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justnutsSo I found three super cheap revoltech Hot Rods on ebay the other night, which we'll be customizing to Ironhide, Wheeljack, and Ratchet. I'm also considering grabbing another Hot Rod to turn into Jazz.
So I grabbed the extra head that our Hot Rod came with (Why does Hod Rod come with an extra visored face???) and some sculpy and tried my hand at sculpting a Jazz head. I got his little side helm things done and put him in the toaster oven on very low heat to harden what I'd done. and... well... I discovered that Revoltech's plastic has a very low melting point.
As I had put the head face-down, his nose melted flat into his face and a crease from the foil he was sitting on gave him a butt-chin. The overall effect is quite.... derp.
This very important discovery means Bolts and I picked up resin sculpting clay that air dries! :D
Also, since the plastic is so very reactive to heat, I decided to mod the molded-for-Starscream faces that I thought Thundercracker and Skywarp were stuck with.
Using a pin heated by a lighter, I was able to give Thundercracker a kinda grimacey face super easily. Skywarp was much more of a challenge, for some reason. But I was able to wrangle his face to a :| face.. He looks a little more... blank.. than I wanted him too, but that works, right? XD
I very nearly ruined Skywarp's face once or twice and pulled on a fair bit of skill and a shit-ton of luck. So. Um. I'm very glad Skywarp still has a face. :D I really don't want to be forced to buy another Starscream. X[
So I grabbed the extra head that our Hot Rod came with (Why does Hod Rod come with an extra visored face???) and some sculpy and tried my hand at sculpting a Jazz head. I got his little side helm things done and put him in the toaster oven on very low heat to harden what I'd done. and... well... I discovered that Revoltech's plastic has a very low melting point.
As I had put the head face-down, his nose melted flat into his face and a crease from the foil he was sitting on gave him a butt-chin. The overall effect is quite.... derp.
This very important discovery means Bolts and I picked up resin sculpting clay that air dries! :D
Also, since the plastic is so very reactive to heat, I decided to mod the molded-for-Starscream faces that I thought Thundercracker and Skywarp were stuck with.
Using a pin heated by a lighter, I was able to give Thundercracker a kinda grimacey face super easily. Skywarp was much more of a challenge, for some reason. But I was able to wrangle his face to a :| face.. He looks a little more... blank.. than I wanted him too, but that works, right? XD
I very nearly ruined Skywarp's face once or twice and pulled on a fair bit of skill and a shit-ton of luck. So. Um. I'm very glad Skywarp still has a face. :D I really don't want to be forced to buy another Starscream. X[
