MINI_MYTE Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 Just wondering if any of the board's customizers going to take a stab and try to make a correct pair of puffy cuffed arms for Miss Braddock? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj87 Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 Psyguy had a bloody good go... page 10 of his custom thread. looks pretty perfect to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobsterman Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Just wondering if any of the board's customizers going to take a stab and try to make a correct pair of puffy cuffed arms for Miss Braddock? Fixed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youbastards Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Nice job Lobsterman, I am in the process of a similar mod myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MINI_MYTE Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Brilliant modification Lobsterman. What was your recipe? I want to steal it. :biggrin: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirymate Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Improves the figure tenfold. Nice work, LM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobsterman Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Thanks. It seemed like a simpler procedure before I really thought about it, because it looked like I could just attach a flesh-colored upper arm to the fuschia puffy part – then I obviously realized I was trying to connect two of the same half of the hinge joint. Thus, there is some drilling and gluing involved. First, I dremelled out the shoulder holes on the puffy sleeves enough to fit some regular wrist holes in them. Because the upper arm is slightly longer than the lower arm, you'll need to drill into the puffy part pretty deep (but make sure not to drill out the other side!) Then, I cut down some flesh-colored lower arms to be just long enough to fit hand pegs in, and glued them into the puffy sleeve holes. So that's the easy part. Next, I cut off the fuschia lower arm (now the top) as close to the hinge joint as possible, while still leaving an intact transverse surface to glue the new upper arm to. Then, I cut the upper shoulder section of a flesh-colored arm to an appropriate length – you'll need to eyeball both pieces together next to a regular arm so you don't make the composite too long – and glued it to the hinged fuschia arm section. Finally, I sanded the bonded area down so the seam doesn't show as much, and painted it. Being a perfectionist, I'm thinking about going back in and sanding the seam down some more and covering it with some epoxy putty and repainting, just to hide the joined area as much as possible. Also, I hand-painted it on the last go-around, thinking the area was so small that brush strokes wouldn't really show, but they do, so I'm going to do it properly this time and mask and airbrush for a smooth finish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karamazov80 Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Improves the figure tenfold. Nice work, LM. I think you mis-typed when referring to Lobsterguy by his nickname, "Penfold" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobsterman Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Crumbs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Thanks. It seemed like a simpler procedure before I really thought about it, because it looked like I could just attach a flesh-colored upper arm to the fuschia puffy part – then I obviously realized I was trying to connect two of the same half of the hinge joint. My take-away. Great custom, and the final product really does look simple and effortless, but hearing the amount of work you put into it... I think I'll just make do with the stock version. It's a shame DST fell short on this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murderofcrows Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 damn that looks good!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karamazov80 Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 My take-away. Great custom, and the final product really does look simple and effortless, but hearing the amount of work you put into it... I think I'll just make do with the stock version. It's a shame DST fell short on this one. In fairness, asking for newly sculpted arms for circa 1987 Betsy Braddock might have been pushing it a bit. If we were ever going to get a figure of this, I don't reckon I would have expected DST to go beyond existing parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 I reckon I should have been clearer. I don't like that they used the puffy shoulder bits when a standard Minimate arm would have worked better- that's the only way I think DST fell short. New sculpts would have been unexpected icing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyd Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Well done modifications, Lobsterman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirymate Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Um... yeah, okay... so much for the "maybe I'll try that" notion. I'm still on the paint-and-part-swap phase of the custom game. It's moments like this I wish there were someone doing 3rd party minimate parts. (Course they'd be like $10 an arm to cover costs, but hey...) Really nice work though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MINI_MYTE Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 I'll give LM's modification a whirl once my Betsy arrives in the mail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youbastards Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Here's my updated Betsy: Hairpiece is a modified Wonder Woman hairpiece with the tiara sanded off and repainted. For the arms, I had started a similar mod as Lobsterman, but I messed up one of the arms and scrapped it, and sculpted them up from Fixit sculpt. I also gave her a butterfly power effect: A couple more pix are available on my customs page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirymate Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 I also gave her a butterfly power effect: Points for trying harder than DST did on that. Good work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MINI_MYTE Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Most impressive improvement youbastards. You get 10 points plus a gold star. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youbastards Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 Thanks, gents! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karamazov80 Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 How much? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nessex Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 loving it. That butterfly is great! Where-ever did you find it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youbastards Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 Well, I did buy the butterfly parts in a pack, so if you want to provide the parts I suppose I could make up some more. I would need a Wonder Woman hairpiece and 2 arms per custom. PM me if interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nessex Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 Just wondering if any of the board's customizers going to take a stab and try to make a correct pair of puffy cuffed arms for Miss Braddock?Fixed. Damn - i missed this. Very fine work Lobsterman. I'd much rather be paying for that than what dst gave us. A+ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youbastards Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 Thanks Nessex - I got them on eBay in a pack of 10 for $5 plus shipping. See my above post if you are interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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