[MUfan97]

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Originally Posted by KjK

Here are some Fantastic Four pics. I still can't believe we never got all four matching costumes. In my toy room I have three teams out.

My favorite versions.



What I use to get three teams.

Well, Legends doesn't have any perfectly compatible team for the FF, so it's really no surprise. It makes sense, though, when you think about it. Teams like the Avengers have no consistent color scheme, and thus you can place whatever the best version is to you in your roster(if you go with a fluid timescale like I do for my displays). The X-men, whilst having a semi-consistent uniform, usually has the members modifying it in some way, and thus achieves the same fluidity as the Avengers. The FF has ALWAYS had the exact same uniform for each character(with the exception of Ben), and thus you have to live with having figures that kinda suck in order for them to be consistent.

Btw, that Sue in the last pic has a horrifying face. Is that a Superhero Showdown figure?

[Il Cattivo]

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Originally Posted by KjK

[Kamatayan]

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[Mordiganne]

The Universe is expanding.... (pics to follow in next post)

Picked up a few new things for collection purposes. Added the new Quasar and Morbius (that I already customized). The Machine Man and Iron-Man pack I got because the head for Machine Man by itself is $8 and the two pack was $10. Just made sense since I have a Machine Man custom slated anyway. Lastly picked up a Fury/IM pack during a random stop at a TRU. The Iron-Man was kind of crap and was going to be tossed when I decided to paint it and see if I liked it any better, and in fact, I do. That red plastic was hideous but the glossy red paint job really makes the figure pop. I wish I had a before shot of Iron-Man to show how much better this looks having painted over that gaudy red plastic. So I've now decided to keep this guy and add him to the collection as a custom figure. Magneto is there because, as I've mentioned before, I'm OCD about my customs and while his cape was 'ok' it was bothering me. So I cut out space for the metal retaining ring and fit the cape onto it so that it all fits together properly. Now he's all set and ready to go back into the collection. So, anyway, onto the rest...


Captain Britain - I avoided buying the Hasbro made version of this Captain Britain for years because I always felt it was just way too small. I ran across him for a good price on Amazon and picked it up on a whim and yeah, it's still way too small. Captain Britain is a tall and built character. The figure Hasbro made had the buff part right, but they put him on stumpy legs making him shorter than most of their other figs. That just wasn't going to work for me, but I still wanted to have the character in this outfit, so it was time for a custom. The head from the retail figure is really good so I just needed a body to compliment it. He was easy enough to put together, ironically using the entire Captain Britain body from the comic 2-pack with Spider-Man (who became another custom in this batch). This is one of the few figures I've made who's custom body parts came entirely from the character that I was making a custom of. The only thing that really sucks about this body is that the upper torso is almost always permanently tilted to one side or the other. There's really no good way to fix it that I know of. I suppose I could crack open the torso and see if there's a reason why it's tilted like that, but since it's a problem on virtually every figure that uses this body mold I'm chalking it up to a factory defect and calling it a day. I added in the Hasbro fig and stuck on a head - painted Steve Rogers which I'm using as an unmasked Brian Braddock - to show just how stark the height difference is between the two Captains. I don't particularly like the black patches on his shoulders, so don't think I'll add them anytime soon, if at all. So, the good Captain is, at the very least, finally fitting of his stature and not a buff midget.

Thor - I've said before that I'm a Thor fan. As such I've been disappointed with most Thor offerings from Hasbro. They either weren't big enough (MU classics) or outright puny (movie figs). So he's long overdue for a redo in an appropriate scale for the character - though the modern MU Thor is still top notch! While putting him together I realized that, other than Hercules, there's no heroic characters on this buck. Thor is my first heroic custom character on this buck, too. Just found that interesting. Maybe I'll make Wonder Man on this buck. But I digress... Having an appropriately scaled Thor is an essential for my collection. Now I have one. I had to use the head from the Avengers box set - given a new paint job - until I find a better head since this one, while a great sculpt, the face is really flat looking. I left the cape removable by drilling holes into the back - I want to make a swap out "wind-blown" cape eventually. I had to do some work with Mjolnir also. The little loop they had on the hammer was ridiculous. I cut that off and did a swap with a modded strap from Herc's mace. Unfortunately I attached it wrong so had to cut off the entire handle, turn it to the position I wanted, and reattach it. I had to do some serious modding to his legs to get everything to fit together right. Sculpted belt, boots and vinyl knee/shoulder guards later and Thor is ready to join Odin on the shelf. Now I just need to get some lightning effects for him to display with. Also need to make customs of Beta Ray Bill and Masterson Thor in this scale.

