"Meltman" prototype and questions

"Meltman" prototype and questions
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Custom WorkstationSo I finished up my "Meltman" prototype a few days ago, and I'm not completely satisfied with how it came out.
For those who don't know, "Meltman" is from "Action League Now," a series of 5-minute segments featured on the 90's Nickelodeon show "Kablam." These segments were filmed in live-action, and the cast was made up entirely of - you guessed it - action figures.
This is what he looked like on the show. I have no idea how they made him - whether they did the same thing I did, or if they just threw a GI Joe into a frying pan:
I did a test run on one of the legs, and I thought it came out good. I Frankensteined together a complete action figure from some old spare parts, then sculpted on each piece with hot glue, and gave it a few coats of spray paint. (Yes, spray paint, I know, I'm new to this.)
Both legs completed, hanging to dry:
Pleased with the results, I gave the other parts the hot-glue-spray-paint treatment, and put it all together. As this was a test run, I hadn't done the head yet.
Lookin' a little "artsy" here accidentally - gotta love that sunlight!
Now I'm a little concerned with how the hot glue affects his articulation, as I didn't test-fit the parts together until they went under the paint. He looks a little bulky, and he has a little un-natural posture (a bit like C-3PO).
So what I wanted to ask was, does anyone have any tips on how to improve ol' Melty, or even alternate suggestions on how to make him?

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The Flesh - Conan the Adventurer figure, sanded and painted
Thundergirl - British "Sindy" head (NOT Barbie) on quite possibly an old She-Ra body (which one, I don't know - a lot of them look like they'd work)
Stinky Diver - '94 GI Joe Shipwreck, with certain parts painted orange and the scuba mask flipped backwards
Meltman - from what I gather, a real melted GI Joe (Classic Cobra Trooper?)
The Mayor, The Chief, and Bill the Lab Guy are all made with parts swapped from Playskool dollhouse figures:
Mayor - "Doctor" body with stethoscope sanded off and a necktie sculpted on, topped with one of many "Dad" heads, and repainted
Chief - "African American Doctor" figure, stethoscope replaced with a necktie, repainted
Bill the Lab Guy - Same modified "Doctor" torso and legs, "Fireman" arms, coat tails sculpted on the legs, and I don't know what head
Meltman was an actual melted figure, melted with a lighter. Pretty sure it was classic cobra trooper
The Flesh, is a modified version of a "Conan the Adventurer" figure
Thundergirl was modified barbie doll
Stinky Diver was Navy Seals Shipwreck GI Joe Figure with painted flippers and gloves
Punstarr, "Kablam" was on in the mid-to-late 90's. It's the stuff I grew up with, so it's got a special place in my heart.
And Yamivash, you can still go ahead and make your Meltman figure. Who knows, maybe we can bounce ideas off each other.