A Few Quick Fixes
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While these new toys are pretty great, there were a couple of issues that really bothered me. Here are my quick fixes:
All Figures; painted joints and pegs to match the surrounding color. Cheetara; Painted back thingy to match her hair. Added wrist articulation. Panthro; Painted his right eye to match the cartoon, added light grey paint to the sides of his nose, painted chest scar to stand out a little more, painted spikes that weren't painted, added chain to both sets of nunchucks. Lion-O; Painted sword, painted straps on the back of his legs. Snarf; Painted fur line across magnet thingy. Mummy-Mumm-Ra; Gave him a Jaga-Lantern staff (courtesy of Cobra Commander), painted teeth and eyes. Supah-Mumm-Ra; painted teeth, arm bandages, and eye on the sword. Thanks for looking! |
Good clean work on those.
Two things you did I am curious of: Cheetara's wrists: Please share how you did this. I am interested in doing this as well. >Addendum: after seeing the image of her from the back with zoom, it looks like a cut with a pin and channel drilled into forearm. The Lizard soldier's rifle where did it come from? It kind of looks familliar, but I cannot place it. I have a rigid wood grained replacement staff for my Cheetara. I'm willing to share the recipe if there is interest. |
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The Lizard rifle is from my G.I. Joe fodder bin. It's some bulky ROC weapon that is too large for the Joes, but looks pretty decent for a lizard. Thanks for the compliments, please share your Cheetara staff recipe, I'd be interested in trying it! |
how did you customize the nunchucks? and I think you should have painted them as well. :D
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The nunchucks are joined with a bit of chain I picked up at a craft store. I cut the chain to the length I wanted, then crimped the ends and glued them into the holes where the plastic "chain" originally went. |
Thanks for the info.
That was what I was thinking about that rifle. I will have to dig through my bits bin and see if I can find one in my 'Joe container/armory. My staff recipe is a bamboo skewer (3 mm.) cut to length with about a mm. extra length on each end. I cleaned up the tips with a 500/1000 grit sanding block so they were flat with a little rounding. For the color I mixed some paint to match the hue of her accessory and it's collapsed version on her fanny pack. It was a mix of the basic dirt brown, with yellow, and a little red. (Recipe: Br:10, Ye:4, Rd:1.5/Testors Acryllic) I dipped the tips first and then let them dry so it could be handled when I painted the rest of the staff. I layered it on pretty thick so the bamboo would soak it in. After it was left to dry for a few hours, it was time to seal it. For this I use "Pledge Wi/Future". I grabbed a plastic saucer and poured a little in the bottom and rolled the staff in it for a bit and let it marry to the paint some. Making sure it was completely covered from tip to tip. I took my finishing brush and smoothed the floor pollish down the staff till it started to set up. Then I left it alone to dry completely before I touched it again. The neat part is that while it looks very plastic, it still has it's wood grain and is quite rigid. It looks like I hit the correct color, but it will not stain Cheetara's pale hands due to the sealant layer. BTW: You are correct on the Nunchucks. That plastic laughs at paint. It would be easier to recast them in the correct colors before any paint would adhere. |
Thanks for the recipe, I'll have to give it a try!
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You may need to add a 1/2 or 1/4 of green to the yellow to get exactly the
correct shade for the staff. Mine is just the slightest tint more warm than the staff she comes with. |
Awesome job on these guys my friend. Your little touch up did wonders to already great figures. Keep up the awesome work.
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Thanks Trukkinmunky, hopefully they correct these problems on future releases of the figures!
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