![[Amphibian] Obviously I took some creative liberties, he's more interesting to look at now I think than the regular suit he has (and I didn't feel like sculpting all the scales and having them be fugly :P ).
Also, I am NEVER EVER working with Aquaman figures again, EVER! This was bar-none, THE hardest figure to work with! The torso wouldn't open so I ended up breaking the neck and gashing the sides badly, then the knees are impossible to disassemble unless you crack the dried paint. And putting the knees back on are a completely new problem because you have to widen the holes so the pegs will go back into them! And then a fat guy farted in the room! GAH!
Torso: Aquaman Jr?
Chest: Aquaman
Shoulders/Biceps: Batman
Forearms: Aquaman
Lower Legs: Superman
And I don't know anything about Amphibian so I put him in wierd poses, lol](userimages/customs/14000/13904-1.jpg) Amphibian Squadron Supremeby Dr NightmareObviously I took some creative liberties, he's more interesting to look at now I think than the regular suit he has (and I didn't feel like sculpting ...7 comments | ![[The Penguin] You've all done this already, just good practice. For some reason the buttons looked goofy when I painted them silver so I left them alone.](userimages/customs/14000/13819-1.jpg) The Penguin Batmanby Dr NightmareYou've all done this already, just good practice. For some reason the buttons looked goofy when I painted them silver so I left them alone....1 comments |
![[Dirk Anger] Behold the only Dirk Anger figure in existence! (That I know of) Leader of H.A.T.E., scourge of all things sane, lover of dresses and killer koalas and homicide-crabs! Wow, seriously, go read the 12-issue Nextwave comic series, it's nifty.
This was fun to make, it's always fun to make goofy doofy characters.
Body: Wolverine
Head: Ken
Boots/Shoulerpads: Iron Man
Gloves/Forearm: Batman
Bicep: Steel
Painted with Citadel, Testors, and Tamiya.
Just put everything together, sculpted the hair and straps, also the communicator. Used a little strip of package-bubble and painted it clear yellow for the eye-visor thing. The gun is removable and the arms are too but I forgot what I was going to make them interchangable with, lol. Oh well. The little blue thing is a DropBear...just read the comic!](userimages/customs/14000/13766-1.jpg) Dirk Anger Nextwaveby Dr NightmareBehold the only Dirk Anger figure in existence! (That I know of) Leader of H.A.T.E., scourge of all things sane, lover of dresses and killer koalas an...10 comments | ![[Skeletor] Inspired by a recent drawing done by the awesomest artist in the world, Stjepan Sejic. This is nowhere near an exact replica of his Skeletor, but this has become one of my new White Whales, to make that Skeletor flesh (er, I mean bone, uh, I mean plastic...whatever...) so I'll make it again once I've collected the right pieces. See a link to the picture and more pics of my mediocre representation in the topic!
I didn't really do much for this, the skin was already how I wanted it and if it ain't broke, don't fix it. The clothes are already black and weathered, the armor already looks old and battered. What I did do was attach Wraal's cape to the Skeletor's accoutre...accontra...acc...shoulder things. The purple armor bits were completely purple so I repainted some areas, like making the bones look like bones. I also did some stuff to the skirt to make it lay flat.
Sculpted over the head, then used Cerebus's super secret ancient technique to paint it (dry-bushing). I figured, if I'm g](userimages/customs/14000/13714-1.jpg) Skeletor |
![[Team Rocket Executive] Sculpted the beret/hat thing and repainted the figure. The hair is a bit from Longshot's dry-brushed purple.](userimages/customs/13500/13242-1.jpg) Team Rocket Executive | ![[Punisher] Just a repaint, the skull came-out way cuter than I expected, it looks like a Pac-Man ghost, lol...
This is the prize for the Black Contest, congratulations TopNotch!
Also, congratulations Sillof for winning in the Diorama Contest!](userimages/customs/13500/13210-1.jpg) Punisher Punisherby Dr NightmareJust a repaint, the skull came-out way cuter than I expected, it looks like a Pac-Man ghost, lol...
