Whoops! Sorry about the couple hiccups here, i have not slept yet, i hope everyone will have a nice week

>last thread, the real one this time
>>11853265

>>11889024
>THAT cake!!!

File: IMG_3152.png (642 KB, 2387x742)

642 KB PNG

Trying my hand at an old OC mecha from my early Gundam Wing fanboy years. Most of the design so far is made from modified reverse-engineered PS2 Tallgeese and Victory Gundam game models. After doing organic figure designs all these years I’m now finding out that geometric designs are kinda fun and (sometimes) quicker. Also, this thing is inadvertently gonna be kinda big compared to the GW 1/100th kits out there, as I didn’t plan out a proper scaling before making the legs. Oh well, it’s from a horrible edgy fanfic written when I was 15, no sense worrying about ‘accuracy.’

>>11889791
That does look like it's 80% legs....

>>11853293
Where do you get stockings like that from?

Any good place for transformers customs

File: 20260901_103312.jpg (809 KB, 2606x1306)

809 KB JPG

Soon...
Just have to spray a few more coats on his metal arm which is drying outside, and for the Cobra symbol decals to come in. Looking at the picture I could work on making his gardening glove less sloppy

File: 20260901_105135.jpg (253 KB, 1787x2330)

253 KB JPG

Also trying to color match this this GI Joe neck for this fish monster face using Gundam Markers.
This will either be really cool or retarded

File: 20260901_104526.jpg (306 KB, 1544x2295)

306 KB JPG

Im also more or less done with the mutated arm guy who has no lore and is not a OC and isnt anything at all outside a fun art project and someone to fill out Crystal Balls fraction.
Paint just wont stick to the feet well though. But I'll also put a Cobra fracture sticker on him... somewhere... and maybe give him a shotgun to explain why his vest has shells

File: 20260901_110323.jpg (724 KB, 1692x2486)

724 KB JPG

Also bought this blank body for something else but I had this extra head so its a shame the skin colors don't match so I could have a Classifed Mr T.
Don't have a brown light enough either (I could buy it I guess but I was gonna use this body to make another monster guy anyway) to go over the figures skin

>>11890135
They had a retro Recondo at DD's or Ross today, that must have been mistagged because it was $5.99 so I grabbed while I was looking for other fodder part. I don't even have any interest in military displays but those make great fodder and getting them like this, retail, new, is just so much easier than trying to get knock-offs from Ali or some other Chinese e-commerce site.

>>11890124
With the markers I have bought (which are discount KO gundam) but either alcohol or metallic, and I test them on random plastic, especially when I am trying to layer colors.

File: Barbie You Can Be A Scientist.jpg (174 KB, 789x960)

174 KB JPG

>>11890088
NTA but I would assume you could find Barbie (or similar) soft goods. Before I found some cheap Marvel Legends soft goods lab coats on line (which all absurdly sell for the price of a fodder body), someone suggested a Barbie lab coat, which was only $3 on ebay.

File: free display rack.jpg (1018 KB, 3072x3105)

1018 KB JPG

Got this from Walmart for free (in exchange for a review), thinking I might also use it for figures but it's really low slung and waste some space. It probably work for someone who had Pops or similar but I don't know that it would work for even 5/5.5 figures?

File: spices.jpg (1.84 MB, 3072x3268)

1.84 MB JPG

>>11891584
I'm not even sure I can repurpose it to use for a diorama, it's 'engineered wood,' which I assume is Chinese for particle board. And I have another free, better metal actual spice rack coming to me, if it ever gets out of whatever custom delay it seems to be in.
As you can see, that top row would be wasted space - even in a Kellex cube, it would still probably still hit the top, since the Kellex I own is about two inches more than the top row of spices.
And yes, I know I have too many fucking spices. When y'all come over for the next /cg/ potluck, you'll appreciate it when you try my spicy pulled pork chili.

>>11884141
imagine how much money youll have for figure customizing if you wean off the caffeine. and (and this is the groovy part) you'll feel exactly as tired as you do now, ON the caffeine.

>>11892080
But I buy cheap coffee?
Plus I can't smoke weed
I barely drink.
Oh and those swords are kinda cool, some metallic alloy. I am going to try some metallic alcohol marker paint on one and then display some pictures with figures.
Trust me, I spend plenty on toys. I am getting two different $70 lots (12 body bucks/accessories) from ebay today.

>>11891584
yeah it's hard to find anything good on vine, and amazon in general (and really retail in general) basically only has tiny chinese shit, so all of those risers seem really pointless. they are built for 1:18 scale tiny shit like chinese collect.

>>11891594
There's no such thing as too many spices, do not apologize for that one bit.. even if it's a little weird you have both curry powder and garam masala. that's like having both robotech and macross valkyries on your shelf.
You got any aleppo pepper in there? It's pretty good shit, and to think, until recently, it was just not available easily. only one country produced it and they were kind of too busy being terrible to export it.

>>11892096
>can't smoke weed
that would be rather counterproductive with the caffeine, those have opposite applications
>barely drink
same. we're talking about a stimulant here.
The way stimulants work is, the first time you take it, you get energy. the second time, you get a little energy and a crash later. then pretty soon, you wake up feeling like garbage every day until you have your stimulant, which only gets you (and I wanna be clear here) exactly as awake as you were before you started. they're a complete scam. Or rather, our bodies' insistence on building a tolerance makes them a scam. It's like trying to feed the starving animals but they just have more babies so now there's still exactly as many starving animals.

>>11890571
I got the bodies from a Ali sale but yeah you'd normally get a full body cheaper. Don't live near a Ross or Olies though.

>>11892302
>>11892302
Garam masala makes a great rub on pork, plus the traditional use with chickfn. Curry is great in the chili, in nachos when I make the cheese sauce (for BBQs and pot lucks), and for adding to brown rice so it's less bland.
>Aleppo
There is actually stuff I buy fresh and keep in the fridge or freezer. I have both minced and pre-peeled garlic in both and some fresh, albeit already roasted chilies in lidded ramaken clamshell containers in the fridge. One is particularky great on breaded shank steak and pork and I think it's maybe that one? I get it from one of the Latin grocery stores and they sell it loose, not bottled and labeled.

File: risers.jpg (76 KB, 768x768)

76 KB JPG

>>11892296
The plastic ones that people buy from bezolandia for detolf cases seem to work. I've seen even 7+ figure on those.
These risers are another thing I got for free but are way too tall. They will definitely work with action figures since they are separate but the surface space is so narrow, you're limited to poses.

File: solid wood.jpg (15 KB, 300x400)

15 KB JPG

>>11892467
They ARE actually wood, and $19.99 at Walmart, so "free" was perfect but I wouldn't mind a second free set, then I might wood glue an edge together, for bigger bigger platforms, for more poses.

>>11892452
I was joking because those are the same thing, but one is the western name for it.
>curry powder in cheese sauce
this is forbidden knowledge, you can't just spread that around.. you're supposed to add it by accident once in mac n' cheese and then closely guard that..
>roasted chiles
delish, but I think aleppo only comes in coarsely-ground and dried.
>>11892467
exactly, so little. teeeny.
>>11892472
ohh that sounds smart.

