This man took the sacred artifact. FOR THE EMPEROR, AFTER HIM! D:<

PS: if you're selling some of the vest, MICH helmet or the DML P90, PM me.

In other news, I just bought Toy Soldier ACU Special Forces from XL-Shop (ordered on Friday last week, arrived today). Will upload pics later.

This post has been edited by Hangmen: Mar 9 2007, 09:05 PM

Before I post my TS ACU Special Forces figure, here's what I did with the rather disappointing DID XM8: give it a brand new paintjob.

Procedure:

1. The DID XM8: one of the greatest disappointment in my armory is about to be given a winning makeover. The rifle was first disassembled.


2. Seamlines on the rifle was sanded down using modeling sand paper. White putty is applied to 'ugly spots' on what was used to be jagged edges that was removed using a plastic cutter.



3. For painting the rifle, here's a list of acrylic paints used for the paintjob:

Gunze Sangyo Hobby Color
H2 Black - for the XM8's built-in scope.
H78 Olive Drab 2 - Rifle body.
H83 Dark Grey 2 - Magazine.
H346 Rough Sand - Weathering.

Tamiya Color
XF-69 NATO Black - Rifle body.

I know the color choice of OD over Tan might seem odd, considering that Tan is a far more recognizable 'trademark' color of the XM8. It's just my personal opinion that coloring the XM8 with Tan makes it look like a watergun made for grownups, and green is my favourite color.

And the finished product... (gimme a few minutes, will upload to next post)

Not bad for a first-timer in weapon repaint. In fact, I was expecting it to suck pretty bad, but I gotta give kudos to myself for my previous experiences with painting Gundam model kits.


I colored the magazine with Dark Grey 2 since there's really nothing to see in the transparent magazine anyway.


Gave it some weathering so it looks a tad used, but not abused so badly; trying to make it look like it has been put to a good use but hasn't had a wide participation in many operations yet.





The XM8 with the 20" barrel installed for the 'Sharpshooter' variant.

^ P90 fetish? My bad; I must've sneezed and passed the virus onto you, while online. IN THIS CENTURY, ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE ON THE INTERNETS!

Well, your diorama is a good start, but lacking in equipment. You need to pony up enough dough to give your men some fine gears. Oh, and get better lighting and try read up on your camera's manual about taking close-up shots.

My modded XM8 being put to good use:







http://www.onesixthwarriors.com/forum/showthread.php?t=64571

^ Barbie has its own group to categorize itself. Therefore, I personally think it doesn't belong as a '12-inch action figure'. Open up a separate thread about it.

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Holy sh1t Saber goes 1/6!

http://www.onesixthwarriors.com/forum/show...1208#post551208

The person who bought it said it left him with a USD200 hole in his wallet.

I updated some of my earlier kitbashes:






There are a bit more pictures in my blog. BTW, thanks a lot for the loose parts Rusty!

Hey Rusty, would you mind listing me what guns Stormy has in his collection?

I see. Now I'm gonna go become an hero.

In my view, pics like those you mentioned are far superior than typical Japanese porn.