The Energon Pub

by **UFO** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 4:42 pm

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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by **DTM** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 5:55 pm

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

by **jimsloth** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 8:19 pm

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

by **Jestermon** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 11:56 pm

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.

by **Ramrider** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 10:12 am

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.

by **UFO** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 4:53 pm

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.

by **jimsloth** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 5:22 pm

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:

by **tentagil** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 5:47 pm

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.