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Post by Majin Tomato on Sept 26, 2018 21:22:14 GMT -6
So I already posted this on my FB page, but I figured I'd give a bit of a play by play here. Many thanks to gp for his assistance, since he's the one who printed the pieces for me rather than having to go to a third party this time. Goten (with Trunks as an honorable mention)- So I'm working on Goten and Trunks at more or less the same time, though I've had a "setback" with Trunks. See, despite them being part of the same print and the pieces being done at the same time, Trunks' head somehow ended up being noticeably bigger than Goten's, which means I have to redo it. It works out though, since I'm likely going to print boots for Trunks and maaybe boot tops for Goten? Haven't decided yet, but I'm leaning into it. Bulma- HO BOY BULMA. Ok, so, I had already shown off the head in a previous post. Since then I've had gp print me a scarf, skirt, and boot tops and bottoms. Scarf was pretty much perfect as is, just needed to widen the neck hole a smidge. I was going to mold the boots and cast them over the existing legs and feet (I did a similar process with Cold) but I recently purchased a hand drill (for the amiibo stand above, since I needed to screw some bits down and the wood was too tough to just screw into) and between that and my dremel I discovered I could just fit the boot tops over the existing legs. I then drilled into the feet pieces and glued in the foot joint. I still need to finish the left foot up, but the right foot has all but the side to side articulation of the original figure. The skirt though... it's been my nemesis. It wouldn't be so bad if my OCD didn't make me incapable of appreciating a cloth skirt, but it does. I HAVE discovered a process that supposedly can work to make a decent bendable plastic skirt, but doing so involves using a form of liquid clay that has to be baked and I had to have a base model to mold from... it's been a whole thing. Good news is, I already have a mold made (twas literally the first thing I did) but I've got concerns about the translucency of the material and whether I'll bake it properly, etc.
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Post by Majin Tomato on Sept 24, 2018 17:50:28 GMT -6
Well as I said, my intent was to have it match the display cases in Smash 4, which have a texture on them that appears to be fabric. I waivered between felt and velvet, but I ultimately went with felt as I thought it'd be easier to work with provide some cushion for my amiibo. I did also paint the cracks and crevices, mostly on the sides of the holes because if I didn't the amiibo wouldn't fit.
I have a bit of experience with woodworking myself, as I at one point built my own 8ft wide display shelf (sadly I've since moved across the country and it couldn't follow). I was planning to do the base of this as well, but to make the holes for the amiibo would necessitate having a high powered drill with 2in diameter drill bits, which in the end was less cost effective than just paying someone to do it for me.
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Post by Majin Tomato on Sept 18, 2018 15:46:34 GMT -6
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_descWhich reminds me, finished work on it this weekend. Also switched my order from alphabetical to based on Smash number.
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Post by Majin Tomato on Sept 15, 2018 19:14:01 GMT -6
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.
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Post by Majin Tomato on Aug 30, 2018 12:21:30 GMT -6
I am so happy. Like... Kid Buu would be nice too (this is the first time we've gotten multiple penultimate forms before the final form of a villain) but tbf Super Buu is a far more memorable form and he's been teased for awhile. It looks so gooooood too.
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Post by Majin Tomato on Aug 29, 2018 8:56:47 GMT -6
Unless they're going to try and cram Janemba into this movie, showing Fusion Reborn in the leadup makes no sense. If you needed a movie to pair with Bardock, Tree of Might and the Cooler films both have more to do with the Freeza/Saiyan connection. Heck, you could pair it with Broly 2, make it a whole Broly marathon.
Instead, Toei is deliberately showing Fusion Reborn. The XV2 rip (which I've seen... A fighter with both Kamehameha and galic gun techniques? It's SOME sort of fusion) is more confirmation than anything.
Now, theoretically it COULD be Vegito... But if so, why keep it a secret? We've seen Vegito Blue.
(Also Heroes recently gave us Vegito ssj4 which was previously Gogeta only. Makes sense if the plan is to do the reverse)
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Post by Majin Tomato on Aug 29, 2018 8:40:09 GMT -6
Rumors are flying that Gogeta may make an appearance in the upcoming Broly movie! Leaked data mining from Xenoverse DLC has Broly and SSB Gogeta joining the roster. Ohhhh boy!! Maybe this will be a Tamashii bombshell prototype revealing later at one of the Expos!?? Tbf, it hasn't been much of a secret. They're replaying Legendary Super Saiyan, one of the Bardock specials (either EoB or FoG depending on where you are), and Fusion Reborn. Playing the first two is obvious... This is a reboot of Broly and we know it involves the Saiyans history with Freeza (and we've seen Bardocks hand in a trailer). Showing them refreshes the audiences on the concepts the new movie is reintroducing. But showing Fusion Reborn makes little sense unless it's to similarly refresh audiences on another concept... Like Gogeta. Add to that the long history of pairing Gogeta vs Broly dating waaay back to Budokai 3, the fact that he's a fan favorite we've been wanting a figure of for ages, and... Yeah, I thought it was pretty likely even without XV2 basically confirming it.
