Post by uvhst3p on Sept 6, 2007 21:41:30 GMT 8
REPAINTS ARE BELOW. sorry for the very poor picture quality
now that i have no more figures to repaint, i decided to accept paint jobs. PM me if you are intersted. i am still a novice painter so don't expect too much but i will do my best and keep improving at that. all of my work are posted below. my main line of expertise, shall we say, is the TFTM figures that came out in the movie but i am also accepting other figures to paint like marvel, g.i. joe, etc. i don't know how to describe my methods but i paint straight - meaning i paint this part this, and that part that. i don't do blending effects like a flame thing or other stuff like that. i am working so the repaint may take longer than before. we can meet up at SM Sucat or SM Bicutan or you can use LBC or Air21 to mail the figure/s to me. payments are thru BPI (for now) if you decide to mail the figure.
please tell if the prices are too low or too high as this is my first time to price my services. thanks
TFTM leader class megatron repaint would cost around P 1,900 (excluding shipping)
TFTM leader class optimus prime (excluding shipping) would cost around P 1,500 but it is important that you know that i CANNOT match his red and blue colors. in my custom prime, his red is dark red. dark as in dark but not really. basta dark. his blue on mine is almost bordering on indigo/violet/black. it's dark blue....really dark. i also don't do flame jobs so don't expect flames to be added to prime
average prices:
TFTM Voyager Classes cost P 700
TFTM Deluxe Classes cost P 400
all are exclusive of shipping
i have yet to price other figures since i don't know exactly what you are going to request
i guess that's about it. my best work so far would have to be LC megs. gotta love the repainted look more that the hasbro default
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TFTM DC Autobot Jazz
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Classics Grimlock
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TFTM DC Cliffjumper
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LEADER CLASS OPTIMUS PRIME
Update: finished w/ lc prime
so i'm finsihed with lc optimus prime. after painting him, you could guess that i should feel some sort of accomplishment right? well, NOT! i am frustrated. sure the repaint looks nice and all but it's not finished. I CAN'T FINISH HIM! i really can't get the mixture right for OP red and OP blue. i asked jinsaotome's advice here and said that he too cannot get OP's red and blue colors right when using tamiya acrylics. come on, even jinsaotome can't get the mixture right. dang tamiya! if only i knew how to get to Specialty Toy Center since i heard there are other brands of paint there aside from tamiya that do not cost too much. my advice is to not buy tamiya acrylic red since it's too inconsistent! here's how inconsistent it is:
1. i stirred it a million times already but still feels watery
2. when you put just one drop of water into the red mixture, it will be TOO watery
3. if you put no water into the mixture, it feels watery but it dries up really fast so when you apply the paint, it is thick. i don't get it, thick but watery???
i have studied every video and every picture of big bot from the movie and planned it so that i would know exactly what each part will be colored into, well as close as they could get since the figure ain't movie accurate, but...wah!!
so here are the unfinished parts...
i just painted some sort of dark blue mixture for those parts which should be colored OP blue. parts are:
- shoulders
- inside elbow
- front of legs
- back of legs
- back of calf
- top of feet
for OP red, i left his outer forearms still with the default color since i don't want to ruin it. as for the others, i just tried to even out as much as i can the stupid red color
- a part of his back
- inside of the lower part of the lower leg
- a part of the side of the hood
some more pics:
whole body
upper body
lower body - gotta love the rims
him with my lc megs repaint. didn't have time to pose them
i'll post more pictures of him in his robot mode and alt mode later when cool off a bit...
