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Post by starfirebarrage on Jan 22, 2019 16:21:21 GMT -6
Since the Figuarts figures and heads are expensive, it might be a worthy idea to just modify the peg on the Dragon Stars body to be smaller. It'll take more work and be a harder task, but if you own a dremel, grinding down a neck peg to be thinner isn't impossible. I think that's what I would do if I was in y'all's shoes. I wouldn't want to mess up the head of a Figuarts since they are so much more expensive. And besides, if you make the neck peg too skinny, you can always do the hot glue method to the Figuarts head to make it fit the too-small peg. The hot glue method isn't permanent. You can just pick the hot glue out with a tiny screw driver, a paperclip, or even boil it out if you really want to get crazy. And if you screw up the Dragon Stars neck peg completely, you can just epoxy a piece of a model kit parts skeleton in as a substitute peg like I always used. Makes switching heads easier, and unless you're turning your figure upside down and shaking it, the hot glue is going to have enough static friction (stickiness) to keep the head on the peg (unless the head is really heavy). Man, I honestly never thought of altering and customizing the neck peg (aside from just swapping neck pegs between Figuarts bodies, which is pretty simple). That's really clever. Yeah, I think especially since you sounded uncertain about what I described with drilling out the head, Ascat, even though Bran's method does sound like a lot of effort, it's got a much more worthwhile payoff in the end than my method. I would absolutely defer to his judgment here, he's got a lot more experience with this than me. (My background is 9 years of converting tabletop miniatures, where you risk expensive pieces by drilling, carving, and chopping them up all the time, lol. Customizing Figuarts is only something I've been doing in the last year.) |
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Post by Branjita on Jan 23, 2019 12:51:33 GMT -6
The major downside to modifying pegs (usually) is that they are made of much harder plastics. So if someone doesn't own a dremel (or at least a $15 electric manicure tool off ebay) to sand/grind one skinnier, it's not usually going to be an option. Slicing hard plastic with a knife doesn't usually work. It's more dangerous (to your fingers).
I don't know how hard of plastic Dragon Stars figures' pegs are. I know the build a figures I own have hard plastic pegs though, so I think grinding with a dremel or manicure tool will be the only option. So that's going to require safety glasses... dremel/manicure tool... and gloves if you're using a dremel. A vice would be a good idea as well. I never hold anything I dremel. I always put it in my vice that has rubber feet or whatever you call the holding area. Too easy to hurt myself using the dremel... waaaaaay more powerful than the manicure tool.
Honestly, I would always hold a vacuum hose between my knees when using my dremel so I could run the vacuum at the same time and suck up the huge amount of debris and dust a dremel creates. Otherwise it would make a huge mess indoors.
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Post by starfirebarrage on Jan 23, 2019 14:14:10 GMT -6
Yeah, the neck pegs of all the Dragon Stars I have are pretty hard plastic. Roughly on par with model kit plastic. A dremel or some kind of grinding tool would definitely be necessary unless you were going to construct your own neck peg or something.
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Post by dippergames420 on Mar 30, 2019 20:10:34 GMT -6
This is an absolutely stupid question, but what do we call shading/details on figures done with Gundam Markers?
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Post by Branjita on Mar 31, 2019 13:53:05 GMT -6
I'd call it outlining, but idk.
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Post by ◄VR► on Apr 2, 2019 5:01:54 GMT -6
Panel lining is the only phrase I've heard, but I guess that's really more for robot stuff.
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Post by dippergames420 on Apr 7, 2019 14:42:23 GMT -6
I figured something out today. So, the setup is I was filming a stop motion, and my Goku's head kept falling off (SDCC 2011 one, by the by) and I remembered the seller I got him from said the head/neck assembly on the particular Goku I've got isn't the greatest. Here's what I did:   As seen here, I took the head and neck off, leaving me with the neck peg. What I did from there was I pointed the ball part of the peg down, then I stuck my thumbnail in there, and pulled it just enough to pull it in half. I rotated it back into a midpoint (nail in his head, not from his creator,) then stuck my nail into the front side of the peg, which then pulled it in half. I then took a very small piece of sketchbook paper from an old drawing of mine and stuck it inside of the peghole (sadly I don't have any pictures of that.) From there, our Saiyan comrade is now good to go(ku!) It should also noted that was the only joint my particular Goku had a problem with, as everything else is definitely tight. Now as for why I did this is simple: money doesn't grow from trees and I'm not some Robot Master or something (otherwise my name would be Money Man or something equally as unoriginal.) I went with the Goku I did thinking the head itself was on loose, not the disc. Thankfully, I quickly found out the disc was what was causing 90% of the head falling off. As I said though, the rest of MY Goku is pretty tight. Bear in mind could easily get a Goku that has loose joints all over, though this fix does work with a lot of loose joints. Dunno about the elbows/knees, but I'll shut up now and show you Goku with his fixed head.  Originally, Goku couldn't pull this off without his head flopping about. Now that the joint's fixed up, his head now articulates properly. One final thing to note is that I also put a bit of paper in the head itself, as that was also fairly unstable. Thankfully, that's a pretty simple fix. |
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Post by Majin Tomato on Jun 15, 2019 15:17:04 GMT -6
So this is probably a bit of an odd question... I'm working on a non dbz custom, one of Sp//Dr from into the spiderverse that is the last Spiderman figure of my collection as it currently stands. Because it's basically my magnum opus, I'm going all out with this one, with magnets, possible LED lights, the works. I have a 3d model for printing to get the base, and I'll add onto it from there.
However, one wrinkle I'm having is, in order to emulate the energy waves that connect the joints, I wanted to use ball-hinge joints (like the ones on most Figure shoulders... I'm on mobile so I can't post pictures easily, but Google "hobby base ball shape joint" and you'll see what I mean) but clear so I can paint energy lines overtop of it.
