Evenin' all!
Hope you all had a great new years eve, I know I sure did
Anyway..
For quite some time now Ive been toying with the idea of kitbashing my Energon Hot Shot to become Nightbeat. Up until this christmas, I lacked the tools and bits that I needed to do said modifications
My plan for my new Nightbeat involved quite abit of work and I was aiming for certain criteria with my mod..
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- better neck/head mount -
One of the first things that annoyed me to no end about the Energon Hot Shot mold, was his neck/head mount.. I understood why it was needed.. but it frustrated me all the same.. at this point Ive cut the arm holding the head to the backpack and retooled it to be mounted on the torso instead.
- better leg articulation -
Another part of the mold that frustrated me dispite me understanding why it was needed.. part of my mod will involve quite a tricky bit of cutting and re-positioning to give Nightbeat articulation at the hip, perhaps ball jointed, we'll see.
- better hands -
Energon Hot Shot's hands always seemed abit small and, well.. boring.. lol
As it stands he's now sporting a pair of hands that I claimed from a Gundam model kit.
- detailed head -
Needless to say that if im going to take Energon Hot Shot and make him Nightbeat, the head is going to need to some work.. so far Ive taken Hot Shots head and with quite abit of trimming, sanding, adding bits of plastic here and there and a whole lot of swearing Ive got something Im quite happy with, all it needs now is some paint.
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ill post some pictures tomorrow of where im up to so far.. the legs will have to wait until tuesday when I can pick up a model saw from Games Workshop.. but Ill be sure to keep this updated
-UPDATE-
As promised heres some pics of my progress so far..
Ill provide links aswell incase too much of the image gets cut off..
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-UPDATE... again-
Just a quick one folks.. the heads finished, just a shame that once again the pictures arent that good.. I have to say though im quite impressed with it.
Had to take the engine block out of the backpack so that the head had enough room to get under the vehicle mode hood/bonnet.
Next update will more than likely be Tuesday or Wednesday, once ive got a model saw and can start on his legs.
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