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It has take its time, but here it is, my 500th custom! I (of course) wanted to do something special for such a landmark in a customizer's career, and it took a long time for me to decide what could be that something so special. The opportunity appeared as a chroming powder I bought months ago and arrived just in time. Now I was sure; it would be a chromey custom that will be ultra-durable and ultra-poseable! After -again- looking at various characters, I decided for Metal Cooler (bad luck for Silver Sable), the movie villain of Dragon Ball Z and brother of Freezer. The base figure was Toyman DCUC (I think, there wasn't much left of him when I started) as it is slimer than a regular DCUC (which is my standard for normal superhero-villain). The hands were took from a Myth Cloth figure. One of the important parts of the custom (and surely, the most difficult) was making a tail. I didn't know what to use, as I didn't know of any that suited the purpose, and in the end I used a ball joint from Punisher and the made a solid one, so it has a good deal of movement and still looks good when posing. I had to sculpt nearly all the surface of the figure, and of course, I made the head from zero too. The shoulder pad have a mechanism so it doesn't bother him for the movement. For the chroming, I first applied a black coat of gloss Tamiya, then the chroming powder, gloss varnish, then Tamiya clear blue + green, then more chroming powder, and then more varnish. It is a bit darker than the original, but it gives a very nice gloss metal finish. For more pics (including the WIP one), just search by the net :) . I take the opportunity all the people that has left comments and feedback in this site and everywhere ;) . ![]() |
Agent X | ![]() | Submission Order | ![]() | Adam Strange & Capatin Comet |
Gogeta | ![]() | Dragonball Z Series | ![]() | Dragonball Z Super Saiyan 4 Broly |
Alex Grimond | ![]() | Created by argenta-2008 | ![]() | Ramenman Kinnikuman |
WOW! 500!
Much, much respect dude!
This custom of Cooler is beautiful! I love the DBZ movie where they introduced this character. He's freaking cool!
Thanks for 500 inspirational works of art, Argenta.
The only bad thing about this powder is that the result is a bit dark for most chrome characters, so I'am still on the search for a more bright chrome. The good thing about this powder is that it can be varnished retaining it's shinyness (and maybe could even look better with some other glossy varnish, I have yet to fully test it). All the same, each time I'am nearer to achieving the same result as electro-plated chrome.
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