Whats Lying on your Workbench MK IV

[SteveTheFish]

On 12/29/2024 at 10:55 AM, pengbuzz said:

I remember a smaller KBoP model kit from the "Adversary" model set Ertl had a while back:

Yes, I built that kit when I was in high school. I hand-painted it all with Testors enamel paints and it more or less didn't look too bad. It came with the Ferengi ship and the big Romulan ship too.

So this is what I put together last night. I've never bought any Frame Arms Girls kits or anything like that. On a whim, I bought a Bandai 30 Minutes Sisters kit with a pretty dark complexion. I also bought some option parts to give her black pigtails and sexy tits.

I'm on vacation at the in-laws' place this week. We have our room here with a TV and such, and I have a modeling table with various modeling supplies I keep here to work on models whenever we stay here. What I need to do is pop the parts apart and sand down the gates better. When I get home, I plan to do a flat coat on the flesh parts. I can use a Faber Castel pencil to do some shading on her butt cheeks and underboobs, then give it another flat coat to seal it in. I think I'll also do a wash of Tamiya panel line accent color on her hair to give it more life, then do a flat coat on that too. Maybe do a semigloss finish on her outfit.

After sanding work, I may need to use some plastic polish to smooth it, or just very high grit sanding sponges. After a clear coat, it should have a painted look.

Edited December 31, 2024 by SteveTheFish

[Big s]

16 minutes ago, SteveTheFish said:

I can use a Faber Castel pencil to do some shading on her butt cheeks and underboobs, then give it another flat coat to seal it in.

You should try water color pencils. They’re pretty cheap for a full set of colors and work very similar to color pencils when dry and can be used for washes when wet. Just do a quick flat coat if you use them like a pencil so it adheres to the surface and then another top coat to seal it in. They’re kind of a newer thing I’ve been playing around with lately after my daughter informed me about their existence 

[Mog]

So, I finally got the Haslab Star Wars Ghost (for their 3.75” figure line).

Even though it’s a premium item, I wound up using almost every custom technique (and then some) in my personal toolbox to tweak the ship and included figures.

* Opened up the ship and wired in some lights, including lights for the cockpit and for the engines.  Placed switches on the outside of the ship for easier access and to allow for removing/replacing the batteries down the line:

* Dirtied up and painted in some details on the bottom center fuselage, as it was pretty much blank and unpainted:

* Added scorching to each of the gun turret barrels:

* Tweaked these figures ever so slightly to make them more in-line with their appearances in Rebels:

* Manually added killmarks to the canopy (including one significant one from the series finale):

* Created stickers of the Ghost logo and added them to the ship:

* I had a spot in mind to place it, but holy crap!  The completed ship is friggin’ huge!!:

Still, so glad to finally have one of personal holy grails in-hand!

 

[SteveTheFish]

Wow, that's amazing!

[Nyankodevice]

i have updated the ship, i found some weakspots

and have fixed that

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6893163/files

Edited December 31, 2024 by Nyankodevice

[The Original Cobywan]

22 hours ago, MechTech said:

 

@The Original Cobywan Wow! you're still alive! I haven't seen a post from you in years! That's cool you created that conversion kit!

 

 

I've posted some stuff in the Fan Works section.  I came back about two years ago when I left Facebook.  ( I ended up going back to it last year.)

[MechTech]

@wm cheng I'm REALLY sorry to hear about your water heater and then the mess on your bench! I've seen the Mythbusters blow up some water heaters (and "houses"), so thankfully your wasn't worse! It also sounds like the water heater techs were not very professional. They should've covered everything up.

Thank you very much for the compliment! No, I have not seen that Cobra. That is really AWESOME, especially the other stuff that guy did.

@Mog Those mods really added a lot more character! The only thing I'd recommend would be to panel line it. There's so much surface detail on it showcase. Overall, it looks great!

@cobywan That's cool! I'm just usually around the model building section due to a lack of time. - MT

[nightmareB4macross]

Loving this build.

[Thom]

2 hours ago, nightmareB4macross said:

Loving this build.

Some real nice mods going on!

[nightmareB4macross]

Gimmicks.

[505thAirborne]

2 hours ago, nightmareB4macross said:

Gimmicks.

The Ultimate 1/55 VF-1S. 

