Shapps W.I.P Page! (updated 09/09/12}
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Shapps W.I.P Page! (updated 09/09/12}

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I was only able to take a few pics and realized after taking them that I took pics of a white figure against a white back ground lol.

This is a prepainted version of Blackheart, took the legs, arms, and tail from a McFarline Aliens figure and attached them to the ML Blackheart figure. Took a ton of work to make the legs work and had to add sculpty to the back to make an area to add the arms coming from his back. The Energy coming from his left hand is actually just plastic from another figures package that was melted and twisted to give that look. Just need to paint the figure and the energy in his hand, and I am debating making a base for him to stand on.

Let me know what you think please! Suggestions would be amazing as this is my 4th piece I've ever done.









Posted by shapp
on Thursday, July 21, 2011
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Automatauntaun -
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Lookin' hot!
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bobtheodd -
Monday, September 10, 2012
Nice work on that Grifter.
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Cosmic Fantasy Customs -
Monday, September 10, 2012
so freakin fantastick, epic and other monumental words. great job loving it bud.
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shapp -
Sunday, September 9, 2012
Hey guys, decided to start working on a new figure I've wanted for a long time now.

Step one was to dremel this head down to fit the neck peg


Next step I had to shave down the neck on the ml punisher. Shaved a ton down and shortened the neck.


Removed the skull and added the grenade belt which was from duke nukem


Took HOM Wolverine arms, removed the peg to the hands, removed one whole section of bullseyes glove (as it was way too long), glued the peg to the gloves and you get what you see


Removed the lower legs from smc scorpion and attached them to the punisher


Added these fodder shoulder pads to the jacket


Aaaaaaaand you get this




What do you guys think?
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Automatauntaun -
Sunday, September 2, 2012
Awesome!
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Cosmic Fantasy Customs -
Sunday, September 2, 2012
great work shapp, love it and really awesome about the plasti dip, it really does tighten up well.
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Shinigami -
Sunday, September 2, 2012
Who's it going to be? Looks like the Vision now.
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bobtheodd -
Sunday, September 2, 2012
That turned out pretty good.
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shapp -
Sunday, September 2, 2012
Here are two close up pics of the head after tightening, I know they aren't the best but the beer I could get



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bobtheodd -
Sunday, September 2, 2012
Nice work on these. I'm also looking forward to seeing how that head turns out with the dip on it.
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Automatauntaun -
Sunday, September 2, 2012
Love everything in seeing! Now as for the plastidip? I need to see this as it tightens up. Love the cat face! Great work on the neck mod!
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shapp -
Saturday, September 1, 2012
Hey guys and gals =D just a bit of simple work today but I was really proud of how it turned out =)

started with a ML 4 Jim Lee Beast and a XMC Stealth Beast head


the two different heads close up


as you can see in the pic, the holes weren't the same so I had to dremel and sand it down


using this


and this


next I had to cut the neck peg off because it was just too long and I was afraid of dremeling right through the top of the XMC head


ended up taking a bit more off than this but didn't take a pic of that


and here is the end result after reattaching the neck peg =p






side view (sorry for the blur, I'm getting sleepy lol)




Let me know what you guys think as I really love the cat face beast. I know the size is a tad small for the body but I actually like it that way and at the end of the day, it's my figure lol

Also started working on this today, I had to sand down the face to get it as smooth as possible (I didn't do this sculpting, whoever I got it from did and I can't remember who that was so credit to you person I forget)


then I used this


to do this


I know it looks like a blob of black at the moment but I promise it will tighten up a crazy amount and I'll show you another pic tomorrow of that =)

G' Night everyone and thanks for looking at my paltry workings
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Automatauntaun -
Saturday, July 28, 2012
Sweet. Glad the peg worked out for you!
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Cosmic Fantasy Customs -
Saturday, July 28, 2012
wow, shapp you are freakin killin it bud. absolutely love the fall out guy and know hulksmasheme=( will love the spiderman noir and can't wait to see counts paint. keep up the excellent work, really loving it.
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shapp -
Saturday, July 28, 2012


Got this rad motorcycle from the movie blade figure


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shapp -
Saturday, July 28, 2012
@darth, thanks man! It means a lot to have you comment on my thread

Took the hands from lcbh conan (love their size) and swapped them with crimson dynamos


Next I drilled a home in his foot for a peg I had to make



Dremeled a home for the peg to the backpack


So now he can hold guns and his removable backpack stays on

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Darththomas -
Saturday, July 28, 2012
Spidey's looking cool, I'm particularly into the way you bent the scarf for the fallout dude!
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shapp -
Saturday, July 28, 2012
Getting closer to being finished, just some little things yet aaaaaaaand it may get one of counts signature paints



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shapp -
Saturday, July 28, 2012
Quick pic of the arm after sanding down the raised parts


attached a canister type object to his chest



At the suggestion of count, I created a peg for this backpack so it can be removable


An idea of how it will look



Then I heated up the tunic and shaped it to the figure to make it look more natural, you can see how rigid it looked in the previous pic

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shapp -
Saturday, July 28, 2012
Hey guys, decided to work on my fallout guy while waiting on having the money to finish up some other projects. Please give me feedback and suggestions

Took the knee plates off of the titanium man, hollowed out the inside of the halo plate, and secured them to the halo knee plates. That way I know they will be snug



Next I carved down tge size of this piece so it would fit the arm better for a bracket to the pip boy (one on left shows how much was removed)


Here I had to cut down the face to create a channel for the breathing apparatus to fit more snugly to the actual helmet. Then it attached

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RedRebelCustoms -
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
I am really looking forward to seeing this guy finished but not before we get more WIP updates, LOL!
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Cosmic Fantasy Customs -
Monday, July 16, 2012
awesome, really looking fantastic. loving your work, keep it coming.
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Automatauntaun -
Monday, July 16, 2012
Lookin' good man!
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shapp -
Monday, July 16, 2012
Hey guys! I'm sure everyone thinks I died lol. Well I'm around, just moved and am working a lot.

