Heavy/Scratch: Decepticon General Lee (1st time custom job)

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  1. 2old4toys

    2old4toys New Member

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    Hello,
    Thanks to Anovasinn I finally have the car body I needed for so long to go with my big Gundam for the frame. I'm in the planning phase to "attempt" a recreation of Patrick Boivin's Decepticon General Lee that he made for "Jazz with a General Problem"... you know the one I mean?

    I hope to hang around here (as suggested by Anovasinn many many months ago) to pick up some tips as this is probably me biting off more than I can chew.

    The component materials for this project will probably add up to around 100USD which is a lot for me, so I don't know if that is a lot for a 1st time project, but in any case I kinda don't want to screw this up.

    Any advice is greatly appreciated. I don't even know how to start this thing off to be honest... or how long this will take.

    Could be awesome though...
     

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  2. Tom_Servo

    Tom_Servo Well-read chick magnet

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    Are you going to make yours transformable? As I recall his transformation was a cheat. It's an awesome video, don't get me wrong, but it's not a practical transformation.
     
  3. frenzyrumble

    frenzyrumble Banned

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    that/s a great video. he's a great guy (Patrick) got some serious SM skills. Like Tom said though, the one he used was actually not transformable, and was 2x the size of Jazz (there's a "making of" video on his channel...
     
  4. deaculpa

    deaculpa Stand Alone Complex

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    hmm. have you considered making him a double-wide trailerbot? you could put some torn up autobot cars on the lawn, which could be strewn with empty mayonnaise bottles.
     
  5. 2old4toys

    2old4toys New Member

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    Naturally I have absolutely no intention of making him transformable since the "original" was never able to legitimately transform either. I just want a 12 inch tall and highly pose-able, mean looking Decepticon General Lee robot that looks as close to what Boivine made as I can manage.
     
  6. ebay

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    saw your stop motion from another forum. awesome video and cool moves. very slick.
     
  7. ironscythe

    ironscythe The Critic

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    He did not make that. He's trying to make his own version of the General Lee robot in that video.
     
  8. deaculpa

    deaculpa Stand Alone Complex

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    can we get a link to the movie?
     
  9. AutoCon2076

    AutoCon2076 Brightest can in toolshed

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  10. roy_flagg00

    roy_flagg00 I want more life....

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    how did you mod jazz's arms? they look awesome.
     
  11. ironscythe

    ironscythe The Critic

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    oh for the last time, HE DIDN'T MAKE THAT VIDEO. He wants to make a figure LIKE the one in that video.
     
  12. cheetor71

    cheetor71 Autobot

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    Too bad he won't transform. Now that would be something.

    Now they need to change the theme song to "juast a bad ol' boy" :) 
     
  13. red4

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    I feel your pain. I was about to blurt something similar. Some folks are dyslexic.
     
  14. ironscythe

    ironscythe The Critic

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    Dyslexia is not the same as being a dumbshit, red4. These people are being dumbshits. Plain and simple.
     
  15. Vincymon

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    Awesome ! Don't hold yourself back. Make it transform, if you can.
     
  16. G60Force

    G60Force World Smallest Mini-Con

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    agree
     
  17. Richard598

    Richard598 Always think positive

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    seconded.
     
  18. 2old4toys

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    Hey you guys who asked... it would be simply IMPOSSIBLE to make it in any way transformable. Lets get that right out of the way entirely. Dream on...
     
  19. roy_flagg00

    roy_flagg00 I want more life....

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    oops. I didn't read the OP close enough. my mistake. That being said, congrats Ironscythe, you are the one-billonth person to be an arrogant prick on the internet! Congrats!:bday 
    Seriously, howzabout you head back to 4chan with your pathetic nerd superiority complex. This board is for us normal people who make mistakes now and then.