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This is my very first kitbash, so go easy on me. He doesn't transform.
He's made out of an RX-71...erm...RX-78 2 Gundam action figure, a Reissue Bumblebee keychain, expoxy repair strips, hot glue, sliver, black, and yellow paint.







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That is cool. I like the articulation on this guy. Cool first kitbash!

damn fine bash. And yellow paint is always a bitch, so nice job considering.

Ver, ynice I have been wanting to articulate my reissue keychains as well but am trying to think of somehting small enough so they still transform, but yours has a very Revoltech/statue feel to it.

See, they could have done Action Masters better...
Great first 'bash, and like Jim says, yellow's always hard going, so even higher congrats for making it work.

That yellow paint was an ass to work with and it took a good 5 or so coats of the stuff to actually get the color I was looking for. The moulding on the legs is kind of weird, it doesn't even look all that mechanical, but more of like lumpy armor. I need to take a poster from Seibertron's advice and work with the expoxy in layers and use actual tools, seeing as how the moulding was worked from using only my hands. If I can some some expoxy, I'll try and make another bot...or Con.

Jestermon wrote:Ver, ynice I have been wanting to articulate my reissue keychains as well but am trying to think of somehting small enough so they still transform, but yours has a very Revoltech/statue feel to it.

something I was working on ages ago. Still am every once in a while:

Henshin wrote:That yellow paint was an ass to work with and it took a good 5 or so coats of the stuff to actually get the color I was looking for. The moulding on the legs is kind of weird, it doesn't even look all that mechanical, but more of like lumpy armor. I need to take a poster from Seibertron's advice and work with the expoxy in layers and use actual tools, seeing as how the moulding was worked from using only my hands. If I can some some expoxy, I'll try and make another bot...or Con.

Once suggestion when trying to do yellow or any light color. Lay down a coat or two of a white or light grey primer. Then paint the color you want over it. Should allow you to get there without so many layers.

yeah. i use battleship grey for a primer... and i usually have to put one layer of yellow. and then maybe do some touch ups.

what yellow are you guys using. I'm having very different results from one to another.

i used krylon.. works great. and i have a bottle of model master insignia yellow for touch ups...

I generally find an warm off-white base coat is the way to go. I usually use Inscribe Desert Sand.

I used a bright yellow Krylon paint pen. I'm soo much better with those than a brush.

Hey first bash or not thats damn cool. The proportions work really well too. Good job.

you did a good job now i want one

It's nice that he can grip the vines.