Fixing Marvel Legends Storm Animated X-Men '97 Cel Shading paint removal

[@ComicallyToys]

Check out my latest video where it's MUCH easier to do this if you are using the right tools that I show you in it! kzbin.info/www/bejne/gaWQd3l7i9OJaZY

[@KitbashCustoms]

Next time use Windsor and newton brush cleaner and restorer, pretty much does what acetone does, just doesn’t melt plastic

[@ComicallyToys]

Thanks for the tip! I'll try that out next time for sure!

[@pangalanapilyedo3225]

Oh I have that one! Good thing I don't need to buy acetone

[@ComicallyToys]

Yeah they were spot on about the product! It worked out REALLY well on Morph and Cyclops: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oaS4fmOblN6EkLc

[@obi-onekenerdi]

Thanks for the tips! I’m looking to buy the just announced VHS Cyclops as my comic Jim Lee Cyclops and his cell shading might be objectively the worst of the line so far (except maybe Jubilee). Best thing about Cyc seems that most of the shading isn’t close to painted parts, it’s mostly on just solid molded plastic so hopefully it should be easy to remove. Although I’m sure once I go to all that trouble they’ll announce a retro card Cyclops without the shading and with optic blast parts, multiple heads and a swappable jacket. That’s what they do.

[@ComicallyToys]

That's TOTALLY what they do haha! I personally don't mind the cel shading so much because I think it's a neat effect, but I know it really just isn't for everyone. And yeah it looks like it should reasonably easy to remove for Cyc. I'm still trying to figure it out for Jean. It's definitely not nearly as straightforward, but I think I'll give it a go anyway!

[@Whalewraith]

That would be a good figure to own.

[@animeister2332]

Mix the acetone with the water. It dilutes the acetone and won't be as potent

[@ComicallyToys]

Dude that makes total sense! Thanks so much for the tip!

[@slindsey15]

Jesus man, you could have bought her dinner first.

[@ComicallyToys]

HAHAHA

[@TwoThreadsAhead]

Ikr, Just took her painties right off

[@ricardohernandez8727]

Great video! Don't know if I want to eliminate cell shading BUT...... I believe that if the purple shading around the eyes of the evil Morph head are eliminated we may actually have a Morph the way he first appeared on the Animated series! Would love to see someone attempt this feat!

[@ComicallyToys]

Say no more, fam: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gaWQd3l7i9OJaZY :)

[@LosMSR]

She needs Moonstone mold, Storm was always a very athletic woman, that will be the perfect Storm.

[@ComicallyToys]

That's a darn good idea! She would look amazing on that body. And honestly it wouldn't be THAT hard of a custom to do either. HMMMMM *thinks intently*

[@TwoThreadsAhead]

You definitely know what you are doing better than I am in regards to this video but just as a small suggestion that you may or may not have considered for removing paint, Instead of the sheets or fine brush dipped in the acetone have you tried using Qtips instead ? I imagine those would be perfect for this and especially when it comes to removing stuff from tighter space or smaller areas.

[@Beardalorian]

Damn this is easy. But what about Jubilee? Her shading on her yellow jacket looks like dark mustard lol. But if I did this on hers, would it remove the actual yellow from the coat too?

[@ComicallyToys]

I actually need to do Jubilee soon! I've just got so many videos in the queue that I need to do, but stay tuned! Otherwise I'm reasonably confident that the jacket is the lighter yellow, not the mustard yellow. So as long as the lighter color is what you're looking for then you should be fine!

[@ronaldjackson613]

