Klaw Custom Action Figure

thanks man! The red looks better in person. Less glossy and more metallic.

thanks man, I always appreciate your comments

while I'm not really a huge fan of mcguinness' work, I do like his portraits for the new ML boxes, and yeah, in some cases they are outclassing the figures.

thanks man, I appreciate it.

haha, "buck" is a term used to describe a base body that is made with the intention of re-use. Also, thanks!

that just sounds like such a pain...

thanks man. I'm not DCUC biggest fan either, but sometimes they make a cool figure.

haha, its his last name. Professor Ulysses Klaw. Also, thank you.

yeah man, watch out. I feel like the worst offenders are the elbows (not the disc itself, but the area on the lower arm that runs against the upper arm when you bend it), and the shoulders (not just the discs, which are bad, but also the part of the shoulders that rub against the inside of the torso)

I'm flattered, thanks so much Red. Its really a shame, cause the head and gun are really well sculpted, but the body just lets them down. Even the bullseye body, which I normally hate, would have been a better choice.

man, its nice to hear I'm not the only one who doesn't like working on these bodies.

Buzzy Fret has several tutorials on breaking down the entire DCUC body to get the best out of it. I still do not like doing it. Something always goes awry in my experience. I end up breaking something or messing something up. Using the same color body doesn't even help me, because I paint over it anyways and end up still sanding it(Like Pulpy said). In the end, the results are amazing if you can disassemble these figures and have them with no paint rub. I try to stay away from sanding on their rubber accessories like capes and jackets. I've ruined a couple but I hate those mold lines on them! I have repaired some by sanding off the lines and making tears or small holes in the rubber, have to fill it with superglue and then sand back over that till it's smooth. Use fine grit sandpaper. Vallejo makes plastic putty, but I haven't tried that yet. Oh, to help the rubber materials take paint try using a paint primer. I sometimes brush on the PRIMER made by PAINT FOR PLASTIC by PLAID. It's specially formulated to add adhesion to flexible plastics. BTW...love this conversion! I hated the KLAW figure also and matter of fact don't even remember where I put it that's how much I liked it.

@fred: haha... yeah no fun at all. Thanks for the tips though. Those may help if I ever decide to pick up a DCUC body again.

thanks dude!

thanks man. I feel the opposite about its ability to take paint, especially the torso parts. They did not seem interested in taking paint at all... maybe I just need to work with them more, but man, it was just such a pain. My hat is off to people who work with them more.