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Post by Majin Tomato on Dec 29, 2017 12:32:25 GMT -6
Ummm... Guys, not that those displays aren't cool... But we have an entire section for that sort of thing, and this thread is for discussing upcoming releases.
Speaking of which, Kid Goku and Roshi. Does anyone have some different angles of the convention they were showcased at? Because while they're clearly off, I think the perspective makes them look far worse, especially next to the shorter bulma figure.
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Post by Majin Tomato on Dec 28, 2017 22:47:12 GMT -6
It's pretty great. I'm loving the detail.
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Post by Majin Tomato on Dec 28, 2017 13:46:04 GMT -6
So I've already brought up 3d printing voodoo as a tool in my customizers toolbox, but I just made some... Admittedly hefty purchases to add another, and I'm super excited to try it out. Hydrospan 400 aka Hydroshrink.
For those not aware, there's this nifty molding plastic called Hydroshrink that has been a mainstay of Marvel Legends customizers for awhile, allowing them to shrink heads from Hot Toys figures down for use in ML customs, or taking ML heads and shrinking them for 4in customs. If anyone is interested, Glassman runs a store dedicated to making them.
However, the project I've got in mind is a bit... Bigger. See, there's a decent Mr Popo that's relatively cheap, but it's 8 inches tall. Obviously that's a BIT large to fit in with my Figuarts, but if I use Hydroshrink, I can make a mold and scale him down to use with either Figuarts OR 5 inch figures. And if I have those molds anyway... assuming it works, would anyone be interested in some spare castings?
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Post by Majin Tomato on Dec 27, 2017 13:57:57 GMT -6
No, Roshi and Kid Goku are both a bit too big, just not QUITE as badly out of scale as some of the convention images made it seem.
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Post by Majin Tomato on Dec 26, 2017 17:43:49 GMT -6
I actually do have Dende in there, but it's an image which also has Irwin chiaotzu, krillin, and yajirobe. I'll include both for clarity when I get home.
As far as I'm concerned, the other thread is for discussion and actually talking scale. This is more "this is what x looks like next to y, make your own call"
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Post by Majin Tomato on Dec 26, 2017 16:14:50 GMT -6
I meant to mention this too, if there are any images people want me to throw in, just post them and I'll add them.
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Post by Majin Tomato on Dec 26, 2017 9:37:56 GMT -6
That being said... If you're not totally dead set on getting the official figure, there's a decent enough bootleg that I got for my custom Gohan that runs about $30-40 on eBay. Iirc the biggest issue with it was that the shadow color they used for the face was a bit orange, but it's less noticeable on the ssb head. And for a difference of $30 minimum... It's really me being nitpicky.
Edit: did some searching, and there's a few kinda garbage bootlegs as well, so be careful. If you're interested I can find listings for the one I can personally speak for.
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Post by Majin Tomato on Dec 25, 2017 18:48:25 GMT -6
King Cold is DONE... ish. I still have the feet to do, but until the bootleg Freeza arrives they won't be too visible. All in all, I'm pretty happy with how Cold turned out... he's a nice mix of elements from Freeza, Cooler, and Perfect Cell. Since I also broke down and bought a WCF Freeza to turn into Kurieza, it's taking all I have not to run down to TRU and see if I can't track down a Dragon Stars Freeza to turn into Cooler... but I'm not crazy enough to hit up TRU Christmas Day. Besides, between that and a few other bootlegs I bought while I was getting the second form Freeza statue I'll likely have to repaint, I expect I'll have enough to do for a bit anyway.
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Post by Majin Tomato on Dec 24, 2017 21:21:52 GMT -6
So I just finished going through all 45 pages of the " List of figures to scale with S.H.Figuarts figures" thread and compiling many of the most useful images (as well as some screencaps of videos by ◄VR► and antaresreviews which I found useful) a google drive folder... both because it's a more convenient go-to page for simple comparison, and because we've already had at least one picture site die on us and it's good to have a backup JIC. LINK TO THE GOOGLE DRIVE HERE
As I said in the primary thread, if anyone wants to be able to add their own images, feel free to PM me.
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Post by Majin Tomato on Dec 24, 2017 19:24:57 GMT -6
As cool as that is, I don't think that's likely to happen. There's a LOT of contention as to what is and is not "in scale" since there is a fairly substantial debate as to whether the figuarts line is in scale with itself(and, to be frank, several figures clearly are not *gives Kid Goku a nasty look*), much less throwing in figures that weren't even made for this line. So yeah, it's ALL subjective. However, it might be worth taking the time and trying to boil some of the more helpful aspects of this list down for newer collectors... or for guys like me who are trying to sniff out decent additions, especially with more and more of the original images being lost in the great photobucket calamity. That having been said, the Pichi Pichi Videl, while pretty, is listed to be at least 18.5cm... or a bit over 7 inches tall. And that's the most conservative size, some listings have it at a full 20cm. So while it's actually pretty amazing, it's kinda huge compared to the Z figures. Edit: I've started to compile all the images that had direct scale comparisons with Figuarts figures from this thread into a single image folder which I linked to my google drive for public viewing here. I've tried to keep things sorted by character/item name and the figure/statue line (even if it wasn't listed in the post the image came from) so interested parties CAN find them if they so choose. I'm still going through pages right now (I'm up to 19 as of this edit) so I've still got a BUNCH to get through. If anyone wants to have access to make edits/add their own images (for example, those that photobucket dumped over >.>) PM me and I'll give out editing privileges for whoever wants them.
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Post by Majin Tomato on Dec 23, 2017 23:37:33 GMT -6
Happy Birthday Adrenaline!
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Post by Majin Tomato on Dec 23, 2017 20:10:33 GMT -6
Trying to take advantage of my 3 day Christmas weekend to get as much work as I can done. I ultimately decided on a more blue color scheme than purple. The biggest slowdown is that every time I add sculpt to any section I have to stop everything I'm doing and wait for that to harden. The torso area is mostly done in that regard, but the knee/elbow areas complicate matters. I also recently purchased what I assume is a knock off of a 2nd form Frieza statue to steal the feet from, since Figure Rise Freeza has tiny gecko feet (that said, the tail is attached in the image above, it's why I had to position him funky. )
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Post by Majin Tomato on Dec 23, 2017 19:48:56 GMT -6
Yeah... but to also be fair, as far as I know mine hasn't even shipped, despite amazon saying they have them. It's just "lol, we have it and you can't have it yet"
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Post by Majin Tomato on Dec 22, 2017 21:02:33 GMT -6
Yeah... I probably should have dremelled a bit deeper into Vegeta's gloves to help keep the size down, but I was worried about damaging the articulation. All in all though, he's about the height I wanted, which is all I was really aiming for. Now for the first pic of a project I've mentioned a few times now... Fourth Form King Cold: Now to be clear, I've actually put a bit more work into this since this photo was taken, but this should give a ROUGH idea of where things are going with it. My biggest endeavor for the time being is just getting the whole thing smoothed out, as well as adding some stability and weight to the individual pieces. It's necessitated a lot of pulling him apart and putting him back together, and a lot of what I'm doing is still all internal for that reason. Edit: Made up something that's a *rough* approximation of how I'm thinking the final version should look: As you can see, I took cues from both Cold's children for the design, but I'm keeping bits of Cell in there as well. The idea is that Cell has some of King Cold's dna inside him, so certain elements of Cell's design can reflect back on King Cold's true form.
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Post by Majin Tomato on Dec 22, 2017 9:27:11 GMT -6
I feel your pain Wave . I ordered mine from Amazon, and despite my two day shipping and it being out Amazon's like "duhhh... Wednesday maybe?"
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