![[Lion-O V2] Well, finally at the end of my heroic thundercats run. Here he is, Lion-O the mighty lord of the thundercats. I had a bit of a revelation whilst doing him and that is that it is much easier to paint certain parts whilst the figure is in pieces. It also gives much better results. Onto the recipe:
1.Swapped Jericho's boots with some off Curt Hawkins.
2.Cracked figure open and dismantled 100%, if it would come apart, it did.
3.Painted neck, shoulder, hip, ab and ankle joints whilst he was in pieces.
4.Cut hair off and shaved off his beard with the good 'ol dremmel.
5.Re-assembled the figure minus the head.
6.Sculpted clothing and trims of boots with aves fixit. Also filled in gaps created in the cracking open process.
7.Covered arm with tin foil then covered tin foil with aves, pushed on vintage claw shield to get the inside shape right. Trimmed off excess and left to dry.
8.Reattached head and sculpted hair and a small amount of sculpting to his jaw line to make it look a bit more](userimages/customs/18500/18250-1.jpg) Lion-O V2 Thundercatsby DarththomasWell, finally at the end of my heroic thundercats run. Here he is, Lion-O the mighty lord of the thundercats. I had a bit of a revelation whilst doi...7 comments | ![[Pumyra] This is my pen-ultimate good thundercat (for now although I may do Jaga), one left to go after this and that's the mighty lord of the thundercats himself. This was quite a challenge just like Cheetarah the green stuff is a nightmare to cover and keep covered. Anyway, onto the recipe:
1.Removed Anne's hair, jacket and belt then sanded down her socks, shoulders, wrists, trainers and top of t-shirt.
2.Sculpted her new hair and her shoulder pad. Sculpted ears after it had dried.
3.made tops of boots, arm band and neck thing from foam lolly sticks.
4.Made a skirt from bits of a LOTR Aragorn coat (see WIP shot).
5.Decided the skirt was rubbish so changed it for a piece of foam sheet.
6.Used ML longshot's man bag for her little satchel and belt.
7.Glued pieces of an old 360 controller inards onto top of boots to make her gems.
8.Painted all joints and glue shielded the lot.
9.Stuck on a printed picture of the cat emblem and painted over it.
10.Painted rest of the figure using GW paints.
1](userimages/customs/18500/18130-1.jpg) Pumyra Thundercatsby DarththomasThis is my pen-ultimate good thundercat (for now although I may do Jaga), one left to go after this and that's the mighty lord of the thundercats hims...2 comments |
![[Tygra V2] Well, back on the Tcats again. Here is my fifth good thundercat and version 2 of Tygra. I'm not 100% happy with a few things on this guy such as his vest and the colour of his arms and legs but he'll do for now. Onto the recipe:
1.Gave Zack a good washing and removed limbs.
2.Shaved down all the joints to prevent paint rub and removed hair. Reattached limbs.
3.Sculpted on the vest and hair using aves fixit.
4.Swapped hands with a big show figure to get rid of the wrist tape.
5.Used a wrestlers elbow pad for one arm and two rubber washers for the other.
6.Cut out toes and heels from boots and sculpted new ones in.
7.Foam lolly pop (popsicle) sticks for the tops of his boots and sculpt for the gems.
8.Used A random handle from my fodder box for his bolo whips handle and twistie ties for the whip with three fodder balls glued to the ends (Whip is fully posable).
9.Painted joints with GW paints and glue shielded them all.
10.Stuck a printed picture of the cat symbol on.
11.Painted the](userimages/customs/18000/17756-1.jpg) Tygra V2 Thundercatsby DarththomasWell, back on the Tcats again. Here is my fifth good thundercat and version 2 of Tygra. I'm not 100% happy with a few things on this guy such as his...4 comments | ![[Sin-Biote] Welcome all to the apocalypse!!.
