Customized TMNT movie action figures

*Plasticplayhouse* · 12-02-2011, 10:49 AM

ok, so basically I had a set of utterly horrendous tmnt movie figs. The mask ties were missing, they had no weapons or belts, and a lot of paint from masks/eyes/shell was worn off. I made new belts/straps from leather/vinyl, sculpted new mask ties, crafted new weapons from wood, twine, thread, and other brand sword/sais. I also did a few head swaps to better match the characters personalities. Finally I gave them all a fresh coat of paint that actually looks a little more realistic. I never could stand those ugly spots! i also gave them a Domino's pizza box which was ironically made from the (clean) cardboard of a REAL Domino's pizza box. i used markers to reproduce the logo. Let me know what you think

Navin Johnson · 12-02-2011, 10:54 AM

Looks really good, nice job, like the weapons

*Donnie* · 12-02-2011, 10:56 AM

Wow, those look great man! Awesome job.

Koschei · 12-02-2011, 12:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Donnie

Wow, those look great man! Awesome job.

My exact thoughts!

*Cowabunga Carl* · 12-02-2011, 12:22 PM

These are amazing. Oh my gosh.

*oldmanwinters* · 12-02-2011, 03:11 PM

That Dominos Pizza box just sells it for me!

Although, if I remember, weren't the action figures based more off the 2nd movie. In which case, the TMNT should be eating Pizza Hut!

Bmaga123 · 12-02-2011, 05:20 PM

Looks great man, nice job getting rid of the Movie 3 spots

Leonardo87 · 12-02-2011, 07:10 PM

Great job on the customization! There is one thing though that caught my eye; are you going to wrap somehow Raph's prongs on the sai? If not that's cool

. Still awesome no matter what

.

**Jester** · 12-02-2011, 08:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by oldmanwinters

That Dominos Pizza box just sells it for me!

Although, if I remember, weren't the action figures based more off the 2nd movie. In which case, the TMNT should be eating Pizza Hut!

Actually wasn't it Ray's? or what ever place that Keno worked?

Awesome. But who has who's head?

Hmmm. Raph was Leo, Mike was Raph, Leo was Mike, and Donnie stays Donnie.

(Thanks to TMNTTOYS.com for the image.)

*Slap-Happy* · 12-02-2011, 08:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jester

Actually wasn't it Ray's? or what ever place that Keno worked?

Awesome. But who has who's head?

Mike - Raph
Leo - Mike
Don - Don
Raph - Leo

I'm pretty sure...

*oldmanwinters* · 12-02-2011, 08:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jester

Actually wasn't it Ray's? or what ever place that Keno worked?

I totally forgot that Pizza Hut never actually appeared in the movie! By that time, Pizza Hut had the TMNT license and they pimped it shamelessly. The 2nd NES game and the Coming Out of Their Shells Tour featured Pizza Hut advertising prominently!

koenne · 12-03-2011, 03:43 AM

Wow , these look really good ! Great job .

Cowabunga !

*Discogod* · 12-03-2011, 05:32 AM

Good to see ya here! I've already told you how much I love these customs, but it wouldn't hurt to say it again... They really are fantastic and make me want a set of super-articulated movie turtles...

*TheCanadiandrome* · 12-03-2011, 08:58 PM

freaking amazing! do want! lol!

psychoandy · 12-04-2011, 10:28 AM

These are REALLY solid. I'm gonna have to score a set of Movie TMNT to see if I can top this, although, I'm honestly not sure if I could!

These actually may be my favorite straight-repaint customs on this board.

The ONLY thing that bothers me is the "TCRI" ooze canister. For movie-accuracy, it should say "TGRI." If you don't mind me being nit-picky.

*Plasticplayhouse* · 12-05-2011, 08:50 AM

Navin Johnson, Donnie, koschei, Cowabunga Carl, Bmaga123, Jester, TMNT Canadian - thanks so much guys

Oldmanwinters- I loved the domino's box as well. While I saw all three movies in the theaters, the first one will always be the best in my opinion. I wanted to base them on the first movie.

Leonardo87- thanks! I tried to wrap them but it made them look too thick and odd, so I left them as is. Good catch

Slap-Happy- for all who are curious here is the make up:
Raph- Leo's head, mikey's legs, raph body.
Leo- Mikey's head, with the rest leo.
Mikey- Raph's head and legs, mike's body.
Donnie- all Donnie.

Koenne- thank you!

