I like to use some basic paint pens and other basic art supplies to customize my toys. Today, while shopping for the house, I saw a 2015 RiD Ratchet on the shelf and on sale for under $3. I had to take it home and go to work on him.

Original toy:


My work:


I like the white legs, red cross on the knees and door, panel lines, and light bar.

It is a fun little toy.

 

this is dope!

 

I need(ed) that! Awesome job.

 

nice! Now you make me sad I skipped the figure

 

Totally great work on this little fig. At this scale your technique is perfect  

 

Thanks everybody. I know that if I could afford and access proper hobby tools like when I lived in the USA and used in my teenage years, I could do 100x better. However, I haven't done much since I was about 22 (35 now) and I live in Peru, where hobby stores are not nearly as common and what they have can cost up to 3x as much as in the states (importation and local taxes).

I just decided to start messing with my toys by applying a wash and using pain pens.


Here is some of my work on other toys:

 

Damn man, thought this was caracal's thread! Nice work, great job with the detail.

 

Brilliant! Proof that it is not the supplies that make the artist, but the art tht an artist can make out of those tools.

 

That's a great look!
I follow in youtube El Customizador Marvel, a channel from Peru. I love watching his excursions to the center of Lima to look for parts and materials.
I live in Paraguay and the only hobby store I know is focused on card games, so things I cannot find in art stores or tool stores I have to order online from other countries.

 

I always liked that Legion-class Ratchet, and you've given it a really nice-looking upgrade!