I will say this very respectfully in very nicely Hasbro and Marvel legends knows that we love these figures we want these figures, but at the same time what we don't want is sell shading OKI don't know what they're thinking they think everybody's gonna put them on. The shelf and leave them there, so they want to make them look as close to the animation as possible, but here is 2 problems. I've noticed not just the cell shading, but the body shapes themselves because unfortunately, a lot of these figures, especially the male figures that come out of Marvel legends for the animated lines! For these figures are coming out, making them look like small teenagers as opposed to adults. They don't have the muscle body bill that they deserve to have the shoulder length the arm length, whatever they're too freaking skinny, that's the first problem, they need to fix these bodies and maybe give them back to toy biz bodies they used to have because in a 90s, we had small heads and big bodies. That's how a lot of a lot of our superheroes in supervillains were designed back then but back to the cell scheduling problem. I don't know what makes them think that we need that when you have a figure on the shelf, you may very well have a light in that shelf or light around the shelf, whatever you have light somewhere cell shading figures should not exist because figures already have sell shading on them, I'll explain whenever you put light on a figure. It immediately gives it its shading where it needs to have it having a painted there does not work does not help it's unnecessary paid added because when you put the light or the figure somewhere different because we're not all gonna pose our figures the exact same way also not everybody's interested in recreating every little scene from a series not everybody they need to get out of this one track mind idea because self shading just looks really bad on certain figures in fact, all of them really because. Of where you may have your light placed NHS looks wrong. You have dark colors where the light is where the dark colors don't need to be and shouldn't be no figure that I know of out of history except for the Marvel legends and maybe even neck a toys has decided to start doing the sale shading nonsense. I get what they're going for they're going for an animated look but focus more on an animated body than an animated cell shaded color ok, we don't need that we just need to figure to look plain. The light will take care of the cell shading. The light will take care of that. You don't need to color that you don't need to do that. That's just adding extra color to a figure. That doesn't need it or wanted for that matter. Because a lot of phones that we use to take pictures in videos of our figures. A lot of times that sell shading doesn't even show up on our phone. It's a waste of paint and it might be what keeps hacking the prices up higher. It's not the accessories. It's this extra code of paint. They keep watching the port on stop. Giving us cell shaded figures. Then we wouldn't have to redo our own figures that we spent money on. It's ridiculous, stop that! We don't need cell shading. Ok, you don't need it. It shouldn't have it and it's a waste of colors. It's a waste of paint and it's a waste of time not to mention. It's a waste of illustration you don't need cell shading on figures. I don't care what company it is. No figure should ever need cell shading for any purpose. The light will do it itself. And that's the nicest way. I can possibly say all this because i'm a nice person

[@Whalewraith]

Unfortunately the manufactures hate all white toys, they figure that kids will find them boring. 1st noticed it with the Space 1999 Dinkey Eagle Transporters. You could have metallic green or metallic blue but not the actual white from the show.

[@ComicallyToys]

I've never fully understood the logic of toymakers back then. But I have to think they were channeling the adults that were buying them for kids. For me, I was a huge Power Rangers fan as a kid, but I was only ever gifted the male figures. For me, the show was about a team so I wanted the female figures too, but I never got them. I was so frustrated! Luckily as an adult I can make my own darn decisions on the figures I get! Another example, about Power Rangers, but also to your point: there was a robot that had a white arm to represent the white ranger that piloted it. That's what we saw in the show, but for the toy version they made it pink instead. It was so infuriating. It's funny that even as a kid I so badly wanted it to be screen accurate!

[@armorsteel6544]

Com que removiste las sombras negras

[@ComicallyToys]

Puedes usar acetona, pero ten cuidado porque se puede derretir.

[@2pennies4mythot]

Did it remove the sheen as well?

[@ComicallyToys]

Unfortunately yes it'll definitely remove the sheen. Though I'm sure a bet a few layers of glossy clear coat will fix that right up!

[@thomasking4374]

Can you do jubilee and jean grey please

[@ComicallyToys]

Jubilee is next on my list! Jean Grey is unfortunately not exactly doable due to the way she was made...

[@ericherman7929]

I gotta do this!! Great job here.

[@ComicallyToys]

I SUPER appreciate your support!

[@UncomfortableShoes]

This didn’t work at all. I used a brush just like you did, brushed it on and the cell shading just stayed the same. Paint didn’t break up or anything, I just brushed and brushed and brushed with no result.

[@ComicallyToys]

Did you use acetone or the brush cleaner? In some later videos I learned that different body parts are made with different plastics as well and those plastics take differently to chemical removers.

[@UncomfortableShoes]

@@ComicallyToys I used nail polish remover. I’ll have to get brush cleaner and give it another shot.

[@ComicallyToys]

So in the video I used acetone. Normally nail polish remover is mostly acetone, but I wonder if the one you used is using something else entirely. In either case I would recommend the brush cleaner for sure. amzn.to/3trNCgf

[@popsyturvee5112]

Get some pointed q-tips. The one that’s about the same size as a regular q-tip but pointed. It would have made the task much easier.

[@ComicallyToys]

You know, at first I didn't want to use Q-tips because from past experience I knew that it would get used up pretty quickly, but the pointy ones are a STELLAR idea for areas where I want to avoid using a brush because of other paint apps that i want to avoid. Thanks for the tip and for your support!

[@ozymandias2k]

Good video. Have you considered paint thinner? My concern with acetone is that it might craze the plastic as you seem to have done at the joints.

[@ComicallyToys]

Thanks for your comment! I've not actually. Will that be better? And I'm not sure what "craze" means in this context.

