Dual Punisher Builds, TV & War Machine Versions WIP. Sniper Rifle Case Made. 3RD Punisher Figure Started.

Sounded drastic, but it worked!

Check your FB for my latest purchase, it's right up your street!

CHEERS!

That's an ingenious method, and it seems to have done the job.

GubernatorFan wrote:Brilliant! Hope it performs well.

Well no Viagra needed...

Rogerbee wrote:
Sounded drastic, but it worked!

Check your FB for my latest purchase, it's right up your street!

CHEERS!

Stryker2011 wrote:That's an ingenious method, and it seems to have done the job.

Thanks guys, a simple solution fortunately.

Done more hacksawing and filing etc.. cut the joint sockets in half to place them further into his thighs to get an even better hip width for a bloke. I also reshaped the crotch armour and the angles the hips are cut at to get far more articulation, this is how it works now but will be hindered a bit by black latex ribbed tubing later (we've exhausted all the jokes and innuendos on that subject in my War Machine Vengeance Armour WIP thread ). My supply of glue sticks arrived today which is great timing!

Wow! What a marked difference that made. Much improved.

I always like how it looks like: You totally destroyed it beyond recognition, and in the end of will be perfect again

Those MSG parts look pretty good, I might have to get some.

Stryker2011 wrote:Wow! What a marked difference that made. Much improved.

Cheers Mark! I'm now designing (in my mind) a ball and socket system for the abdomen articulation and a swivel joint for the torso. Think I've got most of the bits to build that, Bionicle joints are too weak so going to make a larger ball socket joint.

Ovy wrote:I always like how it looks like: You totally destroyed it beyond recognition, and in the end of will be perfect again

LOL, well breaking eggs to make an omelette...

MerylAkiba wrote:Those MSG parts look pretty good, I might have to get some.

They're great but only ship from Japan annoyingly, they declare full value for import tax and shipping isn't cheap either. No KO versions from China surprisingly.

And shipments from Japan always seem to take a very very long time (even though now SpeedPack from China seems to be about as bad).

Super cool! Excellent joint building, Mega blocs a pretty cheap in the U.S. compared to Legos. Nice to know they are tighter as well. Going to enjoy the progress on this one.
Thanks for sharing man!

GubernatorFan wrote:And shipments from Japan always seem to take a very very long time (even though now SpeedPack from China seems to be about as bad).

Really? I've had no problems with delivery in fact they're usually pretty fast which is one good thing, I forget are you UK based? China's gotten better slowly since that weight restriction environmental fuel saving law was passed a few years back now, they seem to have adapted by keeping 'warehouses' over here (could be a cousin's cousin's kitchen lol) so at least some stock is based in the UK.

Pontiacivan wrote:Super cool! Excellent joint building, Mega blocs a pretty cheap in the U.S. compared to Legos. Nice to know they are tighter as well. Going to enjoy the progress on this one.
Thanks for sharing man!

Hey Ponti! Good to see you here! Yeah the ratcheted joints are better but you'll need to check closely as they have unratcheted joints that look identical except for the ratchet system shown on one side and I think the lines going around the disc of the other side of the joint are only on the ratcheted versions.

Although the ratcheted parts of the grey joints are great, the two end swivel connections are a bit weak especially for shoulder joints so I spent today swapping those out for the much hardier black Mega Blok's joints that have ratchets on the swivels as well as on the central joints. As you can see I've managed to get quite a lot of posability out of them too. I also started adding what limited black latex tubing that I made left over from the last War Machine build, you'll also notice some joints chosen for the abdomen and torso. Finally got his upper arms attached the right way round too...

























CUT UP LEGO/MEGO ALL SUPER GLUED TOGETHER

Half the time... I have no idea what I’m looking at until I see it all back together. Really impressive.

Stryker2011 wrote:Half the time... I have no idea what I’m looking at until I see it all back together. Really impressive.

LOL, well there's only so much I can do to explain it and I try to photograph it in a step by step way. I guess it would be much easier if we all had 3D holoprojectors and scanners so you could virtually move parts around like Tony Stark!

Working on the trickier articulation of the upper body now having secured the crotch joints in place with a very long screw that also holds the latex and ball joint assembly for the lower articulation. This in turn will be connected directly to the upper articulation which is a ratcheted swivel joint allowing the torso armour to swivel independently from the abdomen armour which will be able to pivot around the crotch armour; well that's the plan at least!









CUT TO FIT INSIDE THE TORSO AND ATTACH DIRECTLY TO THE LEGO/MEGO SHOULDER SECTION AT THE TOP AND THE BALL JOINT AT THE BOTTOM:

I wish I would have paid closer attention in Shop Class. What you devised n these builds absolutely astounds me.

Stryker2011 wrote:I wish I would have paid closer attention in Shop Class. What you devised n these builds absolutely astounds me.

