Customs

[PWDESAI]

Post your custom action figures here! I'd love to see everybody's!
I will post mine up soon but they aren't done here's what i'm working on
(they are all big enough and detailed to fit in with the new line, specially manray)

Figure | Body | Head
Manray | New Leonardo | Sculpey
Rocksteady | New Hulk figure | Sculpey
SuperPoseable Leonardo | New Kinnikuman toy | New leo
Leatherhead | Juggernaut figure | Sculpey

that's it so far, i'll take pics when i finish. I'm thinking of makin bebop if rocksteady turns out ok. Anyways post all your customs here!!!!!!

[PWDESAI]

Totally forgot scratch!

[TMNTGal]

I recently got into customizing. Mostly 12" Military Figures but I'm also planning several TMNT customs. Since Warrior Rahzar wasn't released I decided to make my own furry Rahzar. He can be seen here:

Custom Rahzar (http://home.earthlink.net/~leosgal/PHOTOS/CustomRahzar.jpg)

At the moment I'm repainting an Original FootSoldier. He's completely white, once he's finished he'll probably look like the white FootSoldiers from the TMNT III Manhattan Project video game. The ones always wielding the whips. :) I'm thinking of adding some chrome paint but I haven't decided yet.

Some of the next figure's I'm planning:
- Armaggon
- Sisyphus
- Dragon Lord & Wick
- Green Triceraton from Night of The Dark Turtle
- Red Triceraton from Night of The Dark Turtle

[Wingnut]

Rahzar looks cool furry

[xZAOx]

nice job!

and you have the whole tmnt 2 figure line (except for the rat hehe). im green with turtle envy!

[TMNTGal]

nice job!

and you have the whole tmnt 2 figure line (except for the rat hehe). im green with turtle envy!

Oh I have Splinter too but he's posed with my New TMNT line. I didn't want a loose new Splinter. His facial sculpt a little strange. Movie Star Splinter (furry version) is so cute, he kinda looks like a puppy. :)

[Kali]

Wow, that custom Rahzar looks great. I've tried customizing action figures, but the closest I've done is my chibi turtles and those don't move at all, so they aren't really action figures.

[PWDESAI]

if anyone wants to know how, all you need to do is have an idea, then some money to buy the sculpey and the figure and the paints, and if you have talent it helps but i don't so you don't have to have talent to enjoy yourself and BOOM you're done.

[Straight-Edge]

http://www.angelfire.com/ny3/straightedge/others.html

These're my Image-based Turtle customs. I've been trying to post them for two days, but kept getting error messages.

Anyways, Leo, Mike and Raph are Next Mutation figures, modified as Erik Larsen dictated in the Image comic (my favorite print incarnation of the Turtles, hands down). These are my take on the Turtles as they eventually settle into their new looks post-Issues #23.

Leo's missing a hand, and is wearing a skull cap reminiscent of the pre-teenage turtle masks from Mirage Vol 1, #9. I figure after losing a hand, you'd have to go back to the beginning, and relearn the ninja arts from scratch, incorporating the diability into a modified fighting style. So it was perfect that the Next Mutation Leo had this kind of skull cap, as the Image Leo needs to step back from being the leader, and admit he needs to relearn his art. Leo's using Katana blades from G.I.Joe Extreme's Black Dragon figure, since the 88 swords didnt work well with this figure, and the ones NM Leo came with suck!

Raph is all kinds of messed up. Trading in his sais for the remnants of Shredder's armor (actually NM Dragonlord's forearm guards), Raph's still sporting the scars from his encounter with the Cyborgs in Issue #1. He's wearing an eyepatch over the useless eye, and has modified his mask to include the "Jim Lee" flap that covers most of the facial damage. At one time, I'd had him wearing a modified Resident Evil Nemesis' black trenchcoat, as an homage to the all-black suit he wore in an issue or two of the Archie series. It also helped add more distinction to he who is already the darkest of the turtles in the Image world.

Don's a combination of all 3 Jim Lee Turtles, plus parts from a bunch of Spawn figures. As the Cyborg armor settles onto him, Don tries to integrate it more fully, and wears a full-face mask to cover his armored-bits, and belnd in with his brother. Ironically, Jim Lee and the New Adventures figures both had Don in a full face mask, and I've toyed with the idea of meching out one of those someday.. but the larger size of the Jim Lee turtles works better for Don, who's definitely bigger and bulkier than his brothers in the Image book.

Mikey's a straight repaint (the book didnt last long enough for Erik to figure out how to handicap him, I guess)... but I modified his nunchucks (1988 version) and included a grappling hook for those PC parents who forced him to hangup the chucks later on in the cartoon series.

[PWDESAI]

cool straight edge!

Mine should be comin soon now, thanks for everyone that replied!

[xZAOx]

yeah straight edge (are you really? like hxc/metal bands? hehe), nice figs. the next mutation make nice bases for the image figures, but i hate the wraps on the legs and arms and stuff.

hurry up pwedasai! show us what ya got! IF YOU DARE!!!

i dont know what that means.

