Well, I decided to take a break from my custom head sculpting and ended up in GIJoeLand as you know. lol! I haven't taken any more photographs of my Stunticon customs. There was a guy here who had an Alternators Wheeljack partsbot that was going to trade with me but he hasn't come through with it so my Alt. Breakdown is currently on hold. But at least you can see the final product on page one with my painted heads.

 

I still haven't finished retooling my Ironhide or Sideswipe head to recast them but all others are completed and ready for anyone that wants them.

 

With lack of new TFs that I care about (now that the Alternator line is dead, and MPs are coming out slower than hell) I had to start wasting my money on something else, right? So it was my other favorite 80s-toy-revised-with-kickass-21st-Century-technology: G.I. Joe! :)

 

I could strangle Hasbro for killing the Alternator line. I hope they don't do that with the 25th Joes. If the stupid Joe movie craps on my favorite Joe line like the TF movie did on my beloved Alternators, I'll be pissed, to say the least.

 

I'm trying to build you and me a big Teletraan so we can meet up and swap for the heads... Working on custom Joes has given me an itch to get back to TF customs... I have to have my Alternator Stunticons, Ratchet and Ironhide back. Can't wait to see the revisions on Ratchet!

 

P.S. I'd give my first born (well, almost) for that Bumblebee head sculpt. *cough*

P.S. I'd give my first born (well, almost) for that Bumblebee head sculpt. *cough*

 

lol! That's just wrong on so many levels. :rofl

 

I'll bring it with me when we meet up in Fairfield so you can check it out. There is only one so I usually keep it under lock and key. ;-)

If you use brush on clear coat on silver, it doesn't take the shine away as much. Something about the aerosol is what kills the shine. It still looses some luster but nowhere near as much.

If you use brush on clear coat on silver, it doesn't take the shine away as much. Something about the aerosol is what kills the shine. It still looses some luster but nowhere near as much.

 

When I spray Tamiya Silver Leaf acrylic paint, the shine I get is on par or better than factory applied silver paint. Only when I've tried to spray a clear coat over the Silver Leaf did I lose some of the luster. I'm not one to use a paint brush though, unless its to dry brush some texture or detail. Part of the reason is that I really dislike brush strokes and it takes away from the factory look I try to achieve with my sculpts and paint jobs.

Oh, I wouldn't use a brush ever for any of the paint, but the clear coat is so thin that brush strokes don't show up.