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She has a scar on her left cheek tho,..





The other marks are dremel dust,lol. Couldn't beat the temptation to try it on a body.:D
 
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Shrunken TWD heads!!!

Maggie&Comic Andrea





And for scale reference.




Thanks again to KT for letting me borrow these! I'm gonna try to run a few more masters out of it right now,cause the pony tail broke off on Andrea coming out the mold,and I glued it back on..but if I can pull more copies from it thats be great! I'd like to add the Joe hole before recasting them!

Can't wait to get more from ya KT! Fixin to send ya a PM right now!

After KT is tapped I need the rest of the characters fellas! The return is one fullsize copy,and two 1:18 copies OR one 1:18 copy,and one copy of a different TWD head I already have shrank.

This is good stuff! I heard of making copies of head casts; but to shrink heads down to scale is a whole new level for me! I have a lot to learn!
 

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Or leave the scar and have a Scarlett that looks like she's actually been in the shit, not just jumped between Duke's and Snake Eyes' bunks.
 

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looks awesome Contraband... use the same method to shrink Rambo Head from another toy line so we all can have a decent Rambo figure!!!!! also do the same to Arnold( those that already exist are too tiny)

:) :)
 

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Lol! I'm on TWD for now. I've done a few ML heads as well,but currently my interests are in making walking dead customs for my wife.

It shouldn't take too long,all depends on how fast I can accumulate the heads. KT has a stout collection he's letting me cast from,but I still need the core members like Rick,Daryl,Morgan,Bob,Garith,..every one. I wanna shrink some accessories as well,like the sheriffs hat,and everyone's jackets.

Retooled them with ball sockets from Bombstrike heads.





That's the retooled head..I'm almost done with Maggie. I'll por this mold tonight,and be ready to pump them out:D I set the neck depth to Dennis's tank top torso...it's prolly the best torso for either head...plus,it fits the lady Jaye torso perfectly...at least imo.

 
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They're both done,and have been retooled to fit joes as well. Not everyone has dremel skills,so I try to make it easy on the next guy. after I give KT his copies,I may start selling these on ebay. I think the walking dead heads would sell really well, it's not cheep to do this,and I gotta recoup something to be able to do them all..once I mail KT his half I'll put some that are premade on my BST at a good price to other members here.




Shrink time! Making molds of these today. These I'm not to sure about,at least the scarlet witch..there's already a 4" Marvel head like this..I also have a BAF hobgoblin head I'm doing too.
 
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Unmasked dead pool. A little on the small side,but I always expected to run the last shrink more then once...this one works well with Joe headgear.
 

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Shrunken ML Maria,agent,agent 2,winter soldier BW w/both sets of hair..fuck the big lip 4" version!!!



These are "half shrunk" they need about 10% more,so I'll mold these tonight,and next week they'll be ready.

Comparison

 
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After KT gets his Deadpool it'll be in my BST. The rest will be there next weekend w/pics on bodies.

Yah, very nice. I'd be most interested in all three heads in the Captain Marvel box.

I took apart the unmasked head to shrink it already. One of the Oden heads isn't gonna happen tho. Itd have to be broke down into its 4 parts,and isn't worth the mold imo. I'm into heads that have multiple uses. There'sa guy who shrines the fantasy/comic stuff already called angry nomad/willie D
 
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Unmasked dead pool. A little on the small side,but I always expected to run the last shrink more then once...this one works well with Joe headgear.

I think I just found a use for that head. I've been pondering a Joker figure based on the Black Mask buck and I think that head will do the trick. I'll need to get a fedora to cover up his baldness, but I think the expression has the look I'm going for.
 

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I can't say that one is done. It's a little small imo...seems that particular head is smaller then most ML heads,and although the other heads where spot on,that one came out small. I compared the original to more ML heads,and for a dude's head it is pretty small to me at least. Although it's prolly small enough to sport an IJ fedora. It fits the trooper helmet.



I'll send this one first,and a slightly bigger one next ship your way...those marvel bodies are way to big for this run.

Cool thing about TWad figures is they pop apart with ease! I'm gonna cast this next week like webgear. Try to make it fit a ROC SS bare torso maybe?

 

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That shrunken DP cast must look totally different in person, because in the pics it looks alright, if anything maybe a bit too large still.
 

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Yeah,it's that the sculpt is all mouth&jaw,very little cranium. From other angles it looks small,at least imo...idk,I may just be used to these larger actor likeness heads? You tell me.









That's unmodified too..seems the hole shrinks into scale on these things too,lol. Popped right on! That trooper head is pretty small too,..gotta put that into consideration...the side view reminds me of the lance henriksen to Pumpkinhead transformation:trollface:
 
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you are doing some fantastic work Contra.

I'd recommend selling the Walking dead stuff as a complete set. I'd be down for one full set.

also that Maria Hill is sooooooo hot. My daughter is asking for one so I gotta make sure I jump on those when you get them up for sale.
 

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Not many people wanna buy a dozen or so heads of they only want one or two. The toy collector/customizer are for the most part some of the cheapest people ever! More then likely I'll do $3 each,4 for $10 w/$3 shipping or something like that with a mininum $10..I'm not fiddna ship singles,it's not worth the time to go to the PO imo..sell 10 of each,and make enough to buy more materials. Obviously some will be on the same mold like all the black folks...bob&Morgan come out in the same wave,add them to sword girl,and tyrise and I got a 4 head baby mold..none of them are high yellow,so I can run them from the same pour.

I got 2 BW heads out of the shrink mold before it ripped,so I ran the last mold with 2..that way instead of being two hair with one head,they'll be complete stand alone heads like the actual 6" figure. I'm kinda shocked tgeres so much interest in Maria. There's akreasy a 4" version that come with the super hilicarrier
 
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I got 2 BW heads out of the shrink mold before it ripped,so I ran the last mold with 2..that way instead of being two hair with one head,they'll be complete stand alone heads like the actual 6" figure. I'm kinda shocked tgeres so much interest in Maria. There's akreasy a 4" version that come with the super hilicarrier

I have no interest in using it as Maria Hill, and, a few exceptions not withstanding, 4" female heads by Hasbro suck.
 

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Yup.

For me, I know Cover Girl and Scarlett are violating the fucking uniform regs, so bun-wearing head sculpts are nice to have for military chick customs.
 

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Used a pair of those casts (SWGeek's) for my female helo pilot. It's a good sculpt.
 

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Ah,...good ol creaky,brittle,yet hard as a rock task9:trollface: boy are you in for a treat when you get my casts,you may get spoiled?:D I'll give it to Dennis,he is the fucking man when it comes to mixing shit,and replicating hasbro plastic,altho SW geeks' casts are very clean,some of the most crisp casts to be had.
 
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Playing around with some stuff I've had and some stuff I just got. Torsos are from Stocos/ Vortious, heads are from Vortious, SWG & Angel Forge-
 

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WVMojo

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Sumbitch man. Those look great.

Daryl looks better that the shitty paint job from the 6" fig.
 

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You called it, Contraband. Shrunken and sans paint it DOES look like Norman Reedus. Just shows how fucking terrible McFarlane's paint QC sucks.
 

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Yeah,I'm happy with that one. The marvel heads,not so much...to big imo. I ran 2 of the last shrink cycle with 2 different amounts..those are from the one with the least shrunk. The second batch will be done tomorrow:D