UPSB v3

Pen Modifications / Customizing the Buster CYL

  1. Zombo
    Date: Tue, Mar 2 2010 02:02:33

    This thread is about changing the appearance of the Buster CYL.

    Why? Because it's a popular pen and lots of people use it. However, they always spin the standard Buster CYL with white body and transparent grips. It's kinda boring to always watch the same look in all vids. When the Dr.KT was popular, people customized its appearance a lot and no KT looked the same.

    Share tips and methods on how to modify the appearance of the mod. This includes any subs you can use to change the color of the pen.

    Here are some examples from the RD:

    QUOTE (Hippo2626)
    The ST barrels come in black and white only, However I was thinking that there could be a variation for the grip. Making the airfit grip shorter and adding some sailor gel grips with alternating colours. Another way is to find replacement parts for the buster especially the barrel.

    Replacing comssa caps wit BIC round stic caps
    round stics grips can be used to replace the comssa caps so we can add an insert into the round stic caps to vary the colour
    It makes the buster slightly lighter
    Sorry I'll get one made first and show you just wanted to share the idea


    QUOTE (Shoeman6)
    Putting colored peices of paper int he airfit grips add endless customization imo, if you want more, for instance my bustercyl I have one with glow in the dark sheets of paper in the airfit grips so that when in the dark the grips glow a bright green, and I also have a bustercyl which has airfit rings, and vynyl tape...

    I believe there are quite a few super tip subs in crayloas lesser known marker brands they all pretty much have the same body but different names so you could probably find different colored bodies there as well.

    Different colored comssa caps, I doesnt seem to me that the bustercyl is any less customizable, if anything the airfit grips with the hollowed out holes allows even MORE customization because of the colors and objects you could put in them...

    Also the fact that you have 3 different airfit tips you can use for the mod....
    jell
    bp
    or mp

    that's pretty customizable imo...


    QUOTE (Frip)
    ??? Aren't there already enough ways to customize it? They just aren't popular.

    Barrel: Color Express (lots of colors) -> get from PPP
    Caps: Bellcolor -> Get from european boards
    And for the grips.. just stick with them. You could put pieces of paper inside them but idk doesnt really matter to me that much

    Isn't color enough for spinning mostly? If you want more detail you can put tape designs on it.

    It's simply because people don't have easy access to Color Express/Bellcolors here in UPSB. Whereas I've seen quite a few colored BusterCYLs in PPP and GPC. I'm 100% sure that if Penwish would start selling both Bellcolor and Colorexpress we'd have 23456786543 colored BusterCYLs pop up.


    We want to encourage people to customize their mods more so they don't all look the same in videos. Share your pics and tips.

  2. Loanshark
    Date: Tue, Mar 2 2010 02:06:19

    My suggestions:

    Use Stek body instead of supertip
    use different colored comssa caps
    replace airfit grips with anyballs
    replace airfit tips with hgg tips

    smile.gif

  3. blahblahting
    Date: Tue, Mar 2 2010 02:08:57

    also, theres teks playcolor buster

  4. VendettaBF
    Date: Tue, Mar 2 2010 02:45:17

    if ur cheap to get 2 airfits, go get 2 sailors grip and 2 silicone tips. u get a KT weight ish, but it has more spinning space =D

  5. Nachoaddict
    Date: Tue, Mar 2 2010 03:16:29

    Or leftover dr. grip grip can really boost the appeal of the mod smile.gif

    Pds comssa caps are also an option

  6. k-ryder
    Date: Tue, Mar 2 2010 13:38:00

    QUOTE (Loanshark @ Mar 2 2010, 10:06 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    My suggestions:

    Use Stek body instead of supertip
    use different colored comssa caps
    replace airfit grips with anyballs
    replace airfit tips with hgg tips

    smile.gif


    lol, thats a metalic comssa XP

    on my buster... well its a kt body, comssa backplug, cart.comssa caps wrapped in tape to make it a different colour (black)
    stock standard airfit grip and tips
    3 rings of sailor on the body end of the airfir grip, 1 anyball ring on the tip side

  7. Loanshark
    Date: Wed, Mar 3 2010 01:23:24

    Well, technically, if you were to replace any parts (ie: body, caps, grips), then your mod wouldn't be a Buster CYL anymore. It would be a different mod or just a variation. Like, if I were to replace the supertip body with a KT body instead, it wouldn't really be a Buster CYL anymore, since the CYL refers to the supertip body itself. I guess the purpose of this topic is not to find ways of customizing a Buster CYL, but instead, find ways to make new variations of mods from the basic make-up of the Buster CYL.

    Also, the thing that bugs me is that most people associate a Buster CYL with just the airfit tips. I mean, realistically, a Buster CYL is just a comssa w/ a subbed body and heavy tips. If I were to change the body and grips of a Buster CYL, most people would still call it a Buster CYL. However, if I took a normal Buster CYL and changed just the grips, people wouldn't say that it's a Buster CYL anymore.. >.>

  8. Zombo
    Date: Wed, Mar 3 2010 01:49:11

    the point of this topic is to find ways to modify the appearance of buster cyl by changing color adding designs, inserts, etc.

    not to change the spinning feel of the pen

  9. Stevieboy7
    Date: Wed, Mar 3 2010 02:16:20

    Once again, this thread is to talk about how to get out of the stereotypical colorscheme that almost all CYLs abide by.

    I think that the problem is that early on within the mods beginnings noone really experimented with bellcolor caps.
    A HUGE factor is that NONE of the known Bustercyl spinners spin any huge variation in the mod. (Spinnerpeem, Vic, etc.etc.)
    IMO the only reason colored KT caps (CT/M&M) got so popular was because of Bonkura, otherwise most people would have only made the typical RYO version of the KT.

  10. Nation
    Date: Wed, Mar 3 2010 02:16:30

    Instead of bellcolors, You could use colored commsa caps (once penwish gets them), and color express is more like an old supertip. IMO, playcolor body CYL is has the best feel, and more colors. PENWISH, GET MORE PLAYCOLOR COLORS NAO PLZ?

  11. iMatt
    Date: Wed, Mar 3 2010 03:41:58

    Is this thread really necessary?

    This is the kind of thing say should go to the quick mod questions. Making the busterCYL a different color isn't exactly a ground-breaking topic.

    Maybe we should start making a Customize the comssa thread.


    Pointless.

  12. ION
    Date: Wed, Mar 3 2010 03:55:09

    QUOTE (Zombo @ Mar 2 2010, 06:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    the point of this topic is to find ways to modify the appearance of buster cyl by changing color adding designs, inserts, etc.

    not to change the spinning feel of the pen


    Insert a soft body pen? lol

    Also this thread reminds me of http://www.upsb.info/forum/index.php?showtopic=23511 but for just buster cyl's.

  13. blahblahting
    Date: Wed, Mar 3 2010 04:07:41

    QUOTE (iMatt @ Mar 2 2010, 07:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Is this thread really necessary?


    exactly what i though huh.gif

  14. Zombo
    Date: Wed, Mar 3 2010 04:23:40

    QUOTE (iMatt @ Mar 2 2010, 10:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Is this thread really necessary?

    This is the kind of thing say should go to the quick mod questions. Making the busterCYL a different color isn't exactly a ground-breaking topic.

    Maybe we should start making a Customize the comssa thread.


    Pointless.



    ok.

    i wasn't aware how easy it is to mod the buster cyl, considering the low customizability shown in videos.