Kitbash: How to build a Rogue Android Character Using a Action Man Figure 🤖

#kitbash #customfigure #scifi
My fifth action man custom figure,
I hope you enjoy!
Music, Karl Casey ‪@WhiteBatAudio‬

[@mask-mimic]

Nick Valentine ahh android.

[@kitbashplague]

The eyes may be inspired by him 😆

[@DoubleNickelFilmsLtd]

@@kitbashplague This is awesome! I never knew that there was a lot more to kitbashing that what I already know. What was used for the robotic parts? I already know what to use for the metallic parts.

[@hesitantemo.6368]

Внатуре похож

[@glitch30k]

I'd say he looks more like DiMa

[@itessellate4440]

sid from toy story was misunderstood, he was just into kit-bashing!

[@giulyanoviniciussanssilva2947]

Yes 😂

[@armintor2826]

And to be honest, he did make some pretty hardcore models for a kid of his age

[@AdeAnatole]

@@armintor2826 He was just a creative mind, unconscious about the toys being alive, and they traumatized him for life. Monsters.

[@nguyenkhoa8678]

The doll’s head with spider legs is absolutely *chef kiss*

[@nataliadeavilapires2136]

The hyper chiseled face of the action man makes this effect work really well.

[@tommyh-dk2cq]

looks like detective valentine!

[@kitbashplague]

His design did inspire me alot!

[@XthegreatwhyX]

Feels like a character from a hard boiled sci-fi pulp novel. Masterful.

[@TheMrLowrey]

This is pure art keep up these amazing work and videos

[@hypopastel22]

Wow this brought me back to the 80s man, watching those old cyborg movies, I love it. Thank you bro.

[@kitbashplague]

You're welcome 😊

[@manofaction1807]

You need some Lego Technical ball joints up on that guy... Wonderful Work, Great Inspiration!!!

[@kitbashplague]

Thanks 😊

[@blokowisko6455]

The music was so hypnotizing, had to watch the full video. I admire your creativity. Watching this I got a feeling that this is simple and you combine elements just like that, but we all know it is not simple. Your customization is amazing! You got a talent.

[@PrincevincentiusEL]

Love the 80s music, definitely fits lol

[@ni-dirus]

I actuallt really like how it looked when entirely black. Like an oil-colored version of the T-1000 while it's in "liquid metal" form. I know it was more of a mercury style of silver in the movies, but imagining a pitch black android is pretty cool. The finished product here is also amazing!

[@encouragingthings]

Looks fantastic! I always enjoy your builds and as much as I would like to emulate them, whenever I come across dolls that could be kitbashed like this my mind just goes blank. It's always wonderful to see someone do a thing I'm not yet able to do myself! Great work!

[@benjaminthompson2988]

Awesome build! I tried building something like this about 35 years ago with an old 12 " GI Joe. I still have the unfinished project in a shoe box. This is the inspiration I need to finish it!

[@kitbashplague]

Awesome, glad I could help 😀

[@jamescotter6114]

"We can rebuild him..."😅😂😅😅😂😅😅😂😅😅😂😅😂😅😮

[@elonwhite6628]

We have the technology

[@TheEdumicator]

Because of my love for Fallout, I knew that I would thoroughly enjoy this one. I think the paint job is what did it. I've been staring at 17:41 for a few minutes now. Love it!

[@TheMrLowrey]

Please make more of these same videos there amazing

[@kitbashplague]

Thank you 😁

[@brianartillery]

This really made me think of Frank Miller and Geof Darrow's early 1990's comic book, 'Hard Boiled'. The incredibly violent experiences of an android tax collector. Every issue had a phenomenal body count, and Nixon, the android ends every episode severely battle damaged.

[@kitbashplague]

That's awesome!! 👍

[@MG-id7hl]

Brilliant work...love your videos. Keep them coming. These are what tired old Action Men dream of becoming 👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@kitbashplague]

Thanks 😊

[@thejudderman8265]

You deserve so many more views and subscribers, your work is outstanding.

