TMNT Classic Shredder and April custom figures

grungethemovie · 12-23-2012, 10:49 PM

I always wanted to do April. Since i was a kid watching the cartoon.
Ok, that said, I also always wanted to make an April custom figure

Those 2, April and Shredder, hold very great emotional importance for me, you see, Shredder and April were my first custom figures when i was like 8 (Shredder was a he-man with a rambo enemy guy that had a cloth thing on his head and April was Cheetarah)
So, since the world was supposed to end, i had to come full circle and make those 2

April was a Legendary Legends..hmm, that doesn't sound, oh, heroes Ann O'Brien, for her size. However, Ann is quite tall and muscular, so i used her height, but i had to re-sculpt her everything to be in scale (interesting how i always "have to" re-sculpt everything XD)
Even things i wasn't planning to (or even shouldn't): most of her joints! (remember kids, never compromise the joints - well, unless you're an adventurous fella that cries every custom thinking that this time, it will be ruined beyond salvation)

Anyway, if you wanna know specifics about the joints, feel free to ask (i don't wanna make this longer that it already is)

I made a cast of the base, wrote her name on it, and made her a camera, her mic and a working turtle communicator (so she can find them when she got her crew - no, not working, working, it opens and closes

so, yeah, i could say i'm satisfied with my Classic turtles - if my love for those wretched reptiles ended there - so i guess you can wait for Splinter, Rocksteady, Bebop and Krang (and what about a sewer den diorama, huh?) if the world doesn't end

I'm adding shredder in this thread too cause you've prob seen him on figure realm, if not, enjoy!

ps: sorry for her second pic, she didn't have her thingie on her belt yet when i was trying desperately - in vain - to take pics to post her in time for the contest (i will take a pic of her finished, can't promise it will be updated here tho

april5 by hugo!!, on Flickr

april7 by hugo!!, on Flickr

April2 by hugo!!, on Flickr

April1 by hugo!!, on Flickr

grungethemovie · 12-23-2012, 10:52 PM

april6 by hugo!!, on Flickr

destruidor1 by hugo!!, on Flickr

destruidor2 by hugo!!, on Flickr

destruidor3 by hugo!!, on Flickr

destruidor4 by hugo!!, on Flickr

destruidor5 by hugo!!, on Flickr

aprilnews by hugo!!, on Flickr

aprilnews2 by hugo!!, on Flickr

tmntclassiccollection by hugo!!, on Flickr

LH · 12-23-2012, 11:09 PM

Wow! She looks amazing! Great Job!

Shreddhead · 12-24-2012, 12:30 AM

They really do look great, perfect fit with the playmates classics

*Powder* · 12-24-2012, 12:46 AM

The Shredder is AMAZING but I'm actually far more impressed by April. She looks sooo good, dude. It's really hard to do figures of chicks, I think, and you really nailed her look. It's so spot on. Great work.

grungethemovie · 12-24-2012, 01:00 AM

thanks guys!
i'm actually glad you find April accurate, i took quite some liberty on her, the oc model sheets being the laziest ever, i followed them very loosely and went quite "me" on her (almost super a bit maybe too anime, ... maybe you can say she's based on peter chung's style on the intro

)

grungethemovie · 12-24-2012, 01:15 AM

WIPs

edhellman · 12-24-2012, 03:44 AM

Please say you cast those heads and pieces.... Or are willing to do a commission? Please PM me!

raven6859 · 12-24-2012, 05:39 AM

They both look perfect Playmates would be hard pressed to do better. Great accessories as well! April is best though, I think it's her distinct hairstyle that you've managed to capture so well that makes the figure look so accurate!

*Voltron* · 12-24-2012, 06:11 AM

It's hard to believe that anyone could be this talented. It's like they jumped right off the screen! I second the notion that Playmates would be hardpressed to do better, and say that they couldn't if they tried.

Awesome work, man. Some of the best I've ever seen on this site, or anywhere.

Green Machine · 12-24-2012, 06:42 AM

WOW!!! Dude those are amazing!!! Do you do commissions? I would love to have one of those Shredders made!