Discogod- hey whats up brutha! Yeah, I took your advice and checked out the boards here. They are great! I've always been a big turtle fan since the 80's, just never got involved with much of the online fandom of it. Up until now I was just into my tmnt comic collection, movies, toons, art, and action figures. My passion for the turtles burns as feverishly as it did when I first laid eyes on them in 1985

Psychoandy- thanks man! As Mikey would say, "Go for it!" I'd love to see your rendition. Yes they are pretty much a straight repaint, HOWEVER I did hand make leo's sword sheaths, mikey's nunchucks, don's bo, and all the belts and mask ties. The sculpts were so damn good I found no need to modify any of it, minus the head swaps I made. In all seriousness, they are probably some of the best children's action figure toy sculpts that I have ever seen. Sure there's companies like neca, sota, and such, but they are geared more towards the adult collector.
HaHA, you caught the TCRI/TGRI swap! I don’t mind your nit-pickiness at all. I totally get where you're coming from. While I LOVE the movie, I love the original comics even more, hence I stuck with the true origin of the ooze

Thank you everyone for taking the time to comment on my work. I hope you enjoyed viewing them as I did making them. I don’t know when, but I have plans for making "artist's" versions of the turtles sometime in the future. There are 16 artists for vol 1 of the turtles (not including inkers or lavigne/brown). I counted Eastman and Laird twice since they really have two versions. The earlier version (neca's version) and the later version like what I feel was a peter laird pioneered version starting in issue #12 (his first solo issue) and continued to progress until what you see in issue 50, which is more the standard now (IMO). At any rate...i will probably start off with a matt howarth version as I thought his take was very unique and interesting. You can see his style turtle in issue 41 and the one shot, the haunted pizza.

*Luzmagica* · 12-05-2011, 09:41 AM

....just another post to express how much I like that great awesome work!!!! They look nice!!! Thanks for sharing!!!!

marcelangelo · 12-05-2011, 10:32 AM

yes, same here...I wrote it in another thread already and just discovered that these movie figures had their own

....so, congratulations, amigo!they are truly well done!I love the color job and I think you matched the faces just right....I especially enjoy looking at raphael here for some reason...

Jade · 12-06-2011, 12:16 PM

These might be my favorite repaint customs ever. If there is any chance you'd make more of those weapons for sale, please pm me!

Lordmylar06 · 12-08-2011, 04:41 PM

These look way better than the originals. Great paint apps.

12-02-2011, 10:54 AM	#2
Navin Johnson Stone Warrior Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 544	Looks really good, nice job, like the weapons __________________ Lord loves a workin' man

12-02-2011, 03:11 PM	#6
oldmanwinters Overlord Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Between yesterday and tomorrow! Posts: 15,488	That Dominos Pizza box just sells it for me! Although, if I remember, weren't the action figures based more off the 2nd movie. In which case, the TMNT should be eating Pizza Hut! __________________ Experience the TMNT Fan Commentaries! Check out my TMNT fan comic, "Nothing to Fear"! View my sketch work! I'm selling some of my hard-to-find TMNT items!

12-03-2011, 08:58 PM	#14
TheCanadiandrome Big, Bad & Bold Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Inside the Technodrome; Shredderville; Saskatchewan Posts: 19,719	freaking amazing! do want! lol! __________________ Add me: PSN/XBL; Nintendo Network ID: BDS-3.1.6; Switch FC: SW-3378-5206-8020 TMNT Fan Club: http://sot.ag/4jZR0 Visit My Wish List: http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=30904 My Collection: http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=40276

12-04-2011, 10:28 AM	#15
psychoandy Hench Mutant Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: http://www.PsychoAndy.com Posts: 273	These are REALLY solid. I'm gonna have to score a set of Movie TMNT to see if I can top this, although, I'm honestly not sure if I could! These actually may be my favorite straight-repaint customs on this board. The ONLY thing that bothers me is the "TCRI" ooze canister. For movie-accuracy, it should say "TGRI." If you don't mind me being nit-picky. __________________ HawkAndCroc.com - Redbubble Store

