tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080259778121048042024-03-05T05:55:20.135+00:00Warrack's Custom LegendsWarrack's Custom Legends
I make new figures from bits of old toys, models and other tat.
It's as simple as that.Warrackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06086552120571809999noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-808025977812104804.post-7927219117841189222011-09-03T23:36:00.001+01:002011-09-03T23:37:16.553+01:00Classic VenomHere's the ever popular attention getter:VenomI don't know about the rest of you, but I've always felt let down by the official Venom figures. They just didn't fit my image of Venom. But how are toy companies meant to know what's going on in my head!? I want the moon on a stick!My idea of Venom is from his early days. I actually first heard of Venom when I played Spider-man on the Megadrive/Warrackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06086552120571809999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-808025977812104804.post-20304053030279195812011-08-14T23:40:00.002+01:002011-08-14T23:45:17.701+01:00PostMy next custom is this big bruiser:POSTPost was an X-men villain who also ran as one of the Heralds of Onslaught. I don't pretend to understand what his mutant powers are, or why he's called Post. I just assume it's all down to him being a product of the 90's.His size fluctuated in his few comic appearances, but I was asked to make him more in line with his first appearance in X-men #50 where he Warrackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06086552120571809999noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-808025977812104804.post-28756763475167958172011-07-14T21:56:00.000+01:002011-07-14T21:56:10.258+01:00Dr. Strange & WongI've never really liked the ML Dr. Strange figure. The cape just swamped the figure. I've wanted to make a Dr. Strange figure for a long time, but just never seemed to get round to it. I did attempt to make one after my success with Swarm's cape, but it didn't work out.So I went back to the drawing board and finally decided to do another costume for Stephen.This is Dr. Strange in his Warrackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06086552120571809999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-808025977812104804.post-77400757863013797452011-04-27T17:16:00.003+01:002011-04-27T17:16:58.327+01:00DormammuThis is Dormammu in his Indefensible costume, made famous in recent months by Marvel vs. Capcom 3. I really like this costume and have made a custom previously of him in this style. This custom is far more controlled than the old one, and I've slightly altered some of the costume elements to suit some general ideas I have about the character.His skirt... thing... I dunno what it's called was moreWarrackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06086552120571809999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-808025977812104804.post-38292228415742319142011-03-22T18:12:00.003+00:002011-03-23T20:26:39.419+00:00VenomThis is the brand new Venom, Flash Thompson. When I first clapped eyes on the redesigned Venom I was seriously not impressed. It looked like a cash in on Deadpool (urgh) but then when I found out who was under the mask/symbiote, it really interested me. Flash is Peter's original enemy. Flash idolises Spider-Man. Flash wants to do what's right, but is the symbiote going to be able to twist his Warrackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06086552120571809999noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-808025977812104804.post-16680619330172545242011-02-26T21:55:00.000+00:002011-02-26T21:55:45.541+00:00FirestarMy next custom is something that's a whole lot simpler than the last couple I've produced, but no less special to me:FirestarSpider-man and his Amazing Friends is perhaps my favourite cartoon of all time. I think it's what got me interested in Marvel super-heroes so much in the first place. Every week there was a great new bad guy doing what they do best, and there were also great cameo Warrackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06086552120571809999noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-808025977812104804.post-37423909088903673992011-02-12T23:10:00.000+00:002011-02-12T23:10:01.310+00:00SwarmMy next custom actually pre-dates Onslaught, and was an entry into the Bug Off! Custom Contest over on FigureRealm. I couldn't post him anywhere else until the contest was over, but here he is.SwarmSometimes I'm a victim of my own convictions. Take this guy for example, Swarm. I made a decision late last year that I would enter the next Figure Realm contest, no matter what it was. I wanted the Warrackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06086552120571809999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-808025977812104804.post-12739027507580979722011-02-11T19:14:00.002+00:002011-02-12T22:55:05.290+00:00Warrack's Custom Legends on YouTube!Some of you may have noticed that the YouTube videos at the bottom of the blog have vanished. Well, you can now find them over on the sidebar, and you'll be happy to see more videos popping up.
