UPDATES Build complete: Post #8 First painting: Post #12 Reprolabels: Post #16 My FB friend, Longhaul, hooked me up with a used DotM Crankcase. Since I already had one, I decided to make this one into Crowbar. It was perfect timing, because soon after I started pradhika indra posted a tutorial: http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/radicons-customs/686926-tutorials-crowbar-dotm-crankcase-dlx.html. I've followed the tutorial really closely. I'm going to take him home from work soon to start adding apoxie sculpt, sanding, painting, and finally applying the Reprolabel set for Crankcase. I wanted to post some pics to get any advice I can before going onto these next steps. Thanks!
That face sculpt,, now THAT'S crowbar. For accuracy you could make his dreads come out of his back vertically, but I don't know if you are up for such challenge.
the dreds are meant to look more like alien/predator ...nice eye for detail on that,now to do a hatchet..if ya do them all post them all together so we all can see the finished work..looks great man,awesome...cant wait for the finished toy..
Thanks! I just took the original Crankcase head and cut it down quite a bit. then I added some pieces from my junk box. The tusks are back spikes from a RotF Ravage, the two strips on the top of his head are from HftD leader Starscream thumbs, the two gray pieces on the sides of his head are from a RotF FAB Megatron, and the two black pieces below those... I have no clue Yeah, I think I'll leave the dreads like they are now. I don't think there would be enough room to make them different... at least not for me Thanks guys! Thanks! When I first started this I used some small chain left over from other projects for the dreads. But when I saw pradhika's tutorial I looked at some pics of Crowbar from the movie. Sure enough, they really do look a lot like zippers! I don't currently have any plans for a Hatchet, but if I stumble upon another cheap Crankcase toy I'll have to try one... Thank you! EDIT: Added first pics to this post...
very awsome job, you did better custom than i. i like the twist on crowbar shoulder, its good idea... and you can make the head more accurately. now you can add the gun and spine stick. maybe my custom hatchet is inspiring you, it is simple as crowbar... but sorry no tutorials there
Definitely, it was a lot of fun! Thanks!!! Thanks, I couldn't have done it without you! Your customs are what have inspired me to use twist ties on mine! A FB friend is going to send me a deluxe Crankcase and a Cyberverse Hatchet. I plan to use those to make a deluxe Hatchet I painted him last night. I'll probably paint him some more again later on, but I was pretty happy with the amount I got done, so I brought him back to work to display! I'm thinking of painting his eyes red so they show up better, but I usually try not to cover light piping... I also modded his hands since my first pics. I wanted it to look like he had more fingers, like the CGI model does. First I shaved the middle claw stub and cut his "pinkies" down the middle. I wasn't satisfied, so I furthered the pinkie cuts all the way through the hand, cutting off a small chunk. I then glued those back on but offset a little bit, so now it looks more like another finger...
Fakebusker83 made it. It's available on Shapeways, here's the thread: http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/radicons-customs/553783-dotm-scolex-spiker-shapeways.html
Reprolabels Thanks Allen! I just added some Reprolabels to him... If anyone needs some DotM Barricade Reprolabels, I've got extras! I also added a few spare light stickers from the leader Sentinel Prime Reprolabels to my Crankcase (got the idea from UltraMagnus2008).
Thanks! I just glued the head onto the top of the chest. I'll try to take some closer pics tomorrow. Feel free to keep bugging me if I forget
