ToyFare Magazine: Chop Shop

One of my favorite "Pieces" in my Studio. This is one of the things that got me into Customizing when I was in HighSchool, Good Ol' ToyFare.  And I dont know what issue this came with, but they put out this guide to customizing.  And its awesome, so yeah, I matted, and framed the sucka!

STEAM GIANT

update:  Something I did a couple weeks ago was tear out the Waist joint of Iron Man.  I was using an elbow joint from a Unicron, and it was fine, but I was worried about how much stress the joint could take, so I went a looking for something else that would be stronger and work better, and I think I found just that.  This is the insides of a shower head, A massive BALL JOINT, and I am extremely pleased! 

Adds a little bit more height (half inch or so not to shabby):

This is Iron Man just about complete, before he moved to the priming stage:

 One last detail that will be added once painted, 1:6 scale Jerry Cans (just like my first version).  

I am casting them up:

PAINT !

Last night I started testing a copper dry-brush on parts of iron man.  This going to be the first layer of many.  It will be done in steps of brushing, washing, brushing and then I will have to mask off and work on the steel/Red areas.  I will be doing a salt masking technique on those areas, and will look awesome.  Then... comes the detailing, Gold, Oil/Grease stains, Washes, Rubs and over-sprays.  Then polished, and accessorized with an array of tubes, hoses and pneumatics!

 I am very happy with the hammered copper look that I am getting on this hand, extremely happy:

RoboCop Concept Art - ED-209 (ACTUAL)

Comparison with my concept version of ED-209:

Viral Video for The RoboCop movie (2013)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dztELFt8uUU&feature=player_embedded

Ares - Avengers Movie Concept - Marvel Legends

Ares built to resemble a real life version in an Avengers movie

 

Omega Red Wolverine Origins Concept

This is my take on Omega Red done in the Movie Style look.  Wolverine/X-men Origins esq.

Almost done

We are getting Closer and Closer to the Paint stage.  He is towering at 22 inches tall, and will probably be more like 24 inches tall once he gets his pipes.  Electronics are complete, I am just waiting to paint him before I install them.  After Paint, I will then attach all of his hoses as well.  Also note that these pics dont have his knee pads on.  I took them off, because they are a soft plastic/rubber and wont take the spray paint primer well. 

 

 Each of these rivets is hand placed.  Tedious work, and its really really hard to pick up rivets when your fingers are covered in superglue!!!

 A before pic, without any rivets:

Cthulhu Breed Alien - Prometheus

H.R. Gieger meets H.P. Lovecraft