Heavy/Scratch: Vantage Gunslinger figure Part 2: Painted and Available!

Discussion in 'Radicons Customs' started by Ramrider, Jan 6, 2011.

  1. Deadsled

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    OH HELL YEAH!! He's gonna need some kinda 1920's Gangster fedora! lol
     
  2. Insecticons

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    GOD , thats epic! BTW , How much more coming from you ? :3
     
  3. big hank

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    I reckon if I buy one he will be unpainted right? I prefer to paint them myself.

    Looks great by the way!
     
  4. Ramrider

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    :lol  Nice idea - I don't plan to make them too -- actually I can't think of the word, but something like "specific" -- so odds are he'll have a reasonably generic (but hopefully still distinctive) head. That said, I may have a go at modelling a fedora head and throw it in as a bonus part if it works! ;) 

    Hopefully, a lot. I've got at least seven other Gunslingers planned (that I can think of), and I doubt that'll be the end of them. Plus there's the hexpods, and various other projects I've got on the go. :) 

    Thanks! Yeah, they're supplied unpainted, fresh off the printer. You can get them pre-dyed if you want (at the moment in black, red, green and blue), but that costs a little extra. Personally I just prefer to buy the white ones, since I know I'll be painting them anyway. :) 
     
  5. destrongerlupus

    destrongerlupus Well-Known Member

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    He looks even more awesome painted, the shots with Straxus are priceless! Can't wait to get hands on a few of these and give them a nice detailed and texture-filled finish!

    D/L
     
  6. Ramrider

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    Thanks. :)  I'm working on touching up his finish at the moment, including giving him a less glossy topcoat, which should help fill out his pores a bit more, and also improve his photogenicity. :p 
     
  7. Kraken

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    Looking super awesome there :thumb 

    Gotta ask though, are you going to be doing a version with the 5mm peg/3mm clip hybrid that you did for Salvo? Because if you are I'll hold off until that is available.

    And Tommy Gun there is looking freaking amazing, a gangster fedora gets my vote as well :D 
     
  8. Ramrider

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    It's Dustup that has the clip combo at the moment (so he can mount onto Scourge, mostly); Salvo's is a fixed 5mm peg (with a 2.2mm hole, just in case ;) ). I wasn't planning on doing the clip for Vantage, though I suppose I could. If I were to do that, since the handle's on a separate mount anyway (so it folds onto the back for robot mode), it'd probably be easiest to supply three optional mounts, one as is, one with the clip mounted vertically and one with it horizontally. Does that sound like something people would go for?
     
  9. Kraken

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    D'oh, I knew I had the wrong Gunslinger!

    If there's a way you can offer the different pegs without messing up your current CAD's then I say go for it. I'm going to be buying all these guys as soon as I've got the disposable anyway, but for some who are undecided it might be worth it as a bonus extra selling point (not that you really need one since the figures are so awesome, but every little helps)

    Of course, I could just be saying that because I'm so madly in love with the 3mm clip system ;) 
     
  10. Ramrider

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    Heh. I must admit, I'm kinda digging the clips myself (I love how Dustup looks mounted under Breacher's arm, or on Straxus' shoulder ;) )
    Backlash is also guaranteed to have a clip option too, so he can be mounted on Kup's roof.

    It won't mess up my CAD files at all; all I'd need to do is duplicate the handle mount a couple of times, chop off the handles, fit the clips and add the new mounts to the sprue. Doddle. It'll add a few cents to the price of the figure (not sure how much offhand, but should be less than a dollar), but hopefully it's worth it for the extra functionality it'll provide.
     
  11. benclark1982

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    Please let us know when the new handle with the 3mm clip is ready for purchase, i would love to have this guy for Kup (when i finaly get him).
     
  12. nemisispringer

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    Couldnt you just offer both handle conversion parts seprateley is seems a waste to buy the part with the kit which makes it cost more just to throw it away
     
  13. Ramrider

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    It's a tricky one. Thing is, the handle mount is tiny, and a couple of extras would barely add any cost to the base figure. But there's a start-up fee included in WSF prints, which would actually mean that to buy the add-on kit as a separate purchase would probably cost about three times as much as if they were just part of the set to begin with (that is, adding the handles to the model should add less than a dollar in extra material; to buy an extra model with the two extra handles would cost an extra two to three). At least if the handles are included as standard, they're there if you change your mind... :p 
     
  14. Kraken

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    Awesome sauce! Make it so, number 1 :D 
     
  15. nemisispringer

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    Im ok with that its a pretty cool feature really i just want to make sure your not distracted so you can get all those delicous homage targetmasters ready for printing:drool:  my blurr is in the mail now and kup and scourge arent far off from release i cant wait lol
     
  16. Ramrider

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    I've updated the model file with the clips now; basically the model now includes three different handle mounts instead of just the one, and you can just clip the one you want onto the hinge. As I suspected, it cost less than 65 cents to add the extra pieces.
     
  17. benclark1982

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    Nice work, cant wait to get one.
     
  18. KNOOM842

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    Great idea And these ,All of your target masters will be some of my first shapeways orders.
     
  19. Deadsled

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    just got the email from UPS - my order will be delivered monday!! can't wait to get my hands on these guys :D 
     
  20. Ramrider

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    Yay! Hope you enjoy them - and I want to see pics when they're painted! :D