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Post by OptiMack Prime on Jan 5, 2009 10:28:09 GMT 7
last night after thinking about what rej said and finding an uncanny resemblance to the face of the figure (the one under the mask of course) to Tony Stark, i decided to mod my Wraith Mercenary Figure from GI Joe into an Iron Man armor.  i started with swapping his legs with the legs of Cobra Commander with Battle Armor since i figure it's more armor looking than the ones hat came with the MW. next i sculpted the uni-beam thingy on the chest armor and made some minor mods to the helmet.  then i went to the legs and boxed up the shins a bit with putty to resemble boosters. after everything sets i'll prime it with flat black then drybrush silver, and go over it with transparent red and gold. updates soonish.  this is my first attempt into Action Figure Kitbashing and customizing so bear with me if it looks a little noobish. ;D |
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Post by OptiMack Prime on Jan 5, 2009 14:31:47 GMT 7
lazy day update:   drama shot:  |
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Post by rejdancel. on Jan 5, 2009 20:16:28 GMT 7
mwehehehe, apir!  i did kinda look like ultimate warmachine, esp in the round eyes but now, it is an armor of tony stark! great job bro  |
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Post by OptiMack Prime on Jan 5, 2009 20:21:52 GMT 7
thanks! i'm 80% through with this and i'm finding it greatly rewarding. ;D will we see a War Machine Wraith in the future? we'll see! *took me a while to hunt this guy down for a reasonable price.* ;D |
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Post by kuyabert on Jan 5, 2009 20:34:59 GMT 7
sen will always be sen hehehe. let's wait for the final unveiling!
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Post by Grimm on Jan 6, 2009 15:31:00 GMT 7
ADVERTISMENT: Do you have toys that you dont want to recognize anymore? Try SEN! The fastest and easiest way to have that unwanted toy become something beyond your wildest imagination!
CALL 1-800-LETS-TRY-SEN ;D
-Grimm
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Post by IceMeteoR on Jan 6, 2009 16:11:35 GMT 7
ang kulit nung advertisement!! hihi.. ;D
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Post by OptiMack Prime on Jan 6, 2009 18:42:35 GMT 7
progress so far:   |
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Post by rejdancel. on Jan 6, 2009 19:29:26 GMT 7
looks great sen! ahaha, from his belly armor, he looks like heroes reborn IM, nice! nice paint too, gives off a mettalic feel to him ;D hmm, maybe i'll try that advertisement |
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Post by OptiMack Prime on Jan 6, 2009 19:48:21 GMT 7
thanks bro! ;D personally for me this looks like a mix of his earth 616 persona and his Ultimate universe version. let's tweak some origins shall we:
While observing the effects of his experimental technologies designed to aid the Special American Military force known as GI Joe Tony Stark is injured by a booby trap and captured by a COBRA cell led by Destro, who then orders him to design weapons for them. However, Stark's injuries are dire and shrapnel in his chest threatens to pierce his heart. His fellow prisoner, Ho Yinsen, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist whose work Stark had greatly admired during college, constructs a magnetic chest plate to keep the shrapnel from reaching Stark's heart, keeping him alive. In secret Stark uses the workshop to design and construct a suit of powered armor, which he uses to escape. Yinsen dies during the attempt. Stark takes revenge on his kidnappers but fails to stop Destro from escaping eventually he heads back to rejoin the American forces, on his way meeting a wounded American Marine Corps helicopter pilot, James "Rhodey" Rhodes. together both are recovered by a GI Joe search team lead by Flint, and both are led back to civilization. afterwards Stark spent time refining his design to better aid him in his new identity as the "Iron Man" occasionally helping the efforts of GI Joe against cobra as a tech designer. recently he has been busy creating a simpler version of his suit to mass produce and provide units to GI Joe, in an endeavor known as Project: W.A.R. Machine, developing and testing it with his new military liaison to Stark industries, James Rhodes
~ adapted from Wikipedia.
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Post by rejdancel. on Jan 6, 2009 20:14:23 GMT 7
haha, great job bro! ;D hmm, ill look for kits, and ill go on with your "advertisement", if its ok with you ofcourse more power bro! |
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Post by OptiMack Prime on Jan 6, 2009 20:16:13 GMT 7
bro it would be my pleasure to make you one! if you like the Warmachine variant will be done for you. |
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Post by rejdancel. on Jan 6, 2009 20:30:21 GMT 7
really? wow thanks ;D but i'll give you payment ofcourse, nakakahiya naman oyee, do you need any parts bro? |
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Post by OptiMack Prime on Jan 6, 2009 20:37:56 GMT 7
really? wow thanks ;D but i'll give you payment ofcourse, nakakahiya naman oyee, do you need any parts bro? just the 25th Anniversary Mercenary Wraith figure and Cobra Commander with Battle Armor. but i can find them myself then all the better! i'll just charge you 500 and be done with it, you can pay me any time you're good to (and only after i'm done making it) and my only stipulation is that you post no deadline. though i do promise to work on it ASAP. |
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Post by rejdancel. on Jan 6, 2009 20:49:47 GMT 7
ill think about it bro, still not sure with a warmachine variant anyway, back to topic, what paint did you use on this one bro? kinda metallic oyee, im out bro, tom nalang |
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