Ted Kord-The Astonishing Blue Beetle

[thunderbolt]

I wanted to take the Beetle and turn him into a serial character of the 50's. I was heavily influenced by Commando Cody and Spy Smasher on this one. His backstory is that Commie industrial espionage agents are trying to raid Kord Industries. Ted throws together a costume and incorperates a few of the weapons he's working on, including a blaster gun. He carries a lot of his oddball inventions in a pack and pouch belt. Eventually I'll get some group pics of the League, when I finish up Supes and a few others.



The base body is a Hasbro Cyclops with a Leitner Flash head modified. All the gear is the usual 1/6th stuff along with a few Sigma Six bits.


Next up is a Aquaman based on the Captain Action comic book ad.

[jessica]

Very handsome!! I really like it.

Jessica.

[Blackkryptonite]

Man Tbolt that's fantastic work! I'm so tempted to pick up some of those cyclops for customs now.

[jessica]

Tbolt, so if it's 1/6th then it's a 12" figure?

[jemboy2004]

Love this one more than the Amazing Amazon!

[Earth 2 Chris]

There's a MIke Mignola vibe going on there...and I like it!

Chris

[Hulk]

Tbolt, so if it's 1/6th then it's a 12" figure?

Some of the gear is 1/6th (designed for 12 inch figures). The figure is 1/8th (Hasbro 9 inch figure), slightly larger than the typical 1/9th Mego scale (8 inch figures).

Another nice old timey look Joe.

[jessica]

Thank you, Hulk. It looks like these bodies are definitely more poseable than the Mego ones I have, so that is sparking some interest in future aquisitions. Jessica.

[toys2cool]

He looks awesome bro,that dude rocks!!

[GreenLantern9999]

I love it! you style is awesome!

[BlackKnight]

He looks good. Looks alittle "Glorbes" inspired too. Did you ever see his take on BlueBeetle ? Anyhow, they both have similarites. Great work, congrats.

[thunderbolt]

^^ Been trying to avoid looking at his stuff, it'd be too easy to do straight copies of it.

[kingdom warrior]

That's just awesome!!! Great Idea!

[The Toyroom]

Interesting take on Beetle! Nicely done!

[Meule]

Yet another fantastic job, Joe. Full of detail, I love it