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by **synapse** » Mon Nov 11, 2013 4:30 am

We've seen upgrade kits for the classics seekers/coneheads, there's some more designs available on Shapeways... but I've never seen custom heads to make them different from each other. There are custom heads for the MP seekers but nothing I can find for the classics/generations ones...

So, I'd be interested in buying a couple custom heads with different facial expressions. Hasn't anyone thought of it before? :\

Sorry for my english

by **synapse** » Wed Nov 13, 2013 4:51 am

Come on guys, anyone who can design a couple seeker heads? Pretty please? :grin:

by **hokieken** » Thu Nov 14, 2013 7:39 am

Do you have some art for what you're looking for? If you can give me something to go off of, I could probably come up with a design(s) and put it up on my Shapeways store for you. I don't have any of the classics seekers so I'll need to know how the head attaches and some basic dimensions of the original heads so I get it scaled right. If you want to give me something to go on as far as what you want them to look like, we can discuss details.

by **Rated X** » Thu Nov 14, 2013 8:14 pm

Problem is the head is part of the cockpit portion of the fusalage and nobody wants to have a jet with hand painted parts.

by **synapse** » Fri Nov 15, 2013 3:38 am

hokieken wrote:Do you have some art for what you're looking for? If you can give me something to go off of, I could probably come up with a design(s) and put it up on my Shapeways store for you. I don't have any of the classics seekers so I'll need to know how the head attaches and some basic dimensions of the original heads so I get it scaled right. If you want to give me something to go on as far as what you want them to look like, we can discuss details.

Well, I didn't have anything specific in mind, but maybe the character faces on the last pages of IDW's TF Infiltration TPB where you can see different facial expressions for the 3 main seekers... Something like that. Perhaps Starscream = mischievous smile, Skywarp = angry, Thundercracker = serious/sad.

Rated X wrote:Problem is the head is part of the cockpit portion of the fusalage and nobody wants to have a jet with hand painted parts.

Damn, you may be right. I guess it's more complicated than I thought.

by **hokieken** » Fri Nov 15, 2013 11:09 am

synapse wrote:Well, I didn't have anything specific in mind, but maybe the character faces on the last pages of IDW's TF Infiltration TPB where you can see different facial expressions for the 3 main seekers... Something like that. Perhaps Starscream = mischievous smile, Skywarp = angry, Thundercracker = serious/sad.

Rated X wrote:Problem is the head is part of the cockpit portion of the fusalage and nobody wants to have a jet with hand painted parts.

Damn, you may be right. I guess it's more complicated than I thought.

Sounds like it may not be practical to replace the heads? Like I said, I don't have the mold so I can't tell what all's involved. Have you considered just doing some minor re-scuplting to the mouth area? You could probably get what you want by sanding the area down a bit, building it out with Apoxie Sculpt (or similar) and sculpt the mouth back in the way you want. Of course, that would still involve some painting.