Customization ideas
 

One thing with action figures which is just as, if not more, interesting to most of us than collecting is customization. However, not everyone has the time or resources to take on such projects. So, I figure, why not have a thread for people to state their ideas?

One idea I've had for a custom is to take an Utrom figure, and make a new-style Krang out of it.

I'd repaint the exoskeleton to match Krang's body. Red feet, hands, and... "underwear". Silver around the wrists (or maybe paint the whole beige part of the arm...). Yellow for the torso area where "Krang" sits (but not the bottom inside part, which is supposed to be dark gray) and the circular joint things on the hips (and paint the center red, there's a similar circular thing on the yellow part of Krang's body). Finish up with the rest of it a rather pale yellow skin tone. Maybe paint the mouth in darker or in red (Krang's body's mouth isn't ever open on the show, but the old figure of it had it with red on the inside of the mouth *shrug*)

The antenna could be taken from the old Krang's Android Body Figure.. but I think it'd be better to just make one. The 'glasses' would have to be made... The shoulder pads, I'm thinking you could repaint the ones from Fighting Gear Mikey, but I've not seen said figure in person and am basing the assumption on the photos on ninjaturtles.com. Then the "suspender straps" could probably be made out of one (or two) of the belts from the old line.

For the Utrom part of the figure, either repaint it to a skin tone or a normal pink (Krang's color wasn't exactly constant) and paint the eyes purple. For added Krang-ness, you could add a pair of tentacles (maybe use part of the tentacles from original Krang (the large one)). However, you'd have to put them a little too far forward for the Utrom/Krang to fit in the Exoskeleton/Android Body, so it might be a better idea to not bother.

There's already 2 or 3 recent custom threads.

Well, yeah, but they're like one about a specific custom figures website, and one about customs people are actually working on or finished with. I was thinking a thread for ideas for customs would be nice, so people could share ideas they've had but were so far unable (for one reason or another) to put to use...

i see what u're getting at.....i just can't think of anything......i guess....slash....he'd be easy now with the new SWAT tmnt.....

The Uthrom's body is squishy I dont think painting it woudl be a good idea

well im looking for a good base for a marvel legend style shredder, namor looks good but hes hard to come by these days...

death cult armageddon = sterile black metal

SOmebody on another forum used magneto as the base and used armor from armorized shredder and movie II super shredder.

look dude, im trying think through this accurately, a simple head swap for me isnt going to do, i've been looking at ML's to see which eyes match according to the shredder in the 80s cartoons, and i think the ML captain namor is VERY alike, so im thinking of sculpting the helmet/mask in, to fit in with the ML body size, from then on its easy, just add some spikes to the body and paint. just an idea for this thread anyway...

If you'r elooking for a Namor then right here's your bets shot.
http://bigbadtoystore.com/subtoy2.asp?Queryid=tb059

It would be a very bad idea. Trust me. First the paint doesn't stick, then it gets hard, and if you squeeze the Utrom at all, the paint chips off.

I tried several things to recolor the Utrom, and as strange as it sounds, the best I found was a Sharpie marker. If you go this route, LET IT SIT before you touch what you just painted. Give the ink time to set in.

I found putting the Oot on a piece of wax paper was the best way to color it...it sticks to the wax paper just a little bit, but you can still rotate it around to color it, and he comes back off easily in a couple of days.

Oi @_@ I wasn't aware of the Utroms being squishy.

Well, they make pink and purple sharpies, so that recoloring the Utrom wouldn't be too much of an issue, though it may not come out quite as one would desire...

The Utrom should paint fine if you out on a coat of primer first and some sealer afterwards.

hey what about Baxter??? i wanna do a custom job on him when the toy actually comes out.....but what body should i use??? since i have no utroms....hey i do have the gamma punch hulk tiny banner incert fig....that might work.... HELP!!!!

I'm afraid that would end up being out of scale. I would try a Guardian body, and repaint the coat/sand off some detail.

In fact...that's a good idea. I think I'll try it.

I always thought fo using Dr. Hibert from the SImpsons line......The only drawback would the the less fingered hands.

have u seen "puny Banner?" he's tiny....here's a comparison.....him to shredder....
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...o/P1000515.jpg
he's a bit taller then shredder.....but not much

The Shredder suit is supposed to be a full head taller than Baxter (according to the size comparison here) So using puny Banner would make things out of scale.

yep.....ur right.....but hey are a lot of the tmnt figs actually to scale??? i mean leather head, stone bitter and razerfist are a bit small and hun too
i think i'm just makeing a big stink cause i don't wanna have to buy anither gaurdian.....and i already have "Puny Banner"

Nope. Not really. But seeing Baxter as tall as Hun should compared to Shredder is a little far.. Maybe you could shorten Banner's legs some...

or.....i could make a custom hun using hulk's body... :lol: j/k

I'm not as concerned with how he fits in with the rest of the line as much as I don't think Baxter-bot's head would even come close to fitting on Banner's body. Assuming the head in the middle of that POS figure is the same size as the rest of the human TMNT-line heads, it would be about half-again too big for Banner. Banner is porportioned realistically, where TMNT figures aren't.

well...again good point......i'll see what he looks like if i can remove the head and all that....

Look here, this was an Idea i myself once thought of doing but didn't, check this auction out.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...70452&rd=1

Where do you people get those cool backrounds. Thats awesome looking btw

OMG, that is beyond awsome.

The guy that did that is a poster over at TNI. I' saw that awhile ago, really cool.

http://img54.exs.cx/img54/7537/6858.jpg

My mirage tmnt comic leonardo :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...axtersHead.jpg
ok i have the head....now i need a body.....suggestions??

you could use the guardian cuz that guy already has something that could easily be painted a lab coat white, and he's not all the muscular so it would look fine for a baxter if repainted properly.

could work...but baxter's head is weird.....i'll try it...i tryed the utrom's body....but it didn't work....
EDIT: ok....won't work...unless i create a neck piece for baxter's head....the guardian's head is too diffrent from baxter's heck "puny banner" won't work....i wish i could use my charles xavier.....that'd be cool....but i just have the one....

Does it fit in the Utrom's stomach?

uh....if u force it...yes....but he's a bit to big

That was the only reason I wanted to buy that figure. Can you take a picture of it?

sure....just a sec...here....sorry so dark...dim light...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...o/P1000542.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...o/P1000543.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...o/P1000541.jpg

That looks better than the one that was released. It does look a bit stange though.

Wow these are great! Nice work Ecto. WHere did you get that cool backround Jester?

the x-men legends box set....
i found a body!!! the gen-x harvest phalanx is ok....but it's not show accurate.....but it is a notch above the spidr body....
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...o/P1000557.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...o/P1000558.jpg