Here are some quick wips of the spidey noir I'm making for hulksmashedme





Decided he needed a flight stand hole


Modified the hand to make it more spidey like





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Cosmic Fantasy Customs -
Thursday, June 21, 2012
looks great, I think I know who he is. great work and love the parts. your crushin your stuff.
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shapp -
Thursday, June 21, 2012
A rather small update guys, been away for a while. Busy moving and working but I started to work on a commission, guess who

My initial design


Part layout


Mock up


Like these parts better


Hope to start painting by this weekend
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RedRebelCustoms -
Friday, March 16, 2012
This guy is looking sweet so far bro! Toyally digg'n the parts usage here. Can't wait to see the finished piece!
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shapp -
Friday, March 16, 2012
I'll probably have some time this weekend to get some more work done, I'm waiting a ill at the moment because I need woe paint
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Automatauntaun -
Friday, March 16, 2012
more work now shapp! NOW! you need to take more photos of your process...do it. DO IT!
SWEAR TO ME!
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Cosmic Fantasy Customs -
Monday, March 12, 2012
epic work, really loving your gift and can't wait to see the other custom. keep up the epic work.
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shapp -
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Haha woot, someone guessed what it is on the first attempt guess that means its looking like it should

Thanks count!
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Automatauntaun -
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Knowing what it is...all im'ana say is, dude.
It's looking good! I'm impressed!
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The Real Question -
Saturday, March 10, 2012
FALLOUT dude?
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shapp -
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Hey guys, finally got to work on some things

Fish dude green lantern body, cyclotron hands, dr. Impossible feet. Going to become either a solar or dp, not sure which yet lol


This is a secret project for my gf so I can't say what he is going to become yet but here are some wips














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Automatauntaun -
Friday, March 9, 2012
Shapp, thank you for rocking my world! Also this again.

Best bro-date in a while.

Always your....
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Automatauntaun -
Friday, March 9, 2012
*Redacted*
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~♥XxGeekyGabixX♥~ -
Thursday, February 9, 2012
The boots actually come with majority of the WWE figures Elite,Legend and Basics line . So you can get them in various sizes after a little searching around you should be able to find the ones that suit your needs.
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Cosmic Fantasy Customs -
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
congrats on the award bud and await your new ideas and methods. ojj has some awesome ideas and methods, he can teach anyone a lot.
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Automatauntaun -
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
welcome to the big leagues buddy! I'm glad to see you take the leap!
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shapp -
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
I really appreciate the kind words ojj, you should tell me a bit more bout resin and such
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Ole Jade Jaw -
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Cool! Once you get the hang of using screws and various hardware, there's no limits to what you can create. I know that it has enabled me to mix and match parts from completely dissimilar lines and manufacturers. Opens up whole new worlds of possibilities. Now you can start messing with plastic resins and pouring them into body cavities (on action figures, not people you know ) to anchor joints that don't have proper fittings. It's great too see you achieving new milestones in the hobby. OJJ
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Cosmic Fantasy Customs -
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
I agree those boots would look awesome, good call gabby.
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shapp -
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Those are some sick boots, know which figure they are from by chance?
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~♥XxGeekyGabixX♥~ -
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Wow thats cool I think he would awesome with the boots swapped for ones off a wrestling fig not sure if they would fit though
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Cosmic Fantasy Customs -
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
looks great shapp, love the modifications to the fig, really works well. fantastic job, you are kicking butt and taking names.
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Goldenwolf -
Monday, February 6, 2012
Very very cool bro I like how it came out.
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shapp -
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Picked up a nick fury so I started on my punisher so here are some wips

This was a huge pain in the arse lol. The arms that went with the jacket didn't fit punishers hands and his gloves were way too long so I cut them down, shaped the insides to fit a new peg (which ended up being screw of all things lol)



Here you can see the size difference in the size of the gloves.











What do you guys think thus far?
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Cosmic Fantasy Customs -
Friday, February 3, 2012
looks great, really well done. darklord is a great resource, along with us others in the custom workstation. keep up the sweet work.
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shapp -
Friday, February 3, 2012
Finally back with a little update on my X-Men project

I took the idea of what darklord did with his riddler tried something similar with my angel. I wanted him to have he same loves as cyclops but they didn't fit the pegs so I cut and shaved angels hands to fit the pegs for the gloves. A little glue and bam! New gloves my first attempt doing this, what you guys think?






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Cosmic Fantasy Customs -
Thursday, October 27, 2011
great job for a first time, you will be killin em after a few.
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