12-05-2011, 08:50 AM	#16
Plasticplayhouse the gray ghost Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: North East Posts: 2,194	Navin Johnson, Donnie, koschei, Cowabunga Carl, Bmaga123, Jester, TMNT Canadian - thanks so much guys Oldmanwinters- I loved the domino's box as well. While I saw all three movies in the theaters, the first one will always be the best in my opinion. I wanted to base them on the first movie. Leonardo87- thanks! I tried to wrap them but it made them look too thick and odd, so I left them as is. Good catch Slap-Happy- for all who are curious here is the make up: Raph- Leo's head, mikey's legs, raph body. Leo- Mikey's head, with the rest leo. Mikey- Raph's head and legs, mike's body. Donnie- all Donnie. Koenne- thank you! Discogod- hey whats up brutha! Yeah, I took your advice and checked out the boards here. They are great! I've always been a big turtle fan since the 80's, just never got involved with much of the online fandom of it. Up until now I was just into my tmnt comic collection, movies, toons, art, and action figures. My passion for the turtles burns as feverishly as it did when I first laid eyes on them in 1985 Psychoandy- thanks man! As Mikey would say, "Go for it!" I'd love to see your rendition. Yes they are pretty much a straight repaint, HOWEVER I did hand make leo's sword sheaths, mikey's nunchucks, don's bo, and all the belts and mask ties. The sculpts were so damn good I found no need to modify any of it, minus the head swaps I made. In all seriousness, they are probably some of the best children's action figure toy sculpts that I have ever seen. Sure there's companies like neca, sota, and such, but they are geared more towards the adult collector. HaHA, you caught the TCRI/TGRI swap! I don’t mind your nit-pickiness at all. I totally get where you're coming from. While I LOVE the movie, I love the original comics even more, hence I stuck with the true origin of the ooze Thank you everyone for taking the time to comment on my work. I hope you enjoyed viewing them as I did making them. I don’t know when, but I have plans for making "artist's" versions of the turtles sometime in the future. There are 16 artists for vol 1 of the turtles (not including inkers or lavigne/brown). I counted Eastman and Laird twice since they really have two versions. The earlier version (neca's version) and the later version like what I feel was a peter laird pioneered version starting in issue #12 (his first solo issue) and continued to progress until what you see in issue 50, which is more the standard now (IMO). At any rate...i will probably start off with a matt howarth version as I thought his take was very unique and interesting. You can see his style turtle in issue 41 and the one shot, the haunted pizza. __________________ Want to see more of my custom figures? http://plasticplayhouse.deviantart.com/

12-02-2011, 10:49 AM	#1
Plasticplayhouse the gray ghost Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: North East Posts: 2,194	Customized TMNT movie action figures ok, so basically I had a set of utterly horrendous tmnt movie figs. The mask ties were missing, they had no weapons or belts, and a lot of paint from masks/eyes/shell was worn off. I made new belts/straps from leather/vinyl, sculpted new mask ties, crafted new weapons from wood, twine, thread, and other brand sword/sais. I also did a few head swaps to better match the characters personalities. Finally I gave them all a fresh coat of paint that actually looks a little more realistic. I never could stand those ugly spots! i also gave them a Domino's pizza box which was ironically made from the (clean) cardboard of a REAL Domino's pizza box. i used markers to reproduce the logo. Let me know what you think __________________ Want to see more of my custom figures? http://plasticplayhouse.deviantart.com/

12-02-2011, 10:56 AM	#3
Donnie Something from the Past Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New York Posts: 3,256	Wow, those look great man! Awesome job.

12-02-2011, 12:22 PM	#5
Cowabunga Carl Mad Scientist Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Salt Lake City Posts: 2,384	These are amazing. Oh my gosh.

12-02-2011, 05:20 PM	#7
Bmaga123 Stone Warrior Join Date: May 2006 Location: WA Posts: 861	Looks great man, nice job getting rid of the Movie 3 spots

12-02-2011, 07:10 PM	#8
Leonardo87 Stone Warrior Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Columbus Indiana Posts: 688	Great job on the customization! There is one thing though that caught my eye; are you going to wrap somehow Raph's prongs on the sai? If not that's cool . Still awesome no matter what .

12-03-2011, 03:43 AM	#12
koenne Stone Warrior Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Belgium Posts: 663	Wow , these look really good ! Great job . Cowabunga ! __________________ http://www.youtube.com/user/koenne69 My latest vid:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6w4EerI70jg CollectionThread:http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=29340 Cowabunga!

12-03-2011, 05:32 AM	#13
Discogod Resolutely Analogue. Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Birmingham, UK Posts: 1,707	Good to see ya here! I've already told you how much I love these customs, but it wouldn't hurt to say it again... They really are fantastic and make me want a set of super-articulated movie turtles...

12-05-2011, 09:41 AM	#17
Luzmagica A Magic Light Dudette! Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Spain. Posts: 3,878	....just another post to express how much I like that great awesome work!!!! They look nice!!! Thanks for sharing!!!! __________________

12-05-2011, 10:32 AM	#18
marcelangelo Mad Scientist Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 1,471	yes, same here...I wrote it in another thread already and just discovered that these movie figures had their own....so, congratulations, amigo!they are truly well done!I love the color job and I think you matched the faces just right....I especially enjoy looking at raphael here for some reason...

12-06-2011, 12:16 PM	#19
Jade Foot Soldier Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 128	These might be my favorite repaint customs ever. If there is any chance you'd make more of those weapons for sale, please pm me!

12-08-2011, 04:41 PM	#20
Lordmylar06 Stone Warrior Join Date: May 2009 Location: Hurst, TX Posts: 961	These look way better than the originals. Great paint apps. __________________ http://jmylarart.myportfolio.com/work