LONG TIME NO POST... YEP STILL ALIVE...

Hey everybody,

Been quite a while since I've updated the blog yet again... I've been around and still be working on stuff I just have been very lax in getting them posted here. So I've got a few things for the new year to share.

First up is Gillian's new hairdo... I asked a friend to give one of my Gillian heads a trim to a shorter haircut for various characters and I was quite amazed and pleased with how it came out:

The head for Gillian is by far my favorite now. The hairstyle just sets her off and suits her so perfectly. I wanted a shorter cut for her to go with her post apocalyptic character customs I've been working on:

This custom is one that has undergone many changes. It is a mix of Hot Toys, Triad, Power Team, and other gear.

Next up would be some new male sculpts I've gotten. DAM TOYS has some great head sculpts. They generally aren't based on a specific actor but more so tend to be an amalgam of a couple of actors. This first sculpt comes from the Persian Gulf Marine that was roughly supposed to be based on Jake Gyllenhaal from the movie Jarhead. The sculpt doesn't really look much like him but that is a good thing. It is a great sculpt with a nice serious but yet not scowling expression:

The second sculpt is from the DAM TOYS MARSOC figure:

I really like both sculpts and they make nice additions to my collection. As for who they are... no idea yet lol.

So that's some new stuff for now. Thanks for following...

MAGIC CUBE U.S. ARMY P.T. UNIFORM SET

I recently purchased the Magic Cube U.S. Army P.T. Uniform set. I have it modeled on a Hot Toys True Type body with the New Goblin / James Franco head (also recently acquired.) The set overall is nice. It comes with the T shirt, Shorts, a reflective belt and a couple sweatbands and a knee brace made from black lycra. The downsides to the set are the lack of footwear, socks / socklets, and the actual logos on the shirt.

The T Shirt I wasn't that pleased with. The lettering is wrong. I wasn't expecting them to make it reflective like the real thing, but the letters should be dark grey and not black and they are also not properly spaced and are too thin. The quality of the actual T shirt is fantastic. The "A" logo on the back of the shirt should again be a dark grey but its size and look is good though.

The shorts are the best part of the set. These are just such great quality in craftsmanship and material.

As I mentioned, shoes are not included in the set. The pair modeled here are from Toys City. They go nicely with the set, however would not be authorized for wear as they are hiking boots as opposed to sneakers. The set also does not include white socks / socklets. 

I got my set for $19 shipped off ebay. I think it was a fair price for what I got but wouldn't pay more than that.

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WIP: SGT. KANYA SARANGEREL

Hey Everybody,

Time for another long overdue update. This time I have my WIP lady commando Sgt. Kanya Sarangerel:







Kanya is the Hot Toys Suckerpunch Amber headsculpt on a clone Takara Cy Girls CG 2.0 body. This was the best match I found of any alternate body. Her hands are also from the Amber figure. 







Her rifle is a customized 21st Century Toys French FAMAS that I shortened the barrel on and modified a Toys City PMAG to work in. 





Her uniform is a lycra leotard from Old Joe Infirmary / OJI Toys and woodland camo bdu pants from Dragon. The vest is a Hot Toys plate carrier that I custom modified the straps on to fit tighter and be worn more like a vest than a plate carrier as it only has soft armor inside. Her boots are also from Old Joe Infirmary / OJI Toys. 

The few things I have left to do to finish her are doing her up a flocked beret... either blue or purple, and then some custom printed fabric patches. I am leaning towards giving her insignia for the NATO Reaction Force as I created her to be more of a peacekeeper type role rather than direct action.





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MODIFYING HOT TOYS SUCKERPUNCH BABYDOLL'S SHOES

In my post showing off Gillian with the Magic Cube outfit I have her wearing the heels from the Hot Toys Suckerpunch Babydoll figure. I figured I'd go over how these heels need to be modified to be used on feet other than Babydoll herself.



Inside the heels (they are a vinyl upper and a hard plastic lower) there are pegs which fit into the feet of the HT Babydoll body. So first you have to go inside with an Xacto Chisel tip blade and carefully remove them.

 


Once that is done, you have to Dremel shape the TTL feet (one heck of a pedicure...lol) to get them to fit inside right. But overall the work pays off for such a nice pair of shoes.



 


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WIP: TARYN

I'm usually never at a shortage of works in progress making new characters generally based ad nauseum around my favorite B movie and pulp style archetypes... So of course, yet again I have another lovely lady in the works... A new intrepid adventure seeking explorer: Taryn Ross...



Taryn is the Hot Toys Suckerpunch Babydoll / Emily Browning head sculpt mounted on a Triad Alpha with ridiculously large boobs...lol Her outfit is top by Kolkman Kreations. Her shorts are from a ZC Girl fashion set.







I love the Crazy Dummy Oakley Gascan sunglasses.





Her shoes are Soldier Story. They are perfect for matching up with Triad Alpha feet as the small posts they use to attach are near identical to the ones that go into Alpha feet. They are also wide enough inside to allow an OK amount of ROM at the ankle.



Her messenger bag is from the ZC Girl Muriel figure and I have attached two extra Soldier Story MOLLE utility pouches to the front of it to hold two Sideshow Toy Nalgene water bottles.



Taryn is still a work in progress, I still have more accessories I'd like to get for her... I like to put together my figures the way I'd like to purchase them... with their own complete ensembles of gear and outfits :) So stay tuned for more of Taryn coming soon...

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SDCC EXCLUSIVE G.I.JOE: RAH LT. FALCON

So I got around to opening up and putting together my SDCC exclusive Lt. Falcon. I am quite pleased with the figure overall. The figure comes with the newer Prometheus body that came with Zartan from the line that has the more muscular sculpted forearms.







The head sculpt is really nice in my opinion and definitely shares a likeness to Channing Tatum. Whilst many people did not like G.I.Joe: Rise of Cobra for it not being canon to the source material, having enjoyed it myself I rather like this nod to the movie and the source by making Falcon look somewhat like Channing Tatum's Duke being that the two characters are half brothers. He comes with an alternate head as well, but I will be saving that for use elsewhere.





He comes with some neat accessories that fit the original character and are nicely updated. I also understand why he was inexpensive for an exclusive however... and that is because he was short on many items that would have come with a normal figure in the line. Items that were short were things like smoke grenades to fill the pouches that they gave him for them for his belt, the extra bent toe feet that the figures usually come with for posing, etc. But regardless of these things, I still am very happy with the figure. I kept a couple of his accessories to the side, such as his Tomahawk as I felt it was too nice a piece to leave with a shelf figure and also it wasn't part of the original character.









And of course shown here with the original Lt. Falcon figure from 1987 :)



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