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Joshua's Customs

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Movie Nightcrawler

After seeing Bruenor's fantastic movie Nightcrawler custom, and also after being inspired by Doubledealer's comic-styled Nightcrawler, I figured I would try to capture the best of both worlds.  As like the other movie customs, he has Nightcrawler's hands, feet, tail and head on a Cyclops body. But, I added painted detail to achieve more of a comic book styled look to it. Now, on a shelf of Marvel Legends and DC Direct figures, this supposed 'real world' re-imagining of Nightcrawler fits in a little better.
 

The Shadow

The Shadow has always been one of my favorite movies. Right there next to Rocketeer and Phantom, I think The Shadow is one of the most under-rated comic book movies out there - but that's just me. Okay, the custom is crafted from a DC Direct Phantom Stranger.  I cut off his cape, added some Kneadatite (thanks to both Casimir and Iron-Cow for that) for his chest section and some vinyl to extend his trench coat and I finished it off with a swatch of canvas for his scarf.  After a lot of sanding, priming and painting, the Shadow was ready to look into the hearts of men...

The Nevermen

For the "main" Neverman, I used a John Constantine body and a Phantom Stranger head.  I had to cut off the tie and dremel away the old collar - and after the head was re-attached, I resculpted a buttoned up collar for the necktie. The Nevermen don't slouch.  I primed, painted and sealed him and he was ready to go.

The other two Nevermen were crafted from DC Direct Question figures with some swanky new paint jobs.  The goggles from all three came from McFarlane Kaneda figures I got on sale.