Wolverine (Silver Exclusive w/ metal claws)

This is the reason why I started these customs, to put in metal claws on Wolverine like he deserved. It all started when I heard about figurerealm.com. I went on the site and read a tutorial on how to add metal claws on this guy. Then I started browsing around the site and I like what I saw. Went to the toy store to find a Wolverine and instead I picked up a black costumed Spidey. It wasnt until recently that I decided to add these claws, finally.

I was going to paint it but then I thought it looked badass all silver. I added the exaggerated slits that go over Wolvie's hands and painted it silver.

~recipe~
base: Toys `R` Us exclusive 25th Anniversary Wolverine
claws: bobby pins

The Wink [Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects]

Commissioned this one for Nesto. Dont know much about this character prior to my research. All I know is that she is from the video game Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects, she has white skin, a hood, some greenish implant on her right outter thigh which allows her to teleport, 3 tendrils on the back and the ability to produce some on her arms and hands.

~recipe~
base: Spiderwoman
tendrils: craft wire on the back and paper and sculpt on the arm

Justice Lord Batman

Repainted this for Ernesto. He gave me some batman that was all grey and blue. Base coated the body in flat black by testors. Then I painted the cape and cowl grey as well as the stripes on the lower arms and legs. The belt was stripped off and then base coated in black then drybrushed silver. The batsymbol is also silver.

~Recipe~
base: Batman

Batman TAS (repaint)

Repainted this for Ernesto. He gave me some batman that was all grey and blue. Base coated all the blue parts in insignia blue by testors then a heavy dry brush of flat black. The only part I didn't paint was the inside of the cape. I was going to repaint the symbol in classic black and yellow but I remember him having that same batsymbol from TAS when he was with robin.

~Recipe~
base: Batman

Iron Spider-Man

I bought the original iron spider-man online and was very disappointed at it. I only wanted it to enhance its originaly extra arms but the reality of it is that the whole figure just sucked. So instead, I made my own iron spider and will just have to make its extra arms out of scratch.

~Recipe~
base: ML Captain Marvel
head: LCBH Star
forearms: Bullseye
hands: Hasbro's Iron Spider-man

I used various references to complete the look of iron spider-man. There was the bust, comic books, fan art, and the original figure. Started with captain marvel as a base. ripped off the head and forearms. LCBH star head, bullseye forearms, original iron spider hands. sculpted over the forearms, sculpted the legs, the bottom of star's eyes, and of course the insignia. painted the forearms and the shoulders gold. For the color, I did the metallic look, primed in black then based in silver and finally clear red.

Soon, if I find the right formula and materials, I'll add on his spiderlegs.

Phantasm

Did this one for a friend. For all the batman fansatics, we all know phantasm was female. however, my friend wasn't satisfied with that and I have been asked to customize one.Though the phantasm is actually a female, I suppose my version keeps the essence of the phantasm true and not its scripted character. Okay well here he is...

~Recipe~
base: undertaker
sculpted: hood, gloves, boots, cape
cape: ML ronin; to do the front, i cut out card paper then used sculpt to layer over the card paper.

took a wwf undertaker that was a two pack with kane or something, idk. I noticed he had a big bum forehead and a mullet. great. pulled off the mullet and filled the hole with sculpt. Then I sculpted the face. This was a two step process. First I sculpted the front of the face then the cheeks. Second I sculpted over the cheeks to create the cheekbones.
for the cape, I used my friend's Ronin cape from the ML Dr Doom. I cut the bottom of the cape to match my references. Then I took car paper and cut out what the front should look like then superglued it. Used a layer of sculpt for some volume and texture and to bond more seemingly with the Ronin cape.
for the hood, it was another two step process. First, after sanding the hair down, I sculpted over the top and created the pointed section of the hood. Second, I sculpted around the face and the excess of the hood.
I sculpted the lower arms to look like gloves. I sanded down the lower legs then sculpted boots over that.
the only thing I am missing is the right hand. I am actually avoiding making it out of sculpt. I like to use minimal sculpt so I have yet to forage around for fodder to make the razor glove thing. Updates on the hand will come eventually. meh