So I had this huge list of things I needed to do around the house this weekend. But instead, I watched a Futurama/Venture Bros marathon and worked on these guys:
Knew I had to do a Rambo ever since I saw the first pics of Spirit online. I tried to re-paint his head to make him look less like Spirit/Billy-from-Predator. And although he still maintains some distinct Native American features, I'm cool with it, since Rambo's Dad was supposed to be a Navajo anyway.
No interest in trying to integrate him into my Joe 'verse -- he's basically just for fun - like my Ralph Hinkley/Bill Maxwell customs.
Head/Bow/Quiver -- POC Spirit
Torso - cast MU Guardian (modded)
Arms - cast MU Wolverine (modded)
Legs - 25A Firefly
Then, after watching the Venture Bros episode where Brock goes camping and meets "Steve Sommers" and Bigfoot, I figured it was time to get off my ass and finally finish my Steve Austin custom (the thing's been a WIP for about 4 years now.)
But honestly, I'm still not happy with the Lee Majors head. Even after modding the 70s haircut and re-painting the eyes a dozen times, it still looks too cartoony to me. -- Probably a result of the original sculpt - the eyes are uneven and that makes the painting difficult. But in the end, I decided to update Steve for 2010 with an entirely different head:
(-- the flesh tone on the neck isn't so severely different from the head in person)
I was just going to do Steve in civvies, but when I decided to reject the Majors head, I knew I needed something iconic so people would know who he's supposed to be.
I also re-built Sasquatch -- his proportions were looking goofy to me in his original form:
So I lengthened his arms & legs to give him some extra height and match the lengthened torso I gave him originally. Hard to believe he started out as an MLS Beast:
So I'm considering him done now, finally. And he's the link between my Adventure Team and Steve Austin, so that works just fine
Finally, I decided to put the MU Dark Spider-Man/Venom figure to work for me:
Had to mod the head a bit to allow for "eye-holes", but I'm pretty happy.
Need to find a way to give him an open-mouth snarl:
Side-by-side with what's left of my original custom:
Cheers!
