More Custom Figure Work!...sorta...

[servbot001]

As always, I love to toot my own horn so here's to tooting it:

http://s483.photobucket.com/albums/rr200/servbot001/Gears%20of%20War%20Figures/

Just got done with the Drone Helmet cloning. I must say I'm happy with how it turned out!

Also, that puts my drone list as follows:
4 Straps / 6 Shoulder Pads (not a clue which have which as I tried to spread em around)
2 Snipers
1 Sniper w/ Goggles on Brow
1 Full Face Helmet w/ Shotgun
1 Half Face Helmet w/ Lancer (RED LIGHTS! haha...simple paint app)
1 Open Helmet
4 Helmetless/Goggleless Grubs!

My horde is rather large now - 10 grubs, 2 therons advancing on my poor COGs! Also, RAAM is by himself w/ 2 Therons standing by him in a different location.

Next in the pipe is Jace Stratton and Michael Barrick and last but not least, I haven't forgotten about the Wretch project. I may have found a good base figure to save me some trouble, but we'll see!

*makes whooshing sound as he swoops away*

[kratoskills]

Great stuff, especially with Raam!
Hope to those wretches.

[Big Water]

Wow! Those look awesome, I really like the Helmeted Sniper. I actually wanted to do something like that myself but I couldn't quite figure how to get a good mold of the helmet (Got any tips?). Needless to say I gave up and used my extra Sniper head's goggles to rest above one of my Drone's eyes.

[servbot001]

well, molding isn't cheap. The solution that I used cost aprrox $70usd for both silicone mold rubber and high performance casting resin. The helmet mold I made is toast - you learn things as you go along and sadly, I didn't have the below link when I made it...heh.

http://www.microer.com/molding.htm

I've got one of those snipers w/ goggles on the brow too :) Check out the horde pic!

Also, the head on the helmeted sniper is actually the sniper head I jacked the goggles off of. The goggles he has are 100% sculpt too :)

[Big Water]

I still kinda wanna give it a shot but time and money aren't on my side right now. I want at least 2 extra helmets for my grubs cause I have 2 extra heads lying around. Im also still hoping to get around to making a Helmeted Sniper like you did too.


Hahahaha you do. Nice one, seems familiar.



Edit:


Also, the head on the helmeted sniper is actually the sniper head I jacked the goggles off of. The goggles he has are 100% sculpt too :)

Really? Nice! one of my extra heads is a goggless sniper. lol

[servbot001]

yeah, the goggles on the brow was probably the first custom I did for my drones. It was easy and I wanted another sniper but not a standard sniper, so viola. Bingo!

I've got a few heads laying around now. Two regular drone heads I believe. I just got my 12 inch Marcus from TRU. He's quite nice. Big and Bulky and loud...but what else would one want? lol.

[Big Water]

That's the same story for me.

I wanted the 12" marcus, but I'm waiting on the new one. I like the light up feature over the talking.

Did you see the new GOW figures comming out this month? I'm really stoked about the Grappler and Cyclops. Also I saw on eBay Chainsaw 2-pack is already out.

Also, quick question? How did you go about sculpting the goggles??

[servbot001]

I used Milliput (also by Micromark) and a slew of sculpting tools. The set I got probably at Michael's or HobbyLobby, etc years ago. I've got about 7 or so double-sided tools. Each has a purpose, etc etc.

That being said, here's what I did. I made the strap via a standard snake rolling procedure and pressed it into place, followed by flattening it out. After that was set up, I made balls of putty and pressed them into discs using a tool with a flat edge on it. I did that twice, stacking a ball on top of the disc and repeating the the procedure. I took a small edged tool and made little slits, lines, indentions along the strap and goggle bases.

Important thing about milliput - READ the directions..heh. It's necessary for it to sit about 20-25 minutes before sculpting else you have a mess. You can get milliput at hobby shops or online. :)

Oh, and I'll be grabbing the new 12 incher regardless. I picked this one up because I found it. I couldn't justify it with the shipping fees so I figured if I stumbled upon it, yoink!, i'd pick it up.

[Big Water]

Cool, thanks for the tips. I think I'll have to try that myself when I get the time.

I was tempted to buy the 12" marcus at FYE but they only had one and it had a broken arm.

[servbot001]

i see....i just won a centaur on ebay for 15 bucks! woot!

Yeah, I know it sucks at being an RC car, but we'll see if I can tweak it :)

[Big Water]

I got the Centaur at Best Buy with the game. It really is a terrible RC car. It should be an easy tweak though, it'd be nice to see it actually turn.

[servbot001]

Cool. Also, when uploading some pics here just a few min ago, I realized that I did take pics of the goggles in their natural green color after I sculpted them. Check out my WIP folder. Also did some work on BYT Marcus yesterday. He's not finished, but he's closer...lol.

[Dezz77]

bloodied these guys up...after the worm incident...after they are starting to come cleaner
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/denverdezz/jan1009044.jpg

[Dezz77]

servbot001

yours customs are pretty sweet!

[servbot001]

Thanks! Always love to hear compliments, complaints, and even that I inspire people. That's what it's all about - our collective love for these figures.