Thursday, April 25, 2013

My 3A KDA TK Mod

I found the weathering on KDA was very badly done. It felt very slap on, paint was just smeared on all available surface, very unlike older 3A releases. (a rush job to meet demand?) His yellow sneakers were too nice to be hidden under all the thick paint, I clean it with thinner. I been looking forward to the Lasstra Luv tee, but it was totally ruin by the smearing; so I gave him a clean tee & added on a DIY mask (made from plastic sheet)!
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What I used to make the mask:
• Evergreen Scale Model Styrene Plastic Sheet 0.25mm or 0.38mm
• Smucker's Goober peanut butter and grape bottle
• Ikea tea candle
• Mechanical Pencil outer casing tube or a drinking straw
• Cardboard from ThreeA Real Steel Midas shipper box
• A piece of sponge from the packing material of any Dam Toys

& how I did it:
Trim the Cardboard from ThreeA Real Steel Midas shipper to a 12cm x 12cm square

Cut two holes in it. One bigger in the middle, & a small one off to the side

Insert a straw into the small hole. This will feed oxygen to the fire

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Cut Styrene Plastic Sheet to approx 50mm(H) x 80mm(W)

Wrap TK's face & bring the edges of the plastic Sheet to the back & hold it with adhesive tape

Heat the plastic sheet above the bigger hole for short period of time

Press the heated plastic sheet into TK's face with the sponge (not with your finge)

You will have to do this multiple times to get the result you seek

Be patient

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If you have a genuine imitation TK head, use that instead

The resin material can withstand heat better

I did bend my TK hair a bit in the process

If you are looking to make a full mask, TK KDA head sculpt is not the best to use as his hair falls over his left forehead

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Remove plastic sheet from head sculpt carefully & trim off the excessive & you should have a TK mask!
I hope this info was useful!

Find out more about the TK's (Tomorrow Kings) at 3A Wiki

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