Minor/Repaint: Cheap bruticus back cannons

Discussion in 'Radicons Customs' started by ichnach, Feb 7, 2016.

  1. ichnach

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    Found some cheap military weapon packs at dollar tree and cut them to fit on bruticus. Just trimmed off some pieces and used the jin saotome silly straw 5mm peg trick and bam! Much bigger guns that still work for alt mode as well. Fused all the parts together with that crazy lazer bond stuff which works perfectly. Sorry for the crappy sideways pics. Stupid phone always does that.
     

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  2. ichnach

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    Also figured out that the kreo build a figure shockwave has guns that fit perfectly in the PE bruticus hands and look pretty good as well.
     

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    tfwmongrel Plastic Crack Addict

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    Oooh I have the Kreo Prime / Megatron 2-pack box around here somewhere, I should see what weapons there are. What's this silly straw trick you're referring to?
     
  4. ichnach

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    He used a micrometer and figured out silly straws are 5mm and sturdy enough to use for custom pegs. They cut easily and are super cheap.
     
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  5. seali_me

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    Ha!

    That's so awesome and efficient. Love it!
     
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    "jin saotome silly straw 5mm peg trick"

    What exactly is that?

    edit: Where's the rest of Onslaught's/Bruticus' chest parts? I don't see them in the back photos.
     
  7. Deathhowl

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    War kit description

    What exactly did the war kit look like?
     
  8. ichnach

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    Jin saotome trick - read above
    Not sure what you mean by the rest of his parts? That is how the back looks
     
  9. hinomars

    hinomars Micromaster

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    I hope the bandaged finger isn't a result of cutting silly straws :D 

    (I'm not one to talk...)

    This looks really awesome. Wish I could find such weapon packs. I haven't decided how I'm going to give my Bruticus good back cannons whence I finally get one.
    Seriously, a good job :) 
     
  10. ichnach

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    Yep lol. Xacto knife right into the finger. Was too lazy to get a bandaid so i grabbed a napkin and taped it. I will try to grab pics of the little weapon packs when i get a chance. They arent awesome quality but look good for $1
     
  11. aledromo

    aledromo Decepticon at the Gate

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    Someone should scan these for a shapeways model. they're perfect, but I doubt I'll be able to track down the same ones.
     
  12. Deathhowl

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    Can i Get a pic of the kit you used to make these
     
  13. ichnach

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    as soon as i find them again. every dollar general within 50 miles had tons of them, and now that i want to find them they vanished.
     
  14. Deathhowl

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    found em

    found them in my local dollar tree, not bad