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Postby Mindmaster » Sun Dec 13, 2015 10:35 am

Motto: "For I have dipped my hands in muddied waters, and, withdrawing them, find 'tis better to be a commander than a common man!"
Weapon: Dark Saber Sword
I'm about to undergo a project using the newly released Combiner Wars Legends Shockwave, and would like to give him a new head. My conundrum is I don't know whose head would fit in his neck and still be able to transform properly. Anyone have any suggestions who might make a good candidate? The ball his head is on is about 5mm, as demonstrated below.

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Re: Need Suggestions

Postby Glarryg » Sun Dec 13, 2015 12:27 pm

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Weapon: Twin Sonic Cannons
I don't have that figure yet, so I don't know how much clearance the head needs in gun mode. But I find that sometimes it's easier to alter the head directly instead of replacing it. That way you already have an idea of how much clearance you need, and how much of your sculpting medium you can get away with using.

Unless, of course, you plan on using the head for something else.

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Re: Need Suggestions

Postby Mindmaster » Sun Dec 13, 2015 1:08 pm

Motto: "For I have dipped my hands in muddied waters, and, withdrawing them, find 'tis better to be a commander than a common man!"
Weapon: Dark Saber Sword
Glarryg wrote:I don't have that figure yet, so I don't know how much clearance the head needs in gun mode. But I find that sometimes it's easier to alter the head directly instead of replacing it. That way you already have an idea of how much clearance you need, and how much of your sculpting medium you can get away with using.

Unless, of course, you plan on using the head for something else.

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If what I had in mind didn't require having an actual face, I would totally leave it as it is. Unfortunately, that's not the case. :(
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Re: Need Suggestions

Postby Glarryg » Sun Dec 13, 2015 5:36 pm

Motto: "'Til All Are One!"
Weapon: Twin Sonic Cannons
I guess my thought (which I didn't really write out, but was in the back of my head the whole time) was that Legends-size figures have less facial detail anyway, so the couple that I've sculpted by hand have had very little detail (usually a rather simple helmet and either a visor, mouthplate, or both), which usually gets etched in with a hobby knife. If that's not what you want to do, you can probably take whichever head you want and, if it doesn't have the right joint, use a stock joint from HLJ or anyone else who sells "modeling supplies."

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Re: Need Suggestions

Postby Nemesis Maximo » Sun Dec 20, 2015 1:05 pm

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Well, the Megatron/Dreadwing/Krok figure also has a head on a similarly sized ball joint. Check that out if you've got one. Although the actual head may be a little bit; I also do not have Shockwave, so I don't know how big his head actually is.
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Re: Need Suggestions

Postby Evil Eye » Sun Dec 20, 2015 2:18 pm

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I'd contact one of our resident Shapeways maestros and see if they can create something to specification- GlauG is very good at headsculpts so he'd be a good bet.
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