Here's Sam

resculpted hair?

either way that sam is quite impressive.


reminds me to pick up a box of about 60 star wars figures my buddy was getting rid of,
got to be plenty of parts to scavenge for tron customs.

Thank you sirs. This one was actually a GI Joe Dusty. The best part is that it's currently available at retail, so it's a cheap and easy find.

http://www.cooltoyreview.com/GIJPOC_Dusty.asp
I had to sand down the part of the hair that came over his forehead as well as his chin, then I resculpted the hair and repainted it all.

Excellent job Zuse!

Is that the 25th Anniversary Dusty?, The one with the camo face paint?

I'm going to the store tonight with Michael's 40% coupon to pick up some resin and catalyst, then to the hardware store to get some supplies to make a mold. I'll be testing it out on a head I don't care too much about, and if I can get good results, I will offer up CLU, Tron, and Quorra heads for you guys. Interest? y/n?

Also, I've noticed the resin I'm getting is clear white, so I might try to do a mold of the Rinzler body in clear and see how that goes. I would still require an electronics swap from a Sam/Kevin/Quorra, but it would be a start.

I did the caulk/acetone like you suggested... yeah. The caulk works fine by iteself, the acetone just separated out and then preceded to destroy my brush, which I THOUGHT was natural bristled but evidently wasn't. All in all, the caulk/acentone ended up costing me more than getting molding silicone or plaster from the craft store.

So, uh...
You're gonna be printing these heads to sell, huh?

Boba Fettuccini Wrote:So, uh... You're gonna be printing these heads to sell, huh?

i'm thinking of it as long as i can find a very inexpensive way to ship them.
so hopefully for a standard head i could let em go at 3 bucks shipping included.

i like making customs as birthday gifts and such.
anyone can give a giftcard, i prefer to show a bit more love, you know?

well i only luck out from have the supplies left over from fx jobs.

the silicone and resin are leftovers from a prop replication job this week.
(a actor safe version of a knife used in an evisceration scene.)

the 3d print sets me back decently but i want more experience in it anyhow,
as the limitations of sculpting that small really does me in.
i'm used to mego scale heads and prosthetics, which are obviously 1/1 scale.


and to answer ender9492's question: i couldn't make them articulated with functional wheels without a major upswing in difficulty. i have the sideshow gen 4 here but i'm not sure i'd want to sacrifice it to clone it. if i used the model to make it smaller, i'd have to break it up into pieces like a model kit in order to get it printed requiring multiple files printed. in all it would probably set me back maybe 400 bucks to build a scale gen 4.

So here's a question for everyone.

If there were to be a Core figure scale Recognizer, how big would it be? I have been looking at photos and lookinf at Sam for scale. I am thinking that the total size of the vehicle would be about 20 inchestall and 32 inches wide. The Sam figuer is 4 inches tall. Does this sound about right? Are there any blueprints/plans of the vehicle available for reference?