File: slow_roasted.jpg (150 KB, 1024x681)

150 KB JPG

>>11892506
>aleppo only comes in coarsely-ground and dried.
you roast it and make a paste, that is sold in jars in stores but if you get it fresh it looks like pumpkin butter, kinda?
you're right about the ground
I think what I am actually buying, since it's central or south american peppers, is roasted chipotle or ancho, although I have actual ancho powder in a jar as well

>>11892608
Yessss that is what those look like to me. Delish.
sorry to turn /toy/ into /ck/ for a second, but this IS customs general, and what is customizing a figure if not kinda like cooking?

>>11890128
>Paint just wont stick to the feet well though.
Maybe sand it a bit, clean it really well, let it dry and reapply a coat or two, after re-priming?

File: Classified Sales.png (295 KB, 952x453)

295 KB PNG

>>11892327
>Don't live near a Ross or Olies though.
You should try for notifications of people selling action figure lots on the secondary market or facebook marketplace. My town is awful for that, but I have a friend whose constantly scooping up, essentially parents selling off their kids action figures for nothing and using those as fodder parts.
I'll need to figure out how to use Ali better. The last two times I looked, even KO bodies were no cheaper than the cheapest Legends or Classified body I can find at say Walmart (e.g. about $9+-15 for Legends, or about $12+ to $16+ for Joes.)
I recently ordered two GI Joe's from Walmart, with a promo code (so $10 off my entire basket) for about $8+ and $10+ each.
PICREL was retailing for $13 plus at the time I ordered, sold and fulfilled by Walmart on "Rollback pricing" and I got an additional $3+ off it and another figure that had less gear, was even less to start with ($11.99).

>>11893160
Sure do wish there were more 1/9 - 1/10 scale blank bodies around, especially ones with different exaggerated proportions

File: the-thing-macready-last-stand.jpg (213 KB, 1600x1047)

213 KB JPG

>>11893173
That is rougher.
I was bidding on 2 things I wanted, neither of which I won, but I also bid on two different The Thing NECA figures, because I knew the bodies, with different heads, would make good NPC customs.
This seller always has like 50-70 things in his auctions and some go for crazy prices and some don't sell at all. But he combines ships inexpensively, so I once got the accessories and four figures for like $10 across country, and his base starting bid is often $8-10, so I paid like $45 + the postage for four figures, or an average of about $13-14 per 8" body, but they all came with accessories like the booze bottles.

>>11893259
yeahhh, the best I can think of is to look for like, Venom figures in smaller scales, where they made him 7-8 feet tall, so he can play a normal muscular 6-foot guy in that scale. I have a few I'm eyeing, and once more money comes in...

File: Articulated Male Soldier (...).png (1.07 MB, 1209x1209)

1.07 MB PNG

>>11893264
These look great.
It took some digging on Ali, which is what I hate about their search, but maybe since I refuse to download their app, that's part of the issue.
Without logging in, a good $11-17 price pops up, if it included a selection of say 3 hands and options for heads (even to purchase separately), that would be somewhat reasonable.
But once I log in, fuck getting that price.

>>11893270
yeah aliexpress is not desirable. and these aren't very extreme proportions either, but they're not bad.. could get some use for sure.

>>11893277
I don't have much use for 9 and 10" myself, at least not today. But I can see wanting some bucks like those (again sold with like 6 hands, one pair neutral, one pair fisted, and one pair to hold crap), I can get behind $10-12 for a headless naked body. But when Jakks Pacific's can release 20+ articulation DC figures in a two pack, pay WB plus Sega a license fee, and MSRP those 2PKs for $19.99, even if it's a 5" body for license purposes, some no-name Chinese factory isn't entitled to more.

File: file.png (713 KB, 810x542)

713 KB PNG

>>11893314
Yeahhh the most I can think is the 10.8" one would make a good base for like.. Chrome Dome? if you wanted to make a really tall one, like the TMNT toon line did, but in S7 style or whatever.

File: Colossal Boy.jpg (1.22 MB, 2527x3144)

1.22 MB JPG

>>11893338
You know, I have this Mattel LoSH Colossal Boy, he's about 10" and I think a female of Giganta could also work. I'm sure other people could find a use for extra tall bodies. You could paint it metallic silver for that X-Men character or similar.

File: mmisc_la_knight.png (237 KB, 552x969)

237 KB PNG

>>11890115
Is the sleeveless jacket a soft rubber good from like a WWE figure? I have several of those that I was just going to toss into a wrestling fodder lot and dump, but I just realized I could probably just paint over it and end up with a vest for a thug or a minion?
The wrestling ones I have are too "bright," a color I can't use, and/or clearly have a wrestling logo but it's nothing some dark paint won't deal with.

File: IMG_2807.jpg (1.74 MB, 2856x2142)

1.74 MB JPG

Here are those 'metallic' alloy 'bookmark' swords, that were $10 for about 30, that I posted about in the last thread. I received this lot of Marvel Legends Caps yesterday and figured they would do. These would probably look great on the Mystic Legions knights or that metallic D&D NECA knight and would probably work with most 1/12 figures. When I have more time, I plan to gundam marker some of these to take the 'sterling silver' aesthetic off 'em.

File: IMG_2808~3.jpg (1.26 MB, 2142x2454)

1.26 MB JPG

Have a non-upside down image/close up.

>>11893505
Oh no that's from a GI Joe figure but, that could work
dipping it in paint remover will prob make the logo come off too

>>11893630
Yeah, I have a white one I might do that to.
I'll need to pull all that crap out and give a thought to what might - one day - be useful
and what really needs to go since I have so much of this crap

File: IMG20260907172837.jpg (356 KB, 1000x1000)

356 KB JPG

I don't know whether to put these in /toy/, /diy/ or /ic/ at this point.

>>11893975
You could claim they are made with corn starch and flower and place it on /ck

>>11893986
Flour

File: IMG20260907201631.jpg (372 KB, 1509x900)

372 KB JPG

>>11893986
Kek. You're alright, anon.

This is the first time I've sculpted or carved anything since.. Late 2023. Feelin' pretty good about it to be quite desu.

File: IMG_20260907_061548629_MP_AE~2.jpg (887 KB, 3061x2847)

887 KB JPG

This is one pass on the smaller long sword and two on the other. I want to figure out a way to apply brown on the hilt and suggest it's leather, not that I just changed the paint to a brown color.
But the only thing that jumped to mind was an actual strip of fabric?

>>11894036
I have never gotten why T B H gets transferred by the site to desu

>>11894115
or tape or something, but honestly, leather has to be one of the easiest things to convincingly represent with paint
>>11894229
old joke, ripping on it being too often used at the end of a sentence
the problem is it ruins when it's used at the beginning

File: IMG_20260907_061451377_AE~2.jpg (593 KB, 2333x2014)

593 KB JPG

>>11894257
>easiest things to convincingly represent
The small swords are just really shining sterling and they definitely need something done to them. I think the blue on them won't work and I might make them all gray or black. The one sticking up is a first attempt at the hilt, but I will try some masking tape, that's possibly not as long lasting as fabric strips might be but you are likely correct that it should easily look better. I think duct tape will also solve my 'longevity' and durability concerns?