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LEADER CLASS MEGATRON
before repainting, all physical modifications should be made. well, the only physical modification i made is that i transferred megatron's left cannon spring to his right arm. with this modification, megatron's right arm shoot's out and his left fusion cannon can now stay in place. i'd like to make other physical modifications but i don't have any other toys to take parts from. donations are welcome ;D hehe
yes you can slide his fusion cannon so that it could be placed near the middle
there must be something wrong with the way i wash or maybe it's just the soap because what happened to my ratchet's joints, after washing, also happened to megatron. their joints have stiffened up but only a bit. anyway, here is an update:
finished base coating him black. took me 2 days. actually 3 if you count the day i bought another 75ml bottle of black paint. i used 1 and maybe 1/4 black for base coating him twice
stage 3, painting/drybrushing megatron, is finished. i want to wait a day before stage 4 which is detailing megatron with black and copper-gold colors. i'm estimating this to be about 4 days maybe.
stage 3 pics. again taken with camera phone. i did not use a flashlight for the 1st picture. i used a flashlight while taking a picture for the other ones. let me know what is better. thanks
pics of alt mode:
(without flashlight)
(with flashlight)
pics of robot mode:
so stage 4 is finished. i over estimated the time it took to finish stage 4. just took me 1 day. anyway, what i did here is i just highlighted and detailed some lines in black, recolored some parts to black, and then painted copper-gold to highlight some parts. i used every reference i had, including movie clips, movie caps, the comic images, and every image i found on the internet, as basis as to where or what parts should i highlight with black or gold-copper. for the gold-copper parts, i made them kind of light. i wanted to do this because i want to make it like the movie since in the movie, you really couldn't see his gold parts until you play the movie and slow-mo and zoom in or if you observe closely. megatron in the movie was more just metal looking. i'll post some pictures of his alt mode at a later time when the paint dries more. for now, here are profile shots of his robot mode. some pictures below were used with flashlight and some without. i used a flashlight to exaggerate where the gold-copper paint was applied. again, i only have a camera phone
before and after pictures
more pictures
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VOYAGER CLASS STARSCREAM
prototype of Starscream's hand (still not painted):
you can store the hands at his back when not in use. at this point, they are just placed snuggly at starscream's wrinkly back. they still don't stay in place. anybody know where i can buy very small magnets? i need those so that starscream's hands won't fall from his back when i vigorously shake him. thanks
here is a pic of starscream's hands on his back when he's on missile fingers. this kinda resembles his thrusters:
also, here is a pic of his hands placed in jet mode. also kinda resembles thrusters that very much look like robot kibble:
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VOYAGER CLASS IRONHIDE
repainted vehicle mode for ironhide. painted the front "road armor" accurately. painted the pulley-tower thing on the front bumper together with the four lights on the front bumper. painted the outer lining for the grill thing beside the hood. painted the smoke stacks. painted the 4 very small "maybe" signal lights or reflectors - 2 on each side of the vehicle. painted the 2 small reflector or reverse lights on the rear bumper
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VOYAGER CLASS RATCHET
so this is my first repaint. had some trouble mixing the paints so i just bought tamiya neutral gray. painted the fig for about a week. i used pictures from tfw2005 and a quite clear *cough* version of the movie for reference and pictures from the detroit river walk for more details on his vehicle mode.
i first repainted his vehicle mode to resemble its movie counterpart. painted the rescue tools individually. just the general stuff so that it more closely would resemble the movie hummer in my eyes. i painted the wheels according to my taste because i had a hard time trying to make it movie like.
the robot mode is basically base painting with flat black and then dry brushing with aluminum. gun metal and steel were not available so i used aluminum. added face paint detail. again, details here and there. and i also painted parts of his feet green to resemble his movie counterpart. cut out a small part on ratchet's flip top (the one flipped to reveal his head) so that the stretcher, or whatever you want to call it, is held in place in robot mode. i guess that's about it.