I've really been pushing Warrack's Custom Legends' YouTube channel, so you can see videos of some of my recent customs up there, along with some comedy vids and shorts giving you an insight into my hobby.Warrackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06086552120571809999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-808025977812104804.post-941821337707486512011-02-06T12:42:00.000+00:002011-02-06T12:42:40.159+00:00Onslaught: Behold My (other) Mighty Hand!Onslaught (version 2)This is my second version of Onslaught. (Click here to see my previous version.)The last one was a commission and I was really proud of it, so I was gutted when I had to let it go. Soon after I made that (in Summer 2009) I started recreating one for myself.Yeah, it got sidelined for a while.Anyway, he's back, and not in a horribly scripted Jeph Loeb, horribly drawn Rob Warrackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06086552120571809999noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-808025977812104804.post-79866040207937335642011-01-02T00:11:00.000+00:002011-01-02T00:11:31.594+00:00Warrack's Custom Legends 2010 ReviewWell, happy new year, everyone! 2010 was a pretty successful year for my customs. I started it off with something that was a little unusual for me with a Jem custom, before rustling up some quick customs of Red Skull and Iron Man, and doing something that I'd wanted to do for a long time: make a light-tent so I can take better photos of my work.
I then moved onto doing what I consider to be a Warrackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06086552120571809999noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-808025977812104804.post-68843552978245159872010-12-15T21:13:00.000+00:002010-12-15T21:13:03.506+00:00Filling GapsI've recently come across a great technique!
I can't take credit for it, so want to draw your attention to JinSaotome. He's a fellow customiser, and chances are that if you've found me online, you'll know about Jin. He's considered one of the greatest action figure customisers.
Anyway, I like to be a bit experimental in the techniques I use, but Jin came up with a great technique that I'd neverWarrackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06086552120571809999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-808025977812104804.post-28014538379825571132010-12-08T20:40:00.000+00:002010-12-08T20:40:44.392+00:00The Fwoosh: Featured Custom of the WeekI'm delighted that Doppelganger has been selected as Featured Custom of the Week over at The Fwoosh.
The Fwoosh is my main go to for action figure chat and to see what other customisers are up to. It's a great resource so I'm always happy when I get some recognition there.
I've had quite a few of my customs chose to be the Custom of the Week, but still it's always nice when something you've putWarrackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06086552120571809999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-808025977812104804.post-54768420111785488472010-12-07T18:12:00.000+00:002010-12-07T18:12:18.341+00:00Carnage returnsThe Carnage custom figure that I was asked to make earlier this year has proven to be very popular. He might even challenge Spider-Carnage for being my most popular custom.
Anyway, here's Carnage again. He follows the same recipe as the original but with his axe hand replaced with a claw with tendrils emerging from it.
Warrackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06086552120571809999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-808025977812104804.post-30046021783606223472010-12-06T22:41:00.002+00:002010-12-06T22:46:04.153+00:00DoppelgangerI've been snowed into my house here for over a week, so have had plenty of time to finish up a custom I've had lying around for ages. He started off as being a custom of The Void from Siege, and I was using the McFarlane Spidey body and extending the arms and body, but then I ended up hating Siege and The Void was beaten in a stupid way, so he just sat in a half hacked up foetal state for months.Warrackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06086552120571809999noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-808025977812104804.post-17030114277791060332010-10-31T16:16:00.000+00:002010-10-31T16:16:15.756+00:00Zombie Giant-ManPhew, just managed to get this one finished before Hallowe'en so he can join in with all the flesh eating.
Here he is, Zombie Giant-Man!
Zombie Giant-Man is over 13" tall and is made from the Marvel Legends Giant Man figure. Most of the work on this figure went into his face. You see, I added an opening and closing mouth to this figure so that he can get into lots of undead gnawing japes!
I Warrackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06086552120571809999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-808025977812104804.post-23735091371891614732010-10-17T13:11:00.001+01:002010-10-17T13:12:37.478+01:00Coming soon...It's almost Hallowe'en, so hopefully I can get this flesh eater finished by then. Here's a sneak peek.
Warrackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06086552120571809999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-808025977812104804.post-64050063746770391532010-10-14T11:27:00.000+01:002010-10-14T11:27:48.750+01:00Lady Octopus
Here's my latest custom. This is Lady Octopus. She was a short lived super-villain who replaced the familiar Doctor Octopus when he was killed. He got better of course, and she retired or had to give him his tentacles back.