File: Wolfsbane Mk. 1 Preview 01.png (670 KB, 2515x781)

670 KB PNG

Update to my OC mobile suit. Torso and neck are complete. Next up are the lower arms, rifle, heat-hawk, shield and terrestrial vernier.

>>11894341
is this game called Gundam Asskicker? Because those damn legs

>>11894438
lol, I think I'm gonna need to nerf the legs after all.

For those interested, the game models are from the PSP game "Kidou Senshi Gundam: Gundam vs. Gundam NEXT PLUS".

The mobile suit game models:
https://models.spriters-resource.com/psp/kidousenshigundamgundamvsgundamnextplus/

>>11894458
I mean, model your dreams! Don't let us tell you what looks good. In any case, it's a lot less weird than a lot of Zeon suits.

>>11894467
Nah, it's cool. I do need to thin the legs up to be a bit less beefy. Considering it's from a Wing fanfic I did back in high school *shudders* it should lean more into the OZ Tallgeee and Leo proportions (even if the headcanon of the fic was that it predated Tallgeese and was a one-off prototype that saw no offshoots even at a technical level). I'm currently fixing the thighs and shins and it's already looking better. I'll post an update in a few days when I get the revamped legs finished.

>>11894486
yesss that's it exactly, those two had thick legs but they felt proportional.
I can't wait

>>11894341
I agree you should follow your heart
But damn if these aren't mostly legs

>>11894229
Word filter. On /b/ like 15 years ago certain expletives would be changed to “roodypoo” and “candyass”

File: 20260908_145401.jpg (476 KB, 1142x1878)

476 KB JPG

Another retard moment was I painted the vest before I put it on the figure meaning it cracked like shit when I slipped it on, so now I have to repaint it and add like three more top coats (my fault).
Im doing a Cobra gardener (punished for being outspoken against Cobras frequent environmental attacks by having an arm infected with a techno organic virus to remove one of his green thumbs) which is why its painted yellow like a gardening glove

File: 20260908_154501.jpg (704 KB, 1824x1604)

704 KB JPG

Also gotta figure out a good way to attach this

>>11894945
i'm impressed you could get paint on something flexible at all. I mean, if it's meant to be pleather, maybe it WOULD crack.
>>11894974
so that little half-a-headache-medicine-shaped peg with a 2 on it, that needs to plug into his back?

>>11894945
The arm looks good, assuming that was an intentional (field surgery? Mad scientist with cheap equipment?) damage where the implant/cyborg arm, of whatever that is supposed to be.
The vest is little too - mustard?

>>11894974
>>11895000
>half-a-headache-medicine-shaped
Maybe on a harness? Like a He-Man figure has, but more in line with the actual harnesses on a Joe, for their backpacks?

>>11895017
maybe. but it will be sitting out pretty far from his back if no actual hole is gouged out for it. I'd snip off that stem if it's not gonna be used for its intended purpose.

File: s-l400.jpg (55 KB, 400x400)

55 KB JPG

>>11895011
Damage from the liquid metal is what I was going for yeah. The camera doesn't picks up like half the red, the piece of shoulder has red paint on it too not that you can tell.
I wanted the vest to look like these kinda gloves so I think your reaction works.
>>11895000
I also kinda think it would crack too but also that feels like, I'm accepting it cracking and going "good enough" which might be me just being stupid. It would crack and cracking means it's well worn though. I'll have to decide. Also yes.
>>11895020
>>11895017
Yeah I'm thinking I should cut it down, and maybe get one of those double pointed screws that I think exist and just permanently attach it

>>11895073
double-pernted screws.. what a world we live in

File: huh.png (590 KB, 900x897)

590 KB PNG

>>11895075
Me, a retard: "How do you even screw these into things"

File: Wolfsbane Mk. 1 Preview 02.png (486 KB, 2067x764)

486 KB PNG

Had a bit of free-time so I was able to power through the changes in one sitting. I toned down the legs' girth quite a bit. The knee joints are still robust to maintain at least some emphasis that this is an early prototype, so some things will not be as efficiently designed or sleek as the canonical stuff from Wing. Same thing for the skirt being not as protective as the Gundams' and more of a minor addition to the overall design.

>>11895127
still real hippy, but looks pretty good now! Just wouldn't be able to move the arms below an A-pose.

>>11895075
>>11895078
My dad had a tool which I remember him using when he added two additional rooms to our house and I was forced to be the kid errand boy, flashlight holder, etc.
The one time I used one, to put together something like IKEAish furniture, the Chinese manufacture included this weird hybrid L-Shaped Hex type tool in the box (several actually, because one was essentially that common Allen Wrench that always gets included). If I am remembering correctly, it held that center part and you turned it to screw up and then reverse to screw the other hand. I think I remember it was a pain to get it flush on both ends, or I guess, flush enough to sate my OCD.

File: 20260909_110758.jpg (433 KB, 1496x1496)

433 KB JPG

First layer of Gundam Marker down, gonna go over it again to try and make it more smooth. Enjoy the silver while you can because top coat will dull the shit out of it

File: 20260909_152323.jpg (366 KB, 1538x1428)

366 KB JPG

Yeah if I was running a toy making factory I'd charge every time the brush left the plastic for this too

>>11895609
there's gotta be a cylindrical tool that makes that easier

>>11895669
>>11895609
Thicker brushes run across the top could do the 'link' pieces and then going over the 'chains' - assuming the colors you want work with that? There's also the tried and true taping stuff and then uncovering to get to it.
All still a lot of detail work.

>>11895694
yeah it'd be nuts trying to tape this off, you'd have to use a piece of tape with two holes in it, then slits to get it around the wires, then.. do that dozens of times. Naw. I'm just sayin maybe you'd have a hemi-cylindrical shaped thing you dip in paint, then cup the wires in it and give them a 90 degree twist in both directions

>>11895771
Yep.
There are potentially decent ways factory's can do stuff like this expeditiously. The challenge is doing it as a one time thing, in a quick, easy and I guess painless method?

>>11895493
That looks cool, metallic alcohol markers aren't a Gundam option?
Just the knock-off brands? Somewhere, I have some small metallic acrylic paint bottles, new, I got on clearance from Michael's probably in 2024, that I need to find and test out.

>>11896342
Gundam Marker has a few metallic options but I dont know of theyre alcohol

File: 20260910_150001.jpg (320 KB, 1398x1114)

320 KB JPG

>>11896358
Im thinking I need to add more yellow and brown

File: 20260910_152529.jpg (1.09 MB, 1848x2828)

1.09 MB JPG

>>11896437
Should have thought of this before I put the paint down, but im dropping glue so I can to over it later as boils
Using a qtip for splotching also leaves some fibers behind which is fine for this cause it makes it grosser
Color still isnt matching but ill try later

File: 20260910_154906.jpg (419 KB, 1236x1400)

419 KB JPG

Flash completely removes the depth of the mutated skin and ruins the color but for some reason allows you to better understand what Im doing with the blood??
Cant they just make a camera that takes pictures the way we see things (I might just be too stupid to fix the camera settings)

>>11896111
naw the tool i was suggesting only makes sense for your use.
factory would set up a little narrow sprayer and just rotate the _piece_

>>11896441
that is incredible. you are an artist.