[@kitbashplague]

Thank you 😁

[@johnstoddern542]

These are genius! And so satisfying to watch too!

[@kitbashplague]

Thank you 😁

[@anonymousbread6908]

The first couple minutes of this feels like a Dexter POV 😂 but good job :D

[@typhoidmary4607]

This is bad ass. I'm going to have a look for my old action men now because this inspired me. The only addition I think would have made that little extra is some L.E.Ds in the eyes and such. You wouldn't even have to hide the wires. Maybe you could try it and make this guy some company. Anyways, I'm definitely liking and subbing.

[@kitbashplague]

Thanks I appreciate it 😃

[@carlosberrios1274]

New fan here

[@DreamyRelic]

Bro is literally a synth from fallout, Shaun finna turn me to the dark side type shi-

[@FishBe11y]

I’m jealous of all the greeblies you have. Great work on this and excellent paint job.

[@kitbashplague]

Thank you 😁

[@DarylDonjon]

Wow! Amazing result. You deserve more subs. Continue uploading your projects pls, Greetings from México :)

[@kitbashplague]

Thank you 😁

[@wonderwaffle93]

That’s an insane transformation. Stayed hooked for the entire video. Great choice in music too! Keep it up! This turned out freaking spectacular

[@kitbashplague]

Thank you 😁

[@chuckweb66]

Fantastic work! How do you get such great close up camera work when crafting? Do you have an overhead camera mount? Thank you!

[@kitbashplague]

Thanks, and yes I do 👍

[@Androidn22]

I subscribed to the channel, I really want to see your next creative creations 😸❤️

[@impjig]

been a while keep um comin man awesome work

[@kitbashplague]

Thanks

[@sealdoggydog]

Excellent! I'd love to see if you could get some epoxy putty to take a negative impression of his face, then press in a super thin layer of basic bathroom silicone to make a layer of android 'skin' in the shape of his face. I bet you could make some awesome prosthetic skin effects on arms/legs/torso!

[@kitbashplague]

That's sounds like an awesome idea 😃

[@justinnoe5753]

That custom rogue Android figer looks bad ass man love it

[@kitbashplague]

Thanks 😊

[@JacknVictor]

I did with this video what i do whenever i make anything. I spent all the time thinking "this looks like shit, this is crap, its never going to be anything more than crap superglued together on to the worst era action man figure..." I did rhis all the way through, up until the paint job and the jacket went on... Then i thought "This is amazing! Why wasnt THIS an actual figure when i was a kid!" This was genuine artwork. I've got lots of gems that started of as crap. They always seem to come together in the end! Thank you for this video and keep on making crap...good!

[@kitbashplague]

I couldn't said it better my self, thanks 😊

[@JacknVictor]

