Not much to report but I did get the tunic/blouse/shirt whatever on the Romulan pretty much done and sprayed the boots and other leather stuff on both figures tonight. It gets dark early now so it's hard for me to grab good photos after work- hopefully I'll get some this weekend.

Hi gents!

Shiv - Nice work on Spidey. When I put him together, I had to make extensive use of rubber bands. One thing I liked about the kit was that it cleverly hid some of the joins along the spiderweb design in this costume. However, making the join disappear around his upper thigh and rump was tough. Also, I recall having trouble with the head--or that could be a memory of a fever dream as I tried to get Spidey finished for deadline.

One thing that still bugs me that I couldn't get right is his stance on the eagle head. On the one I built, the hands don't touch the brow. I think, if I had it to do again, I'd glue his feet in place and pin the hands.

Nice work on Scotty eagle. And those boots, any RSM would be well happy with those. I was never any good at bullying boots, next tie I need to, I know where to send them.

Yeah, cleaning up those seams are going to be a bear but what you've got so far looks pretty darn good!

Love the look of those Aclad colours. Iron Man looks like he's ready for a fight.

I have to agree about Scotty's boots, I remember the entire crew having quite the shiny boots.

I got Spidey's limbs together and been test fitting the torso, fit isn't very good but nothing that a bit of TLC can't fix.

Tim

I'm going to watch the films again while I'm recovering from surgery and see what I can find picture wise on the net. I'm not going to al the way but I think it could take some scratches and smoke damage if nothing else. I do have the standard stance one which I will do and leave it completely clean.

Phil

Great work going on here, gents!

P mitch - Iron Man looks amazing! How much damage do you intend to do to him (if any)?

Eagle - I think I remember Mr. Scot's boot being that shiny. You may have to do some "research" on Netflix. Just stay away from "Spock's Brain".

Jack - I think I'm looking forward to your Red Sonja even more than I was the Psylocke fig.

Short week at the office this week. Thanksgiving and all here in the U.S. Trying to cram seven days of work into three, rather than the usual seven into five.

Wonderful work, guys. Keep it up.

Phil: Wow fantastic work! Love the metallic gold and red!

Eagle90: Np, sorry it didn't work out. As Jack said the shirts weren't tucked into the pants so you should have some leeway there. What you've gotten done so far looks great!

Jack: Now that just plain cool! I've seen lots of the models from Cusanelli's studio and he does some fantastic work! Really looking forward to seeing how she comes out.

Thank you  Jack!  And I must say, I like your next build!  Red Sonja!?  Very cool!

Eagle90

Eagle, nice job on those boots - quite the shine, I think even the Wehrmacht would be envious of those.

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My workbench should be cleared soon, and then I can shift over to figure building mode.   The intended Psylocke kit is still up in the air - in fact the site I had ordered from still has not posted a release date.  A while back I had pm'd Tim about having another idea for this GB, so officially I'm announcing my go ahead with plan B.

In my stash, discovered I had this  1/12 resin fantasy figure sculpted my Mike Cusanelli.   Entitled Carina, I don't recognize her from any movie or book.  So plan is to do some conversion/scratch building, turning her into Red Sonja.

Only six parts total, including the base and a hollow metal rod for the staff, which will remain as pictured, even though her main weapon of choice is the sword.  

regards,

Jack

Right, here is a little update on Mr. Scott!  I sprayed the first coat of flesh on the hands and face, and did the pants in flat black and the boots in semi gloss black.  I must say, I was very happy with the boots!  I surprised myself on that one!    Although, the more I look at them, they may be a little TOO polished!  After all, Scotty works in engineering! 

Gamera

If the parts just won't fit you can gently heat them with a blow dryer on the low setting till they fit and then let them cool after fitting.

Hey Gamera,

Thanks for the help!  I tried that and there is just a spot no matter how I move it around or heat it up and form it.  Just the weirdest thing.  It could be I have a defective kit too (never know what you're going to get on evil bay!)  Thanks again for the help!

Eagle90

jgeratic

Eagel90 - if the torso and leg halves are not glued yet, this is how I would fix:

- cover both openings with sheet plastic, and sand flush (you should be able to trim excess plastic with a knife or even scissors)

- when it is ready to glue together, center as best as possible the torso over the hips, any visible overlap should represent the shirt, as I don't think this were tucked into the pants

regards,

Jack

Hey Jack.  Thanks!  That is a cool idea.  I'm going to give it a shot and see if it will work.  Funny you mention the shirt not being tucked in.  I was going to get on Netflix and watch an episode or 2 to see how they looked!  Thanks again!

