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04-18-2012, 09:11 PM | #1 |
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So I was working on my custom Mr.Freeze today (funny way to start a Captain America thread I know). Anyway I needed a distraction from Freeze and suffering plastic crack withdrawals from lack of hunting I grabbed my carded Maskless Captain America and ripped into him!
Great sculpt but as we know the Avengers line is a bit lacking in articulation, so I decided to fix that! I added the following articulation: Waist Rotation Wrist Hinge/Swivels Ankle hinge/Rockers I was very happy with the results, so much so I went ahead and started painting him up. Going for a more "real world" or "GI Joe-ish" color scheme, here's where I am so far: Got the lower half pretty much done, just washes left to do (but I'll do that after the figure is totally finished). You can note I used a ball joint for the waist, rather that the screw method. This allows a bit of wiggle to assist in some poses: Some shots showing the buckles and boot eyelet details, they were a pain, hah! Some closeups of the belt, went for a nice worn leather look, the flap buttons and rear grommets were toughies too! I drilled a tiny hole in the hand grip of the pistol and painted it steel to accurately replicate the screw that hold the grips to the handle: Also here's how I add articulation for pennies without sacrificing other figures. I use an old school method I came up with as a teenager for my StarWars figures. I use fishing hooks and brass rod (back in the day I used fishing hooks and straight pins) Basically cut the curved/barbed part off and leave yourself a shank with an eyelet, and use the rod to act as the pin. See how that works? Instant ankle articulationWITH rocker action! Also works great for wrists too: I'll work on the upper body tomorrow! Enjoy! |
04-18-2012, 11:36 PM | #2 |
Culinary Mandalorian
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That's a pretty ingenious joint method. I'll stick with cannibalizing joints though. Only cuz my scrap bucket is loaded :P Great custom.
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04-19-2012, 03:17 AM | #3 |
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I am not really understanding what you did for the joints there. Okay, I am not understanding it at all.
Can you please explain it |
04-19-2012, 03:20 AM | #4 |
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and how do you keep your rod/eyelet method from being completely loose?
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04-19-2012, 05:45 AM | #5 |
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what paint do you use? all I want to do is make caps sheild look a bit more metalic with some pop. Do you have any samples of that? new to this and very interested in learning from the pros.
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