jcroscigno
Well-Known Member
So it's the same Bandai kit that's been making the rounds, but once I discovered the LED-eye kit from Tirydium Models, I was compelled to try it out. I've been collecting the 1/12 scale Black Series and SH Figuarts action figures for a while, and this kit felt like it would slot in nicely with my collection. I haven't done models before, but this was really accessible and I only did minimal painting for some details, going for the clean-look.
I haven't worked with LEDs this small before, so it was kind of shocking to open the package.
Testing the light diffusion - while the instructions were pretty straight forward, there was lot more cutting and clearing than I expected to get everything to fit and thread nicely.
Step one - getting everything settled in the head
Coming together nicely
And then my near heart-attack
Threading through the knee was easily the most difficult part
I was pretty thrilled to get here - basically the hard part was over
Everything still works!
I didn't want the wire coming off the bottom of his foot, so the back of the heel worked well
He lives!
New home
Perfectly scaled with my other figures
I haven't worked with LEDs this small before, so it was kind of shocking to open the package.
Testing the light diffusion - while the instructions were pretty straight forward, there was lot more cutting and clearing than I expected to get everything to fit and thread nicely.
Step one - getting everything settled in the head
Coming together nicely
And then my near heart-attack
Threading through the knee was easily the most difficult part
I was pretty thrilled to get here - basically the hard part was over
Everything still works!
I didn't want the wire coming off the bottom of his foot, so the back of the heel worked well
He lives!
New home
Perfectly scaled with my other figures