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Post by kirkymonster1983 on Apr 21, 2017 0:37:51 GMT -6
Tapion This guy was posted years ago on the older site and I never got around to finishing him. This guy is a serious Frankenstein of parts and since it was so long ago I can't remember every figure that got chopped to make Tapion. His chest is end of Z Goku torso , Saiyaman Legs, Ultimate Gohan in the Kai outfit for the hands "I think"...... lots of stuff years ago. This is still a w.i.p. since I need to shorten his forearms and add detail to his boots but this is the basic idea. He has almost as much articulation you could expect from a Jakks/Irwin custom though his feet don't move and his neck only spins instead of being on a ball joint.
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Post by kirkymonster1983 on Apr 21, 2017 0:30:19 GMT -6
Vegito is a combination of an Irwin head and forearms on a Jakks metallic body. This is just a simple custom because I had the parts for the body siting in a bin and I got a very scuffed up Irwin Vegito in a lot with a nearly perfect head.
Vegeta GT I shortened this figures thigh by 1/4 of an inch then reattached with AVES by maing criss crossing cuts into the thigh with a dremel then packing the channel with Aves and sanding it smooth. This made for a super durable bond without adding any bulk to the legs and will be my method for these kinds of alterations from now on. I don't see this method ever breaking even if you give it to a kid to play with, especially since I did this to both the inside and outside of the thigh. I also did several layers of paint on the jeans to try and achieve a denim look. During this process I also learned a new painting technique for blending colors with super smooth transitions but that will require a lengthy thought out how to instructions to properly describe, it's like a dry brush and a wash at the same time.... very cool stuff!!!
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Post by kirkymonster1983 on Apr 21, 2017 0:22:19 GMT -6
Tree of Might Turles This is a w.i.p. you may remember me posting a few years ago on the old site which uses the jakks torso and Irwin legs from 2 different Raditz figures. Using this combination saves you the trouble of shortening the Jakks Raditz legs and makes Turles the exact height as Goku.
Various armored Saiyans I've seen the black haired Goku done before and I think on this site but it's a great combination and I wanted it for my collection. FYI my personal preferance when I can have it is for my Super Saiyans to have yellow hair and anything above that like Super Saiyan 2, SS3, or Ascended Saiyan to have gold hair. So though Goku and Vegeta clash in this pick it makes sense it my head for my own collection. This picture is also a decent example of the 2 types of custom figures I try to create either a simple repaint that the figure can blend right into the rest of the official figures or the type of custom figure repaints with bold shadows and highlights.
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Post by kirkymonster1983 on Apr 21, 2017 0:16:33 GMT -6
Saiyan Saga Piccolo All of my Piccolo figures but 1 had the antenna broken off so I went ahead and did this custom just to make use of the parts that I had and to replace a broken figure with a custom figure.
Cell Saga Tien A few months ago my sister bought a few of my DBZ figures as well as a custom Tien. At the time I didn't want to part with but had she not convinced me that she liked it so much I may never have made this one, which I really like his height and build more than my previous which just used Goku parts with a Tien head. This has been done before with the Vegeta torso but I've never seen one with Tien legs.
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Post by kirkymonster1983 on Apr 20, 2017 23:44:27 GMT -6
Hello everyone, I used to be a member briefly on the older site and have recently decided to get back online and share some of my customs. I had several of my w.i.p. customs posted on the old site but after having my first born son, then moving to a much smaller place, then moving again, then having another son, it's taken me a while to finish a thought let alone a custom figure. After almost 2 and 1/2 years I've found a balance to spend a little time doing customs and repaints again.
When I do eventually begin posting my customs I would like to let you guys know that sometimes I like to do my own thing and not stick %100 to the source material and may make some different costume choices than what is an official Toriyama design. Part of the fun of customs is being able to come up with your own looks and attires or even characters. Also when I do a custom figure depending on many different factors I either try to do something that could either blend in with the other figures of the line, or I will repaint my customs with bold shadows,highlights, and color choices. I realize that this site has many talented and dedicated fans to Dragonball in all of it's forms but I still think I have something worth sharing with the community that some people will appreciate while others will hate because of a lack of total accuracy. I hope for all of your feedback positive or negative but try and give me specifics please especially if it's negative.
Thanks for having me and good luck to all of you.
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Post by kirkymonster1983 on Apr 20, 2017 21:04:33 GMT -6
I love the collection especially how you cherry picked the best looking figures from every line to make a nicely scaled lineup. I know that was wordy but my point is "me like U toys lots"
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Post by kirkymonster1983 on Apr 17, 2017 9:23:30 GMT -6
Considering all the other figures look like Bootlegs I would assume Roshi is a bootleg as well. If you look at the quality of the sculpt on his feet it's inconsistent with the rest of the figure and lacks detail that an official product would probably have... like toes. I know this doesn't really help identify it but I would assume it's a bootleg.
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Post by kirkymonster1983 on Apr 13, 2017 10:37:15 GMT -6
Awesome work as usual. Every time I think I'm out Branjita brings me back!
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Post by kirkymonster1983 on Apr 12, 2017 18:23:35 GMT -6
This is so helpful since I'm getting back into collecting DBZ figures.
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