Good mold to convert into Strongarm?
Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2015 1:27 pm
So I'm very fond of RID Strongarm's design (despite not having watched any RID). Unfortunately, her toy is a hollow mess of a thing with big empty calves and very dull paintwork. So I thought to myself "How abouts I make meself a custom Strongarm?".
Unfortunately, I am faced with a conundrum: I have no idea what mold to convert.
So, my fellow Transtopians, what do you think would be a good mold to use? Ideally I want one that's fairly easy to disassemble so that I'm not removing a trillion pins and rivets. The head isn't a problem as I'll be designing a new one on Shapeways, though a mold with a balljointed neck would be preferable.
I had a few ideas, notably:
Prime Kup: With the addition of a lightbar, this would be a pretty sweet looking police SUV. Plus the mold shares Strongarm's body proportions pretty well, and I actually have the figure. Only problem is that he has some fairly tricky looking rivets here and there.
CW Trailbreaker: Once again, pretty cool SUV mode. I say Trailbreaker rather than Offroad because he has a 5mm socket in place of a hand, enabling for a literal Strongarm mode with the combiner handfootgunthing. Also, it lets her combine!
Just buying the Warrior figure and modifying it to not suck: Given how hollow she is, It'd hardly be difficult to fit some extra parts into her to make her lightly less terrible. I'm thinking back-of-the-leg "doors" to conceal her hollow...ness.
Thoughts?
Unfortunately, I am faced with a conundrum: I have no idea what mold to convert.
So, my fellow Transtopians, what do you think would be a good mold to use? Ideally I want one that's fairly easy to disassemble so that I'm not removing a trillion pins and rivets. The head isn't a problem as I'll be designing a new one on Shapeways, though a mold with a balljointed neck would be preferable.
I had a few ideas, notably:
Prime Kup: With the addition of a lightbar, this would be a pretty sweet looking police SUV. Plus the mold shares Strongarm's body proportions pretty well, and I actually have the figure. Only problem is that he has some fairly tricky looking rivets here and there.
CW Trailbreaker: Once again, pretty cool SUV mode. I say Trailbreaker rather than Offroad because he has a 5mm socket in place of a hand, enabling for a literal Strongarm mode with the combiner handfootgunthing. Also, it lets her combine!
Just buying the Warrior figure and modifying it to not suck: Given how hollow she is, It'd hardly be difficult to fit some extra parts into her to make her lightly less terrible. I'm thinking back-of-the-leg "doors" to conceal her hollow...ness.
Thoughts?