After being shunned by the rest of the horsemen famine decided he was fed up of being the butt of the horsemens jokes, he decided to seek his revenge. So as the rest of the four slept he silently crept down to the crypts of hades where the three were resting peacefully. "Revenge will be mine" he hissed from between his frail lips, "I will be strong again". With those words he swallowed the rest of the horsemen whole, dislocating his jaw with a loud click. After some time had passed he gradually started to notice "side effects" of his actions. At first he wasn't sure if it was a punishment from the devil or a reward from god for his help in destroying the horsemen. He soon realised the truth as his body started to swell to blob like proportions. This was his true calling and fate had decided all that had led to him seeking his revenge. He grew bigger and bigger and slowly something more sinister started to happen.](userimages/customs/17500/17396-1.jpg) Sin-Biote Originalby DarththomasWelcome all to the apocalypse!!.
After being shunned by the rest of the horsemen famine decided he was fed up of being the butt of the horsemens jo...6 comments |
![[Thor] Hi all, this is my basic repaint of the 12" Marvel Icons Thor. Now I now about the whole debate is a repaint counted as a custom or not, well I say yes it is. Judging by the amount of time I put into this guy. I used games workshop paint and sealed it with games workshop satin varnish. I think he looks much better than he did and am very pleased with the result.](userimages/customs/17500/17395-1.jpg) Thor Marvel Iconby DarththomasHi all, this is my basic repaint of the 12" Marvel Icons Thor. Now I now about the whole debate is a repaint counted as a custom or not, well I ...9 comments | ![[Cheetarah V2] Ok, so this is the next one in my Tcat series, only Lion-O, Tygra and Pumyra to go now. I started off thinking this would be really easy as most of the work was done for me, the leotard and hair seemed to go well. I soon realised covering all that green skin was not going to be a walk in the park. I left the leotard as is because I thought it matched OK and gives her a kinda updated look. I then realised the hair would have to be re-sculpted which was not too bad. The green skin however!!!!, anyway, onto the recipe:
1.Removed She hulk hair and shaved off all unwanted detail (shoes, gloves)
2.Started painting at the joints with GW paints
3.Sculpted around shoes and calfs to make the boots.
4.Sculpted new hair.
5.Sealed all joints with superglue, brush on stuff, it saved a lot of time and works really well.
6.Made arm guard and trims of boots out of foam.
7.Sculpted bangles.
8.Stuck on printed picture of cat logo and painted over.
9.Finished off the rest of the dreaded green skin wi](userimages/customs/17000/16966-1.jpg) Cheetarah V2 Thundercatsby DarththomasOk, so this is the next one in my Tcat series, only Lion-O, Tygra and Pumyra to go now. I started off thinking this would be really easy as most of t...4 comments |
![[Slithe] Well, I said he was on his way and here he is, the leader of the evil mutants Slithe. I believe in America the base figure is Target exclusive hulk but over here in England it's called limited edition hulk. I had loads of fun making this dude and am really pleased at how he turned out. Onto the recipe:
1.Got rid of all details on the hulk head, face, hair, ears, the lot.
2.Dremelled the pant details off the legs.
3.Took the tail of a T-rex toy and glued to hulk's bottom, filled in gaps with aves
4.The most time consuming part, covered whole body with aves.
5.Got a piece of vintage slithe and pressed it into the aves to create scale effect.
6.Cut out eyes, nose, mouth and ears from vintage slithe and glued to blank hulk head.
7.Sculpted in the cheeks, tops of eyes and rest of head with aves.
8.Cut spikes from pieces of plastic glued on and covered with aves.
9.cut toes from vintage slithe and glued onto hulk feet filled gaps with aves.
10.Made belt from leather dog collar.
11.Straps](userimages/customs/17000/16694-1.jpg) Slithe Thundercatsby DarththomasWell, I said he was on his way and here he is, the leader of the evil mutants Slithe. I believe in America the base figure is Target exclusive hulk b...13 comments | ![[Wilykat] Another for the Thundercats team and only three left to go now, onto the recipe:
1.Started off as Baron Zemo, removed head, legs, forearms and fur collar.
2.Added head, forearms and legs minus the boots from Longshot.
3.Added boots from Quicksilver
4.Tried to dremmel clothing lines off legs and forearms not all that succesfully.
