Monday, December 21, 2009
Merry Christmas!
Well, it's December 21st and hopefully about right now my Secret Santa recipient over at HCRealms is opening his gift! This was a real labor of love as his gift is the first map that I have ever created that I've printed. I read my Secret Santa buddy was a youth pastor and I thought a Nativity scene map would be perfect. I whipped this up over a rainy weekend and Fitch at my local comic shop had it printed and laminated. I was so happy with the results! Hopefully I'll figure out how I will make this map available to the public! Merry Christmas everyone!
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Handful of Heroes - Sabretooth
I'm been a big fan of Sabretooth since back in his cool Iron Fist days. He's a bad ass who knows how to look bad ass sporting a fur collar. We don't have the pimped out version of Sabretooth in miniature form so this figure is a welcome addition. It's hard to see all the detail on this translucent figure, so I'll need to prime him to see what exactly I have to work with. His fingers are very stubby and rounded at the ends so I am considered cutting off his hands and swapping them with the hands from the Ultimates Sabretooth.
Handful of Heroes - Spider-Man
Handful of Heroes - World War Hulk
Handful of Heroes - Gladiator Hulk
Handful of Heroes - War Machine
Handful of Heroes - Iron Man Mark I
Handful of Heroes - Thing
I'm not sure what it is about The Thing that leads him to have so many different looks and styles for what is basically the same character year after year. The Handful of Heroes Thing offers a look and style that hasn't been offered in miniatures yet and I must say... I like this sculpt. I'll eventually paint this figure when I'm feeling a bit more adventurous.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Handful of Heroes – Captain America
Handful of Heroes – Cyclops
Handful of Heroes – Juggernaut
Handful of Heroes – Green Goblin
Handful of Heroes – Magneto
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Advertising Madness - Hulk #225 (1978)
Friday, August 14, 2009
Handful of Heroes - Hulk
Handful of Heroes - Venom
Handful of Heroes - Nick Fury
Handful of Heroes - Rhino
I'm digging Rhino. Classic costume... looking good. Plus Rhino should be easy to paint.
Handful of Heroes - Colossus
Handful of Heroes - X-Ray
Handful of Heroes - Astonishing Wolverine
Handful of Heroes - Wolverine
Custom House - Punisher
A whaa? A Marvel custom!?! It happens. Being so damn picky is tough. I don't like unnecessary clear plastic. I don't like bricky. And I sure as shit don't like non-upright poses. The game is beginning, the forces are lining up and Punisher already is diving in a roll, gun a'blazing. Doesn't work for me.
The head was popped out and straightened. The legs are off an IC Henchman. Pretty simple conversion.
Custom House - Chameleon
Weird costume choices "bug" me too. The whole insect hybrid look for Chameleon annoyed me. And again, in my hands, a decent paint job. Under the Sony's lens... pretty crappy. How did I even get that blue paint on his knee and not notice it?
This was done a while ago. I'm guessing now, but I believe the body is Brainiac 5 and the head is an untouched Chameleon head. The cross-eyed look was brought to us by the original manufacturer.
Custom House - Killer Frost
Let me get this on the record right now. I despised "the man's" use of clear plastic for characters that weren't translucent or transparent. At some point before my death, I'll repaint everyone of these.
Killer Frost, three or four years ago this repaint was awesome. In the eyes of my Sony Digital Camera at 5 megs... it doesn't look so good.
My advice is to squint.
Custom House - Red Hood
First Post!
I've been thinking about having a place to "showcase" my customs. I've also been thinking about an ambitious modding project where I put out one custom per week based on a character that I read the week prior. The impetus tonight to get a site going is that I wanted to post comparison shots of the new Marvel Handful of Heroes alongside other miniature counterparts. However being a die hard DC fan, I couldn't let my first post be a Marvel post. So I dug up some old customs.
This is the ubiquitous Red Hood custom most of us have tried. The body is Black Mask. The cape is from a Robin. The helmet is the tip of a plastic paint brush.
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