I've been itching to expand my Classics line, but being a Kitbashing near-virgin, it's made me a little aprehensive. Now, there're still going to be those Classics customs that I
won't do, that I'll commission, due to complexity that I don't have talent for, but there
will be those that will be so easy, there'd be no reason for me to not attempt it.
My first idea is an Autobot I've been growing more and more fond of, lately, thanks to his Alternator counterpart. Making him into a Classics figure stumped me for awhile until this morning. I noticed that Bumblebee/Cliffjumper aren't really Volkswagen Beetles, and figured I could use their mold (since so few were made in the Classics line) for other cars, that wouldn't work with Rodimus' (seeing as how there're really only 3 car molds...).
So, to see if my idea would even look decent, I did a digibash.
Swap heads with Grimlock, add a strip-styrene nose, paint & Reprolabels (the G1 ones are
perfect scale), and you've got Classics Jazz:
I'm keeping a running WIP photo journal for those that also think this is a cool idea, and want to know how I'm doing it.
And, I've already heard it all about how he's not a Porsche, and that I should call him "Meister" (hate that name), and use different stickers.
This is how it's going to be. I've already made my choice, and I'm happy with it.
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Since I don't have a dremel, know how to use one, or have steady hands, my friend ground down the ridge on 'Bee's roof:
...and the raised portion of the hood:
I'll be using sculpting compound to fill in the holes, though, it only needs to be straight, since the G1 Reprolabels will cover these areas...
I added a small piece of strip styrene to the face:
...now Jazz has a nose!!
Krylon Fusion Satin Black was the paint. Here are the parts:
I need to go out and get a new Bumblebee to replace the forearms I screwed up. They're supposed to be white, not black. Oh, well. I wanted to do a Runabout anyways... (Note: The head did not receive any KF. I still need to spray the red light-piping in the back with it...)
Went over the headlights with Tamiya Clear Blue:
The same that I went over Testor's Model Masters Chrome Silver for the visor. TMM Acrylic Silver (no "chrome") went on the face, and inside the head ridge. The flash really screws up what the head looks like. When the whole figure is finished, I'll take pictures with proper lighting (and no flash!), but for WIP pics, I don't really care!