I'm glad everyone is liking these. Especially Bravestarr. I really put a lot of time into him. One of the biggest problems I had with him was trying to decide whether to go with his look from teh cartoon or the look form his toy. In most cases I went with the toy.
Mysterious Stranger wrote:
The only thing I'd change is maybe get his skintone a little darker and more Native American.
It is a couple of shades darker then my white figures, but it isn't as dark as Spirit. This was one of the first toon vs figure debates I had, his chest armor being the second. I ended up going with a skin color that was somewhere in between those two looks for him.
I never thought about doing Tex Hex. I was more concerned about 30-30, which I'm still tracking down parts for. I'll have to see what I cna come up with for him now though.
gijoey wrote:
The Colonel- I don't now why you would make one but it's cool.
I go with what interests me and food interests me.
This was actually made for JCW as he is one of the background characters. The Colonel started off as a joke character that took on a life of his own. He's a huge fan of JCW and dispenses his knowledge and recipes in a Foghorn Leghorn style. After the Bruger King this didn't seem like a bad idea. I'm hoping to one day have a Fast Food Icon Royal Rumble. Next up for me, Jack in the Box.
Lance Sputnik wrote:
The jacket is pretty bulky, but it's a great figure regardless.
You'll have to trust me when I say it looks better then the version I tried to make. I know the shoulders are a bit big and the collar doesn't quite work but I think it pulls off the effect without sacraficing too much movement.
Lance Sputnik wrote:
Ok... the bomb robot. What did you make that bad boy out of ?
Main body and wheels: Hot Wheels Monster Jams Speed Demons (retained its pull back and go feature)
Tracks: Matchbox tank
Claw arm: G2 Optimus Prime trailer and Matchbox crane
Audio/visual sensors: Sneak Peak monocular, bbi night vision goggles, styrene tubing
Rear battery: Scoop backpack and wires
YJAGG wrote:
what is that background that Scarlet is bound and gaged infront of?
21st Century WWII bank/HQ. This is one of my favorite pieces. It is only a portion of a bombed out building witht he front looking like some kind of bnak and the backside looking like it is some kind of headquarters. You can see some of the back side
here. A very versatile peice that went on cleanrance at TRU a couple of years ago for like $5.
SNAKE wrote:
is that big ben's noggin?
No, sheesh, I'm not that good. Lex Luther uses comic pack Dragonsky's head. Usually those messed up painted eyes don't look right but for Luther they scream contempt which was perfect for how I envision him.
SNAKE wrote:
I don't understand double brawler....I guess I missed something in my hiatus but he looks well put together and interesting.
No you didn't miss anything. He made an appearance earlier this week in
The Workbench dio-comic for the Custom Celebration. Some people wanted to see him close up.
I had the unpainted figure on my workbench for a while but I wasn't sure what to do with him. Use it for Outback or make a Big Brawler? Then it hit me that I could do both. Plus it would serve another prupose. Whenever I show people my customs they always ask, "How do you do make these?" Way back in the day, I did a step by step of a custom and made a flash display on my website. That website is long gone so I wanted something I could show people and they'll instantly get a better idea of how a custom goes from a WIP to a finished product.
When you told me a couple of months ago that you were working on a Bravestarr I knew he would be cool, but DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANG!!!!! Now I want to see you make his horse.