packerbacker180 wrote:Like that X-23. Gah, the Toy Biz version is one of the worst, ugliest figures of all time.
I really liked how she turned out, and I should have some new pictures of her maybe tomorrow. I repainted her skin-tone areas to add a little more detail to those areas, and touched up the black on her costume.
HectorHall wrote:you are absolutely right about Angel's halo, cannot tell it is a label, fantastic work.
I've found that label paper can come in pretty handy for things like logos. That is how I made the bat logo on my first two Red Hood figures. I used several layers of label sheets and carefully cut out the logo and glued them in place.
Muthasucka wrote:Olds, these customs are AWESOME!! Man, your paintwork is fantastic. What kind of metallic paint are you using? Also, how did you do the "piping" on Cyke's costume? A pen? I've tried that and not gotten nearly as good results as you did. Anyway, great freaking work, man.
Thank you very much
For that blue it was a learning experience. It's a testor's enamel metallic blue. I know you are not normally suppose to use enamels on soft plastics, but I found if you use an acrylic base coat (in which I used a Blue base) the enamel drys without any tackiness issues. For Cyke's piping details it was all done with a fine brush, and keeping my hand very steady.
It is indeed the toybiz board repainted with the same paint that I used on the Surfer. I actually need to take some more pictures for a new turn around shot. If you notice on the rear shot the right leg knee joint is a little out of alignment. I used a hairdryer to heat the joint to push back into place, so it is all good now 