[Shellfox]

at some point was Rahzar an old MOTU Grizlor? Anyway looks great

[TMNTGal]

at some point was Rahzar an old MOTU Grizlor? Anyway looks great

Nope. I bought some brown furry material, it's almost exactally like's MOTU's Grizzlor. Some Hobby stores and Walmart sell those small sheets of faux fur. It took me a while to find that solid brown color with long enough fur. I measured Playmate's Rahzar figure and cut out a pattern that when sewn together, would be kind of like a tight fitting suit with hood. Once I finished sewing the pattern together I put it on the figure. I poked a small hole in the belly area of the material so his chest armor can go through and stick back onto the figure. I also made small holes on the hood so Rahzar's ears can fit through them. Afterwards I trimmed the fur in several places until it looked the way it does in the photo. I also used a little Barbie comb to brush and style the fur. :D

Thanks, I really like the way he turned out too.

[Straight-Edge]

I'm more into punk rock these days (even more specific, punk covers of oldies, ala Me First and the Gimme Gimmes)... but there was a time I got heavy into the NYHC scene.. the honest-to-god no drinking/drugs/sex thing.

I've reformed a bit in my latter days, indulging in the drink for a while (after my fiance and I split up)... but the only thing straight-edge about me these days is the no vices thing. I don't go in for the scene.. some of that music is *really* loud ;)

As for the figures, the arm and leg wraps actually work for me. Considering I needed forearm wraps for Raph, and Leo needed that one arm bandaged, using the NM turtles allowed those add-ons to blend better into the overall uniformity of the group. I was tossing around the idea of redoing them with the new figures, but there'll be too much to mold/modify, and I'm aready doing a straight repaint set of the new figures as the Mirage turtles (all red bandanas, and energy weapons, from their Triceraton adventure in Issue #6... also as an homage to those small metal figures made available before the toy license.)
Anyway, I did these figures about two years ago, maybe more... the Image book was just ending around the time I busted open my Jim Lee figs for the Don custom that started it all. In fact, the Don figure is the oldest by at least 6 months, and he really looks it. Three repaints (the other three have softer, bendy plastic that the original paint I used on Don didn't adhere to), and two failed blackwash processes have left him looking a little crap-tastic.

If I ever try my hand at these again, I'd redo Don first... but I think I'll leave well enough alone.

[PWDESAI]

alright rocksteady is just being finished painted, so is scratch. Leatherhead needs his arm fixed and then to be started painted. Then when those 3 are finished i'll move onto Bebop and finish clawful (motu).

Btw tmntgal did i ever say how good your customs were? I think i forgot, i like em though good job :)

[Wingnut]

TMNTGal i just love furry Rahzar :goofygri:

[Karpo_007]

ALltough I dislike like the Image, I must say those custom figures looked cool. MAybe it's time someone did Mirage customs?

[PWDESAI]

I dunno since the statues are coming out i don't think i'm going to.
Here's my rocksteady for the new line, he was made with sculpey and a hulk the movie figure.
http://www.he-man.org/forums/boards/attachment.php?s=&postid=390409

[TMNTGal]

Straight-Edge nice job! :thumbsup:

Thanks PWDESAI. Love your Rocksteady! I'm looking forward too seeing the rest of your work. :thumbsup:

Thankies Wingnut! It's fun brushing Rahzar's fur. :) I may modify a Tokka too. I always wanted his shell full o' spikes. It was lazy of playmates to reuse Slash's mold for Tokka.

[PWDESAI]

Thank you tmnt gal, yea i think you should keep up with your customs too, I love that rahzar with fur it looks so real.

Technodrome admins, do you think we coiuld make this a sticky or something so that people can get easy access to it and possibly encourage them to make customs of their own?

[Domo]

ALltough I dislike like the Image, I must say those custom figures looked cool. MAybe it's time someone did Mirage customs?
I'm strongly considering it, although all a person would need to do is buy the 'Ninja Action' line and paint all of their bandana's dark red! Though if I did, I wouldn't go about making them that way, but still.....

[Karpo_007]

Well yeah, IF you change the color of the newtoys bandanas, they look pretty much like the Mirage TMNT.

[Krang]

Technodrome admins, do you think we coiuld make this a sticky or something so that people can get easy access to it and possibly encourage them to make customs of their own?Sure, no problem. Let me know when you want me to unstick it.

[PWDESAI]

thanks, see i'm already getting people into it, it makes me feel all good inside :)

[HorseTechie]

Heh.. and now I take a look at this! I'm impressed too, especially with straight-edges work. Wowza! The first one I've seen do a pretty good lookin' Cyborg Don.

I myself have loads of remake ideas too (since I first did this to Breyer model horses). I hadn't done much to action fugures, but I love too. The problem is finding the time to commit, since I have more than enough other new media stuff to keep me busy. Bleargh!

The most I did was repaint the shells of, and make leather fittings and wooden weapons for a couple of the movie star TMNTs.
http://www.turtlequest.com/mikecustom.html
http://www.turtlequest.com/doncustom.html

But I always wanted to make a Cyborg Don, and then a really cool Biker Raph. I have this coil spring action Don figure that looks like he can make a good body for Cydon. Just add on some epoxy armor and paint. I was going to use the TNM Raph and motorcycle, but now that they have the new figures out, I might use those instead. Either way, I'm gonna repaint the figure entirely, maked the belt leather and make real leather chaps and possibly boots. A couple tattoos and piercings might be a nice touch too. If I'm really abitious, I might repaint the bike too. :evilgrin:

[PWDESAI]

Those are pretty good horsetechie, I think the mike in samurai atire was neat.