This is the prize for the Black Contest, congratu...8 comments |
![[Rogue] Once in a while when I make a custom, I go oh, look at that, it' not too shabby! And then I celebrate with myself because I'm a lonely man, but these Redheaded customs keep me company :P Well, used to, I had to sell this figure to pay bills :(
Used a JLA Black Canary, disassembled it, repainted, assembled, and it's done. The black details on the yellow is black tape cut to shape :]
Colors used:
Chaos Black
Mitril Silver
Scortched Brown
Mechrite Red
Bad Moon Yellow
She looked way better in person, like everyone's customs. I'll post more pics in the topic.](userimages/customs/13000/12836-1.jpg) Rogue X-Menby Dr NightmareOnce in a while when I make a custom, I go oh, look at that, it' not too shabby! And then I celebrate with myself because I'm a lonely man, but these ...9 comments | ![[The Hulk] Decided to grittify an old Hulk toy Cap sent me a while ago. It was originally neon green and purple, now it's even uglier, lol.
Colors used:
Flat Black
Dark Angels Green
Goblin Green
Skull White
Lich Purple
Napoleonic Violet](userimages/customs/12500/12386-1.jpg) The Hulk Incredible Hulkby Dr NightmareDecided to grittify an old Hulk toy Cap sent me a while ago. It was originally neon green and purple, now it's even uglier, lol.
Colors used:
Flat Bl...9 comments |
![[Yellow Lantern] More army-building, except this time I don't get to keep it! Congratulations to STANJOKER for winning this prize!
Upperbody: Bizarro
Legs: Luke Cage
Head: McFarlane figure
Sculpted details like ring and bands. The yellow on the upperbody is a piece of vinyl cut to shape and painted. It covers the shoulder-disks so you can't see paint-rub if it happens. The symbol is PS'ed, no printer here. xP](userimages/customs/12500/12218-1.jpg) Yellow Lantern Green Lanternby Dr NightmareMore army-building, except this time I don't get to keep it! Congratulations to STANJOKER for winning this prize!
Upperbody: Bizarro
Legs: Luke Cage
...10 comments | ![[Green Lantern (Bug)] I had a BP body lying around because I don't like using his body for anything. Then I remembered those peoplez who lived under the New Gods' floating city from the JLU cartoons, so I figure what the hell, let's make one of them a GL! They called themselves "Bugs", right? As usual, I dry-brushed the body and the flash just washes it all away, aw well. Took one with flash so you can see the figure clearly though.
Body: Black Panther
Hands: Blackheart
Boots: Wolverine
Sculpted everything else, painted with Citadel.
Lol.](userimages/customs/12000/11725-1.jpg) Green Lantern (Bug) Green Lanternby Dr NightmareI had a BP body lying around because I don't like using his body for anything. Then I remembered those peoplez who lived under the New Gods' floating ...6 comments |
![[Superman: Justice Lord] Kind of annoying to make! I love that Symbol he has on his chest already so all I had to do was paint everything else! lots of masking tape later and it's done. The white bands are rubberbands, yeah I cheated, they look fine once painted like that though. The belt was sculpted. The head is the red-eyes variant for an angry gaze. And nope, no cape yet, might make it sometime. :]](userimages/customs/11500/11473-1.jpg) Superman: Justice Lord | ![[The Spot] This was made for the "Toy Soup Secret Swap 2008: Part 2"
Basic stuff, took a blue Superman and changed his head for a Moon Knight. Then a full repaint, I tried to make the spots look like black-holes for a movie-version effect or something, I don't know what the hell I was doing but the eyes look cool, hah.](userimages/customs/11500/11472-1.jpg) The Spot Spider-Manby Dr NightmareThis was made for the "Toy Soup Secret Swap 2008: Part 2"
Basic stuff, took a blue Superman and changed his head for a Moon Knight. Then a ...13 comments |
![[Green Lantern] Remember Nightwing's bright light-blue and yellow suit? There was nothing "night" about it! Got sick of looking at it so I repainted it in standard GL colors.](userimages/customs/11000/10941-1.jpg) Green Lantern Green Lanternby Dr NightmareRemember Nightwing's bright light-blue and yellow suit? There was nothing "night" about it! Got sick of looking at it so I repainted it in s...1 comments | ![[Green Lantern] Going to get the ball rolling on the mini-contest we have this month, here we go, a quicky basic GL custom.
