I'm still "getting to know" my new digicam, so my pics are not up to snuff like I want em, but I am still working with it, taking more and more pics to get better and better pics.  These pics are so so, but I've had this custom done a long time.  Shackblast has been wanting his own gallery for quite some time, so I had to deliver.

 

I have had Shackblast done well since the end of September/early October, but the idea had started rolling around about February/March of 05.  A guy I go to seminary with has a gray RX-8, and each day as I would walk by his car, this idea kept rolling round in my mind.  With my customs, I generally want to keep the color pallet to stock manufacturer colors (however, soon, I'm going to be hypocritical with my Seeker Alt Imprezas, but I did research their schemes as well, more news at 11).  He's been sitting here waiting (just like a bunch of my other customs) for me to get a new digicam so he could get his own gallery.

 

For this custom, I didn't want him to be a straight repaint of Shockblast, so I used a Meister body.  I painted the eye and gun of Shockblast translucent red and it retains it's transparency.  I threw in a pic (horrible the pic is, yes I know) just to show this. 

 

The gray is actually a gray and silver I mixed together myself.  I doubt any pics I could take would pick this up, but the paint has a metal flake/sparkle to it with the paints I mixed.  I am really pleased with the result.  I also mixed up a metallic red of similar fashion for the red detailing.  Shackblast has been one of my favorite customs yet, despite his simplicity (it's a gray RX-8). 

 

Enjoy!

he looks very very very sweet and dangerous

Thanks for the comments :)

That paint scheme is nice and subtle and it does an amazing job of bringing shockblast to life.  I like him more than the original heh. 

That paint scheme is nice and subtle and it does an amazing job of bringing shockblast to life.  I like him more than the original heh.

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I sure wish I could get pics to pick it up, but the paint I mixed was a gray and silver together.  It produced this really nice gray color with tiny metallic sparkling flakes.  I just thought it was really cool. 

 

The scheme itself I also liked the simplicity of it.  I was so pleased how he gives of the yang to Shockblast's ying.  I was just so happy how well they balanced each other out, but yet it looks like [on my shelf] like they are competing against each other.  I think the Meister shell has a bit to do with that too. :tfevil

He looks like he means business!

 

The paint reminds me of the gray you see on military fighters.

 

What would his Bio be like?

 

Dave

Looking good! :thumb

He looks like he means business!

 

The paint reminds me of the gray you see on military fighters.

 

What would his Bio be like?

 

Dave

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Shackblast does mean business! 

 

The paint is actually a mix of silvers and grays of my own blend.  The pics can't show it, but it looks like a clearcoat with tiny silver metallic flakes.  I was really pleased with how it turned out. 

 

Bios?  Keep your eyes peeled!

Looking good! :thumb

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Thanks man!

Incidentally, the "G1 Shackwave" you have pictured there is not really the Radio Shack one.  It is the "Four Star" bootleg, which had a good amount of retooling from the Hasbro or Radio Shack one.