Eagle90

Jack

Yes I had to use my own LED's but its not exactly difficult job. it was a bit of work to get the wires to run as there wasn't always much room in a few places, particularly in the head. But as soon as I opened the box I knew it had to be lighted. I'm a little surprised there isn't a kit out there to do it or even Dragon didn't make one themselves.

Phil

Phil, that is looking outstanding!

If I remember correctly, the lighting from the interior was something you had to implement on your own?

Once it's all done, you should post a pic taken in the dark, with just Ironman's lights on.

regards,

Jack

So Iron man as he stands today. I need to give him a top coat and start the weathering but the lights work and the colour looks good to me. Looks like I wont get him finished before the op (Just having some bone removed from inside, had the left done last year so I know what to expect which is a few weeks in a sling then a few more weeks without much use from the arm)

Phil

Jeez, page 2 again!  Beginning to think even I could keep up.  Are there any 1/144 Villain kits?

Phil, that candy red looks great.

Best of luck for the sugery, nothing to serious I hope.

Quick update on Ironman.

The Candy red is down and it needs to dry fully for 24hrs before i can get the silver and gold on. Bit of a tight timescale as I'm going in for shoulder surgery on the 26th and want to get it all done before then! Anyway below is a picture of the torso. Alclad is great paint as long as you take your time.

Phil

All of you are to kind, I think I'm my hardest critic sometimes.

- Tim, I really enjoyed the GB, Like I said I really learned a lot and any time modeling is 

automatically very enjoyable. With more experience I'm sure I will improve on facial painting,

I thought Han was a little to pale, which made my shading appear to have to much ccontrast giving him a grungy kind of look. I was happy with the way his clothing came out, so no complaints there. I do have a few more figures in the stash to improve on and I am looking forward to that.

On the other side I look forward to seeing everyone's progress so please post pics.

-stephen

If the parts just won't fit you can gently heat them with a blow dryer on the low setting till they fit and then let them cool after fitting.

Eagel90 - if the torso and leg halves are not glued yet, this is how I would fix:

- cover both openings with sheet plastic, and sand flush (you should be able to trim excess plastic with a knife or even scissors)

- when it is ready to glue together, center as best as possible the torso over the hips, any visible overlap should represent the shirt, as I don't think this were tucked into the pants

regards,

Jack

Hey everyone, thought I'd post a pic of Mr. Scott and see what you all think.  I got some great advice from Tim and Aaron, but it only helped a bit.  Yeah, the gap used to be bigger!  Anyway, I don't think putty will help here, but thought I'd see if anyone else has had this before and what they did.  Thanks in advance!

Eagle90

Gamera

Eagle: Thanks, and I'm interested in how Scotty is coming along too. He's probably my favorite Trek character out of all the series.

Thank you!  It's starting to look human now!

Eagle90

Beautiful job, Stephen. The skin tones are very convincing, and the clothing colors and textures are first-rate. Truly a figure to be proud of!

Nuc I think he looks great. I'm always impressed with people who get good skin tones and painting white is also very challenging. I think you did a fantastic job with him.

Eagle: Thanks, and I'm interested in how Scotty is coming along too. He's probably my favorite Trek character out of all the series.

Nuc, great looking Han. I always have problems with eyes on 35th figures, you have done an awesome job on those.

Thank you Tim!!!!!!!!!!  And it is a fun journey for sure!  Diving into this new genre was way cool (next thing you know I'll be building boats or something!). 

The fit is still an issue.  I did like you and Aaron suggested, but I could only get it to fit "properly" around 2/3 of it.  There is a huge gap around one back corner.  So I'll have to break out some engineering tricks and give Mr. Scott a nip and tuck!    Other than the fit, I'm getting ready to spray some flesh tone on to the hands and face.  I'm hoping to post some pics tonight.  Maybe I'll throw in one with the fit issue and see what everyone thinks.  Thanks again Tim!

Eagle90

Gamera

I painted Picard some years back with acrylic paint but it never dried on vinyl material the figures were made of. So I stripped him down to bare plastic and primed the whole figure after assembly with spray paint made for vinyl/rubber type bumpers on cars. Seems to have done the trick. The Romulan was molded in some bizarre lavender that I really wanted to cover up.

I did the flesh with Testor's Model Master acrylic and then highlighted with some Vallejo. It looked too strong to me so I oversprayed everything with more thinned down MM.

Thanks Gamera!  And I think your painting is looking good!

Eagle90