Actually I thought I saw one like this in red somewhere...
http://d2ydh70d4b5xgv.cloudfront.net...0c0aa345fd.jpg

This one? The problem with this one is that the neck is a rubbery material. It's great sculpt though.
http://www.toysrus.com/graphics/prod...6796enh-z6.jpg

I use this one.
http://www.toysrus.com/graphics/prod...7967enh-z6.jpg

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

Picked up a gang of fodder during the Hasbro clearance and added some figures that I hadn't purchased before for a variety of reasons. However, the prices were too good to pass up. So Chameleon (this guy is a really dull pos), Korg, Morales Spidey (only got him because of the painted back, now I can customize the first release into a different Spidey character - thinking some version of Kaine, but I don't know yet) and Jugolossus have been added. I actually had to read the X-Men issues to find out what the deal is with Colossy-Jugs there...pretty lame storyline, but again, he was really cheap, so why not? I'm over my "villains kick" so batches going forward will be more balanced. At least until I get the urge to do another custom theme. I already know what theme will be next, but going to put that off for a bit. I'm calling this the "metallic batch" since I'd, unintentionally, used metallic paint on every figure in the batch. Silly yes, but they're my figures so I'll call them what I want. So, anyway, onto the rest...


Storm (90's) - Storm is, of course, a classic character in the long storied history of the X-Men with a lot of great story arcs. Really she was just awesome leading a super hero team while having no powers. And then the animated series came out and her stupid, weird catch phrases almost made me hate the character. They made her really, really annoying in that show. But due to Jim Lee's iconic art, the character is a vital mainstay for the 90's team. This was originally going to be my outback era storm, but the body didn't fit that outfit design the way I wanted. However, it was almost perfect for her 90's look. A repaint in metallic white and her trademark cape in vinyl and she was pretty easy to complete. There's generally two designs to her cape: A 2-panel or a 1-panel. I went with the 1 panel design. Since I had to transition mid-custom from the outback design (she was already painted up in black) and make her Gold team look earlier than planned, both 90's X-teams are now almost complete. Just need a decent Jean Grey (I absolutely refuse to buy the one Hasbro made), a Bishop that has articulation (and doesn't suck) and a Colossus in the right costume. I took a pic of her sans head just to show off the body work - really came out nice.

Magneto - The Master of Magnetism is another one of my older customs that was redone with some better techniques than I was using back when he was first made. He got a hand swap with a pair that are more versatile, some sculpt work, and above all a sporty new paint job. Since his costume is supposed to be made out of metal fabric I gave him an all over gloss. Came out well I think. The last thing I did was to chop up and combine a couple of capes and give him a capiotomy (no, that's not a word) to replace that ridiculous "cape" Hasbro made for the figure. I would have gone with fabric but I can't sew, so made due with what I had. It works for me. My first custom was just ok...Now the X-Men's #1 villain is ready to cause some mutant mischief.

Puma - I still remember my first exposure to Puma in a Spider-Man comic I had as a kid though I have no idea about the plot of that issue any more. I don't know where Puma is these days (comic wise) or what Marvel has had him doing. I did some minor research when I decided to add the figure to my collection, but there's not much out there about this guy. The few write ups are sparse to say the least. Regardless, I wanted to have a Puma figure for my Spider-Man rogues. He was pretty easy to make. I wasn't going to go crazy with his fur sculpting, just added some to his forearm/elbow areas, sideburns, feet and the back of his hands. That was plenty. Oh, of course I had to add the long red fur to his calves - and a bit of sculpt on the belt, feathers & necklace to capture those parts of his design. Actually I did more on him than I thought. All in all, he's a character you don't see too often, and I'm glad to have him for my Spidey gallery.

Dazzler - I wasn't sure how the metallic paint was going to come out on her but I really love the look. Dazzler is part of what I call my "retail series" - extra hands, heads, accessories, whatever - though I don't make too many of these. If I was designing figures for retail release these customs are what I'd put together. To that end I made her an extra head (Nomad's) with sunglasses and a Siege Perilous accessory - not really liking this piece, I'll make a better one down the road. X-comic fans that have read Uncanny issue #247 will know why the Siege Perilous goes better with her than any other character. Because of her, and it, the outback team crumbled to nothing and ended that era. Once I get extra female fists I'll make her an extra "finger gun" hand to round out the figure. There's really two outfits for her that fit with the outback era X-Men. I happen to like this one better so made this first. I'll get to her other outfit another time.

