Just use a girl torso.

I'm using a Jyn Erso for Mantis' torso and Bucky everything else.

Star Wars has many characters like Ysanne Isard are great for parts. I've seen Isard's head repainted for Blink too...

awesome

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Make bugs cousin.....lovebug. Haha

Editing some pics for a side project. In the meantime, here's an update of the shields I've put together.

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No WWH shield?

Or dp shield?

Not yet...

BTW, those have all had magnets added to them, so any shield can be swapped onto any figure that would normally carry a shield. I have a couple of special spots for the Punisher shield.

Finally finished up my Punisher Van side project. There's lots of pics but I tried to spread them out. This is what I wanted the Rattler intake covers for and why I was going to do a video. I still might try a video project later. Maybe next time I'm ready to do an update on the shelves.

Anyway, onto the van...

The Punisher's Van - the Kill Crew's ride

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I took a break from making figures to focus on putting together this van. This project is the first real custom vehicle for Marvel Universe. I don't count the Widow bike or Kang's Time Chair. For the most part, those were simply paint jobs. Punisher's van is a full-on custom. It's also one of the few "accessories" to the hero that has taken on a life of it's own. The van even got a Marvel Trading card!

Had to make sure it was street legal. Frank's too smart to get pinched by not having a tagged up ride - painted on the appropriate window stickers for NY State. Also why I skipped adding bullet holes. A shot up vehicle is going to get noticed, even in NYC.
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I had about 10% of this van pre-planned at the start. I knew that I wanted to have a gurney fit inside and a gatling gun at the side door. If I could find the right van, somehow I'd find a way to make both of those ideas work. Beyond that, it was whatever came to mind.

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I did a fair bit of research before deciding on which van to use. Despite a number of folks in reviews saying the A-Team van was too large, I went with it anyway. It's the only van that looks like a simple van which was one of my primary requirements to even begin this project. It was still a gamble since it cost over $100 to get an item that I was intent on destroying, but I bit the bullet and forked out the cash.

Once I got going I wanted working rear doors which cutting them off the top mold and adding hinges and putting them back on so they're functional and secure. They can use a bit more filling and smoothing. I'll do that another day.

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These vans aren't easy to come by these days, in package or out. Scale-wise the van itself is perfectly scaled. The only real problem area is the front interior: The dashboard is a bit too big and the chairs are WAY too far back. If the dash was a little lower and the chairs moved forward it'd be perfect. Regardless, it's a great van base for a MU vehicle.

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Once the van arrived the first thing I did was give it a once over to check the dimensions visually. Once I was sure it would satisfy my two customizing requirements I set about ripping the van apart. Once I got it separated I was able to get the halves apart without cutting any of the wires. I was considering keeping the electronics at first, but as I went along I kept discarding every idea that necessitated keeping them until it finally got to point where taking all that shit out was the way to go.

From there I set to work on the top and bottom separately. The balsa wood above the winch is removable but screwed in currently. I wanted to be able to get into the van's interior easily so I started adding more magnets so I could pull it apart whenever I wanted. And then I realized the two halves stay together just fine on their own. So I could do that without using up more magnets. I also needed to be able to get to the lights (more on them below):

I had pics of the plate and tow hook partly extended but doesn't look like it saved and I'm not photoshopping it together again right now.
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Interior roof & detailed pics
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Once I got the insides mostly set, I saw a pic of Punisher riding a motorcycle out from inside of the van. Obviously that's completely ridiculous, but I liked the idea of carrying a motorcycle inside the van. So I'd checked if I had a bike that would fit, and hot damn I did! So I added that in as a feature. Eventually I'll make a ramp for loading.

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I'm going to skip a bunch of the other "I did this too and it sucked" details and move onto the lights. I saw a youtube video by 70humbler that has some light features that I thought were a neat idea. So I copped that and set about adding lights to the van. There's interior and headlights. I can't think of a good way to add rear lights...yet.

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Lastly here's some extra picks of the van. There's a bunch so I'll split these into two.

Van accessories - everything that can be taken off or added to the van:
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Figure accessories added to the van:
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Random pics:
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Some final shots:

Van loaded up with 90% of all pictured gear and ready to go on the shelf:
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Randoms:
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Awesome van!
I wish I could buy just the briefcase full of money!

Weapon's Supplier Destro for one of the GI Joe lines I believe,

If the detail being missing isn't an issue you can pick up the case and money from Avacslab now that he's re-opened. I believe it was $14.00 for the set. He also offers just the loose money for under $5.

Yeah, they're pretty hard to find. They weren't common at release and dried up quick. I got the few cases I have in a trade years ago. I wonder if that figure has become easier to find or not.

Awesome Mordiganne love the van and all that has been modded.

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hope this isn't it for wave 2. I want a joe fixit.

What scale 3.75 or 6in?

So badass mordiganne! Truly a labor of love and still way cheaper than anything hasbro would try and crowdfund. Someday I wanna get more into customizing vehicles. Punishers gotta get the rest of the savage avengers rollin in the van down by the river!

6” but they make the big characters 6” tall so u can use hulk abomination or technically ms marvel as 3.75” scale. I’d kill for a Joe fixit

6-ish. 5-6 inch. Aside from characters like Hulk or Thanos, these are way out of 3.75 scale but under Legends scale.

Mordi......this is a FUCKING MASTERPIECE. I mean wow bro......just wow! :D

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Wakandans.

nice......

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Awesome especially mbaku sithlord.

Wakanda forever!