Over the last few days, in the process of going back and forth on a few figures, I've decided to keep a few from the sales list. Notably, my favorite versions of Bumblebee in the Bayverse. One is great, and all I had to do was swap a more accurate cranium on there from a donor bot that is missing an arm. Another I really liked but I thought was plain in comparison.
Well not anymore!
I decided to freehand some details on to
Age of Extinction deluxe Bumblebee from the Bumblebee Evolution 2-pack. Here's a alt mode picture before with RiD'15 warrior Bumblebee (who's another keeper)..
And then here's after some added black with Movie Premium deluxe Bumblebee.
I've jokingly said it is as clean as the factory black that is painted in areas, or the factory yellow. Not perfect, but not terrible for MAYBE 5-10 minutes of work. Luckily, there's clear areas that SHOULD have paint that don't on the standard Hasbro releases but DO on the Takara (forearms) and Hasbro Platinum Autobots United (lower trim, spoiler) versions. The toes need paint (like their Movie Premium counterpart in the picture, but also the Platinum ) and the side molding actually can be painted higher (and cleaner on the topline). I'll also add the stripe to the trunk deck that is there on the actual Bumblebee hero car in the movie (and on the Platinum). Need to add some silvery bluish something to the struts on his abs, and then MAYBE I'll tackle the wheels, which should be gunmetal and not black. Maybe.
For anyone curious, standard Testors Gloss Black Acrylic paint was used. And the standard brushes that come with those Testors paint multipacks.
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