5.dremmeled down mould lines and collar.
6.Went to town on the joints with a dremmel to stop paint rub.
7.Sculpted the lines on his costume and his hair with Aves fixit.
8.Added a random piece of a model kit to the hand as one of his pellets.
9.Drilled holes in the belt and added pockets from longshot.
10.Made shoe details from foam.
11.Added a metal ring on his belt to hold his whip.
12.Stuck printed picture of cat symbol onto belt
13.Painted with GW paints.
14.Added string from an action man accessory for his whip.
This guy took way longer than expected and I tried to make him a hoverboard but abandoned it to concentrate on my next custom, I might go back t](userimages/customs/17000/16615-1.jpg) Wilykat Thundercatsby DarththomasAnother for the Thundercats team and only three left to go now, onto the recipe:
1.Started off as Baron Zemo, removed head, legs, forearms and fur co...2 comments |
![[Anakin Skywalker Knights of Old Style] Ok, the third and probably last (for now) of my Knights of old collection, pretty much the same recipe as the other two. Narnia figure decapitated and SW Ep2 Anakin also decapitated, cut neck off at the jawline and dremelled a hole same size as neck peg, cut beam off a lightsaber and attached it to the prince Caspian sword hilt, finished off with another three hour paint job. I've really enjoyed doing these knights of old style figures and would never discount the fact that I may do more in the future but for now I think it's time to concentrate on getting my Thundercat team completed, enjoy and I'll be back soon.](userimages/customs/16500/16366-1.jpg) Anakin Skywalker Knights of Old Style Star Warsby DarththomasOk, the third and probably last (for now) of my Knights of old collection, pretty much the same recipe as the other two. Narnia figure decapitated an...3 comments | ![[Obi Wan Knights of Old Style] Another knights of old style jedi, I was quite happy with my last one and I found a load of these narnia guys at a toyshop for £1 (about 60 cents) so I thought hey, why not. Same recipe as the last one decapitated narnia guy and an original trilogy collection ghost of obi wan, dremmeled out the obi wan head and then hollowed out the helmet off the narnia guy. I also cut up the sword and attached a lightsaber beam to the hilt. I quite like the saber but the head seems to be a bit off centre. Finished off with a three hour paint job with gw paints and another knight done for my collection.](userimages/customs/16500/16170-1.jpg) Obi Wan Knights of Old Style Star Warsby DarththomasAnother knights of old style jedi, I was quite happy with my last one and I found a load of these narnia guys at a toyshop for £1 (about 60 cent...5 comments |
![[Jackalman] As far as I can tell this is a figure realm debut for this character, I have searched the tcat section and performed a search of the whole site to check and I'm amazed no one has attempted such a big character. I was quite ambitious on this one but think it turned out great, well anyway, onto the recipe:
1. Took a deluxe aggression figure and cut of the top of his abdomen and neck. 2. Did the same to a dr. Who werewolf figure then glued onto the wrestler
3. Cut legs off wrestler and werewolf then attached wolf legs to wrestler thighs
4. Used some foam to fill the gaps between wolf and wrestlers necks then sculpted over
5. Sculpted over the gaps between the two different figures legs
6. Glued various bits of hair from other wrestlers onto the neck and shoulders
7. Sculpted over the glued on hair to blend out the joins
8. Made the shoulder pad and straps from a leather dog collar and an old rhino shoulder
9. Glued a jewel onto the mddle and surrounded with a twistie tie
10. Made the be](userimages/customs/16500/16079-1.jpg) Jackalman Thundercatsby DarththomasAs far as I can tell this is a figure realm debut for this character, I have searched the tcat section and performed a search of the whole site to che...16 comments | ![[Luke Skywalker Knights Of Old Style] This is my rendition of Luke as a knight of old. I bought a load of figures of an auction site and this narnia guy was included, I spent all of three minutes deciding what to do with it and this is the result. The recipe is quite simple, decapitated the Narnia guy and a power of the force Bespin Luke, cut of lukes neck and around his jaw line then dremmeled into Luke's head until it fit onto the Narnia body. Hollowed out the helmet then spent about three hours painting him with GW paints, also made an alternate saber that was more of sword but thuoght this one looked better. Thanks for taking a glance and I'll be back on the thundercat wagon soon.](userimages/customs/16000/15827-1.jpg) Luke Skywalker Knights Of Old Style Star Warsby DarththomasThis is my rendition of Luke as a knight of old. I bought a load of figures of an auction site and this narnia guy was included, I spent all of three ...3 comments |
![[Wilykit] My 8th thundercat custom and the team is coming together nicely. I realise this base has been used before but I copied by accident rather than design. I just found a real cheap X-23 that was just screaming Wilkit to me. When I got it home I looked on here for ideas and found two others so sorry Boskoes and bootfactor3 but thems the breaks.
