A little over a year ago I was playing Tekken and getting my butt kicked by my daughter. I decided to switch up characters and went to ProtoJack. The skin/costume for the character reminded me of The Thing, only with a glowing green interior and flesh-colored plates. I figured I could do that! I started last summer by priming a Future Foundation Thing green. I then promptly lost the lower torso, which made me angry, as I had to drill out a place for the Smart Hulk's t-bar. I also didn't have a replacement part, so I threw the whole thing in a drawer, until NJC #88 came around. I bought another FF Thing on eBay and went at it. After priming green, I started dry-brushing the flesh plates. That probably took 5 or 6 coats. Then I realized it wasn't enough, and went and painted all the plates individually. I had thought about trying to use Smart Hulk head and sculpt the metal faux-hawk on, but while digging through a bits box (fodder from iwbeta & Iron Will) I ran across this Young Justice Amazo head, which was out of scale for normal 1:18 customs, and looked robot-y enough. I finally painted the pants green and got mad at myself for not priming them green in the first place.
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My second entry is BOB from the Atari Force DC Comic.
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It started as a figure pod i received from iwbeta. I spray painted a few push-pins red, drilled holes in the bottom, and called them wheels. There is a bit of kibble on the back to cover a couple holes. The antennae are parts of a scale-model engine and a piece of hose. The pod opens, and I have two different slips showing BOBs moods. This is also the first time I can remember using magnets on a custom: the Doc Ock arms have magnets on the ends, with corresponding magnets on the inner side of the pod front.
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Thoughts?
