Topic: Clonehead's custom figures #2

[Tamer]

Had to get this fix on the front page.

[artilarytrooper321]

nice molds

[Clonehead]

Thanks guys. You are quite welcome, Shawn. I'm happy to do it.

Alright, back to the RC..........I said that I wanted to add a couple more details to his "ole painless" gun. Fire trooper had suggested that I add some control wires from the grenade launching mount to the trigger assembly so, I dug out some fine gauge braided line and turned aluminum fittings that model car builders use and went to work. First, I fed a small fitting onto the braided line and glued the fitting into place with some of the line sticking out at the mounting point. Using my pin vise, I drilled a receiving hole and glued the fitting end to the back of one side of the launcher mount and then repeated these steps for the other side. Then, I chose a larger fitting and fed both loose ends of the braided lines through it. I positioned the fitting along the lines where it would look right and trimmed the loose end so it would protrude through the large fitting a little bit. I then drilled a bigger hole in the back of the gun handle and then glued the loose ends and larger fitting into place. That finishes the control lines. Afterwards, i trimmed a couple of numbers from a military kit decal sheet and water transferred them to the body of the gun.

I took a few shots of our rc with his finalized peace keeper but I am still having issues finding a decent light source. Man, I wish that the sun would come out for some natural light shots.

[SITHHAPPENS]

awesome that wire is brilliant love it !!!

[darknsour]

WOW!!! Such GREAT detail!!!


Love that wire also!!!

I wish I had the time and talent to do stuff like that!!!


Great job!!   

Keep up the great work!!!

Can't wait to see more!!!

Rich

[Luke Sprywalker]

Clint that gun is amazing! This is what I have been missing so much! Bravo! I need to know more about those little fittings you used.

[Squirepec7]

You have such an attention to detail. That gun looks even more intimidating with something as small as wires outside. Bravo Sir great job.

[darthdaddy]

Great custom.  The paint, the wire work and water decals.  A show stopper that commands respect.  Simply awesome.

[beige-4]

OH GOD ! you are such a lucky man with all those skills clint !

[Havoc_Hobby]

2 thumbs up to you man the wire make the weapon look alot better(not that it wasent good befor).

-Greg

[CloneSniper78]

WOW!! Is about all I can say. That is the meanest figure and weapon combo I've ever seen.

[CaptainLux]

I love that big gun clinT!!

[wraithnine]

Clint as usual u show us all how its done

[Clonehead]

Thanks again, gracious shipyarders, from the bottom of my heart. That was a fun finish. I do have some sunshine so perhaps I can squeeze a couple outdoor snapshots of him today.

LE, those fittings and the braided line are made by a company called Model Car Garage and come in various guages but are a bit pricey as I recall. I used to be big into model cars and would wire and plumb the engines and such. I still have alot of the detailing products for that hobby that I used to use. I have this one photoetched nickle set that contains all of the gaskets and spacers for a 350 small block in 1/25th scale.

I did paint some on a skinny clone that I had started some time ago and originally was going to paint up as a Ryloth boil with a removable helmet but since Hasbro went and released that figure before I finished mine, I will have to do something else with him.

[Clonemaster]

awsome commndo man