Minor/Repaint: IDW Police Action - Streetwise and Prowl

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  1. SteamShield

    SteamShield Well-Known Member

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    The CW Streetwise is a good design, but the US version color scheme left something to be desired - especially since I like to reenact the IDW "Police Action Part 1" scene.

    So, the CW Prowl donated his body - and head, and here we are:

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    For Classic Prowl, I pulled off the old head, made a 4mm ball joint post and stuck the CW counterpart on - the color do not match exactly but the Prowl is instantly more handsome:

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    As for Streetwise, I used his color scheme from the IDW comic, and referenced paint scheme from the Takara version. Note that its fists are from Dead End. The legs are a pain to paint (even more painful to remove - I learnt the hard way). The chest is my own shapeways design.

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    EDIT: Alt mode pics: the only thing I did on Streetwise's body is to sand off the "highway patrol" text and police shield.

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    Hope you like this pair!
     

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  2. bumblebeej8

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    Neat!
     
  3. Biofan813

    Biofan813 JoshTheTokugGuy

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    wow, that new prowl head hakes tons of difference to the classics mold.
     
  4. doomtron

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    Prowl is perfect now
     
  5. SteamShield

    SteamShield Well-Known Member

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    Thanks folks. Alt mode picture added.
     
  6. Dunkle

    Dunkle The Merch Mercenary

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    Wait, so how did you make the 4mm ball joint for classics prowl for the combiner wars head?

    Shapeways?
     
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  7. shiftypenguin

    shiftypenguin Fancy-Pantsless Dancer

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    Awesome work! Streetwise has much more character in the color scheme.
     
  8. ReximusPrimal07

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    Dammit now I need another cw prowl
     
  9. Shepard Prime

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    You fixed the only thing really wrong with Classics Prowl: the head. For that alone, you deserve praise but the rest looks boss as well.
     
  10. marvel b

    marvel b Bearer of the Matrix of Smash

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    Is it odd that I thought it was using the potp jazz mold for prowl? Still great to see
     
  11. SteamShield

    SteamShield Well-Known Member

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    I transplanted a 4mm ball joint stalk from some scrap parts
     
  12. Omegaonline

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    looks good. Nice mods.
     
  13. trence5

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    Hey nice work:thumb :thumb !
     
  14. cyberpredicus

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    Looks good
     
  15. MarinerPrime

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    "painting the legs is a pain"

    This is the reason I hunted for a spare CW Dust Up and CW Lightspeed for my TR Minerva build. That plastic is primarily meant to take stress, and thus isn't conducive to take paint without a lot of priming and resurfacing...and considering that I'm already rebuilding Dust Up's chassis into a Porsche 959, I'd rather cannibalize an extra figure to save what limited time I have.