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Battle Beast repaints

PostPosted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 4:36 pm
by TM fourth_heir
Aside from TFs another of my favourite lines back in the day was Battle Beasts (nice to learn they were effectively one and the same toyline over in Japan! :) ) and I still add the odd one to my shelf every once in a while. A while back I acquired a Tiger figure who was pretty worn so I took the opportunity to give him more realistic tiger colours (his fur is usually plain yellow) when I repainted his armour. I posted this pic on a BB board and it led to several people wanting one so in the end I traded him plus another five repaints in similar 'natural' style in return for a repro of Skull Grotess (the extremely rare Japanese dragon BB figure). Anyhow - story aside... I'm sure you all want to see the toys... here they are...

Alligatoron
Elephan
Rabbit Kid
Snake Bomb
Golder
Black Turtle

...and the Skull Grotess repro painted as a homage to another Japanese exclusive dragon...
Deathsaurus

PostPosted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 5:59 pm
by Mest4life135
i like wat you did, kinda tedious, they'r soo small, i remember them from when my kindergarden teacher would give out prizes to good students and those were int here, i still ahve mine

PostPosted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 8:02 pm
by Ramrider
These are great work; I really like Triple Threat Snake's new markings, and the shell work on Hardtop Tortoise.

Though for some reason the bunny reminds me of Frank from Donnie Darko... :?

PostPosted: Wed Aug 03, 2005 2:35 am
by Pepie
Nice work there FH !

Ramrider wrote:Though for some reason the bunny reminds me of Frank from Donnie Darko... :?


Now you're talkin' ! First thing I thought was Bucky 'o Hare :D

PostPosted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 4:18 am
by TM fourth_heir
Can't believe I never responded to this thread - thanks for all the comments guys :)

PostPosted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 6:48 pm
by TM fourth_heir
Added the paintjob I applied to the Skull Grotess repro I received to the initial post or click here. :)

PostPosted: Sat Oct 07, 2006 7:42 am
by grimlockprime108
these are very nice,especially like triple threay snake's paint job.wow 8)

PostPosted: Sat Oct 07, 2006 12:19 pm
by TM fourth_heir
Thanks - glad you like them :)

PostPosted: Sat Oct 07, 2006 3:51 pm
by Hobbyist Prime
WOW! Expensive repaints!!!!!!!!!!!!

PostPosted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 5:13 am
by TM fourth_heir
Expensive? How so?

PostPosted: Sun Oct 08, 2006 8:14 pm
by Hobbyist Prime
Several of the Battle Beasts are worth hundreds of dollars and most of their weapons are about $12 each if you buy from someone who knows what they are!!!

PostPosted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 8:06 am
by grimlockprime108
:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

PostPosted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 1:06 pm
by Skullgrin140
Battle beasts are so cool :lol:

PostPosted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 2:33 pm
by TM fourth_heir
Hobbyist Prime wrote:Several of the Battle Beasts are worth hundreds of dollars and most of their weapons are about $12 each if you buy from someone who knows what they are!!!


Only a handful of the later series Laser Beasts and a couple of rare figures fetch those kind of prices. The six figures I repainted probably cost less than $30 altogether - including weapons for most of them - the repro Skull Grotess is sold for $150 by it's maker whilst an original will set you back $195 or $350 for the rare 'painted toes' variant - you can find a useful price guide by clicking here. :)