Custom Action Figure Tutorials
Welcome to the wild, wet, and wonderfully weird world of action figure customization! This is where great customizers pool their figure-smashing know-how to help new customizers. Why customize? Because the toy companies will never make that gorgeous Red Sonja figure of your dreams, and customizing is the only way to get it! We have an ever-expanding collection of tutorials you can use freely to sharpen your skills. No matter how hard or how insanely impossible a task may be, keep poking, tearing, popping, and burning your way through your figures until you get the results you're looking for! And as always, feel free to ask questions of this great community we have here if you need help with anything!
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Custom Tutorials Disclaimer
Customizing can be a fun, but dangerous hobby. These tutorials are contributed by other customizers. Some of the things recommended in the tutorials may be dangerous, such as the use of boiling water or sharp objects. You shouldn't attempt anything mentioned without adult permission and supervision. Figure Realm and/or the authors of the tutorials are not liable for any injuries or damages occurring from any attempt to follow suggestions in these tutorials.
That being said, good luck with your creations!
Tutorial Sections
Pick a section below to browse tutorials on that topic.
Figure Fundamentals25 tutorialsBefore learning to swim one must learn to float. Or hire a lifeguard. Or build a boat? Whatever! Stick a sponge in your brain and dive in! Fundamental lessons and recommendations for customizing tools are found here.Painting Blues12 tutorialsStroke through this section to relieve your paint-related woes. Lessons on how to thin paint and choose the proper shade for plastic nipples can be found here.Mods and Special FX46 tutorialsAdd oomph!, pizzazz, and all sorts of other funny-sounding nouns to your figures. Convert joints, sculpt pouches, generate laser beams, guides for all that stuff can be found here.Repairs10 tutorialsSome day those figures are going to decide they need to fly off the shelf, and you're gonna have to glue the pieces back together. Here are some common problems you may encounter and how to fix them.Targeted Tips16 tutorialsHere you'll find tutorials and ideas involving specific figures, parts, or gear.Miscellaneous2 tutorialsIf you're looking for a guide on taking pictures, or how to keep your pet birds from using Barbie's hair as nesting material, you may find it here. Latest Custom Tutorial Comments
Medusa Hair Tutorial created by DarkX0rn
Using LEGO for Customs created by Eternomorph
How Flexible is ProCreate? created by Henchmen4Hire
Cracking Figures Apart With Minimal Damage created by Henchmen4Hire