Glantern Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 good to know someone else invisioned him as opac. I was begining to think I was the only one. He looks great by the way, as do all of your customs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamrock Posted March 21, 2009 Author Share Posted March 21, 2009 Truth be told, I just don't have any clear Minimates, so I figured I would go with comic accuracy. Personally, I think an official 'Mate would look pretty cool with a mostly opaque, frosted look. Now it's time for parts hunting, which got me looking at my parts bucket. Oddly enough I only have 7 2" heads, 4 of which are unpainted. But I have 11 crotch pieces... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
entertheninja! Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Truth be told, I just don't have any clear Minimates, so I figured I would go with comic accuracy. Personally, I think an official 'Mate would look pretty cool with a mostly opaque, frosted look. Now it's time for parts hunting, which got me looking at my parts bucket. Oddly enough I only have 7 2" heads, 4 of which are unpainted. But I have 11 crotch pieces... you could build a crotch monster... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamrock Posted May 14, 2009 Author Share Posted May 14, 2009 Hey, you know what? I hate yellow paint. Ozymandias, on the other hand, loves yellow paint. What a jerk. The only thing I'm disappointed by is that I couldn't figure out how to do his headband thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mabait1020 Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 awesome man! ozymandias looks awesome!(even w/o the headband) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punisher Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Great work Shamrock! And yes, yellow paint is Satan in the paint world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Harris Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Very cool custom. Maybe a rubberband would work as headband. That's what I was thinking of to use. If I will ever do Veidt that is. And my personal paint nemessis actually is white. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthRaider Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 I'm trying to figure out how you did the cape, it looks pretty seamless... Haven't seen a Watchmen custom in a while. Sweet! (... is the Director's Cut out on DVD yet? ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamrock Posted May 14, 2009 Author Share Posted May 14, 2009 Bob: Yeah, white sucks too. NorthRaider: the way the cape was done is actually completely ridiculous. See, I don't have many parts, so I tend to modify things. Like back when I gave Doorman a cape to match his new appearance, I cut the studded collar thing off of a magneto cape to make it a normal cape, and painted it white. Well, when I go to make Ozzy, I'm hunting for ways to make his collar, and I remember Magneto's cape. Well, I put a Superman cape onto Doorman, and get to work RESCULPTING the collar I had cut off of the Magneto cape previously. Completely ridiculous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamrock Posted May 15, 2009 Author Share Posted May 15, 2009 (edited) So I was sitting around thinking about how to get me some parts for Minimate customs, and then it struck me, Plastidip! Plastidip is that stuff used for putting rubber handles on tools and such. You dip whatever you want into it, and it gets a plastic coating. Yay! So I tried making masks out of it. It's certainly not perfect. It's initially difficult to remove from the plastic, so some stretching can occur from the peeling. There are also a couple bubbles and you can see that it sinks into the hair hole. I've got a new one drying as we speak, this time I tried wrapping the head in tape first so that the mask will just slide off rather than have to be peeled. I'm hoping I can use this technique for Rorschach's mask. Edited May 15, 2009 by Shamrock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamrock Posted May 24, 2009 Author Share Posted May 24, 2009 Taking a break from Watchmen (not a permanent one), I started on an Earth X group. Yay! First up is Captain America And Namor I'm also currently working on Venom, and trying to figure out how to make Aaron Stack. To make the group shot a bit bigger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrobotC Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 awesome namor!!!!!i have never seen some thing so badass before captain america is amzing,what other earth x minimates are you gonna make? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punisher Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 (edited) Very cool Cap! Believe it or not, Earth X Cap was going to be my first custom ever. You did great justice to the design. Edited May 24, 2009 by the punisher=D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Harris Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 I just read the first episode of Earth X online (legally as it's a Wiki link?!?) to get an impression of it and, wow! You did an extraordinary job on those! I haven't met Namor yet, but the detail on 100 year old Cap is great. You really captured his face expression and that giant "A" scar on his forehead! Great work man, seriously! I don't know how important he's for the whole story, but a Falcon would be great. (I know, thie wings and stuff might be pretty difficult to realize...) And a question on the recipe: did you entirely sculpt Namor's burning side? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamrock Posted May 24, 2009 Author Share Posted May 24, 2009 Bob: You could say the burning side is sculpted. I used that Plastidip stuff I've been dipping so many figures into. This time putting some twist-ties onto the figure so that they look like flames. The hairpiece is just half of the Huan Torch's, and half of....anyone know who's hair that is? It's pretty terrible, very square. Cap's tunic is the same stuff, on his upper body. The lower body is just electric tape. Clay: Looking through the book (I only have the first) I would definetly say these guys warrant Minimates the most: Venom X-51 Daredevil Black Bolt Thor Loki Falcon Spiders Man However, with the new Blob, a Tub-Of-Lard Wolverine would be pretty easy. Blob could also be used to make Peter Parker. Of course Reed Richards would be a piece of cake, and if I were to ever re-make my Galactus, I would totally put that spoiler's face under the mask. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke314pi Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 Wow, these look amazing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamrock Posted May 25, 2009 Author Share Posted May 25, 2009 Thanks Luke! Say, what' everyone's favorite Rorschach "face"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nessex Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 That Flaming Namor is AWESOME!!!!! Amaxing work. I think that's the best flame-work i've seen done on a MiniMate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamrock Posted May 25, 2009 Author Share Posted May 25, 2009 That would be no problem if I could find where I put Venom's head. AAAAHHH!!! WHERE DID IT GOOOO!!!!???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Lord 5000 Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 (edited) That would be no problem if I could find where I put Venom's head. AAAAHHH!!! WHERE DID IT GOOOO!!!!???? Ok weird whats going on? no need to reply i get it Edited May 25, 2009 by Monkey Lord 5000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamrock Posted May 26, 2009 Author Share Posted May 26, 2009 Hey, I found her head. Just in time too, because I REALLY wanted to paint a ton of tiny tiny lines. Remind me to never make a Spider-Man Forgot to mention, it's Earth X Venom! I think this is it from me for Earth X. If I make another one, it will either be Daredevil or X-51. I still expect to slowly finish the watchmen, and I just found something else I REALLY want to make. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nessex Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 Wow - that Venom is AWESOME!!! Let me know if you put her on eBay, cause i'll be bidding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
undeadpool Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 those are amazing, after you do the customs that you wanted to do please try to to do more planet x stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM2 Dinobot Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 Dude. That Venom is beyond words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcastick Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 Those three look great Shamrock!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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