Marvel SHS 80's WOLVERINE
 

Hey All!

BK here, first time posting to this forum! What I got here is something I've been wanting to do now for a while & finally started on yesterday, turning Marvel SHS WOLVERINE into a great brown suit 80's John Byrne version! I need a good Wolvie to round out my 3 3/4" 80's X-men!

So, the figure itself isn't bad but it is WAY too tall to be Wolverine since he only stands at 5'3". I cut sections from the thighs & forearms and so far it's dropped the height to nearly where it should be. His hands are a bit too big as well so those are getting replaced by a nice set of multiple pose hands that I'm gonna mold & cast. Ea. set of hands will have a small open pocket on the back of the palm for a set of magnetically attachable "Popped & Retracted" claws, which are already made of metal. There will be three versions of his head, one normal, one beserker-angry & one unmasked smokin a stogie!

The arms are a bit too long & I may have to adjust the Biceps if the new hands don't solve the problem. The chest just below the pecs is gonna get shortened height-wise & the "eight-pack" he currently has is gonna get made into a six pack. In case anyone was wondering, the blue stuff around his thighs & forearms is blue-tack which is there just temporarily to hold him all together!

Still a lotta work to go gang, wish me luck!


First, the unmodded figure next to MU Wolvie

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/m...psa3af6be5.jpg

A digibash to show how much needs to be 86'd

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/m...psf29feae9.jpg

First mods compared to MU Wolvie

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps911034cc.jpg

A shot to show the new correct size with some of the gang!

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/m...psab6dad15.jpg

You want some o' this?

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps640f5e9e.jpg

GRRRRRrrrRRrrr!!

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps380ab9d6.jpg

Come an' get some BUB!

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps753e4141.jpg

How do I know your'e the REAL Wolverine??

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps2dd206f8.jpg

As always, comments & crits very welcome & wanted!

Cheers & thanks for looking guys!

~BK

well hell. One more project for my list. Thank you for finally giving me a use for my SHS fig.

Thats awesome im working on something similar. What r u using for claws?

LOL! Awesome! Go for it dude, SHS Wolvie can really be a great figure with a wee bit of love!


Thanks so much for the kind words! What are you planing to do on your Wolvie & is it an SHS figure as well? Maybe we could bounce some ideas off eachother to help make an even better figure!

As for the claws, they're just made of some run-of-the-mill sewing needles that you can get from any dept. or fabric store. They were bent by using these:

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/m...psf1351bd5.png

They're wire bending pliers that you can get, if you don't already have them, from any good online hobby supplier & they're fairly inexpensive and a great tool set that I'm sure you'll use again and again! If you do use them to bend needles for his claws, do so very slowly & gradually as the needles have a tendency to snap if the pressure exerted to bend them is too great ( Believe me, i went thru several before I got it right :o)

Cheers folks!

~BK