@@kitbashplague no probs! Have you ever thought of having moulds made of some of your creations and casting them yourself, whether it be for yourself or for selling on? I'm sure they would sell well. Maybe 3D scanning them, then turn the scans in to individual parts, changing the joints etc for more manoeuvrable ones using the 3d software, cleaning up edges etc even adding or taking away items, then just printing them out with a standard filament 3d printer, then painting them up. Or if you print the parts out inverted as a mould then fill it with a flexible rubber like resin. There's lots of ways. If you go the 3D scanning route, you could scan them, then reduce the size down to that of the action force/ gi Joe/star wars etc type figures around 3.5" I think they would look amazing at that scale, be cheap and easy to 3D print, print off your own design card backs, then you could sell them as collectors figures. I'm hoping to do something similar soon, people like you and toy poloi etc are inspiring me to get in to fixing/nodding toys but also to make my own line of 12 figures, in the style of the original MOTU figures, 6 bad guys, 6 good, all with their own unique armour and weapons and a mini comic book that I will draw myself. I've basically become disabled about 4 years ago, don't get to leave the house, can't work a 9-5 job, feel very ill 90% of the time and very bored nit being able to work or do anything that I want, so I'm slowly amassing the fear I need to do all this. I've got a giant professional Lazer printer I picked up for £60 that I can use for card backs and the comics - the printer is one a company used for printing professional leaflets, takeaway menus, brochures advertising bumpf etc so is perfect. I've got a professional £1295 3d scanner that was brand new for £52 including p+p on eBay. A ender 3 3d printer for just over £100, plus I've spent another £50 on upgrades for it to make the print quality better. I've got/getting a lot of moulding stuff like silicone, resin etc for mould making. All I really need is to get myself a small vacuum former for making the blister bubbles to hold the figures on to the card backs, and a cheap resin printer for more high detail prints, maybe for weapons, armour, heads etc. like I say though, my disability takes it out if me, this heat is crippling me even more than I already am at the minute (i lost a leg and my other keg is knackered aswell) but by doing projects like this, I can work around all that, I'm not in a strict schedule, if I start feeling bad I can stop, come back to it when I feel better whether that be in half an hour or two weeks later, with no one bossing me about or telling me what to do and when to do it. I've had to adapt myself to my new life, I'm not butter about it, I don't feel sorry for myself, it's happened, it's my tough luck, I just need to nit worry about what I can't do and focus on what I can. I'm not going to feel sorry for myself when there are people in worse situations than I am. And I really enjoy every process of making my own creations. Creating the artwork, designing the figures, even packaging them up, because that gives you a finished product that would look good on any toy shop display, as well as in someone's toy collection display too. I've done little trial runs, I made a couple of figures by hand, used some food safe decorating silicone to build up moulds, then cast them in cheap resin, painted them and printed a backing card, and then cleaned up some old figure bubble packaging and stuck them on. It put a smile on my face to see something that I made on the cheap, that you would be hard pressed to tell wasn't a genuine, or at least a very good factory produced knock off, of a genuine figure. With the figures you build, I would think that the 3D scanning and printing method would be perfect, you can change sizes, move things around that you might think look better somewhere else, clean up edges etc and there's no chance of awkward edges etc getting stuck within the moulds which might occur if you go down the silicone and resin route. Also it's way cheaper to do the 3d thing. You can use a decent phone camera or iPhone to do pretty decent scans, clean them up using free 3d software and print them out using relatively cheap filament - I've even used plastic garden strimmer wire when I ran out of filament at around one in the morning, and I remembered I had a roll of it, and I researched it in Google and saw it was possible! It's basically the same stuff. But yeah filament is cheap, even cheaper if you make your own (you can rig up some equipment to turn pop bottles in to useable filament) so yeah, there you go. I'd love to see little 3,5" versions of this figure you made on a printed card back. I would buy one!

[@s.l.dixononline]

That’s really inspired!

[@matthewbrookeart]

Always wanted to make one of my old action men into rogue trooper deffo inspired me to give it a go

[@keng.2468]

Bravo dude. I often watch your videos for inspiration in my kit bashing endeavors.

[@r.davidhill7639]

Amazing idea and custom. Thanks for sharing this.

[@kitbashplague]

Thanks 😊 glad you liked it 😀

[@GabulorXD]

Nick Valentine and DiMA would be proud, good job

[@marcusosterholm3755]

👋Greetings from Sweden 🇸🇪. New follower. Thank you for your inspiring videos 😀👍

[@kitbashplague]

Thank you 😁

[@knightwalker317]

Subscribed!!! You should totally make a steampunkish character btw “ great work “ 👍🏻

[@kitbashplague]

Yeah good idea 😄 thanks

[@repaintsaurus]

Impeccable work with very simple materials! 🔝 Great job!

[@leccybadger]

Stunning creativity, awesome music. One thought, remove the press studs from the coat and then reposition the buttons accordingly for better realism. A simple slit or thin dark line as the corresponding button hole. I do this on my 1/6 military kit bashes, hate the press stud look 😊

[@Agata_21]

It looks insanely good!! Ive alwyas like sci fi stuff tbh

[@kitbashplague]

Thank you 😁

[@thischannelispoo614]

Love the way you painted it!