Executioner - Excuse me...Excuse me! Did somebody call for the Executioner!? I've put off making this guy because the Hasbro one is still out there - though unproduced. And now that I've made this guy I fully expect to see him come out from Hasbro... just to spite me! However, since there's no telling when/if Hasbro will put theirs to market, I decided to just make one. Along with Thor this guy took the longest to complete. A good deal of sculpting went into this figure and I took a little extra time on him, and Thor, because I really wanted to do them justice. This isn't one of my "retail series" figs, I just made him another axe because I have several from customizing Ares figures and wanted to make an homage to his powered up axe from the EMH cartoon. So, he has another axe option depending on how I want to display him. I was going to do a custom of the Enchantress to go with him since the retail figure is fugly, but opted to make a better Thor first. I'll get to Enchantress eventually.

Tarantula - Even though I'll forever be a huge X-Men fan, I have to admit that Spider-Man has some of the best villains around. Venom, Electro, Sandman, Rhino etc... so many iconic bad guys that have helped make Spidey's life a living hell. And then there's Tarantula... Tarantula is not quite as popular as most of Spidey's rogues and I think there's a good reason for that. He kind of sucks as a character. I can only vaguely remember one comic that had him in it and if I remember right he got beat up pretty quickly. Still, I wanted to knock this guy off the list and get him added to the collection. He was actually fun to make. The spider design is interesting - went with a Bagley design - and was a bit of a challenge to paint. I used the Spidey from the comic 2-pack I picked up to make Captain Britain with and a painted twist tie - flexible - for the bandana ties. He came out well. So this lame character can join the rest of my Spider-Man rogues.

Black Cat - Although it hasn't aged well, one of the elements from the 90's Spider-Man cartoon that I really liked was the Black Cat getting her powers from a derivative of the Super Soldier Serum. I also liked that when she was in "Black cat" mode she grew in size, stature and strength, making her a stark contrast to Felicia Hardy rather than just an outfit change. Plus, I've always been partial to this costume and that's the character I wanted for the Spidey collection. So with that in mind I put her together on a Valk buck. The first custom I made for her was pretty bad so I put together this one and broke down attempt #1 to make a new figure out of. Black Cat makes for a very easy custom since there's only a little sculpt and lots of black paint. I'm not real happy with the head, but it'll do for now until I can cobble together a better one.

Black Widow - The Black Widow is the second "spider" in this batch. Even though her black jumpsuit is the standard outfit for the Widow, she also wore this gray outfit in many iconic storylines. As such I also consider it an iconic look for her so wanted a figure for the collection. Most notably she wore it during one of Daredevil's classic storylines where they took on the Hand (DD #185-190). This story was partially adapted for the Daredevil Netflix show (season 2) - along with several other Frank Miller stories. Obviously Widow wasn't in it given that she's in the movie portion of the MCU so her role was adjusted to fit Elektra. Too bad they don't produce comics of that caliber anymore or I might still buy them. But I digress...Black Widow was really easy to make since her costume is all a single color (with a Nomad head) but fashioning her collar took a bit of effort. You wouldn't think putting on a tiny collar would be that hard, but believe me, attaching that little piece of vinyl was more difficult than it should have been. She could either be displayed with or without her Widow Sting gauntlets and still be true to character design, so I cut them to make it easy to pop them on and off without having to take off the hands. Nice to have Widow in this outfit. She would fit with the Avengers, but I'm going to pair her up with my DD's in tribute to their classic partnership.

Psylocke - Two Braddock's in one batch. I've never been a big fan of any of Psylocke's outfits. Actually I'm not that big of a fan of Psylocke in general. However, I needed her in this one to go along with the rest of the outback team. I might give her some "casta-spella" hands, as I call them, eventually, but that's not a necessity for this custom. She was simple to put together. Sculpted the hood which was a bit of a challenge to get the shape without having it collapse. I also had to remember that she's supposed to have a full head of hair under it. I only sculpted the front part you see in her art panels though it's hard to see in the pic. Really only her butterfly power effect provided some difficulty. Did the best I could with that one, but might look into making a new effect that's not so...crappy. Anyway, my outback X-Men team is now complete!