File: water base.jpg (1.78 MB, 3733x2749)

1.78 MB JPG

>>11896358
I have no idea what 'alcohol' means on a set of markers, but my friend from art school who actually makes a living at it recommend them because the booze base helps them blend and dry faster.
Because they were cheaper, most of what I got was water based. They definitely don't blend as well as when I used to have to work on watercolors for class projects.

>>11896441
I also bought some tiny pots of acrylic paint, you can find it in hand at Target or Walmart, and I presume any hobby or craft store also sells the small pots (they are more liquid than the tubes). You should be able to mix a small bit of glue with some paint in say a small bottle cap, swirling it with say a tooth pick to blend it together.
Because that is clever and looks good, except right now it kinda suggests rain drops or water on top of say skin or clothes. The texture, I guess, looks different enough.
But it is a neat attempt.

>>11896905
Gundam markers dry in like five minutes so they might be

File: 20260911_152151.jpg (1.34 MB, 3216x1636)

1.34 MB JPG

Current status
>>11896786
I appreciate that a lot, I'm never sure if I'm doing a good job or not when I try doing these texturing things.
>>11897019
It became milky white when dried so I went over it with green to make the skin more bumpy. Currently drying with a top coat outside. Making boils on a space as big as a dime might have been too ambitious for my skill level but I'll remember what you wrote

>>11896905
As a base:
Water needs time to evaporate and dry, so it has a lot more time to soak into the materials it touches.
Alcohol evaporates rapidly, so it's much more likely to stay exactly where you put it. It also effectively "fixes" itself to the material as it dries, so it's less likely to re-activate and smudge or soak in further at a later date.

Water-based ink in markers is a totally different thing to water-based paint, and even then watercolour paint is different to water-based acrylic paint.

These pens specifically use a very runny, liquid paint to help it flow through the pens, too. Straight acrylic paint worked with brushes would be thicker if that's your jam.

>very good work though anon looking forward to seeing the completion

File: 20260911_164330.jpg (639 KB, 1718x2036)

639 KB JPG

>>11894974
As for this, I was of course over thinking it.

File: 20260911_164132.jpg (652 KB, 1952x1604)

652 KB JPG

>>11897390
There fits right in. Painted the peg red, pressed it against the back to find out how big the hole had to be, hand drilled and sanded and then cut the peg smaller because I'm retarded and took too long to do that

>>11897394
that's a classic craftsman's technique

>>11897357
>>11897390
>>11897394
It's looking like it's coming together nicely; the one complaint I hear from a lot of Joe's Classified collector's is that the backpack's create a lot of weight. In fact, I had posted a picture of a lot I won that included like 20 backpacks and someone in the last thread even mentioned it was a lot from someone who possibly hated of at least didn't like/want them.
So the one collector I know said people often take them off because it makes posing the figures awkward, etc.

>>11897373
Thank you for the lesson :)
This explains why I am blending so hard when I am trying to cover darker paint. Maybe I should try stripping it off a bit,?

File: totally weeb fodder.jpg (1.34 MB, 2389x3431)

1.34 MB JPG

Can any of this stuff, except for one pair of hands and those energy effects, be useful for customs? It wasn't till I started taking it apart out of the tray, that I realized the hands and round energy effects could also be harvested. I wish the gauntlet forearms were, tho.
The hands are actually bigger than the look, certainly bigger than Legends but will peg into those, like so: >>11897873 and also >>11897874 but you would need to add blu tac, as I had to to that Spider-Man buck.
I picked it up the figure very cheaply for the other energy effects, 3 big crystalline pieces that I already harvested out for a diorama. I've paid more than the $5.99 this cost, including postage costs, to get three colored crystalline effects so I am fine with dumping this if I have to. I have a few other anime weeb things I can hopefully get rid of in a fodder lot.

File: anime fodder parts.jpg (1.25 MB, 2959x3275)

1.25 MB JPG

I will probably play with the head and face plates for photography but don't want to keep any of it. It's not my taste.

>>11896437
>>11896441
>>11896454
>>11897357
>>11897390
>>11897394
wtf are you even trying to make? Just post it when you’re done.

>>11897909
he's making a cool mutant cyborg thingy with rotting flesh, and I am loving watching the process.

>>11897909
>not appreciating process pictures
Sigh
The absolute state of Nu /toys/

>>11897909
>>11889023
>Post WIPs, finished projects, ideas, techniques, ask for advice, and most of all, have fun!

>>11897399
dressmakers/other crafts people have also been using patterns - for clothes- and other, similar fabrications for hundreds of years.

>>11898126
er
I meant the act of using a part to mark the spot where it's going, to measure.
In fabrics, you rarely coat a sleeve in chalk and then lay it down over the body and then measure how far the chalk part rubbed off onto it

>>11897909
Go back to whatever shithole board you came from retard

>>11898130
Dressmakers do something like that as well, but they wouldn't use chalk. It's also something they do in construction and wood working (say furniture?). I wonder if people who do stuff like whittle ever do it.
But no offense was intended.

>>11898320
Right, I was just nitpicking. I just think it's neat when something that leaves a mark is, itself, used as a measuring tool, by leaving the mark. It seemed odd to me to bring up dressmaking as a first example of that, but they definitely do all kinds of neat stuff. the one that stands out to me is cutting paper to size, so you can use paper as the form. you can even wrap the paper around the body first, then unroll it and you've got your shape. That KamuiCosplay chick really made it look neat.

>>11898427
Cosplay can have a fair number of connections to something like making a diorama or customs

File: 1000071985.jpg (1.13 MB, 2042x2934)

1.13 MB JPG

>>11889023
Just bought this adorable 12-inch HK plush, but as you can see from the photo, she needs some panties. I want to get some fabric, elastic, and make a pair, but I've never tailored anything in my life,

Has anyone ever posted tutorials for such a thing, or do I just Google "Doll clothes making" or something?

>>11898674
There used to be a fashion doll general on here, I needed some red boots once to go on a Ken type figure that I got at a clearance outlet, for which I had a MEGO type soft goods. They were helpful with leads - and while I never used it, one even posted a link to a pattern for boots. However, apparently this group is history so I would search the archive.
Your problem might be size? You might find a pattern and need to adjust to fit upward (or downward). I think there might also be a plushie general? Or definitely plushie threads? And you might also start one?
Good luck!

>>11898674
let her kitty breathe!
Okay I think this is a particularly easy one to make, actually. Just like two pieces of fabric and the elastic.

