The Energon Pub

Hi!

Well, I'm moving in just a few days here; and my friend wanted me to do a custom figure for him before I left.

It's a repaint of Autobot Skids; done to match his personal Scion xB (he has the actual car too).

Here's the toy!

*Note: Yes, he wanted the "dust" effect; that's supposed to look like that on the head and body.









And in car mode...













And here's the car it's based off of:





I'd like to have a gallery made of this if possible; since this is my first Alternator repaint and my first "official" custom (excluding the Transtopians project).

Thanks, and feel free to leave comments!

That's fantastic! Very nice touch with the "frost" paint job! Airbrushed?

Hobbyist Prime wrote:That's fantastic! Very nice touch with the "frost" paint job! Airbrushed?

Actually; it was spray-painted.

I used white spray paint; and just stood further away from the pieces than usual. And carefully; I made the pieces look like that!



Thanks for the comments!

Now I'm even more impressed that you managed that kind of control and spray from a can! Props to you my friend!!!

Great work MS. You bringing it to Botcon? It'd be a good entry.

Lord_Loqi wrote:Great work MS. You bringing it to Botcon? It'd be a good entry.

Unfortunatly, no.

I don't even have the figure anymore.

I bought it for a friend for his birthday; and I painted it up for him as a kind-of farewell present (since I'm moving in a few days here).

It's his figure; he'll be displaying it at the car shows he attends however (where he shows off the toy's larger counterpart; the actual Scion xB it's based off of).

So, yeah; it's just something I did for him. I got nothing out of it; other than the pics and the satisfaction.

You're doing repaints now?

You should come by sometime - I have some projects that need to be finished..

.billy

BillyBadAss wrote:You're doing repaints now?

You should come by sometime - I have some projects that need to be finished..

.billy

Well, I never really had the proper materials or right pieces to repaint; so I never really did it before.

However; now that I finally do have a pretty good selection of spray paints; I'm going to be doing it more often.




I am planning on going to next year's SDCC (if I can afford it); so maybe I'll see you then (I might paint your figures....might....we'll see... ).