Ok, for background, I've always wanted to make this figure. I played and enjoyed the first games, years ago, and she is well suited to fit in on the adventure side of my verse. But I never had great motivation to make her because I didn't have parts that motivated me. I'd save pics of some of the cool customs I'd see for future reference, but still never really lit a fire.
Last year I got more motivated when Chief posted his take on the character. It's still one of my favorite figures he has made, and he seems to enjoy rubbing my face in how awesome she is (and that I don't have her). lol. Well, I had been working to remedy that with a fairly classic looking take on the character. Then AV came to play, and brought his A game.
So AV pretty much owned the classic look. I'm not a guy who needs to be original with every figure, but it seemed silly to post something so close in style if I didn't think I could top him! lol So I decided to scrap the scheme I had going, take the parts I liked best from my first WIP, and make a different style version of the character. I think it was for the best. In part, because the head I've been setting aside for Lara is one that looks better on the new body. I used a MU X-23 base figure, and I'm not sure she'd work so well on a different torso.
Because X-23 is wonky, Lara here remains a bit wonky too. I did shorten her up a touch, by swapping in Ms. Marvel lower legs. But if the critique is that her legs are too long, I accept that, but have come to terms with it. lol.
Here is the look I decided to target:
And here is what I came up with:
