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Lars Sandmark
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This Batgirl is the first figure I ever customized.
It's from Earthworm Jim, Princess Whatsername.
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Lars Sandmark
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Martian Manhunter is my second custom ever.(from a Bane
Wonder Woman from a Mystique)
Kid Flash and Flash. (formerly Robin and Nightwing)
Edited by Lars Sandmark on 18 July 2008 at 8:34pm
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Lars Sandmark
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Justice League Superman toy from Subway. Painted some skin tone on him because for some reason he came transparent.
JB has these figures on his shelves as well from what I could see in some of the random photos that he has shared.
WW and Flash were connected to a straw that I happily dremmelled away.
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Steve Lyons
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| Posted: 18 July 2008 at 8:45pm | IP Logged | 4
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Thought I'd throw a couple pics your way....
I've been customizing figures since, well, forever. Mostly I customize 3 3/4" figures, since a) I can do vehicles for the figures at that scale and b) it takes a lot of 'em to fill up space.
As I posted on another thread, I give you...Airwolf.
Airwolf is scratchbuilt, much like a model. Except it has a lighted interior, opening doors, extending guns and ADF pod, and retractable landing gear. It also has a removable side panel to access the EDCC (where Dom sits). Oh yeah, and it also has String and Dom figures
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Steve Lyons
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| Posted: 18 July 2008 at 8:46pm | IP Logged | 5
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Looks like you've been busy, Lars. Great stuff.
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Lars Sandmark
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Thanks Steve.
I did all of these between 5-10 years ago, the last time I worked on my figures was almost two years past.
(My last one was Scarecrow, which I posted in another thread)
Amazing Airwolf btw. Lighted interior? Amazing.
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I understand about not working on figures for a while. Other than the occasional project, I just don't have the time to do as much as I'd like.
Thanks for the compliment; Airwolf was a long time comin', and there were times I thought it would never get done. Truth be told, I still should do some detail work here and there, but I'm working on other stuff right now.
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Anthony Frail
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I found this paint hard to work with, it took forever to dry and always
seemed to be sticky, do you have the same problem?
It dried fairly quickly, but I let it sit a little over an hour just in case.
It could have worked out better, there were spots that the paint didn't
seep into and its a bit too shiny as well. Overall, it did the job and Batman
looks "right", but I wish I had taken the Sharpie advice instead.
That said, I'm very happy with how it turned out. This is the first time I've
"fixed" a figure; usually I'm too afraid I'll mess up and ruin it. I'm happy to
say that I'm 110% glad I did this and will likely be unafraid to alter a
figure in the future.
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Ryan Maxwell
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Wow!! Blown away by everything so far!
I have a feeling I'm going to be saying "Wow" a whole lot in this thread.
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Jodi Moisan
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Steve really nice, the lighted interior is so cool.
All my stuff is packed away and I will get it out as soon as my niece leaves. I did some Star Wars first for my son then I did some stuff for myself, like the Batman figures. I am going to hook up a scanner because so much of the stuff I have is on actual photos and not my computer.
Something else that helped, I bought a super cheap toaster oven to use for cooking the sculpy instead of my regular oven.
Has anyone on here used epoxy to make the clear stuff, used on figures? I had someone tell me it worked great but I have never used it.
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Steve Lyons
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I found this paint hard to work with, it took forever to dry and always
seemed to be sticky, do you have the same problem?
Enamels, like Testors, don't dry when applied to the softer, more flexible plastics a lot of today's figures are made of. Acrylics usually work much better, although they usually requirie more coats to get good coverage.
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I hear ya, Jodi. I took a lot of photos of my figures back in the day. They're all on film, and a pain to get on-line.
What kind of epoxy are you talking about? There's a polyester resin material used to embed flowers and such that's clear. Used it a long time ago on an in-action figure.
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