Minor/Repaint: My Kickback Repaint

Discussion in 'Radicons Customs' started by molleking, Mar 11, 2017.

  1. molleking

    molleking King of the Mollusks!

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    Not too much effort here - with a housefull of kids I can't spend too long painting/cutting on toys... I used Tamiya silver spray paint on the wings, and updated Shrapnel & Bombshell's antlers (?) to match. Then the chest was airbrushed with yellow/gold Tamiya acrylic mix. Lastly I painted the bottom of the hinge black to square off the chest panel, and added a 2017-03-11 15.33.51.jpg reprolabel Decepticon symbol...
     
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  2. 19Jazz84

    19Jazz84 Well-Known Member

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    Wow those simple changes make a huge difference in the overall look, not only of Kickback but the whole group. Great job!
     
  3. SparkPlug24

    SparkPlug24 Named after the Mini-con, not the Witwicky.

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    That paintwork looks real nice! One of the things that began to bug me about Kickback was all the trans-yellow plastic on him that seemed to set him apart from the other Insecticons. The clear parts are visually interesting on him when alone, but together with Bombshell and Shrapnel the lack of any sort of grey near his head/shoulders started to be a letdown. The mold itself is so good so I'm still gonna buy two more of him to start my swarm though, haha.

    Again, love this custom work! :D 
     
  4. primalxconvoy

    primalxconvoy Banned

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    That's great. I hope all three get released together as a boxed set, with a unified paint job one day.
     
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  5. shiftypenguin

    shiftypenguin Fancy-Pantsless Dancer

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    Simple, yet effective. Nice work!