Metroplex Custom (pic heavy!)

[KalEl]

Dude that thing is gonna be heavy!

[UltraMarginal]

Nice work, thanks for keeping us in the loop still.

[evandouglas86]

Got to 'em tonight. Here they are!


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My first breakage!!!! I pulled the red piece the wrong way and >snap<. I'll glue it back together, if that doesn't work, I'll drill through the middle and put a pin in it.

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All the hips and legs pieces laid out:


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Just for Paulbot and Spitcurlboy...


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Hahahaha

[M-bot]

M-bot, i think you may have filled where the 2nd gun would attach in city mode. This article May help you identify the grey piece ://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/new-pics-demonstrating-2nd-gun-for-sdcc-metroplex-in-city-and-battle-station-vehicle-modes/27876/ I am talking about at the swinging arm.


I am using a broken phone and cant edit this post better. Your grey arm piece filled with yellow.. http://www.flickr.com/photos/m-botst...s/10343430104/

You are right! There is sort-of an explanation for it - since it's the Hasbro version, it only came with 1 red gun, which can fit over the figure's right shoulder in city mode as well as robot mode, so I didn't even realise there needed to be a spot for the second gun. Since then, I've made a deal with my illustrious buyer that will supply Metroplex with a second red gun, so I now need that hole I've plugged up. Out comes the drill...

I've been doing some painting - update to follow tonight if I can stay awake long enough.

Edit: nope, ran out of time and need to sleep. Tomorrow then!

[nexusnixx]

wow.. this is very interesting... thumbs up for showing us the pix!!!

[M-bot]

Big update:

From here on, I'll mostly be posting up more "teaser" type pictures, so we can have a cool reveal at the end of the custom, due now in just a few weeks. In this week's update, there is a bit of process pictures with regards to Scamper, which you'll see at the bottom of the post.

I've painted almost all the red parts, and about half the white pieces. The biggest thing to paint is the lower legs: they need a lot of work. This week will see everything painted (the rest of the white, and the black pieces), then the detailing work commences.

More pics of masking, priming, painting and panel lining:


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Some of the body pieces are going to be silver. I had to spray the silver first, then it will be masked before the 'white' base goes on.

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The 'windows' need a silver base before a colour spray - you'll see below the effect I'm going for.

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The red pieces are painted with a gloss red with a tiny bit of black mixed in, so they've come up a vivid blood red. Really liking the colour, it pops nicely.

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Panel lined on the right of the photo, not panel lined on the left. Unfortunately slightly blurry (the camera focussed on the helmet).

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I had to stick the guns back together with blutak and respray some of the joining areas, as they were very slightly inconsistent when painted separately. It wasn't noticeable when they were apart, but put together it was there. Now, they blend together perfectly.

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Some of the white paired pieces. Not too exciting on their own. The colour I've painted them is a gloss white with a hint of silver. You can't see it from the photos, but the colour is just beautiful.

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Here's a comparison shot with one of the unpainted pieces (on the left) to give a bit of contrast.

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Now, onto Scamper's windshield, which I wanted red rather than blue. I originally thought I could hand paint it, and this was the disappointing result:

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So I stripped it back...

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...spray base coated in silver, which I then sprayed (not hand painted!) with a transparent red...

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...and then finished the top, inside and in-between pieces with a combo of dry-brushed matte black and a gloss black. It turned out like this:

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Much better, I'm sure you'll agree.

Thanks again for the positive feedback and comments. I'm open to more comments, if you have them!

[UltraMarginal]

I'm really enjoying watching this come together.

You're ideas of mixing the black with the red and prepainting Scampers windows with Silver and mixing the silver with the white have really paid off.

How did you do the panel lining on the "ear" pieces? was it a black wash or something like a gundam marker?

[lancalot]

I'm really enjoying watching this come together.

You're ideas of mixing the black with the red and prepainting Scampers windows with Silver and mixing the silver with the white have really paid off.

How did you do the panel lining on the "ear" pieces? was it a black wash or something like a gundam marker?

Yeah me too...looking good Mbot...

[M-bot]

I'm really enjoying watching this come together.

You're ideas of mixing the black with the red and prepainting Scampers windows with Silver and mixing the silver with the white have really paid off.

How did you do the panel lining on the "ear" pieces? was it a black wash or something like a gundam marker?

I used a black wash, watered down further, with about 2 layers. I prefer to use a liquid wash as it tends to find the grooves all by itself and if you stuff anything up, a quick wipe and you can do it over.

[UltraMarginal]

NICE!