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2007-11: Berserk Poryzoid

RCM — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 19:51:10 +0000

I’m not sure if I ever finished this. The build’s done, but I’m really unhappy with the paintjob, because pink is the most difficult/uncooperative color to work with. I’m also unhappy with the fact that it has fallen off the shelf and broken SEVERAL times. Like it’s against the law to paint one of the king badasses of zoids in these colors.

ANYWAY, the story behind this one is that it’s an evolved form of the Poryzoid I made earlier. Because that’s what ~~pokemans~~ pokezoids do, right? The blade arm was inspired by this super limited CAS resin kit that I have no chance in hell of ever getting. Story-wise, maybe a Blade Liger got in the way and absorbed into the “evolving process” (which you can NOT watch on youtube). Gunbluster too, with those egg beater replacements!

I will try and take more pictures before the damn thing just explodes.

2008-05: Um, Hammer Sapper?

RCM — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 01:43:48 +0000

I’ve wanted to try this on my Holotech Spinosapper‘s saws forever, but was afraid of messing up. Then I found a backup. I think I did ok, even though it doesn’t look so hot up close. At least the effect was as cool looking as I had hoped. To add some contrast to the Hammer Rock, I borrowed part of a red clamshell cockpit.

2008-08: De-chromed pilot

RCM — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:25:19 +0000

After seeing these strange pilots in an auction, I wanted to see what was underneath the chrome of my own Robo Strux pilots. Along the way I discovered that a little bit of acetone (nail polish remover) can make a gold pilot silver (pic #1). A lot more plus some scrubbing will strip the chrome off—mostly. There are some tiny bits that won’t come off no matter what. I also think the acetone stained this guy a little.

Underneath this one is the milky semi-opaque plastic of the Ghost Zoids, but I’m not sure if that’s the case for all RS pilots. Plus, I stripped an OJR pilot long ago, and it had pink plastic underneath, so who knows what’s under the various other releases’ chrome pilots.

2008-03: Bio Raptor Commander Improvements

RCM — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 16:33:01 +0000

Recently I discovered a set of stickers for giving Zakus shiny mono eyes. Turns out they also make good raptor eyes. To add to the effect, I drilled a hole in the head, and put a piece of fiber optic inside, so light could shine through. Another quick and dirty mod is to use the tip of a mechanical pencil for the gun barrel in the mouth.

2007-05: Killer Bee custom (WIP)

RCM — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:01:09 +0000

I’ve been doing this one off and on forever (I work slow these days). Who knows when I’ll paint, so I present this one “in progress”, with bonus “making of” pics. The main thing holding me back was what to do about the wings, but then I tried out Savinga’s blades and was finally happy. A bonus with the blades is they make the bee look like a living Prozen Knights bee logo.

2006-08: Dark Spiner custom (WIP)

RCM — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:53:44 +0000

I started this in the fall of 2005, then set it aside because I didn’t think I could paint during the winter. Turns out I could have, but then I got massively sidetracked. Now I can’t paint in the summer (too humid!), so I’m putting this up “in progress”. I gave him all new weapons (the CP-01s required hell of cutting to work), new hands, and added some details here and there. I am also trying something new with the photos, because it was too hot to shoot outside, and I was too lazy to set up my backdrop, but I didn’t want anyone seeing how bad I need to clean up my living room. Now taking bets on whether I ever finish this or any other customs…

2006-05: Decalto Dragon Improvements(?)

RCM — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 14:26:58 +0000

Here, I have “corrected” the odd wide stance that the front legs had (pic). I did this with much hacking and slashing. As a result, it is permanently in dragon mode, but I didn’t like deathraser/parablade in these colors anyway. Also, I replaced the blox pieces in the neck with some better matching ones from the limited translucent blox set.

2008-02: Zoids pilot as a Micronaut #2

RCM — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 22:31:36 +0000

The Gojulas HT I got recently came with another clear figure for me to color. This time I went for the yellow Time Traveler, since I’ve been digging clear yellow a lot lately. This time instead of paint, I used a Sharpie for the yellow, and Gundam markers for the white/silver. The damn white kept absorbing the yellow, though, so this one’s a bit messy.

TWO DOWN, TWO TO GO!

2006-09: Zoids pilot as a Micronaut

RCM — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 22:27:22 +0000

I took the clear pilot from my holotech Megaraptor and painted him clear orange, to look like a Micronaut Time Traveler figure. I’ve wanted to do this forever, but until recently there were no clear pilots.

2006-12: Gojulas Giga MK-II (UPDATE)

RCM — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 22:14:14 +0000

I did what I could in the short time I had for the contest, but after that I started looking at it again, and thought about how to fix the things I was still unhappy with. First, I made “dino-accurate” hands by removing the thumbs. I went on a quest for a good three fingered replacement, but it was not to be, so it has tyranno-type hands. Then, I saw WIKD’s custom Giga, which had little guns all along the tail. I decided I would have to do this myself. WIKD sent me some spares, and they worked like a charm. Last, I never liked how Giga’s arms looked like they were flailing madly, so I tried to fix that. I’m almost there…

(See the 2/06 version for more pics)

Sacrifices made (round 2):

8 little guns from Seismosaurus;
the barrel tips from CP-10 (to mount arms)