Iron Grenadiers - Some Quick Shots

I mentioned to Don that I had posted a blog about my Iron Grenadier stuff, but turns out I didn't! Here are the pics - hopefully I'll have some time to dress this post up with some information. For now - the pics.


Group shot - showing the individuals and the army-builders. I've been fortunate to grab up a few con sets fairly cheaply. They make for a nice IG force!


Destro looking over the troops and their vehicles. I use the Iron Anvils as vehicle crewmen.


I really do need to dust off the vehicles and mock up a nice display area for these, but this is the best I can do for now. I've repainted a couple of IG figures, but haven't gotten to the Annihilators yet. They'll be black where they are current purple, red where orange, and - wait for it - gold where gold!


Destro and General Mayhem check out the newest MARS Industries Battle Mech




This is a custom "Kestrel" inspired by someone's work on Joecustoms.com


My take on the Rowdy Roddy Piper convention figure.


Repaint of the dreadful Voltar figure.








Yeah, I use the Star Vipers for the IGs - perfect deco for it!

Black Lantern - Scar and Cyborg?

Well here are two Black Lantern customs. Scar you'll probably be familiar with already, but probably not with Cyborg here.

Scar was created from my botched dye-job experiment on painted figures. The product of that experiment was not only ghastly ugly, but resisted most attempts at repainting. The dye would seep back out of the plastic and discolor the paint. I finally was successful in painting it after a few layers of oil-based enamel and just accepting the discolored blue for his skin tone. Scar was thus born.




Here's a little bit of fan-fiction. What happened was I had an extra Cyborg body and thought that it would be neat if he became a Black Lantern since his strictly biological life was over when he became mostly machine. I used the head and right hand from a Deathlok figure (the Cyborg was the Sonic Hand variant). I should probably figure out a way to put a Black Lantern symbol somewhere on there. For now, it's pretty good though.

A Few Marvel Customs

It's been a while so I'll just quickly throw up a few Marvel Customs I've done recently.

Destroyer:






I knew that I'd have to pay through the teeth to get one of the ToyBiz figures, so I took my Thor-Buster Iron Man and re-deco'd him a bit. He's got some sculpy, then a black-wash, then a slight silver coat with blue-highlights.


Then up is my Fearsome Four ally, the Iron Maniac!



He was inspired by Robert Kirkman's Iron Maniac from the Marvel Team-Up series. I wanted to expand my Fearsome Four group and he came to mind. He's a First Appearance Iron Man with a War Machine gun, and a few sculpting bits.



He's not a very nice guy.


Oh and here's a nice blurry pic of his face without mask (and before the black-wash).



Tombstone:




I basically got the idea for this from a few custom projects posted on-line. Sandman body with a Mr. Sinister head and cape part. I pitted the head to match the body, then painted the whole thing black and put the finishing touches on top.



Nick Fury - the Life Model Decoy:






Quick and easy - Terminator body with a Nick Fury head. Can't get easier than that.

Some Joe Customs

First up is my take on Doctor Venom from the Marvel Comics - 25th Anniversary style.



He's made using a Cobra Commander body, Cobra Soldier arms, and a modified Destro head. I actually cobbled most of this together from spare parts I didn't have any other use for otherwise. I added some hair to the Destro head to make it more of a actual head rather than the metal mask. I think he turned out pretty well.

I picked up a 25th Anniversary Arctic HISS on-line. I wanted it to have the normal armament while the missile rack would look great on a mainline HISS. Here's the frosty HISS (stickers not yet applied):



Here's the mainline HISS with missile weapons package:





Cobra Soldier: "Uh, Mr. Destro, Sir? I don't think- maybe being up here isn't a good idea..."

Destro: "Shuddap! Next time you won't make eyes at the Baroness!"


Last up is my Oktober Guard group-shot. I haven't made any customs for the Oktober Guard yet, though I do have a few on my list. Here's my current team:

Elongated Man - Black Lantern

Here's my take on the Black Lantern form of Elongated Man:



He stands there with his more living form. Here he is with Black Hand:



I made him from the body of the Marvel Legends Fantastic Four Classics Mr. Fantastic body, the neck from a movie-line Mr. Fantastic, the head from a different movie-line Mr. Fantastic head, and some of the cape material from a Marvel Legends Mr. Sinister.

I cut the cape material to fit the shape of the symbols and super-glued them on. Then came the paint. On the head I drilled out the eyes and mouth, then cut off the nose and used a heated paper clip to make the nasal cavity.

I'm happy with how he turned out but I realize now I missed his armbands. I'll probably comeback and do those sometime.

Here are a couple of other Green Lantern customs:

Sinestro as a Green Lantern in DCUC style:



He's just a headswap - Sinestro Corps variant Sinestro on an Abin Sur GL body.

Here's a Kreon figure. I made him using the ML/FFC Torch head on a GL boxset Tomar Re body. He's got a golden prosthetic arm and eye-patch.