Customization ideas

JDavis · 08-24-2004, 09:30 PM

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.

08-24-2004, 09:30 PM	#1
JDavis Foot Soldier Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Ada, OK, USA Posts: 212	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.