Both of these have been on the workbench for a long-ass time. Finally got motivated to finish Kilowog after seeing the Green Lantern 'toon, and getting my SDCC Invaders set with Namor prompted me to whip up Dr Strange so I could have a core Defenders team.
Had to sculpt over an MU Thing body -- similar to, but more successful than, what I did for my previous custom:
Then I modded a JLU Kilowog head by sanding down the sharp edges and sculpting some better "lip-teeth" or whatever. He still has some rough edges, but I'm pretty happy with him.
Been waiting and waiting to hear news about an MU Dr Strange, but with no luck. I kept putting this guy off because I knew the cape would be a pain in the ass. And guess what - it was. I planned to use a plastic SW cape, but it just didn't give me the look I wanted. I wanted a living, flowing, poseable cape like in the comics, so I proceeded to glue gold ribbon and wire to an old red t-shirt. It wouldn't be so bad, but the "kinks" in the ribbon look crappy when I pose the cape. It doesn't always look like "LASER BLAST", so I figure I'll keep it.
Zap head w/ sculpted hair
Cobra Troop upper body/arms
Microman hands
MU Torch legs
I'm putting a Knighthawk and a Valkyrie on the "to-do" list for a proper Defenders team roster. Should be interesting to have a "non-team" superhero team for a change
Cheers!
I mean, umm...