i removed the front bumper guard, his flip top, and his stretcher when i painted him
sorry for the picture quality. i only have a camera phone. please comment (aside from the bad picture quality). i would love to read what you think so that i would know some points for improvement. thanks for looking
*** i viewed my post and i just realized that the pictures are really really bad. they are so bad that you cannot clearly see much of the repaint detail. i apologize for this
MORE PICS AT MY ONLINE AUCTION
full shot 1
vehicle before and after - the rescue tools on the toy are molded backwards
face shots (better pictures can be seen at my online auction which already ended. see link just above)
feet detail
full shots
left arm detail
right arm detail
now that i have no more figures to repaint, i decided to accept paint jobs. PM me if you are intersted. i am still a novice painter so don't expect too much but i will do my best and keep improving at that. all of my work are posted below. my main line of expertise, shall we say, is the TFTM figures that came out in the movie but i am also accepting other figures to paint like marvel, g.i. joe, etc. i don't know how to describe my methods but i paint straight - meaning i paint this part this, and that part that. i don't do blending effects like a flame thing or other stuff like that. i am working so the repaint may take longer than before. we can meet up at SM Sucat or SM Bicutan or you can use LBC or Air21 to mail the figure/s to me. payments are thru BPI (for now) if you decide to mail the figure.
please tell if the prices are too low or too high as this is my first time to price my services. thanks
TFTM leader class megatron repaint would cost around P 1,900 (excluding shipping)
TFTM leader class optimus prime (excluding shipping) would cost around P 1,500 but it is important that you know that i CANNOT match his red and blue colors. in my custom prime, his red is dark red. dark as in dark but not really. basta dark. his blue on mine is almost bordering on indigo/violet/black. it's dark blue....really dark. i also don't do flame jobs so don't expect flames to be added to prime
average prices:
TFTM Voyager Classes cost P 700
TFTM Deluxe Classes cost P 400
all are exclusive of shipping
i have yet to price other figures since i don't know exactly what you are going to request
i guess that's about it. my best work so far would have to be LC megs. gotta love the repainted look more that the hasbro default
*****=====*****=====*****
TFTM DC Autobot Jazz
*****=====*****=====*****
Classics Grimlock
*****=====*****=====*****
TFTM DC Cliffjumper
*****=====*****=====*****
LEADER CLASS OPTIMUS PRIME
Update: finished w/ lc prime
so i'm finsihed with lc optimus prime. after painting him, you could guess that i should feel some sort of accomplishment right? well, NOT! i am frustrated. sure the repaint looks nice and all but it's not finished. I CAN'T FINISH HIM! i really can't get the mixture right for OP red and OP blue. i asked jinsaotome's advice here and said that he too cannot get OP's red and blue colors right when using tamiya acrylics. come on, even jinsaotome can't get the mixture right. dang tamiya! if only i knew how to get to Specialty Toy Center since i heard there are other brands of paint there aside from tamiya that do not cost too much. my advice is to not buy tamiya acrylic red since it's too inconsistent! here's how inconsistent it is:
1. i stirred it a million times already but still feels watery
2. when you put just one drop of water into the red mixture, it will be TOO watery
3. if you put no water into the mixture, it feels watery but it dries up really fast so when you apply the paint, it is thick. i don't get it, thick but watery???
i have studied every video and every picture of big bot from the movie and planned it so that i would know exactly what each part will be colored into, well as close as they could get since the figure ain't movie accurate, but...wah!!
so here are the unfinished parts...
i just painted some sort of dark blue mixture for those parts which should be colored OP blue. parts are:
- shoulders
- inside elbow
- front of legs
- back of legs
- back of calf
- top of feet
for OP red, i left his outer forearms still with the default color since i don't want to ruin it. as for the others, i just tried to even out as much as i can the stupid red color
- a part of his back
- inside of the lower part of the lower leg
- a part of the side of the hood
some more pics:
whole body
upper body
lower body - gotta love the rims
him with my lc megs repaint. didn't have time to pose them
i'll post more pictures of him in his robot mode and alt mode later when cool off a bit...
