Jeff

When I saw that Wolverine figure I thought the saw thing- only my Morph has the wolverine origins jacket, a peter parker head (can't remember which) and a black hairpiece. Having seen yours, I may just switch out that hairpiece. That was the one thing about my version I wasn't quite sold on. Love your customs! Keep 'em up coming!

excelent job Jeff and welcome to the insanity. moc847 Thanks, I started collecting minimates after a friend got me the fantastic four 2 pks. I now own two casserole sized rubbermaid totes full.

Here's my entry...What If Doctor Doom had become Sorcerer Supreme? with a custom Doom and defeated FF. Jeff B.

I should have my left dead 1 & 2 minimate customs finished by then....

I suppose I could just make a Nightcrawler......? Left 4 Dead 2 characters are on the way. I searched the minimate database for figures that looked as close to the characters and swapped pieces from there. The most challenging was Coach. I ending up using the 'gut' piece from the movie Blob along with the head of Black Panther (unmasked). I still have to sculpt a collar and then paint. I'm also making a hunter (hobgoblin), boomer (stay puft), smoker (?), witch (?), and tank (movie abomination?).

Not to dissapoint those who clicked on this thread looking for Left 4 Dead Minimate Customs, Here's mine: Bill is the only one that needs major work. He's missing his trademark beret. Louis needs to have his neck painted and a new decal added (it's paper right now). Zoey needs darker hair. Francis is complete. They were mostly Battlestar figures along with T2 and Wolverine Origins. They're may be 24 (tv show) as well. I can't remember. Luckily, the toys'r'us by me has an abundance of generic 'mates. Not necessarily the figures I want for my shadowbox collection, but parts are always good to have for projects like this. I just wish I could find more Winston/Zombie Taxi Driver two-packs for a larger horde. I also wish I could find a Nightcrawler. He appears to be non-existent on the internet- or maybe I haven't been looking hard enough? -Jeff

Thanks! It started with the Fantastic Four two packs a friend bought me- then picking up more and more as time went on. I visited Luke's site several times- he does awesome work. He had mentioned in a recent poll of doing a step by step process of how to customize a minimate. I've tried my hand at customizing action figures and completely botched it. I'd also like to repaint the Ghostbuster Minimates in the Real Ghostbuster uniforms and try to make a Jubilee, Mimic, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Hmm....Back to the Future?

Hello all! I just joined the MM and have been collecting Minimates off and on for awhile now (as they are hard to find in stores). Here's my current collection displayed in a shadow box I picked up from Hobby-Lobby. I did some tweaking to add the shelves (foam board with super glue). However, I would love to create minimates based on Left 4 Dead. I have all the characters from both games (Battlestar/T2 parts swamped mostly), I just need to paint them and add some waterslide decals to the chests. I'm starting to work on Rochelle and bought some paints to get started. Here's what I picked up: Model Master Acryl Flat White 4769 (I was told you have to sand the figure first then get a base coat of white before applying the actual color you want) Model Master Acryl Hot Pink 4640 (the color of Rochelle's Shirt minus the Depeche Mode decal I have yet to make) Model Master Acryl Flat Clear Acryl 4636 (to paint over the pink for a shiny finish) The question I ask you: Have I bought everything correctly? Am I following the right steps? I only have ONE of each figure and don't want to screw things up. I have other figures to use as 'tests' but I'd really like to just start on the l4d figures. Any tips? Pointers? Do and Don'ts? Thanks, Jeff