Doing a mod to my Hawkeye
Doing a mod to my Hawkeye
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Custom WorkstationI was working on modding my ML Hawkeye tonight and I learned a couple things tonight
1. glue tightening doesn't work in the upper chest joint and it makes a mess
2. vice grips work great for safely and easily getting the pins back into the knee joints
3. I need to not get the water into a roiling boil because my stove top is very very hot and it faded the dark purple color on the hard plastic part of Hawkeye's chest and stomach (oh well it will give me more painting practice)
4. if you need to pull just part of a figure off, say like their lower legs, no need to submerge the whole figure in hot water - just the part you need to remove - will save you from possible paint fade.
but now I have a Hawkeye with feet (and boot cuffs) big enough to support him and probably get the female ML figures giving a second look.
Please wait...
Posted by
Buzzy Fret on Thursday, December 7, 2006
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I've been looking up some pics of old Hawky and I realised he don't have any brown in his costume at all! meanwhile someone at ToyBiz decided the Hawky ML figure should be loaded with it! Hawkeye is supposed to be dark purple and dark blue / black. I think I'm going to end up repainting everything from under his little bib on down and also the brown thingees on his biceps.
it's an adhesive gel used to secure things like pottery and vases to a shelf that is removable - it's sticky but it comes off with no mess or fuss. I think a little ball of that in a joint or chest cavity would work pretty good.
Museum Gel? Wha?...
because the tutorial says Boil and Pop not Simmer and Pop and I'm a very literal dumbass.
well I has learned my lesson. besides it'll give me more paint practice. and why does ole Hawkeye have four different shades of purple and blue? who designed this freakin' costume? musta been Romita Sr.
I swapped his knees, lower legs and feet for the original Punisher to do my Grifter. I'm thinking of swapping the hands too because even though I don't like the first Punisher's hand, I hate this ones.
~Gj