LBX Lucifer and Omegamon

Update!

While I was chillin' at my sister in laws place in Gopeng, Perak (Malaysia)...I was texted by the owner of Glory Shop (located in Endah Parade, Sri Petaling) asking if I had time to do some commissioned works mainly model kits. So me on my holiday mood thought that it was just one model kit. Boy was I surprised when she said a few. And again I thought to myself, 'Oh...a few kits, I guess that'd be fine...'. So when I returned, I dropped by her shop. Now Aunty Lenny (the owner) is one friendly lady. Her shop sells mostly Gundam model kits among a few other toys. I've known her for more than 10 years but this is the first I'm taking a job from her.

My mouth was wide open when I saw about 20 boxes of model kits ranging from Master Grades to High Grades and LBX's...I took 6. For starters. Two MG's, two HG's, an SD Gundam and one LBX. As soon as I got home I started working on them...

Here are the first two that was done:

LBX Lucifer

Sadly I was only able to save 2 images out of the many I took. The rest was corrupted and I can't do anything to fix it. But no worries, working on this guy was a treat and I intend to get one for myself! I opt to paint the Lucifer with gold trimmings. Let me tell you masking was a real pain! But once done, it looked good! (I'll be doing a masking tutorial soon, so keep your peepers open on RK Designs Studio FB page ya)

Digimon Reboot Omegamon

Thankfully the not all pictures for this guy was affected by the corrupted memory card, managed to save a few, and the few were close ups of this the fella. Phew. Now the request for this guy was not to make him shiny. Heh. My specialty I guess. So there were parts that needed masking especially the chest area, and had to mix the right colors for the right arm. It took me awhile to mix it, and I tested out a new panel lining technique.

Well, that's the first two. Four more to go! Oh, one of it had a very strange request...but when it's done...you have to see it to believe it...

Later then!

1984 G.I. Joe Vamp (REFURBISHED)

Update!

Alriteys...this here is a 1984 Vamp (from the awesome G.I. Joe series). Finished a couple of weeks back (couldn't post it at the time since the owner wanted to add some more stuff to it) but then I figured, why not I just post this one first and the upgraded version for the next round...heh.

Okay, my friend passed me his '84 vamp and asked me to refurbish the fella. When I received it, there was no steering wheels, no weapons at the back. But the condition of it was still top notch.

He asked me to make it look good. And once given such task, I shall comply with the best of intent! So I started with the separation of the top and bottom parts. Then the tires, and tried to figure out what to put to cover those huge holes at the back. Thankfully the owner was very helpful with giving me ideas as well as giving me the green light to do as I please (did some reference so I won't screw it up...this vehicle is vintage)...I decided to give it some preshades and some details on certain parts of the Vamp.

Here it is. Completed.

'84 G.I. Joe Vamp (Refurbished)

The details on the shovel was painted in. It was molded with the body unlike the 25th Anniversary edition of the Vamp.

Added the missing steering wheel with my extra runners from Gundam kits. Yep, there are uses for it. So keep 'em!

Covered the huge hole at the back with some extra parts from my military kits, and the two cylinders at the sides were from my Finemolds X-wings...lol.

Some of the details on the console was handpainted in. Just to give it some sense of realism.

My friend wanted the seats painted. Since it was molded in with the lower half, masking was the only option!

As you can see, I did some drybrushing on the upper engine part above the seats. Simple details that adds some realism.

To check out the Work In Progress shots, drop by at:

'84 Vamp Refurbish W.I.P

So till next time!

Dual Model Kit (DMK) Commander Magnus - HTCC Entry

Update!

Here's something that I did a couple of months ago that is way overdue for a posting. Reason? I needed a better camera than the one I was using. Not that the current one wasn't good, but I needed a DSLR that could capture every intricate part of this work of mine.