Colors used:
-Chaos Black
-Metallic Emerald Green
-Regal Blue (my new favorite blue)
This custom won't be included in the prize lot, but you can, <I>ahem</I>, find it on a certain site ;)](userimages/customs/11000/10914-1.jpg) Green Lantern Green Lanternby Dr NightmareGoing to get the ball rolling on the mini-contest we have this month, here we go, a quicky basic GL custom.
Colors used:
-Chaos Black
-Metallic Emera...6 comments |
![[Batman: Justice Lord] Really just a basic repaint. I also sculpted the bat-symbol and added articulation to the gloves.
For some reason they decided to glue the gloves in place, but if you heat-up the glue and loosen it up, the joint works like a normal swivel! It takes a little strategic slicing but it works just fine. Made this to help pay-of a large lot of toys I bought from Afterclark on the Wizard Universe Message Boards. Very, very happy with how this turned out!
Colors used:
Codex Grey
Chaos Black
Mithril Silver](userimages/customs/11000/10670-1.jpg) Batman: Justice Lord Justice Leagueby Dr NightmareReally just a basic repaint. I also sculpted the bat-symbol and added articulation to the gloves.
For some reason they decided to glue the gloves in ...6 comments | ![[Team Rocket Grunt] Maybe if we showed Team Rocket some more love they wouldn't act-out by poaching Pokemon all the time. So here you go, a Rocket Grunt ready to tackle whatever lousy job The Boss gives him.
Body: Longshot
Hands: Not sure, random fodder
Just painted everything and sculpted a flat-top hat with the eyes mostly covered. I'm making more with different hats to express their suppressed individuality. Any ideas on a generic figure for female grunts?...](userimages/customs/10500/10109-1.jpg) Team Rocket Grunt Team Rocketby Dr NightmareMaybe if we showed Team Rocket some more love they wouldn't act-out by poaching Pokemon all the time. So here you go, a Rocket Grunt ready to tackle w...11 comments |
![[S.H.I.E.L.D Trooper] Finally finished a small force of SHIELD agents, I'll get them all up eventually, this here is one of the chosen few, forcefully volunteered into participating in the newly-formed bio-weapon division of SHIELD. Selected agents are painfully grafted with tech-implants in experimental procedures...this is what happens when the cat is away... (I haven't made a Nick Fury yet :P )
Some basic stuff, sculpted a little, articulated the boots, carved at the shoulder disks so they don't rub at all, but I still need practice to do it more consistently and quickly. Magnet in the gun and leg so it can stick there.
Head: Superman (Red)
Arms/Gun: Dethlok
Belt: A brown Batman
I don't know why, my pictures suck lately, I might have cracked something in the camera when I dropped it last week...the pics are blurry for no reason :[](userimages/customs/10000/9689-1.jpg) S.H.I.E.L.D Trooper S.H.I.E.L.Dby Dr NightmareFinally finished a small force of SHIELD agents, I'll get them all up eventually, this here is one of the chosen few, forcefully volunteered into part...9 comments | ![[Green Lantern] Had to do something with the left-over ML Kitty head, so what the hell, figured I'd upgrade an old custom! Compare the old one to the new one and there's a huge difference!
Complete repaint, new fake leather skirt with added jacket/vest, new head, sculpted ring. Yes, she's missing the left fingers, they fell off, Mystique su'cks as a base figure! But I managed to salvage her a little. First pic is to show her, others are just for fun, I'm still getting the hang of taking dark pictures...](userimages/customs/10000/9607-1.jpg) Green Lantern Green Lanternby Dr NightmareHad to do something with the left-over ML Kitty head, so what the hell, figured I'd upgrade an old custom! Compare the old one to the new one and ther...5 comments |
![[Kitty Pryde] Nothing much, just something everyone needs to practice, it'll come in handy someday. Removed neck from ML Kitty and made a magnetic ball-bearing neck to stick-on the old Animated Avengers Wasp head, which looks exactly like Kitty form the X-Men Evolution cartoons. Also, she's a redhead xD
I know the pictures suck, I'm using a crappy Panasonic camera while the good one charges.
