@tsi Hilariously, the one on the right is exactly what he's making. But with Patrick Stewart's head.
A smidge too small but MAFEX's shouting Phoenix head on Siryn.
shrank my Select Cap because I love him too much to not include in my legends display
Cut a portion from the calves down and used the 80th legends Cap boots, cut off the belt to give him a shorter waist and put the 80th Cap belt over the area
final result was a little bit shorter than 80th Thor and now fudgable into legends
That’s dope. He looks like a goddamn tank with those proportions.
Went fodder digging and came up with a bit more involved mod and swap. Felt a bit proud making this Ruby Thursday so wanted to share.
Disco Daz for the upper torso and arms, Retro Gwen for the lower, Lady DP for lower arms
Red marble for head and DC Direct Elseworlds female fig for gold collar. Sculpt for raised opera gloves.
Intentionally left the boots black cause I wanted to spit in the face of comic accuracy! (really just too lazy to deal with paint rub)
Hope you likey like me likey.
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Dude... that Ruby Thursday is stunning. It's so, so good. Really well done. Love the recipe. At first I was thinking - why not just use the Disco Dazzler torso since it already has the collar, then I saw what that goes for on the secondary market and was like - duh, that's why.
I think I had to use parts from every Gambit to make my ideal look.
Head - 60th anniversary
Torso, crotch, thighs - Caliban wave
Collar, boots - Retro
Coat, arms - '97
@neozero35 I desperately need to know how you swapped the arms out with the '97 Gambit. I didn't think you could do that with these sleeves without completely cracking both torsos. I bought all 4 of these Gambits months ago to do this exact combination of parts and the arms are what keeps me from proceeding.
Unfortunately that's exactly what I had to do, crack the upper torso. Used heat to remove the collar and then drilled small holes at the seams on upper shoulder. From there I used whatever tools to pry it open, just slowly worked it until it popped. I did mangle one Gambit's torso, but fortunately the one I intended to use was good. When all is said and done the collar and coat will cover the holes and any imperfections you may cause.
@neozero35 There's a way to swap at those shoulders that isn't as difficult or potentially destructive. Clearly, the shoulder peg won't come out of the torso with heat. But rather than cracking the torso, what I've done is slice along the shoulder disc to free the shoulder from the disc. I slid a blade between the shoulder disc and the shoulder plastic, cutting through the plastic that fills the disc like a peg. Then I use heat to soften the shoulder to remove it and replace it with another shoulder I've removed from another figure in the same way. Once the shoulder is back on, and the plastic has cooled, it fits tightly enough that it certainly isn't coming back off without force, and it's not even loose thanks to the friction from the disc. Hope I explained that ok...
@neozero35 There's a way to swap at those shoulders that isn't as difficult or potentially destructive. Clearly, the shoulder peg won't come out of the torso with heat. But rather than cracking the torso, what I've done is slice along the shoulder disc to free the shoulder from the disc. I slid a blade between the shoulder disc and the shoulder plastic, cutting through the plastic that fills the disc like a peg. Then I use heat to soften the shoulder to remove it and replace it with another shoulder I've removed from another figure in the same way. Once the shoulder is back on, and the plastic has cooled, it fits tightly enough that it certainly isn't coming back off without force, and it's not even loose thanks to the friction from the disc. Hope I explained that ok...
I’ve been meaning to try this for pinless elbows and knees since they can’t be popped apart anymore. I figure a small drop of superglue on the end of the “peg” where it was cut would help hold it together as long as you kept working the joint as it dried.
The superglue will probably be more hassle than it’s worth, the best case scenario will likely leave a crunchy unpleasant feel to the joint and that’s if it doesn’t squeeze out and make a mess on the exterior - I’ve done the same slice and swap technique Norm describes on occasion and it works really well just from being quick and careful - just be sure to have the plastic heated thoroughly to give the longest work time and have new clean sharp blades on hand to make the slice.
I know a lot of people microwave a cup of water to dunk parts in, but to save hassle of heating and reheating if you need more time while the plastic is soft, I’d recommend you have a kettle and a ceramic bowl on hand to use as a heat bath. The ceramic bowl will have a non flush base to avoid soup or similar from cooling too quickly which helps for precision re-dunking.
if you have some old similarly constructed fodder lying around to test on first you’ll get a good feel for how fast and precise you want to be before you risk working on Gambit himself. Good luck!
@kailryu I have done it before when I shortened MS Colossus and built him new ankles. I assume it would work similarly for a double joint.
I didn’t even use glue when I tried it on shoulders. There’s so little clearance to fit a glue nozzle in, and the friction is already enough to hold it together.@neozero35 There's a way to swap at those shoulders that isn't as difficult or potentially destructive. Clearly, the shoulder peg won't come out of the torso with heat. But rather than cracking the torso, what I've done is slice along the shoulder disc to free the shoulder from the disc. I slid a blade between the shoulder disc and the shoulder plastic, cutting through the plastic that fills the disc like a peg. Then I use heat to soften the shoulder to remove it and replace it with another shoulder I've removed from another figure in the same way. Once the shoulder is back on, and the plastic has cooled, it fits tightly enough that it certainly isn't coming back off without force, and it's not even loose thanks to the friction from the disc. Hope I explained that ok...
I’ve been meaning to try this for pinless elbows and knees since they can’t be popped apart anymore. I figure a small drop of superglue on the end of the “peg” where it was cut would help hold it together as long as you kept working the joint as it dried.
@neozero35 There's a way to swap at those shoulders that isn't as difficult or potentially destructive. Clearly, the shoulder peg won't come out of the torso with heat. But rather than cracking the torso, what I've done is slice along the shoulder disc to free the shoulder from the disc. I slid a blade between the shoulder disc and the shoulder plastic, cutting through the plastic that fills the disc like a peg. Then I use heat to soften the shoulder to remove it and replace it with another shoulder I've removed from another figure in the same way. Once the shoulder is back on, and the plastic has cooled, it fits tightly enough that it certainly isn't coming back off without force, and it's not even loose thanks to the friction from the disc. Hope I explained that ok...
Can we get some visual aids, Norm? Pretty please 😭
@neozero35 There's a way to swap at those shoulders that isn't as difficult or potentially destructive. Clearly, the shoulder peg won't come out of the torso with heat. But rather than cracking the torso, what I've done is slice along the shoulder disc to free the shoulder from the disc. I slid a blade between the shoulder disc and the shoulder plastic, cutting through the plastic that fills the disc like a peg. Then I use heat to soften the shoulder to remove it and replace it with another shoulder I've removed from another figure in the same way. Once the shoulder is back on, and the plastic has cooled, it fits tightly enough that it certainly isn't coming back off without force, and it's not even loose thanks to the friction from the disc. Hope I explained that ok...
Oh man, wish I had thought of that. Thanks for the tip! Sounds like it's a good workaround for pinless joints too from what I'm seeing here.
Can we get some visual aids, Norm? Pretty please 😭
You can see it in this video:
(Jump to the 3 minute mark and ignore the step of supergluing the disc, the ML ones are too small for this trick to work safely)
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