so a couple months back I approached Capt Cyan about a “secret project”. I was very impressed with the work he had been doing involving the updated RGB packs that you all know about, as well as several other things I had seen him working on including his reworked/repainted versions of the Kenner Ecto-1 and the firehouse playset. I knew he was the “right man for the job”.
my idea was to buy an extra Mattel figure, and have him convert it into a figure of “The Rookie” from the 360/PC/PS3 game. and Im not talking about making a new head and swapping out one of the Mattel heads. I wanted all the details of the videogame proton pack (“super gun”, slime tank, extra wires etc) as well as the flashlight & walkie talkie on the pack straps and the flat pke and trap hanging from his belt. so I took a ton of fraps screencaps from the game, from all different angles of the pack, the gun, and although very difficult, the front of the Rookie (can usually only be done after he is knocked down)
here is a cap from the game
http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/309/ghostw32201007291939052.jpg
and a quick photoshop of what I was imagining for the final product…
this was not going to be an easy task. so I bought an extra slimed Peter figure on ebay and sent it to him along with some various wires and parts that I thought would come in handy during the sculpting process. we were still wondering how we were going to do the head, when one day I had a breakthrough. my 6 yr old nephew was staying over one day, and he has a couple large containers filled with toys that I keep at my house for him when he stays over. we had one of them dumped out on the floor and I came across a Playmates Terminator Salvation “Marcus” figure
while not a perfect match for the Rookie, his is the same exact size as the Mattel Ghostbusters figures, his haircut was similar to that of the Rookie - so I sent the Marcus figure and my slimed Egon figure (we had come to the agreement that Capt would take Egons legs and put them on Peters body, so that the Rookie figure would have tucked in pantlegs and gloved hands, just like in the game) to Capt, and paypal’d him some funds, as we agreed upon when first starting out. anyway, over the course of the last few weeks the Capt has been sending me a progress pic or 2 of which I will share with you…
needless to say I am very pleased with how the project is coming along. once the body parts are switched around I think it will be easier to visualize what the final product will be, and Im sure the Capt will be adding to the this thread as the project progresses further.