anyway, enough about me onto the figure
part 1: dremmeld away unwanted details
Part 2: swapped legs for psylocks
part 3: sculpted hair with aves fixit
Part 4: cut of toe of boot and grafted on toes from a plastic cheetah toy
Part 5: painted with GW paints
Part 6: hoverboard, cut top of a kids toy boat, glued cardboard underneath and added fixit to fill the seams.
part 7: Glued ice lolly stick to top of board and fixit to apply the symbol
part 8: took engines of an X-wing and glued to bottom
part 9: painted hoverboard and done
I felt like this was kind of a rush job as I have got three more base figures waiting on the chopping block but I thin](userimages/customs/16000/15527-1.jpg) Wilykit Thundercatsby DarththomasMy 8th thundercat custom and the team is coming together nicely. I realise this base has been used before but I copied by accident rather than design...2 comments | ![[Panthro V2] Well, it's finally done, Panthro V2. First things first massive thanks to Crisco on this one for advice on solving paint rub issues and for inspiring me to finally buy a dremmel, also thanks to mighty Tom, Glennwebman69 and Esbat for their female figures advice.
This one has been in the works for at least two months now, mostly due to shortage of spare time. Anyways, here goes on the recipe:
PART 1: Started of with WWE deluxe Shelton benjamin, cracked open his bottom part and swapped the top of his legs with a curt hawkins as he had the trunk tops on them.
PART 2: cracked the top part open so I could secure the spikes inside the body. The spikes are from my dogs old collar (thanks Retro for your services to customising). I drilled holes in the body then pushed the spikes through before sticking them in with Aves fixit. Used medical tape for the straps trimmed down and painted.
PART 3:Sculpted over Shelton's mouth to give him that Panthro chin.
PART4: The belt is made from](userimages/customs/15500/15374-1.jpg) Panthro V2 Thundercatsby DarththomasWell, it's finally done, Panthro V2. First things first massive thanks to Crisco on this one for advice on solving paint rub issues and for inspiring...6 comments |
![[Han Solo Stormtrooper] Did this one before I managed to get hold of a reasonably priced factory made one. Used a sandtrooper cut a hand off turned it round and glued it back on then switched the head out for a Han one. The helmet doesn't go on unfortunately. Other than it being the opposite way round to the factory one as seen in second picture I think it's pretty close.](userimages/customs/15000/14579-1.jpg) Han Solo Stormtrooper Star Warsby DarththomasDid this one before I managed to get hold of a reasonably priced factory made one. Used a sandtrooper cut a hand off turned it round and glued it bac...0 comments | ![[Bobba Fett] Repaint of the vintage Bobba. Did this as I always thought the vintage was a bit rubbish in its colors. Had a poor condition vintage figure and thought I'd give it a go, also added some battle scarring with a hot knife.](userimages/customs/15000/14578-1.jpg) Bobba Fett Star Warsby DarththomasRepaint of the vintage Bobba. Did this as I always thought the vintage was a bit rubbish in its colors. Had a poor condition vintage figure and thou...2 comments |
![[Darth Sidious Empire Training] Another forgotten custom I'm listing just to show I'm not a one trick pony on my thundercats and also to tide me over till Panthro V2 is done. This guy is the emperor during his training days before he rose to power. He is made from a Grand Moff Tarkin body with a episode 3 Palpatine head. I know he was never trained as a warrior by the republic but he did get taught in the dark arts of the sith so here he is during his rise to power.](userimages/customs/15000/14577-1.jpg) Darth Sidious Empire Training Star Warsby DarththomasAnother forgotten custom I'm listing just to show I'm not a one trick pony on my thundercats and also to tide me over till Panthro V2 is done. This g...4 comments | ![[Ewoks] These are basic repaints of vintage Ewoks, I did these years ago and to be honest had completely forgotten about them even though they have sat on display in my collection for years. I did them just to add a bit of variety to my Ewok village and thought I'd post them just to up my custom count.](userimages/customs/15000/14576-1.jpg) Ewoks Star Warsby DarththomasThese are basic repaints of vintage Ewoks, I did these years ago and to be honest had completely forgotten about them even though they have sat on dis...2 comments |