[DarthRaphael]

http://www.angelfire.com/ny3/straightedge/others.html

These're my Image-based Turtle customs. ..... cartoon series.

OK, where the heck did you find all of the MOTU figures? I've only seen He-Man, Skeletor, Man-at-Arms, and Beastman in the stores.

[PWDESAI]

you really gotta look for em, i have all of them but mekaneck. If you need help i recommend you go to www.he-man.org and then toy sightings page and look for your state/area and if it's not there make a new thread.

btw toy sigtings is in the bulletin boards/forums

[Brodie]

I just made my own Custom. A Casey Jones. I used an Oz figure from the Buffy line. The badass clothes and such made it a good basis. I made a mask, painted it and all, then put in some straps and put it on Oz's head. He looks pretty cool, even if his hair is spiked up.

By the way, I saved some old shirt decales from my Jay & Silent Bob Action figures. I slapped one on the Casey fig, So now he looks kickass with an Oni Press logo. Now to find a hockey stick.

[Domo]

Wow, check out this new Donatello repaint this guy, 'john armijo', posted over on the He-Man.org customs forum!! :o
http://www.he-man.org/forums/boards/showthread.php?s=&postid=391533#post391533
:tthumbsu: :tthumbsu:
This guys does tons of repaints and stuff, but this is the first TMNT I've seen him do. You guys should check it out, and if your registered to post on that site, post your thoughts on it for him. I thinks it kicks ass!

[Brodie]

I can see a Predator toy repaint, I wanna see a close up!

This other guy had a Ninja turtle Bart:

http://web.utk.edu/~north/pages/turtle.html

[Domo]

I can see a Predator toy repaint, I wanna see a close up!

This other guy had a Ninja turtle Bart:

http://web.utk.edu/~north/pages/turtle.html

I was looking at that guys site the other day. He has some of the craziest customs I've ever seen! :lol:

[Brodie]

Sad to say: But I've read all the comics, and seen all the movies he based those molds on.

[HorseTechie]

Wow, check out this new Donatello repaint this guy, 'john armijo', posted over on the He-Man.org customs forum!! :o
http://www.he-man.org/forums/boards/showthread.php?s=&postid=391533#post391533
:tthumbsu: :tthumbsu:
This guys does tons of repaints and stuff, but this is the first TMNT I've seen him do. You guys should check it out, and if your registered to post on that site, post your thoughts on it for him. I thinks it kicks ass!

Wow.. that is a pretty good job. Looks like Don's been in a baby powder fight, but I still love the weathered detailing he gave him.

[Eye of Sarnath]

I'm planning on making a custom Shredder and Foot Soldier once I get the chance, but first I need to get some, ah, "extra parts" (for lack of a better term) to complete them. The trouble is finding a place that sells what I need cheaply.

Not TMNT related, but I made a custom Neo from the Matrix. I was bored one night, and I had just seen the Matrix for the first time, saw some innocent action figures laying around room...

[PWDESAI]

here's a new pic that has rocksteady shown to scale with the other tmnt figures http://www.he-man.org/forums/boards/attachment.php?s=&postid=392620

[cable04]

awesome remakes, guys!
do you just chop up old figures and stick 'em back together weird?

[PWDESAI]

yea and repaint and such. I used sculpey for the head of rocksteady and painted hulk grey.

I know that tmntgal used faux fur she bought from walmart.

ESTRADA IS GONNA PWNZ YOU F00LS!!!!!

[DarthRaphael]

Ok. You guys/gals make me want to do stuff to my figures.

What kind of paint do y'all use???

[PWDESAI]

Walmart testors brand, it's used by some of the best customizers out there. It's pretty cheap to, but make sure if you're going to buy paint to buy acrylic cuz enamel is just CRAP it leaves the paint slimey and stuff and trust me don't use it.

[Eye of Sarnath]

Testors is what I use, or would be using if I hadn't lost all my paints. :dead:

Good, now I can sleep tonight, I've upped my post count today. :D

[DarthRaphael]

Cool. Thanks fellas.

My wife gave me a Testors airbrush kit for Christmas. Maybe it will see some duty.

I have a Ghengis Frog that needs a repaint due to chipping. Hmmm.....

[PWDESAI]

i would test it out on someting with no value at all before you start doing work like that. Like a crappy gijoe or a star wars figure. Something cheap and crappy...

[HorseTechie]

The paint I used to customize Breyer model horses were the craft store acrylic paints. Of course, you have to use a couple other things with this, since it chips easy. I had to put on a white gesso primer coat so the acrylic had something to adhere too. Then after letting the acrylic coat dry, I put on a matte varnish to give it an even better protective finsih.

But.... that testors paint sounds like a better idea when it comes to repainting action figures... mmm...

[xZAOx]

my main reason for picking up some testors was the paint the ugly brown weapons. it was a lot thinner than i was expecting, but after a few coats, it looks good!

however, then when i tried to get the turtle to hold his weapon, it just peeled off on his fingers. any tips?

[PWDESAI]

here's a tip, don't paint the joint or anywhere that would cause friction cuz you're not gonna be able to paint that area due to peeling off.

