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Post by YodaBreaker on Nov 13, 2007 22:44:42 GMT -5
Wow...very nice sculpting job. Is the base figure a Skyblast vehicle mode?
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Post by dvandom on Nov 13, 2007 22:46:11 GMT -5
Yep. Lopped off the wings and carved away most of the capture claws to mesh with the thrust pillar, built up the front end with Apoxie Clay. Leaving the special power as Transform (Fitor), so I suppose I'll need to make a robot mode at some point. But I might want to un-lopside the Renegade/Guardian balance a bit first.
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Post by Traxx on Nov 14, 2007 16:11:17 GMT -5
Awesome work dvandom. I especially like sunstorm. Keep up the good work.
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Post by dvandom on Nov 14, 2007 22:14:28 GMT -5
The arms ended up being a little askew (port side arm sticks out further in back than starboard side), annoyingly, but not something I want to risk serious breakage to try to redo. ---Dave
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Post by dvandom on Nov 17, 2007 20:58:01 GMT -5
Almost done painting the vehicle mode for Fitor, but I took a break to put together a head for a future robot mode, totally scratchbuilt from styrene rods and sheet. And boy are my arms sore. ---Dave
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Post by dvandom on Nov 18, 2007 0:37:03 GMT -5
Grabbed a $5 starter at Dollar General so I'd have extras to sacrifice. Muahaha! ---Dave
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Post by dvandom on Nov 18, 2007 2:38:01 GMT -5
Removing the head of a Starter 4 Chewbacca without simply slicing it apart is HARD.
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Edit: ...because it's not like most Attacktix heads, the part I was trying to pull out is part of the mold for the torso, with the head being on a ball stalk. D'oh.
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Post by Whiz Kid on Nov 18, 2007 12:31:04 GMT -5
Fitor looks gorgeous. The shine that I normally whine about really works with him. I love the "faux translucency" on the canopy, and it took a little while to realize that the wings just had the lines painted on, rather than carved in. Just beautiful work all around. Chewbacca, eh? This could be interesting...
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Post by dvandom on Nov 18, 2007 12:54:25 GMT -5
Yeah, I debated lacquering Fitor, but in the end decided the original toy was too shiny not to. D'oh, forgot to include a comparison pic, I'll do that later.
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Post by YodaBreaker on Nov 18, 2007 13:25:19 GMT -5
Yeah, I remember Fitor being an awfully shiny toy - thanks for the reminder on its name And that head...yow. I can only imagine how sore both your arm and fingers must be. I'll be quite intrigued to see what you make of Chewie's head. Though as I reread that, it sounds a bit...wrong.
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Post by dvandom on Nov 18, 2007 16:31:09 GMT -5
Well, Chewie's head has to come off so that Fitor's head may go on. ---Dave
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Post by dvandom on Nov 19, 2007 17:20:15 GMT -5
Haven't decided if I want to go toy-accurate and merge the head onto the torso, or if I want to leave it just pegged on so the head can turn. ---Dave
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Post by Traxx on Nov 19, 2007 17:25:35 GMT -5
how many gobots are there
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Post by dvandom on Nov 19, 2007 18:13:08 GMT -5
There are far more Gobots than I'm going to make. If you go to www.tfu.info, they have a Gobot section, I've been using it on the ones where I don't have the toy. ---Dave
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Post by Whiz Kid on Nov 20, 2007 1:10:59 GMT -5
You can also see an awesome Go-Bots toy resource HEREIf you click on the "GoBots" tab in the table (the top left corner), then "GoBots North America" you can find a handy page that lists all the regular GoBots by name, Machne Robo number, and has pictures of robot and vehicle modes of nearly every single one, AND picture galleries so that you can figure out what GoBots you may have just by looking for it. [url=http://toyarchive.com/[/url]Super Toy Archive[/url] is just a great site overall, but the GoBots page is top-notch. I've spent many hours in that section.
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