RID15 Strongarm Deserves Better
Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2015 12:51 amWarrior Class Strongarm was the first Robots In Diguise 2015 toy I picked up. I really wasn't interested in these toys at first, but when I saw her on the pegs, I liked what I was looking at. I now have all the Warrior Class figures. She's still my #1 gal though. After watching a few episodes of the show, I really like the potential in her character. I also like my fembots like I like my fems, with a lil sumphin' ta squeeze on. 
A lot of folks might say these toys are junk. They're not far from right. They are certainly "toys", and a few have some issues. But they're fun to play with. Quick and easy transformations, and some pretty decent articulation. I really dig the character design too.
The biggest flaw, IMO is their lack of good paint apps. Strongarm suffers the worst. This big fine mama deserves better, so I went ahead and I gave it to her.
After 19 years of collecting, this is my first attempt at custom painting a TF toy. I used to do alright painting my Gundam SDs, and with a blank slate like Strongarm, I thought I would give it a go.
I feel it's impotant to know where we are coming from so I included these first pics as reference. On the left of each image is the Hasbro version. On the right, Takara's. Of course, as usual, Takara's paint apps look a ton better than the other.
I guess this would be more considered a custom touch up as opposed to a paint job. I really just tried to embellish what was there. I took a little from Takara, a bit from the show's character model, and used my own license as well.
A lot of folks might say these toys are junk. They're not far from right. They are certainly "toys", and a few have some issues. But they're fun to play with. Quick and easy transformations, and some pretty decent articulation. I really dig the character design too.
The biggest flaw, IMO is their lack of good paint apps. Strongarm suffers the worst. This big fine mama deserves better, so I went ahead and I gave it to her.
After 19 years of collecting, this is my first attempt at custom painting a TF toy. I used to do alright painting my Gundam SDs, and with a blank slate like Strongarm, I thought I would give it a go.
I feel it's impotant to know where we are coming from so I included these first pics as reference. On the left of each image is the Hasbro version. On the right, Takara's. Of course, as usual, Takara's paint apps look a ton better than the other.
I guess this would be more considered a custom touch up as opposed to a paint job. I really just tried to embellish what was there. I took a little from Takara, a bit from the show's character model, and used my own license as well.
Fixed.