Attuma - Seems every batch lately I have one custom that just irks the hell out of me in putting it together - still hate you Scalphunter! This batch it's Attuma. Attuma got a lot of play in the new Avengers cartoon. Outside of that the only thing I have with the character is some old comic that came in a two pack I picked up for parts. Think it's a Defenders comic, I don't know. I just wanted to make him because of the exposure he got in the cartoon. Also good to have a Namor specific villain. Anyway, even with all of the shades of blue that I already have I still didn't have an appropriate shade for Attuma's skin tone. So I went out and bought 3 more shades and none of them was a good match either! So, I had to take two of the new shades and mix up a good skin tone color for him. I cut up vinyl for the head, chest and waist pieces. After attaching the chest and head pieces to the figure I hardened them but left the rest of the vinyl flexible to not hinder his movement/posability too much. He came out well, but this guy was a pain to make!

Batroc - Batroc is nothing more than a glorified acrobat which is why they always made him a joke in the comics, but he's a traditional Cap villain. So much so that he warranted a spot in the MCU. I still think he's pretty lame but I wanted more Cap-centric villains in my collect than just Hydra. Pretty standard custom with another Nomad head. He came out well and Hawkeye's archery hand makes for a decent mustache twirling hand (even if he can't reach the stache - if only they made double jointed elbows for the males in this scale...). Yeah, not much else to say about this guy...

Storm (outback) - Since my first outback custom was converted to the 90's costume I still needed an outback Storm. So I bought another body and got to work. Luckily I hadn't attached the cape to the other Storm before I decided to go ahead and make both of her figures that I wanted to make at the same time. So I was able to trace out a second cape. I saved the template this time so I'll have it in case I need it for other figures in the future. Anyway, she was really simple given that I'd already gone through making her the first time. Since I was painting her in all black it was much quicker this time around. So, she's done in her outback garb. Seeing the head on the figure I might end up replacing it. The hair doesn't quite mesh with her outback look.. Now I just need to do Psylocke's armor design and my outback X-Men will be complete!

Stingray - Although Stingray is one of the much lesser known Avengers, I've been wanting to make this guy for the longest time! I really don't know why, but I just find his design insanely cool. I again went with a Bowen design for the metallic, high gloss, red and white. Looks boss on him and really captures the "armor" look, since he's supposed to be in an armored suit after all. And since he is supposed to be wearing armor, I sculpted on a faceplate rather than just going with a skull-mask design - which makes no sense given it's supposed to be body armor. I had to figure out a good way to do his wings that looked right and were also functional, and I couldn't think of how I could pull that off at first and cloth was out - just wouldn't have captured the look I wanted. Then an idea hit me and I started planning him out in earnest - ended up putting over 100 lines on those wings. 100! I also wanted them to fold a certain way with his arms down, so had to spend time working them into the shape I wanted with them down. I ended up scrapping the first head I made and put together the current one. I just didn't like the look of the first one enough. I had the design right, but it was just...off. This one came out much better. I really dig this guy. I'm thinking he's worthy of my "Custom Top 10", but I have to figure out who to bump from their slot. Probably Vertigo but I have to think on that one.

Group shot:
http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/r...pspnbozmlm.jpg

Magneto:
http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/r...psakk8p2oh.jpg
Edit - here's the original Magneto custom:
http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/r...psto0m9nur.jpg

Puma:
http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/r...pscbldtx1t.jpg

Dazzler:
http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/r...ps80yi6ntk.jpg

Storm (outback):
http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/r...pso20acyv3.jpg

Batroc (I'll add the Batroc bonus shots a little later. I haven't taken any yet.):
http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/r...pstrf4c1ql.jpg

Storm (90s):
http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/r...psbjsfrw7l.jpg

Attuma (sorry, this one's a little blurry):
http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/r...psg7phhzfn.jpg

Stingray (and shot with extended wings):

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/r...psrkonxdr6.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/r...psuxfjxtyx.jpg

Plus the Uncanny Avengers which is like an X-men/ Avengers mash up.

