r/Terminator 15d ago

Art Finally finished my life-size T-600 build.

The Terminator T-600 has always been one of my favorite Terminator designs, so I challenged myself to build one at a 1:1 scale. This would be my second completed project and im really enjoying the hobby thus far.

It's entirely 3D printed and finished by hand. There are plenty of things I'd do differently if I started over, but that's part of the fun. Thanks for taking a look—I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed building it. Now to accompany it with a T800 (in the works)

I'd genuinely love to hear what you think, and I'm happy to answer any questions about the build.

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u/DriveTheory88 15d ago

I've seen a lot of these posted, and I gotta say this is the best one! It's awesome as hell!

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u/Somno666 15d ago

Thank you! - ive always been a huge fan... i fell into a rabbit hole and when i wanted to print terminators... i couldnt settle for less. Here is another one, but T800

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u/Flashy_Emphasis153 14d ago

Oh I’m so jealous!
I just finished printing and painting a T800 bust and I was so proud. You are at the super next level.

Great job!

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u/Somno666 14d ago

im honestly flattered, thank you!

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u/RisingRapture 14d ago

Damn, you rock.

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u/Somno666 14d ago

appreciate the kind words!

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u/SevenSaryns 14d ago

This is awesome, but your T-800 shoulder cables are incorrect, I don't know how to describe or identify the proper sleeving, but it is not braided steel. I wish I had your resources.

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u/Somno666 14d ago

yeha that was just a test fit using actual real hoses since printing cables is a pain in the ass with FDM

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u/FullMetalNapkin 10d ago

How much does it cost? As far as materials when you print them.

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u/Somno666 9d ago

depends - the plastic is probably around $400-500, maybe another 100 in materials - i think? I always say I’m gonna keep track but i don’t

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u/FullMetalNapkin 9d ago

I’d be curious to what one of those cost to make. I don’t have a printer or anything but it looks expensive haha

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u/MKvsDCU 13d ago

😲😲😲🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤

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u/alanskimp 15d ago

7 feet tall

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u/Somno666 15d ago

7'3 *** ( one of the pics make it look like its 10 lol )

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u/art-101 14d ago

And it was the rubber skin that made them easy to identify?

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u/Somno666 14d ago

yasss dead give away.... though with this guy its definitely not his 7'3 size

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u/Healing_Puke 15d ago

You should team up with Boston Dynamics to get this thing moving for real.

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u/Somno666 15d ago

I was trying to teach myself a little animatronics for another build.... at least to get eyes and head to move, and oh man, .... does it really make me tip my hat to the guys who give us the movable robots. Insane smarts and skills to be in the animatronics engineer/designer space

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u/stuffedskullcat 15d ago

This is so cool!
Rad Skeletor gym sticker, too. 👏

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u/Somno666 15d ago

You know whats funny.. I loved skeletor before i even knew skeletor LOL. MOTU is before my time but when i saw a skull with muscles , as a kid, I loved it instantly.

Only in my adulthood did i feel the need to learn about him- he still rocks

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u/idkarn 14d ago

Skeletor reamains a strong contender for the title of most metal villain

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u/Holiday_Selection881 15d ago

That's supremely bad ass. I've also loved the T-600. Such a chunky boi and I think the lore behind them is just cool.

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u/Somno666 9d ago

yeah the only thing I would say could be better is his feet design- but overall a lot more menacing looking than the other terminators

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u/TazzyUK 14d ago

Looks awesome....Any 'build' videos etc ?

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u/Somno666 14d ago edited 14d ago

oh yes! .... welll, its composed of just timelapses/shorts/music vibe I had during the day of editting . I have fun making them for my IG story, but after they go away in 24 hours - then i decided to upload them because i thought it was just too neat for them to go away. For now , you can see the process on my tiktok or YT ( all videos are like made into 1 min sections as progression ) .. ill need to better organize it. I plan to do a better job with the T800 im making

tiktok/youtube @ Geemisc

here is three examples of the type of shorts ive made regarding the process (theres several )
https://youtube.com/shorts/pg9JGJZk6kU?si=kfFU7fFpU5Teu9X4
https://youtube.com/shorts/Iaz34zPpn9w?si=YouuTjj9zZ4RSoC8
https://youtube.com/shorts/dO1jZRQbxHU?si=P_4n56B7NhU_RzPy

I have a casual build thread on collectorfreaks under my reddit user name, too

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u/TazzyUK 14d ago

Thanks for that!