File: 20260914_110015.jpg (451 KB, 1708x980)

451 KB JPG

>>11897909
Im making more grunts for Crystal Ball since I like him having his own fraction in Classifed so I started out just getting Monster Force figures for his fraction but then I saw how cheap bodies were on Aliexpress so I decided to make my own and this turned into mutated soilders

Dont have any sculpting clay so I'm gonna do layering with glue for a bird mutation

>>11898800
none of that two-part stuff? I'm amazed you aren't like, flush with it. Well yeah this will work.

File: 20260914_140730.jpg (176 KB, 1192x586)

176 KB JPG

Added feathers. Might go over them in yellow to just make it look like a different kind of mutation
>>11898815
Im sadly still very newfagish for customizing so I dont have anything like that

>>11898896
well it's not the cheapest thing, but most customizers swear by it. there's a bunch of options.
>feathers
amazing! how'd you do that so quickly? It does kind of look painful how there's a metal band separating the two though.

File: kris.png (2.8 MB, 6112x6112)

2.8 MB PNG

Don't post often, but felt the need to post this somewhere
I did my first custom/kitbash. Kris.

>>11898983
Looks great but the filter on the camera makes it hard to make out the details
>>11898931
I want it to look painful so thats good. Cobra does stupid bullshit all the time. The feathers are cut up black plastic from a bird head Im gonna use for armor so it's cheating a bit

>>11898983
pretty gnar.
>>11898985
I'd love to know what it looked like before, that you were able to so cleanly wrap it around a forearm

File: vgjhnkl.jpg (3.58 MB, 3052x3052)

3.58 MB JPG

>>11898985
sorry, lighting at my place is complete trash.

>>11898992
Doesn’t Kris have black undershirt? Still, looking good.

File: gijcs-mm-lowlight-spirit-(...).jpg (129 KB, 1200x1200)

129 KB JPG

>>11898990
That's the Mad Marauders Spirit

>>11899079
I meant "black plastic from a bird head"
i can't even picture what that would be, that would fit around a forearm like that.

File: Crow.png (848 KB, 900x900)

848 KB PNG

>>11899083
Oh sorry
It was the bird head that came with this. It didn't all fit around though those are chunks I glued in different ways

>>11899090
that's what I figured, so basically you did a damn fine job cutting and gluing chunks, god damn. That's not easy
....
why is there a mirai gohan figure that comes with a crow head?

File: Airbrush7.jpg (1.53 MB, 3923x3060)

1.53 MB JPG

Alright folks we have a new and affordable tons-of-colors customizing Acrylic Airbrush paint made by Hobby Lobby! I've tested it on various plastics and here's my report:

It's just called Acrylic Airbrush paint and it's a Hobby Lobby brand. Only $2 a bottle but BUY THE SETS because they're only $8 and you get TEN (10) BOTTLES! A full ounce too unlike Testors in the jars. There's special colors not in the sets and all the clear matte/satin/gloss too. Ao far all the colors I've used are a matte-satin from the bottle.

You can use them straight from the bottle but they're thick and should be thinned slightly to be brushed on in multiple thin coats. They act the same as Formula P3/Vallejo/Warhammer type paints. I haven't run them through an airbrush yet because they're perfect for brushing on! Either add distilled water straight to the bottle or mix it on some Dollar Tree 6 well mixing trays.

This paint sticks well to CLEAN pvc (marvel legends legs/arms/head) and lightly sanded ABS hard plastic like Transformers or ML chests/waists. It won't stick well to bare shiny plastic but neither does any hobby paint. It will stick to primered surfaces and bonds amazingly with it! I use MTN clear plastic spray primer but whatever you use will do.

The paint covers in 3 thinned light coats same as Testors/Warhammer and without brush strokes as long as you thin it down. Takes an hour to cure but you can speed up touch-time with a hair dryer.

File: airbrush6.jpg (1.03 MB, 3924x3060)

1.03 MB JPG

>>11899118
These sets are such a great value. They have neon, metallic, pearlescent, weathering, military colors, vehicle detailing, like a whole bunch geared to plastic models. I'm assuming these looks great airbrushed onto model kits. I'm just going to use them on customs and touching up my factory figures in my collection.

File: airbrush2.jpg (739 KB, 2662x3272)

739 KB JPG

>>11899119
Here's 3 thinned coats on bare un-primered PVC plastic. I can't scratch it off with my fingernail and it's been about 2 hours cured.

>>11899118
Tits.
Thick, you say? So those of us who hand brush with vallejo will do fine?

File: Airbrush3.jpg (1.03 MB, 3215x3045)

1.03 MB JPG

>>11899121
On the left, bare non-primered glossy ABS plastic. Scrapes off after 2 hours of curing. On the right, clear MTN Plastic Primer and the paint won't come off no matter how hard I scrape! So definitely primer your hard plastic figures before using this. I didn't even need to sand prep, just sprayed the primer on, waited 10 mins and then painted. Done!

File: airbrush5.jpg (732 KB, 2698x2494)

732 KB JPG

>>11899123
Yep, straight from the bottle leaves brush strokes tho, but it'll fill joint/pin holes REALLY well. You can highlight/drybrush straight from the bottle just fine.

Here's the colors in the $8 basic set.

>>11899126
Oh okay, yeah, I looked it up on their site. reviews are pretty good, but they do mention that it sucks for brushing. I guess I have to stick with vallejo, whose surfactant quality realllly helps even out brushstrokes so they're barely visible if at all.

Someday I will be ready to airbrush, but right now I was already crashing in a basement and now I'm crashing in half a basement, so that's not gonna work.

>>11899127
I'm just using them for brushing myself and read the reviews, but found they do just fine and haven't had any chunks. No brush strokes either now that I've thinned down straight into the bottle (look at the KO cyberjet white plastic) and I'm gonna add colors like purple, pink, and the metallics. There's no substitute for Testors Aztek Airbrush paints sadly, some day all those will be gone. I've horded a bunch of basic colors tho!

So yeah, dont need to airbrush these but I really like the coverage of the white/red/teal for brushing on. Pick up the black or grey and experiment with it.

>>11899132
Really? one of the reviews said that thinning made brushstrokes worse.
Okay maybe i'll give it a shot. I mean, for what they're charging... pretty low risk. the website doesn't have metallics, but it does have iridescents.. those can be fun.

>>11899142
It goes on super smooth. Maybe they didn't shake it well enough and got a bunch of the pigment?

It's also hard to get off your fingers and dries fast but cures slow. I think that's what some people miss, there's a diff between being able to handle something and when the paint has cured. Either way you're right it's super cheap low risk to try out new colors. I'm gonna snag the neon and start doing eyes/visors with it.

>>11899090
So I guess I should hold on to this junk >>11897881? What do you do with the body itself?
And looks good, BTW

>>11898992
I like your color choices
Next time, if you have a lamp, you can use an old tee shirt or something thin and 'gauzy' and put if over the lamp with a rubber band or string and use it as a defuser before you take pictures, and see if that helps.

And we're no longer bumping....

