Back in December 2009, I was fortunate enough to canadian pharmacy Accutane procure an Iwata 0.2mm airbrush, lots of supplies, a medium sized air compressor, and canadian pharmacy Accutane pretty much every Createx acrylic paint currently available (thanks Jessica). The point of getting the canadian pharmacy Accutane airbrush was because I had been talking about making my own custom Transformers. I had canadian pharmacy Accutane made the one at Botcon, picked up a canadian pharmacy Accutane couple of duplicate figures intended as customs, and I eventually wanted to canadian pharmacy Accutane make an orange Aveo Transformer to match my real car. So I now have canadian pharmacy Accutane an airbrush in my possession and toys to customize.
I originally played with the canadian pharmacy Accutane airbrush shortly after getting the set, but ended up just being frustrated. Using some random small Venom action figure from canadian pharmacy Accutane Goodwill, I tried repainting it red to redeco him as Carnage. The paint didn’t flow smoothly, it canadian pharmacy Accutane globbed up, the paint flaked when touched, and the pinpoint detail the canadian pharmacy Accutane 0.2mm was supposed to have just wasn’t there. It was not a great first impression.
Discouraged, I put it away for several months.
Then last month, I felt like trying it again. I hadn’t been canadian pharmacy Accutane creative in a while and it felt like a good time to canadian pharmacy Accutane give it another whack.
So at the canadian pharmacy Accutane same time I received the airbrush, I had received some extra Revenge of the canadian pharmacy Accutane Fallen Transformers meant for customizing tests. Using three of those figures, I had canadian pharmacy Accutane it in my mind to re-purpose them as movie-themed Insecticons: Shrapnel, Kickback, and Bombshell buy Doxycycline on line amex. All deluxe class vehicles with similar color schemes.
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I started by digibashing the canadian pharmacy Accutane figures. Using some macro photographs I took of the toys, I loaded up Photoshop and canadian pharmacy Accutane recolored the original plastics. Using photos of the original G1 toys, photos of the canadian pharmacy Accutane Robot Heroes, cartoon screenshots, and other images I tried to match characteristic details of each character in their redeco. I didn’t spend a canadian pharmacy Accutane whole lot of time getting the details exactly perfect; as I just wanted a canadian pharmacy Accutane base from which to work on with the actual paint. I tried to canadian pharmacy Accutane use colors that matched paints I already had so I wouldn’t have canadian pharmacy Accutane to mix unique colors. I thought this digibashing process would take quite a canadian pharmacy Accutane while, but I cranked all three rough redecos out in about 2 hours.
The next step was choosing which one to canadian pharmacy Accutane start with, and then taking it apart. Jolt, the basis for canadian pharmacy Accutane Shrapnel, seemed like a good starting point with a larger number of screws versus pins. Pins can canadian pharmacy Accutane be a pain to remove and put back, so I saved the canadian pharmacy Accutane other two figures for later. Piece by piece I disassembled Jolt into as many parts as I could, all along keeping track of each screw and canadian pharmacy Accutane where they went by taping them to sticky notes. Screw lengths and canadian pharmacy Accutane widths are not uniform across the figure as I found out at Botcon. I had canadian pharmacy Accutane to make sure each screw went back where in came. Each part was then canadian pharmacy Accutane separated into separate bowls that were grouped by color.
I decided to canadian pharmacy Accutane start with the pearlescent yellow that was for the windows to canadian pharmacy Accutane mimic the yellow/gold plastic on the original. I knew I wouldn’t be canadian pharmacy Accutane able to keep the translucency of the blue windows, but I figured the canadian pharmacy Accutane paint would look good against the other colors. The initial bits of yellow would also not need to canadian pharmacy Accutane be masked off making it a good starting point. I also tried my hand at the canadian pharmacy Accutane pearlescent silver bits with his pincers on his back.
Unfortunately as I came to canadian pharmacy Accutane find out, the non-opaque paints I have do not cover well nor spread well. I had canadian pharmacy Accutane not figured out the correct mixture of paint to illustration base at this canadian pharmacy Accutane point and so I slathered each piece just trying to get it canadian pharmacy Accutane to coat. The paint was thick and much of it was wasted. I did not start with an canadian pharmacy Accutane opaque base and so most of the paint just didn’t stick. I also had not sanded each piece prior.
