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latinjoe22

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My 80's Custom Frostback
« on: December 27, 2009, 12:44:52 AM »
I recently completed my very own custom ARAH versions of Chacal Noir and Backstop. So I had to go back and finish the job:



Parts that were used:

  • Head, legs and waist: Hiss driver
  • Torso: Grand Slam or Flash
  • Arms: Charbroil



Enjoy!
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Re: My 80's Custom Frostback
« Reply #1 on: December 27, 2009, 09:28:40 AM »
nice job
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Re: My 80's Custom Frostback
« Reply #2 on: December 27, 2009, 05:36:22 PM »
Awesome. Cooler than the orignial HISS driver!
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Re: My 80's Custom Frostback
« Reply #3 on: December 29, 2009, 01:35:40 PM »
A lot of good parts choices make it comparable to standard HISS drivers but distinct. Well done.
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Re: My 80's Custom Frostback
« Reply #4 on: December 29, 2009, 02:06:02 PM »
Quote from: "Scramble"
A lot of good parts choices make it comparable to standard HISS drivers but distinct. Well done.

Thanks. The parts choice was driven by the following:

  • I wanted this Frostback to be as closest a translation as it could be from its 25th counterpart. "25th" aka Convention Frostback uses Grand Slam's and Flash's arms and chestplate ( also shared with Tripwire ). So I followed the same logic.

  • I used Charbroil's arms because Flash' or Grand Slam' arms are more expensive to acquire these days. There are a lot of spare Charbroils out there, and they have more textured forearms plus they share a similar shoulder pad detail, so they were for me the best second part candidates for this custom.
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Re: My 80's Custom Frostback
« Reply #5 on: December 29, 2009, 08:12:10 PM »
That is Awesome lj,  very very nice.   :o
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Re: My 80's Custom Frostback
« Reply #6 on: December 31, 2009, 02:04:24 AM »
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That is Awesome lj,  very very nice.   :o

Thanks DJ.

And I forgot to mention that the chestplate had to be made smooth with some epoxy and that took at least 2 to 3 days of waiting time before painting could begin on the figure.

I am now slowly progressing on my 80's style Timbit custom ( with Snackpack  ;D  of course). There will be quite a bit of Epoxy sculpting involved. I'm totally new to it and I have to say that I'm already very amazed with the fersitality of this stuff!

-LJ22
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Re: My 80's Custom Frostback
« Reply #7 on: December 31, 2009, 06:13:35 PM »
Another great looking 'Classic' version of the exclusives, you have done well sir!
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Re: My 80's Custom Frostback
« Reply #8 on: May 18, 2010, 09:12:18 PM »
I love that LJ.. can I borrow the idea??  ;D
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Re: My 80's Custom Frostback
« Reply #9 on: May 18, 2010, 11:07:11 PM »
Keep up the good work!
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