File: 20260915_093823.jpg (307 KB, 1932x788)

307 KB JPG

Some progress. Might do little glue drops to make more bumps to match the bird claw better.
>>11897488
No thats all true, but, sometimes you just want a backpack
>>11899091
Thank you I still appreciate stuff like that being said since winging it.
Thats a thrid party DBZ figure so the head is in a separate package and the body is sold with the crow head and that keeps them from being sued somehow.
>>11899203
Yes! You'll never know when you'll need them

File: 20260915_095149.jpg (335 KB, 1360x1304)

335 KB JPG

As for the rest of the crow head (it might not be a crow) I glued it to Tomaxs armor to make it a shoulder pad for my bird armed mutant.
Remember once I put the top coat on it will lose like 60% of this reflection

File: Fodder Lot Backpacks Edit.jpg (2.05 MB, 3722x2995)

2.05 MB JPG

>>11899386
I'm flooded in backpacks.
I really, really need like one extra room with built-in and extra tables to get organized for about two months, because right now, with the piles I have accumulated, I feel like I'm only some cats away from being the Law & Order Victims Unit version of the classic hoarder.

File: 20260915_100257.jpg (507 KB, 1404x1682)

507 KB JPG

I ordered some tools for him so hes not entirely finished, but more or less my Cobra Gardner is done, the yellow paint flakes really bad but its on soft plastic and I dont know how hasbro makes it stick (the chain on the vest had silver paint I went over with a rust paint and it doesnt flake at all so if its paint on top of hasbro paint whatever they did makes it stick) so I might try and redo some of that later. But he is gonna be stuck in the background. Will post him one more time once I get the weapons in but that will be it I promise.
>>11899395
Would be good if you were doing a mall diorama with a outdoor sporting goods store

File: 20260915_101309.jpg (252 KB, 918x1444)

252 KB JPG

Alternatively I could just cut the vest off him and put this on him since I decided to do something else for the guy this was for. Dont know what looks more gardeny

File: Body1.png (182 KB, 952x1020)

182 KB PNG

After a whole bunch of real-life bullshit got in the way I'm back to work on printable bodies. I've learned a lot, and this might be my best work yet. I'm hoping I can get this body to a certain stage to serve as a "blank" that can be rescaled, reshaped and then have details sculpted for basically any body type. It's currently scaled to be about 11cm tall with a head (1:12 scale), so this particular version will work nicely for smaller Figmas.

File: file.png (219 KB, 1039x1024)

219 KB PNG

>>11899413
And a cross-section just to show you how the engineering works. I'm contemplating replacing the Snail Shell styled dual armatures for the hips with a regular Figma-style T-frame but I need to do test prints.

>>11899170
>drying and curing are different
okay this explains.. kind of a lot

>>11899386
oh man it's like the skin is just gurgling out trying to mutate further.. nasty.
>the crow head is a decoy
oh that's hilarious, I love it
>>11899394
hang on, that's an eagle.
>>11899395
seems like they'd make good like.. seats?
>>11899413
oooh skinny skinny.. also that's smart, give yourself a template to mess with.

>>11899090
>Mirai Crow-han

File: 20260915_120032.jpg (596 KB, 1674x1022)

596 KB JPG

>>11899549
Im glad that's what it looks like because it was what I was going for.
But yes it being in black plastic fucked up my brain and I realized it wasnt a crow as soon as I looked at the beak more

>>11899547
This applies to some epoxy putties as well. Kwik Wood epoxy dries/hardens in about 2hrs after the 15min working time, but is still a tad crumbly until after 24hrs when it is fully devoid of residual moisture and fully cured (air humidity and temp can affect this too). In the first <24hrs the stuff isn’t ready for sanding, carving, or dremeling, but after fully cured the stuff is like fine-grain wood for carving/dremeling intricate details or sanding smooth.

File: Screenshot_20260607-05445(...).jpg (141 KB, 709x1115)

141 KB JPG

>>11899549
>seats
>>11899403
>mall diorama
I do plan to do some so until I get my crap organized, I might do that. But I also ended up with some GI Joe bodies, that I have no interest in keeping, and I will probably slightly excessively kitbash them and sell them, do those will all get a pack. Not my picture, BTW.

>>11899413
Hell Yeah Anon! Good to see you back in the workshop! can't wait to see what comes next!

File: 20260916_102815-COLLAGE.jpg (892 KB, 2160x3840)

892 KB JPG

>>11899403
Bought a old Freak toy for $5 for his accessories and now he's got cutting tools that are inappropriate for normal gardening but Cobra has like man eating plants so this seems fine

File: file.png (1.38 MB, 1017x1356)

1.38 MB PNG

>>11899940
Thanks anon!
Managed to assemble a prototype build. I printed two bodies, one which I've assembled now just to check for any glaring issues, and one which I'll assemble tomorrow afternoon once 24 hours has passed and the resin has had a chance to 100% cure.
Observations:
>Joints need tolerances reworking for resin, I used these designs in FDM and they worked great but they're actually way too loose in resin. That said they don't feel fragile at all.
>Double-pelvis-armature seems to work well, also I managed to nail the cut of the hip overlay, seems to get good range (from what I could tell)
>The butterfly joint ball-mounts work pretty well, again tolerancing notwithstanding. That said in person this definitely reads as a (young) male for a female version I'd need to narrow the shoulders a bit, which is easy but worth noting.
>I don't know if I undercured the parts, they seem almost too pliable; TH-BJD is designed for this sort of job and I haven't had this problem before. If necessary I can blast it with a bit more UV curing but hopefully it firms up overnight, these engineering resins need rest time to gain their full strength.
On the plus side the actual engineering design I'm very proud of. It's also 100% resin; there's not a single plastic part (moulded or FDM) or even metal pins holding it together.

File: IMG_20260707_225706224_AE~2.jpg (1.05 MB, 3500x1723)

1.05 MB JPG

>>11900200
I actually like the butcher knife!
I am always trolling Ross for shit like these Potter accessories that are $3.49 a package.

File: Fodder Lot Wespons.jpg (2.14 MB, 3066x3202)

2.14 MB JPG

>>11900317
It's always interesting to get random fodder when what you are actually after are a bunch of bodies or a bunch of heads.

File: hb-66243.jpg (255 KB, 1018x1500)

255 KB JPG

what is a good blank body for the head on picrel? I'm having trouble finding one thats the right skin tone and proper sized head ball (or one that can be replaced). I've seen some people on here post their's but i cannot ID the body.

>>11900405
https://youtu.be/3h0oN4XBIOA?si=cQs8rSZ78HpEzLZ3
Buy heatshrink

File: 20260916_155003.jpg (340 KB, 1132x1658)

340 KB JPG

Put a bunch of red and black paint in the hole before I put in the glue (that normally dries milky white) hoping it'd make for a nice gore effect but it dried yellow and while I have no idea why I dont hate it because now it looks infected
>>11900317
Same, I love RE MENT shit for the same reason. Spawn stuff from yhe 90s would be ideal because its all painted well and its all hyper cheap but they're all made for figures with giant grips

File: 20260916_155414.jpg (447 KB, 1618x1578)

447 KB JPG

Not that you can even see it

>>11900322
ahh spare parts.. something so satisfying about them

>>11900413
will look into

>>11900413
savin that one for later

File: IMG_20260414_135051296_AE~2.jpg (2.5 MB, 3885x2912)

2.5 MB JPG

>>11900405
Her skin tone is light enough that you could take her hair off and leave her in hot water to lighten it more and then flesh tone match the neck of the body? And any body that will work with a Hasbro, Legends, Classified should work.

