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| Author: | melek_taus [ Sun Mar 09, 2008 12:59 am ] |
| Post subject: | WIP- Scarlet Akrokaiser |
This is my first ever attempt at customizing a RxH figure. Or anything aside from western vinyl figures. After seeing LASH's amazing customs on his blog page, I decided to give my hand a shot. Used the Flesh Akrokaiser in this pic: 
Here's what I've got so far... 
Any feedback helps, so lemme know what you think. Like it? Hate it? Thanx for looking. m_t |
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| Author: | ikkashinju [ Sun Mar 09, 2008 1:31 am ] |
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looks pretty cool. I like it! you said it's what you got so far and i can't wait to see the finished product! |
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| Author: | Locomoco [ Sun Mar 09, 2008 1:46 am ] |
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Is that paint? If so, it's a very nice application... looks like it was cast in that color vinyl rather than painted. |
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| Author: | Collin Shots [ Sun Mar 09, 2008 2:14 am ] |
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He started with a flesh akro, what else would it be besides paint? The blood of dead babies? I really like how this looks, right now its very clean, if the whole thing ends up flowing this nice its going to come out great, can't wait. |
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| Author: | Locomoco [ Sun Mar 09, 2008 2:20 am ] |
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Collin Shots wrote: He started with a flesh akro, what else would it be besides paint? The blood of dead babies? My weapon of choice is typically rit dye... I kinda like it as it is... I'd leave it like that... walk away from the Akro... 
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| Author: | atease [ Sun Mar 09, 2008 6:20 am ] |
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Collin Shots wrote: He started with a flesh akro, what else would it be besides paint? The blood of dead babies? Wow such an insightful comment... And of course Keith has shown his customs at Super 7, so he wouldn't know anything about other methods of color application right? 
Back to the figure at hand. it does look like it was cast in those colors, a bit bright for me but that's a personal preference. Nice job! |
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| Author: | soda pop SMASH [ Sun Mar 09, 2008 6:31 am ] |
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man that looks awesome, what do you have planned for it? |
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| Author: | Stone [ Sun Mar 09, 2008 9:44 am ] |
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Looks great!! The only thing I would do is give him a evil looking eye.. |
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| Author: | BloodDrinker6969 [ Sun Mar 09, 2008 9:46 am ] |
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Looking good so far, it's very neat and nice and vibrant. |
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| Author: | soda pop SMASH [ Sun Mar 09, 2008 9:58 am ] |
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lowenbrow wrote: Looks great!! The only thing I would do is give him a evil looking eye.. yeah i definitely would like to see some nasty looking detailing |
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| Author: | motorbot [ Sun Mar 09, 2008 9:59 am ] |
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i hate akros, but that is making me want to buy one of those flesh sets and some dye. very nice. just pop in a few details and i believe you'll be done |
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| Author: | Typo21 [ Sun Mar 09, 2008 10:15 am ] |
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Looks good Malek! I actually like the vibrant colors. I probably leave it as is, but adding an evil eye like lowenbrow mentioned may give your akro some added interest. Anyway, definitely a successful first RxH custom. |
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| Author: | melek_taus [ Sun Mar 09, 2008 10:34 am ] |
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Thanx for all the comnpliments! Gives me confidence for more customs to come. Loco is a winner. RIT Scarlett dye. Great minds think alike.
I was really impressed with the RIT dye. Does look like the vinyl was cast in that color. Just plan on some details as mentioned. The eye and maybe some highlights here and there. Now- to begin on a Mutant Evil. 
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| Author: | Joe [ Sun Mar 09, 2008 10:35 am ] |
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Great job. One question though, is the face more of a tangerine color? |
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| Author: | melek_taus [ Sun Mar 09, 2008 10:40 am ] |
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whthalo wrote: Great job. One question though, is the face more of a tangerine color? It sure is. I wanted more highlights on the face. Then a darker body- even darker hands and feet- and a "dead babies blood" vest. |
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| Author: | bryce_r [ Sun Mar 09, 2008 11:28 am ] |
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Looks great. Nice dye job. I think the orange and red completely compliment each other. |
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| Author: | PaulieVinyl [ Sun Mar 09, 2008 12:57 pm ] |
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Wow, I can't believe what a solid job the dye did. Beautiful! I can't wait to see some detail on this guy. |
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| Author: | Rich [ Sun Mar 09, 2008 2:12 pm ] |
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Wow , glad I inspired you ! |
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| Author: | enjoipanda [ Sun Mar 09, 2008 2:58 pm ] |
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melek_taus wrote: "dead babies blood" what a great name for a crayloa crayon color |
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| Author: | melek_taus [ Sun Mar 09, 2008 3:00 pm ] |
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LASH wrote: Wow , glad I inspired you ! 
Totally. I'm off to buy more supplies now. Need to work on some airbrush skills. |
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| Author: | logang1 [ Sun Mar 09, 2008 9:46 pm ] |
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Do you guys like the liquid or powder stuff? How long do you soak a piece of vinyl? Does it have any long term affects on the integrity of the vinyl? |
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| Author: | melek_taus [ Sun Mar 09, 2008 10:04 pm ] |
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I used liquid. Soak the fig as long as you have to to get the desired color. Shouldn't affect the vinyl's integrity... I hope. |
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| Author: | plover [ Sun Mar 09, 2008 10:05 pm ] |
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I don't think dye will effect the integrity of the vinyl. It can however leach into other figures over time if they happen to come into contact with each other apparently. I think this looks great. |
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| Author: | redhanded [ Sun Mar 09, 2008 11:11 pm ] |
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LASH wrote: Wow , glad I inspired you ! You hear that all day long 
Anyways, I do like the paint app on this, It looks heavy in a good way, like its the original color. I would just consider pick out some of the colors on the guy like the eyes and teeth maybe. Id keep it close to the main color though, like a lighter or darker red unless you plan on doing some additonal colors. The fades on it look great if the pics is true to the color. |
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| Author: | jocappy [ Mon Mar 10, 2008 12:11 am ] |
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whthalo wrote: Great job. One question though, is the face more of a tangerine color? with one color dye you can do lots of shades, just remove items at different times for different colors. Longer in the dye darker you get. |
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