I had some time to finish a few projects lately so I thought I would post some of my completed Ghostbuster figures and see what people think. I hope you guys enjoy them.
These are with old broken packs I fixed.
These are some new molds I made.
These are great! I think every set looks amazing, thanks for posting!
When I get a chance I’m going to finish a set of the ghost ghostbusters. It takes a lot of coats to make the green look like it glows. Plus I ordered a new top coat I’m gonna try that will make their heads and hands glow in the dark. I’ll post them if I ever manage to get them finished.
They look great but are REALLY shiny. From that clear coat.
Those are really awesome.
He does have a point there. Maybe a semigloss or flat clear coat would look better?
It’s always neat to see old figures given new life. :nicejobyoudid: Nice paint job you did. I happen to like the Glossy finish you put on them, makes them look like proper toys.
You say that you’ve made new molds. Of what in particular? It would be good to know what parts you made, what was used and what kind of paint?
They’re actually not that shiny in real life, the finish is an acrylic automotive satin, but all my pictures turned out this way. I think I used too much lighting and too big of a flash on my camera. I might try to retake some more but it took me and my brother a few hours to set up and take the 200 the first time. If you go to photobucket there is a lot more. We shot each figure individually from multiple angles plus group photos and some figure sets not pictured here. But even if they photograph shiny they’re super durable. LOL
All of the packs and wands are custom made, all these figures were in really bad shape, some had to have a new arm and leg here an,d there, some I was able to fix with a little sculpting, all of them had to be painted, I used all acrylic, a couple different brands, all my colors I mixed myself. Even the power pack and slimed heroes are painted. I tried to get the deigns right on them but if you look they’re a little off. The first packs pictured are actually original ones that were badly broken, so I tried to rework them. I hated to just throw them out. I also molded some PKE meters, a movie version I’m still working on plus I’m working on some traps and maybe some goggles. The mold I use is alumilite, I get at my local Hobby Lobby. Anything else please feel free to ask.
Cap asked about some of the molds I made so here are some of my first prototypes for making the new packs. These were all experiments to see what would and wouldn’t work. They’re not all pretty, but I had to start somewhere. The yellow cords are actually 18 gauge electrical wire. I found they hold shape when posing better than a fabric material. The guns actually just snap onto a small peg mounted on the side. The gun tips are just neon acrylic rods. I found some actual plastic sheetrock screws that work great as new pegs, they actually snap on better than the original toys but they do need to be cut down to the right length, I just place them in the mold before I pour my resin. These were all just ideas I had, hopefully they’ll be helpful to some of you. Feel free to suggest any ideas for future improvements. I’m still tinkering with several other projects.
some of the first PKE’s I tried
some of the first packs I did
I began working on molding pegs into the packs themselves
work in progress
lots of awesome in here, keep posting your work!
Those rock!
Nice work on the Meters and Throwers. Do you have any progress pictures of how you sculpted them?
No cap, I didn’t take any photos while I was making them. I never thought I would be posting any of these online so I didn’t think to take photos of the different stages. Basically with the thrower I just kept molding pieces until I had what I wanted. Then I glued the pieces together to make a thrower and then made a mold to reproduce a solid one. The meters are made from a copy I made of the retro-ghostbusters line from a couple years ago. I just modified it to fit the kenner toys. I made the parts on the packs from using some old model car parts and putty that I cut and shaped to look right. I really didn’t think anyone would be that interested in my old toys, otherwise I would have documented each project. I’m about to start a custom RGB ecto-1, so I’ll try to take more photos of it, as I think I will need to cast some new parts for it.
Quite a few of the Fans on this site have collections of these old toys, including myself, and enjoy seeing them given a 2nd chance. Please, document away, there’s always something new to be learned.
I dig it!
Here is the Ecto-1 I have been working on. I wanted to build it as close to the RGB cartoon as possible, this is where I started.
had to fix some minor problems
Started with the interior first
Began building new roof pieces
After building the top I started with some paint
I’ll post more as I get further along
Interesting choice in painting the Glass. Was it too scratched up to begin with or are you staying true to the Cartoon?
The glass was in pretty bad shape. I tried everything to clean it up, but it was no good. I even looked at one of your old threads where you cleaned up a damaged windshield, but it was just to far gone. So I thought since you couldn’t see through it anyway I would just try to paint it like the cartoon, at the very least it would cover all the scratches and dents in it. I thought about just making a new custom glass, but figured I’d try this first.
Since it was too far gone, then nice choice. :nicejobyoudid: