that is some wicked sculpting.

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wow, that is fantastic.

Dig the hands, though.

What about that head?

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Exactly ditto
Can't wait for the end results

Thanks everybody! You guys are really helping me stay motivated to keep working on this during a pretty busy period. Right now, I've wetsanded the primer down and fixed some errors in the sculpting that showed up when the fig was all white. I've reworked the boots a fair amount, I think for the better.

I'm having a pretty big problem with some of the more bendy newsculpt plastic, though - the primer doesn't seem to want to cure all the way. It's just a little tacky. If you squeeze it real good, some primer will come off on your finger. I've used regular painting primer and Krylon's Fusion primer for plastics. The Fusion was better but still a little tacky.

I'm gonna poke around here and see if anyone has a solution. Anyone in the thread dealt with this?

As for ARAH, I started collecting Joe in 1983, so I'm definitely a fan of ARAH, but it feels more comfortable to me to customize newsculpt as they'll probably never be collectible. I don't mind at all when other people customize ARAH, but it's hard for me to take that plunge...