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Post by Majin Tomato on Aug 25, 2018 14:58:55 GMT -6
Yup. I have a list of who I want to represent each pokemon type, and I've currently got 8 of them (I do need to get caterpie and pidgey at some point, but the only non-ebay seller rn is toywiz and I'd rather RIP MY OWN ARMS OFF then deal with them ever again.)
Edit: Or not. Amazon had them for $5 cheaper each and I have free shipping there.
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Post by Majin Tomato on Aug 24, 2018 17:59:47 GMT -6
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Post by Majin Tomato on Aug 21, 2018 15:24:00 GMT -6
Apologies for the size of these images, posting from work. I'll tweak them when I'm home so they aren't insane. I have been moving some stuff around lately, so now I have a bit more breathing room for my dragon ball figures... For better or worse. It works out fine for the rightmost groups, but the poor left shelf looks insanely sparse by comparison. Also for fun, pics of the shelves as a whole
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Post by Majin Tomato on Aug 20, 2018 7:44:46 GMT -6
So I just realized that the new Goku 2.0 isn’t accurate to the new movie simply because of the boots. That being said are the boots easily swappable? I'd be curious to hear this as well. I'm planning on attempting to swap boots between the 1.0 and 2.0 base form releases, but if it's too much work I'll just repaint them myself.
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Post by Majin Tomato on Aug 17, 2018 18:22:13 GMT -6
Just got the rest of my wave in, figured I'd give my thoughts before I threw most of these in my figure bin.
Gohan: Despite my general apathy for this half of the wave, I still feel like Gohan was my biggest disappointment of the three. His head looks thinner and his eyes are too big making his head look out of proportion, especially compared to the solicits, and it left me bummed about what's otherwise a decent figure. The Goku body mold is fine, and with some minor fixes and a repaint it'd be a fine replacement for the fugly 1.0 figuarts Gohan.
Freeza: I... Actually kinda dig this figure for what it is. The paint is on point, with the entire thing being metallic (even the face, which I think figuarts just made shiny). I'd even maybe consider swapping out my figuarts one... If it weren't so grossly out of scale even against other Dragon Stars figures. If you took away their hair, he's the same height as Goku and Gohan.
Kaioken Blue Goku: for a figure I expected to HATE and that I will never EVER display... I think this is easily my favorite of the bunch. I've mentioned my distaste for the awful kaioken figuarts figure before, but this figure did a good job of balancing the colors. It also doesn't hurt that it looks NOTHING like the AWFUL solicitation photos, that made him look like a cherry with neon blue hair.
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Post by Majin Tomato on Aug 17, 2018 14:27:11 GMT -6
Piccolo and Krillin both desperately need 2.0 versions. The latter could probably get away with a pce for now (especially with dball Krillin just being released) but I agree with Piccolo being a must have even if I do still like mine enough.
As for Goku... As much as I hate it, I think his absence is intentional. RN, you can get the SSJ head with Awakening, and the body with 2.0 Goku. Why waste a release on that when they can make you buy both.
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Post by Majin Tomato on Aug 16, 2018 22:33:28 GMT -6
See, I'd PREFER that Videl, but I dunno, I can't think of very many memorable moments with her in that outfit alongside GS Gohan... All the early stuff, specifically with Gohan in the helmeted GS look that we've seen so far, is with pigtails/long haired Videl. Maybe I need to rewatch dbz again, but I don't recall very much of them together from the tournament aside from just hanging out spectating matches... and Gohan helping after her beatdown.
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Post by Majin Tomato on Aug 16, 2018 13:34:50 GMT -6
I'd kill a man for a good Videl, but I dunno. Tamashii has been VERY reluctant to make female characters, and Videl doesn't work perfectly with Great Saiyaman unless she's in her GS2 outfit which... No thanks. I feel like Dabura might be better, but his biggest issue is he didnt fight Gohan in the version of the outfit we've seen.
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