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BBBB Sans Damned Monkey Arms (& Other Upgrades) FINISHED & PAINTED!

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BBBB Sans Damned Monkey Arms (& Other Upgrades) FINISHED & PAINTED!

Postby Mykltron » Sun Sep 12, 2010 12:03 pm

Motto: "If I win again I'm still the champion. If you win HAH! that's just impossible.

Weapon: tea cup."
I knew that I'd be chopping up Battle Blade Bumblebee (I didn't intend that pun but I'll leave it in!) within an hour of opening him and that's what happened today. I decided I was too tired to do anything useful today so this is how I spent my day! If only designers didn't insist on giving TFs monkey arms (where the palm faces the same direction as the elbow) this figure would have been great.

So here is my list of fixes:

1) Loosen the battle mask as it was so tight I had to rip it off to put it over his face. This involved carving a ramp at the edge of the holes at the back of the channel it slides in and shaving the top off the ridges on the bottom edge.
2) Increase range of motion of shoulder ball joints. This enables him to have is elbows closer to his sides when they are at a natural height rather than adopting the muscleman pose like Universe HotShot, thus taking up less room on my crowded shelves (next project: put up more shelves!).
3) Add rotating wrists. I made a T-type swivel joint (like the ones in his biceps and thighs). I've never made one of these before so I was quite concerned. Parts of the yellow forearm plates had to be shaved for this, fortunately this meant the blade got in the way and had to go. Why is this a good thing? Because it forced another change:
d) The blade no longer swings out on a sprung pivot. It is attached via a magnet so that it can still be stowed securely in the same place for car mode. By trimming some troughs in the blue plastic and embedding more magnets the blade can now be wielded at a more useful angle than before. For storage in robot mode it slots into his backpack.
5) By shaving some of the grey plastic from the elbow joint I have enabled him to bend his arm slightly beyond 90°.
6) Glass beads added to the eyes, gun and headlights to catch the light and look as if they're lit.

After all this he was painted with about two thousand coats of yellow (being careful not to cover the black lines in car mode) and some other detailing.

Enough waffle, on to the pics:

Here's the finished thing:
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This shows the increased mobility of the shoulder ball joints:
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Notice how much closer to the body the arm can go now?

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So there we go. Now that I've made these changes I think he's even better than Hu
man Alliance Bumblebee who only needed a new right hand to complete him (see my repaint and mod here). Thanks for looking! If you want to see the full gallery of Battle Blades Bumblebee click here.
Last edited by Mykltron on Thu Nov 17, 2011 11:05 am, edited 5 times in total.
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Re: BBBB Sans Damned Monkey Arms (& Other Upgrades)

Postby OMEGAPRIME1983 » Wed Sep 15, 2010 7:03 pm

Nice idea on the wrists. Anyway you could give some close up shots of them for us? Also, what is bog roll??
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Re: BBBB Sans Damned Monkey Arms (& Other Upgrades)

Postby GunFire Alpha » Tue Sep 21, 2010 2:51 pm

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Weapon: Galaxial Rocket Launcher
Nice! BTW, for our friends over the pond from us Brits, bog roll = toilet tissue
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Re: BBBB Sans Damned Monkey Arms (& Other Upgrades)

Postby LiKwid » Tue Sep 21, 2010 8:12 pm

Motto: "When In doubt..Invert polarities!!!!"
Weapon: V-Lock Rifle, V-Lock Cannon
I refer to this BB as "Skeletor" The face bugs me alot..I bought just for the purpose of extra ball joints and a head I could remold..he is literally all over my workbench..

I like the look though for the hands..A vast improvement... :APPLAUSE:
Counterpunch wrote:FP sure does provide some F'd up head.

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Re: BBBB Sans Damned Monkey Arms (& Other Upgrades)

Postby GEEWUN » Thu Oct 07, 2010 7:52 am

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GunFire Alpha wrote:Nice! BTW, for our friends over the pond from us Brits, bog roll = toilet tissue


Nice! BTW for our friends in the USA, toilet tissue = toilet paper. 8-} 8-} 8-}
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Re: BBBB Sans Damned Monkey Arms (& Other Upgrades) WITH PAINT

Postby Mykltron » Sat Feb 05, 2011 4:30 pm

Motto: "If I win again I'm still the champion. If you win HAH! that's just impossible.

Weapon: tea cup."
I've finally finished painting and photographing this figure. Pictures of the finished item are in the first post.
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Re: BBBB Sans Damned Monkey Arms (& Other Upgrades) FINISHED & PAINTED!

Postby KnightStrike » Tue Aug 09, 2011 12:15 pm

Motto: "Remember, this hobby is supposed to be your therapy, not the reason you need therapy."
Weapon: Electro-burst Rifle
I really like all the small details, like the wiring and gears being painted, and those arms are great! Also amazed looking at all your work at how even and smooth your paint looks. Great work.
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