*MikeandRaph87* · 12-24-2012, 06:48 AM

Do you work for Playmates Toys? I swear it looks like something that would come out of the Classics line! Perfect!

*Slade* · 12-24-2012, 06:51 AM

If all I could type was wow. That's what it'd be. Those are awesome man. Looks like I could go to the store an purchase them off a shelf. Great job.

edhellman · 12-24-2012, 06:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by edhellman

Please say you cast those heads and pieces.... Or are willing to do a commission? Please PM me!

me first me first!

Green Machine · 12-24-2012, 07:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by edhellman

me first me first!

LOL... we need a take a number dispenser.

edhellman · 12-24-2012, 07:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Green Machine

LOL... we need a take a number dispenser.

totally! What scale are these next to the NECA turtles? 7.5 inches seems the right scale for them but I thought the Classic series was much much bigger?

*Oculus Orbus* · 12-24-2012, 08:02 AM

Oh man, if we ever get Shredder and April from the Classic line, I hope they look just like that.

edhellman · 12-24-2012, 08:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oculus Orbus

Oh man, if we ever get Shredder and April from the Classic line, I hope they look just like that.

it sounds like we will get a wave 2 that will be shown at toy fair in February. I'm hopin' we see Casey Jones, Shredder and Splinter..

tmnt transformer · 12-24-2012, 08:25 AM

I must know how much you would charge for these figures...they look awesome!!!

TVsRobLowe · 12-24-2012, 08:27 AM

Wow. You've gotten a lot better since I first seen your stuff on Fwoosh a few years ago.

Great job. It takes a lot to impress me, and you've done that with these two.

12-23-2012, 10:49 PM	#1
grungethemovie Foot Soldier Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 231	TMNT Classic Shredder and April custom figures I always wanted to do April. Since i was a kid watching the cartoon. Ok, that said, I also always wanted to make an April custom figure Those 2, April and Shredder, hold very great emotional importance for me, you see, Shredder and April were my first custom figures when i was like 8 (Shredder was a he-man with a rambo enemy guy that had a cloth thing on his head and April was Cheetarah) So, since the world was supposed to end, i had to come full circle and make those 2 April was a Legendary Legends..hmm, that doesn't sound, oh, heroes Ann O'Brien, for her size. However, Ann is quite tall and muscular, so i used her height, but i had to re-sculpt her everything to be in scale (interesting how i always "have to" re-sculpt everything XD) Even things i wasn't planning to (or even shouldn't): most of her joints! (remember kids, never compromise the joints - well, unless you're an adventurous fella that cries every custom thinking that this time, it will be ruined beyond salvation) Anyway, if you wanna know specifics about the joints, feel free to ask (i don't wanna make this longer that it already is) I made a cast of the base, wrote her name on it, and made her a camera, her mic and a working turtle communicator (so she can find them when she got her crew - no, not working, working, it opens and closes so, yeah, i could say i'm satisfied with my Classic turtles - if my love for those wretched reptiles ended there - so i guess you can wait for Splinter, Rocksteady, Bebop and Krang (and what about a sewer den diorama, huh?) if the world doesn't end I'm adding shredder in this thread too cause you've prob seen him on figure realm, if not, enjoy! ps: sorry for her second pic, she didn't have her thingie on her belt yet when i was trying desperately - in vain - to take pics to post her in time for the contest (i will take a pic of her finished, can't promise it will be updated here tho april5 by hugo!!, on Flickr april7 by hugo!!, on Flickr April2 by hugo!!, on Flickr April1 by hugo!!, on Flickr __________________ hugohugo.deviantart.com/ facebook.com/hugo.dourado grungethemovie on figurerealm.com redbubble

