DIY Cliffjumper upgrade kit... a bad idea...

[lcz128]

SO! I didn't come back to the board early enough to get in on the cliffjumper upgrade kit. Seeing that most people got it for something like $25+ or so, and how now they're going for something like 150+ --> 300 odd dollars, I thought I'd make my own.

Well, I'm not that experienced with sculpting so I've run into a fair few problems already. Nope, I won't be able to do proper bumper things nor a proper spoiler (as they're very straight and industrial like and I don't know how to make that with sculpey) - BUT I thought I'd be able to make my own CJ head with interchangeable expressions, right?

WRONG

Or so it may seem anyway. <_<; For starters, I lack any good kind of camera to take proper work-in-progress pics- then! I discover that sculpting in general : That's kind of okay. Sculpting in such a small scale: Oh shi-....

So. Up till now, I've done something like 4 different versions of the one facial expression and a few versions of the head, but they've all come out TOO BIG. oh jeebus. That said, I've finally come to an alright size for the face:



... So. What do y'all think? Any tips? Ideas? Thanks guys

(Going to be coating the face with a coat of silver shortly and will post that too )

[kup]

That looks good as its nice and straight. However the base of it may be a little too square, it should angle downwards.

[STL]

If you want reference from my CJ set, lemme know. It's looking good though, man.

[Pulse]

As they say... Even though you may screw up the first time - try, try & try again

Only when you get frustrated enough that you wanna completely destroy it, it's time to put it down & go do something else for a while.

[autobreadticon]

CJ biggest t/f regret of 2008

Cool , keep it coming

[Kyle]

Looking good.

[gamblor916]

Nice one.
What are you sculpting with?

[lcz128]

That looks good as its nice and straight. However the base of it may be a little too square, it should angle downwards.

Dude... I didn't even think of that till you mentioned it. Damn! XD

If you want reference from my CJ set, lemme know

I wouldn't mind taking you up on that offer to be honest Even observing it through its plastic mint-ness would be awesome

Pulse: Oh too true

autobreadticon : Lol- did you miss out too!?

Kyle: Thanks

Gamblor: SuperSculpey, believe it or not! On the one hand it's nice to sculpt with, on the other I would like it to harden a little so that I can have something of more rigidity... BUT! I've tried a bit of this job with miliput and it's pissin' me off that I just end up leaving finger prints all over it! <_>;;;

Oh well- now! An update!





I've silvered him up and blue'd the eyes Tell me what you think, guys! (I am using my phone camera- damn, it's a pain! <_>)
Also, here's a line up

Phailed attempt (where I remembered to give him a bit of a proper jawline) , current one (the weird eye stuff is actually shiney reflections (his left eye)) , and the original head

[liegeprime]

werent you suppose to heat it a little in the oven if its sculpey? It will set but yeah its still a little soft plasticky thing after. I tried it once to do a G1 Bludgeon helmet, took me 2 tries to get something Im content with. First one I overdid and it came out rather brittle.. Good on yah lcz that looks great, just adjust ( if you still can) the square jaw to an angled one. That must've been really a pain to make, knowing how small the faceplate is for CJ. It would've taken me ages.

[lcz128]

werent you suppose to heat it a little in the oven if its sculpey? It will set but yeah its still a little soft plasticky thing after. I tried it once to do a G1 Bludgeon helmet, took me 2 tries to get something Im content with. First one I overdid and it came out rather brittle.. Good on yah lcz that looks great, just adjust ( if you still can) the square jaw to an angled one. That must've been really a pain to make, knowing how small the faceplate is for CJ. It would've taken me ages.

I actually boil it - work here has one of those instant-hot-water things and so I just put it in my lil Toybiz figure factory crate (which I use to hold water while painting- it's filthy with all the paint now :b) and leave it in there for a good few minutes and it comes out solid

The thing with this is if I make a mistake, it's 'start-from-scratch'. <_<; And I don't think I can cut the jaw to make it angled - once cured, cutting=doom.

I go now to make me a helmet