Pred is progressing nicely I see.
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Rogerbee wrote:shovelchop81 wrote:
Thanks! Happy birthday Roger!
Thanks!
Treated myself to that 1/1 Gremlin I told you about, should have him in a couple of days. I was going to wait till I'd got the little NECA ones, but, I saw it on a UK site and just couldn't resist, saved quite a bit in the process too.
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Rogerbee wrote:
Pred is progressing nicely I see.
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Stryker2011 wrote:This is so incredible to watch this guy come together. So much work; I’d never have the guts to cut up, or sculpt, tiny bits like that.
And, Roger, Happy Birthday!!
Stryker2011 wrote:This is so incredible to watch this guy come together. So much work; I’d never have the guts to cut up, or sculpt, tiny bits like that.
Rogerbee wrote:The Gremlin is a fully painted life size latex puppet and he looks like this:
Surprisingly they're less than £250.
BTW, nice work
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Rogerbee wrote:
28", I think it's based on a hero puppet. Some of them were larger for better articulation. I always thought they were no more than 18". He does look good though. I get round it by thinking that the ones that attack Billy's mum in the kitchen aren't quite fully grown.
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Rogerbee wrote:
Looking good,
The Gremlin is pretty simple inside, there are wires in the ears and arms and that's it. The back is open so you can pop your arm in and puppeteer the head. I suppose, if you wanted to, you could put full animatronics in there, but I won't. I've wanted a life size Gremlin for years!
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Rogerbee wrote:
I guess, I'd say he was a hand puppet. Is that Scrapheap Challenge you're watching in the pics? That'd really suit you and your ingenuity. The Pred looks to be coming together now.
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Peaches wrote:Man, that is one ugly MF as Arnold said, LOL
Rogerbee wrote:
Coming together now!
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Rogerbee wrote:
Really looking like a Predator now! My TOTS Gremlin arrived earlier, thread will be up shortly...
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Rogerbee wrote:
You betcha!
It's great when you find a UK retailer that has what you want. It's always wise to pounce on it when you do as they don't always carry as much stock as others do and can sell out if you wait. It was purely by chance that I found that Gremlin where I did.
Go, go, go!
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PureEnergy wrote:Excellent work, brother...
And, well...That sounds about right.shovelchop81 wrote:USA have huge turn overs so get the lion's share...
Rogerbee wrote:
Looking good!
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Rogerbee wrote:
Funnily enough, I was advised to avoid slilcone on rubber, but, if it works for you then it works.
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shovelchop81 wrote:Rogerbee wrote:
Funnily enough, I was advised to avoid slilcone on rubber, but, if it works for you then it works.
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WHAT? That's bonkers and really bad advice! Like I've said before silicone oil preserves rubbers and polymers/plastics, it needs to be alcohol and mineral free so not the crap people buy from automotive shops for making their dashboards and tire sidewalls shiny, that stuff contains ethanol for quick drying so it might look pretty but will do more harm than good in the long run especially in hot climates. Which is why I have always recommended airgun silicone oil which is pure and akin to putting baby lotion on dry skin. I can tell you this as a certified Harley Davidson mechanic (we use rubber 'O' rings and lines with DOT 5 brake fluid which is silicone unlike DOT 3 and 4 used by most other motorcycle and automotive companies which will literally eat off your paint so they have to use metal washers and reinforced or metal brake lines); also as a holder of a BSC(hons) having done material studies during my product design degree and further studies during my 1st year of a Beng degree in motorcycle engineering. On top of that I've been working on air guns since I was a kid and they are exactly the same, lots of rubber seals and polymer moving parts that REQUIRE silicone oil to function! Who ever told you that is obviously wrong and perhaps used the dashboard polish not knowing any better. Read my posts Roger, I told you all this on the previous page mate as well as times in the past... Sorry apparently I needed a rant and my Xanax hadn't kicked in yet!
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