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Insecticons II: Shrapnel

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Insecticons II: Shrapnel

Postby clay » Tue Dec 26, 2006 8:48 pm

Shrapnel so far...

Still need to add more yellow to the vehicle mode, and need to buy a detailing marker to add the black lines on the forearms.

I still want purple/yellow details added to the vehicle, but there's not physical clearance for adding stripes like on Bombshell. What I may do is pick up some insect stencils and spray those on the doors.
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Postby tentagil » Tue Dec 26, 2006 9:47 pm

Looks pretty cool, hows he look with the doors removed? And any chance your gonna add something to look like his shoulder spikes/Insect feelers?

And I'd do the red with the black on his wrists, look more like the toy.
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Postby clay » Tue Dec 26, 2006 10:59 pm

tentagil wrote:Looks pretty cool, hows he look with the doors removed? And any chance your gonna add something to look like his shoulder spikes/Insect feelers?

And I'd do the red with the black on his wrists, look more like the toy.


Red? I hadn't noticed any on the original... This is my reference picture.

I did think about the insect pinchers, yes - the rollbar cage from the jeep is painted grey for just that reason. Instead of going up, they go down, but the physical protrusions are still there.

I couldn't take the doors off, actually. They're in with the pins that don't want to come out. I did manage to hammer out the pin that holds the hood down, but that was the only one that would cooperate.

I probably won't paint another jeep because of the trouble with dissambling it. Bleh.

I walked over to the store and got some insect stencils that are small enough to fit on the doors. We'll see if they're strong enough to survive being taped and airbrushed...
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Postby tentagil » Tue Dec 26, 2006 11:56 pm

Is this an Alt or BT version of the mold, if its the Alt mold they actually are only clipped on to the pin, move the doors and jiggle a bit and they'll pop right off, then you can turn the post to hide the spot where they connect. I think the BT one is the same but I don't have one handy to check at the moment.

And if you see one with the stickers applied he's got a sticker on his wrists that goes has two black stripes with a red strip between them. Look him up in TFU.info and you should see it.
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Postby TM skids » Wed Dec 27, 2006 4:22 am

Very nice , as Tentagil says the Alt version doors pop right off the only problem you might have is with the door hinge painting it seems to weaken it somehow and i've had a couple of hinges go once they've been painted.
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Postby Ramrider » Wed Dec 27, 2006 5:25 am

Whuh? Painting's weakening your hinges? What kind of paint are you using?!
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Postby TM skids » Wed Dec 27, 2006 6:28 am

Humbrol model paint its just a couple of times on the Jeep mould maybe its that little bit extra thickness causing more friction and putting more stress on the part when you open the door or something or maybe i dont know my own strentgh
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Postby Tramp » Thu Dec 28, 2006 12:05 pm

Is it an enamel paint? If so, the problem is that the paint itself is actually weakening the plastic.
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Postby TM skids » Thu Dec 28, 2006 12:56 pm

Yes I think it may well be an Enamel
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Postby Tramp » Fri Dec 29, 2006 12:21 am

I figured as much. It is because of precisely this type of chemical reaction to the plastic that my Movie Miniature Model Making instructor told us to use Acrylics and not enamels.
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Postby clay » Mon Jan 01, 2007 11:36 pm

Shrapnel with some color! Less emo! Happy new year! Whoo!

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I may paint the doors completely black again, though. I added the yellow to make it less... Spinal Tap-ish, but the little yellow boxes on the legs actually seem to be enough.
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