Stingray Galaxy Rangers custom figure

Here is Stingray, a character from the 80s series of Galaxy Rangers. Frankly, I'am not sure if I saw it when I was a kid, or if I confuse it with Bravestarr. Sometime ago I saw the episode 1 and more or less know what is the series. Recently I made this figure for a friend. He is Stingray, a figure that didn't have a toy, I suppose much like Shadow Weaver in MOTU. He has powers like Cyclops, when he removes his glasses he launches a optic ray.

As I've seen, I think I'am the first to post a custom of this collection in Figurealm, I have introduced in Galaxy Quest which sounds similar.

Base figure Deluxe Aggression

Shadi Yu Gi Oh custom figure anime Yugioh

Original custom

Once upon a time, in a far, far... well, not so far house, I tried my first attempt to create a articulated figure from scratch (I didn't knew the word custom, back then). Using bodyputty (melted plastic with acetone, the closest I had to cheap & durable sculpting material) it occured to me why not try to make an action figure making part by part (I had made before bodyputty statues). 

I'am not sure why, I chose Shadi (I'am not a fan of Yugioh, I've never seen a complete episode, and I hate the protagonist, anyway) but his face resemblance to an android from Dragon Ball and the circumstance that I received a Tazo/Pog of this character made him the candidate. The result wasn't perfect, but at that time it seemed a triumph. With the passing of time it broke (the articulations were just metal nails onto the plastic) and I kept the main body hoping to repair it someday. 

And recently, looking for what to do with Kamandi, I remembered my original Shadi and decided to make him again with my current skills. At the time I redesigned the body as I only had the tazo/pog with his portrait, and now I have merged that redesign with the authentic looks of the character. I've used real cloth as a homage to that original figure (as it had cloth to hide some points of articulation).

Hope you like it. In my figureverse, he would be A-21, a Dragon Ball android (you will think I'am blind or something, but that tazo/pog really looked like A-17 with turbant!)

Recipe;

Geminis Saint Seiya head

Kamandi body

Starfire lower legs

Torgo Marvel Legends custom Fantastic Four figure

                                                   

Here is Torgo, robot ruler of Mekka. I wanted to do it before but I hadn't the base figure handy. I've made him in his nineties-early 00 style.

Professor X Xavier Astral Plane Armour Marvel Legends X-Men custom figure

Here it is Professor Xavier in Astral Plane Armour. This custom is a homage to the figure of the nineties made by ToyBiz. It struck as a very cool concept, and inspired by the custom of glennwebman I decided to make a custom with stronger resemblance to the original figure.

Base figure Samurai, Chap Mei Sword, casted Lex Luthor head, bootleg Power Ranger armour.

Sanstorm Spiderman villain Marvel Legends custom figure

This is Sandstorm, a 90s Spiderman villain. I saw his trading card, and as I made not long ago Sandman, I thought of using the same technique of a sand cone, but this time fixed to the figure.


Ruthless Aggression figure
Storm hair
Deluxe Aggression head

Blister clear plastic, with glue and real sand

Blood Rose Marvel Legends custom figure Rose Kingpin Spiderman

Here is Blood Rose, the evolution of the Rose (Kingpin's son), during a nineties Punisher sort of phase he passed. A more interesting way of making the Rose. 

DCUC Samurai body, Vigilante head, random weapons, and GI Joe munition band.

Anti Man Blue Marvel Marvel Legends custom figure

Here is Anti-Man, the arch-nemesis of Blue Marvel. I love his eyeless mask, the Galactus-sort of head gear and the expression of brutality it had the character, so I thought it would be a good theme for a custom figure. I tried to make look the deluxe aggression figure more bulky with Mongul hands and enlarged feet.


Recipe;

Dr Midnite and Black Hand cloaks glued together
Zodac Backpack's as shoulder pads
Dr. Midnite cloak for skirt

The rest is foam and Magic Sculp.