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  • grayhank
    That Fisher Price Guy
    • Feb 9, 2007
    • 1134

    Red Tornado - Traditional Mego Style

    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!)

    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'


    Last edited by grayhank; May 3, '08, 6:31 PM.
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  • Brown Bear
    Still Old School
    • Feb 14, 2008
    • 7057

    #2
    Looks just like a Mego should....nice job.
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    • spiderrogue
      new mego-er
      • Feb 3, 2008
      • 0

      #3
      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....

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      • Random Axe
        The Voice of Reason
        • Apr 16, 2008
        • 4518

        #4
        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
        I almost had a psychic girlfriend but she dumped me before we met.

        If anyone here believes in psychokinesis, please raise my hand.

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        • grayhank
          That Fisher Price Guy
          • Feb 9, 2007
          • 1134

          #5
          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.
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          • davidb
            Veteran Member
            • Aug 9, 2007
            • 303

            #6
            I don't know the exact number, but the Turner shot's from the current JLA book.

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            • jessica
              fortune favors the bold
              • Nov 5, 2007
              • 4587

              #7
              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!
              Those who look outside dream. Those who look within awake.
              Samples of my work are found here: Life, Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness

              To do list:
              1:6 boots for Mathilda, 1:1 Romulan Commander outfit, Ursus helmet; Cornelius appliance
              1:9 scale ape's new suit for Cornelius;

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              • toys2cool
                Ultimate Mego Warrior
                • Nov 27, 2006
                • 28605

                #8
                SWEEEEETTT!!! he looks great bro
                "Time to nut up or shut up" -Tallahassee

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                • Goblin19
                  Talkative Member
                  • May 2, 2002
                  • 6108

                  #9
                  A very nice Megoesque custom. My kid's waiting for our very own Red Tornado for a while now.

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                  • SlipperyLilSuckers
                    MeGoing
                    • May 14, 2003
                    • 9031

                    #10
                    He looks great. Congratulations!

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                    • Bo8a_Fett
                      Pat Troughton in disguise
                      • Nov 21, 2007
                      • 3738

                      #11
                      Great stuff....nice work
                      ENGLISH AND DAMN PROUD OF IT British by birth....English by the grace of God. Yes Jamie...it is big isn't it....

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                      • darklord1967
                        Persistent Member
                        • Mar 27, 2008
                        • 1550

                        #12
                        Now there's a yummy-lookin' custom!!

                        Very well done!
                        I... am an action figure customizer

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                        • Meule
                          Verbose Member
                          • Nov 14, 2004
                          • 28720

                          #13
                          Great job and very Megolike indeed
                          "...The agony of my soul found vent in one loud, long and final scream of despair..." - Edgar Allan Poe

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                          • kept back
                            Persistent Member
                            • Aug 2, 2002
                            • 1203

                            #14
                            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
                            Of all the souls I have encountered his was the most...human.

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                            • grayhank
                              That Fisher Price Guy
                              • Feb 9, 2007
                              • 1134

                              #15
                              Originally posted by 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

                              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".
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