John Constantine, Hellblazer

After realizing my old one wasn't going to fit in with my DCUC display, I had to make another. This is Constantine, the fuckin man after all. After seeing a recipe that really inspired me (to blatantly copy it, after all that is pretty much the state of customizing now) I decided to go for it.




The recipe is pretty basic, Question body, Clark Kent hands, and Aquaman head. Then a simple repaint and BAM he's done.

Here is a picture of the inspiration, made by Ottodestruct on the Fwoosh forums:

Hitman (Tommy Monaghan)

I'm really not sure how I haven't posted this figure yet...its been done for so long and shown around I'm sure but I may as well make it official on here

Hitman



It was fairly simple, TNA wrestler head, coat and arms, ML4 Punisher torso and legs, Sota Guile boots. The head was almost entirely resculpted, and the arms had to be dremelled down due to some symbols on them, and the pants were sculpted as well.

Maul (CustomCon 16)

This was a quickie, and a blatant ripoff at that. Ric Alfonso (unfortunately without a site, but I have talked to him through email, he's a really nice guy) did some very inspiring Wildcats way back in CustomCon 9. I knew I had a spare Hulk to replicate his success, and I went for it.


Its a rotocast movie Hulk figure, the horns on the back were made from wire wrapped in tape, of course now that I say that, its all you'll see when you look at it, but they do work well. Here's a shot to show how big it is:

Majestic

I don't know what it is about this custom, but I hate it. I think it looks pretty good, and everything went well with it, but what was I thinking with the lower legs?! I also kind of glued the cape on messily hence why theres no back shots. Overall I like the base choice, but it doesn't come across as a Superman clone, it feels more like a second rate Image character. I'm sure I can do better with the Majestic sculpt (he will be much less shiny soon) given to me by los.


The base is a ML6 Wolverine, with the torso pulled up and filled in to extend it (just doing this raises the figure a good 1/2 inch. ML6 Punisher head and lower legs (why the hell did I do that? I just don't get what I was thinking).

Grifter (CustomCon 13)

I had done a Wildcats entry before for CustomCon 13. Now these aren't the greatest of customs, but the one thats held the test of time for me was Grifter. I loved this outfit he wore so much I even went out for Hallowe'en (did I really just bother to add the apostrophe in Hallowe'en??) as him (but thats a whole other post).



This started out as a ML6 Punisher and slowly worked its way into being Grifter from some sculpted on details. This might be a shitty custom, I don't know, since I look at it as my favorite character in figure form so I can't be objective about it. Feel free to let me know what you think.

Spartan (CustomCon 15)

For a while, a fellow customizer, most people know as Norm, and myself were scheming up a Wildcats CustomCon entry. Now Norm (if you know him) always has his stuff clean and ready to go with great photos well ahead of schedule. Now myself, being the ultimate procrastinator, had the figures ready to go, but took some crummy photos the night before and overall made our entry look sloppy. Looking back I have to apologize for the unprofessionality, but I think he knew my heart and soul went into this Spartan figure. Of course now that I have some better pictures its far too late, however you guys can have a peek.

I really love the way this turned out, it was a major pain in the ass along the way, with legs melting off and paint rub issues, it was almost inconceivable (Princess Bride reference just for you Norm) that the custom would come together. But luckily it ended up as what you see right here.

A work-in-progress shot for anyone interested. You can see the subtle sculpting that went into the figure, I tried to use the base as much as I could. It was entirely a Street Fighter Guile figure.

Everyone should check out Norm's Gallery on the Fwoosh for some buttery smooth customs, and in particular, his Wildstorm Entry from the following CustomCon.

Deadman

This is one of those customs where I was so exhausted from dremelling the base down, that I just sculpted everything on as fast as I could. And while I was satisfied right after, this custom just kind of fell off the map. Unfortunately since I used sculpy, pieces have since broken off it, and I couldnt take new pictures, but I think looking at it again, its a really cool figure. I was going for that flesh-rotting Kelley Jones look, but in the end kind of missed the mark. I must remember to revisit it and take new pictures, but for now here he is:


Was an Ultimate Muscle figure (bought a bunch when they went on extreme clearance) dremelled down (I think I should have dremelled more because the figure ended up still a little too bulky) and fully resculpted.