I hadn't seen anyone really tackle these guys in an interesting way, so when I saw them on shelves I knew I had to customize them up.

I painted them with the same skin tones as my other figures, which I like much more than the tones they chose for the 2012 line. However, they felt a bit naked... so I added some wrist bands and knee pads and belts made out of real leather.

The weapons for Raph are just painted up a bit with some lines drawn on to make them look like real wood. Mikey's have real chains added to them. The bo that comes with Don wasn't great, so I gave him grown up Donatello's blade bo and cut off the blade. As for Leo, well, I lost his wooden swords :-/ So instead I decided to give him the smaller Katanas that come with grown up Leo. Little Leo has graduated to real weapons just a little bit faster than his brothers, so it all makes sense.

As always, I used acrylic paint on the figures and sealed them up with a clear coat of sealant.

Cowabunga!