ultimate drako

installerray · 11-16-2005, 07:37 PM

me and my son think he's the coolest looking "bad guy" on the cartoon and since they, playmates , isnt going to be making one i decided to do this myself. Now dont start thinking i took the chop and glue route , no way. just as background Ive been fabricating custom car audio systems for 10+ years , working with fiberglass and abs plastic and other sh*t too , so i thought this wouldnt be hard at all. 1st i busted oen u.n.'s torso to get his arms and head. 2nd took drako apart ( he has screws ) and removed wheel and mechanism that makes his head move, took a 1/4 drill bit and and made 2 holes below both of drakos arms about an 1 1/4 down for the 2 new arms , this way the 2 new arms are functional as well .3rd using a tool called a hot knife ( it melts thru plastc to cut and shape and etc...) i cut drakos head on a diagonal so that u.n.'s would sit on the neck like on the cartoon and that his pony tail is still there and can still wear a mask , using the hot knife i melted the head and neck together (much stronger than any glue ) this also gives the effect of melting , like the head is kinda bubbling out of the neck, for drakos head , i melted a hole in the chest and the and melted them together , here though i "plastic welded" to make it look like drakos head is rippng out .the arms are switched around as well, so that the lefts and rights are different. just need to find matching red paint for touch up. but i need help , i dont know sh*t about computers and how to get the pix here. i tried but it said it was too big? tell me how so i can show it. i know about cars,electronics,wiring,carpentry, and customizing, but not computers.

Jed · 11-17-2005, 03:55 AM

What is the file format you're saving the pic in? If it's a bitmap it might be too big. If you open the pic in Paint and click Save As it gives you a drop down menu to choose the format, so maybe you could go for JPEG.

It could also be the resolution you took the photo in (if it's from a digital camera), the better the resolution the bigger the file. But that's kinda too much to go into cause I don't know what way your camera works (I know my own one is hard enough to change) so maybe you could check the camera's instruction manual?

If that doesn't work you can email me the file and I'll put it up for ya. PM me if you want my email address! Looking forward to the pics tho, sounds really great

TheCloneRanger · 11-17-2005, 11:07 AM

Sounds awesome. I'll be looking foward to seeing it.

SlayerX · 11-17-2005, 09:42 PM

If you want, I can host it on my site, just let me know, if you want, my email is [email protected]

11-16-2005, 07:37 PM	#1
installerray Foot Soldier Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: nj Posts: 190	ultimate drako me and my son think he's the coolest looking "bad guy" on the cartoon and since they, playmates , isnt going to be making one i decided to do this myself. Now dont start thinking i took the chop and glue route , no way. just as background Ive been fabricating custom car audio systems for 10+ years , working with fiberglass and abs plastic and other sht too , so i thought this wouldnt be hard at all. 1st i busted oen u.n.'s torso to get his arms and head. 2nd took drako apart ( he has screws ) and removed wheel and mechanism that makes his head move, took a 1/4 drill bit and and made 2 holes below both of drakos arms about an 1 1/4 down for the 2 new arms , this way the 2 new arms are functional as well .3rd using a tool called a hot knife ( it melts thru plastc to cut and shape and etc...) i cut drakos head on a diagonal so that u.n.'s would sit on the neck like on the cartoon and that his pony tail is still there and can still wear a mask , using the hot knife i melted the head and neck together (much stronger than any glue ) this also gives the effect of melting , like the head is kinda bubbling out of the neck, for drakos head , i melted a hole in the chest and the and melted them together , here though i "plastic welded" to make it look like drakos head is rippng out .the arms are switched around as well, so that the lefts and rights are different. just need to find matching red paint for touch up. but i need help , i dont know sht about computers and how to get the pix here. i tried but it said it was too big? tell me how so i can show it. i know about cars,electronics,wiring,carpentry, and customizing, but not computers.

11-17-2005, 03:55 AM	#2
Jed Stone Warrior Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 956	What is the file format you're saving the pic in? If it's a bitmap it might be too big. If you open the pic in Paint and click Save As it gives you a drop down menu to choose the format, so maybe you could go for JPEG. It could also be the resolution you took the photo in (if it's from a digital camera), the better the resolution the bigger the file. But that's kinda too much to go into cause I don't know what way your camera works (I know my own one is hard enough to change) so maybe you could check the camera's instruction manual? If that doesn't work you can email me the file and I'll put it up for ya. PM me if you want my email address! Looking forward to the pics tho, sounds really great __________________ I am Frank-Zappa-as-imagined-by-the-editor-of-a-famous-rock-&-roll-magazine. I am an anachronism who makes the ugliest music on the planet. I have no right to call myself a member of the human race. I am tasteless, untalented, pompous, arrogant, cruel, insensitive, vulgar and not a fun guy because I don't use drugs.

11-17-2005, 11:07 AM	#3
TheCloneRanger Hench Mutant Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Kentucky, USA Posts: 356	Sounds awesome. I'll be looking foward to seeing it. __________________ ~Larry

11-17-2005, 09:42 PM	#4
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