Morbius - I've never been the biggest Morbius fan, so he was not on my radar at all. Never really came across him back when I was reading comics so only knew him from the Spider-Man cartoon where he quickly got on my nerves as a kid. So while I was content to not having the character in my collection, I decided to pick up the figure anyway. Right off upon opening the package I knew that Morbius was going to be customized. The base figure is terrible and as everyone agrees the body is a travesty. The body was easily fixed, and fortunately the head was salvageable along with the collar - both repainted. The wings were a waste though. The one I made is twice the size of that puny thing. Although I like the way the paint job came out, I really think cloth would be better for his wings. Have to look into that if I can find the right material. Lastly once the Hasbro version drops in price I'll pick up another to make a swapout head with a bloody mouth.

[Mordiganne]

Group shot:


Captain Britain



Black Cat


Black Widow


Thor


Skurge

[Mordiganne]

Morbius


Tarantula


Psylocke


Bonus shots:

Outback X-Men team


Asgardians


Odin & Thor


Thor vs. Executioner

[Basilisk]

@Mordiganne can you post Machine Man's heads insides? i want to see if it will work with a Steve Rogers/Cyclops body mold.

[LordMudd]

That has always been my favorite version of Psylocke. I did Tarantula a few years ago for the same reason, he just looks cool, even if he isn't. I agree on Executioner which is why I haven't tried to do one for my MoE, as soon as I do he will be released. I really like that Odin!

Have you considered Morbius as a base for Baron Blood, or Machine Man for the Rigellian Recorder?


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[LordMudd]

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Originally Posted by LordMudd

I made my own Toro from a Gonativetoys Alpha Blank. Compared to Hasbro figures they are perfect size for "kid" figures.


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Here is my Torch and custom Toro.



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[Pilkster]

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Originally Posted by Mordiganne

Group shot:


Captain Britain



Black Cat


Black Widow


Thor


Skurge

Great work as always dude. loving every single custom in this batch

[samsson37]

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Originally Posted by Mordiganne

Group shot:


Captain Britain



Black Cat


Black Widow


Thor


Skurge

MY EARS WERE RINGING !!! That a SWWWEEEEEET MUTHA FREAKIN SKURGE !!!!!!!

[Mordiganne]

Thanks guys. On my phone so ignore any typos...

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Originally Posted by Basilisk

@Mordiganne can you post Machine Man's heads insides? i want to see if it will work with a Steve Rogers/Cyclops body mold.

I'll try to get a pic later for you but it will fit though will need a mood as the hole for the ball joint is too big on the head. The hot glue trick will be all you'd need to get it to stay on.

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Originally Posted by LordMudd

That has always been my favorite version of Psylocke. I did Tarantula a few years ago for the same reason, he just looks cool, even if he isn't. I agree on Executioner which is why I haven't tried to do one for my MoE, as soon as I do he will be released. I really like that Odin!

Have you considered Morbius as a base for Baron Blood, or Machine Man for the Rigellian Recorder?

I'll have to look up baron blood & the recorder. The later I haven't looked at since Pilk made a custom a while back.

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Originally Posted by Kamatayan

Amazing stuff, dude! Personally, this is my favorite batch of your customs. Seeing that Morbius reminded me that you could give him more articulation just by switching out his legs with the BP. The classic Widow is my favorite out of the bunch.

The only reason I didn't use the newest panther body is because it was shorter than I would have liked. I did use his arms though on a reaper body.

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Originally Posted by Pilkster

Great work as always dude. loving every single custom in this batch

Thanks! Now post some new customs!

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Originally Posted by samsson37

MY EARS WERE RINGING !!! That a SWWWEEEEEET MUTHA FREAKIN SKURGE !!!!!!!

ha, glad you like it. Took a good deal of work but I'm happy with how he came out. I do need to repaint the axe handles at some point.

[Mordiganne]

Don't know if anyone's noticed but I try to do at least 8 figures per batch. This was the 10th batch I've completed. So including the ones I haven't posted I've made 80+ figures this year...Didn't even realize I'd made that many.

