Red Tornado - Traditional Mego Style

[grayhank]

My 2nd custom Mego for 2008 is this composite version of Red Tornado. "Reddy's" been around in the DC Universe for quite awhile now and everytime he turns up he seems to have a different costume change. I took all the elements I liked from each version from classic to modern and kind of placed them altogether. This is what I came up with. Enjoy! (My apologies to Starbuk for starting without his awesome sculpted head - sorry I couldn't wait!) :grin:

I'm also providing a link to a great gallery of pics of Reddy! You can probably see in these pictures where I got some of my inspiration.

Red Tornado's Gallery: 'Reddy' (http://www.comicvine.com/red-tornado/1688/costumes/&c=1083)


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[Brown Bear]

Looks just like a Mego should....nice job.

[spiderrogue]

pretty sweet..for a mego custom...just kidding...about the mego part...honestly..he does look pretty sweet...great job...one character that ive always liked doing..dont know squat about him..but a awesome one to make into a custom....

[Random Axe]

If I were to make a top five list of the most visually appealing costumes in the superhero genre, Red Tornado is somewhere in there. I'm partial to the blue/red cape, but the blue/yellow turned out great. You indeed successfully created an amalgam of the various stages of his design. It's a look at a character done through your eyes in a classic Mego style. Very well done.

BTW, from your gallery link, the Mike Turner piece is just stunning. When I think of Red Tornado, that's the image I get. That's the best rendition of the character I've ever seen. I'd like to know from what book that came.

Overall good job and good choice of figure.

Scott

[grayhank]

Oh that's not my gallery. It was just a page I googled to get pictures of Red Tornado to make him. So I have no idea where those comic pages are from.

[davidb]

I don't know the exact number, but the Turner shot's from the current JLA book.

[jessica]

Wow on the images from where you get your inspiration! I've never seen this guy before but no wonder you customized him. And, congratulations on a VERY Mego custom!

[toys2cool]

SWEEEEETTT!!! he looks great bro :grin:

[Goblin19]

A very nice Megoesque custom. My kid's waiting for our very own Red Tornado for a while now.

[SlipperyLilSuckers]

He looks great. Congratulations!

[Bo8a_Fett]

Great stuff....nice work

[darklord1967]

Now there's a yummy-lookin' custom!!

Very well done!

[Meule]

Great job and very Megolike indeed :hokay:

[kept back]

Very Mego-ey! Is that Starbuk's head? I mean Starbuk's Red Tornado cast...not Buk's actual head. that would be totally out of scale

[grayhank]

Very Mego-ey! Is that Starbuk's head? I mean Starbuk's Red Tornado cast...not Buk's actual head. that would be totally out of scale


Nope, I made this one by sanding off all the hair and shaping it. I'm not sure who it was originally but it was from a custom Hawkman I had gotten off Ebay. I recently posted in another thread about mice destroying a Hawkman mask, this was the salvaged head from that incident. I think the head was originally either "Punisher" or "Flash Gordon".

[kingdom warrior]

That's Awesome!!! Great Job!!!!!!

[Alberto Malnati]

really megoish, your cape is nicer than a standar wgsh's one. great custom

[EmergencyIan]

Hey, great job!!

- Ian

[Blackkryptonite]

Great figure, man! It's so cool to see figures that come together like this one and look so Mego fresh.