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Originally Posted by Thor Laserpunch

How much of a pain in the ass was it to get the shoulders shaped like that and the arm holes lined up?

It wasn't that much of a pain in the ass to do it when I did the final one, but it took awhile to figure out where everything would fit.
I started with a damaged Angela torso because I thought a bigger torso might work better to fit the arms. My original arm layout was garbage, destroyed torso. Then I tried on a retro Dazzler and destroyed that too, but kept using it to try out various placement. Junker disco Dazzler torso was next and I tried a different method on each side, destroyed torso. Back to another retro Dazzler and that is the final product.

To get the holes lined up, I had the standard arms inserted and put a dab of paint on the end of the peg on the second arm. I marked where I needed to drill on the torso with then peg and used the actual shoulder to measure where it needed to go. Drill a shallow pilot hole on the dot and then drill/dremel until you have a second socket just underneath the original. Then drill the hole for the peg at a slightly upward angle to avoid going into the torso joint area. Re-insert both arms and then repeat the process for the third arm.

If I did it again, I could get it cleaner. The lower arm socket is perfect, but I took too much off the back and the curve ended up too big. I never do WIP photos because I work in a total frenzy and don't want to stop. Probably too much info at this point...