X-Force / Age of Apocalypse Nightcrawler

5/22/13 - Update

Had some time to finally begin paint prep of this bad boy. I used an xacto knife to trim the joints.





I also sanded down the areas that I sculpted in order to paint them.




4/30/12 - Start of Project 

It has been some time since I have been able to work on any projects. I moved to a different state
then had a temp roomate using the room that was to be my work space but after long wait I have started and even finished some new project..

I have been reading a ton of comics lately and love X-Force and the new Age of Apocalypse so I thought it fitting to make a custom Nightcrawler.

Here is the before shots (only have my camera phone at the moment.




I am starting out by filling in the "tunic that Nightcrawler is wearing.




Now I have completely filled in the gaps and will begin sanding and prepping for primer.

Marvel Universe Multiple Man

5/1/12 - Project completed

This was originally started as a commission but I took far too long getting it done so the original person who wanted it backed out so I will be keeping it for my collection. This was created using a Marvel Universe Multiple Man as a base. The pants where sculpted over the legs. The trench coat is a DC Universe Hush jacket and the arms are frin Rise of Cobra Destro.

8/17/11 - Progress report

I have finally had some time to start painting the prototype for this project that ended up being bigger than I thought it would be LOL. I primed them then threw on 2 coats of blue via airbush then I dry brushed a lighter blue and put a clear blue over the entire legs. I will be clear coating these but im not sure if it should be flat, dullcoat or gloss, I am leaning towards dullcoat or flat though. You can also see the sculpted X emblem on the belt too.

8/1/11 - The Project begins!

I was commissioned to give Multiple Man his signature trench coat and thought that it would be a pretty simple mod. Boy was I wrong! So far I have taken the original Marvel Universe figure popped all the seams, got new arms, the jacket, modded the hands so they will fit in the jacket. I thought it would be done with that and a fresh coat of paint.

The person that this is for Ashrok wanted him to have jeans. I first tried to find some legs that would look good on this figure but because he has the body of a high school anorexic chick I quickly found this to be very hard so I decided to sculpt jeans onto the existing legs.

Here is what I have so far




I still have some shaping, sanding and touch ups to do. I am also adding an off center xmen logo belt buckle. After this figure is done I am going to send it to him and if he approves I have 4 more to do that are exactly the same...... Can I cry now? LOL j/k ashrok!

Custom Frost Giant WIP

I was in a local discount store the other day and came acrost an avatar toy and for some reason I thought that it could make a good base for a custom Frost Giant toy. This is going to require a ton of mods to make it looks right.

Here is the base figure.




Here is a shot of the body next to the normal Frost Giant from the Thor movie line.




I have already started cutting and sculpting. I have trimmed off all of the ornate avatar stuff from the arms and chest and have shortened the arms up to me more in proportion. I still have to re sculpt them to be more muscular.




I have started a custom head sculpt for him as well. I used the base head for the nose and eyes and decided to have his mouth stapled closed. I have already started on the second layer of sculpting the helm on him. This is still very rough, I am going for a big of an ogre look to him.

Monopoly Speed Die!

I am a huge fan of Monopoly but like many people I think that it can take a bit longer than most people would like. Because of this fact it can be a bit hard to find willing victims er I mean players. I first encountered the speed die in the Nintendo Wii version of Monopoly and thought that I should have one for the actual board game version. After doing research it looks like there was a version released with the speed die and special rules. I have a few themed version of monopoly already and didn't feel like buying a new copy just for a simple die. I created a custom die and rule card to be used. This can be added to any of the random version that I have.