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G1 Bumblebee!

PostPosted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 4:42 pm
by UFO
This is my very first kitbash, so go easy on me. He doesn't transform.
He's made out of an RX-71...erm...RX-78 2 Gundam action figure, a Reissue Bumblebee keychain, expoxy repair strips, hot glue, sliver, black, and yellow paint.
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 5:55 pm
by DTM
That is cool. I like the articulation on this guy. Cool first kitbash!

PostPosted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 8:19 pm
by jimsloth
damn fine bash. And yellow paint is always a bitch, so nice job considering.

neat

PostPosted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 11:56 pm
by Jestermon
Ver, ynice I have been wanting to articulate my reissue keychains as well but am trying to think of somehting small enough so they still transform, but yours has a very Revoltech/statue feel to it.

PostPosted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 10:12 am
by Ramrider
See, they could have done Action Masters better... :P
Great first 'bash, and like Jim says, yellow's always hard going, so even higher congrats for making it work.

PostPosted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 4:53 pm
by UFO
That yellow paint was an ass to work with and it took a good 5 or so coats of the stuff to actually get the color I was looking for. The moulding on the legs is kind of weird, it doesn't even look all that mechanical, but more of like lumpy armor. I need to take a poster from Seibertron's advice and work with the expoxy in layers and use actual tools, seeing as how the moulding was worked from using only my hands. If I can some some expoxy, I'll try and make another bot...or Con.

Re: neat

PostPosted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 5:22 pm
by jimsloth
Jestermon wrote:Ver, ynice I have been wanting to articulate my reissue keychains as well but am trying to think of somehting small enough so they still transform, but yours has a very Revoltech/statue feel to it.

something I was working on ages ago. Still am every once in a while:

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PostPosted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 5:47 pm
by tentagil
Henshin wrote:That yellow paint was an ass to work with and it took a good 5 or so coats of the stuff to actually get the color I was looking for. The moulding on the legs is kind of weird, it doesn't even look all that mechanical, but more of like lumpy armor. I need to take a poster from Seibertron's advice and work with the expoxy in layers and use actual tools, seeing as how the moulding was worked from using only my hands. If I can some some expoxy, I'll try and make another bot...or Con.


Once suggestion when trying to do yellow or any light color. Lay down a coat or two of a white or light grey primer. Then paint the color you want over it. Should allow you to get there without so many layers.

PostPosted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 6:14 pm
by gawd6sic6
yeah. i use battleship grey for a primer... and i usually have to put one layer of yellow. and then maybe do some touch ups.

PostPosted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 6:22 pm
by jimsloth
what yellow are you guys using. I'm having very different results from one to another.

PostPosted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 10:35 am
by gawd6sic6
i used krylon.. works great. and i have a bottle of model master insignia yellow for touch ups...

PostPosted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 12:47 pm
by Ramrider
I generally find an warm off-white base coat is the way to go. I usually use Inscribe Desert Sand.

PostPosted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 3:09 pm
by UFO
I used a bright yellow Krylon paint pen. I'm soo much better with those than a brush.

PostPosted: Fri May 11, 2007 11:58 am
by Flashback77
Hey first bash or not thats damn cool. The proportions work really well too. Good job.

PostPosted: Fri May 11, 2007 5:22 pm
by TM doomtron
you did a good job now i want one

Re: G1 Bumblebee!

PostPosted: Fri Jan 04, 2008 8:19 am
by Auto Bot
It's nice that he can grip the vines.