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Post by chinese_chicken on Nov 4, 2011 12:18:35 GMT -5
appreciate the feedback everyone. glad you guys dig. more coming soon
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Post by chinese_chicken on Nov 3, 2011 22:10:56 GMT -5
thanks fellas, yes those are a pair of jakks ufc arms
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Post by chinese_chicken on Nov 3, 2011 22:04:57 GMT -5
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Post by chinese_chicken on Nov 3, 2011 21:28:47 GMT -5
I'm not sure if this qualifies for the customs section since it's mostly a fix up. But I figured I'd post this over here as well to share with you guys. a detailed description and a few other of my fixups can be found in the mattel section.
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Post by chinese_chicken on Nov 3, 2011 21:25:41 GMT -5
Chris Benoit modified a legends pillman. shortened the shins by a fair amount to make sure he's now in scale. ufc arms, sculpted wrist tape, repainted hair, stubble
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Post by chinese_chicken on Nov 3, 2011 21:22:52 GMT -5
chris benoit
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Post by chinese_chicken on Nov 2, 2011 9:20:38 GMT -5
@chinese_chicken - Benoits wrist tape looks amazing...you do excellent work whydraft2 - Nice rework on the goatee thank you! i agree, whydraft2 your fixups are really well done. I think they'd fit in perfectly with mattel's regular lineup. it's the small things like repainting shango's bone necklace that really make the figures pop
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Post by chinese_chicken on Nov 2, 2011 9:16:03 GMT -5
haha thanks guys,
I started working on a demolition crush a while ago but for now that piece will be on the back burner, will probably revise it to better fit with the mattel line
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Post by chinese_chicken on Nov 2, 2011 3:56:30 GMT -5
sculpting is done!
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Post by chinese_chicken on Nov 2, 2011 2:04:24 GMT -5
thanks guys, here's a quick update on benoit's wrist tape
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Post by chinese_chicken on Nov 1, 2011 22:52:05 GMT -5
cheers,
I don't have a pic of the original any more, but to me both the arms and thighs in particular felt way too skinny for austin's build. I wanted a little bulk on the figure which is why i ended up switching parts
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Post by chinese_chicken on Nov 1, 2011 22:47:14 GMT -5
annnd...done. kinda hard to tell i sculpted the wristbands, but ah well, it's all in the little details i suppose. quick shot of benoit, sanding down the wrists to accommodate the wristbands i'll be sculpting
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Post by chinese_chicken on Nov 1, 2011 22:42:16 GMT -5
Steve Austin sculpted wristbands, swapped out arms with a ufc figure and legs from a demolition ax. I think I've found a better way to take apart the legs of these mattel figures. the trick is to separate the hip joint. that way you can remove the legs without cracking open the torso and pelvis, which after all these years i still find a bitch to do. up next..chris benoit
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Post by chinese_chicken on Nov 1, 2011 22:39:08 GMT -5
come december it would have been 10 years since I signed up with the forums. things sure have changed a lot since then, licenses have switched hands, prices have gone up, figures have improved. But somehow my love for wrestling has always remained. anyways, since mattel's run, I don't feel the need for doing extensive "customizing" any longer; I think their sculpts are fantastic (well their head scans still need work), they've got good articulation, and their relative scale is pretty damn good. of course they aren't perfect, but i guess that's the fun of the hobby, tweaking little bits to make the figures perfect. So here's my thread of mattel fixups. there is still some sculpting involved in my work, but i try to keep the factory skin tones. enough rambling. hope you guys enjoy! first up a couple of my older fix ups. I've taken the time to give all of them little white dots in the eyes and a coat of gloss for added realism, though it migh not show too well in the flicks. I also decided to remove the sculpted nipples in lieu of them fitting in better with my other mattel figures, but for the most part it baffled me why people seemed so surprised to see something anatomically correct on a figure. Bob Orton sculpted socks, armcast Nikolai Volkoff sculpted socks
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Post by chinese_chicken on Nov 1, 2011 5:36:31 GMT -5
another simple austin fix up. felt that the original figure was too skinny and sought to fix that. swapped out the arms from a jakks figure and replaced the upper legs from a demolition ax. gotta add the wrist tape on as well
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Post by chinese_chicken on Oct 31, 2011 23:12:11 GMT -5
yep it certainly is.
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Post by chinese_chicken on Oct 31, 2011 21:00:26 GMT -5
probably spending way too much time and effort on this guy than i should. pretty much a work in progress, still have to touch up the face, sculpt some wrist tape and do the tights. as you can see it was a pillman body but the perfectionist in me wanted to ensure he was the correct scale. lopped off some height from the shins and reattached it
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Post by chinese_chicken on Sept 9, 2011 23:22:39 GMT -5
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Post by chinese_chicken on Feb 23, 2011 0:07:35 GMT -5
cheers guys. i use a local brand of epoxy putty, pretty much similar to other epoxy sculpting mediums out in the market i'll post up a pic of the back end of the elbow pad soon. although aesthetically the joints are still present, sculpting around them like i did still limits the range of movement quite a bit. i think you'd have to sand down the joint a fair bit in order to retain the full range of motion
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Post by chinese_chicken on Feb 22, 2011 8:49:36 GMT -5
thanks Jay, unfortunately i'll hafta let you down there. it isn't Crixuz! that was really random haha
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