1/6 Avengers: Endgame - 1/6th scale Iron Man Mark LXXXV (Battle Damaged Version)

[rory]

thank you for sharing the video! Definitely no where near as difficult as I had assumed. Hardest thing for me will be the biceps only b/c mine has been custom wired so I can't remove the arms, but should still be doable.

Yeah go slow and it’s no problem. You just want to be careful of the finish. The paint work, particularly the gloss reds, are more fragile on the custom parts.

 

[Gipetto0812]

Yeah go slow and it’s no problem. You just want to be careful of the finish. The paint work, particularly the gloss reds, are more fragile on the custom parts.

Gotcha thanks! I wonder if I should coat the red parts in another layer of gloss finish before applying them just in case

 

[rory]

Gotcha thanks! I wonder if I should coat the red parts in another layer of gloss finish before applying them just in case

It couldn't hurt. But may be a little tricky to match the Hot Toy's finish, which is kinda between a gloss and a satin on this figure.

 

[Ninja4H]

Popcultcha's dropped it to $399AUD for anyone on the fence.

 

[Zeke]

Popcultcha's dropped it to $399AUD for anyone on the fence.

Thanks for the heads up on this. Didn't think that I would ever buy this figure although it's a great addition to a collection. $276 shipped, had to pull the trigger....

 

[Darth Lam]

Ordered one too! That's a great price, and I never got around to getting this one, since I already had the non-battle damaged one. Thanks!

 

[BozoHarry]

UK folk - do we get charged import tax from Popcultcha?

 

[IANR]

UK folk - do we get charged import tax from Popcultcha?

to me it seems like only hong kong china are ''tax free'' popculcha site says

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[rory]

Still tinkering with my modded HT Iron Man Battle Damage Mark 85. I had been bothered by his somewhat "dead eyes" when not lit up. So I carefully separated the faceplate from the head, using a plastic tool to not damage any paint. The faceplate is held on with glue at a few small points. Then pried the eyeplate off the faceplate and gave it a few light passes of Tamiya Gloss White. Then put it all back together. For the chest, I simply taped a small piece of semi transparent vellum paper to the inside of the removable chest piece. Because the white paint and vellum paper are semi transparent, they do not hinder the led light up features at all. In fact, the paint on the eyepiece helps diffuse the light and gets rid of the somewhat "cross eyed" the single led creates on it's own. I could have used the vellum on the eyes too, but it didn't read bright enough through the clear acrylic eyeplate. Now the figure has a more brightened eye and chest appearance whether the leds are on or off.

Now that I've seen the results, I may do this across more of my IM figs.

 

[jinkazama]

Still tinkering with my modded HT Iron Man Battle Damage Mark 85. I had been bothered by his somewhat "dead eyes" when not lit up. So I carefully separated the faceplate from the head, using a plastic tool to not damage any paint. The faceplate is held on with glue at a few small points. Then pried the eyeplate off the faceplate and gave it a few light passes of Tamiya Gloss White. Then put it all back together. For the chest, I simply taped a small piece of semi transparent vellum paper to the inside of the removable chest piece. Because the white paint and vellum paper are semi transparent, they do not hinder the led light up features at all. In fact, the paint on the eyepiece helps diffuse the light and gets rid of the somewhat "cross eyed" the single led creates on it's own. I could have used the vellum on the eyes too, but it didn't read bright enough through the clear acrylic eyeplate. Now the figure has a more brightened eye and chest appearance whether the leds are on or off.

Now that I've seen the results, I may do this across more of my IM figs.

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[baconharvester]

Still tinkering with my modded HT Iron Man Battle Damage Mark 85. I had been bothered by his somewhat "dead eyes" when not lit up. So I carefully separated the faceplate from the head, using a plastic tool to not damage any paint. The faceplate is held on with glue at a few small points. Then pried the eyeplate off the faceplate and gave it a few light passes of Tamiya Gloss White. Then put it all back together. For the chest, I simply taped a small piece of semi transparent vellum paper to the inside of the removable chest piece. Because the white paint and vellum paper are semi transparent, they do not hinder the led light up features at all. In fact, the paint on the eyepiece helps diffuse the light and gets rid of the somewhat "cross eyed" the single led creates on it's own. I could have used the vellum on the eyes too, but it didn't read bright enough through the clear acrylic eyeplate. Now the figure has a more brightened eye and chest appearance whether the leds are on or off.

