Also overlooked in the My Custom Mods series was this one. VENUS (Hammer of Thor #052) Aside from the dots-for-eyes phenomenon that’s plaguing HeroClix paint jobs in recent sets, there doesn’t seem to be anything to mod here… …or is there? Hey! They painted over her sleavage! This painting error is unfortunate. So I: Painted… [Read more…]
June 20, 2011
Rookie Aquaman (Icons #025) This was a nice sculpt, but it’s specifically of the then-veteran Aquaman with the watery left hand, not the green-gloved classic rookie. I decided to fix that. Somehow I missed talking about this one earlier in the series, even though it was done well before my ambitious Experienced Aquaman modification. Probably… [Read more…]
June 6, 2011
WONDER WOMAN (Brave & Bold #018) Recently, I played a team I called “Diana’s Wardrobe,” in which I tried to fit on a variation of every costume Wonder Woman’s worn in HeroClix. The only clix’d costume not represented is her current one because no one actually owns that figure yet (it’s debuting at GenCon… [Read more…]
May 23, 2011
Decades ago, as a wee boy, I watched “Battle of the Planets” every day at the Kinder-Care. To say they left an impression is a bit of an understatement. To this day, once every few years, I get Gatchaman fever. Last year, after designing some dream dials for the characters, I decided to mod an… [Read more…]
May 16, 2011
V Nova (Supernova) This dial best represents Richard Rider just prior to the events of Annihilation…right down to the mid-dial Hypersonic Speed. But it’s woefully underpowered for Nova Prime. Fortunately, there’s a solution. Similar to my earlier Black Widow custom, where I took a Gambit dial to better represent her powers, I used Hammer of… [Read more…]
April 18, 2011
MARVEL BOY (Hammer of Thor) The dial and sculpt only sort of matches the character’s Rookie state. But…WAIT. This is supposed to be the VETERAN? And he doesn’t even CALL himself Marvel Boy anymore! Ugh! I can’t do anything about the horrible, horrible dial. But I could at least fix his outfit. Here’s what I… [Read more…]
March 7, 2011
Veteran ATOM (Origin) Nice to finally get an Atom figure, as opposed to the “puck” version from Cosmic Justice. But it’s of the wrong guy! Ryan was a graduate student under Professor Ray Palmer, the REAL Atom: I wanted a classic Atom. So here’s what I did: Filed down details, especially on his back. Repainted… [Read more…]
February 28, 2011
Sorry for getting this up so late. Technical and scheduling difficulties. Vet MOCKINGBIRD She was never a great favorite of mine, even though I’m a big fan of married characters in comics. (Hmmm. Maybe there’s a subject for another blog.) Her HeroClix version seemed overpowered andshe was dead, anyway. But then she came back in the… [Read more…]
February 14, 2011
CAPTAIN AMERICA (Avengers) There was once an excellent painter at WizKids who decided to cross over into sculpting. He was less than entirely successful. Attempting to recreate this beefy, heroic he-man: …he produced this elephantiasis-headed 101-pound weakling: Anyway, just as I wrote some weeks ago that a pair of characters made it onto my favorites… [Read more…]
February 7, 2011
WONDER GIRL (Origin) That wasn’t her first costume. She used to wear black, not red. Here’s what I did about it: Painted red jersey black with drawing ink. …and a Sharpie. That was easy. Completed late-2009. NEXT WEEK: One of the worst sculpts ever gets the mod treatment.
June 27, 2011
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