Damn - wish I had taken some "before" shots so you could see the difference.....
Anyway, on the way home from work tonight I stopped off to try & find some Wave 7 Joes -- no luck. As I was snagging a 2-pack of Indy German soldiers, I walked by the Hulk section. I wasn't too impressed - the figures all looked a little big for my 'verse (I like Hulk at about 8ft tall.) But I liked the sculpt for the regular non-action-attack Hulk, so I grabbed him.
My only real beef with him was his 25A Ace-like googly eyes. But I figured since the head was 3 times bigger than a Joe's, I might have luck in re-painting the eyes (since I can't do "LASER BLAST" on a 1:18 head.)
So I brought him home, started working on the eyes - got them where I wanted them and then gave his entire body a dry-brushing of Deep Green to make it look less like a toy. Then I noticed that he still looked off, and I realized - they didn't give him any eyebrows! So I fixed that, gave his pants a Midnight Blue/Purpley wash, drybrushed some green into his hair and called him done.
And after measuring the fig, at 1:18 scale he's actually about 8'7", so that's good enough.
With my custom "Smart Hulk" (my default until now):
And with the gang:
And like I'm gonna drop $23 on a crappy repaint Hummer:
If anyone happens to have this fig and wants to post a "before" shot for me for comparison, I'd be most appreciative.
Cheers!