[@S1L3NTIGamer]

This is awesome. 2 things. 1. I love your sponge painting technique rather than the use of traditional brushes. It really gave the metal pieces the “industrial” vibe and brought out the grungy nature of the piece. It could be something right along the lines of bladerunner in aesthetic. 2. I think your videos would perform really good as shorts. There is a 3D pen artist Sanago that has a style similar to yours and the highlights-style short videos perform well too.

[@decepticonzerora]

Freakin Awesome Man! That belongs in Blade Runner!

[@kitbashplague]

😄 yeah definitely, thanks 😊

[@stickykitty]

NICK VALENTINE FINALLY GOT HIS OWN FIGURINE

[@toybugcarl]

Outstanding! Inspires me to want to buy a full size mannequin and do this.

[@kitbashplague]

That would be awesome! 😆

[@dallaswoiken7533]

Sweet ,id love to see you build the Iron Giant but your style with spare parts lol

[@AnthonySanchez-do4ej]

You just made me wanna watch robocop.

[@kitbashplague]

You're welcome 😊

[@InfinityNaN-dj1fx]

broooo, this looks like a scene from Total Recall

[@t.a.rproductions857]

Excellent work I've use you method for figures in my stop motions thanx for sharing

[@victorbrocteur7404]

Lets go!! Finally back m8.

[@john2759]

Now that’s a real work of techno art 😮☝️👍

[@PrincevincentiusEL]

Have yall seen that 90s movie “Virus”.. reminds me of that!

[@Thugzilla90]

Very nice! This gives me Mortal Engines vibes.

[@adrianking7067]

Takes a whole new meaning of Toy Story

[@labswee7635]

very fun idea, i know what I wanna do with my old dollar general soldier dolls in storage now

[@funny963funny9]

I want to learn. Is here any tutorials? How to paint? Your hobby is awesome!

[@justinnoe5753]

I think you would be really good at making statues.

[@kitbashplague]

Thanks 😊, I could just glue the joints together and call them statues 🤣

[@justinnoe5753]

@kitbashplague I men your so good at custom figures that you could make rilly good High quality Statues I love your work man fucking amazing

[@bladerunnersn]

That's your best yet mate, will share it to my group

[@kitbashplague]

Thanks!

[@geoblack281]

retro cyberpunk habillée jean Paul Gautier j'adore

[@tdog-jy1pp]

Looks like something from that 1999 movie small soldiers

[@bobjames2906]

you sir, are very coool

[@kitbashplague]

Thanks 😊

[@mjwalters8394]

You could make a living doing this

[@kitbashplague]

Yeah hopefully one day and thanks 😊

[@KGLFPLUSHPRODUCTIONS]

Literally a Gen-2 synth

[@HaggisFist]

That came out gorgeous

[@kitbashplague]

Thanks 😊

[@MrTelecasterIV]

This is so awesome!!! Fantastic work there!

[@kitbashplague]

Thank you 😁

[@georgemartinez1720]

I like the Sponge paint application job Gives it a worn paint Job look with the wedge Sponge applicator

[@kitbashplague]

Thanks 😊

[@awldune]

Looks awesome, I particularly like the eyes

[@kitbashplague]

Thank you!

[@Zebra11113]

It smells like cyberpunk... Cool!

[@StilledFox]

Aww, Sid grew up! ♡ awesome stuff!

[@kitbashplague]

Thanks 😊

[@Shade_razor-79]

2 questions- Where do find the 12 inch figures for these? eBay? And do you sell any of these customs? Loved the zombie astronaut!! Great job dude.. I’m currently kitbashing a flocked older gi joe into sisu.. great movie…

[@matthewbrookeart]

Wasn’t this action man’s face based on one of the gladiators (tv game show) This is amazing kit bash looks so cool!

