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bringing to life a 12 inch 1977 mego.
hi guys,
the foreign edition, wich i like better, this was so bad!! the costume wasnt worth a dime, the hair and eyebrows had major rubs...but.....the figure was in great shape......so....i bought a custom costume....used the original boots.....but the hard part was to paint the hair....i couldnt just do any old black....i wanted it to look almost exactly like the original.....impossible....just about,,,but i came close...i mixed 4 different blacks.....a little here a little there..took awhile before i was happy with the right amount of mix.... so with a little work you can really make your 77 12 inch superman into a brand new looking figure.....i am going to work on the c. reeve 12 inch with a hot toys costume, but i fear it wont stretch over the muscular body type....mego....a big draw back is the feet and hands do not just pop off like a hot toy...will show it if i can get him fitted....
my tom welling...the head sculpt is from head play....i think its one of the best i seen.....easy throw together
another easy custom...i used a true type body, wich you may think i am nuts, but is better than the hot toys reeve body...the thighs arent as big....i tried so many body types to find the right reeve body.......what do you guys think?? good reeve body or no good......i did use hot toys boots for this one.....they just are better boots overall....the head was soo hard...i had to drill almost the entire head hollow. i wanted movement, i could have been lazy and just glued it straight and been done with it...but it does have a ball joint gluued inside that connects to the swivel on the neck....limited up and down, moves side to side....happier i did it that way.
hi guys,
the foreign edition, wich i like better, this was so bad!! the costume wasnt worth a dime, the hair and eyebrows had major rubs...but.....the figure was in great shape......so....i bought a custom costume....used the original boots.....but the hard part was to paint the hair....i couldnt just do any old black....i wanted it to look almost exactly like the original.....impossible....just about,,,but i came close...i mixed 4 different blacks.....a little here a little there..took awhile before i was happy with the right amount of mix.... so with a little work you can really make your 77 12 inch superman into a brand new looking figure.....i am going to work on the c. reeve 12 inch with a hot toys costume, but i fear it wont stretch over the muscular body type....mego....a big draw back is the feet and hands do not just pop off like a hot toy...will show it if i can get him fitted....
my tom welling...the head sculpt is from head play....i think its one of the best i seen.....easy throw together
another easy custom...i used a true type body, wich you may think i am nuts, but is better than the hot toys reeve body...the thighs arent as big....i tried so many body types to find the right reeve body.......what do you guys think?? good reeve body or no good......i did use hot toys boots for this one.....they just are better boots overall....the head was soo hard...i had to drill almost the entire head hollow. i wanted movement, i could have been lazy and just glued it straight and been done with it...but it does have a ball joint gluued inside that connects to the swivel on the neck....limited up and down, moves side to side....happier i did it that way.
How and the heck do you make the Movie Batman suit...awesome work!
I also love to customize the old 1960's aurora models.....breaking down a superman at this moment....ok will post some more great pics of rare one of a kind figures.
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