Hey guys, before I go any further, I gotta give some props to some fellow artists and board members: Bluavenger and Napjr. When I was generating ideas for repaints, this guy was one of them; both of these kitbashers did beat me to the punch though. Blu first posted his piece at TFans and Napjr later posted his here and TFans as well. While I had already committed to the idea, both of these really inspired me more.
I had a parts bot Rollbar and as many of you know, I just have this compassion for junker Alts. This guys rocker panels were completely melted off and I actually had to get about 3 different board members responding to my want ad to actually complete him because he didn't have a tailgate or a spare tire (to those of you who helped me complete this guy, thank you ALL very much!) or a head. I could have just as easily got a Rollbar at Wal*mart, but now this guy isn't in a parts tote.
Also I felt that Detritus' profile really fit all of what I had to do to fix him up as well as being a good candidate for a custom
So . . . this guy wasn't only a repaint, but a salvage job. The door hinges were melted (and there were no doors), so my major task was a bit of resculpting that area as well as fixing the rocker panels. I didn't want doors on this guy anyways, so that worked out in my favor. What I did was take some putty and superglue and sculpted over the hinges. I also just shaved and glued the rocker panels on. They can't move, but they don't need to really. I also had to find a pin for the windshield. After all of this, then I went in and added the paint apps.
Well, here he is:
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[CUSTOM] Alternators Detritus
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Originally posted by Clay
That's quite clever... why didn't I think of that?!
Which customs do you want to submit next, anyway?
Thanks for the props, buddy!
Any gallery I have active in my Photobucket account is a candidate for gallery submission Thank you and TFArchive for consideration and your hard work to make galleries; I REALLY appreciate it!
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