If you've been following my blog for a while you might remember the time I made Dr. Horrible action figures. While I was quite pleased with how Captain Hammer turned out I was never very happy with Dr. Horrible himself. I spent a lot of time thinking about how to make him look better. I eventually decided that he's simply the wrong fundamental shape to really resemble Dr. Horrible.
So, I decided to take this action figure in an entirely new direction. He struck me as more of a Malcolm Reynolds (from Firefly).
Liberal application of acrylic paint soon set him straight.
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| Barely looks like the same action figure, right? |
Now, if you've ever seen Firefly you know Mal seldom travels without his crew. I dug through some old action figures and found this guy:
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| I believe this is Four Arms from Ben 10 |
He was missing and arm when I bought him in a bag of figures and has been tucked away ever since. I was able to take off his extra arm (and a half) with a Dremel tool and a razor knife made quick work of those spikes. The resulting figure was perfect for Jayne Cobb.
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| His feet are still forked but otherwise it's a decent resemblance |
This is probably not the last you'll see of repainted action figures on this blog. I've been eyeing a couple for Firefly's Wash as well as Lord Ballister Blackheart and Sir Ambrosius Goldenloin from the webcomic Nimona.
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