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01-23-2008, 08:25 PM
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#1 | | Conflicted Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 2,170 Location: Southern Indiana Collection Count: 100+ | Beachcomber (Landmine Repaint)
Hey guys, I haven't posted any customs for quite some time now.
So I know this is the most obvious repaint to do, but Beachcomber was one of my favorite characters as a kid (probably just because he was blue and a dune buggy).
I had considered taking off the armor, but if I did that, I would want to do a full mod to make him look more G1 by removing the roof and adding rollbars. I'll let someone more abitious take that over.
I had originally started painting his arms a light gray color, but then I saw Jin's repaint of Landmine and thought it looked much better than what I was planning. So I took the technique he used to make the limbs look metallic. I give credit to Jin for giving me the idea, I hope he doesn't mind.
Anyways, I really liked the way he turned out except for the head. I would rather it looked more G1, but I made due with what was there.
Also, as Jin has said, he is very poseable, and worth picking up just for that.            | 
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01-23-2008, 08:26 PM
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#2 | | Conflicted Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 2,170 Location: Southern Indiana Collection Count: 100+ | | |
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01-23-2008, 08:33 PM
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#3 | | www.frenzyrumble.com Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 6,295 Location: www.frenzyrumble.com Collection Count: 300 News Credits: 31 | hehe. you beat me to it! mines only 50% or so.
Looks fantastic though!
I am adding extra stuff, to make it more 'beachy' like surfboard and i'm turning the propane tanks into ...kegs of beer. | |
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01-23-2008, 08:35 PM
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#4 | | crocon Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 619 Location: Canada- Ontario- Winona Collection Count: close to 100 or past.. | good job i can see gi beachcomer in it | |
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01-23-2008, 08:38 PM
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#5 | | Wants Radicons to
take over the world Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 28,012 Location: Cape Girardeau, MO Collection Count: 361 News Credits: 3 | can always simply do a head-swap man. paint looks as good as yours always does  Radicons aren't limited to just Transformers. . . . 
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01-23-2008, 08:46 PM
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#6 | | Hmmmm... Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,651 Location: Back in the MTL Collection Count: Minibots: somewhere over 100...sorry lost count News Credits: 1 | looks superb...now if i could just find a couple up here Looking for Cybcon and Dairycon Exclusives
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01-23-2008, 08:48 PM
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#7 | | TF Art Lad Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 2,651 Location: Nottingham, England Collection Count: 1. I have one collection. | True nuff. Paintjob looks fantastic as ever. A bit of facial modding could well really bring him out, but he's certainly got that BC vibe going on.
Except for in that last pic, where he seems unusually merciless... 
Oh, and RIRFIB. Some of us remember the toys.
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01-23-2008, 08:50 PM
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#8 | | Conflicted Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 2,170 Location: Southern Indiana Collection Count: 100+ | Quote:
Originally Posted by frenzy_rumble  hehe. you beat me to it! mines only 50% or so.
Looks fantastic though!
I am adding extra stuff, to make it more 'beachy' like surfboard and i'm turning the propane tanks into ...kegs of beer. | That actually sounds really cool.
The other thing I wanted to do was paint him in a metal flake blue, like the fiberglass dunebuggies had. But I figured that wouldn't be appropiate for a military vehicle.
Thanks for the compliments everyone. | |
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01-23-2008, 10:58 PM
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#9 | | I Fought The Law & I Won Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,462 Location: Victoria, B.C. CANADA Way Far Far Away Overseas Collection Count: Never Enough. News Credits: 1 | That's some quality work right there ! | |
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01-24-2008, 05:50 AM
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#10 | | Insecticon Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 919 Location: NJ | This is very well done!
If I may offer a suggestion, perhaps a little mud or rust near the tire wells to dirty him up a bit.
A different head maybe...not a fan of the Bionicle head this thing comes with, maybe something like High Score's: 
edit: I don't know how big High Score's head would actually be on that body, so keep in mind that's just my best guess | |
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