combiner wars Detritus

[snaketales]

Obvious repaint is obvious.

Paint rub isn't too bad, except on the ball-jointed shoulders :mad:

http://i64.tinypic.com/2wgx10k.jpg

http://i64.tinypic.com/25aq4ci.jpg

http://i64.tinypic.com/2qs2zir.jpg

I might try some day-time photos later for better contrast.

EDIT: and here it is

http://i64.tinypic.com/20zec7t.jpg

[M-bot]

Really loving your colour choices. Those shades look great, the contrast is really nice. Almost impossibly to keep the ball jointed shoulders from scratching - I would suggest using pieces from Swindle, but that's a whole other figure to sacrifice for the custom.

Fantastic work!

[mknell]

Wow that is awesome!!! I wish I had the talent to custom as well as you guys do

[SMHFConvoy]

It may not work in this instance, but I use a sharpie on ball joints. The swindle part swap sounds ideal.

[Bidoofdude]

Good job, would've made a great Botcon toy. We can only hope Takara make one down the track.

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

I deally, you could use some parts from Swindle, and some from hound ( ?) be cool if they had slightly different shoulders, which could add to the Junkion parts thing for some nice asymmetry going on, yet still being able to retain the transformation.

[Deonasis]

That head and chest look great. I have never noticed the detail before this repaint so your colour choices are spot on.

[Batfan007]

Nice work.

[GoktimusPrime]

Nice job! :D Will you be adding his goatee? ;)

Although for some reason he's always clean shaven on his official card art...
http://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/images2/0/03/Detritus-card.jpg
http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/transformers/images/0/03/Detritus-card.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20060522004602

But the toy is goatee'd ;)
http://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/images2/9/90/G1-toy_Detritus.jpg
http://www.tfu.info/2004/Destron/Detritus/detritus.htm

Perhaps it was deliberately done to make a 'reverse Wreck-Gar' situation, since G1 Wreck Gar is bearded (http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/transformers/images/f/fb/WreckGarG1Serie.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20090612045818&path-prefix=es) in (http://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/images2/9/9a/GenesisArtofTransformers-WreckGar.jpg) canon (http://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/images2/4/47/Hunters2-WreckGarBumblebee.jpg) but beardless on (http://tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Wreck-Gar/wreck-gar.htm) the toy (https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/75/16/53/7516535c51bcfccf2a584cde6298e061.jpg). ;)

[snaketales]

Arise necro thread!
Thought he looked too clean so went crazy with some black wash

https://i.imgur.com/4aOvzsP.jpg

[SMHFConvoy]

Nice, maybe hit the tires with a top coat and some brown and orange ground up pastel to finish off the weathered look?

[GoktimusPrime]

Very nice! Will you be painting on his goatee?

[snaketales]

Probably not: I don't think I could get that such small detail, and from what I remember he didn't have one in the comics...so call this the IDW version if it'll help.