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Customizer Gallery - Laurie Halbritter

Customizing can be as hard or easy as ya like. Sometimes I like to really suffer and labor over one for years. In fact, I have piles of heads I've been picking at for five or six years. I have several dozen heads on bodies, sitting in boxes because I am not so keen on sewing.

I can sew however. Here's a little sew job I did on Mr. Hyde (made from a modified Aurora head):

And I sewed Closet Monsters pjs:

If I can beg, borrow or steal clothes, I am happy with that too. After all, this is a hobby. Don't have to be anal about EVERYTHING.

In this instance, for this custom, I chose to use no clothes at all. I highly recommend easy customs like this Dr. Phil motorcycle ride one:

Brian Leitner makes great Superhero suits. While I do sew some of my own, sometimes it's just easier (and nicer) to have Brian do the suit part. If I sewed everything, I wouldn't have nearly as many customs ;-)

Here's a few Marvel / Shazam characters with Leitner suits.

Leitner suit, Younger head

Leitner suit, Polyester head

Leitner suit, Polyester head

Leitner suit, Polyester head

There is a certain satisfaction to making your own clothes though. This Metamorpho outfit, while I like it, was the most painful sewing experience I've had. Most of it was machine sewn.

Mary Jane (sometimes girlfriend of Spiderman) was made of sewn and stolen parts. I love her chunky shoes. They counter balance her other virtues. The torso was made by Don C.

I find myself wishing there were more girl custom figures out there so when I found wigs and fishnets, I was in seventh heaven. Much as I like to do known characters, it's sometimes fun to just make up my own... Introducing, Butt-Plug Girl from Uranus and some of my "Blonds Have More Fun" gals:

Butt-Plug Girl from Uranus (from the collection of Cat)

Shotgun Mary (this one is actually a comic character-- shotgun has since been replaced by prettier one)

Rood Biker Girl with shrunken Castaway boots

Two Guns are Better than One

Nice chaps. Nice ride.

Aussie Kangaroo Hunting (guns are only legal there for this purpose)

A girl doesn't need not be blonde to be hot...

Batgirl, head Dave Mc, handsewn suit and cape

Zatanna (dig those stockings and pumps)

Wondergirl replacement outfit (courtesy of Cat)

Lois Lane (hot in an abstract way)

Little Orphan Conan

There's lots'a of buff men in the Polyester Universe (well, as buff as a Mego body can be)...

Ollie, modified resin head, CTV suit

Tony, where's your helmet?

Aquaman, Leitner suit, modifed Polyhead

Mandrake, Flatt suit, Polycape

Ledy Green Lantern, Leitner suit

The Playboy (I like this head and I use it a lot)

Okay, so Robin isn't so buff...

An early Etrigan sort of Kirby style

Daredevil (my own modifed head and cobbled together parts)

Cyclops, the 1957 Movie (Original Sculpt)

Superboy (handmade shirt and leather belt)

Dr. Quest (lots of stolen parts)

Mini Joe with AJ uniform

Silver Age Scarecrow

Ghost Rider (action shot)

Painting and sculpting are definately my favorite parts to customizing. As a kid, I didn't customize but I did assemble and paint horror kits. In fact, I still like to do that only now I do superdeformed kits

Sometimes I like to really go to town on a paintjob on customs too, and other times I like to just keep it plain like Mego

Sometimes I sculpt from scratch (especially on the horror stuff) and other times, I get heads from other people or modify existing heads and cast them

Shrunken and retooled head cast in resin	Ape Elvis (modified head, cast in resin)
One Million BC modifed with MagicSculp	Before Photo
Closet Monster Sculpted and Cast in Resin	Metamorpho Sculpted and Cast in Resin n
Tarantula Scientist Sculpted and Cast in Resin	Cyclops Sculpted and Cast in Resin
Stole this chin and sculpted the rest	The Makings of an Uncle Marvel (MagicSculp)
Wildcat SilverAge sculpted over a Ledy head	Many renditions of this guy

Thanks fer looking. Check out my web gallery at www.monstercrypt.com (customs at bottom). Also check out www.toyfanatic.com for custom supplies.