Cobra Desert Trooper

[Giga Bread]

This is basically a Steel Brigade figure with a Cobra Trooper head and helmet.

AKSU- Falcone @ Legion 14 Productions
Bayonet and Sheath- My design and print

 

[G.I.*EDDIE]

That camo came out beautifully!...though why the color variation between uniform and helmet?

Also loving the to scale non bulky bayonet and sheath...the thing I hate most about most (all?) functional Hasbro holsters/sheaths is that are way to big and bulky...


Anyway, it looks great man...nice job

 

[Giga Bread]

There's a machining block overhanging that I think is giving just a little shadow. Before I set him in the lightbox, it was 100% matching.

 

[Mandingo Rex]

That camo came out beautifully!...though why the color variation between uniform and helmet?

Also loving the to scale non bulky bayonet and sheath...the thing I hate most about most (all?) functional Hasbro holsters/sheaths is that are way to big and bulky...


Anyway, it looks great man...nice job

TL;DR.

Is that the transfer thing you were talking about, on how to make the camo?

 

[PROVOST]

 

[MMorelock66]

Haha, I just died.

But honestly, beautiful work my man. I was wanting to try something similar, but yours is perfect.

 

[c_money_collins]

That transfer technique worked beautifully. It looks sharp.

 

[Tapper]

I would buy that one in a heart beat. Awesome job on that one.

 

[WildBill]

Now I gotta actually read the transfer technique. Looks cool!

 

[Slaymaker]

I would buy that one in a heart beat. Awesome job on that one.

ONE? I'd buy a dozen at least! I'd love to have these instead of my Cobra desert troops!!!! OUTSTANDING!!!!!!

So I haven't read all the transfer thread yet, but how much does it cost to do this sort of thing?

 

[K-Tiger]

ONE? I'd buy a dozen at least! I'd love to have these instead of my Cobra desert troops!!!! OUTSTANDING!!!!!!

Hey, don't sell yourself short. The thought of combining your Renegades Trooper with the lungee and this'un made my pants move.

 

[TR1ER]

Good god that is fucking dope! Im just like wow that transfer is pure magic. Love it!

 

[lancelot]

HOLY SHIT!

 

[Riotheory]

That looks sweet.

R.

 

[Monkeywrench]

Incredible!!! I would army build the shit out of this figure

 

[Tapper]

ONE? I'd buy a dozen at least! I'd love to have these instead of my Cobra desert troops!!!! OUTSTANDING!!!!!!

So I haven't read all the transfer thread yet, but how much does it cost to do this sort of thing?

I would get more than one. You don't have to yell at me.

 

[daremo]

That is very slick. I don't know if I would want to use that technique for a full figure myself, but I see huge potential for patches, emblems, and smaller decal type things.

 

[Giga Bread]

That is very slick. I don't know if I would want to use that technique for a full figure myself, but I see huge potential for patches, emblems, and smaller decal type things.

After you get the hang of it, it actually goes pretty quickly. The largest amount of time was actually working on the pattern from scratch in photoshop and getting it to the right scale (not the authentic scale but the most aesthetically pleasing scale) It takes a lot of time if you only do one thin layer of the medium instead of the two because a ton of care has to be utilized.

I don't have a ton of ideas for patches right now but I have theorized how this way might work better than a waterslide. With a waterslide, you either make it translucent or opaque, there isn't a lot of room to mix and match. With this method, you immediately make it translucent and because it's kind of dry and doesn't have a glue on the backside, you can carefully paint on the backside a little white in certain areas to help colors like reds and yellows. Since you're using the medium as a glue, it will bond to the paint on the backside.

 

[Giga Bread]

Incredible!!! I would army build the shit out of this figure

I want to make like 8 of this guy but I imagine I'd get bored at about the halfway point of #2.

 

[Giga Bread]

TL;DR.

Is that the transfer thing you were talking about, on how to make the camo?

yes, it is.

Now I gotta actually read the transfer technique. Looks cool!

I got my honey-do list done so I can start writing it up.

ONE? I'd buy a dozen at least! I'd love to have these instead of my Cobra desert troops!!!! OUTSTANDING!!!!!!

So I haven't read all the transfer thread yet, but how much does it cost to do this sort of thing?

I spent $12 on the liquitex spray paint to lay down the base color but regular jar acrylics work just the same.
For this 4 oz bottle of Liquitex Matte Medium, it's roughly $11 bucks at Michael's but is eligible for their weekly 40% off coupon. Since I don't own a laser printer, I had to take my designs up to Kinko's and they charged me $7 for 10 prints. Each sheet has enough to do 3 complete figs with some scraps left over that can be used for touchups. I use a garage sale sign to do the paper removal because the color helps me see what I'm doing and the frontside of the print, when wet, will lay flat and won't bond to the surface.

Hey, don't sell yourself short. The thought of combining your Renegades Trooper with the lungee and this'un made my pants move.

I need to see this Renegades Trooper. I know I've missed out on a ton of customs this year.