Another thing, make sure you use enough magnets! Kitty has a heavy head because of the ponytail so it needs more support, I need to add another little magnet later because I'm all out x_X](userimages/customs/10000/9605-1.jpg) Kitty Pryde X-Menby Dr NightmareNothing much, just something everyone needs to practice, it'll come in handy someday. Removed neck from ML Kitty and made a magnetic ball-bearing neck...10 comments | ![[Dr. Spectrum] Don't know a whole lot about this character but it was fun to make nonetheless. Wearing primary colors, is he a good guy? A bad guy? I don't know, but I saw a picture of him beating up Captain America so there ya go!
Most of the joints cooperated and aren't rubbing, but the shoulders refused to play along. I finished this before I learned to shave the shoulders properly, I hope the guy who's getting it doesn't mind...I think the face makes up for it, It look like a melting skull in certain light, look at the pics I'll post in the topic @_@
Head: Moon Knight
Body: Cap Marvel
Hands: Iron Fist](userimages/customs/10000/9556-1.jpg) Dr. Spectrum Squadron Supremeby Dr NightmareDon't know a whole lot about this character but it was fun to make nonetheless. Wearing primary colors, is he a good guy? A bad guy? I don't know, but...10 comments |
![[Maverick] Basically, just a bunch of sculpting and painting. I needed to use some fodder because I have lots of useless junk around and need space, so when I saw Captain Ron's Maverick I thought, hey, I have a spare Scorpion to massacre!
It's all Scorpion with lots of bits sculpted. The shoulder pads are from a MGS figure and they move like the Iron Man pads so the arms can still be posed (stick a nail in the back so they swivel). Backpack from a Bionicle thing, I just need something to cover the hole in the back :] Sprayed all black then dry-brushed like crazy. The hair looks better than I thought it would, by the way, is Maverick really blond? I don't even know! Joints were sealed with Krazy Glue, but they didn't seem to be rubbing anyway.](userimages/customs/7500/7492-1.jpg) Maverick Marvel Legendsby Dr NightmareBasically, just a bunch of sculpting and painting. I needed to use some fodder because I have lots of useless junk around and need space, so when I sa...30 comments | ![[Batroc the Leaper] Random character I never thought I'd make, Batroc! This was for the Toy Soup Customizer Swap dealie.
Parts:
Body - DCSH Superman
Head - Iron Fist
Sculpted boot-tops, had a huge hassle repairing gashes and holes in the upper-body because I'm stupid and tried to muscle the body apart. Now I know to drill holes and pry at those next time. Head doesn't have all the movement I'd like because the neck is so thick, but it looks good. Sanded some paint-rub areas, I've been bending him for a while and only the knees/shoulder disks are rubbing. Rest is just sculpting and paint. There are like a million versions of his suit so I just made something to fall in-between.](userimages/customs/7500/7352-1.jpg) Batroc the Leaper Marvel Legendsby Dr NightmareRandom character I never thought I'd make, Batroc! This was for the Toy Soup Customizer Swap dealie.
Parts:
Body - DCSH Superman
Head - Iron Fist
Sc...7 comments |
![[Batgirl - What if...] What if something happened to Barbara Gordon that made her realize fighting crime legally wasn't doing enough good? What if she took just one bean-counting class too many and finally snapped? She'd get all murderous of course! Who says the postman is the only one allowed to vent now and then?
Another custom I wanted to have added, The first pic is how dark she actually looks in-person, the other ones are bright because of the flash, aw well. You can even see a little blue spot I missed xP The figure is mostly Batgirl with Black Canary's jacket and Faith's hair and arms, McFarlane weapons. Painted pants black then went back and dry-brushed the boots, pouches, and clasps.
