newaddict Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 Young Avengers Stature and Patriot Hulkling and Wiccan Speed and Hawkeye Iron Lad and Vision The Young Avengers Excelsior Darkhawk Ricochet Runaways Here's a preview of the first of my Runaways (a work in progress) Molly Chase Victor Gert Exiles Mimic "Battle Ready" Sunfire Morph Group Shot Sasquatch Modified Sasquatch Avatar the Last Airbender Aang Variant Aang Fire Nation Soldier Sokka Katara Group Shot Batman Beyond Blight Royal Flush Ten Royal Flush Ace King Queen Royal Flush Thus Far (4 of 5) Villains Mandarin The Vulture Vulture in Flight Vehicles/Playsets My fantasti-craft (corny I know) Rearview Vehicle divided Other Customs Ant-Man Wonderman Hellboy Frankenmates group 1 group 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcastick Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 For your first customs, those are very well done!! Great job, and keep up the good work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fujis Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 I agree, well done! Wiccan is definitely my favorite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vash Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 very very cool man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsprin Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 Wow that's your first attempt?! That's it I give up! Nice job man!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadpool Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 Sweet, but where's the Iron Lad love? Also, I never liked that Patriot costume. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZArox Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 Patriot is my favorite one here and fav YA. I wish these guys were in a new wave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antacost Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 Very nice for your first time. Wiccan looks awesome! What did you do for his cape? Very effective. Keep the customs coming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aapje Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 OMG! they look sooo cewl i wish i was that good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanus Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 My mates wiccann is baddassly better! Great idea tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newaddict Posted December 14, 2006 Author Share Posted December 14, 2006 Thanks for the kind words everyone. Antacost, Wiccan's cape is a modified LOTR Elven Archer skirt piece. I picked up quite a few of these guys a little while back and with a little cutting and shaping it was just about right (atleast for my skill level). Again everyone thanks for the encouragement. Oh and Deadpool, I'm still working on Iron Lad and a Vision to round out the team. Just don't think they'll be done before the holidays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amazing.JL Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 Sweet stuff man, very impressive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drgnrbrn316 Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 Always good to see another customizer throw their hat into the ring. Not bad work, especially for your first attempt. Keep it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpheon Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 These look great!! How long did they take you? I'm just curious, because I'm going to try and make a large amount of customs in 4 months, beginning in January, and now I realize that I may be overestimating how easy a custom really is. How about this: if you didn't have school, work, or anything else to do, and besides the drying of any paint or sculpting, could you have gotten these done in say...3 days? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newaddict Posted December 14, 2006 Author Share Posted December 14, 2006 Well actually I've had some time off from work lately, so these did go somewhat quickly, but I doubt I could have finished them in 3 days. Waiting for the paint to dry seemed to take the longest amount of time. Also I found myself going cross-eyed after a while of painting detail in such a small scale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forbidden_fury311 Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 WOW that wiccan is perfect! im reading young avengers and i designed a wiccan just like that GOOOD WORK MAAT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanus Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 Do some Runaways now??? Yeh ok then! Brap! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newaddict Posted January 8, 2007 Author Share Posted January 8, 2007 Updated 1/8/07: Iron Lad pics are up! Tips for improvement are appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBT! Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 I don't really know the character but I really like that Iron Lad custom Great job Can I ask where the shoulderpads and stand came from? ( I might want to steal the ideas ) T. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aapje Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 nice VERY nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newaddict Posted January 8, 2007 Author Share Posted January 8, 2007 Thanks for the praise. Timbo, the shoulder pads and base are both from Warhammer miniatures by Games Workshop. The shoulder pads are from a 40k Space Marine, and the base is a clear "flying" character base. The shoulder pads were a bit tight, so I shaved the minimate arms down slightly and then glued them in place. The bases include a flat base piece, and two differing sized leg pieces, for varying heights. I had a bunch of bits left over from my miniature phase years ago and thought these might work. I simply turned the leg piece upside down so that the wider portion was at the top, clipped the original connection points off, heated the plastic lightly with a heat gun, and then twisted it slightly to the angle I wanted. I've been experimenting with this lately so I can get some of my flying characters off the ground. If I get a chance I'll post some detail pics later to show exactly what I'm talking about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antacost Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 Iron Lad looks great. I've been using those flying stands myself, but never thought about heating up the shaft... That's a great idea to get some varying heights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newaddict Posted January 9, 2007 Author Share Posted January 9, 2007 Antacost, I may have actual gotten the idea from you. I remembered seeing a clear based along these lines pictured somewhere in the customs section and it made me think of these. It may very well have been one of yours and I didn't realize it was the same thing all together. As for the heating aspect, I just wanted to change the direction a little to allow for more angled ascents. So far I tried about 6 or so variations and all seem to work fairly well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newaddict Posted January 17, 2007 Author Share Posted January 17, 2007 Just a quick update - added my "wip" Young Avengers' Vision and my attempt at Darkhawk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newaddict Posted January 17, 2007 Author Share Posted January 17, 2007 Updated again today, 1/17/06: Added my Ant-man attempt as well as updated picture links for all the previous images. As always, feedback is appreciated and encouraged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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