Customs (Non-TF) Dave's Final Faction Thread

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Okay, clearly this is going to be a Thing for me. (Could a mod please splice the other threads into this one?)

Leader of Alpha Team, Master Sergeant Steadfast is a cyborg and a chef. So in addition to repainting the figure, I built him a tray of cookies.

Comparison shots:

Some WIP bits:

---Dave

 

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And now Ruck, the heavy weapons specialist. His boots are insanely dented up, I decided to not paint those details.

---Dave

 

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Took off the head and turned a P-131 into a Warhammer Battlemech or Robotech Destroid mech (more Destroid given that I dug one out to use for reference).

Freehanded all the decal details.

---Dave

 

[DoubleClutch]

These look great. Fantastic repainting. You're going to make me go buy them now. lol

 

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Made some shoulder pods for the P-131:

---Dave

 

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Kat Anders, who some of you might recognize from my RoboMACs stuff. In Final Faction, she came back from a more unpleasant robot-ruled future. Made from Shift, with the hair trimmed down and the dagger removed from the right forearm.

---Dave

 

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Magma Diabol!

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Churro with his mechsuit FD-0.

Space Moose Mode!

And, of course, the pilot.

---Dave

 

[Donocropolis]

Those are looking great. You've really made them look like higher end figures.

 

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And now, the X4 Turret, which I started before finishing Churro.

First, a quick Lego-based mod anyone can do if they'd rather the turret have gunbarrels instead of missiles:

I decided to use the arm cannons from the Cyborg Pack to make bigger barrel ends:

The narrowing where they connect is kinda meh, maybe I should've cut off the ends to make things flatter. Of course, these are removable, so I can always try different barrel replacements later.

Of course, I made sure the missiles could still fire:

---Dave

 

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Kharn Brute with an ocean and coral motif, sealed with diorama water effects paint.

---Dave

 

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Planning a GUARD from Monsterpocalypse color scheme. I do not recommend Bondo for this sort of kitbash.

---Dave

 

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And now, with paint!

---Dave

 

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(And yes, Cobra Exo-Armor would work with that faceplate too, I just didn't want to paint all that white.)

---Dave

 

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Another P-131 from Final Faction modded into a Robotech Destroid or Battlemech. This time, a Rifleman. (The other two Destroids are too different in body plan, I won't be making those.) I built the central hump from some counting blocks, and the antenna from styrene slat and Lego. I went for more freehanding on the decals this time, but despite my efforts the shin V's don't match up.

Comparison to the Destroid toy:

And both P-131 Destroids together:

---Dave

 

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Starting the FinalRangers with their leader, AlphaGreen (it doesn't have to be Red) in Battlizer mode!

And while I originally planned to glue the backpack on, it stays fine without glue, and is removable. (The missiles can be removed as well, but I didn't paint the shafts.)

---Dave

 

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And now, the second in command, AlphaYellow from Amari with an ACRM booster as jetpack, a spare Steadfast helmet (the one not used in the cookies custom) and a Dragonfly tail with an extra bit of rod as her gun. I cut off her hair and added it onto the helmet, sculpting an aperture to make it look like the hair poked up through the helmet. As with AlphaGreen, the helmet is glued in place.

I freehanded the same A1 sort of logo as on AlphaGreen, but it's not that clear against a light yellow-brown.

---Dave

 

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The color of Innermost Energon, it's AlphaPink!

"Normal" light, anyway. Under room lighting the neon pink looks very different from the bright magenta, but some combination of the lighting in my photo booth and the range of my camera makes the neon pink look very similar to the magenta.

---Dave

 

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Better weapon for AlphaYellow, dye and paint. I think it started life as a TMNT accessory.

---Dave

 

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Next on the scene, AlphaBlue. Unfortunately, the shoulder pegs are not circular, so lifting the arms makes the torso crack apart slightly, even after I went back and tried to shave off the problem areas.

He has the gun I originally made for AlphaYellow, repainted in his colors. I reshaped a cocktail sword to look more like a katana so he'd have a melee weapon other than "cut stuff with his wings".

(Edit: forgot the logo, decided to only reshoot one of the views with the logo added.)

---Dave