The Predators 2018, Building The Ultimate Xmass Grinches! WIP Hot Glue Blood/Gore Effects, New Blade Weapon For FP & Next WIP Reveal..

Rogerbee wrote:I'm not familiar with that brand I'm afraid. Check to see if they have a website.

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Yeah I'll email the seller too and see if they have a master passcode or something, it's infuriating seeing all these people on YT connecting without even needing one!

Back on topic.. nearly finished the FP, just need to make the kilt, paint the nails and sort out the helmet as it looks kind of goofy, I'm hoping adding real lenses will help. Mounted the cannon which was quite fiddly and attached the feet using hot glue with plasticine in the connector gaps to prevent glue entering there and locking rotation. I also finally finished all his silver beads.

I smell evil in the air  Your predator is looking fantastic!  But I'm sorry to say, not nearly as evil and frightening as those old 80's band boys, ROFL

He looks great!

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Kicking some serious ass, now Chop.

I love it.

That is really impressive already (even if it isn’t complete). Looks just as good as any HT version.

Peaches wrote:I smell evil in the air  Your predator is looking fantastic!  But I'm sorry to say, not nearly as evil and frightening as those old 80's band boys, ROFL

I think you'll probably find they were as evil and frightening as they were talented...that would be zero..

Rogerbee wrote:He looks great!

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Thanks Roger!

dadrab wrote:Kicking some serious ass, now Chop.

I love it.

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Stryker2011 wrote:That is really impressive already (even if it isn’t complete). Looks just as good as any HT version.

that's high praise indeed! Thank you!

After spending yesterday sawing and filing all my resin armour parts I decided today that wasn't good enough and I wanted a movie accurate kilt/armour/butt flap, so I've spent the day doing that starting at 5am and just finished. Might be a bit long but better than too short, painted nails, crotch armour and some other parts too; I'm calling him done for now even though there's still the odd bit I want to do.. I forgot to give him his wrist blades until the last two pics, I guess you could say they were retracted.

Looking great. And thanks for the hint about using plasticine to keep joints from gluing.

That’s just unbelievable...  

Without the WIP photos, it would be difficult for anyone to imagine what went into this.  

Magnificent work, sir.

A real winner there. That back skirt is clever, nicely done!

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Hah, I love how the WIP for the skirt looks absolutly horrible, and the end result is just Shovellian perfection!
Like a reverse Predator.

GubernatorFan wrote:Looking great. And thanks for the hint about using plasticine to keep joints from gluing.

Cheers GF! The plasticine just prevents the hot glue from getting into the gap in the split part of the pegs and acting as a lock.

PureEnergy wrote:That’s just unbelievable...  

Without the WIP photos, it would be difficult for anyone to imagine what went into this.  

Magnificent work, sir.

Thank you PE! I ended up (as usual) doing a lot more than initially planned!

Rogerbee wrote:A real winner there. That back skirt is clever, nicely done!

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Thanks Roger! Glad I didn't just settle for the resin parts.

Ovy wrote:Hah, I love how the WIP for the skirt looks absolutly horrible, and the end result is just Shovellian perfection!
Like a reverse Predator.

Thanks...WIP generally looks a bit rubbish as you have to start somewhere, well unless you're Da Vinci but even he obviously got bit lost design wise at times!

Keep up the good work!

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Rogerbee wrote:Keep up the good work!

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Doing just that! Back on the big guy now, cutting, shaping and glueing lots of rubber. He now has Godzilla's pecks! Since when do lizards have pecks?

"Lizard pecks" made my day. Looks like your new predator will soon have a buddy (or nemesis).

Shades of KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN there!

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GubernatorFan wrote:"Lizard pecks" made my day. Looks like your new predator will soon have a buddy (or nemesis).

Definitely nemesis I'd say this (pic below) is taking the 'brothers in arms' thing a bit too far..

Rogerbee wrote:Shades of KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN there!

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Is that a Star Trek reference? Sorry you lost me a bit there Roger

Yeah, in Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan they gave him a massive chest with pecs like that Pred.

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Rogerbee wrote:Yeah, in Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan they gave him a massive chest with pecs like that Pred.

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Actually, that was all Montalban. He was in really great shape.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2017/09/10/ricardo-montalbans-chest-real-or-fake-star-trek-wrath-of-khan/603958001/

Stryker2011 wrote:Actually, that was all Montalban. He was in really great shape.

Yes it was.

Here's a photo of Montalban when he was young.



He was ripped then, too.

Ok, case closed, a more impressive bust than most of his female co-stars. The Pred still has his pecs, LOL!

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Okay, so that over explained that.. I did actually remember what he looked like just missed the connection not that there really is one unless you have a peck fetish like Trekies seem to.

Moving on.. building this guy to the best of my abilities with what I have and the limited reference pics out there, the movie scenes are quite fast, in the dark or both so even rewatching that might not help a lot. The weapons and armour like I've mentioned seem to be biomechanical mostly with some minimal hardware visible at all times, his overall silhouette also seems to change due to the armour expanding and retracting.















































The 'Predator Killer' suit brought to the humans by the FP to help fight any future HPs which is revealed in the last few minutes of the movie, kind of a cool crossover of Gundam with Predator designs meant to be worn by a human.

Reshaped the shoulders making them smaller and getting rid of the ridged edges which I reused as collarbones. Also modded how the shoulders overlap the torso making the gaps less visible, it's just trial and error.

Looking good so far!

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Rogerbee wrote:Looking good so far!

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Thanks Roger! Annoyingly I can't just fill any gaps or sculpt new parts using milliput etc.. as it will just break off and crack, I need to order some liquid/gel black silicone.

I'm sure you'll work it all out.

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Rogerbee wrote:
I'm sure you'll work it all out.

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Yeah it's just a jigsaw puzzle really.

Been working on his shin armour from the MacFarlane figure so it was solid plastic and needed a lot of dremell work done, still not finalised but you get the idea. I'd rather not waste the nice HT armour on his calves so will have to dig around for something else to fill the gaps there. Talking of which, I covered the gaps near his crotch and butt since he doesn't have a leather kilt/loin cloth either.

Tricky what to suggest for armour, all the Thai KO vinyl kits have shrunk and HT armour is expensive.

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Rogerbee wrote:
Tricky what to suggest for armour, all the Thai KO vinyl kits have shrunk and HT armour is expensive.

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Not to mention impossible to find! Decided to use some latex tubing I made a while back for my War Machine Vengeance armour, looks pretty good. His head is now attached and articulated, working on his forearms right now.

Cool one! Carry on old chap!

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