Eventually I'll do something harder, I haven't seen any complicated characters I want to do so far.](userimages/customs/6500/6052-1.jpg) Batgirl - What if... DC Superheroesby Dr NightmareWhat if something happened to Barbara Gordon that made her realize fighting crime legally wasn't doing enough good? What if she took just one bean-cou...15 comments | ![[Thor, Lord of Asgard] Thought I'd finally get this officially added to the Showcase. Messing around with some lights, I think the lighting is a little better than usual in these pictures than my usual ones.
Just a repaint here, some modification to the mask, I clipped the bottom a little so you can see his beard. One of the first figures I used the airbrush for, I like how satin-like the black looks. Everything other than black was dry-brushed, the weapons were also painted more realistically with dry-brushing. The cape is DCSH Steel's, it's removable. I also gave the original Thor Cape a wash of black to bring-out detail, but I seem to have misplaced it... A fun figure to make and another must-do for all customizers.
Note: Damn, the pictures have a weird aura around the figure for some reason, they look fine in Photoshop, I guess they get screwy when the site re-sizes them. I'll post the actual pics in this custom's topic.](userimages/customs/6500/6051-1.jpg) Thor, Lord of Asgard Marvel Legendsby Dr NightmareThought I'd finally get this officially added to the Showcase. Messing around with some lights, I think the lighting is a little better than usual in ...12 comments |
![[Matron Wraith of Unpleasantness] "Her essence is the sum of mens' agony and womens' futile tears. Her sword the bane of pleasantries humans hold so dear. Wherever there is suffering, she is sure to appear."
One fine day, a band of rogues burned a small village to the ground when it's inhabitants couldn't offer anything of value to appease them. The brutes rode-off leaving almost no living behind.
Soon after, Nightmare came across the wretched sight, not the first of many he had seen in the past few weeks of hunting the men responsible. He observed the carnage numbly then raced toward a sound of groaning. It was a man whose legs were trapped under a heavy flaming cart! He couldn't lift it, all he could do was grant a quicker death.
"Why...why is she...laughing?..." the man whispered and pointed. Nightmare looked around and saw nothing. "You're dying with no way to survive, just say the word..." he offered as he unsheathed his blade. The man nodded weakly, then nodded never again. Nightm](userimages/customs/5000/4894-1.jpg) Matron Wraith of Unpleasantness Originalby Dr Nightmare"Her essence is the sum of mens' agony and womens' futile tears. Her sword the bane of pleasantries humans hold so dear. Wherever there is suffer...11 comments | ![[Winter Soldier] Never being satisfied with a character's design, itching to get rid of old fodder to make room for the new, and coming up in War Journal to tear Punisher a new one, here's my mandatory customizer's right-of-passage custom (someone has to come-up with a cool acronym for that), Winter Soldier with HoM Wolverine body.
Lots of body-swapping on this one and I like the result:
-Airstrike Wolverine base body
-Nightwing's head
-Captain Marvel's right bicep
-Stealth Cyclops's left arm
-Captain Marvel's lower knee area
-Boromir boots
-Random weapons, holster from Lara Croft
I left the hair short because it's hot (darn summer), I'm lazy, and it's a good idea for soldiers to have short hair. I painted the little buttons and buckles silver, I hope they're visible in the pics to you folks. I don't like the ribbed/hosed arm he has in the comics so I used Cyclops's more modern-looking arm. It's now even stronger, indestructable, contains a high-capacity diamond-enhanced hard-drive, interfaces with a](userimages/customs/3500/3143-1.jpg) Winter Soldier Marvel Legendsby Dr NightmareNever being satisfied with a character's design, itching to get rid of old fodder to make room for the new, and coming up in War Journal to tear Punis...19 comments |
![[Venom] In a last-ditch effort to save the woman he lov- he doesn't mind to have hanging around, Frank Castle made a deal with the symbiote known as Venom: Let the girl go safely and Frank would become the symbiote's new host, complete with all his combat knowledge and fierce intelligence, an engine of destruction which the alien-being could use for whatever purpose it desired. How could it say no?
"Frank...you're an idiot"
"And you're the idiot in love with the idiot. Now run."
"Always the romantic..."
He thought he could control it, but we've all heard that one before...
