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POC Jungle Assault Major Bludd
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Author:  Jay [ Sun Nov 07, 2010 2:14 am ]
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Ugh, I don't even know where to begin with the write-up for this one. Too tired out from taking photo after photo after photo until my digicam stopped being an epic piece of failure.
Long story short, Major Bludd's been a project of mine for a while but I never seemed to have the right combo of parts, until I decided to work from the Street-Viper body I'd previously used for Zartan.
Head is from Slayer 6 Designs, and had to be extensively modded internally because it wouldn't fit on any ball-jointed neck post.
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Head woes didn't stop there either, after my initial paint apps I was appalled that the skin tone he had made him look ridiculously Asian, so I had to go over his skin with a different tone, while making sure not to muck up the eye I'd already painted.

Let me know what you guys think!
Author:  Onyx [ Sun Nov 07, 2010 2:50 am ]
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All cast heads have to be tooled because not all neck balls are the same size. In fact, I believe they say that on their site.
Author:  Dark Horse [ Sun Nov 07, 2010 9:05 am ]
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Yeah, it also says they'll come in a variety of plastic colours and are meant to be painted.
Author:  Jay [ Sun Nov 07, 2010 10:42 am ]
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Dark Horse wrote:
Yeah, it also says they'll come in a variety of plastic colours and are meant to be painted.

Yeah.
The head came in grey. My woes came from the fact that after the flesh paint I initially used dried, it left him looking Asian, so I had to go over everything again with a lighter, slightly pinker flesh paint. The problems I had with it have nothing to do with Tri-Gate themselves but with my own materials.
Author:  Asphalt [ Sun Nov 07, 2010 11:14 am ]
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Skin tones are always a pain, but it looks like you got a good one.
Author:  Jay [ Sun Nov 07, 2010 10:46 pm ]
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Asphalt wrote:
Skin tones are always a pain, but it looks like you got a good one.

Thanks!

If you want to try it for yourself, it's two layers of Tamiya "Flat Flesh" and one layer of Citadel "Elf Flesh".
Author:  LeeMarvin80 [ Mon Nov 08, 2010 2:16 am ]
Post subject:  Re: POC Jungle Assault Major Bludd
Those parts work great for Bludd. The dark blue and brown looks really good together. I might like to see a helmet on him, but he's perfect otherwise.
Author:  nova [ Mon Nov 08, 2010 12:10 pm ]
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Not wild about the head...Looks like he got his chin from Jay Lenno or Sgt. Slaughter...combine that with the neck scarf and I think he's looking rather a bit too jowly.

I also think the head might be riding a little bit high...but I don't know that I can ever get that height right either...so I think it really comes down to personal preference and how long you want to fiddle with a custom.

If you aren't going to give him a plate of chest armor...I'd at least add his Trophy Dog tags.

Last thing he needs is his Armored/Robotic arm...You've got a great opportunity to tie it in with that pauldron thing on his Shoulder
Author:  daremo [ Mon Nov 08, 2010 1:09 pm ]
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Looks pretty good. I'm not feeling the scarf thing though, what's he look like without it and the dog tags in its place?
Author:  gijoey [ Mon Nov 08, 2010 9:52 pm ]
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LeeMarvin80 wrote:
Those parts work great for Bludd. The dark blue and brown looks really good together. I might like to see a helmet on him, but he's perfect otherwise.

I'm thinking the same thing.
Cool figure
Author:  Jay [ Mon Nov 08, 2010 10:38 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: POC Jungle Assault Major Bludd
Thanks for all the comments!

Re: the scarf thing: I used it mainly to hide the scrawny ROC Viper neck underneath. Without the scarf on, the head CAN sit lower on the neck. This is a scarfless shot:
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In hindsight, I guess he does look better scarfless.

Re: helmet/armor: I'd love to do some, but I don't really have anything handy that would work. I wanted to use a spare MARS Trooper helmet I had, but sadly the head was too big for the helmet. Not really sure what else can work as either headgear or armor.

Re: Dogtags: I don't have them, and from what I've seen of them I doubt they would look any better here than they did on any Hasbro releases of the Major. Wish I knew how to scratchbuild my own, though.
Author:  gijoey [ Mon Nov 08, 2010 11:01 pm ]
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I liked the scarf
Author:  G.I.JAC [ Wed Nov 10, 2010 2:44 am ]
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Not wanting to contradict gi joey but I like him better without the scarf and he definitely needs a helmet.
Author:  Fanboyimus Prime [ Wed Nov 10, 2010 6:40 am ]
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Needs a vest of some kind, and a gun holster on the thigh.
Author:  gijoey [ Wed Nov 10, 2010 3:49 pm ]
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G.I.JAC wrote:
Not wanting to contradict gi joey but I like him better without the scarf and he definitely needs a helmet.


Contradict away

I agree about the helmet.
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