Is it worth destroying a body for a custom?

[SanShouXMA]

I was just wondering if it is ever worth damaging a body for a custom. For example shaving down the legs of a TrueType to allow the leg armor of a Clone Trooper to fit it? Or cutting down the rubber neck of a muscle body to make a narrow body head sculpt fit the muscle body?

I ask this because I'm contemplating modding the neck of a Bruce Lee body to get my head sculpt to fit the body more flush... I need opinions. Only reason I ask is because what if I want to use that body in the future for another custom.

 

[steve74]

I would do mods on the stuff that cheap so it fits the pricey. Mod the HS with a Dremel and cut the Troopers armor.

 

[karamazov80]

No, never.

 

[Commtech]

If you got practice, know what you are doing and it's going to be an awesome custom (at least to you), then yes. If not, then have someone with experience doing it.

 

[elvis1976]

I would say yes.
I have done that many times, I like to destroy expensive figure!

But at second thought you have to know what you're gonna do before destroying anything!

 

[Tekkaman Blade]

Depends on wether it works or not. But I've done it my self to adjust height and proportions on figures. Even turned heads with necks into neckless ones.

 

[EVILFACE]

Yes it is.

 

[automaton]

absolutely!

 

[intothevoid]

I would say yes.
I have done that many times, I like to destroy expensive figure!

But at second thought you have to know what you're gonna do before destroying anything!

Yes it is.

absolutely!

Most important thing i'd say is do enough research to know what you're doing is going to work and be confident that the resulting custom will be worth more to you than whatever price the original cost/any cost you could recover from selling it.

 

[King Darkness]

Absolutely, YES!

You haven't lived until you've potentially ruined an expensive item in an attempt to make yourself a custom fig. You gotta just jump in and go for it

99% of the time the pay off is worth it.

 

[intothevoid]

99% of the time the pay off is worth it.

Given that you're a self proclaimed '1%er' - should I assume then that you're custom attempts have failed miserably? :

 

[King Darkness]

Assumption is the mother of all ____ ups

 

[intothevoid]

Hahaha indeed

 

[fosing]

i've always wanted to have a mechanized predator. the cheap alternatives didn't suit well, and was too chicken to dismember a HT terminator endoskeleton figure...i called it quits.

until darthman used a T-600 arm to mechanize a predator. I followed suit.

"if you want some omelets, you got to break some eggs."

 

[EVILFACE]

Assumption is the mother of all ____ ups

$10000 Katos and $50000 AutoBotJohns

 

[barryo]

don't look at it as destroying it..............consider it as tweaking......

 

[Pennyworth]

For me, with risk comes reward. I'm more inclined to try something if the payoff is worthwhile...again though, it just comes down to what you're comfortable with...you don't want to get in over your head, destroy the figure and lose the investment.

I have done that many times, I like to destroy expensive figure!

Nobody does it better!

 

[IKE-CON]

It's not's destorying, it's creating. Don't be one of those
people that say..."oh if I just tried it, it could have been something
special"

Take the floaties off and jump into the deep end...

Just had to get one obscure metaphor in there...

 

[Lejuan]

Try it, you might like it

1. Know your materials and get the right tools.

2. Plan your steps.

3. Take it easy.

4. Enjoy your modded perfection and rejoice in your OC persistence

 

[thenammagazine]

Measure twice and cut once. If you know what you're doing, you won't be "destroying" anything. I had a Barney bod with a jacked shoulder and dove in feet first to fix it. The reward was a tight, working arm, an unblemished figure (I looked online how to cut open the rubber chest) and a better understanding of the new muscle bodies.

Though word to the wise. Take a long look at the head and neck and decide which would be cheaper to replace if you ____ it up and dremmel the cheaper of the two.