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Custom Classics Devastator.

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Custom Classics Devastator.

Postby leakin' lubricant » Sat Apr 05, 2014 3:12 pm

Motto: "Be Quick or Be Dead"
Weapon: Dual Laser Cannon
Hi all, this is a custom I've been thinking of doing since I bought this figure, the reason it's taken me so long is that I figured they seeing as FansProject brought out addon kits for Superion and Bruticus good old Devy would be next, WRONG! Then Hercules and Yellow/Green Giant were released which are fine looking figures but too expensive for my wallet. So my only option was to have a go myself.

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8dda51b69992d6dd62f6786346c79494_zps2c87c95e by dannythejedi, on Flickr

What I Used:

-1 Classics Devastator.
-1 Junkion Blacksmith G1 Devy upgrade Kit
-1 KO FansProject Crossfire Arial Appendage Upgrade kit.
-Lego connectors
-Magnetic tape

So working from the head down, this is what I did, I used a craft knife to shave away the front of Classics Devys face, making sure it was as level as possible.

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image by dannythejedi, on Flickr

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image by dannythejedi, on Flickr

I then applied magnetic tape to Devys f'd up face.

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image by dannythejedi, on Flickr

The reason for shaving back the face was so that the panel covering the face in alt mode can still close with the magnet applied.

I then took the Junkion Blacksmith head and cut a section from the lower rear of the piece.

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image by dannythejedi, on Flickr

Cutting this section out allows for full range of movement when turning Devys head.

I then added more magnetic tape to the back of Devys head.

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image by dannythejedi, on Flickr

So face done I moved on to the arms, which were quite tricky, first off I scrabbled together some lego pieces that would maximise his articulation.

These guys work great, however they need cutting down so they look like this.


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image by dannythejedi, on Flickr

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image by dannythejedi, on Flickr

This is the piece that will attach to Wideload/Hightower limb. Before you do this you will have to carve out a sizable chunk of plastic from the back of thier groins (ouch!), so they look like this.

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image by dannythejedi, on Flickr

And for comparison purposes.

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image by dannythejedi, on Flickr

With this done I superglued the lego connector in place.

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image by dannythejedi, on Flickr

If you look close you will see I have also hade to shave/sand his thigh and groin section level with the lego connector, this is to allow full range of movement once the forearms are connected.

On to the forearms, first of you will need more of those lego connectors and you will need to cut them down till they look like this.

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image by dannythejedi, on Flickr

Then you take the Junkion Blacksmith arms and superglue yet another lego connector in the 5mm hole like so.

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image by dannythejedi, on Flickr

With all this in place the arms connect together like so.

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image by dannythejedi, on Flickr

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image by dannythejedi, on Flickr

Now on to the legs, Devys legs were actually not bad to begin with so all I did was add feet, first off you take his original energon feet and remove his heel section, then take the FansProject feet, remove the rear section, cut of the 5mm connectors as they are not needed then cut the piece to match the energon molding like so.

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image by dannythejedi, on Flickr

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image by dannythejedi, on Flickr

I also removed the front pieces and spray painted them purple.

The other thing I did was modify the Junkion Blacksmith chestplate, I did this by taking this piece from the FansProject set.

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image by dannythejedi, on Flickr

I cut down the 4 tabs and sanded the front level, I then sanded the back of the chestplate level and superglued them together so that the piece sat on the figure covering the original Con logo, doing this also allows for grater arm articulation without the chestplate getting in the way.

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image by dannythejedi, on Flickr

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image by dannythejedi, on Flickr

I think that's about it, hope you like him, here are a few more photos.

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image by dannythejedi, on Flickr

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image by dannythejedi, on Flickr

He also scales pretty well with Superion.

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image by dannythejedi, on Flickr

And I used some left over FansProject pieces to give the Constucticons some weaponry.

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image by dannythejedi, on Flickr
Last edited by leakin' lubricant on Sun Jan 04, 2015 4:33 am, edited 8 times in total.
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Re: Custom Classics Devastator.

Postby Va'al » Sat Apr 05, 2014 3:28 pm

Motto: "Till All Are Pun!"
A post like this, showing the entire process, is what I really like to see in a custom - very nice job, and excellent execution! :APPLAUSE:
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Re: Custom Classics Devastator.

Postby leakin' lubricant » Sat Apr 05, 2014 3:41 pm

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Va'al wrote:A post like this, showing the entire process, is what I really like to see in a custom - very nice job, and excellent execution! :APPLAUSE:


Thanks Va'al, glad you like it,also fixed all my spelling mistakes, really shouldn't post after a few beers!
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Re: Custom Classics Devastator.

Postby Banjo-Tron » Sun Apr 06, 2014 7:59 am

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Very nice job, and great use of Lego and magnetic tape! I agree that it's very useful to describe the process of making this!
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Re: Custom Classics Devastator.

Postby leakin' lubricant » Sun Apr 06, 2014 8:03 am

Motto: "Be Quick or Be Dead"
Weapon: Dual Laser Cannon
A couple for the Marvel fans

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Devastator: "I came out of your what?!?!?"

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A rare family photo!
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Re: Custom Classics Devastator.

Postby leakin' lubricant » Thu Apr 24, 2014 11:37 am

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Thought I'd give this thread a bump as I hit the rather sucky bandwith limit on Photobucket and have re-uploaded the photos from Flickr.
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Re: Custom Classics Devastator.

Postby leakin' lubricant » Sat Jan 31, 2015 7:09 am

Motto: "Be Quick or Be Dead"
Weapon: Dual Laser Cannon
He's up for sale on eBay, if anyone is interested.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/271757270329?redirect=mobile
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Re: Custom Classics Devastator.

Postby donny1975 » Sat Jan 31, 2015 8:32 am

Nice job! quite a creative and innovative use of parts and figures. Kudos!
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Re: Custom Classics Devastator.

Postby leakin' lubricant » Sat Jan 31, 2015 9:43 am

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Thanks man, glad you like him, I would keep him but having bought Combiner Wars Superion now this guy just isn't big enough.
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