>>11900450
Or lines that have a lot of accessories!
These were pink tagged at a Ross in the Valley suburbs, that's mostly mom's shopping because it's 110 degrees and the boonies. So they already have Black Series for $5.99 because it's not selling and one was $2.49 and the other $3.79. It was worth it for the head and hands, old timey pistols, the helmet and armor, and I am sure I can stick the 'celebrity' sculpt in a head fodder lot and make it seem more valuable.

>>11900413
Helpful, thanks. I've been solving this with poster putty/blue tack and since I like swapping heads, I have been fine with that, but I do sometimes want to dump something by selling it to someone who would probably appreciate the permanent solution. And I do have a few heads I would want to stick on more than semi-permanently.

>>11900554
Is the gun hostler on the werewolf's chest a separate piece of plastic or is attached to the chest piece

>>11900568
I am pretty sure it came off, eventually. I know I harvested the head, hands, duster, the chest holster piece and I believe the waist one. I tried looking for it to snap a picture and to remind me if I had to unstick/remove glue or some such. I will try to look again today or the weekend as I am out all day tomorrow.

File: 20260917_100814.jpg (400 KB, 1534x1290)

400 KB JPG

Time to find out how hard painting He-Man soft plastic is
>>11900944
Well he's $14 on Amazon but I dont wanna have to cut the vest just for the holster so I'd appreciate that

File: 20260917_160145.jpg (452 KB, 1588x1332)

452 KB JPG

Hmmm
I think I should bite the bullet and get a spray paint (TS-95) and that should be easier

>>11901174
I like the control a paint brush or marker can give at times.

File: 2026_AE~3.jpg (1.43 MB, 3072x3261)

1.43 MB JPG

>>11900951
>>11900568
I misremembered, sorry
It is one piece, glued.

File: 2026_IE~3.jpg (1.1 MB, 2600x3248)

1.1 MB JPG

>>11901388
And to take it off his torso, I did gently tear if apart, hard to photograph but one strap tore off, on the back, and would glue back on but I was thinking I might switch it into a strap snap piece like some MOTU and Classified gear.

File: 2026_AE~2.jpg (1.54 MB, 2682x3246)

1.54 MB JPG

And remember it's a fucking small figure. Look at how much lower the chest/shoulders are to a Classified or a Legends, and even more to a wrestling buck or a MOTU Masterverse.

>>11894229
It's cause it's a phrase from twitter redguards, same as BAKA and SENPAI.
Incidentally, JUST has the same source.

>>11901433
Don't remember BAKA but SENPAI gets used constantly. It's not the 'nigger' of 4chan but gets used as much as 'son.'

File: IMG_2374.gif (59 KB, 182x249)

59 KB GIF

>>11901452
These three (minus onii- of course).
baka desu senpai.

File: MTNplasticPrimer.jpg (49 KB, 1200x1200)

49 KB JPG

Alright, see this stuff? Buy it. Primer EVERYTHING and ANYTHING. It won't make anything sticky or dissolve and ANY KIND OF PAINT will now stick to your figure. Any kind, even Walmart's Apple Barrel and Dollar Tree paint.

MTN (Montana) Plastic Primer is CLEAR AND SEMIGLOSS so you won't have to worry about overapray. If you need white or grey primer for a basecoat just paint white or grey over it. All the clear Acrylic Varnishes from MTN are also incredible and act like Mr Hobby sealers, only cheaper and you get 4x as much in the can.

>>11901392
>>11901388
Damn thats too bad, would have made for great customization parts

File: 20260918_153205.jpg (646 KB, 1436x2034)

646 KB JPG

Put the legs on just to realize I want him with darker pants. Maybe I'll use a hair dryer instead of hot water to switch them
>>11901572
Thanks! I'll buy that

File: 20260918_153345.jpg (905 KB, 1848x1940)

905 KB JPG

>>11901825
I'll switch it with these pants

>>11901433
wait really? explain the JUST one. I only know it as a meme, not a text thingy

>>11901572
whoa. what a glowing endorsement.

File: where wolf - there wolf.png (1.15 MB, 1154x1489)

1.15 MB PNG

>>11901825
>>11901826
Yeah, the second ones look better.
I hate the knee guards on some Classified bucks and avoid them if I have a choice and swap them out for others and try to dump those others when I can. But especially any metallic versions of those and the boot guards, I'm not sure why but not a fan. I suspect at some point, I will see someone do something with them and think - AH OKAY.

>>11901654
I still plan to take it entirely down to the body again because those bucks are too small.
Just got this Warewolf Legends body for $7.99 when I went to return some things at Ross today and somewhere I have the NECA heads from Warewolf in London so I supposed I should do some animal/monster legion type team or something?

>>11902038
>glowing endorsement
I personally recommend Toki blended when you find it on sale, for half off, but it's still a LOT of dosh
So I would then suggest a bottle of the Jack Daniels single rye or the Bushmills Irish, both available at finer Walmarts.

I caved and bought a (PLA, Bambu P1SS) printer.

There's some good models on cults and stuff but I think some people on there are greedy af with their pricing, what's the place to go to pirate their shit?

>>11902028
Just isn't a wordfilter, it is a meme from twitter.

File: zoomzoom.png (1.98 MB, 1484x1242)

1.98 MB PNG

>>11902186
There are people who give the files away or charge minimal, but if it was "cults" (and not sure what "stuff" relates to "cults"), I can't speak to that since I don't really pay attention to anything other than head sculpts, and I always want those PAINTED and finished, not a gray or brownish output. reddit has some but at least you can try browser searching without an account.

>>11901493
I see SENPAI a lot, and FREN
I assume like UNC and FR FR, I'm just too old for nonsense

>>11902230
then it sure is odd anon claimed it was

>>11901572
Walmart (at least shipping/delivery in Southern California) has MTN and Mountain Paint (spray can) products but not this. I'm going to Hobby Lobby next month as part of my annual south bay visit to a relative so I will put it on the list there.

>>11902357
This kid has fucking awesome teeth. his canines appear to be molariform, and then his premolars are caniform.. he's like a fucking bear or a lion.

>>11900298
Update: I'm gonna switch to a regular T-frame for the hips after all, at this size the double armatures give no real benefit. On the plus side, however, leaving the parts for a day or so before assembly really makes all the difference; I put together the second test body and the tolerances are much better. Still could use a bit of work, mind, but it works, and the fact I'm able to get resin joints working is mindblowing.
As a complete sidenote, is it just me or is judging headsculpts (females especially) on Cults really really tough? Like, there's some really good quality sculpts on there but somehow they always look really ugly from the renders even if they look perfect when printed. Though then again, having prosopagnosia makes anything to do with faces a nightmare.

