TTT's Customs

[plowking]

This had got to be one of the most entertaining tutorials I have ever seen!!....

Thanks for sharing bud!

[Nemesis Predaking]

Freakin Hilarious. Great tutorial, I still think I'll leave the BD/Zombie's to you.

[dak]

Hahahaha, the tutorial turned out awesome! Poor 'ol Silver Streak.

[Aernaroth]

Let's face it, silverstreak had it coming.

Transtorture, have you ever tried, instead of using a dremmel, heating up the plastic until its a little softer and then using scissors or hand shears or an xacto knife instead? You might get an effect that looks like metal really bending and shearing, Im not sure though, since I dont know exactly what kind of plastic alts are made of. Also, have you tried drilling a hole and then just widening it with a hot rod for the "bullet hole" effects? It should turn out pretty good, and you wont have as much plastic on the outside of the hole above the surface.

Still, these things look killer, especially the predacons you did.

[Hound]

Fantastic tutorial! Educational and entertaining! You really bring out the fun you have doing this.

[TTT]

Thanks guys ! -

Originally Posted by Aernaroth

Let's face it, silverstreak had it coming.

Transtorture, have you ever tried, instead of using a dremmel, heating up the plastic until its a little softer and then using scissors or hand shears or an xacto knife instead? You might get an effect that looks like metal really bending and shearing, Im not sure though, since I dont know exactly what kind of plastic alts are made of. Also, have you tried drilling a hole and then just widening it with a hot rod for the "bullet hole" effects? It should turn out pretty good, and you wont have as much plastic on the outside of the hole above the surface.

Still, these things look killer, especially the predacons you did.

The plastic used for these guys is very thick, I've tried heating it up but it warps very easily before you can do anything with it - and then it won't go back or stay on the figure or looks horribly out of place. Plus it looks a little melty when it warps, and thats not even burning it, just heating it up so its pliable and instant warp ~ ~ ~
Never use an open flame on plastic to heat it up, It'll look like burned pizza crust, so now the trick is to generate enough heat to make the plastic pliable without an open flame ... ?
It's not easy, I've pretty much dropped that technique.
As for the drill, I'm not very good with one, especially on slippery curved plastic surfaces, but your idea would work, theres no wrong way to do it really.

[Aernaroth]

I was going to suggest boiling the plastic, rather than using flame or something, but yeah, if its that hard to work with when its soft, it's probably not worth it. Have you ever tried using things like shears or clippers to cut pieces off? Or does the plastic crack when you try those?

[TTT]

It's still too thick for shears/clippers.
Just trying to clamp down and cut in is the hard part.

[Pascal]

You should try making the battle damage less busy and more focussed. Right now, from a distance, it looks a bit like they've been rolling themselves in the mud for hours... Too much of a good thing... Your technique is excellent though (my fave part is always the chopped off hand with the wires sticking out), just maybe try to not overuse it?

[Nemesis Predaking]

Oh, No. Here we go again.