Basically Project Massive started out as a way to utilize a few faded figures. The first figure was this one:
He was originally a very badly faded orange fig. One of the worst I've seen as he went from orange at his feet to a nearly translucent white at his head. It's not nearly as cool as it sounds.
The paint job isn't that great, especially compared to the later figs. I am going to cast a resin of a mini Meat I have to replace him. It's more in scale AND has the panda shirt.
Next I knocked out a Terryman... because I like him. I seem to have misplaced a solo photo of him, I will edit one in later (I have him with other figures later).
The next figure was Kinnikuman Soldier. Mostly because I have a ton of him and he seemed fun.
He came out well enough that I immediately vowed to paint an entire set of MUSCLES.
Painting an entire set of MUSCLE figures is sort of overwhelming, so I decided to do tag teams. First up - 4d Killers!
Next I wanted to do Neptune Man and Big the Budo. Sadly, the US MUSCLE set doesn't have a Budo (which is nearly criminal). I didn't want to paint up any of my keshi (I have questions about paint adherence). This only left making a custom Budo, which in turn torpedoes the idea of a painted Muscle set.
For my Big the Budo, I cut the head of of a US release Neptune King #56 and shaved away his neck and shoulder area. I then cast a resin copy of a Budo head from a Japanese figure. The next step was using Magic-Sculp to resculpt his upper torso, add fins to his shoulders, blend in the head and add the flaps to his hood. I used the alternate colors for Neptune Man and Budo that they sport in the Galactic wrestling game for PS2.
Oh, I also built a custom ring. I wanted a more in scale ring, with a nice edge for partners and a springy mat made from actual canvas AND japanese style turnbuckle pads. Not the little plastic atrocities wrestling figure seem to be cursed with. It was going to be three stories (watch the anime), but logistics have kept it to one level... for now.
So, with my original plan derailed by Budo, I have now decided to basically do painted versions of important kinnikuman characters. Essentially, I come home at night, watch g1 Kinnikuman, and paint the main characters in whatever story arc happens to be going on. That is of course if said character is floating around my double bins. I am missing a couple of the 7 Devils, atlantis, because I don't have a double, and Stecasse King because once again- not released in USA. I will have to recast a few Japanese figures to fill out my set (Brocken, Nachiguron, Stan Cross etc.). Plus I also want to modify some more characters to better reflect the anime (example, Robin losing his mask, kneeling and hiding his face) and make few from scratch (the 2nd announcer, the gangster guy etc).
So, with no more rambling, here are the rest of the figures. Enjoy! More coming soon!
Edited by misterdroid, 30 July 2009 - 10:48 PM.
