Well, I've been watching The Greatest American Hero on DVD and got the bug to build a Billy Maxwell custom. Just figured I'd mod a Hannibal figure (since his shoulder rig reminded me of Bill the first time I saw it.)

Still not happy with Bill's color scheme - I need to find a different color for the shirt, but for now this is what I've got.



Oh - and I had to make a Ralph custom to go along with Bill - otherwise it wouldn't work.

Used the modded Quaid head from my Hawk custom - I REALLY wanted to use a Bruce Campbell head instead, since he'd be perfect if they did a remake, but Ash's hair is too long, so I went with the next best thing.

Ralph, as I said, was an afterthought. I took a discarded Green Lantern custom and re-purposed it by putting Face's head (the only guy with a suitable 'Fro) on and slapping a crapload of red paint on him. Originally I thought I'd use an MU Torch or Black Spidey as a base, but I didn't want him to be ripped - he just needs to be a guy in a suit. He's too muscular as it is - I didn't want him having any additional definition. Eyes need some work too -- the sculpts on these A-team figs suck balls - Face and Murdock both are a problem when re-painting eyes.

They both still need some work - especially Bill, but I've got them to the "good enough for now" stage at least.

Cheers!

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Awesome! Now if you excuse me, the theme song for that show will be stuck in my head for days if I dont hit youtube right now and watch the opening.

Seriously, Both are great representations of the actors I think. Great work as always!

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Looks like you've got some very minor coverage issues on Ralph bug, otherwise, these kick nards.

I'm totally willing to accept some superheroic definition on Ralph only because I have to imagine that, if such a character actually existed, the unevitible action figure would be unrealistically ripped.

Great work on these.

Longs Johns and a cape?

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Looking real good. So are you re-defining the character, or would you go with a Robert Culp looking head if you found one? (heads off to the 'head bin' if so).

I like the choice for Ralph also (especially since I have that same base body without yet having an idea on what to use it for. Here's a thought though. For 'regular guy in super suit' look, would the ROC Breaker torso work at all? It's sufficiently skinny at least.

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Thanks guys --

Dennis - I would totally use a Bob Culp head if I could find one. Then I could put the Quaid head back on Hawk . As for the Breaker torso - it'd end up making him TOO small, IMO - skinny is fine, but I don't want him much shorter than he is - he's a dwarf next to other superheroes and he's shorter than Bill, so that's where I want him. Also, I wanted to make use of the discarded GL custom anyway, so there wasn't any part-hunting for Ralph at all. Trying to optimize my existing parts for now until I find a job.

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I always remember Maxwell wearing either a shirt and tie or a denim colored shirt. But then I haven't seen the show in years so my memory could be failing me. Nice work on both though.

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I love it, dude! I saw the whole series on dvd for like 13 bucks. I wanted it, too! Great job, looks good, and not corny at all.

Damn another figure you've beat me to.
Crap
nice job

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These look great. I think that the head on Ralph works very well. Great job on both customs. I used to enjoy watching the Greatest American Hero when I was a child.