[pengbuzz]

UPDATE: while waiting on parts for my KBoP, I proceeded with another project-

Beginning figure: G.I. Joe Battle Force 2000 "Maverick" Pilot:

Process- cut and extend legs, sand down and fill torso:

Fill and shape torso, add collar and flare:

Reshape face and add hair:

Scale comparison to other figures:

 

Completed modifications:

Primer:

 

Paint (stage 1)

Progress to this point:

Still needs work and touch ups, but at least this brings the pilots together!

Stay tuned...

 

Edited Sunday at 08:19 AM by pengbuzz

[Big s]

55 minutes ago, pengbuzz said:

UPDATE: while waiting on parts for my KBoP, I proceeded with another project-

Beginning figure: G.I. Joe Battle Force 2000 "Maverick" Pilot:

Process- cut and extend legs, sand down and fill torso:

Fill and shape torso, ass collar and flare:

Reshape face and add hair:

Scale comparison to other figures:

 

Completed modifications:

Primer:

 

Paint (stage 1)

Progress to this point:

Still needs work and touch ups, but at least this brings the pilots together!

Stay tuned...

 

Looks like someone needs a steak dinner 

[pengbuzz]

7 hours ago, Big s said:

Looks like someone needs a steak dinner 

Yeah, I had to scale back how big he was by a little bit; in a previous paintup, he looked way too big to be in a cockpit! O.o

But at least he's pretty much in scale with the rest of the gang (slightly shorter than Roy, taller than Hikaru and Max).

[electric indigo]

FEED THE STASH

[Thom]

@pengbuzz Very nice work on Ben!

and some good looking additions to the Stash @electric indigo!

[Chas]

On 1/4/2025 at 2:58 PM, nightmareB4macross said:

Gimmicks.

Holy crap! That looks sooo awesome!

Best looking 1/55 I've ever seen!

 

[pengbuzz]

19 hours ago, Thom said:

@pengbuzz Very nice work on Ben!

Thanks Thom!

On that note: finished painting in his eyes (looked weird both with and without eyebrows, so I did them pencil thin!!). While I was at it,i also finished Max and Millia:

Max was relatively easy to do (up until I got to his glasses!): Millia, I struggled with trying to get her look down. I ultimately just settled for what would work (I suspect the sculpts are pretty off to begin with. ) I made Ben a bit taller than them, but not as tall as Roy ; you can only do so much before the figures look out of proportion entirely!

On that note- the whole gang so far:

Next up: Minmay/ Minmei, Claudia and the Bridge Bunnies (tough time sourcing figures, so this may take a while).

Stay tuned...

[Big s]

37 minutes ago, pengbuzz said:

Thanks Thom!

On that note: finished painting in his eyes (looked weird both with and without eyebrows, so I did them pencil thin!!). While I was at it,i also finished Max and Millia:

Max was relatively easy to do (up until I got to his glasses!): Millia, I struggled with trying to get her look down. I ultimately just settled for what would work (I suspect the sculpts are pretty off to begin with. ) I made Ben a bit taller than them, but not as tall as Roy ; you can only do so much before the figures look out of proportion entirely!

On that note- the whole gang so far:

Next up: Minmay/ Minmei, Claudia and the Bridge Bunnies (tough time sourcing figures, so this may take a while).

Stay tuned...

That’s a pretty cool group of customs

[MechTech]

@nightmareB4macross That '55 just keeps getting better and better!!!

@pengbuzz YOU are an AWESOME sculpter! I cannot sculpt people to save my life! But your figures look AWESOME! Especially considering what they used to be! Congrats on expanding your ship's crew. - MT

[Thom]

@pengbuzz Hey, don't forget Breetai, Exedor, Khyron, Azonia, Rico, Bron, Konda, Dolza, Misa's dad, Minmay's little cousin and Kyle and their parents...

 

😁

 

 

 

Edited 9 hours ago by Thom

[pengbuzz]

1 hour ago, Thom said:

@pengbuzz Hey, don't forget Breetai, Exedor, Khyron, Azonia, Rico, Bron, Konda, Dolza, Misa's dad, Minmay's little cousin and Kyle and their parents...

 

😁

I already have Breetai:

[Thom]

3 hours ago, pengbuzz said:

I already have Breetai:

 

HAHA!!

[nightmareB4macross]

Landing gear. Not yet set but making sure everything will work together and hold once set no matter the armor configuration.