T1 and T2 Endoskeleton Research Thread

[Too Much Garlic]

Cool. Interesting. Didn't know that.

Do you have any pictures of the knees on both legs as I'm trying to figure out the groove patterns at the front where the T2 knee cap is obscuring the detail on my casting?

 

[ghostman]

I only have the right lower arm. The left is missing a screw, but otherwise I don't know how different it is - whether it is a completely different sculpt or the same just with that missing screw. As it stands I have not been able to find anyone who has the left lower arm piece, so I'll probably just have to work with the right one for both sides.

Arrow pointing at the screw that is not on the left arm piece on the originals. If anyone has it without that on the left arm of their endoskeleton kit, please let me know.

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Tomenosuke has no SCREW.
However, other individuals do.

 

[ghostman]

Cool. Interesting. Didn't know that.

Do you have any pictures of the knees on both legs as I'm trying to figure out the groove patterns at the front where the T2 knee cap is obscuring the detail on my casting?

I don't have very good photos.

 

[Too Much Garlic]

You had a picture of the area of the left knee I was missing a detailed picture of. And the other picture seems clearer than the picture I have already. THANK YOU.

Now I just need to find one of the right knee. One step closer to perfecting the groove positions.

I think the screws on the thigh is to bolt it to a metal support rod or structure inside the thigh piece, as it appears that there is a large crack down the front length of it.

 

[ghostman]

You had a picture of the knee I was missing a detailed picture of. And the picture of the other knee seems clearer than the picture I have already. THANK YOU.

I think the screws on the thigh is to bolt it to a metal support rod or structure inside the thigh piece, as it appears that there is a large crack down the front length of it.

Another photo

 

[Too Much Garlic]

Thanks. Yeah. The Tome-no-suke is the only one I have seen that has the T1 knees without the knee-cap. So I'm trying to find good pictures of those.

Though, interesting to see that the knees on this T2 style has the knee part being smaller and pushed down into the shin part, whereas the Tome-no-suke knee is the same size as the shin.

 

[Too Much Garlic]

This is the only close-up image I've been able to find of the right knee. It's a little hard to see what's going on, but it almost looks like that the top grooves on the bottom part, bends up at the same width or maybe a little wider as the top vertical part, and then there is an extra square little groove in the middle between the two other grooves. But again... it's a little hard to make out.

It could also be like in the good left knee image above where the outer groove stops just before, or at the same distance as the vertical part, whereas the inner groove extends in to the middle of the vertical part. Hard to tell... but I may just copy how it looks on the left knee until I get better reference of the right one.

 

[ghostman]

This is the only close-up image I've been able to find of the right knee. It's a little hard to see what's going on, but it almost looks like that the top grooves on the bottom part, bends up at the same width or maybe a little wider as the top vertical part, and then there is an extra square little groove in the middle between the two other grooves. But again... it's a little hard to make out.

It could also be like in the good left knee image above where the outer groove stops just before, or at the same distance as the vertical part, whereas the inner groove extends in to the middle of the vertical part. Hard to tell... but I may just copy how it looks on the left knee until I get better reference of the right one.

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Tomenosuke's kneecap is probably fake.??
It looks different from T1 real.

 

[Too Much Garlic]

Were are you getting these wonderful images? They look so awesome. Thanks for sharing them.

Grooves looks the same to me. Shape looks the same as well. If the T1 was aligned and glued to the shin like the Tome-no-suke endo, it would line up perfectly. It's just flopping around a bit in the pictures likely because it's not screwed together with a tight fit.

 

[gizmo]

Damn those T1 pics are fantastic!! Thanks. Never seen them before.

 

[ghostman]

more images

 

[ghostman]

LucasFrancisStudio T2 version knee

 

[ghostman]

Were are you getting these wonderful images? They look so awesome. Thanks for sharing them.

Grooves looks the same to me. Shape looks the same as well. If the T1 was aligned and glued to the shin like the Tome-no-suke endo, it would line up perfectly. It's just flopping around a bit in the pictures likely because it's not screwed together with a tight fit.

Were "it" come from?

Don't ask.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1707964787077046536

 

[gizmo]

I don’t mind the MAFEX stuff and I have a few figures but I try and concentrate on lineage cast props for the most part. Every now and then though a figure comes along that I just must have. I love Neca’s horror figures for example.

Ben.

 

[joberg]

Great pictures for sure; thanks to share them with us ghostman

 

[ghostman]

I have a ForeArm cylinder that is a garage kit.
The thickness was almost the same as TMGarlic's cylinder, but the length was completely different.
I tried to match it with TMG's cylinder.
Thank you very much.
The actual placement may be at a distance from the cup.

 

[gizmo]

Some pics I have of that T4 Endo. The paint job really let’s it down but it was only in the background.

 

[gizmo]

These were the more close up ones. More details and better paint app.

 

[Too Much Garlic]

They may have been different on various endoskeletons. The T1 definitely had different shapes to some of their pistons, but I sadly don't have clear enough images to show exactly what is going on.

And I don't know if it is consistent, but on these two, the two outer ones, which should be the same length, are not placed exactly the same. The one on the thumb side sits further up than the other one.

 

[Too Much Garlic]

Those T4 endoskeletons are actually quite crisp castings. One of the only issues I have with the assembly is that they do the standard wrong placement of the shoulders - too far out. The large ring the arm attaches to should be level with or just within the width of the chest.