Red Son...Spoiled Nephew

I got my nephew hooked on the Justice League Unlimited figures (he owns well over 150 of them...best uncle EVER). I grabbed a second "grey" Superman (again from Quake) and with some red paint , packing tape and a faily steady hand, turned the "S" on his chest into the hammer and sickle similar to how the costume looked in Mark Millar's Superman Red Son...I don't think my 7 year old nephew can really appreciate it...yet.

Get off my back...

Really basic one here. The creature from an Episode 1 Gungan Wagon/Cart, got for a dollar at Quake (used toy store) added some extra Endor Trooper backpacks and the gear from the Indian Jones motorcycle and I have a pack animal , a nice Mos Espa or Mos Eisley diorama filler.

Head Swap A-Go-Go

One of the easier customs to do is a basic head swap (great for army building) newer figures have heads that pop off a neck post, so a new head just needs to be hollowed out, or the neck post cut to to fit the new noggin'. With the new Death Star (or Squad) Commander that came out a few years ago - making extra soldiers was pretty quick and easy.

The Winston Review

At a holiday party (2003?) at the iO Theater ,my grab bag "gift" was a custom action figure of the winner. An improv couple won - at the time they were doing a two person show called the Winston Review - a lounge singer type act. (very funny) ,Austin Powers figures, Miles O'Brien's head and some sculpey clay and black fabric finished the deal. The microphone is a playmates Star Trek accessory (medical scanner?) Plus a base with images and graphics from their website.

TIE me up TIE me down

See what I did there?... Had an old Kenner TIE that was in bad shape. Printed up new decals (thank you internet) and had some grey and black spray paint laying around in dad's garage. Not movie accurate colors but leaps and bounds from the beat up toy that was sitting on the shelf.