mp-10b custom

[lancalot]

very nice, do you have any pics of the process and design for the battery compartment and light in the head. that's very impressive.

yeah man...any wip pic...? ....that totally awesome man....looks really good...

[AJ_Prime]

Wow I LOVE that! Those light up eyes are absolutely amazing!

[VGMStudios]

Thanks for all the kind words you guys. I am pretty pleased with it.
Unfortunately I don't have any wip shots. I always forget to do that but I can whip something up for those that are interested. Maybe some of you can improve the design.

[lancalot]

Thanks for all the kind words you guys. I am pretty pleased with it.
Unfortunately I don't have any wip shots. I always forget to do that but I can whip something up for those that are interested. Maybe some of you can improve the design.

I love to see how you did it..... , how long did it take you ? ... I really hate working with LED at the moment from a bad experience yesterday...

[VGMStudios]

Could someone do me a favor and take apart their mp10b head and take a shot of both halfs. (Its 2 screws) both inside and outside.
This will help me create some thing for you guys since I dont have wip shots.
Thanks.

[lancalot]

here you go .....

[VGMStudios]

Perfect. Thanks. Ill make something up for you.

[Hursticon]

Oh man! - Those LED-lit optics look friggin' amazing VGM!
It's such a small mod, but it has such a dramatic effect on the whole figure's presentation - Congratulations dude, well done.

[VGMStudios]

Thanks Hursticon. I agree with you completely. Hehe.
Im no stranger when it comes to modding with leds.
It always improves a figure in some way I think.

[VGMStudios]

Ok this how I did mine. Maybe you can improve it.

1. After opening the head, I removed the screw holding slots on the back of the head (GREEN CIRCLE) completely. Shaved it down until smooth. The two on the inside of the head (GREEN CIRCLE) I sniped short.

2. The RED OUTLINE SQUARE is were I placed the Battery compartment that I made. It is composed of 1mm pla-plate. Ive added the size of it, but I dont remember the height. Its basically the size of both CR1025 cell button batteries on top of each other. The ORANGE circle is a copper contact that is on both the top and bottom of the compartment. RED and GREEN coming out of it are NEG and POS wires.

3. The 2 smaller RED SQUARES are the SMD LEDs (WHITE) and the BLUE SQUARES are 180ohm SMD Resistors. I wired them up as in the picture. GREEN for POS, RED for NEG. Before gluing down the LEDs I scratched a bit of the silver paint away so the light shines through more.

4. The YELLOW CIRCLE on the back of the head, I filled it in with putty, made smooth and painted it black.

5. The PINK Square is where I cut out the back and placed the SMD on/off Switch. I even showed how to wire it up. On the inside the 1st + and - is for the wires from the batteries. The 2nd pair of + and - is for the LEDs.

6. I then painted the back of the LEDs black and placed electrical tape over it so the light doesnt shine threw the cracks.

7. Putting it all together I Super glued the top and the two places on the botton. NOT the whole thing. Its so you can open it again with ease.

Note, I did not glue the batter compartment down. Its so you can move it in case you need to change batteries.

If you have questions, LMK.

It took me roughly a day or so if you add up all the hours. But since I had to wait for the batteries to arrive it took a over a month.

Good luck!