seems i've done more things wrong than right the past few days. i tried dying my tropic thunder figures, so they would all be in movie correct od green uniforms. i read all the tutorials ,gathered the required items and spent a few hours. nothing worked, i tried several times with some figures. these just don't take dye. after a few hours of drying i decided to paint them od green. as you can see i'm still bad about too much paint and too fast!
workspace
paint- hey atleast they are all green. my second coat i mixed in some elmers glue, my wife said it would make them dry shiny. they are a shiner finish. the joints are terrible though!
glasses- i struggled with making glasses. i tried bent wire frames. ziptie frames and lenses (saw that for sunglasses on another forum) nothing looked right. finally i decided to glue two pieces of cut ziptie into the helmet
bullet web gear. i couldn't find any machingun link web gear for sale on it's own. i almost bought a 25th r-n-r just for the webgear. i got the idea to try zipties this morning
more gear, still a lot more to add and fill voids
shotgun, the pump shotgun i bought was a bit too short.i used a straw from a spray oil can and split it, then slipped over existing barrel. i also cut off the front grip . just needs paint
m60- i had to remove the front grip on this one too
m16- the rifles i found closest to movie correct had 30 rnd waffle mags. i orded some 30 rnd with the correct grooves and cut them down to look like the 20 rounders in the movie
still a lot of work to be done on these, please let me know anything i can try to get these looking better!
thanks
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