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That's looking good Gene. For the lenses I'd probably go with a black chrome look to break up the silver. A mid or light grey tint acrylic with some mirror tint applied to the back of it would be my choice. Or a gold maybe? Hmm. Now I want to play around with my chrome bio.

15 hours ago, MeanGene said:

Do you make and sell a Celtic helmet by chance? Bunch of folks are on the hunt for one.

I have a celtic mould based on the Sideshow bio. I haven't used it in a few years but I'd be happy to dust it off if no one has issues with the sideshow connection. Not sure what the deal is these days with how people view that. People seemed to be fine with it at one point, then they weren't.

Finished the chrome bio though. Just decided to leave it as was and hang it on the wall. Left to right we have carbon fibre, regular, and chrome.

I don't sell a lot of these anymore (don't get asked for them!) but I still play around. I think most people who have experimented with custom paintjobs have found that the P1 bio is the most amazing blank canvas to start with. I'll throw a few things up here as we go, but the current one I'm working on is this. I wanted to play around with chrome finishes, so the paint stages have been black, then clear, then the chrome. I sprayed the chrome while the clear was still basically wet, which should bond well with the chrome paint. Chromes are usually not very sturdy finishes. Not sure if I'll leave it as is or add some subtle weathering similar to how they did the Mandalorian helmet.

8 hours ago, Kithunter said:

Good to see you man...truly.

You set me on my path a lifetime ago... you sold me my very 1st bio... it was the coolest thing I had ever gotten in my life at that point.. this is cool to you are still around making cool shit!!.

Pretty sure I remember you asking if I was going to make a P2 spear. That was something that was on my wishlist for the longest time as well. I have 3 now, none of which are finished 🤦

17 minutes ago, Kithunter said:

Now it went old school...skunkworks in the house!!!

Hi paul welcome.

Been a long time in more ways than one Drew!

I really debated bringing this name back. I haven't used it for years, not since I left the last iteration of the Lair, but I figured what the hell. Didn't seem right not to, given the parade of old names that brought back a lot of memories.

Anyhow, I'm Paul. I live in the UK with my wife and my cat, and I've been lucky enough to turn making stuff into a job. I've been making predator bios since 2000, and it feels simultaneously like a very long time and no time at all. I make a lot of other stuff now, but maybe this will be a kick to get back to some cool pred stuff!