12-23-2012, 10:52 PM	#2
grungethemovie Foot Soldier Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 231	april6 by hugo!!, on Flickr destruidor1 by hugo!!, on Flickr destruidor2 by hugo!!, on Flickr destruidor3 by hugo!!, on Flickr destruidor4 by hugo!!, on Flickr destruidor5 by hugo!!, on Flickr aprilnews by hugo!!, on Flickr aprilnews2 by hugo!!, on Flickr tmntclassiccollection by hugo!!, on Flickr __________________ hugohugo.deviantart.com/ facebook.com/hugo.dourado grungethemovie on figurerealm.com redbubble

12-24-2012, 12:30 AM	#4
Shreddhead Mad Scientist Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 1,470	They really do look great, perfect fit with the playmates classics __________________

12-24-2012, 01:00 AM	#6
grungethemovie Foot Soldier Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 231	thanks guys! i'm actually glad you find April accurate, i took quite some liberty on her, the oc model sheets being the laziest ever, i followed them very loosely and went quite "me" on her (almost super a bit maybe too anime, ... maybe you can say she's based on peter chung's style on the intro ) __________________ hugohugo.deviantart.com/ facebook.com/hugo.dourado grungethemovie on figurerealm.com redbubble

12-24-2012, 01:15 AM	#7
grungethemovie Foot Soldier Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 231	WIPs __________________ hugohugo.deviantart.com/ facebook.com/hugo.dourado grungethemovie on figurerealm.com redbubble

12-23-2012, 11:09 PM	#3
LH Leatherhead Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 1,705	Wow! She looks amazing! Great Job!

12-24-2012, 12:46 AM	#5
Powder 40 Years of TMNT Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Shell-Ri-La Posts: 26,945	The Shredder is AMAZING but I'm actually far more impressed by April. She looks sooo good, dude. It's really hard to do figures of chicks, I think, and you really nailed her look. It's so spot on. Great work.

12-24-2012, 03:44 AM	#8
edhellman Random Punk Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 27	Please say you cast those heads and pieces.... Or are willing to do a commission? Please PM me!

12-24-2012, 05:39 AM	#9
raven6859 Hench Mutant Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Kent, UK Posts: 332	They both look perfect Playmates would be hard pressed to do better. Great accessories as well! April is best though, I think it's her distinct hairstyle that you've managed to capture so well that makes the figure look so accurate! __________________ https://www.flickr.com/photos/8372431@N05/ http://https://secretnipplelasers.wordpress.com

12-24-2012, 06:11 AM	#10
Voltron Handsomest Boy in School Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: The Realm of SJW Posts: 4,642	It's hard to believe that anyone could be this talented. It's like they jumped right off the screen! I second the notion that Playmates would be hardpressed to do better, and say that they couldn't if they tried. Awesome work, man. Some of the best I've ever seen on this site, or anywhere. __________________ I AM FOR ACTUAL! . . . and the White Savior. . . and the Right Hand of God. . .

12-24-2012, 06:42 AM	#11
Green Machine Hench Mutant Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Concord, NC Posts: 442	WOW!!! Dude those are amazing!!! Do you do commissions? I would love to have one of those Shredders made!

12-24-2012, 06:48 AM	#12
MikeandRaph87 Jedi Master Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: JLA Satellite Headquarters Posts: 11,186	Do you work for Playmates Toys? I swear it looks like something that would come out of the Classics line! Perfect! __________________ Michelangelo: This looks like a job for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! Raphael: Sheesh, Mikey this ain't a cartoon!

12-24-2012, 06:51 AM	#13
Slade god status Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Louisiana Posts: 3,291	If all I could type was wow. That's what it'd be. Those are awesome man. Looks like I could go to the store an purchase them off a shelf. Great job. __________________ Do not concern yourself with what I've already done: rather tremble at the thought of what I am about to do. Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth. http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=48140

12-24-2012, 08:02 AM	#17
Oculus Orbus Mad Scientist Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Spain Posts: 1,535	Oh man, if we ever get Shredder and April from the Classic line, I hope they look just like that.

12-24-2012, 08:25 AM	#19
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12-24-2012, 08:27 AM	#20
TVsRobLowe Foot Soldier Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 154	Wow. You've gotten a lot better since I first seen your stuff on Fwoosh a few years ago. Great job. It takes a lot to impress me, and you've done that with these two.