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LEADER CLASS MEGATRON
before repainting, all physical modifications should be made. well, the only physical modification i made is that i transferred megatron's left cannon spring to his right arm. with this modification, megatron's right arm shoot's out and his left fusion cannon can now stay in place. i'd like to make other physical modifications but i don't have any other toys to take parts from. donations are welcome ;D hehe
yes you can slide his fusion cannon so that it could be placed near the middle
there must be something wrong with the way i wash or maybe it's just the soap because what happened to my ratchet's joints, after washing, also happened to megatron. their joints have stiffened up but only a bit. anyway, here is an update:
finished base coating him black. took me 2 days. actually 3 if you count the day i bought another 75ml bottle of black paint. i used 1 and maybe 1/4 black for base coating him twice
stage 3, painting/drybrushing megatron, is finished. i want to wait a day before stage 4 which is detailing megatron with black and copper-gold colors. i'm estimating this to be about 4 days maybe.
stage 3 pics. again taken with camera phone. i did not use a flashlight for the 1st picture. i used a flashlight while taking a picture for the other ones. let me know what is better. thanks
pics of alt mode:
(without flashlight)
(with flashlight)
pics of robot mode:
so stage 4 is finished. i over estimated the time it took to finish stage 4. just took me 1 day. anyway, what i did here is i just highlighted and detailed some lines in black, recolored some parts to black, and then painted copper-gold to highlight some parts. i used every reference i had, including movie clips, movie caps, the comic images, and every image i found on the internet, as basis as to where or what parts should i highlight with black or gold-copper. for the gold-copper parts, i made them kind of light. i wanted to do this because i want to make it like the movie since in the movie, you really couldn't see his gold parts until you play the movie and slow-mo and zoom in or if you observe closely. megatron in the movie was more just metal looking. i'll post some pictures of his alt mode at a later time when the paint dries more. for now, here are profile shots of his robot mode. some pictures below were used with flashlight and some without. i used a flashlight to exaggerate where the gold-copper paint was applied. again, i only have a camera phone
before and after pictures
more pictures
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VOYAGER CLASS STARSCREAM
prototype of Starscream's hand (still not painted):
you can store the hands at his back when not in use. at this point, they are just placed snuggly at starscream's wrinkly back. they still don't stay in place. anybody know where i can buy very small magnets? i need those so that starscream's hands won't fall from his back when i vigorously shake him. thanks
here is a pic of starscream's hands on his back when he's on missile fingers. this kinda resembles his thrusters:
also, here is a pic of his hands placed in jet mode. also kinda resembles thrusters that very much look like robot kibble:
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VOYAGER CLASS IRONHIDE
repainted vehicle mode for ironhide. painted the front "road armor" accurately. painted the pulley-tower thing on the front bumper together with the four lights on the front bumper. painted the outer lining for the grill thing beside the hood. painted the smoke stacks. painted the 4 very small "maybe" signal lights or reflectors - 2 on each side of the vehicle. painted the 2 small reflector or reverse lights on the rear bumper
=====
VOYAGER CLASS RATCHET
so this is my first repaint. had some trouble mixing the paints so i just bought tamiya neutral gray. painted the fig for about a week. i used pictures from tfw2005 and a quite clear *cough* version of the movie for reference and pictures from the detroit river walk for more details on his vehicle mode.
i first repainted his vehicle mode to resemble its movie counterpart. painted the rescue tools individually. just the general stuff so that it more closely would resemble the movie hummer in my eyes. i painted the wheels according to my taste because i had a hard time trying to make it movie like.
the robot mode is basically base painting with flat black and then dry brushing with aluminum. gun metal and steel were not available so i used aluminum. added face paint detail. again, details here and there. and i also painted parts of his feet green to resemble his movie counterpart. cut out a small part on ratchet's flip top (the one flipped to reveal his head) so that the stretcher, or whatever you want to call it, is held in place in robot mode. i guess that's about it.
i removed the front bumper guard, his flip top, and his stretcher when i painted him
sorry for the picture quality. i only have a camera phone. please comment (aside from the bad picture quality). i would love to read what you think so that i would know some points for improvement. thanks for looking
*** i viewed my post and i just realized that the pictures are really really bad. they are so bad that you cannot clearly see much of the repaint detail. i apologize for this
MORE PICS AT MY ONLINE AUCTION
full shot 1
vehicle before and after - the rescue tools on the toy are molded backwards
face shots (better pictures can be seen at my online auction which already ended. see link just above)
feet detail
full shots
left arm detail
right arm detail
keeping the site active as a place to dump info for easier backtracking. 