Stan Sakai style Leonardo custom action figure

[Plasticplayhouse]

Originally Posted by Mr.Turtle

looks more like raph and the comic style shade on his plastron looks cheap...

Originally Posted by Mr.Turtle

no no not the red mask... leo is still leo even in red mask. but this is raph!

can you be so kind to elaborate? i'm not quite getting what you're saying.

all the turtles look the same, they always have. the only exception to that is when they wear the toon style masks. Stan never drew them with the multi colored masks, only red. just because he has an aggressive expression (i'm guessing why you think it’s raph) doesn’t make him raph. the styling of the paint and the comic shading on the plastron are based directly from Stan Sakai's comic renderings. I emailed pics to Stan himself before i posted publicly and he stated that he really liked my sense of coloring and details. that was good enough for me.

yes the plastron comic markings are cheap...they only cost me about three drops in black paint

[Mr.Turtle]

i dont think all the turtles look the same.

[Filespit]

Awesome job as always dude! You should make a full set of all four turtles sometime (all based on the same style), it would be really cool to see them all together! Keep making these!

[Jasper-X]

these are great, love the facial expressions!

[Lampy]

it seems that this custom got overshadowed by your ross campbell leo... nevertheless... this custom is awesome.

[Plasticplayhouse]

Originally Posted by Lampy

it seems that this custom got overshadowed by your ross campbell leo... nevertheless... this custom is awesome.

Lol, yes, pretty much most of my other customs have been overshadowed by my Ross Campbell Leo and Jim Lawson Mikey. It's easy to tell that they are by far the fan favorites of what I've done thus far. It's all good though. While it does feel really good receiving feedback and praise from people, ultimately I make these figures out of my sheer passion for the Turtles

thanks guys!

[twopinacoladas]

Awesome work man

[TMNT-Collector]

truly amazing work, id love to see all four turtles

[Whatswiththeheadbands?]

this is probably the best custom you have ever done.

good job.

[Whatswiththeheadbands?]

ever thought of opening your own action figure company?

[Plasticplayhouse]

if i could properly cast all of my figures, i would just for the sake of making all 4 turtles. i would have to split the torso and dismantle all the remaining parts for casting. as far as making a real business of it...having deadlines would probably take the fun out of it.

[Whatswiththeheadbands?]

Where did you get the swords from, or did you make them?

[Whatswiththeheadbands?]

Originally Posted by Plasticplayhouse

if i could properly cast all of my figures, i would just for the sake of making all 4 turtles. i would have to split the torso and dismantle all the remaining parts for casting. as far as making a real business of it...having deadlines would probably take the fun out of it.

If you ever did, you would put playmates out of business

[Shark_Blade]

Very professional looking, I love it.

[Plasticplayhouse]

i forgot where i got the swords from. i had like 8 of them in my fodder box for years. i think i only have one left.

thanks guys playmates has nothing to worry about with me. their sculpters are far better than i am. i just make toys that are more in line with what I and some older fans have always wanted to see. i'm just fillin the gap

[Raph]

You are really a master at your work man, just checked out the rest in your DeviantArt account. Also love the Dan Duncan and Michael Zulli customs.

And how awesome that Jim asked you to make that John! Congrats man!