Parasite



Part of a trio of commissions for a client who supplied the parts and the recipes, so I can’t take credit for those. He’s made from a Hawkman torso and arms, a Martian Manhunter head, and Aquaman legs. The “chest line” was sculpted, as were new facial features to make him look more villainous. The challenge here was finding the right purple. It took quite a few tries to make it so he didn’t look like Barney or an eggplant. In the end I’m happy with the color. Nice and simple custom that turned out well.





This last photo also include my custom Bizarro and Metallo (repainted T2 Exoskeleton, not much of a custom,but still...)

Count Vertigo



Second of a series of commissions. He’s made from a Green Lantern with a Flash head. The top of the head was sliced off and hair was sculpted. Green Lantern’s costume details were smoothed out and new details were sculpted on. The big challenge here was the cape. I was provided with a two-tone yellow and black cape from the Batman Returns robin figure.I had to take the cape apart, dye the yellow layer green, and then sew it back together. Luckily my mother is a seamstress was was able to help with the last part. Then I drew on it with a felt tip marker to create the lines. Another somewhat simple sounding custom that had some deceptive challenges.





Amazo



Third of a series of commissions and one of the most complicated customs I’ve made. The client wanted to use an Aquaman from the belt down to preserve the A belt buckle and marry that with the torso from a Dick Grayson figure from the Batman and Robin movie line. To do this I had to crack both torsos in half, cut the Aquaman off the belt, salvage the power action feature, then wrap the Grayson torso around it. Unfortunately the waist of the Grayson torso was too small so I had to resculpt the abdomen, something I’ve never done before (sculpting musculature is a weak spot for me). I also had to to cut off and reuse the Aquaman neck post to allow the head to still be able to turn. From there the Dr. Fate arms and Lex Luthor head was added on,along with ears from a Toy Biz Green Goblin. Paint the arm and legs bands was an exercise in patience and took way long that I thought it would. The last part for the vest. It’s made from two different colors of spandex which were carefully cut and glued together. These were attached with elastic which I had to dye to match (the thought was to make it similar to the construction of the Samurai vest). All in all it was a lot of work,but I really like the final product.





Clayface



This was supposed to be a quick fun project while I was waiting to other things to dry. It turned out taking a lot more time than I though, but it was still fun. It’s made from a Swamp Thing for the early 90’s Kenner line, which is nothing new as I’ve seen a bunch of these over the years. I ended up sculpting over the entire figure to make it look mud-like and drippy. The source materials I used was from the Animated series, which doesn’t exactly match up with the time period the Super Powers figures were produced, but it’s much more visually striking. My only regret is the lack of knee joints, but it’s not a huge deal.

totally a great job with these. you knocked these out of the park.

My thoughts exactly!

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