[TMNTGal]

I've also been using Testors brand. Seal the paint with a coat or 2 of gloss enamel overcoat. Works wonders for me. There are two kinds High Gloss and Flat Gloss. Both work great for sealing in the paint. :)

[cable04]

Cool. Thanks fellas.

My wife gave me a Testors airbrush kit for Christmas. Maybe it will see some duty.

*chokes!* you have a wife?! uh... i'm only 16, how old are you guys?

anyway, back on topic, does anyone else have pics of their costums they can show?
the ones i've seen so far are totally awesome

[xZAOx]

well, i gave it a shot hehe. what do you think of leo's new swords?

http://www.boutwellonline.com/rob/leoswords.jpg

a little clunky at parts. mostly where i held onto it too long, and then the paint tried to peel off, so i did my best to seal it back on with more paint! hehe

live and learn =)

[Karpo_007]

Nice looking swords!

[xZAOx]

:)

if you dont get too close to them, you cant really see anything wrong, and im happy with how they look overall.

btw, what colors make brown? thanks.

up next - raph's sais! hehe

*edit* got his sais done. they were a pain in the ass (well, painting the bottom part). ended up getting a few fingerprints on these as well hehe. but once again, i think they look snazzy enough =)

http://www.boutwellonline.com/rob/raphsais.jpg

[Kali]

btw, what colors make brown? thanks.
If you already haven't figured it out, it's a combination of all the primary colors, red, blue, and yellow. Adjust the amounts until you get a shade you want, and always go lighter to darker. Or you could just buy brown, if you can.

[xZAOx]

more pics! got shredder done today. i repainted most of him.

here he is without his cloak:
http://www.boutwellonline.com/rob/shred1.jpg

and with his cloak:
http://www.boutwellonline.com/rob/shred2.jpg

what do ya think?

[Eye of Sarnath]

Nice Shredder! Not too much more to say! :wink:

And I couldn't find any of my old paints so I just went out and bought some more... and hopefully I'll post some pictures soon of my customs. :D

[xZAOx]

yeah, the cloak kinda conflicts, but i painted it to match the colors from the original comic

[cable04]

i've always used red&green to make brown
but any combination of complementary colors will do it for ya
[blue&orange, yellow&purple...]

nice customs, man!

[PWDESAI]

YES! This is exactly what i wanted to happen, people are getting into customs. I'm so happy now, what we have to do now is try and get a whole forum for just customs, that way when someone has something new we don't need to scroll through 3 pages of a thread each custom can have it's own thread and we can comment on each custom. This would be a dream. I'll email krang about it.

[xZAOx]

what got me started, was one day on ebay i saw someone selling the four turtles, with painted weapons. then i heard you guys say that walmart had good cheap paint, so i took it from there =)

its my goal to repaint all the weapons of my whole collection. those solid colors blow =P

[xZAOx]

got casey done today! i was really sick of that awful green duffel bag, so i painted it, and his weapons. theres alot of "touching up" that could be done on his bag (you pervert, not like that), but its good enough, plus id have a hard time getting remixing the brown to match well with the old colors, since i just rinse out my mixing tray after im done with it. plus, i dont have any really thin brushes, so thats why im "out of the lines" a number of places, but i still love how it looks now =)

http://www.boutwellonline.com/rob/casey1.jpg
http://www.boutwellonline.com/rob/casey2.jpg
http://www.boutwellonline.com/rob/casey3.jpg

[DarthRaphael]

[quote="xZAOx"]got casey done today! i was really sick of that awful green duffel bag, so i painted it, and his weapons. theres alot of "touching up" that could be done on his bag (you pervert, not like that), but its good enough, plus id have a hard time getting remixing the brown to match well with the old colors, since i just rinse out my mixing tray after im done with it. plus, i dont have any really thin brushes, so thats why im "out of the lines" a number of places, but i still love how it looks now =)[quote]

Sweeeet.

[Machias Banshee]

Cool. Thanks fellas.

My wife gave me a Testors airbrush kit for Christmas. Maybe it will see some duty.

[color=dodgerblue]*chokes!* you have a wife?! uh... i'm only 16, how old are you guys?


LOL, there's a lots more of us 18+ people than you imagine.... ;)

[PWDESAI]

Pretty good job xZAOx
well i doin't have many other tmnt customs, but i do have a few motu ones, if anyone wants to see them.

PLEASE KEEP POSTING YOUR CUSTOMS!!!!

[Snailman]

got casey done today! i was really sick of that awful green duffel bag, so i painted it, and his weapons. theres alot of "touching up" that could be done on his bag (you pervert, not like that), but its good enough, plus id have a hard time getting remixing the brown to match well with the old colors, since i just rinse out my mixing tray after im done with it. plus, i dont have any really thin brushes, so thats why im "out of the lines" a number of places, but i still love how it looks now =)

WHOA! :o
Very awesome! :D

Alot of the old TMNT figures are just begging to be "customized". Namely because the prototype pictures of the figures have like 5 or 6 more paint applications then the finished product actually did. Look at Doctor El, the mutant Elephant as an example: the prototype pictures of that toy show his feathered hat having different colored feathers, while the actual toy as all orange ones. Also, he's wareing a little cloth to cover up his "naughty bits", but the one coverin' his bum wasn't painted.

If any of you guys have some of these old figures & old cardbacks that shows how they should have been colored, bust out some paint & touch 'em up (if you want to that is).