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Fine, thin story, border-line believable, but it works 8) I was going to make a cool Punisher out of the XMC Sabretooth, but then I saw the ugly Toxin and spare Doomsday body lying around and figured, why not?
-Upper body and head is from DCSH Doomsday, ground-off the chest's bone detail and sculpted a new head/face with some "hair detail", I left the bony plates on the](userimages/customs/3000/2738-1.jpg) Venom Marvel Knightsby Dr NightmareIn a last-ditch effort to save the woman he lov- he doesn't mind to have hanging around, Frank Castle made a deal with the symbiote known as Venom: Le...29 comments | ![[Realm Chick] Woman, Thunder-Goddess, Empress of the Figure Realm, lover of all things blue, Realm Chick has no peers. Hyper-agility, electrical manipulation, flight, and the uncanny ability to never lose her keys, these are but few of the many fantastic abilities she posseses. Though her origin is a mystery (even to herself!), glimpses of her past often manifest in dreams, and even more so in nightmares. Her beloved Captain Coder knows more than he tells her, and she suspects as much, but she waits ever-patiently for a truthful explanation that may never come. She passes the time by building robots and giving them life all of their own.
Cap is a bad, bad man.
RC was a pretty simple custom, delayed almost indefinitely by constant distractions. The voices in my head went away so I'm all better now.
-Base figure is a modified UL Electra with a Psylocke head. Hair was painted black and bry-brushed with silver-twilight, it shimmers in the sunlight. Right hand is from a ML Storm for a "casting&qu](userimages/customs/2000/1519-1.jpg) Realm Chick Figure Realmby Dr NightmareWoman, Thunder-Goddess, Empress of the Figure Realm, lover of all things blue, Realm Chick has no peers. Hyper-agility, electrical manipulation, fligh...20 comments |
![[War Zone] Frank Castle knew he would need some heavy artillery down the line, for extreme situatons, so he raided one of Stark's tech-depots, with help from Microchip of course, back when Micro wasn't, you know, dead. He was expecting to find some fun guns but he never expected to find a fully-loaded War Machine suit! Frank loaded it into the Battle Van and back to Micro so he could remove any inhibitors or tracing devices. It was placed in storage and forgotten, that is until the day Iron Man decided to play hero-hunter and start a civil war. But when ol' Frank went looking for it, it was gone; A note left in it's place:
"Stark says Hi. Hopes to meet you soon. -Tom"
Blast you Tom Jane! What have you done!
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You should keep every single accessory that comes with your figures, you never know when they'll come in handy! The armor bits are from the old 90's animated War Machine figure. Thanks to Ratboy for tossing me his ol' dremel, it helped tremendously because of all the grinding](userimages/customs/1500/1404-1.jpg) War Zone Marvel Knightsby Dr NightmareFrank Castle knew he would need some heavy artillery down the line, for extreme situatons, so he raided one of Stark's tech-depots, with help from Mic...32 comments | ![[The Punisher: Locked and Loaded] Castle needed another upgrade to find Venom and rescue the princess, I mean Cammy, so he dug around in one of his warehouses and picked up a few things.
- Tom ran off with Abby's .50 Desert Magnum (that bastard) so Frank had to settle for one of Lara Croft's pieces (because Tom took the other one too, bastard!). It's stored in the holster on his right leg.
- There were some grenades lying around so he clipped them to the rear of his belt, along with a pouch for holding clips for Lara's gun.
- The old white gloves wore out so he got some fancy new brown ones out of Captain America's locker. Now all his fingers can move, making for a better grip on weapons. He took the gloves so why not the boots too, right? Damn right. I had to modify the peg-holes to make them fit right.
- Venom ate his other standard weapons so Frank had to replace those as well. There's a sheathed knife hanging from his belt and an ammo-pouch on his left leg to hold clips for the assault rifles (even though they](userimages/customs/1500/1283-1.jpg) The Punisher: Locked and Loaded Marvel Knightsby Dr NightmareCastle needed another upgrade to find Venom and rescue the princess, I mean Cammy, so he dug around in one of his warehouses and picked up a few thing...14 comments |
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