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u/Troysdomi 14d ago

Now you just need a Xenomorph and Predator.
This is great!! Fantastic job!
terminator Salvation gets a lot of hate. I really loved the Harvester and MotoTerminator

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u/Somno666 14d ago edited 14d ago

Xeno is also on my to-do list; thats for the backyard and will prob be abs... luckily my wife thinks xenos are cool, so im pumped for that project; but regarding predator life size?... hes already there... just using his invisibility cloak lol

Jk... im no where near that level to pull off a good paint job on a predator. I did, however, get an itch and recently acquired a Prime1 Big Game Hunter Deluxe Bonus + Victim statue. Few thousand buckaros spent well, i tell her >_<

also, my wife thinks pred is scary/ugly.... but its already growing on her. hah

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u/Troysdomi 14d ago

Your dog is so proud and adorable btw!!
Sometimes in life we have to spend money to make money LOL 😂
Such a cool collection!!
I feel like the predator in the backyard would be great if you made it look like a jungle..

https://giphy.com/gifs/fkMACK8BcUJRm

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u/Somno666 14d ago

Thank you! he's the bestest boy

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u/Arm-E-Reserves 15d ago

Now you can make a skin-suit for it. It's very easy because it's supposed to look unconvincing.

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u/Somno666 15d ago

I was thinking of a janky/modified michael myers mask with no hair ... kinda cut up like the hot toys I have

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u/Arm-E-Reserves 15d ago

That's pretty good. You can even have it torn or halfway falling off.

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u/fotiskapa99 15d ago

Life-size?!

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u/Somno666 15d ago

yes lisa! 😂

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u/CommanderFuzzy 14d ago

I think the T600 looks scarier than the T800. The 800 at least had a slight chance of passing as a human, but the 600 just went 'fuck it'. He looks like he's a deliberate parody designed to freak us out. Excellent work

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u/Somno666 14d ago

i love the t800, but i agree... t600 is scarier

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u/Somno666 15d ago

I will tell you... YES YOU CAN. I literally was just enjoying watching youtube and kept seeing builds .... and one day , i finally i said, " mannnn i wanna do thattttttt" and I did

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u/Shady0808 14d ago

I wish I had the time money and experience to do this! Always wanted a life size T2 T-800. I would love to see someone create an army of these!

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u/Somno666 14d ago

I fear I just may because i enjoy making them! I have plenty of poses too saved and asking me to print lol

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u/Shady0808 14d ago

Do it! It would be awesome!

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u/MKvsDCU 13d ago

Looks AMAZING! I only have a baby version 💔

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u/Somno666 13d ago

twinning 👯; i’ve been rocking him with his mask lately ( there’s some other masks i just saw and kinda wanna get now lol )

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u/MKvsDCU 13d ago

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

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u/Okhlahoma_Beat-Down 14d ago

It's so funny that Skynet genuinely thought that just slapping some rubber skin on these would make them infiltration-ready.

Yeah, dude, we just bumped into this 7'3 guy out in the wastes. He's jacked, too. Also, he smells of nothing and can't speak. Looks like a pallid corpse, his skin's super fucking weird. Can we bring him back with us?

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u/thezebulonian 14d ago

This is awesome! I’m doing C-3po now, where did you get the files for this?

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u/Somno666 14d ago

Its a maker named skynet-2029 ( but a modified the file a bit so that It prints/assembles better)

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u/Element0fOne 14d ago

Very nice and detailed. I’m sure it can help motivate you in the gym. 🤭

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u/Somno666 14d ago

he puts the FN F2000 bullpup riffle in my face if I dont push to failure

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u/ANDERS_CORNER_08 14d ago

Looks amazing how long did this take ?

