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Author:  raptor [ Fri May 03, 2013 10:58 am ]
Post subject:  Foam man! - Foam-Fatale posted on page 2.

April is a dull time at work. It's our new fiscal year and no one has any projects for us until the funding clears.

When I get bored, I tend to customize, out of whatever is at hand.

So I turned this:

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Into this:

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He's fully articulated, using the push pins as ball joints. His articulation is mostly based on the one used for a Stikfas, with a few tweaks. He's got 25 points of articulation, but until I glue the pins in, he's pretty fragile with the limbs coming off pretty easily at the pin points. Longer pins would be better for the longer limbs, but once I glue them in it will be significantly better.

This guy was just a test to see how to ball joint articulate a figure. I think in subsequent ones, I will shape down the buck to be more rounded and less blocky to increase the range of movement.

In the mean time, I am keeping him as is to prove that you really can make toys out of anything.

- R

Author:  Kilcarr [ Fri May 03, 2013 11:00 am ]
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This may be my favorite custom all year. Great use of parts and imagination.

Author:  raptor [ Fri May 03, 2013 11:05 am ]
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Oh, and fun fact - these pins were to be used to pinpoint nuclear strikes, radiation and related issues on a map by our emergency management group before the new computer systems came in, and this stuff was supposed to be tracked by maps on a board.

So foam man has some history. :-D

- R

Author:  MarkM [ Fri May 03, 2013 11:27 am ]
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Who's his arch-nemesis? Admiral Acetone?

Author:  sgartz [ Fri May 03, 2013 11:51 am ]
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MarkM wrote:
Who's his arch-nemesis?


Super-Visor.

As someone who regularly uses work hours to fiddle around with my own projects, I wholeheartedly approve of this custom.

Author:  raptor [ Fri May 03, 2013 12:29 pm ]
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A few more to show off the articulation:

Foam Man salutes you!

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Foam Man has a point to make.

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- R

Author:  SteamPunk Michael [ Fri May 03, 2013 1:59 pm ]
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This guy is awesome! I love the body language you can get from him. I for one am glad you do not work in a zoo or on a farm where you have a very large access to animal dung, cause Dung-man would have been kind of scary.

Author:  raptor [ Fri May 03, 2013 3:39 pm ]
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SteamPunk Michael wrote:
This guy is awesome! I love the body language you can get from him. I for one am glad you do not work in a zoo or on a farm where you have a very large access to animal dung, cause Dung-man would have been kind of scary.


I work for the Ministry of Agriculture, dude.

If I need dung - I can get dung. :rotfl:

But foam is better to work with, and easier to display.

- R

Author:  Tsunami [ Fri May 03, 2013 3:50 pm ]
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And we salute you Mr Foam Man.
Great stuff.

Author:  Lance Sputnik [ Fri May 03, 2013 4:20 pm ]
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This is fun!

Up next: Spoonman

Author:  MarkM [ Fri May 03, 2013 4:41 pm ]
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raptor wrote:
SteamPunk Michael wrote:
This guy is awesome! I love the body language you can get from him. I for one am glad you do not work in a zoo or on a farm where you have a very large access to animal dung, cause Dung-man would have been kind of scary.


I work for the Ministry of Agriculture, dude.

If I need dung - I can get dung. :rotfl:

But foam is better to work with, and easier to display.

- R


...And won't be mistaken for a member of upper management. :whistling:

Author:  newwavepop [ Fri May 03, 2013 6:15 pm ]
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looking on toy forums always makes me feel even more like white trash than i normally feel. when im at work i am working my ass off nonstop for a starting wage of $7 an hour im 40 and have never had a job where i even had access to a computer. im always amazed when i see people posting from work because they are bored, damn my life sucks.

Author:  Redmao [ Fri May 03, 2013 7:39 pm ]
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This is awesome.
Great project!

Author:  drbindy [ Fri May 03, 2013 8:57 pm ]
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With your writing skill, the creative nature of the project, and some already awesome built in jokes (at least for customizers) this could totally be the start of a weekly comic

Author:  TR101AL [ Fri May 03, 2013 11:15 pm ]
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You must submit him to the gallery! This I command! Really innovative and fun.

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