Cyclonus - and his armada...

[lcz128]

I think most of us can agree the Universe toys - for their price (in the states) and the demands that Hasbro have to submit to - have done pretty damn good- Paint apps aren't Henkei level - but then again - Henkeis retail for twice the price - so yeah - fair enough-
So there's a bunch of us who pretty much will go for either henkei or Universe cause it really can be considered 'good enough'.

Me - I've been planning to do a bit of 'Cyclonus and his armada' action - No - not going down the road of Senor STL and buying something like 40 of the suckers - but I'm getting one Henkei, flanked by two Universe ones...

That said, the Henkei one has to outshine his subordinates - Not hard - considering the chrome he's got (and especially on that crazy Nightstick :|)- I did however think that as good as Universe Cyclonus looks with his dark purple - WHAT THE HELL IS WITH THE TWO SHADES OF 'GREY' !?!?!??! Okay, it's not really that bad - Subtle use where the wings are is great - but really - different shades for the upper and lower thigh!? whut!?

And the face is unpainted - which we knew was going to happen and I'm okay about - so touchups have to happen anyway -
SO. With the 46+ degree day yesterday and hanging out at STL's with jacksplatt, we now have:






That last pic makes me think that I really should dust off my toys before taking pictures - but oh well - I digress... :\

Another + for hasbro is that the forearms of these suckers - they're actually grey plastic. All the purple there is painted. Yep. They had to match paint, and they did it right! Well done!

So-Lemme know what ya'll think guys

Cheers!

[kup]

That looks awesome!

What paint did you use btw? It seems a bit dark to be silver.

[Lord_Zed]

I bought the Henkei becuase I couldn't be bothered doing what you did to Cyclonus, very nice those grey parts look much better. I thought for a second you had painted the grey parts of his torso a matching purple in the first pic, which would have been cool, though tonning the silver gray colour down has pretty close to the same effect.

Nice work.

[loophole]

wow he looks heaps better, good job

[Lint]

great! i intend to do similar when I get my hands on one

[liegeprime]

Erm ... undercoat of black then mithril silver? Looks very nice!

[Deonasis]

Awesome, looks 10x times better. :thumbsup:

[gamblor916]

Cyclonus looks very nice, can't wait to get my hands on one.

[Paulbot]

Your custom looks more like the toy on the back of the box than the toy in the box!

[GoktimusPrime]

I was looking forward to getting Universe Cyclonus because of the darker purple... but the slackness of the grays makes me wanna cry. (T_T) I intentionally passed up on Henkei Cyclonus and am now waiting to find Universe Cyclonus in stores... (-_-)