XOC2008's WIP thread

[Dropshipbob]

If anyone knows where I can get one of those for her...

I don't know how much farther you've proceded on this, but you could try making a pencil skirt out of shrink tubing.
You'd have to be carefull when applying heat to keep it from making the legs completely unmovable, but with it being rubber, she would have a tiny bit more ability to move.

 

[XOC2008]

I don't know how much farther you've proceded on this, but you could try making a pencil skirt out of shrink tubing.
You'd have to be carefull when applying heat to keep it from making the legs completely unmovable, but with it being rubber, she would have a tiny bit more ability to move.

Not a bad idea. I haven't gone anywhere with it yet.. been caught up in other projects. But I'll keep this in mind. Thanks!

 

[XOC2008]

It's rough right now, but I'm gonna give Wild Weasel a removable flight helmet that has some classic/25th influence.

 

[XOC2008]

Working on this:

Plan to get an FSS Cesspool and graft the HV neck ring onto Cesspool's vest and give him his helmet, instead of a repainted Sci Fi helmet.

If anyone might be interested in this, I'm going to send it to Angelforge once it's done.

 

[G.I.*EDDIE]

That's a cool idea...

You gonna get the WW torso Mswi showed off to go with your custom helmet?

 

[XOC2008]

That's a cool idea...

You gonna get the WW torso Mswi showed off to go with your custom helmet?

I'm getting the WW torso regardless. I just haven't decided if I'm going to try and finish my removable one, or go with the classic looking head-helmet that Krexx made if they become available.

 

[G.I.*EDDIE]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgk-lA12FBk

 

[XOC2008]

Or that. lol

 

[K-Tiger]

Man, do I like Cesspool's helmet.

 

[XOC2008]

Man, do I like Cesspool's helmet.

 

[K-Tiger]

Fer Sirius. My CP helmet is missing the respirator.

I reckon this one should be cast in a translucent resin, yo!

 

[XOC2008]

Fer Sirius. My CP helmet is missing the respirator.

I reckon this one should be cast in a translucent resin, yo!

Don't know if AF does translucent resin. It IS going to be cast a little softer so it can flex a bit if needed. I need to get some plastic wrap so I can sculpt a bit on the neck ring and give it a nice fit against the donor Techno Viper vest I'm working with.

The respirator on mine someone drilled a small hole on the left side of it. I'm not sure if I should fill it with a bit of apoxy (the hole is small enough to have left some of the respirator detail), or just leave it as is and if someone wants to stick a hose in there, they can.

 

[XOC2008]

So the apoxy is curing. All I did for this right now was flare it out a bit from the neck ring and shape it to the shoulders and collarbone area of the Techno Viper/What-Shall-Be-Cesspool's Vest. There's no detail.. wondering if I should add some bits and pieces after it dries. Like hoses or whatnot. Thoughts?

 

[G.I.*EDDIE]

I'd have to see it...

 

[XOC2008]

I'd have to see it...

Yeah.. there would be one there except there's really nothing to see. It's the neck ring off a HV vest and some apoxy smoothed out fitting it to a Techno Viper's vest. There's just no detail, which is why I'm asking about hoses, or some other kind of small detail bits that I might have to add.

I just want some ideas for how to spruce up a smooth surface. I'll take pics after I remove the plastic wrap and get some detail pieces on it.

 

[XOC2008]

Well, the original idea I had is not going to work. The stresses of pushing in and removing the helm from the neck ring cracked the apoxy. I had a feeling it would happen, because to make it look good it had to be thin. But rigid apoxy + soft plastic = cracking with movement. So I'm going to make it a single piece helmet + the HV neck ring and seal it up, shape the bottom to the Techno Viper shoulders, maybe add some detail, and call it a day.

 

[G.I.*EDDIE]

Cut a reliefe slit in the ring and then sculpt on it again...maybe then it won't crack upon removal, and you can send it for casting...OR, sculpt it really thick, remove it (hopefully without cracking) and then dry sculpt with a Dremel...I actually do better sculpting that way...

 

[XOC2008]

Cut a reliefe slit in the ring and then sculpt on it again...maybe then it won't crack upon removal, and you can send it for casting...OR, sculpt it really thick, remove it (hopefully without cracking) and then dry sculpt with a Dremel...I actually do better sculpting that way...

I decided that the helmet piece just needed to sit in the ring, but didn't need to snap into place. So I stretched the ring a bit, and it's presently wrapped in apoxy and drying. Still have to add some to the helm to blend the two pieces together, but I should at least have a picture to show for it sometime tomorrow.

 

[XOC2008]

I forgot to take pics of the Cesspool stuff before I shipped it out, so I'll have to wait till I get them back in hand.

However, I'm finally getting around to finishing one of my long overdue customs:

Everything but the head, backpack, and webgear got a rit dye bath.