What floors me is, I know what I need. The "ball shape joint" sets are perfect. But despite it coming in like 10 colors and other joints coming in clear, the ball shape joint sets don't.
Does anyone know of a model kit set or anything that has what I need in clear plastic?
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Post by starfirebarrage on Jun 15, 2019 15:21:14 GMT -6
I wish I did. I wasn't even aware of these sets you've mentioned. You've helped me a fair bit so I wish I could offer something, but I'm afraid I have no idea. Sorry man.  |
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Post by starfirebarrage on Aug 11, 2019 1:22:13 GMT -6
Hi everyone.
So, I have an SHF God Goku, from Battle of Gods. However, I have several duplicate characters on my displays, and I'd like to have Goku in his God form a second time in a different part of the display, for a diorama based on the Broly movie...
So, does anyone have any thoughts about how one might imitate a Super Saiyan God paint job on a Figuarts SROE Goku head? It seems impossible to get another actual God Goku figure for any sort of affordable price, and nobody even makes third party ones like Demoniacal Fit makes for Vegeta (or for Goku's SSB and UI forms). I was thinking it would be cool to try to match the new Broly movie God Vegeta head, with a slightly darker red and a more sparkly sheen to it than the actual SHF God Goku has, but I don't really know where to start with repainting it. Since I own a God Goku already, I don't have to worry about faceplates, as I can just use one of the ones that isn't on the other Goku, but I'd like to repaint one of the base form head/hair pieces and the bangs piece to look like the new God Vegeta figuarts head.
Any thoughts about how to match that color?
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Post by Branjita on Aug 16, 2019 8:52:08 GMT -6
Hmm.  You'd pretty much just have to custom mix the paint color yourself I imagine. Michael's and Hobby Lobby both sell pearl additive for acrylic paint. I think it is Decoart brand. I used it often when repainting SS hair, but also when I did SSG hair. I just custom mixed this color with a few drops of magenta, red, I think some orange, and the pearl. I then put Testors Model Masters Flat Clear Acryl on it. If you wanted it shiny but not car paint shiny, you could use Semi Gloss Clear Acryl.  I mentioned some stuff about the two pearl additives I own here, so we won't have to rely on my memory. I edited the quote to add a pic I was referencing, so you wouldn't have to go find it: The Delta Ceramcoat pearl worked really well as three coats of it on top of solid yellow hair on my SS Goku in armor. My SS Trunks in this pic  has hair painted my typical way--light yellow mixed with DecoArt pearl, with Testors Model Masters Flat Clear Acryl as the final coating 24 hours or more after I finished painting the yellow/pearl. As you can tell, the other way of doing it makes a lot more reflections, as you can barely tell there's any reflecting going on with Trunks. I think I did the same treatment to SS Gohan as SS Trunks. SS Vegeta's hair is just Jakks' solid yellow. The DecoArt you certainly wouldn't want to use straight, you have to mix it, because it has too much of a clear component to work by itself IMO. I'm a fan of the Delta Ceramcoat version now that I know it can be used by itself. Mixed with another color... it just gets lost. My favorite pic I post is always the before and after. You can see how much work it was to detail the hands and repaint everything and how inferior the original looked.   So there's my advice. Total money invested: probably less than $10 if you use Hobby Lobby's 40% off coupon on their website for the Model Masters clear. As always, I still prefer Delta Ceramcoat acyrlic craft paint for figures over more expensive brands. I'm used to it, and it barely costs me anything because I've been using some of the same paints for 15 years. |
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Post by Branjita on Aug 16, 2019 8:58:24 GMT -6
You can see what very high amounts of the Delta Ceramcoat pearl look like on these two works in progress from several years ago.  King Piccolo is getting closer to finished and I've been experimenting with the pearl some more to see how much pearl is too much pearl. I've been using the Delta Ceramcoat type I don't like, and I have not been mixing it with regular paint like I do with the other type I usually use. So one additional coat on Gohan compared to the last pic. SS Goku has just been getting dry brushed. SS Goku in armor has like 3 layers. I think Gohan has 4 or 5. I think he's at the too much stage lol.  You'll note I said I don't like the DC pearl in this post. Why? Because I was/am used to mixing the Deco Art pearl into my paint and having good results. The DC pearl only works well on top of flawless solid colored paintwork. I don't believe my Frieza Saga SS Goku had flawless paint work or sanding on the hair, and that's why it doesn't look as good as my SS2 Gohan. But for the effect you're wanting, you're probably going to want the DC brand and just put it on top in 3 layers and then wait a day and brush on the Model Masters clear. |
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Post by starfirebarrage on Aug 20, 2019 17:58:39 GMT -6
Sorry for replying late, thank you so much for your input! I'll have to give a shot at mixing these paints. I've got a couple of base Goku heads I can try it on thankfully  I appreciate the guide, thank you!!  |
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Post by friezku on Sept 18, 2019 18:19:00 GMT -6
Couldn´t Think Of Anywhere Else To post this, Does Anyone think the Majin Buu Figuarts Would Make For a Good Custom Into Ribrriane? Sorry, I Don't Own A Majin Buu Figuarts Yet.!
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Post by aidenthetoymaniac on May 19, 2023 12:17:42 GMT -6
Hey, So, I'm Currently Customizing a Medicos JJBA Figure (I Know It Isn't DB), And I Painted Him With Acrylic Paint, and From Some Customs I Saw, They Used Modge Poge To Secure the Paint From Chipping, Is This Something That's Good to Do? Or Should I Do the Usual Clear Coat?
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I appreciate the guide, thank you!! 
