Psyguy Posted August 16, 2011 Author Share Posted August 16, 2011 Thanks for all the positive feedback, appreciate it! I have been working on a set of Young Avengers for a while, and have just managed to finish the first few. I am waiting for a couple of parts to finish up Patriot and Hawkeye and should have them completed soon. Here's the first batch. Speed used Lady Loki as a base. He has a FC Havok head, and I think he has Tony Stark hair. The glasses were cut from a 24 Jack Bauer minimate. Stature has a modified Stargirl head and a slightly modified BSG Boomer hairpiece. Wiccan has a modified Angel hairpiece and FC Havok head. His tunic started as a backwards Spectre cloak and his staff is a modified Stargirl's. His shoulder piece is trimmed from a Indiemate Dawn. As always, thanks for looking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punisher Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 ....i'm practically speechless.. these are amazing!!! Wiccan is better than I could imagine DST doing him. I had always voted Young Avengers in box set polls, i'd love to see them get 'mated. I cannot wait to see the rest of the gang! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
storm 1:08 Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 I! Love! Them! Can't wait to see the rest of the lineup! Great job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MINI_MYTE Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 Psyguy you are by far one of the best customizers on forum. Fantastic work. Most impressive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psyguy Posted August 17, 2011 Author Share Posted August 17, 2011 Psyguy you are by far one of the best customizers on forum. Fantastic work. Most impressive. Thanks man! That's a huge compliment, as I really look up to your work. Thanks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj87 Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 These are truly fantastic, as usual. There is a real charm, and something particularly impressive about your work, so professional looking... but at the same time instantly recognizable as something you've produced. I've never had any real interest in Young Avengers mates, but now I really wouldn't say no. I'm now reading up on Stature. Wasn't aware of her before; size related name, familiar costume... was hoping she was from the Pym clan, alas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nessex Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 (edited) I'm not a YA reader, but these are some seriously nice looking customs. Wiccan is kickin! ew..... that left a bad taste in my mouth. Don't let me rhyme ever again! Also - Is Stature a Guthrie? I know there was a blonde Guthrie sister in the Age of Apocalypse who could grow & shrink, and worked for Sinister. Is this her 616 counterpart? Edited August 17, 2011 by Nessex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj87 Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 from my quick research... I think she is Scott Lang's daughter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nessex Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Ah - that explains the uniform design. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psyguy Posted August 17, 2011 Author Share Posted August 17, 2011 (edited) I'm not a YA reader, but these are some seriously nice looking customs. Wiccan is kickin! ew..... that left a bad taste in my mouth. Don't let me rhyme ever again! Is Speed related to Quicksilver? Looks like his son. Also - Is Stature a Guthrie? I know there was a blonde Guthrie sister in the Age of Apocalypse who could grow & shrink, and worked for Sinister. Is this her 616 counterpart? Well...there are a few unanswered questions regarding Wiccan and Speed. They are possibly the twin sons of Scarlet Witch (I don't know if you read Avengers Disassembled when Wanda went nuts and believed she had twins?) but I am hoping it all gets cleared up during the current Children's Crusade arc. They do seem to be modelled on Wanda and Pietro. Nope, Stature is the daughter of Scott Lang, the second Ant-Man. Was the Guthrie in AoA called Amazon? I don't think we have ever seen her 616 counterpart, but I could be wrong. I think you should rhyme in every post from now on. :biggrin: Edit: bobafett beat me to it! Edited August 17, 2011 by Psyguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirymate Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Well...there are a few unanswered questions regarding Wiccan and Speed. They are possibly the twin sons of Scarlet Witch (I don't know if you read Avengers Disassembled when Wanda went nuts and believed she had twins?) but I am hoping it all gets cleared up during the current Children's Crusade arc. They do seem to be modeled on Wanda and Pietro. Guys are workin' me overtime today. In the late 80's, Wanda used a combination of her hex power and magical training to allow her to become pregnant by Vision. (Wanda had yet to be retconned into an omnipotent reality warper) She gave birth to twin sons, Thomas and William. All was going well for the happy family until two tragic things happened- first Wanda and Vision returned to active duty in the Avengers, joining Hawkeye's West Coast team. Then something far worse happened... John Byrne took over as writer artist of the Avengers. Within no time the Vision is dismantled, and it's revealed that their children weren't real, just magical constructs that would vanish if Wanda stopped thinking about them. Vision is reconstructed without his emotional capacity, thanks to Simon being a dick. And in investigating how Wanda's power worked, we get the first suggestion that Wanda warped reality itself, not just probability. Further the boys' souls were just fragments of the demon lord Mephisto, who was still trying to pull himself back together after Franklin Richards blowed the devil up real good in another Byrne penned story. Well through his agent, Mephisto reclaims the boys and they cease to exist. Naturally Wanda has a complete nervous breakdown, and is only partially calmed down by being made by Aunt Agatha Harkness to forget the children existed at all. Well this doesn't hold long, and Wanda goes completely catatonic only to revived by her dear Daddy. Daddy's "help" completely unhinges Wanda into full on evil mode and then... well we'll never know what was going to happen. Byrne and Marvel got into