[@kitbashplague]

I'm not sure 🤔

[@JosephPetrzak]

Thanks thanks for showing me how to make the rogue head I have a lot of action men dolls and I copied some of your ideas and put some of my ideas and I put something else into it so I'm not copying somebody else's idea I just wanted to know about the head so thank you so much for telling me about the rogue head that is so cool

[@paulclark1953]

As a young lad I played with action men this is great what you do. What's the clay you use. Very ingenious

[@kitbashplague]

I liked to use a mixture of greenstuff and milliput

[@ScottnotBob]

Awesome! Gives me some ideas for all the bodies I have kicking around that are like that one… I did something similar with a Gi Joe grenade thrower body, combining a busted Maskatron, and made it a ‘prototype’ B.A.T.S.!🤣 Thanks for sharing! I still think the zombie was a close second to this one only cuz cyborgs are coool!✌️🤘🇨🇦

[@kitbashplague]

Haha yeah go for it 😄 and thanks I appreciate it!

[@multi-voiceentertainment7013]

Wow you just turned Action Man into 6 Billion Dollar Man..

[@СергейСорокин-е6у3я]

Quake4, strogg😅

[@otakulrgamer827]

alex morfing...(robo cop) next ....custon

[@nmills87]

These are so good, love it!

[@Ysckemia]

welcome to the DOLL CUSTOMIZING community!^^ those mannies with full thighs are horrid to cut. some others have hard plastic empty legs that are way more convenient for modding.

[@kitbashplague]

Yeah some can be annoying, especially with sometimes having full rubber legs

[@Ysckemia]

@@kitbashplague i cannibalize dolls with rubber legs to salvage the clicking joints inside. i used them as ankle joints or knee joints for other dolls (with hollow legs mostly)

[@kitbashplague]

Yeah that's a good idea, I might have to try that.

[@Evolved_Primate]

I wonder if Adam Savage would be interested in your work

[@kitbashplague]

That would be awesome

[@francoistrichet1497]

Yes it would work perfectly in Fallout 🤘🤘🤘😊

[@kitbashplague]

Thanks 😊

[@yavrielsechelle7431]

You do cool work. Keep it up.

[@jonathanlayne-gordon9007]

It's just like cutting apart a real person with a Dremel...

[@kitbashplague]

Yeah true, they usually scream, but I put ear plugs in to drown it out 🙂

[@juliomartinezaguilar3028]

Me gusto, necesito mas de este contenido

[@justinnoe5753]

At custom rogue Android figure that you made Reminds me of Nick from fallout.

[@kitbashplague]

Some inspiration did come from valentine 😃

[@ronniethompsonRodimusPrime8464]

We have the technology 😂😂😂😂 the 50 million dollar man

[@Matt-md5yt]

awesome glad you did another cool custom figure

[@brianwright4852]

This is fantastic work!

[@kitbashplague]

Thank you 😁

[@brianwright4852]

@@kitbashplague you’re very welcome!

[@BallinLikeTime]

Robo-cop treatment

[@kakkarotdb]

great work, dig the synth vibes with the synthbash. Curious, do you have a pair of electrician shears? They are super sharp and can cut thru thin sheet metal.

[@unionman1328]

I wouldn’t recommend using capacitors for stuff like this man. Over time they can leak liquid electrolyte.

[@kitbashplague]

Thanks, I am aware of this problem and has happened in the past but I have also have figures that I've made years ago with no problem, If you coat the ends in super glue or resin, it won't leak. 👍

[@SAS_2322]

Try taking a Warhammer 40k reference from Mechanicus

[@JuanLopez-yb4ck]

Me gustó la fabricación del androide pero no la pintura final... Cuestión de gustos ¡¡¡ Saludos banda !!!

[@BlueBeetle1939]

Lmao at the idea of the android designers arguing over whether or not to add the nipples

[@kitbashplague]

Team nipples 👍

[@juliobaladao8667]

Action man went into Stroggification process

[@ВалерийЗима-н4к]

I'm going to watch Terminator)

[@ultramaximusreviews]

Very I-Robot looking