Destroy all Humans...

So this is a neat item I picked up a bit ago (actually, I think last Christmas... wow time flies) that I only recently got around to taking good pics of.

This is the 1:18th scale Harvester from the Terminator: Salvation movie toy line. It stands around 18" tall, and though it was made for 1:18th scale, it fits nicely in with 1:6th as well.



It is very poseable and has a lot of neat features such as the flip up shoulder cannon / missile launcher (thinking of replacing it with something else), spring loaded opening claws (they are nice, but could use a stronger spring), the fully poseable set of smaller robotic arms with claws, and lastly, light up searchlights... which were honestly quite pathetic, they are just a clear insert illuminated by an LED, so they don't actually give off any light.

Despite these minor shortcomings, overall as a nicely poseable killer robot it was worth the money. These, as far as I know, never made it to brick and mortar retail as the toy line got cancelled before the second wave was released. I got mine off Ebay for I think $30 US shipped, and this was a year ago, and now they are going for around $45 US shipped on Ebay, still not bad IMHO.





















I think with a little work, one could easily rewire the lighting and actually have proper searchlights in the shoulders, as well as some of the other small things. I am still on the fence as to if I'm going to bother.

Mega Blocks HALO Minifig Custom

In a follow up from my post yesterday about the Mega Blocks HALO figures, I wanted to show off how nice these figures really are. They have surprising nice detailing, something that is lost on a factory mass produced paint job, then again, I can't expect a lot for $2 each. But with a little bit of paint application, you can really bring out the details and turn this:



Into this:











I started out with trying a simple drybrushing of the armor with Deco Art Dazzling Metallics "Festive Green". This didn't turn out great IMHO.

So I then washed over the entire figure with Games Workshop Citadel Colour "Orc Flesh Wash"... This is an old color that I don't think they make anymore even... I'm surprised it's still good... just goes to show how GW has made their paint pots to purposely let their paints dry out, as this is still in the OLD OLD style paint pot and I've had it for at least 15 years.

Once the wash was dry, I then drybrushed over the armor with Daler Rowney FW Pearlescent Ink "Macaw Green".



Once the armor was finished, I them moved to the visor. I started with Games Workshop Citadel Colour "Burnished Gold" for the base. I followed that with Citadel Colour "Flesh Wash". Again, this is one of those colors they no longer make, and I have had this bottle for about 15 years... again proving the theory that GW makes their paints dry out on purpose for sales... but moving on.

Once the wash was dried, I then went back and painted the interior areas of the panes on the visor with Daler Rowney FW Pearlescent "Mazuma Gold".

Finally, to finish the figure off I painted the major visible unarmored parts of the suit with Privateer Press Formula P3 "Cryx Bane Base" which is a dark grey.

I added a couple details to the Pulse Rifle, drybushing it with GW Citadel Colour "Boltgun Metal", painting the rubber foregrip section with the Formula P3 "Cryx Bane Base", and then a dab of Formula P3 "Coal Black" which is a dark teal on the LED Round Counter.

Overall I feel this quick paint job really brought out the nice detailing on these figures and at some point I will probably try on a few more.

Toys like to collect toys... right?

The lovely gamer girl Cody here would like to show off some of her fantastic 1/6 and 1/1 HALO collectibles.

1/6th Hot Toys HALO Master Chief John 117


1/6th Exclusive Active Camo Master Chief


1/6th Hot Toys HALO: ODST "Rookie"


Master Replicas Life Size HALO Master Chief's Helmet and BR55 Battle Rifle


OK, so maybe Cody like the rest of us wishes that Hot Toys would pick up the HALO license...

Cody's 1/6th figures here are by Mega Blocks, a Lego like building toy company. They make a line of Figure and vehicle sets from the HALO universe. Previously the figures had to be purchased in sets with vehicles, however, they recently started selling their miniature figures in blind bagged format for around $2.50 US. These figures surpass Lego figures in so many ways, sculpting, poseability, accessories, etc... and as you can see... make for very nice 1/6th scale in 1/6th scale action figures.



I had originally only bought maybe 2 of their boxed sets, the low end $10 sets, but since they started selling the figures individually, I picked up a few more.

As for Cody's other collectibles, the BR55 Battle Rifle is Die Cast and by Master Replicas and was released around the time of HALO 3, and the Helmet is from one of McFarlane Toy's sets.

As for Cody herself, she is a clone Takara CG Doronjo head / body that I repainted the eyes on.





Her "fashionflage" T shirt is by SMcG Customs... the finest 1/6th female T shirts I have bought.

Enjoy,

Anzelika Kamarova: Russian Mafia Princess

Anzelika is a repaint I did using a clone Takara Duenan Knute head. After getting the TTL Assasin Girl, the outfit she came with was really nice, and I popped this head onto the body wearing the outfit... and for some reason to me, the face, the look, demeanor, all screamed "Club Hopping Russian Mafia Princess"

So I set about a repaint of the head, repainting the eyes, lips, adding some heavy makeup and some custom made earrings, and now I have Anzelika here... who does seriously look like an angry bitch. Best not to interupt her partying lol.

In addition to the basic outfit that the TTL "Perfection Murderess" came with, she is wearing a TTL coat from one of their sets that was given to me by my friend Arianne.

Right now her "Fashion Accessories" are a 21C AK47 with an HT 75 round drum magazine added, and then a custom made 21C AK47 pistol modelled after those done by Ewbanks Customs. I would like to eventually go back and make her a newer one with actual wood furniture and metal parts.















Enjoy,

Quick Bash: Russian Vityaz MVD Sniper

Just a quick bash I threw together with some parts laying around. Started with a BBI G3 Body, threw some Dr. Figures fingerless gloved hands on that and a spare HT Truetype carded head with a balaclava on it. Then used a DML WWII Panzerkombi tanker jumpsuit for the base as it is close to Partizan camo that is used by Vityaz units, 21C Russian combat boots, a Hasbro mesh fabric Ghillie suit, and finally a 21C Dragunov Rifle. Not bad for a simple bash.







Enjoy,

SAVOIR FAIRE OR OR FAIRE GAME? - PULP SPY GIRL

Gillian Faire returns once again in her new incarnation as a sexy pulp / retro super spy.

This is my third version of the TTL "Perfection Murderess" headsculpt done up as Gillian. I wanted something sexy and a departure somewhat from her normal "girl next door" look, so I went with the heavy eyeshadow and darker lipstick, both of which when coupled with the new ensemble gave her a nice attitude for the custom.

The outfit is a one piece by Dollsfigure. I removed the top pair of snaps on it as it wouldn't button over her chest and the re-sewed the faux button on the opposite side to make it look properly unbuttoned. The boots are from the figure set she originally came with. Her hands are currently HT female hands painted black as she awaits new gloved hands from another figure. And lastly her weapons are custom pieces done by me.























Enjoy,

RETRO SCI FI BABE

So, I finally got off my butt and snapped some pics of new stuff to share with everybody.

So to start, a couple months ago my friend Arianne02 gave me an outfit from the Takara Kisaguri Honey... it's a blue and silver outfit that to me was very reminiscent of the 50's Sci Fi Space Babe genre... So I threw it on a CG clone body, and then decided to go with one of my all time favorites, the original Babs Fashion Fever Gillian.

I repainted Gillian's eyes to a nice brown gradient to make them a bit diff than stock paint apps. Threw the outfit on her and voila... 50's Retro Space Babe.

Her silver pistols were recommended by my friend Sydney Bee, she thought they would look better and better fit the "retro" look than the original sci fi handguns I had her with.



























Enjoy,