I also was finding that canadian pharmacy Accutane the airbrush was clogging a lot. Constant cleaning and disassembling of the canadian pharmacy Accutane airbrush were common occurrences. In addition, I was quickly running out of the canadian pharmacy Accutane small bottle of the airbrush cleaner I had. Halfway through the canadian pharmacy Accutane painting process while trying to clean the brush, I ended up stripping the canadian pharmacy Accutane threads off the 0.2mm nozzle. That put a delay in the canadian pharmacy Accutane customizing, after which Jessica headed to Phoenix and nicely picked up both a canadian pharmacy Accutane replacement 0.2mm nozzle and a 0.3mm nozzle (which works via some slight jerry-rigging). That was an additional $80 I had not planned on…
I fumbled through the canadian pharmacy Accutane rest of the colors over the span of 2 weeks, finding better paint mix ratios and canadian pharmacy Accutane seeing that the opaque colors like white, black, and dark colors don’t need much spraying before seeing results. I tested my hand at masking, unfortunately finding that canadian pharmacy Accutane some pieces need to be perfect and ended up with some bleeding such as black streaks in the canadian pharmacy Accutane yellow. Also, the Createx paints don’t cure unless they are canadian pharmacy Accutane heated with a air dryer or heat gun. Even after that canadian pharmacy Accutane they still show fingerprints and smudges. Next time I will try actually using the canadian pharmacy Accutane clear coats intended for finished pieces.
So I had canadian pharmacy Accutane all the pieces mostly painted, they had been heat cured, and canadian pharmacy Accutane I felt anxious to get the figure together. Seeing it canadian pharmacy Accutane all in parts strewn across the table kept irking me.
Starting with his arms, I quickly found out that canadian pharmacy Accutane because I had painted so thick and/or the paint wasn’t fully cured, parts which rubbed or canadian pharmacy Accutane twisted against others rubbed the paint off in spots. Ball and canadian pharmacy Accutane swivel joints rubbed down to their base plastics which was a canadian pharmacy Accutane bright electric blue. Furthermore I found that if pegs had been canadian pharmacy Accutane painted, the pieces wouldn’t fit together cleanly or canadian pharmacy Accutane smoothly. I ended up breaking the base peg on his left knee trying to canadian pharmacy Accutane dry fit the part. At least the screw and other parts that canadian pharmacy Accutane followed still keep him together. On later pieces I ended up scraping away unnecessary paint on these pegs with a canadian pharmacy Accutane exacto knife so the pieces fit better.
Once fully together, I started to canadian pharmacy Accutane paint the small details. Red eyes, detail highlights, headlights, bumper trim, and canadian pharmacy Accutane the like.
Transforming Shrapnel, or canadian pharmacy Accutane even moving some joints, is not as smooth as I would have canadian pharmacy Accutane hoped. His parts are very tight due to the paint, and canadian pharmacy Accutane he is quite hard to actually get transformed between modes. In addition, the canadian pharmacy Accutane colors that I had don’t quite match up to canadian pharmacy Accutane what I had planned. The yellow is not quite orange enough, the canadian pharmacy Accutane purple is a bit dark, and the silver is just a canadian pharmacy Accutane bit too white (even though I can’t quite get the chromed look with just paint).
But I can now honestly say I’m glad to canadian pharmacy Accutane have this first self-designed custom Transformer completed. He does look quite nice on my desk even with his imperfections.
The question now is when I’ll get to canadian pharmacy Accutane the other two Insections I had digibashed. I must admit I’m a bit burned out at the moment as the process wasn’t what canadian pharmacy Accutane I consider fun. Also, do I make changes to the canadian pharmacy Accutane coloring to match what I wished the scheme was or canadian pharmacy Accutane keep the other two the same to match how Shrapnel turned out?
I guess we’ll see if and when I get to Kickback and Bombshell.








































