Here's all the parts ready to be put back together. Our good old friend, the FrankenKenner Monster, is now ready to be re-assembled.
All the pieces are now coated and gathered in one place, my kitchen. They are ready to be briefly made whole
once again and photographed for posterity.
Just a fresh arm anchor for the left arm and four screws returned to its back and the figure is together once again. He looks amazing dressed in white. I'm almost tempted to give it a finishing coat with white gloss and leave it like this. On the other hand, I do want to complete this item as planned. Anyway, here's some images of the figure in it's current assembled and undercoated phase.
An all white finish surprisingly suits the figure. No wonder Scott considered creating an alternate translucent version the suit. Too
bad the materials of the day weren't up to the task as a translucent Alien would just add an extra level of creepy. Using today's
material science such a suit wouldn't be a problem. Anyway, here is the figure revealing all of it's super detailed glory.
The amazing thing about this figure is the amount of details that are present throughout and the white finish does a lot to highlight the fabulous presentation. For a figure that's over 35 years old now, the sculpt was not only very movie accurate but was incredibly well stylised to suit the function of an oversized action figure rather than be considered as a statue or display piece. This was intended to be a toy, after all, and the amount of detail in it is impressive.
Unfortunately, the coating also reveals some of the figure's less attractive features. Not only does the white amplify all the details but it also highlights some of the damage that these pieces exhibit. The tooth marks on the tail and the melting of the nose and other features on the head is immediately apparent. I've done my best to reduce these damaged locations, but they will never be 100% perfect. This isn't the only distraction that the white coating presents to the viewer. Gaps in the joins that are normally not visible now become apparent. The wide gap in the shoulder pauldron, the gaps at the wrists, neck, hinged jaw and spaces appearing in the legs become a lot more obvious. The figure was intended to be cast in dark, gun-metal grey plastic which contributed a lot to conceal these distracting features which are common on all of these figures to varying degrees. Some gaps can be wide open and unnoticeable. Wide gaps on the legs at the top of the thigh where they join to the hips are very common on the figure.
This figure isn't going to last very long in this state as I will shortly be progressing onto its next stage. So I will be taking a ton of photos while it is still in this condition. My next post will be more of a gallery of images of the figure in this current state so that you can appreciate the terrific detail that it is blessed with. Then it will be sent on to the next stage of this customisation as planned and this ephemeral stage of the figure's journey will shortly be history, only recorded here as part of the process.
-Windebieste.
All the pieces are now coated and gathered in one place, my kitchen. They are ready to be briefly made whole
once again and photographed for posterity.
Just a fresh arm anchor for the left arm and four screws returned to its back and the figure is together once again. He looks amazing dressed in white. I'm almost tempted to give it a finishing coat with white gloss and leave it like this. On the other hand, I do want to complete this item as planned. Anyway, here's some images of the figure in it's current assembled and undercoated phase.
An all white finish surprisingly suits the figure. No wonder Scott considered creating an alternate translucent version the suit. Too
bad the materials of the day weren't up to the task as a translucent Alien would just add an extra level of creepy. Using today's
material science such a suit wouldn't be a problem. Anyway, here is the figure revealing all of it's super detailed glory.
The amazing thing about this figure is the amount of details that are present throughout and the white finish does a lot to highlight the fabulous presentation. For a figure that's over 35 years old now, the sculpt was not only very movie accurate but was incredibly well stylised to suit the function of an oversized action figure rather than be considered as a statue or display piece. This was intended to be a toy, after all, and the amount of detail in it is impressive.
Unfortunately, the coating also reveals some of the figure's less attractive features. Not only does the white amplify all the details but it also highlights some of the damage that these pieces exhibit. The tooth marks on the tail and the melting of the nose and other features on the head is immediately apparent. I've done my best to reduce these damaged locations, but they will never be 100% perfect. This isn't the only distraction that the white coating presents to the viewer. Gaps in the joins that are normally not visible now become apparent. The wide gap in the shoulder pauldron, the gaps at the wrists, neck, hinged jaw and spaces appearing in the legs become a lot more obvious. The figure was intended to be cast in dark, gun-metal grey plastic which contributed a lot to conceal these distracting features which are common on all of these figures to varying degrees. Some gaps can be wide open and unnoticeable. Wide gaps on the legs at the top of the thigh where they join to the hips are very common on the figure.
This figure isn't going to last very long in this state as I will shortly be progressing onto its next stage. So I will be taking a ton of photos while it is still in this condition. My next post will be more of a gallery of images of the figure in this current state so that you can appreciate the terrific detail that it is blessed with. Then it will be sent on to the next stage of this customisation as planned and this ephemeral stage of the figure's journey will shortly be history, only recorded here as part of the process.
-Windebieste.
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