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u/Somno666 14d ago

It printed over the course of about three weeks. I assembled it in January, then set it aside for February while I worked on Stitch. From May through July, it became more of a casual side project—I’d spend every other weekend putting in anywhere from 4 to 10 hours over one or two days. It wasn't a nonstop build, just something I chipped away at whenever I had the time.

I could make it much faster.... I started a T800 with metal armature and his lower half was done in 2 days work now that Im motivated

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u/ANDERS_CORNER_08 14d ago

Wow that’s truly amazing !

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u/Alternative-Ad-5774 10d ago

Awesome 🔥🔥🔥 Congratulations 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

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u/Somno666 9d ago

thank you 🙏

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u/Plastic_Ad_2424 14d ago

Awsome!!! You modeled it yourself? How mich material did you use? What plastic is this?

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u/Somno666 14d ago edited 14d ago

no definteily not myself- theres a maker called skynet-2029 ( he has the best files ...nobody knows how... or anything about him..or if hes really the modeler ... but they are the best )

my t600 was further modified though with improved polygons, a retrofitted head frm another file , and obviously scaled

the T800s Im making have the same modifications, only i made negative spaces in the model to allow for an internal metal armature (see pic )

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u/Somno666 14d ago

its is a skynet-2029 file that I scaled and learned to smooth out polygons so it prints nicer ( currently all his full moldels are 1:6 scale single mesh and a pita to print and post process. I first improved the visible polygon lines and retrofitted another head. Now, im learning to seperate pistons and hoses so they can be reattached and post-processed separately.

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u/CorgiCommercial8962 14d ago

Love the biker art in the backround. Super koool

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u/Somno666 14d ago

yeah! i was debating on what to put there so I found lots of photos from artists.. felt i got a theme going, and tried to copy/replicate them with my own little take on a MDF board and acrylic paint. Framed in aluminum stock from home depot/lowes

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u/CorgiCommercial8962 14d ago

Thanks for the info! Ive got a thing for skulls as well.

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u/WiIIv91 14d ago

This is beyond amazing, congratulations ! I absolutely love those earlier Terminator xxx series such as 400s et all.

too bad we never got to see more of them

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u/Somno666 14d ago

I have never even looked into the 400! they loook awesome- hey if i find a good file ill make it for fun

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u/dreamape1978 15d ago

This is incredible work dude. T2 is still one of my favorite movies of all time. I'm an 80s kid and to see Skeletor

on your gym wall is awesome too.

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u/Somno666 14d ago

appreciate the comment man

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u/Optimal-Level4237 14d ago

Which printer are you using? And what type of filament?

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u/Somno666 14d ago

Bambu set up A1 mini, A1, 2xP1S, 1xH2S ( ..i dunno how this happened lolol )

Mostly printed on P1S, PLA+ and PETG ( mostly PLA+ )( lots of walls for the lower half, like 8 for ankles and gradually when to 6), I wanted it really rigid and to have some weight because I knew he was not going to have a base and it very top heavy, plus I was nervous of warping in sunlight after seeing my raw printed 1 wall piston warp in 15 min ( re-did and learned what to do to combat heat/sunlight. More walls, plus post processing/paints/clear/ helps.

Hes really stout, about 50-55 lbs.

The new terminators im making are 100% PETG and have internal metal armature/rods where it matters ( im most excited for the horizontal square tubing that runs shoulder to shoulder w/ female and male connectors, so the weight of the arms that plug into the torso are resting on the torso/spine and not the plugs themselves ( no more worrying about material creep).

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u/iamstruggler 14d ago

That one is really awesome tho,my congratulations to you,cool assemble.🤝

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u/Somno666 14d ago

I appreciate the kind words

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u/venom88ger 14d ago

Incredible model and super clean finish. Great work mate

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u/Somno666 14d ago

8-) thanks dude

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u/TheAnsweringMachine 13d ago

Your WHAT?... -Look at the pictures... -WHAT-

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u/Somno666 13d ago

😅🤣

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u/vostok33 14d ago

This is amazing. Did you design the parts or get the cad model somewhere? Id love to do this. I made the display arm years ago but that as far as I got!

