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Discogod
03-06-2012, 05:32 AM
Hey guys, got another old-school repaint for you...

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e43/NeonDiscogod/Traag1.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e43/NeonDiscogod/Traag2.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e43/NeonDiscogod/Traag3.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e43/NeonDiscogod/Traag4.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e43/NeonDiscogod/Traag5.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e43/NeonDiscogod/Traag7.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e43/NeonDiscogod/Traag6.jpg

This was a commission for a big TMNT fan (and fellow 'Dromer) - I was asked to modify the original Traag figure to resemble the cartoon. It was a pretty simple custom - a lot of the "sculpting" on the body was done by carving into the figure with my dremel. I was able to get some interesting "rocky" effects this way. The head got a full resculpt (2 actually, 'cause the first one was crap), lowered the helmet, added the holster. The paintjob was trying replicate the shading shown on Traag on the cartoon - I'm pretty happy with how that turned out.

Next up for my TMNT repaint collection - well, there's a clue in the last picture...:P
Plasticplayhouse
03-06-2012, 05:43 AM
Great Tragg DG! It has a very classic feel. I always hated the original toy release. It was so ugly.
TheMasterTurtle
03-06-2012, 06:57 AM
Excellent Job on this. Sculpting and painting are smooth. I love room inspired customs! Makes me wish I had more time to do some myself!
Eiko
03-06-2012, 03:50 PM
That looks very nice my friend.
oldmanwinters
03-06-2012, 03:51 PM
Nice! I always wished the toy paints were a little bit closer to the cartoon models. The Traag toy never really looked "rocky" enough for me with his skin tone face, short sleeves and pants.
Jester
03-06-2012, 04:17 PM
That gun looks familiar....
KirkyMonster
03-06-2012, 04:32 PM
Very Nice. It looks just the like the character model from the cartoon. Awesome paint job too.:teek:
turtles_kolektor
03-06-2012, 04:55 PM
Very very nice!
Discogod
03-06-2012, 05:50 PM
That gun looks familiar....

It's a slightly modified pistol from Marvel Legends Forge. Seemed close enough to the cartoon gun, plus it fit in the holster....
Powder
03-06-2012, 08:02 PM
That is super dope, dude. The face especially, of course.
TheCanadiandrome
03-06-2012, 08:23 PM
This is totally wicked cool!
mysterycolor
03-08-2012, 02:04 AM
wonderful job!
KirkyMonster
03-08-2012, 03:00 PM
This does look really great.
Dragnskull
03-09-2012, 01:06 PM
now this i like. i love it when people fix toys that just dont look like theyre supposed to.
Marksenad
03-15-2012, 01:42 AM
WOW!!! Fantastic job! Really inspiring! How many hours do you think you put into this?
Walkabout
03-15-2012, 02:02 AM
Soo awesome!!!
Memphis
03-15-2012, 02:31 AM
I always preferred Granitor. He just seems cooler to me than Traag. If only he'd gotten a figure :/
Discogod
03-15-2012, 05:04 AM
Thanks for all the kind words, folks!

WOW!!! Fantastic job! Really inspiring! How many hours do you think you put into this?

I dunno... Maybe 15 hours, altogether. Headsculpt aside, it was a pretty simple custom due to the fact that's there's so few POA. Most of the time I usually spend on a custom is just disassembling and sanding down joints...
koenne
03-15-2012, 08:01 AM
Great looking figure! Playmates should released him looking like this .. Oh well..
Cowabunga !
tmnt transformer
03-15-2012, 11:07 AM
Wow.....I never thought that figure could look any better.....nice job:tgrin:
Dragnskull
03-23-2012, 03:17 AM
So I have to ask:

What method did you use to avoid painting over his chest emblem?
Discogod
03-23-2012, 04:39 AM
So I have to ask:

What method did you use to avoid painting over his chest emblem?

Oh, I have a very hi-tech method for masking off small, odd-shaped areas like the emblem - I use a small blob of blu-tack...
ninja pizza
04-29-2012, 10:40 AM
beautiful! I have seen this custom a few times before but this one is my favorite repaint so far.. Great work