Gigastorm custom WIP

[M-bot]

I've done some more work, most of it a little dull - base coating some of the larger body pieces.

I reassembled the head to do some detail work (much thanks to Demonac who pointed out to me the black pieces on the top of Gigastorm's dino head, which I can now see better on the photos that JITS very generously supplied me with), and found that under bright light, the paint work was not as good as it needed to be. I'll go back and fix it soon.

In order to do some more of the head, I need a horn. I cut and trimmed the transparent section of an MP Seeker flight stand, which was fine, but a little bland. I got out a bunch of unused clear body armour pieces from some RID Minicons (specifically the ones that were clear yellow and clear orange), did some test fitting of some different configurations, cut and Dremelled them down and stuck them on to spruce the horn up a bit. Then did the first few coats of transparent orange lacquer (SMS paints). Will need a few more orange coats and some clear gloss to make it shine.









To finish off, here's a pic of the reassembled dino arm, before detailing:


Total time taken so far: 15 hours, 10 minutes (that includes 4 hours just on the horn!)

[Thurmus]

I've done some more work, most of it a little dull - base coating some of the larger body pieces.

I reassembled the head to do some detail work (much thanks to Demonac who pointed out to me the black pieces on the top of Gigastorm's dino head, which I can now see better on the photos that JITS very generously supplied me with), and found that under bright light, the paint work was not as good as it needed to be. I'll go back and fix it soon.

In order to do some more of the head, I need a horn. I cut and trimmed the transparent section of an MP Seeker flight stand, which was fine, but a little bland. I got out a bunch of unused clear body armour pieces from some RID Minicons (specifically the ones that were clear yellow and clear orange), did some test fitting of some different configurations, cut and Dremelled them down and stuck them on to spruce the horn up a bit. Then did the first few coats of transparent orange lacquer (SMS paints). Will need a few more orange coats and some clear gloss to make it shine.



To finish off, here's a pic of the reassembled dino arm, before detailing:


Total time taken so far: 15 hours, 10 minutes (that includes 4 hours just on the horn!)

I'm not sure you need to add the four hours of leisure time to your total. In fact I am not sure I am comfortable with you sharing that sort of information.

[M-bot]

I'm not sure you need to add the four hours of leisure time to your total. In fact I am not sure I am comfortable with you sharing that sort of information.

TMI indeed!

[M-bot]

Some more progress pictures, specifically of some of the hand-painted detail work:







I've been using the Molotow chrome pen for some of the detailing )mostly for very small areas only) - it's seriously easy to use and the results are fantastic. Not sure how hard wearing the paint is, time will tell.

Total time taken so far: 20 hours, 35 minutes

[UltraMarginal]

the detailing is coming along nicely and the horn design is simply inspired.

you are really highlighting just how much detail Hasbro have put into this humongous toy.

[M-bot]

the detailing is coming along nicely and the horn design is simply inspired.

you are really highlighting just how much detail Hasbro have put into this humongous toy.

Thank you

One thing that customising has shown me is that each and every toy, no matter how big or small, no matter how "simple", has been largely created from nothing. All of those details - each and every one - was painstakingly sculpted by someone. One of my biggest aims with most customs is to pay respect to the immense amount of work the original creator has put in.

[M-bot]

I had someone mention to me that Gigastorm was (I'm paraphrasing) "just Trypticon with green camo bits". After 20-odd hours of work I decided I should probably get to a few of them green bits.

Masking this was a right pain, especially since the modern Trypticon has few flat areas and so much more moulded details. As a result, some of the lines are a tad fuzzy - they will be fixed by hand later.

For his "landing strips" I used a similar technique to the "glow" areas on a few previous customs, perhaps with a bit more subtlety.











Also did some detailing on the collar/cannons.


Total time taken so far: 29 hours, 40 minutes