So, since I am a big fan of the classic "Saga of the Super Sons" from World's Finest Comics written by Bob Haney, and since I wanted to start fleshing out the characters from the Super Sons universe, I decided I should start by creating a superhero team for the Super Sons to work with when they grew up (since there were very few other established DC Heroes in their reality, I decided to try and use other 1970's created DC Heroes to populate this team, and I decided that I would borrow from Alan Moore's run on Supreme and the line-up for the Allies that Moore and Liefeld were trying to establish before the company folded). So, first up is my Fighting American pastiche, Captain Steel. Captain Steel is a counterpart of the classic All-Star Squadron member Commander Steel, with a little bit of the character of the Americommando from the 1970's Freedom Fighters book mixed in.

So, to do this figure, I took a DC Universe Classics Commander Steel figure and, using the boil and pop method, I popped off his head, and then repeated the process on a DC Universe Classics Indigo Lantern Atom figure. With the heads now removed, I commenced a full repaint on the Atom head (for his mask I used Testors Model Masters Insignia Red, and for his hair I used Testors Model Masters Sunburn). When the paint on the head was fully dry, I gave the head two generous coats of Flat Clear. As soon as the Flat Clear had fully dried, I once again employed the boil and pop method to attach the Atom head to the Commander Steel body. With the figure completed, I set about doing his shield. For his shield, I took an extra Marvel Legends Young Avengers boxset Patriot shield and applied several coats of Tamiya Putty White and sanded until it was completely smooth. When the surface of the shield was smooth to my liking, I next applied a coat of Testors Model Masters Dark Ghost Gray to the inside of the shield, followed by Testors Model Masters Metallic Arctic Blue to the front of the shield. When the paint on the shield had fully dried, I applied two generous coats of Semi-Gloss Clear to the inside followed by two generous coats of Flat Clear to the front. Once the Semi-Gloss Clear and Flat Clear was dry, I glued a stylized star symbol to the front of the shield (the symbol was made by hand at a larger size, and then photocopied and shrunk to proper size...however, unlike previous hand drawn symbols I had done before, this was covered with a piece of glossy magic tape to protect it somewhat). Lastly, with the symbol now glued in place, I gave the symbol two generous coats of flat clear, and TA-DA...Captain Steel - Sentinel of Freedom!!!

Please let me know what you guys think of him, and as always, comments are appreciated.