I'm officially taking commission requests now. I know how much a custom will run (flat $50 + however you want it shipped - which will cover any and all painting, sculpting, mods, etc). The only thing that's undecided is parts. I'd prefer to just get the parts but that's an extra expense so will leave that up to the requester in case they want to supply their own. For example, a figure like Skurge took parts from 3 figures and cost me almost $30 to gather (Ares, Hercules, Drax). I tend to buy almost exclusively on Amazon due to prime shipping but I do pay accordingly for that.

Oh yeah, the main thing I'll need is reference art on the character design (at least 1 pic but would prefer a front and back if possible) and changes/mods you'd want done if any.

Just some info for those that might be interested in a commission figure.

[Pilkster]

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Originally Posted by Mordiganne

Thanks! Now post some new customs!

ive done a few but been asked to not show them as hes waiting to move and wants them to be a surprise. also been working on some DC stuff for a order so dont really post them here. To be honest Ive finally started my Hydra Castle Diorama and the thing is going to be huge and a lot of work will be going into that. Ill still be taking orders just been banging them out without taking pics as they have all been customs Ive made before. I only like showing the new characters.

[Basilisk]

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Originally Posted by Mordiganne

Thanks guys. On my phone so ignore any typos...



I'll try to get a pic later for you but it will fit though will need a mood as the hole for the ball joint is too big on the head. The hot glue trick will be all you'd need to get it to stay on.

Thats good news thank you!

Now if i could locate just the head on its own. I'm interested to see your Machine Man custom I'm really not fond of what they actually did I kind of wanted a smaller version of the 6 inch one.

[Mordiganne]

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Originally Posted by Basilisk

Thats good news thank you!

Now if i could locate just the head on its own. I'm interested to see your Machine Man custom I'm really not fond of what they actually did I kind of wanted a smaller version of the 6 inch one.

That's my plan. Just need to find the right material for his arms. Have something specific in mind when I have time to shop for it. Same as for Scorpion's tail (comic classic).

Anyway, Angry Nomad has the 6inch head shrunken down to fit MU. It's $8.00 plus shipping which is why I just grabbed the 2 pack for now (plus can turn that crappy IM into a Rescue). I'll pick up one of his heads later since I like it a little better.

M28 The Machinist

[Oscarv]

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Originally Posted by Pilkster

ive done a few but been asked to not show them as hes waiting to move and wants them to be a surprise. also been working on some DC stuff for a order so dont really post them here. To be honest Ive finally started my Hydra Castle Diorama and the thing is going to be huge and a lot of work will be going into that. Ill still be taking orders just been banging them out without taking pics as they have all been customs Ive made before. I only like showing the new characters.

Those are my customs he's talking about can't wait to get moved and see them.

Pretty sure I'm going to be helping build that diorama as well

[Basilisk]

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Originally Posted by Mordiganne

That's my plan. Just need to find the right material for his arms. Have something specific in mind when I have time to shop for it. Same as for Scorpion's tail (comic classic).

Anyway, Angry Nomad has the 6inch head shrunken down to fit MU. It's $8.00 plus shipping which is why I just grabbed the 2 pack for now (plus can turn that crappy IM into a Rescue). I'll pick up one of his heads later since I like it a little better.

M28 The Machinist

you could use something similar to this user's Professor Impossible custom for the arms.

http://www.toyark.com/man-living-rubber-166530/

[MUfan97]

Ultron as he should be.

[Oscarv]

Nice ultron shot, he will always be my main ultron, leader of my ultron army

Oh, a heads up. Fin fang foom is up on eBay from a Chinese seller (they have a few of them apparently) me and Pilkster have already ordered one each, so whoever is after him, now may be your chance.

Also, what is everyone's "go to" comic red skull figure? Having difficulty making up my mind

[Il Cattivo]

i like the avengers assemble red skull

[K Dubious]

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Originally Posted by Oscarv

Oh, a heads up. Fin fang foom is up on eBay from a Chinese seller (they have a few of them apparently) me and Pilkster have already ordered one each, so whoever is after him, now may be your chance.

Please leave a link I can't find them unless they have already sold. If they are already gone what was the ticket?

[Will]

Hey Guys
This custom isn't mine but i really enjoy this 3.75 Dr. Strange form escorpcustoms.
Damn I'm really want one of this. Come on hasbro this is amazing.