Here I have a nice custom Kingdom Come Superman. He has my standard pull through cape with a custom emblem. The hair has been trimmed back from the standard issue and then grayed on the sides. Also as I do with most of my DCSH customs, I have altered the joints to increase articulation for flying poses and tighter closing of the elbows groin and knees.
What I mean by the joint alterations is I actually cut away parts of the body near the joints so that the "Rings" that hold say a knee to a thigh has just a slightly deeper "ditch"? to sit in. This makes the knees close tighter more closely to the depth of a Marvel Legends figure. As for the hips, I take my dremel and deepen the joint that sets into the groin so that the legs close closer together. Its a more natural stance and gives the figure more range and less quarter back like. I also deepen the joint on the back so that he torso can stretch to have legs straight back and his face straight forward. Its a much nicer flying stance as you can see in this custom Christopher Reeve figure I did when I first started really getting into making figures... But I'll post another paragraph of that later.
Cool, and sometimes you can tighten elbow/knee joints the same way with the blow-dryer and cold water. Heat the loose joint till it's flexible then squeeze it hard from the sides and hold it under the cold water until you're sure it's been cooled-off completely.
hey nightmare.. but did you do the blow dryer? I've used tat technique for my dcsh figures and the soften them up so much that the just bend anyway eventually and the cold water just holds it together.. oh I lovvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvveddd your tutorial on peg fixing and tightening joints w/ super glue.. WORKED LIKE A CHARM!
I'm thinking theres some shaving going on, I've tried the hot/cold water but eventually they go back to being wide apart, these guys just can't keep their legs closed!
they all look great man, ya.. those legs are very close together than usual, lol, wat do you do? do you heat them up w/ a dry cleaner to make it soft and just squeeze them together like crazy under cold water? tats wat I would do.. let us kno!
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