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VF-25G and Boldozaa Special... no idea where how I'm going to fit an RVF and 3 Ghosts in here, but I'll come up with something. Pics of the 25G with Super Packs and sniper shot effect pending...

Funny that you mention a store... it's in the works. More info on that later.

I'm making a set of 1/48 gun pod effects for Smut Peddler right now... it's amazing the amount of glue these require compared to the 1/60's.. lol. Also recently made a sniper rifle effect for my VF-25G, and currently working on missile bursts for my VF-25S and "exhaust flares" for my VT-1's fast packs. Pics of those later.

Thats pretty bad... did you email them to see what the hold up was?

Paid for mine on 10/1 at NY, received tracking and shipping info this morning before I woke up for work. I guess NY is hit or miss, but they've been all hits for me so far so I'll keep letting it ride with them.

Corporate Shill for appreciating the 98-99% they got right on the toy, or Corporate Sellout for giving Bandai your money despite them coming up so short on the details that you spent most of pages 13 and 14 letting us all know about it?

Did you cancel your order (if you had one, that is)? If it's that upsetting, that'd be the logical way to show your non-approval of the final product. Not calling you out, but you seem pretty upset by it, so I'd guess you did.

Bump for updated intel...

Feel bad posting so many images in the collection thread of these, so I figured I'd start a thread for the weapon effects projects that I'm working on currently. I'll update this with how to's soon, but if you're an action figure collector/customizer, you probably know all the techniques that I used already... Update: DIY Weapon Effects Tools of the Trade - Low Temp Hot Glue Gun High Temp Hot Glue (multi-temp also works, but high temp will come out of the gun slower for slightly better control) EDIT: I forgot to mention earlier... but if you aren't into painting your glue sculptures, you can find colored hot glue to use. I usually order colored hot glue by bulk, but ran out before I decided to do my missile effects. I finally found another source, and I'll be redoing all my missile effects in white colored hot glue. Looks tons more legit... but, if you're doing gun effects, clear glue with clear paints is the way to go. However, I did do my VF-25G sniper rifle effect with colored glue coated with glow in the dark paint, and it is pretty sick. Pics of it when my 25G gets in. Bowl or Glass of Cold Water Paper Clips or Thin Gauge Aluminum Wire (or any other bendable wire depending on what you're making an effect for) Earthquake Putty! (Key ingredient that'll allow you to mount your effects on practically anything without damaging your toy's paint) Aluminum Foil or Ziploc Bag type plastic (to protect and mold the contours of the surface of you are trying to make effects for) Acrylic Paint (for gun effects, I use Tamiya Clear Acrylics; comes in blue, yellow, red, orange, and green; I've used simple Apple Barrel brand flats for missile effects, but I'll probably try Tamiya flats in the future to see if they stick better to the glue) Utrecht Spray On White Primer (not necessary if you can find a paint that sticks well) Another bowl or glass of water (to thin your flat acrylics with for an even and smooth application on your effect) Wooden dowels, leftover toy sprue plastic, or just straight up unused Yamato missile pack ins (1/48 super pack missiles = win) for raw missile making material There are numerous great effects tutorials out there, and rather than make a whole new one, I'd rather give credit to the folks whose sites I learned from by linking to them. These techniques can be applied to ANYTHING; I've been doing action figs for a long while before making things for my valks. I got sick of having everything just standing there in my display, and after creating my metal stands, I wanted to make my display "pop" even more. Yay for action figure effects... lol. Go nuts! Oh... I'd definitely recommend practicing how to handle your glue gun before trying anything particularly detailed. "Stringing" will be your biggest problem; you'll need to learn how long to hold your gun in place and how to "swirl" it away from your piece so that the strings melt back into the glue you just laid. You'll know what I mean when you get into it. =) Okay, so best place to start is Jin Saotome's Custom Figure page. AMAZING site that'll get you going on just about anything you're interested in making for your collection: http://www.angelfire...up/HotGlue.html Joe Customs is another site with a lot of great tips and tricks: http://wiki.joecusto...stomizing_Guide Finally, good old fashioned Youtube. Here's a great vid that highlights flame effects, but covers the basic technique you're going for perfectly: There you go! Have fun and get creative... looking forward to what everyone comes up with.

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