an argument about could and could not be shown in a main stream comic, Marvel won, and Byrne quit mid story. Roy Thomas tried to wrap it all up best he could. Byrne stated in interviews that he had a plan that would have ended the story differently, but never said how. (for the record, it's not Byrne's stories I objected to, it's the walking off over an issue he should have known he wasn't going to win. (Byrne wanted to show Wonder Man in full frontal after being "assaulted" by Wanda, Marvel said No)) The whole twins incident was just kind of not dealt with much over the next decade or so. It was clear Wanda remembered the kids during that time, but the questions about their nature, and any mention of Wanda the reality warper were simply never mentioned. Enter Bendis. It was clear that Bendis really liked the direction JB was headed, and canonized and then some the ideas Byrne had suggested. One of those things is that Mephisto is by nature a liar and a deceiver by trade, and that the fate of the children may not have been as cut and dry. So Wanda's powers start going amok in Disassembled and suddenly these two teenage twins, separated at birth and raised without knowledge of each other or their birth parents are on the scene. Their names are Tommy and Billie and their names were part of an emergency program that Vision 1.1 had developed as a failsafe in case the Avengers needed to be completely restarted. The names on Vision's list supposedly all had connections to the Avengers somehow, even if they weren't fully aware of it. Tommy is a mutant, Billie has great inate mystic potential. So are they the Twins, recreated and sent back in time to live their lives away from their parents. The boys are in their mid teens, makeing them older than their deceased father. (as the synthoid called Vision, the android Avenger was 11 or 12 years old at most when he was destroyed.) Is Wanda responsible for their resurrection? Wiccan seems to think so. But I suspect that's too easy an answer and the truth is going to be more complicated still. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nessex Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Damn - maybe i *should* have gotten on board with 'Children's Crusade'. Thanks for the catch-up, Mirypedia! Was the Guthrie in AoA called Amazon? I don't think we have ever seen her 616 counterpart, but I could be wrong. I think you should rhyme in every post from now on. :biggrin: Yes, she was called Amazon in the Age of Apocalypse. Her powers let her loom over the corpse-filled metropolis. (ok - it's the closest thing i could find that rhymed with Apocalypse). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psyguy Posted August 17, 2011 Author Share Posted August 17, 2011 (edited) Her powers let her loom over the corpse-filled metropolis. (ok - it's the closest thing i could find that rhymed with Apocalypse). Not bad! And thanks Mirymate, that explains things better than I ever could have! Edited August 17, 2011 by Psyguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcastick Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Gotta say, you did an absolutely fantastic job on Spiral!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyd Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Nice job on the Young Avengers. Really like how Stature turned out - very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moo2172 Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 They look great! Keep up the outstanding work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psyguy Posted September 11, 2011 Author Share Posted September 11, 2011 Thanks everyone. I have managed to finish off Patriot and Kate Bishop recently, to add to the Young Avengers line-up. Patriot has a mask decal laid over a Sunspot face. He has a slightly modified Cap belt. His chest, the little eagle on his belt and his shoulder stars are decals. I just need to make Hulkling and Iron Lad now. Unsure whether to use a bulked-up Hulk as the base for Hulking or go with a more basic mate and slipover chest piece. Advice/suggestions welcome! Thanks for looking! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fujis Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 Patriot looks amazing! Can't wait to see your Hulkling. And I'd say go with the Big Chest piece for him over the full Bulk Up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyd Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 (edited) Love the latest Young Avengers. And I'd definitely do a Big Chest piece over the new bulked-up body. Hulking is big, but he's not huge. And he is a shape-shifter, so whatever size you use could be considered accurate... Edited September 11, 2011 by boyd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj87 Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 bloody marvelous, as usual... like I said before, you've really made me want Young Avengers mates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcastick Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 The Young Avengers are great man!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MINI_MYTE Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Your customizing skills are excelling with each and every custom you showcase. I'm blown away by your latest batch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
storm 1:08 Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Psyguy, your customs look GREAT! This is making me hate DST for not doing YA. I love all the little details you put on them. Especially that none of the YA's hands is a solid color. If you lived near me, I'd break into your home and just take those specific figures. :tongue: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Harris Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Man, you really impress me! Very detailed, very cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BannersID Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 I've been scrolling back through your thread here and man what a impressive collection of work. 1 in particular caught my eye, Speedball, I have no real love of the character but I have to say your custom turned what i would have envisioned as a rather dull minimate into something really fun. The use of the "bamf" base was inspired. Keep this stuff coming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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