Lee Chambers Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 (edited) This was my first vinyl kit, I picked it up last year off eBay for a very cheap price as there was a few parts missing. It was based on the Predator 2 figure however I decided I wanted to build it as a classic Predator from the first movie so I scratched built the shoulder plasma cannon from old aircraft bits and beefed up his spear. I also added some old number 11 scalpel blades that I made into his arm blades and then I added some LED and SMD lighting into his laser sight helmet unit and his left forearm electronic panel. I then made a small swamp like diorama out of some foliage that I picked up off eBay and made the roots and tree branches out of hot glue gun sticks and melted hot glue strands to make the root system and the final coat of outdoor varnish to give it a wet look. It was an interesting build, I primed the vinyl with grey Stynylrez which covered the vinyl really well. I then used various Vallejo paints to give the effect. The trickiest job was hand painting all of the netting on the body suit. I hope you enjoy all of the pictures! Edited August 8, 2017 by Lee Chambers 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carts Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Great work,love your additions and base work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Rose Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Very very cool! The lights are amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tzulscha Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Not a bad sculpt but the additional bits you added definitely put it over the top. I'm gonna have to try the hot glue vines and roots. That's brilliant! Applause! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Chambers Posted July 30, 2016 Author Share Posted July 30, 2016 Not a bad sculpt but the additional bits you added definitely put it over the top. I'm gonna have to try the hot glue vines and roots. That's brilliant! Applause! Thanks very much for your comments,i like to think outside the box,and not follow others,but just experiment with new techniques,it pushes me out of my comfort zone,but by not sticking to a single model type i find that building something totally different overall can only improve my skills. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElectricLightAndy Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Great job, as mentioned by the others, all the additional bits really make it special Regards, Andy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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