A friend of mine who was good with a brush touched up a few of my TMNT figures, if I can get a camera & access to a scanner I'll try to show 'em to you guys. Basically he painted the straps on Monty Moose's shoulders & his Sidekick figure Bob the Beaver (who looks VERY cool now that he's not a sold tan piece of plastic) a few accessories for my Sewer Spittin' turtles, Ray Fillet's sidekick Fish Stix & alot of stuff on Dr. El.

Playmates sculptors put such detail into their figures, it's a real shame they didn't show it off more. Just look at General Trag for a prime example. That guy has so much stuff crawlin' around on him, he'll never be lonely. For an added "treat", check out the bottom of his foot : there's a squished turtle under there! Ewww! :o.

-Snailman

[Kali]

*debates whether to post her figures of not.* What the hey...

(Copy and paste) http://www.geocities.com/kaligargoyle/chibiturtledolls2.jpg

As you can see, definitely not all like what we've been seeing in this thread. Totally different take on the idea. They aren't action figures, as they don't move. They just stand there (well, actually, Raph doesn't stand, I have to lean him up against something) looking cute and adorable. :lol: Yes, they are actual size.

I was working on a repaint of Sewer Samurai Leo, but I never finished.

[tmntpower2003]

xZAOx was shredder really pink in the original comic :o

[Karpo_007]

He was more reddish than pink...

[xZAOx]

it was kinda like a pinkish-purple. you can check the cover of #10 on the official site to see a color picture of him. i did my best hehe

[blank]

Wow these customs are all so nice, I especially liked Kali's - so cute!

[tmntpower2003]

xZAOx your figs are still pimp, maybe the pic makes it look more pink than it is :)

[tmntpower2003]

I just saw the pics of shredder and ZAO your shredd matches him exactly. Good Jod

[xZAOx]

thanks =)

here's someone's redoing of the punk frogs http://members.fortunecity.com/zobovor/punk_frogs_repaints.html

i found this while searching for some movie star action figures for sale hehe

[cable04]

those are all totally awesome customs


quothe machias banshee "LOL, there's a lots more of us 18+ guys than you imagine...."
i guess so... :o
i'm just used to the message boards with all 13-16 years olds

[xZAOx]

got ratking done today! i really like his new belt =). the pictures on this one didnt come out well - you cant tell the difference b/t grey and white very well at all, so you loose some detail. it looks a good bit better in person than in these pics. anyways, on to the photos!

(site seems to be down at the moment, but they will be working shortly)

http://www.boutwellonline.com/rob/ratking1.jpg

http://www.boutwellonline.com/rob/ratking2.jpg

http://www.boutwellonline.com/rob/ratking3.jpg

next step - slash's weapons! ive already got the mace done, and little on the chucks and sword done.

[Snailman]

got ratking done today! i really like his new belt =). the pictures on this one didnt come out well - you cant tell the difference b/t grey and white very well at all, so you loose some detail. it looks a good bit better in person than in these pics. anyways, on to the photos!

WHOA! :o
Very nicely done. TMNT toys are so perfect for adding detail to via paint. One day I might touch up my Sandstorm figure as they made rips in his shirt, exposing his fur, but they never painted it. Provided I can find matching paint though.

next step - slash's weapons! ive already got the mace done, and little on the chucks and sword done.

Cool! Do you put some sort of clear-coating over what you paint to prevent it from chipping or something? I know toy companies do that with their toys, but I can never seem to reproduce the process they use. If I could, I'd be customizing my figures like crazy- I want to still be able to play with them, & if they have fragile paint on them they will most likely chip when in combat.

-Snailman

[xZAOx]

no, i really dont know how to prevent it. i just pose mine, so i dont really have to worry about it. when im putting the weapons in their hands, tho, i have to be really careful, or most times it will peel back the paint. if you let it set for like a day, it gets alot more "sealed" in that time. i have had any problems with anything cracking yet, and ive painted 2 bendy objects so far (casey's bag, and now ratkings belt), and none of them have cracked or anything.

i can hold the weapons and everything, and nothing seems to be falling apart with the paint. just gotta "ease" it into their hands hehe, i usually hold their hands apart, then put in the weapon, then let their hands close over it. someone here suggested putting a coat or two of enamel gloss to seal it in, and i dont have any enamel gloss. i tried the acrylic gloss and that just peeled right off when forced into one of their hands. maybe thats why they just used colored plastic in the first place?

[Snailman]

no, i really dont know how to prevent it. i just pose mine, so i dont really have to worry about it. when im putting the weapons in their hands, tho, i have to be really careful, or most times it will peel back the paint. if you let it set for like a day, it gets alot more "sealed" in that time. i have had any problems with anything cracking yet, and ive painted 2 bendy objects so far (casey's bag, and now ratkings belt), and none of them have cracked or anything.

I'll have to ask my friend what he used on the TMNT figures I let him paint, see if I can get the stuff myself.