Lady is made from a Marvel Legends Maria Hill figure. I love this figure. It's such a nicely proportioned female body with hardly any sculpted details, so is easy Warrackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06086552120571809999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-808025977812104804.post-51574427810515315712010-10-12T18:54:00.000+01:002010-10-12T18:54:38.886+01:00Coming soon...Yeah, I've not done anything on the customising front for a while now, but I'm hoping to get back into it. Here's a sneak peak of something that I've been working on, on and off (mostly off) for months.
Warrackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06086552120571809999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-808025977812104804.post-13627484993907117732010-06-06T18:44:00.005+01:002010-06-25T22:11:57.451+01:00The Sorceress of Grayskull
I recently picked up some of the MOTUC figures. It made me get really nostalgic and I decided I needed to make my favourite character from the Filmation series:
The Sorceress
I really wanted a classic animated Sorceress as I couldn't really understand the Egyptian influence on her design from the newer series. I also didn't like that the new Sorceress put up with He-Man's transformationWarrackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06086552120571809999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-808025977812104804.post-13115573392081875832010-06-06T18:33:00.002+01:002010-06-06T18:37:36.467+01:00Machine Man (and Inhuman's best zombified friend)Aaron Stack, designation X-51 from Dr. Abel Stack's self-built sequence of sentient humanoid combat robots.
I copied that bit right out of Nextwave.
'Splode.
I copied that bit too.
Anyway, yes, here's my latest commission. He's come for you, fleshies!
Machine Man
Machine Man is made from a big hunka, hunka Nick Fury.
ML 2 pack Nick Fury is the body
ML 2 pack Ultimate Nick Warrackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06086552120571809999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-808025977812104804.post-6693484967272794612010-04-24T21:45:00.000+01:002010-04-24T21:45:59.488+01:00New 6" Marvel Figures in the UK!I know! What a shock that is!
Oh, by the way, I've decided to do some general action figure news updates to my blog too. Just to keep it flowing. I've got some customs in the works, and one that's finished and I just haven't updated about, so still plenty happening on that front.
Anyway, yeah, the Iron Man 2 figures have just come out here in the UK! They're pretty expensive actually at £12.99 Warrackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06086552120571809999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-808025977812104804.post-77696276821043241462010-03-09T21:10:00.004+00:002010-03-09T21:13:14.463+00:00Video CarnageAs an experiment, I've made a video showcase of Carnage and posted it on youtube.
Give it a watch and let me know what you think!
Part One:
Part Two:
Warrackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06086552120571809999noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-808025977812104804.post-44957012317363094102010-03-09T21:06:00.000+00:002010-03-09T21:06:58.371+00:00Carnage and the "If the professionals can't do it, then surely I don't stand a chance" syndrome
I think I've talked about this guy before in my Spider-Carnage post. You know, the love child of a fraudulent journalist and an alien body stocking that joined up with a serial killer? Yeah, you know the one I'm talking about now.
Carnage is accessory central, but I'll get to those in a minute. I have to say that I really love this custom. Big headed to say that, but I was suprised how well Warrackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06086552120571809999noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-808025977812104804.post-73535381585877811482010-03-08T21:44:00.002+00:002010-03-08T21:59:30.105+00:00Quick Customs and Proper LightingMost of the customs I do involve a lot of sculpting. It takes a lot of time. Action figure customisers do use recipes though. If one customiser finds a good way to make a figure, then they can share it with others. I used this approach with one of my quick customs below.
As I said, I do a lot of sculpting, but these customs use really minimal sculpting. They just use body parts from different Warrackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06086552120571809999noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-808025977812104804.post-62146035372011779922010-01-13T20:37:00.004+00:002010-01-13T20:48:17.537+00:00Glamour and Glitter, Fashion and Fame!Here's a custom of 80's animation sensation, Jem! I was asked by a friend to make this one, along with a base. It's supposed to be Jem from her Deception music video.Jem's hair was the trickiest thing for this custom. I had to build it up in layers over a few days to get that volume! Jem has little diamanté earrings and choker. She also has magnets in her hands so that she can hold her masque andWarrackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06086552120571809999noreply@blogger.com1