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Miniatures Adventure => VSF Adventures => Topic started by: Governor General on October 09, 2012, 04:49:05 PM

Title: VSF Villains 2
Post by: Governor General on October 09, 2012, 04:49:05 PM: Behold! It's Prof. Payne and his menacing mechanical man. Around the feet of this infernal terror you can see the Professor's henchmen, a nefarious rabble of ruffians.The figure in the cockpit is Jerry Cornelius from Citadel's Eternal Champions set. The henchmen are from Parroom Station's Masked Minion line. The mechanical man started out as a toy give away movie tie in from a fast food place. I aquired him at a thrift store. He's been repainted, had a deck added to the cockpit and had a boiler & smokestack added to the back. This post is to mollify Dr. Pete, to show him I understand the strain of being a Mad Scientist.
Title: Re: VSF Villains 2
Post by: Governor General on October 09, 2012, 05:03:27 PM: Here's a rear view shot showing the boiler I made from bits and bobs. The back of the arms and legs were hollow so I filled them with epoxy putty and added rivets to the shoulders for continuity.
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Post by: Jonas on October 09, 2012, 08:57:50 PM: Very nice, an awesome beast!
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Post by: Blodwin on October 09, 2012, 10:17:01 PM: Wonderfully evil !!
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Post by: aggro84 on October 10, 2012, 02:49:57 AM: Nice conversion/ scratch build. :D
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Post by: HerbyF on October 10, 2012, 07:41:24 AM: I think I have one of those. You guys have given me plenty of inspiration. I guess now I am going to have to do something with it. Very nice work BTW.
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Post by: FramFramson on October 10, 2012, 04:41:51 PM: What toy and what fast food place was it? I think I might need one of those!
Title: Re: VSF Villains 2
Post by: Governor General on October 10, 2012, 11:49:22 PM: Thank you for all your kind remarks gentlemen. To awnser FramFramsom question, the mechanical man was a McDonalds happy meal tie in with the movie Mega Mind from 2010. I aquired it from a thrift store's twenty five cent bin.
Title: Re: VSF Villains 2
Post by: The_Beast on October 11, 2012, 02:03:24 PM: Oh

My

Gawd

I've SO seen some of those in thrift stores and said, 'might be something there, but without a head...'

Repeating my mantra
Owa
Tah-foo
Liam

Doug
Title: Re: VSF Villains 2
Post by: FramFramson on October 12, 2012, 02:47:16 AM: It looks EXACTLY like the bigger Mage Knight golems, only larger, which is why it caught my eye.
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Post by: Dr DeAth on October 12, 2012, 01:31:50 PM: Quote from: Governor General on October 10, 2012, 11:49:22 PM
Thank you for all your kind remarks gentlemen. To awnser FramFramsom question, the mechanical man was a McDonalds happy meal tie in with the movie Mega Mind from 2010. I aquired it from a thrift store's twenty five cent bin.

Bargain!
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Post by: Mason on October 12, 2012, 04:14:17 PM: Cracking work!
:-*

(and well spotted!)
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Post by: Eisenfaust on October 13, 2012, 10:32:22 AM: Amazing work, and great photos!
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Post by: thejammedgatling on October 14, 2012, 02:36:43 AM: great kitbashing!

well done and nice camera angle from the PBI's position!
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Post by: Marine0846 on October 14, 2012, 02:40:43 PM: Well done.
Love that you took not a lot of stuff
and made it into something really cool.
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Post by: Doomsdave on November 03, 2012, 02:31:46 AM: Awesome. I have 3 of those toys awaiting a similar treatment. They are destine to be my KriegsHosen heavy support unit. One question I've been struggling with for mine: How did you make a floor for the cockpit? Plasticard? I found it hard to balance drivers in there.
Title: Re: VSF Villains 2
Post by: Governor General on November 03, 2012, 12:28:53 PM: I used a piece of cardboard with a same size strip of flexible magnet glued to it. Most of my figures are based on metal washers so they stay in quite well. I am truly enjoying participating on the forum, it's like champagne for breakfast!