Been packing up to move of late (just not sure where to yet
) But as a result, my focus has been a bit scattered. Here are some projects I've been working on though.
First is a character from my sci-fi verse. He was inspired a bit by Paul when he was the blind preacher from Dune (Messiah maybe? can't recall which).
This guy is a former Lancer officer in the service of the King of Avalon. Blinded in battle, he became understandably disillusioned after a decade of having his health and well-being be ignored by the Kingdom after his last battle was fought. He claims to have had a vision, and that the visions return, and he has learned various mystical powers as a result. One is the claimed power of foresight.
Whether he has been touched with prescience, or whether he is simply crazed, the man they call everything from Preacher and Prophet to Hobo and Scourge has been preaching just outside the steps of the Royal Cathedral on Avalon Prime (Orbis Bellator) for months now. Most disturbing is that he seems to be gathering a flock of parishioners. While he has not yet done anything illegal, the King’s men keep a watchful eye out for the first sign of actual treason, so that the problem may be eliminated for good.
Other less finished work includes a new version of EXCAL/Knighthawk. Thinking this WIP will be in an adventure gear type of outfit, since the Paladin look has been covered before both with this character and the similar one from my sci-fi verse. And EXCAL, as an organization, has been disbanded, so the former ops are kind of all over the place look-wise now.
Now for something unusual for me – an O-Ring “custom”. Actually the laziest of LBCs – Newsculpt Knighthawk. I made this for the specific purpose of having a character I liked when my son recruits me to play with his Joe/SW/Superheroes toys with him. I was using just the Wildbill figure that the torso and arms come from, but wanted something more Knighthawky. Lol. The Gung Ho head is a NS dead-ringer, and the GH legs give him enough height to look good with even modern figs.
If I were a kid, and playing was my #1 priority for customs, this is the type I would make. In part because you don’t have to paint anything just to change the pants. And the backscrew is a difference maker, and would still be so today, even without an o-ring.
An EXCAL teaser: Still waiting to get my printer back up and running to finish him off. You’ll just have to wonder who it is for now.
This Flint was one of the first Joe customs I ever made. I didn’t like the 25A v.1 torso or arms, so I used Shipwreck instead. Makes him kind of skinny, and when I used some of the early 25A legs on him, he was mostly an uninspired figure. I actually see some potential in him again though, putting some POC/30th legs on him. What do you think? I might even dig back out the hatless head I had made for him and try to update him completely now.
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Kwinn_Lives wrote:
you have now won more JCAs than anyone in the history of the award.
Mysterious Stranger wrote:
You sir are the definition of a Renaissance Nerd... you do it all so damn well.
