| Cyberman:
Last summer, I picked up a MIB Dr. Who in a great trade as an anniversary
gift for Nancy, my fiance', as she's a huge Dr. Who fan (I really
never got the show). I only just gave it to her recently for the occasion,
but I wanted her to have a villain as well to battle. But all of the
villains they made are very rare and extremely expensive (read buku
bucks), and penniless grad student that I am, I could never afford
one for her. So I decided to make one for her instead. The head is
an original sculpt with coat hanger wire for the handlebars (I dunno,
what else would you call them?). The suit is sewn from silver lame',
and he's on a 9-inch playmates body to be in scale with the Doctor.
I sculpted and hand cast the hoses on his arms and legs and give him
free hands instead of Mittens like on Mego's version. I made the ventilator
by spray painting over a Barbie portable radio and attaching to his
chest with velcro. Packaging art coming soon. All my thanks to Brian
Heiler for providing me with images to use as control art.
Note:I
recently watched an episode of Dr. Who with these guys in it to
make sure I go the look right, and boy did I pick the right villain
to do. These guys were bad asses.
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The
Phantom: The ghost who walks was the second custom I ever did, but
I have obviously revamped him a few times. This figure is the reason I
won't be buying the FWF version. Mines' not nearly as good, but I like
it quite a bit. I sculpted the head with the Flatt innovation, sewed the
costume up the back for the tight fit and gave him muscular arms. The
belt buckle is sculpey and the guns are recasts of the Shadow's guns.
He is on a Star Trek body with short pants because I like the look of
their black boots. I will redo the packaging art sometime soon. 
