MajinTomato's 3d printing and Custom thread.

Good work on Cabba. Do his feet twist? Just want to make sure he isn't so straight-footed, if that's even a term.

Bulma looks great.....

So this was a whole thing.

Ok, so after doing the whole thing with the legs, I got the new head in. However, for a variety of reasons (mostly due to the better head sculpt) I got the SSJ Cabba WCF figure... which I had to shave the eyebrows off of because Cabba gains 500% more eyebrow in SSJ form then he does in his base form (and I do TRY to keep to Base form for most of my Saiyans). Ended up repainting the entire figure, since the color choices... they're based on him being in his SSJ form to simulate him glowing, but they're just not good.

Ok, so here's the rundown with Popo... my original attempt at a hydro shrink was a bit too large (and due to how fast the material set the area around the feet was not great.) so I attempted a few more times... and any time I used slightly more water with the hydroshrink, it leaked out of the sides of the mold like kool-aid. I switched gears over to getting a 3d scanner (something I wanted anyway but didn't have an excuse to get) which is great with most items I tested... but the black sections on Popo messed up its ability to properly scan. I was going to then attempt to spray paint the entire thing in a neutral color, but since I rent I needed to do it at a friend's place and it was just a whole frustrating mess. Ultimately I looked at my original attempt this afternoon, decided it was close enough, and have put together a molding box which I just poured a base layer into.




In other custom news, I also realized while I was taking photos that I never took photos of the modifications I made to Dragon Stars Hit. While not as extensive as the ones on Cabba, I did repaint the head and hands, and add a black wash to his clothing (which is more visible on the Teal areas, but I applied it to the rest as well.




And finally, something I just got done today... a simple but effective change to my Figuarts Goku Black.




Some of you may know of my distaste for displaying Saiyan characters in differing transformation (I just like consistency, and guys like Tarble, Nappa, and Raditz don't have canon SSJ forms) but I've made a few more allowances lately for my villains to be in their iconic forms. And while I respect collectors who like a more matte paint job... If I'm gonna have SSJ forms, I like them to be metallic. As such, it bothered me that my figuarts Goku Black's hair was matte. and after doing some research I bought a bottle of "Daler-Rowney - FW Pearlescent Liquid Acrylic - Platinum Pink" which turned out amazing. Not only was it the perfect color pretty much right out of the bottle, because it's more of an ink then a paint I realized that while the lighter metallic sheen covered everything, there was a slightly darker pink pigment that simultaneously acted as a wash, seeping into the crevices and details of the hair and complimented the original shading. I put next to no effort into it and it turned out perfect.

So this isn't at all Dragonball related(unless Sakurai does some crazy drugs and puts Goku in Smash Ultimate) but I've been working on it for over a week now and I wanted to show it off. So you know those Trophy cases in Smash 4? Well ever since amiibo became a thing, I wanted to display mine in something similar. And with Smash Ultimate on the way, I decided to finally start on it.

Base is wood, put together by a lovely seller on Etsy (on my phone rn, will try to remember to edit this post later) who designed the display to my specifications. There are 68 slots total, allowing a decent part of the Smash Ultimate roster... While allowing me to ignore chunks as well.

Whole thing is covered in red felt, with holes cut in, sides of the holes painted red to match the felt(was going to glue felt to the sides but the amiibo wouldn't fit if I did that) and the chunk of felt cut out glued to the bottom to give the amiibo something soft to sit on.

Rn I'm over halfway done doing the holes (waiting for paint to dry on the third row before gluing the bottoms down). I wish I had perfected my paint choices earlier, since the bottom row was painted darker than the others (which I thought would hide imperfections but in the end just looks off) and all attempts to repaint it post gluing the felt down just don't cover the old paint very well.

cool idea

I dunno how great an option this would be in your case, tbh. I spent $97 on the wood portion, and I specifically had the seller leave it untreated and unpainted. That said, I got mine made to hold 68 amiibo, so you might be able to get something a lot more modest of you're not a crazy person like me.

www.etsy.com/shop/MorsbaneGoods?order=date_desc

Which reminds me, finished work on it this weekend. Also switched my order from alphabetical to based on Smash number.