![[Snarf] I did this as a bit of fun whilst working on my other Tcats there wasn't much work involved. It's a what if? kinda thing. What if Snarf was not the annoying little twerp all thundercat fans know and love/hate. What if he was a fully fledged tcat member? Well this is my idea of what he may look like. Started off as Reed Richards, sculpted the hair and beard from fixit allowed to harden then sculpted the ears. Cut the top of his gloves off and then onto painting. I decided to leave the blue as it is kind of a tcat colour and also so I didn't have to paint the dreaded joints. Most of my friends think there is too much blue on him but I think it gives him a cartoony look. Dry brushed the boots and gloves loads with golden yellow, painted the stripes and triangle blood red washed with a blood red chaos black mix then dry brushed over. Let me know what you think on the blue issue.](userimages/customs/14500/14281-1.jpg) Snarf Thundercatsby DarththomasI did this as a bit of fun whilst working on my other Tcats there wasn't much work involved. It's a what if? kinda thing. What if Snarf was not the ...2 comments | ![[Lynx-O] This is my fifth attempt at customising and my fifth Thundercat. I think my skills have improved significantly since my first four of lion-o, panthro, tigra and cheetarah. For this one I started off with a WWE deluxe aggression figure of Tazz as he already had a unitard and his leg joints were black so no need to paint them. I filed down his hair by hand to make a bald head and filed the bottom of his shorts to make his legs more like trousers. I then sculpted his head band and beard from Aves fixit and waited for it to harden before sculpting the ears. Then I sculpted the feet and bandages round his ankles before finally sculpting his belt on and adding four slices of a lightsaber as the middle bit. For paints I used games workshop paints, blood red for the unitard washed with flesh wash and dry brushed over with blood red again. Chaos black for the rest of the suit and a small amount of dry brushing with my own grey mix to pick out highlights. His hands and bandages were pain](userimages/customs/14500/14275-1.jpg) Lynx-O Thundercatsby DarththomasThis is my fifth attempt at customising and my fifth Thundercat. I think my skills have improved significantly since my first four of lion-o, panthro...8 comments |
![[Bengali] My Sixth thundercat started life as a WWE deluxe aggression Hardcore Bob Holly. I swapped the head with a Curt Hawkins figure as Bob had a bit of a stupid look on his face. I cut the hair off and the laces on the boots. I then sculpted over the boots and the bottoms of his shorts. After it hardened I filed it all down to create a seamless change from plastic to apoxy. I then sculpted his hair and tops of his boots. Next was the feet so I cut chunks from the toe and heel and sculptd them back in. For his toe nails I used some fingers off an old marvel scorpion figure. Sculpted the shoulder pads too. After all that was done I started experimenting with his harness/bandolier/straps. I tried cable ties, rubber gloves and bits off other figures but in the end I decided to just sculpt them on and used a pocket off a batman as his belts pocket. For his hammer I used a random one I had cut the top out and sculpted the bottom jaw. For the top bit I used a head off a Go-bot (at least](userimages/customs/14500/14270-1.jpg) Bengali Thundercatsby DarththomasMy Sixth thundercat started life as a WWE deluxe aggression Hardcore Bob Holly. I swapped the head with a Curt Hawkins figure as Bob had a bit of a s...9 comments | ![[Cheetarah] This is my second attempt at Cheetarah I had to abandon the first attempt as it was out of scale with the others. I started by trimming the trousers to make them look more like legs, I then had to sculpt around