Pics of some of my Star Trek Mego customs

[Meule]

You should hang these on your wall, looks a helluva lot better than any wall paper I've ever seen

[livnxxxl]

Wow! You and your wife do simply amazing work. Great attention to detail. Very nicely done. Nice collection!

[wyldpny]

Ray Flores (Captact) and his son visited my wife and I today in Isabela PR.
Here is a pic of Ray and his son looking at some of our customs:

Here is Ray holding the Mirror Mirror Uhura figure:

and here is Ray holding his "new" Mission to Gamma VI boxed playset:


More pics from Ray's visit coming up including his hair re-rooting class 101...

[wyldpny]

A couple of our latest:

[Meule]

Ray Flores (Captact) and his son visited my wife and I today in Isabela PR.
Here is a pic of Ray and his son looking at some of our customs:

http://www.trektoy.com/forum/gallery_images/1238600851/med_gallery_502_25_3354.jpg

Here is Ray holding the Mirror Mirror Uhura figure:

http://www.trektoy.com/forum/gallery_images/1238600851/med_gallery_502_25_88723.jpg

and here is Ray holding his "new" Mission to Gamma VI boxed playset:

http://www.trektoy.com/forum/gallery_images/1238600851/med_gallery_502_25_178473.jpg

More pics from Ray's visit coming up including his hair re-rooting class 101...

Cool pics. Always nice when members meet up

[captact]

Just came from Steve's House and WOW!!! I saw this one and all his other ST customs and believe me,..his figures are truly a work of art! The details on their outfits and accessories are so top notch! This is truly a labor of love,..nothing is missed here, from head to toes,..and the cards give them that mego-like nostalgic look! I tip my hat to his wife and him on such great custom figures,..makes you want to,.."COLLECT EM ALL"

[spiderrogue]

dont know if i commented yet or not, but what a great bunch of stuff....very cool..thanks for sharing...

[wyldpny]

Thanks Ray and Spiderrogue, that is very nice of you to say

I guess I should post pics of a few new ones then...



My wife said that the Amok Time set has been an especially fun set to work on.

These 3 are obviously not finished yet but they give you a sneak peak at some of the latest five card "set" that my wife also thinks is an especially fun set that we have been working on:

[livnxxxl]

Thanks Ray and Spiderrogue, that is very nice of you to say

I guess I should post pics of a few new ones then...

http://www.trektoy.com/forum/gallery_images/1238600851/med_gallery_502_25_158955.jpg

My wife said that the Amok Time set has been an especially fun set to work on.

These 3 are obviously not finished yet but they give you a sneak peak at some of the latest five card "set" that my wife also thinks is an especially fun set that we have been working on:
http://www.trektoy.com/forum/gallery..._25_158633.jpg

Wow! Neat customs. You and your wife are regular Mego Star Trek customizing machines. I mean that in a good way.

[cwilfing]

How do I add features to an already existing Mego head.

[wyldpny]

Wow! Neat customs. You and your wife are regular Mego Star Trek customizing machines. I mean that in a good way.

Thanks livnxxxl

How do I add features to an already existing Mego head.

cwilfing,
There are a variety of ways to do this. Obviously I can only speak first hand on the way(s) I do it.
One way is I use a type of sculpty molding clay by DAS and create the added features on the head before a touch up the head with paint or even do a total repaint.
Another way is I use a rotary tool similar to a Dremel to work on to modify the head before any paint is used.
These are of course just two of many different techniques I use.
I have two or three different techniques I use most of the time depending of course on the character and what available heads I have or can find at the time to work with.
And in some cases I will use more than one technique on a specific head to achieve the look my wife and I want.

For example, this started out as a vintage Mego Klingon head.
Now after some reworking and some paint it has been transformed from the look of a Klingon into the look of the Vulcan Stonn as seen in Amok Time:

[JediJaida]

What kind of features do you want to add? There's only so much resculpting that these heads can take, if they're vintage.

With female heads, the easiest/hardest/mind-numbing thing to do is reroot the hair.

The eyes can be painted over, or if you're lazy, use appropriate sized decals of eyes. For those, go to archertransfers.com.

Ears are tricky, but not impossible. They can be done with SuperSculpey.

As to any other kind of features like tails, extra arms, etc. There are others on this board who can answer your question better than I can.

I hope this information helps.

[The Bat]

You're incredible Dude...that Stonn looks FANTASTIC!

[cwilfing]

Altering an existing head

Thanks for the quick response, basically what I want to do is use a Richie Cunningham head and alter it to look like Kevin Riley, since they both have a similar shaped face and their hair is about the same. What I'm wondering about is whether or not it's safe to put the head in the oven after I've added the sculpey.

[wyldpny]

You're incredible Dude...that Stonn looks FANTASTIC!

Thanks Bat


cwilfing,
The type of sculpting clay I use is called Modeling Clay Material by DAS and does not require being heated in an oven so the sculpty question I will have to let someone else answer that one