Re: Mattel ghostbusters conversion
...aaaaaand some pictures in slightly better light...
It turned out the best alternative I could find for gloved hands were the ones which came with the figures in the first place! The pegs were too thick, so I sanded them down... only to find that they stuck out too far, giving the Ghostbusters a case of the dreaded monkey-arm. So I cut the pegs down to the base of the glove and now they fit like a... well... glove. I added some fun-tak to the peg, tho, just to make sure they stayed put.
The gloves in Spengler & Zeddemore's belts were found on eBay for $5 a set. They look a little greenish in the pictures, but under most lighting conditions, they're black.
Everyone got a little padding the the belly area to make them look less like their heads were stuck onto teenage body builders.
As for the elbow pads, I filled the gaps on the sets Astro sent me with Bondo, sanded down the edges, gave 'em two coats of medium gray spray paint, then gave them a wash with a mix of black paint & water. I glued the elastic into place with some Household Goop, followed up with a few shots of Loctite Super Glue along the seams. Then I taped off the elastic where I didn't want paint, and painted the black sections in using Tulip brand black matte fabric paint which I bought at JoAnn's.
I still might make a few slight modifications in the future, but for now I want to start paying a bit more attention to my Back to the Future figures and a couple which I'm putting together from scratch.
- MJ
Great stuff, congrats!
