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  1. Know, O prince, that between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis and the gleaming cities, and the years of the rise of the Sons of Aryas, there was an Age undreamed of, when shining kingdoms lay spread across the world like blue mantles beneath the stars - Nemedia, Ophir, Brythunia, Hyperborea, Zamora with its dark-haired women and towers of spider-haunted mystery, Zingara with its chivalry, Koth that bordered on the pastoral lands of Shem, Stygia with its shadow-guarded tombs, Hyrkania whose riders wore steel and silk and gold. But the proudest kingdom of the world was Aquilonia, reigning supreme in the dreaming west. Hither came Conan the Cimmerian, black-haired, sullen-eyed, sword in hand, a thief, a reaver, a slayer, with gigantic melancholies and gigantic mirth, to tread the jeweled thrones of the Earth under his sandalled feet. And also destined to drink many tankards of foaming ale and crush the heaving bosoms of lusty wenches to his mighty chest! Head: MU v1 Punisher, modded Arms/Torso: MU Warpath Legs: MU Thunderball Belt: Chap Mei (?) Loin Cloth: face cloth Scabbard: Prince Caspian Necklace: MU Black Widow belt Sword: Papo Axe: Playmobil Tankard: Playmobil I have been a Conan fan since my father bought me issue 59 of Savage Sword of Conan: The City of Skulls. Then it was the books, then the movie, then more books. Over 30 years later, I am still not tired of re-reading the stories. I blame Cap over at Joe Customs for me making this :lol: . His fantasy work gave me the inspiration. Thanks, man! :lol: This is now the third Conan I have made, and the best, IMHO. I wanted a cross between the Frank Frazetta/Boris Vallejo paintings and the interior artwork from Savage Sword of Conan magazine. I modified the head with green stuff. I wanted a more flexible result so I could move the head without breaking. The Warpath hands are set quite wide, so I wound some thin leather thong around the handles of the sword and axe to help them fit. I used a piece of face cloth as it looks reasonably like fur. I found the belt while looking for other parts. It was a no-brainer for this custom as soon as I saw it.
  2. Okay, let's post it again: MU Captain Britain Version 1: The entire figure is a MU Daredevil, repainted in a lighter shade of red and with sculpted hair.
  3. He loves you! LBCed the bodies with a SHS Reed Richards plus a little bit of epoxy. The head is a cast of a Lanard CORPS Orca figure. The one with the bald head and big nose. I made a mold of the ears I sculpted on my Green Goblin custom and added them onto the sides. Just needed to grind the nose down et voila: SHS Skrulls. The guns are from Marauder. The Invasion has started!
  4. SHS Captain Mar-Vell I do so love the SHS Reed Richards! It comes in handy for customs. I needed someone to kick down on the Skrulls: The head is cast from the MU Daredevil. I cast it for another custom, but decided it was perfect for this one as well. Just sculpted the hair on the top. I went with the original look with white hair rather than blonde. The star on his chest is done using opaque inkjet waterslide paper.
  5. When I started planning my Arcade figure, I read a few of the comics that he appeared in to get a feel for the character. After reading the Wolverine/Black Cat crossover, I was intrigued by The White Rabbit. I tracked down her few appearances and found myself really liking her. After buying a couple of Invisible Girl SHS figures from ebay, I decided t5o use one as the base. With a little bit of modification, the Harry Potter OotP Sirius Black coat fit very nicely. I sculpted the waistcoat and watch. The figure was still too tall, so I removed the feet and sculpted the boots over the ankles. The tail on the rear of the coat was added at my Father's insistence. He was watching me make the figure and kept badgering me until I added it. I didn't want to use the Sue Storm head because it looks just wrong. I cast about in my parts box and eventually settled on the comic pack Cover Girl head, partly because it looked right, partly because I didn't have to sculpt the hair. I sculpted a couple of ears and inserted them into drilled out holes. I cast a two umbrellas from the one that came with Henry Jones, Sr in the Last Crusade range. The 'razor tipped carrot' that one is 'firing' was sculpted from green stuff.
  6. I have always preferred Marvel Comics to DC. Marvel's line-up of villains, even the second and third stringers, seem more realistic and colourful. I have always had a sneaking liking for this character. He reminds me of a very twisted version of Mr Roarke, and his plots seemed like a cross between The Prisoner and Fantasy Island. I have been thinking about doing this guy since I used the same recipe to put together a suited figure. Just seemed to be a natural progression. Head: Spy Troops Crosshairs with sculpted hair Body: Patronus Harry Potter Coat: OotP Sirius Black Arcade machines: wayoftherodent.com To forestall any questions, the arcade machines in teh background are ones I found on the net, printed out and assembled. The direct link is: http://www.wayoftherodent.com/gd101/bs_paperarcade.htm They are free. Just click on the machine you want, right click and 'Save picture as'. I printed them out onto a good quality gloss photocard at 75% of scale. That brought them to about 1:18. No instructions, but the are quite easy to assemble. I would recommend printing black onto the back of teh card so any white doesn't show up.
  7. Thought I would add this custom to the thread. Once I finished off my v2 Captain Britain, I wanted to populate his world a little. So I decided to make one of teh more unique and unusual critters that he faced off against: The upper body was no problem. I simply took the hands off a SHS Colossus, and sculpted over the rest. The legs are from a Doctor Who Krillitane figure, merged onto the hip joints from the Colossus figure. The flames coming out of the left arm are a cut down missile from a SHS gun. I am also working on Meggan and Mad Jim Jaspers
  8. I do prefer Captain Britain's original costume, and I was always reasonably happy with the first Captain Britain custom I did. When I completed my Excalibur CB, I decided that I would redo the original. I started casting around for a figure as a base, and saw the MU/FF Daredevil. The dark red would be perfect for the base, and the head would work with just a little bit of modification. I cut the nose down slightly, applied a decal to the forehead and sculpted the hair and mask. I used a vermilion shade of red to repaint the figure to make it lighter. The lion on his chest is printed onto t-shirt transfer paper and glued on. I left a small amount of black around the image to reflect how it usually looked in the comics; there was always a variable amount of shadow around it. Personally, I think it works. The Star Sceptre is a Cantina Band instrument cut down with the end off a gun on the end. The Amulet of Right is just a piece of chain with epoxy for the amulet itself. Okay, I know that Cap is on the voting list for a place in next years line-up of figures, but I don't believe that we will be seeing him for some time. Comparison pic of the old and the new: Here is my MkII Captain Britain. Used a SHS Magneto. Good one for making bulky figures. Just neede the belt removed and a small amount of sculpting on the boots.
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