Cheers Stryker! I wouldn't beat yourself up about it, I doubt shop class would have helped besides you're showing great building skills with you massive Throne Room dio! My builds are more dependant on me problem solving rather than basic techniques you would learn in a shop class. Even when I was in university with access to great wood, metal, plastic and engineering machining labs/work shops all my problem solving for functional prototype builds was done down the pub with a vast amount of beer, a pen and till roll paper from the bar or paper napkins!

Coming along very nicely and impressively -- I think your talents should be appreciated by actual toy/collectible companies and they should hire you to do figure design.

GubernatorFan wrote:Coming along very nicely and impressively -- I think your talents should be appreciated by actual toy/collectible companies and they should hire you to do figure design.

I'm flattered Ian but I wouldn't want one of the very few things in life that relax me and distract me from my depression to become stressful! I already had that happen to me with building motorcycles sadly.

On with the build! I need to affix the abdomen armour to the lower part of the swivel joint and the torso armour front to the back piece but the actual articulation is all done for that now (I'll show the torso articulation when this is completed), working on hands,feet and head next.

That’s a brilliant solution. Allows so much more movement than anything HT has done.

This is an often overlooked or unprioritized area of articulation and I think it's great that you have found a good solution for it.

Stryker2011 wrote:That’s a brilliant solution. Allows so much more movement than anything HT has done.

GubernatorFan wrote:This is an often overlooked or unprioritized area of articulation and I think it's great that you have found a good solution for it.

Cheers guys! Well it is in its infancy unfortunately the more parts get bolted into place and others added the more its articulation suffers although I'll do my best not to compromise it too much and/or find ways to recover it.

I can definitely spot the punisher theme now

Yep. There he is!! Nicely done.

I'm gonna have to borrow your torso design on one of my broken figures

GubernatorFan wrote:I can definitely spot the punisher theme now

And when its white on black it'll be a little less subtle!

Stryker2011 wrote:Yep. There he is!! Nicely done.

The Punisher logo or the Cameo codpiece?...Word Up!

MerylAkiba wrote:I'm gonna have to borrow your torso design on one of my broken figures

Go for it, that's one of the reasons I do these threads, to discover solutions and share them.

When are we going to get more emojis? These are pretty boring after a while.

That large screw made me wince a bit! (That's what she said!) It all seems to be coming together nicely. Might finally get a valuation on my figures next week. Maybe, just maybe, when that's all out of the way I might get round to looking into moving, though take that with a large pinch of salt, LOL!

CHEERS!

Rogerbee wrote:
That large screw made me wince a bit! (That's what she said!) It all seems to be coming together nicely. Might finally get a valuation on my figures next week. Maybe, just maybe, when that's all out of the way I might get round to looking into moving, though take that with a large pinch of salt, LOL!

CHEERS!

I always do...I add pepper too! Why do you need you figures valued? You must know the going prices for them don't you? If it's a 'certified' valuer they charge an arm and a leg just to make your figures too expensive to sell and all you end up with is a very expensive certificate! I'm hoping you're just taking them to a local comic/collectables shop for a 2nd opinion? My twin barrelled pistols arrived and I've just written a pictorial review on them along with a video of me shooting them here:

https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/umarexboysclubforum/double-review-of-double-barrelled-semi-auto-full-a-t26096.html

I'm working on the articulation of the armour now (Punisher) but its been one of those days where I just feel clumsy and unproductive, knocked my giant Hasbro Millennium Falcon, a 40" Vader and my Concept Edition HT Boba Fett complete with electric turntable all off the display table with a simple bump of my shoulder looking for something on the floor....

I hope nothing is irreparably damaged after the only earthquake in Wales! On the plus side, if anyone can fix it, surely it's you.

shovelchop81 wrote:
I always do...I add pepper too!  Why do you need you figures valued? You must know the going prices for them don't you? If it's a 'certified' valuer they charge an arm and a leg just to make your figures too expensive to sell and all you end up with is a very expensive certificate! I'm hoping you're just taking them to a local comic/collectables shop for a 2nd opinion? My twin barrelled pistols arrived and I've just written a pictorial review on them along with a video of me shooting them here:

I'm working on the articulation of the armour now (Punisher) but its been one of those days where I just feel clumsy and unproductive, knocked my giant Hasbro Millennium Falcon, a 40" Vader and my Concept Edition HT Boba Fett complete with electric turntable all off the display table with a simple bump of my shoulder looking for something on the floor....  

Well, I'll take what the guy offers, just to get rid. I'm not going to charge what they'd go for on eBay as they'd just sit there. I want to get some return and I want them to as well, I like to support bricks and mortar stores. I didn't pay MIB prices and only 3 of them could really be classed as such anyway and they were bought before prices went silly. There is a shop just yards away that sells HT for £300 and up and they just sit gathering dust. The average Joe in the street has no idea about the hobby like we do and they just turn their noses up and walk when they see the prices. Doing it my way means I win and so does the poor retailer.

CHEERS!