wire from the dreads or leave it in. My thoughts at the moment are to leave it in as the dreads are made from a different material from the later preds so don't hang as well....maybe pull them out so only the last inch has wire in it....hummm..that way they can be shaped to go straight down but the bottom part of the dread will rest more naturally on the torso of the pred.

Thanks for all your comments guys, helps keep me going......I'm not far off and I think the finished product will hopefully look pretty well setup.....its not going on a normal base

Unitl later...

Martin.

 

[tigerfeet]

OK this picture goes to Elder_Predator2..........after the tip i took the plunge and once or twice it crossed my mind "Why am i doing this when it looks ok"...anyway I made some mix and washed over some bits to add some depth and shadow.....I think it came out ok.......so many thanks...


oh and finally the dreads are painted.....on average 3mins per dread and there are just over 60 of them...!!!

I have some spray on matt artist varnish to apply to protect the paint but i think that will have to wait until wednesday as i need a break now

 

[Elder_Predator2]

Great job man. Glad it worked out for you.

 

[tigerfeet]

OK ok...so i couldn't put in down as soon as i started.......

I decided to get it pretty much almost there....will reattached the dreads this way so i can get each one the right length so they look right.....

its a shame to lose most of the view of the paint job underneath the armor but i think its worth it......so here goes...











this must be one of the hardest preds to put together in the end as its a mix of 3 different predator pieces....!

hope you like the pictures.......when i finish the last few bits....e.g. silver touches, blades...dreads etc then i will be doing some proper shots but wanted to give you guys a view first.

 

[magman3]

I was skeptical at first, but man this thing is turning out great!!! Can't wait to see the finished product!

 

[barryo]

dude that is gonna be frickin' sweet. you took on a hell of a project. the way it's going now i have no doubts this thing will be off the charts when complete.

 

[Ven]

I always thought that the sideshow bust color was off wasn't it?

 

[Elder_Predator2]

Dude that looks great.

 

[Reinhardt]

that looks great so far!!! we've seen a bald klingon, why not a bald predator?!?

 

[tigerfeet]

 

[Les Walker]

THIS CUSTOM ROCKS!

I give it five wacko guys!

Amazing already! Keep it going man, you are almost to the finish line!

 

[uscmhicks]

can't wait to see it finished up !. Looks brilliant !

 

[cjk1000000]

It's getting closer and closer!

-CJK

 

[uscmhicks]

hey man , keep it up.
Just figured I would let you know I finished up a sig for you and its in my request thread.
Thanks man.

 

[tigerfeet]

OK here goes...............there are a few pictures and at the bottom a rough inventory of what I used to create this custom Predator.........

So until Hot Toys makes one or the 32" monster is released i have this to rule my predator collection....











It has probably taken between 40 hours to get this far but i think its worth it..............so what did it take...well....

Body:

This was a totally repainted BD Predator 2, so many different colours went into that one....learnt had to wash with the paints thanks Elder
Modifications included changing the hands to add a more glove effect like the P1 plus slight mods on the feet.
The body was covered in the body net from a modified avp elder in the end as the p2 one didn't work out.

Head:

A fully repainted avp elder with major mods done on the forehead to cover the blood symbol plus changed the mandibles. Removed every dread, shorten them in length and removed half the wire from each to give it a better drop plus repainted each one with black and bronze......this activity alone must of been 5 hours work
Added the avp quills but cut them pretty much in half. so they fitted in with the P1 better.

Armour:

Used some wolf blades for the right gauntlet, removed the leather straps and webbing also from both gauntlets (more on that later). Did some little dry brushing over the all the armour with silver then black. At this stage i used some of the tubing from a 'retired' mcfarlane p1 to compliment the armour plus added some standard electrical wire to represent the leads that would of gone to the helmet

Misc:

Made a new loincloth from some standard brown fake leather, worked quite well in the end. Now remember the leather straps removed from the gauntlets, well they were re-used as the means of holding the skulls and spine around the body.....a good re-use i feel as the result is excellent plus also reused the webbing as some arm bands/wrapping...i think you can make this out in the sideshow figure. The bones around his kneck was also from the mcfarlane figure.

As mentioned previously this was the hardest one to assemble out of all my preds, could be because it is a mix of so many different preds.....but must of taken about 3 hours in total

This weekend I will be working on the base to make it more suitable and I have a predator sign coming to round off what is my first attempt at a custom, previously i have only tried clothing swaps and dioramas.....this was my first and very enjoyable to

I am thinking of putting on some gloss varnish to his head only to give it that glistening effect as seen on the 32" monster...what do you think ?

So guys there you have it.........thanks for the encouragement as it kept me going, and Les thanks for your comments....having those from someone as expert as you it a big boost

 

[uscmhicks]

now that looks amazing....
Incredible work tigerfeet , hot toys have some competition there , no joke.

 

[Grange Wallis]

Great work! I love how quick like you got this done... Have you glossed it yet to protect your paint work... Doesn't look like you've sealed it yet is all!

So well done though... Good on you mate!

 

[Elder_Predator2]

Wow, you were real busy.