Now that I've seen the results, I may do this across more of my IM figs.

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Definitely want to do this too. Mind pointing out where the glue attachments for the faceplate were and were you applied pressure to remove the faceplate? Thanks.

 

[FlyAndFight]

Great job, Rory! It really does make a difference when unlit.

 

[rory]

Definitely want to do this too. Mind pointing out where the glue attachments for the faceplate were and were you applied pressure to remove the faceplate? Thanks.

Sure man. I marked where they used glue in the pic below (where the green lines are). I removed the helmet by carefully sliding a plastic flathead tool (you can see it in the background) or small flat head screwdriver in between the faceplate and the head unit underneath along the top of the head (marked with green arrows) and gently rocked it back and forth and pulling outwards until the faceplate came loose. I managed to do this to THREE Mark 85 heads, and none were damaged, so it's pretty easy. Just be careful around the edges of the gold faceplate with whatever tool you use so you don't dent the thin edge.

 

[rory]

Here's a comparison pic of this painted eyeplate mod versus an unmodded head, and a head modded with a simple piece of paper inserted inbetween the faceplate and head. Overall the painted eyeplate has the most even appearance. Neither the paint, nor the paper, dim the led light up function much at all. The tamiya paint has the added benefit of removing the blue color cast from the led as well, which is nice.

 

[willy156]

very curious but can anyone share images of the battle damaged mark 85 using the neck collar from the clean mark 85? the BD mark 85 neck piece has this rippled effect to it, whereas the clean mark 85 does not

 

[willy156]

Still tinkering with my modded HT Iron Man Battle Damage Mark 85. I had been bothered by his somewhat "dead eyes" when not lit up. So I carefully separated the faceplate from the head, using a plastic tool to not damage any paint. The faceplate is held on with glue at a few small points. Then pried the eyeplate off the faceplate and gave it a few light passes of Tamiya Gloss White. Then put it all back together. For the chest, I simply taped a small piece of semi transparent vellum paper to the inside of the removable chest piece. Because the white paint and vellum paper are semi transparent, they do not hinder the led light up features at all. In fact, the paint on the eyepiece helps diffuse the light and gets rid of the somewhat "cross eyed" the single led creates on it's own. I could have used the vellum on the eyes too, but it didn't read bright enough through the clear acrylic eyeplate. Now the figure has a more brightened eye and chest appearance whether the leds are on or off.

Now that I've seen the results, I may do this across more of my IM figs.

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I just noticed is your neck piece from the regular mark 85?

 

[rory]

I just noticed is your neck piece from the regular mark 85?

No it’s a custom neck piece that came with this mod set from overseas

 

[willy156]

No it’s a custom neck piece that came with this mod set from overseas

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darn, I was hoping it was that neck piece that came from the regular mark 85
it looks so much better here with the mods included
the included neck piece makes sense because of the scene with Tony's head exposed and he does the snapping but aside from that the neck should look clean when masked on

 

[Gipetto0812]

very curious but can anyone share images of the battle damaged mark 85 using the neck collar from the clean mark 85? the BD mark 85 neck piece has this rippled effect to it, whereas the clean mark 85 does not

I guess my question is, what exactly are you looking for to be different between the two? Like a color difference to see if the clean neck piece looks out of place on the BD? The two figures aren't that different, so the BD with the clean neckpiece will look pretty much the same as the clean looks with that same neckpiece, just...battle damaged

 

[willy156]

I guess my question is, what exactly are you looking for to be different between the two? Like a color difference to see if the clean neck piece looks out of place on the BD? The two figures aren't that different, so the BD with the clean neckpiece will look pretty much the same as the clean looks with that same neckpiece, just...battle damaged

I think I worded it wrong, I should have wrote collar piece and not neck piece
I'm specifically wondering if this part can be swapped:

Since the regular mark 85 has a very clean look which makes it look better when he has the helmeted look:

The collar piece it comes with looks really good if you're using the Tony head sculpt, but if you plan on using the helmeted head it looks a bit weird IMO.
What Rory has from the aftermarket collar piece is what I'm looking after