Oversize PE Reflector WIP

Well I haven't done any customising for quite a while, but this seemed like a good project to get me going again! I'm using the large knock off of Perfect Effect Scouting Force. My main goal is usually to get as close as possible to G1 toon accurate, but in this case a lot of the choices have been made already; not necessarily how I would have done them if working from scratch, but well enough that I'm happy to go along with it.

The KO is made from cheapo colourful plastic and several features are missing from the PE original, like waist swivel and ankle tilt. It's fairly easy to add these back in, but while I was at it I decided to upgrade him a bit to better resemble the toon. So a new hip piece and new foot detail have been added, and I will be replacing the fists with fold away hands.



The legs have also needed some work to reinforce the flimsy plastic, and I've decided to alter the detailing on the shins.



Haven't started on the head yet, but already I think Reflector is looking a lot better (the new hip hopefully overcomes PE Reflector's short and stumpy design). By the way, the paint I used looks almost blue in the photos but is actually more of a lilac colour.

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nice work!!

awesome work man, great to see you back to customizing, btw what did you use for viewfinder's chest?

looks great so far and I know they will be awesome when your done because of your preveious work.

I knew you would knock this out of park... No surprise there.

Cannot wait for the final version. A step by step tut would be awesome. Or maybe just price quote for a fellow collector and fan of yours.

Thanks! You mean the circular detail in the camera lens? Believe it or not, it's a wheel hub from a junker Alternator Skids that I had lying around! Figured it would look better than anything I could build from scratch.
Ha ha cheers, I still consider myself an amateur compared to most of the guys on Radicons though
Thanks Alucard, I was going to PM you about this thread cos I knew you were waiting for it! I'll try to keep posting what I'm doing so people can follow, it shouldn't be a particularly difficult project for most folks. As I say, I'm not some super pro or anything. A few cuts here and there and a few bits of styrene... I think anyone could do it really.

Sweet I can't wait to see where this goes.

Cause looks fantastic so far

LOL.... total genius using a wheelrim as viewfinder... gonna use take idea

Man this is gonna be epic. Where'd you get styrene from btw cos looking at what you've done makes me wanna go back to my guys and follow your lead!

Thanks dude! Artsy crafty sort of places... There's lots on eBay, it's just sheet styrene/plasticard. Comes in different thicknesses. Get some Pro-Weld liquid to join the pieces together, it literally welds them in place.