Mirage Comics Style Ninja Turtle Custom Figure
 

I had a few extra classic Ninja Turtle Figures so I thought I would give them a repaint to resemble the original Eastman and Laird comic style. I started by painting the entire figure flat black. Then I decided what color to start with for my base coat for the front shell and the rest of the figure. Several drybrush and paint wash applications later with a few highlights painted here and there. His real metal sais are made from nails wrapped in leather. His Nunchukus are wooden dowels with real metal chain connecting the dowels. I then Made a belt out of leather with hoops to store his weapons. This was alot of fun to do and I'm looking forward to painting more. I will be posting Casey Jones, Rat King, as well as the other 3 Ninja Turtles soon. Comments are appreciated. :tgrin:

Looks pretty good. The chucks' chains seem a bit long, but that's a minor gripe. :P

Yeah I actually made the chucks awhile ago and wanted to be able to switch them out for the several styles of Turtle figures. They are just long enough to work for the classics figures up to the 2007 CGI movie figures without looking to out of place on any of them, though they probably look best with the 2003 animated series figures. :tconfuse:

Looks really good. :)

greit repaint one of the best i have seen of the old playmate line

nice stuff man. look foward to seeing more :)

Wow, that looks good.I'm thinking about repainting some action figures to make em look like they are from the comic more.

ditto and ditto :tcool:

Looks pretty solid!

Thanks for all the compliments. I just finished Rat King last night and I think he came out incredible. I am also almost done with Casey Jones too so that will be posted soon as well. :tgrin:

Love it. Those original turtle sculpts are very Mirage to begin with. So painting them up like this just looks very natural. Nice job!

Rat King W.I.P.
 

I wanted to show you guys how cool Rat King looked after just a black wash before I showed you the final custom.

Rat King Custom
 

I really like how this guy turtned out. There were so many details sculpted in that I took for granted, for example did any of you guys know Rat King has an ear ring? I painted Rat King with the idea that his patchwork would be made from any scraps he could find living in the sewers/abandoned warehouse depending if you go by the cartoon or Mirage comic book. Hope you guys like it any comments would be appreciated as always.

God damm thats amazing. Really really well done.

hey, the work put in was really worth it, dude.they are looking remarkable!!!I especially like the turtle there...for my own taste, I liked the rat king better in the brown paint job, the green is too much color for me, but nevertheless great!
hey, why don't you post these pictures over on the ask pl page.peter laird loves when people take so much time and effort for fan work and show and tell him about it...he would not only be happy but give you good hints on how to still improve on that!

Thanks for the compliments! I had a lot of fun painting Rat King. When I saw how much was already done by just the first black wash, I thought I really dont have much left to paint. But that felt like a cop out. So I went to work on any detail I could find to try and make them stand out. I would still like to do the spiders and roaches something a little more interesting then just black though. I finished Casey last night and just took a few photos then the camera died. So after it charges I will post him. I also decided to post a few more pics with my preferred method of photographing my customs, of the custom Raphael I posted a few days ago. Also I don't understand where I'm supposed to find the ask Peter Laird thing you mentioned. Could you post a link or is that against forum rules?

LOVE the Rat King! Your paint job really brings out the gruesome qualities of the sculpt. Excellent work. :D

Indeed. It's always nice to see someone bring out the buried details of the classic Playmates sculpts.

EDIT: Oh...and here's the Ask PL link:
http://peterlairdstmntblog.blogspot..../ask-pl-7.html

Here's Casey!
 

For Casey here I gave him the red hoodie from the Mirage comics and the silver mask from the 3rd Ninja Turtles movie.... at least that's where I think I have seen Casey Jones with a silver facemask. Since Psycho Andy already did the awesome Body Count style Casey Jones with the flag mask I wanted to do a different mask from the basic white mask, the only other one I could even think I had seen was a silver one. And my custom Casey comes with a hockey stick from I think Slapshot Leo that I painted as well. :tsmile:

And here are a few Raph vs Casey shots I took. :trolleye: