Please keep this forum going by using this banner as your link to BBTS, thank you!
Connect With Other DC Comics Fans @ DCToyRevolution.org!

Customs Discussions, Works in Progress, etc.

Show off your masterpieces, share recipes and tips and the latest and greatest in custom figure techniques!

Re: Customs Discussions, Works in Progress, etc.

Postby HectorHall » Fri Jul 11, 2014 4:34 pm

When swapping legs on a DCUC, is it easier to separate at the hip or the thigh cut?
User avatar
HectorHall
League Initiate
League Initiate
 
Posts: 1008
Images: 913
Joined: Mon Sep 16, 2013 10:39 pm
Location: Sumner,WA where the wolves roam free

Re: Customs Discussions, Works in Progress, etc.

Postby 1987olds442 » Fri Jul 11, 2014 5:14 pm

HectorHall wrote:When swapping legs on a DCUC, is it easier to separate at the hip or the thigh cut?

What I do when cracking a figure is to heat the figure in very hot water to get the glue soft. Then to remove the legs on a DCUC figure I take a large knife and pry the bottom waist seam open. When I first started I use to try this with a hobby knife, but you can't get the leverage that you need to pop the seam apart... Plus I've cut myself a few times because of that as well. Below is a picture of the knife that I use now.

Image
Last edited by 1987olds442 on Tue Aug 02, 2016 3:52 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Image
User avatar
1987olds442
News & Reviews
News & Reviews
 
Posts: 927
Images: 100
Joined: Wed Sep 25, 2013 6:01 pm

Re: Customs Discussions, Works in Progress, etc.

Postby HectorHall » Fri Jul 11, 2014 6:33 pm

Thanks olds, I will be giving this surgery a "stab" tonight.
User avatar
HectorHall
League Initiate
League Initiate
 
Posts: 1008
Images: 913
Joined: Mon Sep 16, 2013 10:39 pm
Location: Sumner,WA where the wolves roam free

Re: Customs Discussions, Works in Progress, etc.

Postby Idiot Savant » Fri Jul 11, 2014 10:44 pm

Wow...fantastic job on these customs man!!!
I am one of the 63%....
User avatar
Idiot Savant
League Elite
League Elite
 
Posts: 6588
Images: 31
Joined: Tue Sep 17, 2013 6:45 am
Location: Galactic Sector Z-Z-9-Plural-Z Alpha-middle-of-effing-nowhere-Wisconsin

Re: Customs Discussions, Works in Progress, etc.

Postby 1987olds442 » Sat Jul 12, 2014 8:19 pm

This week I've been working on trying to catch up on commission work all for the same commissioner.

First was a repair job. He purchased grungethemovie's awesome 90's Hulk. Which is beautifully sculpted, but at one point or another it took a tumble. Which broke the head and chipped up the paint on the body. When a he told me that he had a modified Select hulk figure that had a broken head, so I told him that I would be more than happy to fix it for him. And I was taken for a huge surprise when I opened the box and it was grungethemovie's incredible 90's Hulk in there.
Image
Image
Image

After repairing the fractures on the head and adding a little color to the eyes I touched up the paint on the head and body I applied to good sealer and then sprayed it with a dullcoat. I just can't get over how awesome grungethemovie's sculpting is, and I took a lot of pictures show off all of that sculpting work.
Image
Image
Image
Image
Image
Image
Image
Image

With this one he is wanting a mix of the original Toybiz Archangel with the new Hasbro one. So far I modified the wing connector to fit on the Toybiz body, and I had to make an adapter for the neck using a ROML Ghost Rider neck to fit the Hasbro head on to the old body.
Image
Image
Image
Image

He is also wanting to have an alternate body for a custom Samuel Alexander Nova that he already had to have an older Nova. So I've started sculpting Nova's new alternate body.
Image
Image
Image
Image
Last edited by 1987olds442 on Tue Aug 02, 2016 3:53 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Image
User avatar
1987olds442
News & Reviews
News & Reviews
 
Posts: 927
Images: 100
Joined: Wed Sep 25, 2013 6:01 pm

Re: Customs Discussions, Works in Progress, etc.

Postby Idiot Savant » Sat Jul 12, 2014 9:27 pm

Wow...just WOW! I'm blown away at your level of artistry.
I am one of the 63%....
User avatar
Idiot Savant
League Elite
League Elite
 
Posts: 6588
Images: 31
Joined: Tue Sep 17, 2013 6:45 am
Location: Galactic Sector Z-Z-9-Plural-Z Alpha-middle-of-effing-nowhere-Wisconsin

Re: Customs Discussions, Works in Progress, etc.

Postby HectorHall » Sat Jul 12, 2014 9:44 pm

These are very impressive pieces ya got goin on!
User avatar
HectorHall
League Initiate
League Initiate
 
Posts: 1008
Images: 913
Joined: Mon Sep 16, 2013 10:39 pm
Location: Sumner,WA where the wolves roam free

Re: Customs Discussions, Works in Progress, etc.

Postby Webslinger » Sat Jul 12, 2014 10:23 pm

Very cool stuff!!!
User avatar
Webslinger
News & Reviews
News & Reviews
 
Posts: 3099
Joined: Tue Sep 17, 2013 4:23 am

Re: Customs Discussions, Works in Progress, etc.

Postby tonyrome » Sun Jul 13, 2014 8:42 am

Dude your first of all your painting is unmatched... Secondly your sculpting is flawless... now you've done it I'm a fan
Tonyrome
tonyrome
Partner
Partner
 
Posts: 178
Joined: Sat Sep 28, 2013 8:00 am

Re: Customs Discussions, Works in Progress, etc.

Postby 1987olds442 » Mon Jul 14, 2014 1:11 pm

Thanks everyone :smgrin:

Oh and Corey from casting cave just sent me a picture of the newly cast feet for my Hulks with castings of the Marvel Select/DCUC adapters that I made.

Image

Here are the original parts.
Image

My V5 of Now! Cap is almost finished. He just needs sealed then dullcoated.
Image

Here is another update on Ms Marvel's paint work.
Image

Update on Agent Coulson.
Image
Image

I'm also going to be making an Avengers A.I. Vision, and I may end up making the entire team.
Image
Last edited by 1987olds442 on Tue Aug 02, 2016 3:54 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Image
User avatar
1987olds442
News & Reviews
News & Reviews
 
Posts: 927
Images: 100
Joined: Wed Sep 25, 2013 6:01 pm

PreviousNext

Return to Action Figure Customs

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 12 guests

cron