Okay, so what do I have here, it's a Dual Model Kit Optimus Prime. DMK01 to be more precise. Now the DMK line is produced by TakaraTomy in an effort to get modellers into the Transformers movie hype. They produced 2 characters, DMK01 Optimus and DMK02 Bumblebee.

Now I manage to purchase one (birthday gift from my wife!) but haven't had the time to actually sit down and build it. Until I joined a competition held by Hasbro Malaysia, the Hasbro Transformers Custom Competition. I joined just for the fun of it and we needed to send in some of our previous works, and somehow I was listed as the 10 finalist. Yeehaw!

Being one of the 10 finalist I was able to choose between a DMK01 or 02, so I chose 01. Why? Coz it was Optimus Prime! Nuff said.

We were given the kits by Hasbro, and in roughly two months we were to come up with whatever design that we could think of by using the kit. As I scratched my head, I looked into comics, re-watched my G1 cartoons to find an inspiration...until I realised one thing...

Everybody is bound to be doing Optimus Prime. Heh. And that ladies and gentlemen sparked the idea of making my entry into...Magnus.

After observing the trademarks for Ultra Magnus, which were the head, color and shoulder missile launchers. Scrounged into my spare parts box and found the right parts to make into the launchers and by using some more parts I made the visors for his eyes. Now Magnus head was different and I shaving off Optimus's horns, I slapped on something of my own idea.

Mixed the right tone of blue and some white, I prepared to paint him according to the G1 version. It took me roughly a month in building this guy. His original weapons was suppose to be twin gatling guns on both arms, but then at the last minute I decided to change it and smacked together a bunch of stuff to make his big ass rifle. And...he was done! With some time to spare, I slapped some custom decals I bought for my model car kits. Thinking that if Optimus preferred flames, Magnus was more to the commercial kinda guy...or bot. Heh.

DMK Commander Magnus - HTTC Entry

Main body and head detailing.

Arm detailing.

The leg detailing.

Pose.

City Commander.

I've prepared a 'work in progress' shots of the building of Magnus which can be viewed at RK Design Studios Facebook page at:

'WIP of DMK Commander Magnus'

And there you go folks. After months, I've finally gotten good shots of this guy. So till then...

Sayonara!

RTS Prowl

Update!

Yes! Another one in the same day!! Lol.

Backstory on this project. I have always loved Prowl. Next to Optimus Prime, Prowl has always been my favourite Autobot. Imagine my grief when I saw him die in the original 1985 animated movie.

Thankfully, he was brought back to life. In the comics that is. And in those stories, you get a deeper understanding of who Prowl is and why he does what he does. Some might consider him a jerkbot, but I see him as an Autobot that will get his hands dirty to get the job done.

So when Hasbro released a new figure of him in 2008 under the classics line, again...here was a happy man. You see, I never had a chance to own one of the G1 toys...had an action master Prowl, but it...erm...disappeared. Here's the 2008 Prowl:

It had the look of Prowl. The car mode was also a great tribute to the original G1 version. So I was happy for awhile, but my mind never stopped trying to tinker with it's design. The Prowl in the IDW comics sort of followed the Classics version, but buffed him up and made him look awesome. Which was wat I wanted too. I mean, he is my favourite Autobot!

My answer came in the form of Reveal The Shield Jazz. The body was perfect! The car may not look like the original, but in robot mode...this was the body I was looking for!

After purchasing an extra Jazz (hey...Jazz was a fav too), I separated Prowl's head from his classic body and modified it to go to his new body. Got rid of some stuff, did some modifications to the legs without compromising his transformation (didn't want Prowl to look so much like Jazz). And a coat of new paints along with some custom decals made by myself...heh...and Prowl was ready! I present to you all...

Reveal The Shield Prowl (RKD: REVIVAL Series)

Custom decals made by myself.

Swapped and moved the legs to give Prowl a more different look.

Comparison to RTS Jazz.

Vehicle mode.

Yep. Now I am truly happy. Now what happened to the Classics Prowl body? Just wait for it to reveal itself soon. Till then...

Over and out...