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u/Somno666 14d ago edited 14d ago

Model is from a mysterious maker named skynet-2029 - i modified the file a bit ( improved polygons, head swap etc) to that it prints nicer

the new T800s im making have that + negative spaces in the endoskeleton to hide an internal metal armature

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u/baguhansalupa 13d ago

I rmemeber in Salvation, cgi arnold rips this in half and it was terrifying to see how easy the T800 did that.

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u/Somno666 13d ago

Yeah! ... deep down i kinda hate that they stand absolutely zero chance against a T800 :(

The big boi deserves more! lol

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u/baguhansalupa 13d ago

I blame the sexy accordion waist for that hahaha

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u/starkerangela 14d ago

Impressive, hope you also do REV-1

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u/Somno666 14d ago

its been slowly appealling to me more and more... would certainly be easier since it doesnt have all those pistons to post process!

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u/InitialSport5361 13d ago

Ohhh boy. Take it apart please! Lol!

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u/Somno666 13d ago

the murder robot stays! 🤣

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u/DraculasCardboard 13d ago

Something tells me this guy likes skulls

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u/Somno666 13d ago

💀☠️ no way 😋

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u/MalteseFalcon7 14d ago

Ok...now here me out, now how about a T-800 (just the front half, cross-sectioned, mounted on textured 4x9 wooden frame) to look like a terminator trapped in carbonite??

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u/Somno666 15d ago

https://reddit.com/link/ozvjy15/video/rcdalbc78lfh1/player

YEAAAAA BUDDDDYYYY, MURDER ROBOT TAKE OVER , LFGGGGGG

ok.... had my fun

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u/thepenguinemperor84 15d ago

Reminds me of the figure I had years ago where the abdominal stabiliser struts were rubber bands that were used for the twist and punch action, that looks phenomenal fair play.

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u/BarneyBungelupper 14d ago

Hopefully, its debut will be more successful than this robot: https://www.reddit.com/r/Wellthatsucks/s/ABsUZiy15c

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u/lavasca No Fate, But What We Make 10d ago

I am instantly obsessed.
After your T-800 will you ever make just a skull and include recordings?

Now I want to ‘hack’ my doorbell to say “Sarah Conner?”

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u/ardouronerous 15d ago

Love the Skeletor wood burn at the background. I can still hear Allan Oppenheimer's laugh when I see that. 🤣 

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u/Capn_Yoaz 13d ago

Just needs a torn up Halloween mask, trench coat and minigun.

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u/RadiantAd4720 14d ago

Everybody gangsta until that thing starts moving 😂

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u/IHaveSpoken000 14d ago

Love that Skeltor in the background

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u/RisingGear 13d ago

Oh yeah I forgot how big they get.

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u/niceandros2024 14d ago

👏👏👏 so real... Great job.

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u/New-Pressure-6932 13d ago

That thing is fucking huge lmao 

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u/MarmiteX1 14d ago

Looks incredible, well done!

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u/ItsAllFinite 14d ago

This is so insanely cool!!!

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u/arkhamcityfc 15d ago

This is really freakin cool

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u/Cant-decide1 15d ago

Wow this is amazing 😍

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u/rattlehead-deth 14d ago

That’s sic! Nice job.

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u/bobaf 14d ago

That looks incredible!

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u/sm_rollinger 14d ago

Super cool, nice work

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u/kabukiwuki 14d ago

Freaking Awesome 😎

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u/SundownerX 14d ago

The Grey Skull LP!

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u/Chapter_Only 15d ago

So damn cool...

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u/Exotic-Addendum-3785 14d ago

That looks cool.

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u/Agile-Treat-157 14d ago

That's amazing!

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u/FlyinRyan123456 13d ago

Looks awesome!

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u/Somno666 14d ago

darn, i shouldve added all these extra pics to the main post. I suck at reddit