rockpopandchips Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 Snow Crash is a science fiction novel by American writer Neal Stephenson, published in 1992, if you dont know it read it it is outstanding. YT is a skate board courier and im going to attempt to alter this Ma.k figure, i have made a start on her left arm and started messing with the start of a deck. The trooper is the other kit im working on at the moment. New arm posision pinned in place just need to move the fingers a tad more. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted March 30, 2018 Author Share Posted March 30, 2018 (edited) Doh! Edited March 30, 2018 by rockpopandchips Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted March 30, 2018 Author Share Posted March 30, 2018 (edited) TYT is now pinned together, just moved both arm out from the body and he is now giving the horned hand sign. I have allso had a think about adding pockets to YT's coveralls, i had a practice with paper on this 1/35 scale figure, Its ok for starters and a lot easier than using milliput. I think i might order some green stuff to try that as well. I wet the paper with decal fix thet it dry on then brushed on a bit of paint. Edited March 30, 2018 by rockpopandchips 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Rose Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 Looking good, i like the idea of using paper not heard of that before, keeps it nice and thin for the scale too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted March 30, 2018 Author Share Posted March 30, 2018 (edited) 30 minutes ago, Hunter Rose said: Looking good, i like the idea of using paper not heard of that before, keeps it nice and thin for the scale too Cheers, yeh paper us new to me also but i have been looking at getting VMS paper stuff. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbD09RqPmy4 Edited March 30, 2018 by rockpopandchips Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted March 30, 2018 Author Share Posted March 30, 2018 Ok second attempt at painting the face? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundledonk Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 Love the use of paper ( genius ) and like Hunter said it will have a nice fidelity in scale. Face looks good to me and the skin tones are lovely, a touch of black on the edge of the top and bottom lids will define them nicely if you can get in with a fine brush ( easy for me to say lol and it looks do-able in the pics but I know how tiny that area is in hand and it won't be easy ) her face will really pop once the hair is painted in and it all comes together. Looking forward to seeing more mate Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted March 31, 2018 Author Share Posted March 31, 2018 (edited) Cheers Pete. I gave your suggestion a go, You will have to let me know if you think its enough. YT's deck is well looking a bit 80's so i think i will make her a new one, im thinking off a longer slimmer profile. Edited March 31, 2018 by rockpopandchips 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Rose Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Face looks good, and yeah i agree longer and thinner will make the board look better i think 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted March 31, 2018 Author Share Posted March 31, 2018 New deck....need to make the trucks now. And a "poon" and may be a can of liquid knuckle. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted April 1, 2018 Author Share Posted April 1, 2018 More pockets added to TY's overalls and a start on a courier bag. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 Where's her Poon? Not something I ever expeted to see as a figure.....Do they do Hiro too? & Uncle Enzo? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted April 10, 2018 Author Share Posted April 10, 2018 On 07/04/2018 at 10:40 PM, Sgt.Squarehead said: Where's her Poon? Not something I ever expeted to see as a figure.....Do they do Hiro too? & Uncle Enzo? Her Poon is in the making, the kit is Ma.K kit that im converting to look a bit more like YT....with a bit of luck...... After 2 weeks away from the man cave im back to it and i have repainted YT's head, i wasn't happy with how it looked and i have been catching up with some anime and manga, so i think that has had some influence over how she looks now. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 Great work.....Are you going to try to do anything with the 'smart-wheels' for her deck,? Tricky but it would be cool if you could pull it off. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted April 10, 2018 Author Share Posted April 10, 2018 20 minutes ago, Sgt.Squarehead said: Great work.....Are you going to try to do anything with the 'smart-wheels' for her deck,? Tricky but it would be cool if you could pull it off. I have thought long and hard but they are so small im not sure if i could. I have a set of normal looking wheels on the deck up a few posts but they are metal and difficult to cut, i did think about using lots of cut short clothing pin, with the round head making the outer smart wheels. Thats about the best and most practical i could come up with at the moment other than scribbing zigzag lines into the metal wheels. Any idea's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 I was thinking stretched sprue on a plastic hub TBH.....Maybe use drops of white clue or CA to create the pads (or perhaps a bit of heat and a former of some kind)? It's just about the trickiest thing I can imagine attempting to model TBH (How big are the wheels?), but if you can make it work somehow, suddenly the figure is firmly 'pinned' to the Snow-Crash milieu. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted April 10, 2018 Author Share Posted April 10, 2018 The wheels are about 6mm x 3.5mm. I might have a play later on with the pins and stretching some plasic or some resin glue. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted April 14, 2018 Author Share Posted April 14, 2018 The wheels are not going well............ But TY is getting close to being finished, a few things to clean up. using a brush again for all the painting was a steep re learning but im having fun with it. Not sure if im going to clean the lines up on the bag or paint over them. Really pleased with how the extra pockets jave come out. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted April 14, 2018 Author Share Posted April 14, 2018 Poon! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Rose Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 Looking good, the blue and orange is really great and i like the pink hair way better than the brown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted April 16, 2018 Author Share Posted April 16, 2018 (edited) YT's had a satin coat and the her deck jas some very ordinary wheels......boooo! Poon looks ok. I got a little side tracked, when i was picking up some new paint i allso picked up a tamiya 1/100 English Lightning, its a teribel kit lots gaps and flash but i really like the looks and sound of these. Edited April 16, 2018 by rockpopandchips 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted September 20, 2019 Author Share Posted September 20, 2019 (edited) Well remembered this one, I didn't until packing the box for the club show on Sunday and found it again, so thought I would finish it. Just got to tidy up the wheels and a bit of weathering to the deck. Black Sun and Cosa Nostra pizza flyers added to the base. Edited September 20, 2019 by rockpopandchips 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesP Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 Nice, I was hoping you were going to try replicate the adaptive tread on the wheels. 🤪 I need to reread Snowcrash, it’s been awhile 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpopandchips Posted September 20, 2019 Author Share Posted September 20, 2019 Just now, JamesP said: Nice, I was hoping you were going to try replicate the adaptive tread on the wheels. 🤪 I need to reread Snowcrash, it’s been awhile I did think about add lots of small 1mm rod to a small ball, to make a spikey ball effect, but that's as far as I got with it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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