Recipe:

Torso, Arms - Ret. Wave 1 SE
Legs - Ret. Wave 1 SS
Head, Webgear, Backpack - 25th Night Creeper
Crossbow - Angelforge cast of a modded Night Creeper and Retaliation Zartan crossbow.

C&C go!

 

[G.I.*EDDIE]

That mesh material behind them...I've seen lots of things made of it, trash cans for example, and I think it would make PERFECT dio fencing...

That's what you wanted C&C on right?

 

[fogger1138]

Any particular reason you didn't change the color of the masks?

 

[XOC2008]

That mesh material behind them...I've seen lots of things made of it, trash cans for example, and I think it would make PERFECT dio fencing...

That's what you wanted C&C on right?

That's our storage for keurig filters and the k-cups.

Any particular reason you didn't change the color of the masks?

Because painting figures is not my forte. Also, because I wanted to leave just a hint of the color as a nod to the original.

 

[fogger1138]

Because painting figures is not my forte. Also, because I wanted to leave just a hint of the color as a nod to the original.

Fair 'nuff.

 

[XOC2008]

Another WIP. Maybe a replacement for Heavy Water. (Or.. giving Mr. Freeze more articulation.) Apologies for the pics.. these are from my phone.

Replaced the head with a Cobra Trooper head and the Renegades Ripcord goggles.

The hands I took from a 30th IG, the elbow joints are from the feet of some 25th Snake Eyes.

I cut the back end off the gun and hollowed it out so that the compound z canisters would fit.

Lots of work to do. I think I may keep the feet huge, since it's kind of like an exo suit as well, so I need to get my hands on some revoltech joints.

C&C Welcome!

 

[Mswi]

yep, looks photoshopped!!! you don't even have a Mr. Freeze figure do you?

 

[XOC2008]

The cake is a lie. That's all I can legally say at this time.

 

[Monkeywrench]

Looking good! You're making that Mr. Freeze respectable

 

[K-Tiger]

I was thinking of getting one of these to do a bicep swivel mod. Now I know if I never do that it was entirely possible.

 

[XOC2008]

I was thinking of getting one of these to do a bicep swivel mod. Now I know if I never do that it was entirely possible.

Just that one little thing really changes everything.

 

[K-Tiger]

I realized that when I did the mod to an MiB buck.

 

[G.I.*EDDIE]

Looks good!

Cut a notch in the upper arm, steal a small knee joint and do a double elbow

 

[XOC2008]

So, before I post the picture, here's a little story. I finished Bigger Boa. I sent him to MSWI for paint. He sent him back. I took pictures, put him on my shelf, and everything was fine. Somehow, he got unbalanced, possibly when I was adding figures to the shelf. Big Boa took a tumble, 6 feet to the tile floor, breaking the apoxy shorts.

He's still otherwise mostly in one piece, but in debating how best to go about repairing the damage, I started working on a second Bigger Boa.

The recipe is pretty much the same, except the arm wraps which I took from an Ultimate SS legs, trimmed and hollowed, heated and stretched, and then fit and glued over Herc's forearms, which I trimmed the bracers off of. The belt is Baron Zemo's and is temporary till I find something better.

The boxing gloves DO fit over the wraps, which is nice. I am also considering a way to also add wraps to his hands.

 

[G.I.*EDDIE]

Nice job on adding the wraps!...they look like they came that way

 

[XOC2008]

I'm going to give this second BB two pairs of hands, with and without the wraps. The unwrapped hands will be the weight-lifting-weapon-holding hands. The wrapped hands I have heated, reshaped, and glued into position as wrapped fists:

 

[XOC2008]

Cut the kneepad from MU Crossbones, and am going to try and get the knee joint cast because it should be fine for left and right. But if need be I'll cut and glue the other one too. The feet are from an MU Thor that I modded to be rocker ankles. Need to dye the calf/boot pieces black.

 

[XOC2008]

I think that's all the hands I'm going to make for Big Boa. He's got his weapon-grasping hands, his wrapped fists, an unwrapped fist and an unwrapped choke-a-bitch hand, and the gloves. That should do it. On the fence if I should leave it at one kneepad, or do two.

 

[XOC2008]

Updated Bigger Boa, the modded knees I sent to AF for casting have returned:

Like the rest of the finishing touches, he needs a bit of paint. But I think that's all he's going to get as far as accessories and mods.

 

[G.I.*EDDIE]

Nice!...you need to mod the Club harness to fit bigger Boa and send it out and cast in red

 

[XOC2008]

Nice!...you need to mod the Club harness to fit bigger Boa and send it out and cast in red

That harness is way too damn thin to try and fit on this BB. Gonna paint the Herc harness that's on him now or touch up the one from the version MSWI painted for me and put it on him.

 

[G.I.*EDDIE]

That's why I said to mod it...ya know, make it fit...unless you mean the strapping is just too thin/narrow and looks weird...