Kamsm8 Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 (edited) Hey guys. So I decided to change this to my own customs thread, since I will hopefully start putting out more customs. This will also include my modifications to pre-existing minimates. The Bishop custom was inspired by someone's own Bishop modifications I found in this forum - I'm not sure who, but if you guys do, I just want to say thanks for the inspiration. I wanted to make Cable a little more interesting, so I decided to try and make him look more like this. I'm still trying to find a good hairpiece for him, and something to give him his huge should-pads. The Blizzard is my first and only true custom minimate. I made him from a repainted Spymaster figure I had. Edited March 8, 2010 by Kamsm8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twisted Two-Face Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 Wow!! That's not half-bad!! I should know; i draw all my concept art too. For the hairpiece i would have to say trying out the FA Avengers' Tony Stark's. It may just work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamsm8 Posted May 13, 2009 Author Share Posted May 13, 2009 Thanks, Twisted! Yeah, I tried drawing the blank in Photoshop, but I lack the knowledge to do so, so I just resorted to good ol' pencil and paper! Ha, turned out well enough. Anyways, I'm not done with the regular head (I've got a spare New Goblin face sticking under this one), or a spare FA Iron Man hairpiece ready, but I still wanted to show this lil' guy. So, without further ado, my first custom Minimate: BLIZZARD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrobotC Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 i love that custom,but is it me,or does that minimate seem smaller? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniFiend UK Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 Nice piece of hand drawn art and a cool (no pun interned) minimate. I would love to see a Blizzard or Eel minimate in a future wave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Harris Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 Very nice custom, guy with the-unpronounceable-name! Did you do all the outlines by hand or did you use decals? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamsm8 Posted May 13, 2009 Author Share Posted May 13, 2009 Ha, sorry about the squat looking minimate. Blame that on my scanner. =/ But yeah, the chest and mask are all hand painted. I don't have a printer that would produce anything close to a decent decal, nor any way to design one, so I went extremely old school and primitive. Thanks for the complements. Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamrock Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 That's some killer painting there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrobotC Posted May 13, 2009 Share Posted May 13, 2009 Ha, sorry about the squat looking minimate. Blame that on my scanner. =/ But yeah, the chest and mask are all hand painted. I don't have a printer that would produce anything close to a decent decal, nor any way to design one, so I went extremely old school and primitive. Thanks for the complements. Cheers! high five for old school :biggrin: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamsm8 Posted June 12, 2009 Author Share Posted June 12, 2009 Updated with pictures of all my custom minimates so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke314pi Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 I love that Bishop! Nice work all around! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punisher Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 Bishop and Blizzard look real good. Great job matching the paint for Juggs and Rhino as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
undeadpool Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 i love those customs thats a great bishop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBT! Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 Some nice stuff here, I like that blizzard a lot T. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TENIME_art Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 Not bad, man! For my Cable, I used Dr. Fate's hairpiece...looks better than what he came with... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamrock Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 You have a knack for hand painting Minimates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamsm8 Posted January 26, 2010 Author Share Posted January 26, 2010 So I've got some questions, for anybody who can offer me some tips. 1) How do you take apart a minimates legs without breaking the small pins inside? Is there any easy way to do so? 2) How do you protect the paint on a minimate so that it isn't worn away at the joints? If anybody could offer me some help... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MINI_MYTE Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 So I've got some questions, for anybody who can offer me some tips. 1) How do you take apart a minimates legs without breaking the small pins inside? Is there any easy way to do so? 2) How do you protect the paint on a minimate so that it isn't worn away at the joints? If anybody could offer me some help... Boiling some water and submerging the minimate leg in it for 10 seconds is usually the best bet for disassembly. Depending on what quality of plastic was used all should go well. As for the paint on the knee joint, are you talking existing paint or paint you are planning to apply? If it's paint you are planning to apply, I would suggest using a base minimate leg that is close in color to the paint you wish to apply. In my experience, if properly applied, the paint SHOULD stay in place. Hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamsm8 Posted February 1, 2010 Author Share Posted February 1, 2010 Thank you Minimyte. That hot water trick worked beautifully. Also, by paint, I meant when I paint joints. It's no worries anyways, I don't tend to move my customs much anyways to where it's a worry. Also, so I'm working on making the original 7 MMPR as minimates. (Red, blue, black, yellow, pink, white, green). And I need some suggestions for hairpieces. Tommy's hair and Zack's are the most troubles. Anybody got ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matty-lad Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 Thank you Minimyte. That hot water trick worked beautifully. Also, by paint, I meant when I paint joints. It's no worries anyways, I don't tend to move my customs much anyways to where it's a worry. Also, so I'm working on making the original 7 MMPR as minimates. (Red, blue, black, yellow, pink, white, green). And I need some suggestions for hairpieces. Tommy's hair and Zack's are the most troubles. Anybody got ideas? Hey, How about Jigsaw for Zach : http://www.minimatedatabase.com/figure.php?i=695 Green Ranger Tommy could be Baltar : http://www.minimatedatabase.com/figure.php?i=448 Not come up with anything for White Ranger Tommy but will keep looking. Take care, Matty-lad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
616commando Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 Those are pretty sweet. I like that they make me want to customize my own. Thanks for the insperation! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamsm8 Posted March 8, 2010 Author Share Posted March 8, 2010 Thanks for the kind words, guys. And the suggestions on hairpieces. It's been quite a while since I've added anything new on here, but I've just about finished two minimates in my current project. I know the photographs are terrible, but I've been very excited to upload SOME kind of photo to see how you guys react, considering what opposition a proposed official license for this property brought up... Fail sentencing. Anyways, yeah, take a look at these photo's and let me know what you guys think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthRaider Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 (edited) Not too shabby for your first customs! I like the painted-on white diamonds and how you brought out the muscle definition. Personally I'd recommend maximizing the space on the headblock and not scrunching up the face in the center too much, but overall cool work! Not too shabby for your first customs! I like the painted-on white diamonds and how you brought out the muscle definition. Personally I'd recommend maximizing the space on the headblock and not scrunching up the face in the center too much, but overall cool work! Edited March 8, 2010 by NorthRaider Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UK Collector Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 That Red Ranger is great. For the Green Rangers "chest shield" you may want to try the piece that goes around the neck of the scrull and then add to it. I can't even describe how crazy I would go if DST got the license for MM Power Rangers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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