[@GrimmysReviews]

@@ComicallyToys I think he means the acetone may weaken the plastic considerably, or get melty as you said, I tried using it with a Prime Arcee I was customizing but it made the plastic a bit softer for a long time

[@ComicallyToys]

Thanks that definitely makes sense!

[@alemartin444]

Excellent idea. I have this Storm on preorder and really love the head sculpt, but I'm not sure yet about the cell shading. Is great to know the acetone is an option. Do you think it would be easy to do the same with Mr Sinister?

[@ComicallyToys]

So I chose Storm to do this with because I figured it should be pretty straightforward to do. I know Jean grey is definitely more complicated, but I haven't looked at Sinister yet. I can take a look if you'd like!

[@simypkl]

bro, I am currently using Loki's body to with Dr. Oct head, the head fits in well, I wanted to make the Animated Series Dr. Oct where he was not so fat and short. now I am stuck at the yellow paint, I use some sort of paint pen but it is a pain haha

[@ComicallyToys]

Hmm I haven't looked that closely at that Loki. Are you trying to remove yellow, or add yellow?

[@simypkl]

@@ComicallyToys trying to add yellow his chest and shoulder and underwear :-)

[@ComicallyToys]

Oh gotcha! So from what I've learned, it's best to use acrylic paint rather than enamel. I see you're using a paint pen. Is it a Gundam Marker? Or something else?

[@jeancaceres7670]

I read somewhere that the outfit was actually silver in the comics, is that true?

[@ComicallyToys]

That makes a lot of sense and i wouldn't be surprised if that's true. Though I'd say it's hard for that to come off as silver on a printed page since usually they well use some kind of sparkle(like sun reflecting off of it) to indicate something is shiny. Because at least to me, her costume appears white in the comics.

[@Imwitterallygooning123]

Wow looks amazing!

[@ComicallyToys]

Thanks so much! I really am happy it turned out as well as it did!

[@cdubbart]

Hopefully this is easy enough to do with the cellshaded Mystique & Cyclops.

[@ComicallyToys]

I suspect those two should be fairly easy. The one I'm still wrapping my brain around is Jean Grey, but I've got some ideas for it. I'm hoping to keep these as simple and as easy to follow as possible!

[@cdubbart]

@@ComicallyToys that one I’d almost be tempted to leave the cell shading on the blue torso parts. Actually doesn’t seem to be applied too badly there imo. I’m happy with Love Triangle Jean Grey either way lol.

[@ComicallyToys]

Yeah the Love Triangle one is great! I'm only wanting to do it to help other folks who don't want to pay a crazy amount of money to get that one but would be okay with modifying the animated one instead.

[@JOIG_NACHO]

In storm i think the shading looks good

[@ComicallyToys]

I agree actually! I just know that some people don't like the cel shading, but do like the figures.

[@xutup1634]

u could useQ tips

[@ComicallyToys]

Yeah! I did on Wolverine actually! kzbin.info/www/bejne/e3qtnGWkmrh6l6M

[@CyborgSodaCollects]

This figure is flawed. The headsculpt weighs more than the body, making it incredibly difficult to get her to stand. Her old female legs also don't help matters either. After shipping and taxes this figure was nearly $40....WTF.

[@ComicallyToys]

You're not wrong about that head! I have another video explaining how to get the animated figures for cheap(er) since you're totally right that $40 would be NUTS to pay for this or any other animated figure!

[@CyborgSodaCollects]

@@ComicallyToys I just can't believe we didn't get a new pin less Storm with this release...it was a perfect time to update the mold at this point. Oh well...

[@ComicallyToys]

It would have been perfect! Most likely they already had it in production when they flipped the switch to the newer bodies unfortunately!

[@CyborgSodaCollects]

@@ComicallyToys Rogue deserves better... I'm waiting on a Mafex re issue at this point 😅

[@ComicallyToys]

Ah man that would be sweet! Do you collect many Mafex? I haven't bit the bullet yet. Too scared to jump in because of my nature of jumping into anything REAL hard haha!

[@xutup1634]

take scotch tape over the yellow

[@ComicallyToys]

That's an interesting idea! I'll try that next time.

[@masonj4779]

Sooooooo. There’s a white costume storm and ppl are wanting to take the animated lines off of the cell shaded version , why? Exactly? Can’t you just swap heads with the figures? Toy collectors are some weird people. It’s almost like most of them ever grew up.

[@ComicallyToys]

Well like I mentioned in the video, the original release is more of a pearl rather than a white. It may not come off on camera very well, but in real life there is quite a bit of difference. People may actually prefer the fully white one over the pearl.