Minor/Repaint: WIP: Deluxe Crosshairs with STRIPES on BOTH sides!

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  1. tfcrafter

    tfcrafter Customizer and LEGO MOCer

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    Ok, I'm sure some of you have already done this. This (probably) won't get too much attention, and that's fine, I'm just putting it out there. I'm basically aiming for a movie-accurate Crosshairs, but first, he needed stripes on BOTH SIDES! Using Sharpie (yes, I know what you're thinking, "Sharpies suck!"), but with some tape, it can create some pretty nice stripes. This is what I have so far.

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    I'm still going to do several layers over to straighten them out.
     

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  2. taddghostal

    taddghostal Well-Known Member

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    Nice, its about time!
     
  3. Primacronus

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    Nice! Also just for your info, Hasbro is going to release a double striped Crosshairs in a 5 pack, but your lining is incredible! Didnt even think it was sharpie!
     
  4. Barricade24

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    I have to agree, pretty impressive lining there. :thumb 
     
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    Nicely done, those stripes look great!
     
  6. Rodimeister0088

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    where are all these guys learning to use sharpies to make awesome art???? lol sweet job man. as for the "what if" for other crosshairs with both sides with stripes, i made one ^-^ here have a look
    it's not the same green as the one you used, but you might like it anyway
     

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  7. arpcefxl

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    Are you mirroring the factory applied stripes or are the new ones your own design?
     
  8. louis23

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    May have to add this to mine nice work mate, I just finished my crosshairs yesterday, full reprint. Going to go back to it and do this now ;) 
     
  9. tfcrafter

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    Yeah, I'm mirroring the factory lines.
     
  10. tfcrafter

    tfcrafter Customizer and LEGO MOCer

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    Thanks for all your input guys!
     
  11. tfcrafter

    tfcrafter Customizer and LEGO MOCer

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    That's pretty cool!
     
  12. arpcefxl

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    How did you mirror them?
     
  13. tfcrafter

    tfcrafter Customizer and LEGO MOCer

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    I just eyed everything. No measuring.
     
  14. Renidragon

    Renidragon Toys on my table!

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    Looks good, man! I definitely want to get the Autobot 5-pack myself, but my Crosshairs came with two of the same heel piece, so after snipping off the tabs so he could transform, I figured that I'm already customizing him. That was a long sentence. :lol 

    I'm really liking all these mods and repaints to him. I thought he was a painfully average figure at first (especially after the awesome of Scorn, Slug, and Evasion Optimus), but with every little mod and extra bit of color I add, I like him more and more. I just wish I had some real paints instead of metallic sharpies!
     
  15. tfcrafter

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    Yeah, I was thinking about using paints too, but I was worried about paint bleed with the tape, so I opted for a fine Sharpie instead.