Mack Knife "Death Grips"

Here's my Mack Knife custom, "Death Grips", with it's Grip Booster remote weapons. The stock Mack Knife is a great design but I wanted to give it some extra gimmick and maybe went a little overboard.

I probably should have dusted this guy before I took these pictures.

One of the lights for my lightbox is burned out, so this photo is too dark.

From behind.

I DON'T ALWAYS GET DOUBLES, BUT WHEN I DO, THEY'RE JUST RIGHT

Generic pose with the grip boosters. Tragically, one of my lights for the lightbox is broken, so it makes things a tad dark here and you can't see all the details.

Arms still crossed in the b-boy stance. The fingers are hand-painted.

Here, you can see some super-ugly silvering on the decals I put on the arms. I always struggle with decals. They look great until I put on the topcoat, and then it's all over. I try to fix it and I get marginal improvement at best.

Here's the backpack. Look at that atrocious silvering on the boosters. Otherwise, it came out ok.

A closeup of the torso and face. I actually used the sticker for the eyes because I think it looks awesome, I love the face of the Mack Knife.

I really like the look of the Mack Knife. I think the legs look boss, but they can't move all that much--at least, not without scraping the shit out of the paint.

Without the booster pack. The kit has weird articulation. The legs don't bend very far at the knees, and all the joints are sliding instead of standard hinges like most kits.

The kit can't do a whole lot of action poses, so here's a speed-skating sort of thing. You'd think it would be super dynamic and flexible, but it's just not.

Randy Orton pose with the standard backpack.

A little Randy Orton action. I only did this pose to show the backpack without the extra boosters attached but might as well get the front look.

Here's the top of the grip booster. The shields are from the Gundam Hazel kits, and the hands from parts from the HG Customize Campaign from 2015. I put some vent parts on the back and side.

Bottom of the grip booster. Unfortunately, the colours are dark so it doesn't show up all that well, even in the lightbox.

Grip boosters going in for a haymaker. These came out looking pretty nice, but they're so big I can't use the attachment I designed for the Mack Knife's backpack. It can't balance on any stand I attach it to, the boosters are too heavy on the backpack.

A little action pose with the grip boosters.

Grip Boosters in defensive position.

When you get this glare from behind the shields, you know it's on.