A tale of two Caseys...
 

NECA-style Casey (MKIII):

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e4...ogod/CJ1-2.jpg

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e4...ogod/CJ2-1.jpg

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e4...ogod/CJ3-1.jpg

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e4...scogod/CJ4.jpg

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e4...scogod/CJ5.jpg

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e4...scogod/CJ6.jpg

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e4...scogod/CJ7.jpg

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e4...scogod/CJ8.jpg

I was asked to replicate my previous Casey custom, using as many of the same parts as possible. I don't normally like duplicating my customs, but there were a lot of things I didn't like about my last Casey, and relished the opportunity to make a better one...

LCBH Savage Dragon legs, shortened by half an inch or so, Toybiz TNA guy torso, Mattel WWE guy arms, headcast of the sculpt I did for my last Casey. The sculpting and paints are much smoother on this version, and he's also a lot more proportional (and more in scale with the TMNT figures). I think the most fun was making the weapons - the baseball bats are real wood, hockey stick was styrene, golf club was metal rod & Apoxie, cricket bat was from movie Casey. The bag's a modified WoS Freddie Quimby bag.

One down, one to go...

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e4...god/OldCJ1.jpg

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e4...god/OldCJ2.jpg

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e4...god/OldCJ3.jpg

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e4...god/OldCJ4.jpg

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e4...god/OldCJ5.jpg

Whilst I was making the new Casey, I thought I'd give my first version an update, as it was looking rather shabby now... Put on some new arms from a UFC guy, and a cast of my original headculpt.
Had a lot of trouble with the casts - my mould was poorly made, and tore when I was trying to remove one of the casts (I also kept cocking up by not using enough resin, leaving a big hole in his head). I managed to get one perfect cast (out of 9) before the mould was totally destroyed. The head on this one was actually 2 casts - front of one and the back of another. Added a few "battle scars" on the mask to try and hide the join and some of the other flaws, I think it works quite well. He's still too big and disproportionate, but for my collection he'll do.

NECA Casey looks superb from the weapons down to the comic book black lines........wish I had one :twink:

These look great, if these were for sale I would buy one or maybe even two. :tgrin:

I like the newer Casey ALMOST as much as the Neca styled on that you have there. I think the wrist wraps are a nice improvement and it's very cool to see you make the non-Neca Casey different enough to stand out as a unique custom. Good work!

Thanks, but it's more down to laziness - I originally did that Casey over 4 years ago, I kept the old wrists/hands and put them on the new arms, but there was such a size discrepancy that I put a load of tape there to even it out. It was just a very quick job to spruce him up a bit - he looked like this before:

http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs51/f/20...y_Discogod.jpg

Holy Cow that looks awesome too! He looks more mental and deadly I LOVE IT! :o

Very awesome work

I've been looking forward to seeing your latest one since I found out you were working on a new one on the fwoosh. Its a shame your mould was destroyed, but I'm glad you got a good one out of it. I've gotta say man, third times a charm, it looks perfect.

All these Caseys are pretty swag, dude. Nice work.

^^WHat Powder said.
I like how The newest Casey looks like Neca Casey, just with some steroids and a few more bar brawls under his belt.

Great Carey's! Lol, that comic cover is the cherry on the sunday, it tops it all off.

How easily can the masked head be removed? I only ask because I think an unmasked head would be killer!

The heads can be removed fairly easily. I'd love to have been able to make a swappable head, but time (and a lack of suitable heads) were against me. Might be something I can revisit in the future...

Another fantasic custom you did there, the Raphael #1 cover pic looks amazing.:tthumbsu:

Excellent work, I like all three!