#MetalGreymon (2010 Anime Version)

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Figure-Rise Amplified X 30MM MailBirdramon/MetalGreymon (2010 Anime Version) Custom

This was probably the most ambition custom project I've ever worked on. Not only was MailBirdramon enormous, but it was a mix of multiple kits and was a lot of fusing of parts through glue, not just natural connection points. It was a very long process to paint, too. But I'm glad I did it, and I'm happy it turned out so well.

The Details: So the composition of MailBirdramon is made primarily of three 30MM kits; the Provedel, the Cannon Bike, and the Tiltrotor, along with an assembly of other random pieces I had in my big basement bin. Also, just like I used the Lfrith's shoulders for Greymon's headphones, I used the Lfrith's hips as MailBirdramon's. The only other non-30MM piece I used was I cut up the claw arm from the MetalGreymon kit I made Greymon 2010 out of and used that for the front of the mask.

As for colors, I used the navy I had from color matching for Cyberdramon (who I have not reviewed yet), as well as black, red, and gunmetal. There was also some of Greymon's blue used on the large sub-arm that holds the claw for continuity. Specifically for MailBirdramon's face, since the Cannon Bike has a translucent windscreen, I painted the underside to keep the sheen, and then used the natural grooves to paint the eyes on top.

For the combination, the mask rests on the head, but there are some grooves the sit snugly inside Greymon's headphones. The neck plugs into the tail via a port I added to Greymon when I was building it. I added a small piece to Greymon's chest in between builds to accommodate the chest plate. As for the backpack and arm, I changed things up so the claw arm attaches to the backpack instead of covering the natural arm, and the backpack attaches to the back via two repurposed ball joints from MetalGreymon's wings.

Overall, again, very happy with how this turned out. Not sure if I'm going to do Deckerdramon or my own WaruMonzaemon in the future, but I don't have any plans to at the moment. I've also been so preoccupied with customs recently that my straight builds have been piling up, so I plan on getting through a bunch of those before I move onto my next one.

Of course I say that, but if an Avalanche Exia or a Beginning 30 shows up at my door, I might be tempted to work on some of my theoretical Build Divers Super stuff.

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Figure-Rise Amplified Greymon (2010 Anime Version) Custom

For the final toy review of MetalGreyMonth, I had to do a custom of my favorite boi to round things off. Was hoping to also have a MailBirdramon done, but I didn't have time T_T But still, having a custom of this guy around means I can possibly do all of its forms in the future, including my own. That being said, the MailBirdramon I'm imagining may have to take some transformation liberties... But we'll get there eventually.

The Details: Let's start with colors. I used the same blue for the skin as I did with MetalGreymon X, but switched up the stripes from dark blue to orange. Apart from that, the eyes are black, red, and metallic red, and there's a number of silver details dotted throughout. The head piece and tail are both gunmetal with one stripe on the back of the head being silver to emulate Greymon's headphones, and the claws are all dark blue. There's a lot more metal than this Greymon typically has, and that I would be unable to remove, so where I could I painted the more flush details blue to try and minimize their impact.

But I didn't just change up colors on this one, as I also added a few custom touches to differentiate this one from the others. Much of this was omitting parts, such as the wings, and swapping out the big arm for the saurian one I had leftover from MetalGreymon Alteros Mode. However, there are a few pieces taken from other kits. The horn is taken from the AGE-2 Magnum's Bits, and the new details around the side horns are taken from the Lfrith's shoulder armor.

The tail is comprised of 30MM pieces; specifically a large axe head, an Alto upper arm sleeve, a 3mm adapter for when I eventually make armor for it, and a gap filler piece to create a flush surface to attach it to the existing tail with.

Overall, this is just the beginning of something I hope to continue to work on in the months to come. Though, considering I just cranked out both these customs and all this Greymon related art in quick succession, I think I wanna take it easy for a little bit. Do some straight builds, maybe do at least one concept piece to wind down after all this. It was a lot of fun, but also mentally draining to a degree, so I want to take it kinda easy for a week or two.