Police-Box-Traveler
Vintage Collection Season 1 Mando Redux 5
Here aremy three TVC Mandos. Early Season 1, a late Season 1I made using the Mines of Mandalore figure as a base, but then gave a dark grey cape to and swapped out the right thigh armor. I do need to see if I can customize the original left leg to leave off the knee pad, but I'm fine with it being there for now.And last the Mines of Mandalore figure, but with a plastic cape as at this scale I'm not as huge fan of soft goods.
Much like my refresher of the Black Series Mando from season 1, I bought the TVC Mines of Mandalore figure as I found that it was still the original mold from back in 2019, but with new and improved ankle articulation.
Well, considering the 2019 figure is what made me abandon 3.75 inch collecting, I figured I'd see if I could kitbash an improvement into this older figure and you know, I like it!
What I did was swap the legs from the knee down. Easy enough and if that was all i did I would be pleased, but in addition to that I swapped the hands to the black and orange gloves, and even swapped the belt and bandolier as I wanted the hip armor to match the new knee pad. It did require repainting that little flap that hangs below the belt buckle and back of the belt to match that grey-ish midsection this version of Mando sports. I also added the black cape from the first TVC Beskar Mando as in the show this cape often appears as just black. I then swapped the helmet as I felt the gunmetal color they used was just too dark and the dirt application way too sparse. I then removed that easy to scrape brown paint from his rifle grip and repainted it with some more robust paint.
In the end I think this is huge improvement over the initial release and I'm quite happy with how this turned out.
Vintage Collection Season 1 Mando Redux 5
Here aremy three TVC Mandos. Early Season 1, a late Season 1I made using the Mines of Mandalore figure as a base, but then gave a dark grey cape to and swapped out the right thigh armor. I do need to see if I can customize the original left leg to leave off the knee pad, but I'm fine with it being there for now.And last the Mines of Mandalore figure, but with a plastic cape as at this scale I'm not as huge fan of soft goods.
Much like my refresher of the Black Series Mando from season 1, I bought the TVC Mines of Mandalore figure as I found that it was still the original mold from back in 2019, but with new and improved ankle articulation.
Well, considering the 2019 figure is what made me abandon 3.75 inch collecting, I figured I'd see if I could kitbash an improvement into this older figure and you know, I like it!
What I did was swap the legs from the knee down. Easy enough and if that was all i did I would be pleased, but in addition to that I swapped the hands to the black and orange gloves, and even swapped the belt and bandolier as I wanted the hip armor to match the new knee pad. It did require repainting that little flap that hangs below the belt buckle and back of the belt to match that grey-ish midsection this version of Mando sports. I also added the black cape from the first TVC Beskar Mando as in the show this cape often appears as just black. I then swapped the helmet as I felt the gunmetal color they used was just too dark and the dirt application way too sparse. I then removed that easy to scrape brown paint from his rifle grip and repainted it with some more robust paint.
In the end I think this is huge improvement over the initial release and I'm quite happy with how this turned out.