Well it wasn't like an Avengers/X-Men mash up, it was just that. The Avengers Unity Division (the in-universe name they call it) was made to calm the public's growing fears after the Phoenix Five/AvX incident about mutants trying to take over and so it had to have both teams coming together. I liked that team roster (the original, not the stupid new one) and it's a roster we mostly have available albeit not everyone will sport the appropriate looks. I think you can get Wolverine, Captain America, Wasp, Wonder-Man, Sunfire, Havok, and Thor in their appropriate (or close enough) outfits for the team but Scarlet Witch and Rogue don't have any figures sporting the looks they had in those stories.

nope not that one
maybe I saw someone's custom of Indominus painted red

there is this one...
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Schleich-...e-Red/39672134

or this one
Tyrannosaurus rex (Jurassic Park by Kenner) | Dinosaur Toy Blog

while researching some more
a blast from the past
SDCC 2013
http://i.imgur.com/q9BXXBi.jpg
Devil Dinosaur was custom made
more pics there
SDCC '13 | Check out Hasbro's Marvel figures display - CBR
custom Moonboy too

Anybody got a picture of a Spider-man figure with this guy's camera?

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MgGu6mNqL.jpg

i always liked the camera that came with the reation line jaws guy. it has a neck strap which is good for pic taking and running to save the day

This guy doesn't cost $66+ on the secondary market, though.

sweet baby budda. yea go with the dexter one then. how the hell did that figure become so damn pricey?

wtf

What's wrong with the current Unity Squad? Cap, Rogue, Poo', Johnny, Cable, and Pietro, plus an Inhuman noob who proved interesting enough at the end of her first story arc. I really like that team. I also like that Spider-Man was on there for like 1 issue but noped the fuck out because of Wade.

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I guess I'm mainly bitter that Remender quit to go do some independent work because as he wrote it UA was a solid follow-up to his stellar Uncanny X-force series.

The team went down on the mutant front though. In universe the team was created to show cooperation between human and mutant and the initial complete roster had 5 mutants, then after AXIS there were 4 mutants, then we got retconned down to 2, now it's still 2 and a single inhuman tossed in for good measure. Deadpool's inclusion feels off to me, he's not a mutant and the idea that he's essentially funding the team sounds too silly. Also from what I've been seeing Stegman's art can be super gangly, like the characters are anorexic or they got the bends, but that's a criticism of the book not the team.

Idk. The only one I can see for a decent price on Ebay and Amazon is the shark itself. Maybe because it's a popular film?

Really like that tree, but it could use some paint.


CCC.

Some really awesome customs, Mordiganne. Love seeing the new stuff. I stopped doing much since most new hasbro waves always seem to have a figure or two of characters I've already done customs of. I'd rather not spend the time to eventually, throw in the fodder bin, when the hasbro version comes out. I'd rather tweak what Hasbro has given us.

I swapped out the lower legs of Miles Morales Ultimate Spider-Man with the latest Black Panther making Miles shorter and Panther taller.

http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/s...0/IMG_3803.jpg

http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/s...0/IMG_3802.jpg

http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/s...0/IMG_3553.jpg

And some unmasked options from Target's army figures.
Old:

http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/s...0/IMG_3805.jpg

New:

http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/s...0/IMG_4061.jpg

http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/s...0/IMG_4066.jpg

Just messing about with my Avenger Figures tonight took a few pics just want to make a Classic Mantis custom now
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...pswmksa8dx.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...psjutdqyud.jpghttp://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...ps43sfgxq2.jpghttp://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...pskpknen1o.jpghttp://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...ps8nz6z5hn.jpghttp://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...psnksbkfl1.jpg

I've been asked about commissions and though I'm still thinking on it, I am leaning toward opening up the option after my current batch is finished. So, to coincide with that, and to follow up on what I said about posting a custom in various poses, here's Batroc squaring off against an extra Cap. Those that have already asked for figures will get first preference and I'll PM those posters at a later time. Anyway, I'll have more info on all of that once I'm ready.

Hope you like the pics!

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/r...pszrtcghsx.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/r...psvmg5jp02.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/r...psicj5auct.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/r...pszxkpbe63.jpg

http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/r...psenq6yq41.jpg

Thanks. I used to have that concern also, but I've found that there's rarely a figure from Hasbro that I don't make some sort of mods to anyway so it tends to balance out.

Nice job on the Spidey customs. Good head choices.

Every time I see Wonder Man in that classic outfit I get annoyed that I haven't made one yet. Thanks for damaging my self esteem!

Really need to get that guy made and off my to do list.

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The only Wasp figure they did was the modern black and gold, that's a custom.