Packerbacker Customs A Fatal 4 Pack pg. 85

[Webslinger]

Awesome Shadow Thief!!!

[packerbacker180]

Admittedly I didn't know much about the character Dwarfstar until he appeared in Secret Six because I never read Ryan Choi's run as Atom. But once he did I knew I'd have to make him. He's been kind of a side project while I work on other customs, but he's finally finished and found a use for the DCIH Atom I bought for a JLA stand-in until I picked up a DCUC Atom. Hoping to get the remaining Secret Six members done this year (Scandal, Ragdoll, Jeannette, maybe Black Alice and an attempt at improving a modern Giganta I did when I first started doing customs)

[HectorHall]

Very cool, I like the fact you can take a figure from another line to use on this character because of the scale. I also like the rambling tease of what you have planned, man I never even thought about Black Alice til now! Every time I see your stuff it gets my mind thinking of possibilities. Great stuff!

[packerbacker180]

Lol, that's my problem too. Everytime I see other peoples customs I think of a bunch I'd like t do and my thoughts wander. Everytime you do an Infinity Inc'er I want to start that team, too. I bought a cast of Jeannette's head about four or five months ago now and keep getting sidetracked, partly because I'm still formulating her and Scandal in my head (not like that!)

[packerbacker180]

I've had the mental designs for this Thunderbolt for a year, just finally found the intestinal fortitude to give him a try. Special thanks to Havok1891 for the idea of using a Hunger Games Rue figure for Jakeem Thunder (even better because she was on clearance at TRU for $.60!)

Formulas:
Johnny Thunder was just a repainted DC Direct Jimmy Olsen
Jakeem was a Hunger Games Rue figure with sculpt added to the chest, jaw, and sculpted baseball hat
Thunderbolt was Mercury with the nose/jaw trimmed, and the water spout base from a YJ Aqualad, and lightning pieces from an ML Storm base added to the head

[HectorHall]

Johnny and Thunderbolt are exactly what I would expect from you, perfect. Jakeem is like a surprise bonus! Love the fact you were able to use a clearance figure to make such a great rendition.

[Idiot Savant]

Awesome job on those guys...before reading your instructions, I thought you hot glued the crap out of a wire hanger for the base; loved how it turned out!

[packerbacker180]

That would be a lot of glue sticks, lol. I'm just happy he can still turn at the waist without falling apart. That took a lot of epoxy glue and milliput to cover, but he's solid down there.

[HectorHall]

[quote="packerbacker180] he's solid down there.[/quote]
Good to know, might be TMI

[packerbacker180]

...solid as a rock...