>>11903391
it's the nose, I was just talking about this with people trying to do 3d versions of 2d cartoons.
the subtler a nose is, the harder it is to get it 'right' in 3d, and avoiding seams is a huge problem

>>11903316
it's all in the hair

>>11903316
It’s probably slop. AI has trouble with teeth.

>>11903636
Actually, looking closer, it’s the camera angle. His upper molars are peaking down in the back and the saturation makes it look like he has abnormally cusped teeth.

File: squeezeplay1.jpg (1.5 MB, 3060x3841)

1.5 MB JPG

Big thanks to the Anon who tipped me off to the $20 broken legacy Squeezeplay auction! This is coming along nicely

File: squeezeplay2.jpg (1.42 MB, 2934x4046)

1.42 MB JPG

Working on making the purple back fins angle properly. His arms are swapped and I'm trying to get them to attach to the 5mm forearm holes without interfering with the movement. Gotta decide what head to use tho as they're both cool looking.

>>11903567
nnno. that part needs work.
>>11903640
yeah I thought that might be the case. also seem to be slightly offcenter.

File: 20260921_151237.jpg (788 KB, 1830x2654)

788 KB JPG

I dont need to color the back because I'm gonna put her in a heejab but it still feels wrong

>>11902161
>hate the knee guards on some Classified bucks and
I think I just like them because it's another thing to put metallic paint on

>>11903744
is the idea like, an egyptian god creature survived to the modern day when islam took over? Would they even make a croc wear that? isn't it about hair?

>>11903758
>INFIDEL! COVER YOUR OSTEODERMS WHILE IN PUBLIC!

>>11903744
As long as you paint enough of it going back that the hijab conceals it from view you should be good.

File: 20260921_154618.jpg (310 KB, 980x988)

310 KB JPG

>>11896454
I was overthinking this

File: 20260921_155719.jpg (745 KB, 1838x2326)

745 KB JPG

>>11903758
Hahah no its just another cobra mutant and the heejab will cover the neck gap
>>11903770
Yeah I just have to make sure I get everything, because its a snug fit. The heejab is soft plastic so I have to decide if I want to color that too

>>11903780
better to do work that doesn't show later than to ignore an area that does show later.

File: Squeezeplay3.jpg (742 KB, 2403x3204)

742 KB JPG

SQUEEEEEEZE!

File: Squeezeplay5.jpg (1.16 MB, 2764x3686)

1.16 MB JPG

I used the original legs, monster feet, movie scorponok 'waist" and made a backpack out of the G1 underarms. Not much I can do with the arms they just hide under the tail. Tried folding them on the back but they're just too bulky.

File: Squeezeplay6.jpg (700 KB, 2207x2943)

700 KB JPG

I'm making the G1 monster head swappable and figuring out the details/toyhax labels later. But man it feels good to have a super articulated Squeezeplay!!

>>11903952
definitely the best that one of these monsterformers has ever looked. Errrr, does it still transform?

File: Squeezeplayg1.jpg (633 KB, 2217x2956)

633 KB JPG

>>11903960
Yep! Same as the G1 figure too but with more articulation. I've decided I like the G1 head better. It just looks cooler and more sinister.

File: Squeezeplaybot.jpg (900 KB, 2447x3263)

900 KB JPG

>>11903960
Still experimenting with how I want the arms to sit, I had them swapped because they come backwards (empty clip spaces facing out) but that puts his 5mm ports on the inside. Looking for a gun I can poke through the backpack to make a riot shield handle.

File: Squeezeplayg2.jpg (724 KB, 2260x2912)

724 KB JPG

Definately looks and moves better with the old head.

>>11903687
>>11903636
Not slop.
Actual hooman. >>11903640 but I did trim, off center, crop and saturated and otherwise fucked with the lil zoom zoom.

>>11903744
I am not autistic but have enough OCD and definitely obsessiveness that I do shit like paint the back of furniture that only sees the wall and am annoyed with someone like McFarlane being cheap to not paint the back of a belt because it's covered by a cape.

>>11893975
you could keep them to yourself next time

>>11902186
alexander GRAM bell for your TELEphone group calls

yeggi returns several site results (including paid)
makerworld is bambu's site, prusa has one, you can dump stls if you're not using the brand printer.

>>11903784
phimosis incoming

File: file.png (977 KB, 1017x1356)

977 KB PNG

Redesigned the hip section to use a standard Figma style hip frame, much happier with this now. Still need to tweak some tolerances and clearances and give it a neck but the basic engineering is otherwise sorted. Also very pleased by the hip range; means I don't have to rely on flexible resin.

File: file.png (931 KB, 1017x1356)

931 KB PNG

>>11904287
The shoulders are probably my favourite bit of engineering. Nothing super complicated, just putting the ball-sockets on their own swivelling mounts for extra range. Works pretty well!

File: file.png (863 KB, 1017x1356)

863 KB PNG

>>11904289
Ass tech could possibly use some work but that's a sculpting thing rather than engineering.
I'm pretty chuffed I managed to make a decently functional figure entirely out of resin- I do have an FDM printer so I can make parts out of PETG if necessary but honestly the resin parts feel really sturdy.

>>11904252
... that doesn't even make sense, how would telegram be a place to pirate. it's a messaging progrum.

>>11904287
>>11904289
my dream of a proper jointed Radical Edward figure just became a bit more realistic
wonder if I could get a microfiber shirt for her...

File: 20260922_154538.jpg (444 KB, 1710x1852)

444 KB JPG

>>11904109
Im pretty sure I am autistic so Im surprised I dont feel inclined anymore to paint the back after thinking like that the other day
Maybe spending money on paint is overruling it like it does Todd

>>11904424
you're holding a normal conversation
let's just put the us-and-them division between those who can and can't just.. chat, like people. Not some nebulous, gradiented 'spectrum' they keep redefining.

File: Hose.png (3.88 MB, 1590x1172)

3.88 MB PNG

>>11904475
That's fair

I finished my second Cobra Gardner

File: hose2.png (1.36 MB, 1001x962)

1.36 MB PNG

>>11904512
I thought the sci fi gun would be like a good mutation ray for plants but I think just having the hose is good enough

>>11904514
I was definitely instantly intrigued by what this setup does. to me it looks more like a proton pack except made by ghostbusters who are not trying to pretend they're peaceful scientists. theyre gonna BLAST the fuckin ghosts and not apologize.

File: hosefishjpg.jpg (805 KB, 1520x1548)

805 KB JPG

>>11904517
I actually don't know what it is, cause I took it off a $5 Star Wars figure, but it reminded me of a hose for watering plants so I put the claws on his hand for digging and in my eye it shoots out mutation water

Also finished the fish man

>>11904519
mutation water's always good
whoa, double upper jaw.. that's a gnarly fish... man? I mean that's a female anglerfish head but.. weird shit happens when you start tossing chromosomes around from a firehose, so yeah

>>11904520
Haha, thank you, but yes that's another figure where I had a head that I wanted to use so I made a figure to go with it. I forgot thats a female fish head...