the top of the trousers to blend them into the top of her body and make it lok like a leotard. Then some sculpting over the shoulders and back to make the top of the leotard. I also had to sculpt around the shoes to blend them into her legs and for the top of her boots. A few finishing touches with the sculpted arm band and I still have to add her bangles on the other arm. A couple of coats of GW paints and lots of dry brushing to add detail, the cat symbol is a printed picture painted over and varnished. Her stick is made from a wooden skewer painted yellow then varnished. I'm well pleased with the result and glad I decided to scrap the first one.](userimages/customs/14000/13547-1.jpg) Cheetarah Thundercatsby DarththomasThis is my second attempt at Cheetarah I had to abandon the first attempt as it was out of scale with the others. I started by trimming the trousers ...0 comments |
![[Tygra] This is my first attempt at Tygra. I saw some others had a go and thought I'd put my own spin on him. I started with a wwe ruthless aggression Chris Benoit, I had to remove the legs to file down the tops in order to stop paint rub. I also swapped a hand with a Kurt Angle figure so my Panthro could have two open hands. I then sculpted the hair, clothes and boots from Aves Fixit sculpt. I then had to tidy up the crotch where it had been broken open (It was a bit of a mission cracking it open). I also did some fine sculpting in the mouth to cover up the gap in Chris Benoits teeth and added some cat fangs. A couple of coats of GW paints and lots of dry brushing. The cat symbol was made from printed picture painted over and varnished. The whip is a piece off an old spiderman bike (it just seemed perfect) a few pieces of cotton and then some more fixit for the balls on the end ( it is not yet finished). I think he turned out pretty well for a first attempt. Wasn't happy with the sil](userimages/customs/14000/13546-1.jpg) Tygra Thundercatsby DarththomasThis is my first attempt at Tygra. I saw some others had a go and thought I'd put my own spin on him. I started with a wwe ruthless aggression Chris ...1 comments | ![[Panthro] This is my first attempt at customising this character, I saw other people had tried these so thought I'd put my own spin on him. I started out with a WWE ruthless aggression figure of Kurt Angle. I sculpted his belt, boots, straps and ears with Aves Fixit sculpt. The spikes are made from candle holders (I searched high and low to find something that would do the job). The cats symbol was a printed picture painted over then varnished. A couple of coats of citadel miniatures paints, lots of dry brushing and then some more varnish. The Nunchucks are made from a piece of dowel with sculted bits and the hands from an old spiderman then a piece of my wifes old jewellery for the chain I'm still working on the nunchucks as they are not finished yet and don't appear in these pics. I think the results are pretty cool for my first try at Panthro. Added another picture taken with my proper digital camera also to show his completed Nunchucks.](userimages/customs/14000/13539-1.jpg) Panthro Thundercatsby DarththomasThis is my first attempt at customising this character, I saw other people had tried these so thought I'd put my own spin on him. I started out with ...2 comments |
![[Lion-O] This is my first attempt at customising, I saw other people had tried these so thought I'd put my own spin on him. I started out with a WWE ruthless aggression figure of Charlie Haas. I sculpted his armour, belt, boots, claw shield and hair from Aves fixit sculpt. The cats symbol was a printed picture painted over then varnished. A couple of coats of citadel miniatures paints and then some more varnish. I'm still working on the sword as I'm not 100% happy with it. I think the results are pretty cool for my first try at Lion-O.](userimages/customs/14000/13537-1.jpg) Lion-O Thundercatsby DarththomasThis is my first attempt at customising, I saw other people had tried these so thought I'd put my own spin on him. I started out with a WWE ruthless ...0 comments | |
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