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  • Earth 2 Chris
    Verbose Member
    • Mar 7, 2004
    • 32481

    Removable Helmet Hawkman

    I haven't posted a custom here in a long time. My customizing skills aren't much compared to most here, but I enjoy doing it. I like to keep my customs looking as if Mego had made them. I like the Mego aesthetic, and it kind of helps hide my novice skills.



    Anyway, I'm pretty pleased with how this Hawkman turned out. I've been working on him for well over a year, here and there. For the helmet I used a DM Batman cowl, wings from a little plastic bird and Crayola model magic for the beak and to smooth things out.



    His head is obviously a Mr. Fantastic head. I painted zombie gray Reed Richards head I had. I felt like Reed's curly hair would work for a Murphy Anderson type Silver Age Hawkman. The wings are a Polar Lights reissue of an old Monster accessory model kit set by Aurora. The mace is from a Marx Noble Knight. I thought these old pieces gave it a more Mego feel. If Mego had made Hawkman, his wings would have probably been kept pretty small and managable. The green tights were CTVT Wolfman tights painted green with a fabric marker. Red DM shorts and boots round it up, with some yellow electric tape for the straps.



    I have some other customs in the work, and many others I never got around to posting here yet, but this was my most ambitious so far. I'm pleased with it.

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  • kresge1
    Museum_Bozo
    • Jun 20, 2001
    • 5134

    #2
    Chris
    Excellent job,better than anything i could do for sure.Give yourself alot more credit
    Looking for Remco Phantom. Mego mailer boxed figures

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    • The Toyroom
      The Packaging King
      • Dec 31, 2004
      • 16653

      #3
      Chris, that is freakin' awesome! I love the removable helmet but I think what really sold me was the Mr Fantastic head repaint! Definitely reminiscent of a Murphy Anderson Hawk as you said. All the other accessories and touches really round out a fantastic figure!
      Think OUTSIDE the Box! For the BEST in Repro & Custom Packaging!

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      • batmanmc
        mego batman collector
        • Jun 22, 2004
        • 6227

        #4
        tats really nice. great to have a hawkman.

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        • gman
          Persistent Member
          • Sep 4, 2002
          • 1484

          #5
          That is just Brilliant!!! I am now on the look-out for a little plastic bird. Great job and the Marx mace is Perfect. The re-paint on the head is what makes it look just like what Mego should have done. Take a Bow!!!
          Don't be sorry. How would you know? You've been watching MTV all your life.

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          • mikeoz
            Mego Maker
            • Mar 9, 2007
            • 1435

            #6
            Nice job! The helmet looks factory made.
            Looking for:
            Lincoln Phantom of the Opera

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            • K
              Fun Will Now Commence
              • Jun 20, 2001
              • 2524

              #7
              I love it! Great resourcefulness in your use of parts! And that cowl is GREAT!
              I LOVE CHEESECAKE!!!sigpic


              "...and the Geeks shall inherit the earth."

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              • Captain
                Fighting the good fight!
                • Jun 17, 2001
                • 6031

                #8
                Whoa!
                That Helmet looks fantastic!
                The head repaint really does look like Katar too. Gotta agree on the wings too...I think Mego would have made them small, or made them out of printed felt.
                "Crayons taste like purple!"

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                • saildog
                  Permanent Member
                  • Apr 9, 2006
                  • 2270

                  #9
                  Oh, wow! I love it!

                  I've always wished Mego would have done Hawkman and this is what I imagined it would have looked like.

                  Great job, Chris!

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                  • Megospidey
                    Museum Webslinger
                    • Jul 26, 2006
                    • 5305

                    #10
                    That is a big slice of Mego Hawkman pie right there!! Get him a box or a card and he'll look like something that stepped off a 1974 Sears Wish Book page!! Great work Chris

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                    • bagmonster
                      Registered Lurker
                      • Apr 13, 2002
                      • 801

                      #11
                      Sharp. Nice effort. I too like the repaint.

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                      • Hulk
                        Mayor of Megoville
                        • May 10, 2003
                        • 16007

                        #12
                        I love it Chris. Extremely innovative and excellently executed.


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                        • The Bat
                          Batman Fanatic
                          • Jul 14, 2002
                          • 13412

                          #13
                          Wow...that's IMPRESSIVE! That Helmut is something else! Fine Work!
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                          • HardyGirl
                            Mego Museum's Poster Girl
                            • Apr 3, 2007
                            • 13933

                            #14
                            I'm not even a Hawkman fan, and I really like your custom. Very Mego like. Good job.
                            "Do you believe, you believe in magic?
                            'Cos I believe, I believe that I do,
                            Yes, I can see I believe that it's magic
                            If your mission is magic your love will shine true."

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                            • Captain_Mego
                              Vet.
                              • May 22, 2007
                              • 1771

                              #15
                              He turned out fantastic,the removable mask looks real nice. I think ya did a wondefull job on him.

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