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12-20-2016, 09:36 PM
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#51
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Brotherhood of Evil Mutants
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Earth
Posts: 877
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Originally Posted by clutch
I would think about it if it was $400 total.
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I didn't know CBG had other accounts
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12-21-2016, 12:15 AM
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#52
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Sailor Moon
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 1,282
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Har har!
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12-25-2016, 04:50 AM
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#53
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Nightwing
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 1,569
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Originally Posted by El Diablo
It's arrived! and god damn what an awesome piece!
I know hcg have had more than their fair share of stinkers but this is a home run. Packaging is well thought out being split into three boxes, now I'm sure it could've all been packed into one big box but it would of weighed a lot and would've had more chance of being dropped and mishandled because of it. The statue itself is massive, a lot bigger than it looks in the pictures! And for such a relatively complex piece it was surprisingly easy to put together so again kudos to hcg for that. It's very heavy and all solid resin definitely no lightweight hollow parts here! The rotating base is a very nice touch and very welcome on this particular piece, it's a good quality action too as I was afraid they might cheap out on the system used but it's very smooth as it uses ball bearings by the feel of it. Finally the paint job is overall excellent, the weathering in particular is very good and not something I feel I need to improve which is unexpected. Only slight negatives I'd say are the parts painted silver though not bad could look a little more like real metal but they should be easy enough to touch up, and the light on top would be great if it actually rotated instead of just being a static on/off light.
But overall it's an amazing piece which I'd highly recommend and it looks great with the 1:4 sideshow alien queen bust. As soon as I get a chance I'll get some pictures up
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Congrats,it's an awesome piece!
El Diablo,what colour would you use to touch up the silver parts in order to look more like metal?
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12-25-2016, 12:31 PM
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#54
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Doom Patrol
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: U.K.
Posts: 8,354
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Originally Posted by Phil the sixth
Congrats,it's an awesome piece!
El Diablo,what colour would you use to touch up the silver parts in order to look more like metal?
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Cheers mate
Repainting the pistons is on the to do list, a decent chrome paint is ideal (like alclad) but if you want to go the easy route just go with a metallic silver car paint (rattle can) and once weathered down they should look a lot better. Of course you could go to the extreme and replace the rods with real metal
The grabbers are actually pretty screen accurate colour wise (see pic below) they just need some weathering which will just be a case of painting over them with some watered down black/brown paint then wiping off the excess with a cloth leaving paint behind in the crevices where dirt would naturally gather.
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12-25-2016, 01:00 PM
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#55
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Nightwing
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 1,569
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Thank you.Much appreciated El!
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12-25-2016, 09:52 PM
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#56
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Hellfire Club
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Harlem
Posts: 4,116
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Originally Posted by El Diablo
ok some pics of mine more to compare with the alien queen than anything.
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Dude that is so awesome.
I miss that old queen 1/4 scale bust. The good old days.
These two look amazing on the same frame.
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12-26-2016, 02:32 AM
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#57
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Ultimates
Join Date: May 2005
Location: San Francisco
Posts: 9,777
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Quote:
Originally Posted by El Diablo
ok some pics of mine more to compare with the alien queen than anything.
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Love it. Feels like looking at my own setup.
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12-26-2016, 05:53 AM
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#58
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Cobra Command
Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 4,970
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Quote:
Originally Posted by El Diablo
Cheers mate
Repainting the pistons is on the to do list, a decent chrome paint is ideal (like alclad) but if you want to go the easy route just go with a metallic silver car paint (rattle can) and once weathered down they should look a lot better. Of course you could go to the extreme and replace the rods with real metal
The grabbers are actually pretty screen accurate colour wise (see pic below) they just need some weathering which will just be a case of painting over them with some watered down black/brown paint then wiping off the excess with a cloth leaving paint behind in the crevices where dirt would naturally gather.
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''Get away from her you B...H!!!!''
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12-26-2016, 07:27 AM
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#59
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Hydra
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: The Netherlands
Posts: 983
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12-26-2016, 01:27 PM
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#60
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Hellfire Club
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Harlem
Posts: 4,116
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Darth Milo
Cool piece .. I just came across these pictures
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Wow. Thanks for sharing
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