If you have the Monty Moose figure, look at his shoulders. He has the straps molded there, but they aren't painted. My friend got paint that matched it EXACTLY & painted 'em for me. He even got a little yellow paint for the buttons. He looks kick-ass now & since he used some sort of "clear-coat" on it, it doesn't flake or chip. He did the same thing to Bob the Beaver (Monty's sidekick figure), now he looks alot better, but I think he ran out of that clear stuff so he only put it ontop of his hat. I really should ask him to come by one day & touch him up or something.

i can hold the weapons and everything, and nothing seems to be falling apart with the paint. just gotta "ease" it into their hands hehe, i usually hold their hands apart, then put in the weapon, then let their hands close over it. someone here suggested putting a coat or two of enamel gloss to seal it in, and i dont have any enamel gloss. i tried the acrylic gloss and that just peeled right off when forced into one of their hands. maybe thats why they just used colored plastic in the first place?

::nods:: Most likely, if they can get away with it i figure. Like, if they can get a color of plastic that matches their prototype for the toy, they'll most likely just do that. I think they only really paint stuff if they have too. Like my Sandstorm figure is wareing green pants, so the plastic that makes up his legs is green, but his left has shows a mutated-camel foot so they had to paint that to match the color of his fur on the rest of his body.

I do have a few TMNT figures who have paint on their hands & can still hold their weapons without the paint coming off though. See, toy companies have to make sure there is no paint flakes or chips, cause it could be toxic to a child if it should come off. And Figure paint does NOT come off unless you scrape the figure against concrete or do some other violent thing to it. Even when I brought my toys in the bathtub, or in the pool- the paint never came off in anyway. Thats some damn strong "clear coat" they use on their toys.

What we need to do, as customizers, is find out exactly what it is, & how it's applied. That way, our customs would be just like the real thing- and able to go for swims in the pool! :lol:

-Snailman

[PWDESAI]

cool cool

[Aztec General]

Wow those are some great customs all around.

[The Master Foot Soldier]

All of the customs are excellent. They all are finely detailed, with many different weapons/intrests affiliated with the characters. Great work everyone. :D

[Sslythe]

Great job everyone! Totally sweet.

[Donatello02]

Someone should try making an updated Rat King for the new toy line.

[Snailman]

Someone should try making an updated Rat King for the new toy line.

Updated, or more like the original comic book? I read somewhere that Playmates just added alot of the gross-stuff on the old Rat-King figure just to amp-up the "gross" factor of the figure. Same thing happened with General Tragg. The figure didn't look at all like his cartoon counterpart, lots of stuff on him & he wasn't even the same color.

What sucks more, is we won't even get a new General Tragg figure cause he was made by Krang & Krang won't be in the new show or toyline. They COULD make a figure similiar to General Tragg though. Like some alien that is made out of rock & just call him "Tragg" or something.

That'd be cool! :D

-Snailman

[Kid Icarus]

Someone really needs to redo the new Splinter.

Any type of Acrylic paint will work right? And are you using primer, or just putting the paint straight on to the fig?

[Derrico13]

Hey, here's some blurry pics of some customs I made. First up, the TMNT as they appeared when they wrestled on Stump Asteroid.


http://www.he-man.org/forums/boards/attachment.php?s=&postid=406805


http://www.he-man.org/forums/boards/attachment.php?s=&postid=406807

[Derrico13]

And Slash, "evil turtle from Dimension X", with his weapons.http://www.he-man.org/forums/boards/attachment.php?s=&postid=392557 http://www.he-man.org/forums/boards/attachment.php?s=&postid=392551

[xZAOx]

awesome! really great. slash is one of my fav chars =). great job on the stump asteroid turtles too, i remember those issues =)

[azure turtle]

Woah... Those are some awesome customs, Slythe! I love the Archie costumes. And Slash looks tough! Which figure did you use as a base? And where'd you get the spikey shell?

[Greed]

aww Slash want one I like that its so detailed and did you make it from a Raph

[Derrico13]

Thanks for the kind words! Raph + Sculpey = Slash. Well, and some new paint. the weapons and palm tree are Sculpey, and the little aquarium is made from the clear plastic bubble that action figures come in.

[Michaelangelo 3:16]

I made some wooden nanchakus with some thread connecting them. They're pretty good. I might put some scotch tape on for detail. I'll put up pictures, probably on saturday.

[Donatello02]

Someone should get custom weapon replicas. Make'em look like they do from the original movie, and then hang them on there wall or something. I'd think that would be wicked if I had all four of the turtles weapons and they all look like the ones from the first movie.

[Donatello02]

OH I'm thinking of making a custom up to date Mutagen Man that would fit with the new line. It would be based on the amazing drawing done by Tom Kyzivat. Here's a pic of it.
http://www.thetechnodrome.com/fanart/tomkyzivat/MutagenMan.jpg
More of his work is found in the Fan Art galleries on the main Technodrome frontpage. He's really good, and I'm hoping to do Wingnut and Krang later on down the road. Mutagen Man would take a lot of time and effort, a lot of super sculpey, and well, just a lot of everything. All I need is an extra loose Mutagen Man from the old series and possibly some spare peices from some robot looking McFarlene figure. Then I'd work from there.

[Mikey the Party Turtle]

Heya, would anyone know any kinds of paint that will stay on (And won't be glossy or ruin) the new TMNT rubber-like weapons? I want to make them match the ones in the new show. :D

[Derrico13]

Heya, would anyone know any kinds of paint that will stay on (And won't be glossy or ruin) the new TMNT rubber-like weapons? I want to make them match the ones in the new show. :D

Use acrylics, you can find them at craft stores or places like Wal-Mart. After they dry, hit them with a non-glossy sealer.

