Head Start!

Finally putting that spare Den-O to use.

So on my visit to the local Japanese surplus store, (same store I bought a loose MRS Den-O) I was able to find and buy a few Soul of Hyper Figuration statues, one of them was Den-O. 

Turns out the statue is the perfect size for the MRS body and it has the compound eye look that I want, so I went ahead and chopped it off for transferring.

Now normally that would be enough, but I decided to tweak a few things on the MRS just slightly, like the shoulder armor and a bit of the belt. What I plan to do with this is to completely repaint it to look a bit more accurate, something that I'll base on the tiny statue since its paintjob is so pretty, but that's for next week because we'll be spending the weekend out of town. 

Now I mentioned I bought more than one statue, so which one was the other one?


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Kuuga. It ended up a tad more straightforward. 

that's a dirty desk!

New project! No the head wasn't sculpted by me, I tried using a gashapon head for this one, though I gotta admit the look grows on me. But still I'm on the hunt for a tad smaller headsculpt for it. 

I also went router crazy on the upper torso and arms, the stock smooth look just didn't cut it for me and I like this look better. 

I've also been looking for a couple of new heads for the clear bodies I have, and so far these are the ones I've chosen:

overall reception on the 4 heads was good, though I may add a bit more and tweak the current ones to my liking. A lot of things are in the works as this year closes, and it's still only November. I can't wait for 2013

I am soo bored.

Getting the hang of things.

I have a problem keeping things at 1/18 scale hahaha.

Anyway this bodes well for me, Might have to attempt some micromen based on the characters of Worst and Crows soon. 

Prototype

Finally got one of these built! Some minor issues need to be addressed with the casts but overall very pleased with the result.

More soon!

頑張れ!

So, there was a Microman sale today and I ended up grabbing this guy (through an inventory error, at the store. They failed to inform me the Wrecker Signa figures were also included ;_;). Won't bother talking about the suit he comes with because a lot of people tell me the Kiguru line was complete ass--and after getting Microman Ken, I kinda agree.

Microman Ricky though is pretty solid in his own right, I kinda consider him a waste to end up in the Kiguru set due to:
 A. you need to apply stickers, and most of it falls off,  and considering the supposed deco on him it's a waste to resort to stickers.
B. chrome weapons are much MUCH better than rubber suits.

so with nothing better to do, I painted his face.

Oh yeah, I applied the chest and crotch sticker too. 

Not sure if it's legible but I tried to write Ganbare! (頑張れ!)   On the headband (major thanks to Louise Desu for correcting me on that) , I thought it would be very fitting.  I wish there was something I could give him though, maybe the Eva girl weapons would work.

Anyway since the sale is still on I'm still eyeing a few pieces at the store. There's even a Quanto book Micro (not discounted though) there that i'm eyeing. It's not the female micro though. And my special order Commander Microman! Woo-hoo (ohgodi'mgonnabesobrokesoon).

Apart from that I also got a cheap Junker Ramenman. The owner said the head was glued to the neck but I was able to pry it safely off the head, the only problem now is the peg is stuck to the base of the head.

Oh well, I wasn't planning on restoring him anyway, I'm happy with Robin Mask and Kinnikuman. I will however tweak some parts and see if I can have it molded and cast for a project.

hee-hee-hee...

Zetton

Reference: http://myanimelist.net/character/15884/Hanazawa_Saburou/pictures


New material! Man, Super Sculpey takes a bit of getting used to, Will be using it often at work so I thought about doing a trial run with it. This is a quickly sculpted and very small bust of Zetton from Crows/Worst that I did, no armature or skeleton underneath, just all Sculpey.

The stuff is very soft and malleable, but has a certain firmness to it that makes it ideal for this type of thing. Normally after this someone would bake their creation but I'm keeping this raw because we'll need every bit of clay for work and this guy might get broken down for a new sculpt. Sad, but until we get some more, that's the reality of it.