Scratch Builds: Masterpiece Jazz: How I Build - by Jarrod

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  1. Jarrod

    Jarrod Semi-retired Builder

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    Robot Mode, no weapons:

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    With weapons:

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    Articulation:

    Double jointed knee(wich help from RH Jazz for balance):

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    Legs rotate in and out at hip, feet rock left and right, and hips have a wide stance:

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    Hand have full range including ball joint AND hinged wrist. All four fingers have first and second knuckle joints, thumb has single ball joint:

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    Some posed/action shots:

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    Speakers open:

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    And some detail close ups:

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    Jarrod Semi-retired Builder

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    And finally, some comparison shots:


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    That's it. Thanks for looking everyone!

    Thanks, mine too. Gonna be hard to let this one go.


    He was a commision peice the whole time.


    Well, I definitely won't be doing them all, but I do have a few more in the planning stages:) 

    Thanks! The speakers were one of those little extra gimmicks that I just had to have in there.

    Thanks! Working out how to get the shin/foot part to fit in there was definitely a challenge.

    Unfortunately Jazz was a one off, kind of a special project for my friend.

    To be perfectly honest, I orignally thought the back end, and especially the spoiler, would look so huge and out of place. As I kept building, it kept looking more cohesive, and now I think it looks totally right.

    Those details are all clear paints over silver. I'm not sure what you mean by not matching the precise work though?

    whiskytango's totally correct. They just photograph oddly due to the clear paint. In person the paint it even and crisp, just like the rest of the figure.

    Well, not a recipe so much, but I posted pics of nearly every step I did (The follow-along has been posted above. ~Superquad7), and you can see him come together piece by piece.

    Getting the head right was that final little touch that kinda solidified this as Jazz to me. If the head didn't look right, the whole figure would look off. The speakers were one of the original ideas I had for Jazz way back when it was basically just going to be an Alternator reshell, and I was way happy when I was still able to add them in.

    If you got a sealed Liokaiser, we can make a trade:) 
     

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