[Mikey the Party Turtle]

Heya, would anyone know any kinds of paint that will stay on (And won't be glossy or ruin) the new TMNT rubber-like weapons? I want to make them match the ones in the new show. :D

Use acrylics, you can find them at craft stores or places like Wal-Mart. After they dry, hit them with a non-glossy sealer.

Thanks. :)
I never heard of a non-glossy sealer..... :-?

[Derrico13]

Thanks. :)
I never heard of a non-glossy sealer..... :-?

A matte sealer. The one I have is a Folkart outdoor matte sealer. It gives everything a flat look, and prevents chipping.

[Donatello]

Someone should get custom weapon replicas. Make'em look like they do from the original movie, and then hang them on there wall or something. I'd think that would be wicked if I had all four of the turtles weapons and they all look like the ones from the first movie.

i sorta did that in my room, i put a sword facing straight down (the new tmnt leo sword), below it a bo(a broomstick w/ an ace bandage around it)and on both sides were a sai(a plastic one that looks real) and a nunchucku(replica of real ones)



but soon factory x is coming out with that weapon display

on the customs topic: i redid my next mutation don & raph to look like the future raph & don in my avatar i'll post it soon

[Mikey the Party Turtle]

Thanks. :)
I never heard of a non-glossy sealer..... :-?

A matte sealer. The one I have is a Folkart outdoor matte sealer. It gives everything a flat look, and prevents chipping.

Hmm..thanks for the tip....

[Michaelangelo 3:16]

http://www.angelfire.com/comics/transspoofers/chux.bmp

Here they are. Sorry for the shotty pics.

[Donatello02]

I have no idea what that pic is.

[Snailman]

WHOA! :o :o

Those drawings by Tom Kyzivat are awesome! :) Although I kinda can't see where Rocksteady's eyes are in the drawing he did. But other then that, they are all very awesome lookin'- & would make awesome action figures! :D

-Snailman

[azure turtle]

Tom's got an incredible way of showing the characters in a whole new light. I love his take on Krang and Panda Kahn. I'd love to have action figures that look like his drawings...

[The_Realest]

Where are these drawings that you guys are talking about? I'd love to see 'em.

[Krang]

Here they are:
http://www.thetechnodrome.com/fanart/tomkyzivat/

[The_Realest]

Thanks for the link, Krang. By the way, those drawings are awesome!

[Donatello02]

Gah I can't find anything that would be good to use for the Mutagen Man. Maybe I should work on Krang instead. Damn, only time will tell.

[tmnt2513]

It would be really cool if customs would really kick in...(here at technodrome.com)...because I'm also signed onto the he-man.org forum...and they go custom crazy...I just hope soon people start customizing TMNT stuff more often...as soon as I get a chance I'm going to start customizing figures...I'm talking repaints and even creating characters for the new toyline that haven't been made yet...maybe when I get some extra cash I'll paint all the new TMNT in there mirage look...all red bandana's!! ...Or I'll color all there weapons and leave there bodies as is...so they look just like there new show counterparts!!! ahhhh...haahahaha!!! (evil laugh)

[GK Punk]

well, i gave it a shot hehe. what do you think of leo's new swords?

http://www.boutwellonline.com/rob/leoswords.jpg

a little clunky at parts. mostly where i held onto it too long, and then the paint tried to peel off, so i did my best to seal it back on with more paint! hehe

live and learn =)

OMG I did that exact samething to my Leo toy when I was a kid!!!!
Ofcourse, I did a real shoddy job, and the paint eventually chipped off :\

Seeing all you guys' customs, makes me wish I had some sort of Talent to take a shot at it myself

[Donatello02]

Why is this thread on top anymore?

[PWDESAI]

A few more customs over here
http://www.wheeljack.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=231#post231
one is a heroclix by slythe, the other is a leonardo swords repaint i did. :)

[tank222]

that heroclick rocksteady is awesome. You should do more TMNT hero clix

[Kid Icarus]

Wow. I know so many people that would play a TMNT version of Hero Clix at our card shop here. Heck the old judge has been a TMNT fan since comic one came out. He has tattos and everything. He used to be 1st in the world at mage knight and mechwarrior. Infact... I might be able to get him to talk to Wiz Kids about making a TMNT line for it.

That looked really cool though! What kind of tools did you use on the Rocksteady? I've used Sculpty before, and its hard to get it to work right unles you know what your doing... so congrats! :D

[andrew]

im looking for future turtle pics so i can convert my original turtle toys into archie's counterparts .. but im looking for some good pictures to amke sure i can cen the best details in while sculpting.. if i could get ANY pics i'd be extremely thankful..

thanx doods

[TMNTGal]

Awesome customs everyone! :)

Here's my second TMNT custom. A simple repaint of an original Foot Soldier. I have yet to add his arm attachments. For a name how about Ghost Soldier or Shadow Soldier? :P

http://home.earthlink.net/~leosgal/PHOTOS/GhostSoldier01.jpg

http://home.earthlink.net/~leosgal/PHOTOS/GhostSoldier02.jpg

[The_Realest]

BTW...cool looking customs from everyone. I really like STraight-Edge's Image based customs of the turtles.

