If we don't get a series 2 - i may have to make some customs

Uriah · Post by **Uriah** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 2:12 am

Any body else make custom figures? Mezco did a lot of reclycling of parts to make these figs (ex: Cochise has the same lower body as the Furies with different paint and shoes). Because of all the parts canibalization, you could create some figures on your own by sculpting new heads... if you were so inclined.

I'm holding off till we hear if series 1 sales merit a series 2 - but if not, I can't have just half the warriors sitting on my shelf - i want them all yada yada yada...

TCM Hitchhiker · Post by **TCM Hitchhiker** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 6:04 am

I have made many a custom action figures, here are some of my favorites....

Microman, Space Ghost

Microman, Peter Criss

Simpsons, Dr. Zaius

12" G.I. Joe Zartan

Zombie Chick

Friday the 13th part 2, Jason

Movie Maniacs, Re-Animator, Dr. Herbert West

Svengoolie

Vintage style, Micronauts, Star Wars characters

You can see more of my horror customs here
http://horrorseek.com/horror/ghastly/de ... stoms.html

12" G.I. Joes here
http://home.comcast.net/~tcmhitchhiker/TCMRAB.html

ohs · Post by **ohs** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 6:20 am

omg those 12" gi joe figures you made are awesome! The links to the 2 snake eyes are not working, but out of the others I like Torch the best, good ol drednoks! Are you planning to make more?

TCM Hitchhiker · Post by **TCM Hitchhiker** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 5:47 pm

Yeah, I noticed the Snake-Eyes pages were down some time ago. The reason I haven't bothered fixing them, is that I want to take better pics of all the figures now that I have a killer camera, like I did with Zartan up above. One of these days.

I have a Buzzer that has been in the works for what seems like forever, and will finish him one of these days. I have been slacking on customs in the last year though.

Torch, Space Ghost, Dr. Zaius, and Dr. Zaius' packaging have all been award winners.

jjchampion · Post by **jjchampion** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 6:45 pm

TCM, that Dr. Zaius is FAN-EFFING-TASTIC. The expression on his face is perfect.

I was a big-time Simpsons WOS collector, getting two of every figure (one to open, one to keep MOC) from the beginning of the line to the end. That line is essentially what got me into toy collecting, for better or for worse.

Uriah · Post by **Uriah** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 8:06 pm

Great job on all those customs. I love the micro-man figs as a base - the articulation is ridculous. Have you seen the new Mag-warrior figures from megablocks? They are sort of like beefier mediaval micro-man figs - i think they would be great for customizing.

i wish I had pictures of all the figures I've made - I've worked on things as small as 2 inch to minatures to 24 inch robots. i did a ton of Marvel super hero customs back in the day, then transitioned to custom Shogun Warriors/Jumbo machinders (anybody remember those 2 foot goiiaths?). Most recetly, I made a Darkwolf figure. He is the warrior pictured in my avatar - from the animated movie "Fire and Ice" (if you haven't seen it, you should - just re-leased on DVD for the first time last month)

Here are some links to Darkwolf and my minatures (I did Space Ghost and KISS minatures you might like).
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/darkstorm ... .dir=/f366
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/darkstorm ... /my_photos

PadLock · Post by **PadLock** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 11:35 pm

Who would you make? Warrior wise?

Uriah · Post by **Uriah** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 11:57 pm

Warrior wise I'd like to do everyone we don't get from Mezco. Snow, for example, could be made from a Cleon body with a re-sculpted head. i'd repaint the pants a dark brown and repaint his skin tone to be lighter.

I'd like to do the Rogue 2nd in command too - using the Red-faced Fury's head, repainted with a resculpted hat - combined with a Warrior's body. I'd sculp the other details like a collar and pockets on the vest and t-shirt sleeves from scratch.

SkateXer99 · Post by **SkateXer99** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 12:06 am

Whether there's a series 2 or not, I say you do it anyway!