Minor/Repaint: Classic Inferno - with CW Hot Spot's ladders

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  1. SteamShield

    SteamShield Well-Known Member

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    I didn't have a Classic Inferno - their price is jacked up so ridiculously high it is insane to buy one new. However, I managed to so some simple mod with the Hot Spot from the Evac set (dirt cheap) plus a spare Combiner War Hot Spot's ladders and a 3-D printed head to create my own, staisfying Inferno - and here it is:

    Head shot (BHDA printed and painted silver)
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    Bot mode with Hot Spot's ladders. Thanks to the many points of articulation on the ladder there are a lot of different poses you can do!
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    Fire engine mode - similarly, many different ways to fold it.
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    what I did is remove the ladder from the back of hot spot - it is held by an axle with 4.5mm diameter. It needed to be bored out to 5mm diameter in order to be put on the classic figure.

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  2. Applejacktimus

    Applejacktimus Still see the Sunshine

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    Awesome! The ladder looks a little off when it's raised up, but it works! :thumb  I'm curious, will that head be lightpiped if you put it up on Shapeways?

    Psst, thanks for letting me know how to get that mold for anything less than a leg. : D
     
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  3. autobot prowl

    autobot prowl Well-Known Member

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    Nice
     
  4. mvrox

    mvrox Well-Known Member

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    how about your new head and a neckguard on your shapeways store for all of us? :) 
     
  5. Basilisk

    Basilisk It will give you infinite pleasure!

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    I really like it! He can use the ladder as a battering ram if he wants to.

    Strange how the colours of this release give Inferno a more comic colour vibe, like not resembling any particular comic depiction of him but it kind of looks like the colours they would use.
     
  6. plowking

    plowking I'm with ErechOveraker. Veteran

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    this is pretty cool!

    Nice work!
     
  7. shinobi77

    shinobi77 Fatbastard

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    I'm thinking this would do well to make a good Artfire so that there is a bit of difference in the molds.
     
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    Mizzinno Merc With A Mouthplate

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    I have no use for it right now, but man that is one nice looking head.
     
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    shiftypenguin Fancy-Pantsless Dancer

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    Neat!
     
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    Neat! Looks very cool!