[cqb101]

I want to make a Ninjara figure to go with the new figures...Does anybody have any Ideas?

[Eye of Sarnath]

I wanna make an Eastman and Laird as police officers... I'm also making the four TMNT, a Foot, Casey, and Saki (not Shredder). I'm hoping to start work on them next weekend, and get some nice pictures for all of you.

[cqb101]

Can't wait to see your pictures! I have been wanting to do a Saki and casey jones so I can get ideas from yours......

[TalonMC]

Hey all!

I've made a few TMNT HeroClix customs also. Anyone who regularly visits HCR or CM probably already knows me. I've never read these forums before so it looks like I have *a lot* to catch up on!! :)

Later!

-MC

[Snailman]

Hey all!

I've made a few TMNT HeroClix customs also. Anyone who regularly visits HCR or CM probably already knows me. I've never read these forums before so it looks like I have *a lot* to catch up on!! :)

Later!

-MC

I like your Master Mold Hero Clix guy, I had forgotten Toy Biz made a Sentinal figure that big. I actually had thought it would have been the actual Master Mold figure that Toy Biz made, which I happen to own. It's basically Master Mold's severed head, with it's spider-legs out so it can walk around. It has a grabbing claw on an arm on one side of it's head, & a laser cannon on an arm on the other side. It can also spit out flat, sentinals that I guess you could call baby sentinals or something, :lol:.

If you can score this figure, go for it. It'd be cool to use in your Hero Clix games.

-Snailman[/b]

[JoshBYawn]

You know what would be nice? To repaint the pads on the movie star figures to be dark brown, as they should be and were in the movie, instead of the matching color of their mask like the cartoon.

[SlayerX]

im gona get flamed and yelled at, but what is a HeroClix, i heard so much but have no idea what they are :(

[rayfillet101]

there kinda like a trading card game but theyre mini figures of dc and marvel universe characters.

[Jephael]

You know what would be nice? To repaint the pads on the movie star figures to be dark brown, as they should be and were in the movie, instead of the matching color of their mask like the cartoon.

Atleast the belts didn't have their initials on them, that would've been stupid.

[Psycho Da Turtle]

Well kids, its been re-stickied, lets get back to the posting of customs, we'll all have a ball and a few laughs...

[TMNTGal]

Here's a quick repaint of T.D. Tossin' Leo.

http://home.earthlink.net/~leosgal/PHOTOS/TDTossinLeoRepaint01.jpg

http://home.earthlink.net/~leosgal/PHOTOS/TDTossinLeoRepaint02.jpg

http://home.earthlink.net/~leosgal/PHOTOS/TDTossinLeoRepaint03.jpg

Anyone have an extra helmet or football?

[Cascadia]

All of the customs that are posted in the thread are very well done. :)

[Nate]

Anyone have an extra helmet or football?

Uh, yeah, actually.

[Psycho Da Turtle]

Funny, you seemed to take somethin that was extremely weird for a Ninja Turtle, and make it look right. Congrats!

[Skabbz]

u should repaint the ball brown

[Nate]

I'm pretty sure she would if she had an extra..

[TMNTGal]

Anyone have an extra helmet or football?

Uh, yeah, actually.

Nate, would you like to trade for or sell these 2 accessories? I would like to finish my custom and I'm missing those 2 pieces. LMK.

[email protected]

[Nate]

Sure, check your e-mail.

[tmnt2513]

Hey guys,
Haven't posted in awhile...been sorta busy with my band and work...whoo hoo... but anyhow.. I had an idea the other night. At TRU the TMNT figures are $5 which isn't bad at all and I'm thinking of buying a Raph and customizing him into a Slash. I was even thinking of going way out of my way and by being as creative as possible ..I'd try to make a Venis out of say another one of the TMNT figures...although that would require quite an over haul...heck if I do a good job on either one...would someone want me to make them one?

[PWDESAI]

I think I'm gonna do a Modern rex-1 using shredder.

[tormentedvagrant]

ALltough I dislike like the Image, I must say those custom figures looked cool. MAybe it's time someone did Mirage customs?

Ok this was said a long time ago but I just read it this morning. Later on in the day I was hunting for a few more goodies from my basement, and found 2 of the ninja turtles that flip. I thouht it was a little ironic because I had just read the post and these figs are perfect bases for mirage esk turtles. 1. they have brown elbow, rist and knee pads. 2. they have tails. 3. their faces are ridgid like the original comics. 4. they are covered with scratches to show where and tare of their shells and plastrons over the years. all they need are some new legs, to stand them up normaly and get the backs fixed. (if you have one of these you will know what I am refering too)
check them out: http://www.ninjaturtles.com/toys/1993/jumpraph.jpg

[The Defibrillator]

there kinda like a trading card game but theyre mini figures of dc and marvel universe characters.

HEY! I saw some o' those fellers at the store the other day. I almost bought them, but then I looked at the price. It was like $8. Kinda expensive if you ask me.

http://www.wizkidsgames.com/heroclix/marvel/

that's a link to the official page. I think It's a perdy cool idea.

[tmntman]

Here was my take on a Ninjara custom that I made several years ago. It is a Wolfsbane from Toy Biz's New Mutant line. The armor is made from styrene.

http://www.geocities.com/tmntman/custom.htm