My New Original Custom!

Completed 6-4-10
Custom John Hairston Jr.

Here is my work on my good friend/artist John. I was roaming through the Flee Market when I saw a Bobby Lashley action figure. I then noticed how much it resembled my buddy so viola, I made it. Started making it and just kept throwing ideas on it. His reaction was worth so much. I'm glad I was able to do this.


Head/Hands= WWE Bobby Lashley
Torso=Random WWE Fig.
Legs=WWE Matt Hardy
Base=Marvel Zombie Hulk
Masks/Shield=Unknown Maestro Hulk belt pieces
Sculpt and hair pins for claws.

KyleRobinsonCustoms.com Tutorial ! ! !

While I was surfing Deviantart.com I came across Kyle Robinson's custom figures. I checked his Deviantart page and followed the link to his customizing webpage. It is a nice little tutorial about the basics concerning tools, cleaning, sanding, sculpting and photos. I learned that I should prep by sanding joints and sculpting before I paint! Oops! I'll have to redo my X-Men Cyclops now!

Here is link http://www.kylerobinsoncustoms.com/links/starters.htm

Make an action figure!

Okay, I was looking around for some help on what type of supplies to get or a how to on figure sculpting. Here is a nice little how to tutorial on sculpting with cheap clay and wires. I'll try it out soon.

http://www.instructables.com/id/Action-figure:-A-how-to!/

Thulk! The Thunder Hulk

Okay okay, so I tried to make a blue Hulk. Bulk, which I've written a nice story line, was painted with what was Testors "blue". Looks more purple than blue in my opinion and I don't know why. But rather redo the job I kept on painting and this is the outcome. I took a standard Hulk from the Incredible Hulk movie action figure line and just repainted it using Testors acrylic blue for skin, silver for veins, teeth, and eyes, black for pants, and a white and blue mixture for hair and beard. Don't Hate On Me!

A blog for customs?

One thing that has intrigued me lately is toy customizing. Things as complicated as sculpting a new figure by hand or as simple as repainting one. Hopefully this little blog will tell you my journey into customizing toys as well as show you what I'm learning and where I'm getting it from.

~Brandon