Sunday, May 22, 2022

Volk (Green Lantern) Custom Action Figure

 

Here is Volk, the volcano lantern! following one of his depictions, where he is shown as having a huge erupting round head! it was tough to decide which base figure, I finally went for a ToyBiz Hulk. I sprayed him with textured granite spray, to give sensation of rock, and then painted on top.

Aramesh Disk Traveller (Masters of the Universe) Custom Action Figure

Here is Aramesh, from the He-Man cartoon! I kept my typical recipe of Iron Man Hulkbuster, but this time I made for him a hover disk in metal, like the one he uses to flee while kidnapping Orko in the series. Cloak is from DC Direct Starman.

Omega Rangers x4 Team (Power Rangers) Custom Action Figure

Here a whole group, the Omega Rangers ;) . I did them a few months ago, for a Belgian collector. They appear in some Power Rangers comics. They were a bit complicated to do, as I was a bit under the weather at that time. I had the perfect base for the girls, Rita Repulsa, but struggled with the two male rangers. I used chrome lace painted yellow for the bands. Heads sculpted from scratch.

Lokar the Terrible (Power Rangers) Custom Action Figure

Here is Lokar, villain that appeared in a few episodes of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, as well as in the comics. Apparently in the comics it is shown how his body is, and his throne, which I also did for this custom with porexpan and molten plastic. For his hair, I used some Christmas decorations, finely trimmed :) . Head is from Angel, body Spiderman, Mr Sinister lower limbs.

 

Phaeton v4 Saint Seiya Myth Cloth custom figure

 Here is Phaeton, leader of the palace guard of the evil Arles Pope. This is my fourth version of the custom figure, made using an Archangel Marvel Legends figure. Heavily sculpted all round.

YALE of SAARD Power Rangers Lightning Collection custom figure Omega Rangers 6"

 Here it is Ranger Yale, to complete the roster of Omega Rangers. As far as I know the only non-human Ranger! he is a cat like being. Made over a heavily modified X-Men Beast.

Sunday, May 15, 2022

the Absorbing Man - Dazzle Power glow in the dark 12 inch - custom 900th! Custom Figure

Here it is! at long last! after much work and efforts, I have mastered the glow in the dark paint in convincing manner! such a feat had to be celebrated, and I decided to make it my custom 900th. At first, many years ago, I thought of doing this custom standard, but I later saw how cool it would be to have it glow in the dark. But I couldn't manage to find a suitable fine, transparent and strong glow in the dark paint, so it got shelved for years on end. But I managed to acquire some 40 year old pot of paint which did the trick! Based on the iconic, even if obscure issue of the Dazzler, where Absorbing Man absorbs Dazzler's mutant augmented ray, and hence he becomes a giant, fuelled by Reed Richards amplifier of Dazzler's power, in form of a tape player. Such extravaganza of science fiction had to be celebrated with a fitting custom figure. Rey Mysterio's Maximum Aggression 12 inches figure looked a unusable figure for any good purpose, but after reading this comic I knew what to do. Not many giants wear long wide jeans! I sculpted it profusely to get the best likeness, made a watch as extra, took chain from a spawn figure, ball from a ping pong ball, tape player made in molten plastic, and painted in fine colour degradations to match the comic's look (inside the pages he is depicted fully green, hence it was perfect the glow in the dark effect). I dedicate this custom to my cousin which sadly passed away last week. May he rest in heaven. Hope you like it, and see you in the custom 1000th ;).