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10-26-2022, 10:44 PM | #1 |
Cobra Elite Trooper
Join Date: Sep 2008
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I've wanted a Zarana forever to go with my 25th Joes and the Collector club's was always out of my price range. Luckily Amazon put the League of Legends 4 inch boxset on clearance and it had great parts to make one.
Recipe is LoL Jinx body with LoL VI head, and Marvel 4 inch 80s Storm's jacket. The LoL figs require some customization to make it work. First I had to boil and pop the heads off both. The figures don't use standard ball sockets and instead use dogbone/dumbbell style parts connecting a socket in the head to a socket in the neck. VI's head socket was super small so I had to drill a bigger hole with a dremel. Even with a bigger hole there was no way to connect Jinx's dumbbell to it without damaging both. So I used some spare lego flag pole to make a new dumbbell. With that I was able to attach VI's head to Jinx's body. Next up was the Jinx's legs. Jinx has super long legs that taper to the thinness of ankles way before they go into the boots. It looks horribly unrealistic and she ends up standing almost a full head taller than the 25th Dreadnoks. Luckily it was a very quick fix. The legs are so thin where they are glued into the rubber boots that you could snap them off just by turning the lower legs, a horrible toy defect that actually worked out for the custom. With the legs separated from the boots I only had to widen and deepen the holes in the top of the boots with a dremel bit. The legs then slid deeper into the boots and the fit is super tight since the boots are rubber. This also has the benefit of giving her turnable boots something Jinx didn't have. The connection is so secure I didn't have to make any further mods. I removed the blue energy patterns from Jinx's torso and arms, I left the VI on Vi's head as I was afraid removing it would ruin the figures head and unless you are super close or taking a photo it just looks like a biker tat. I kitted the now modded figure out with a new jacket and some weapons from the fodder box. No paint was required. I'm very happy with how it turned out. Last edited by sisco; 10-26-2022 at 10:46 PM.. |
10-26-2022, 10:49 PM | #2 |
The Man You Know & Love
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So innocent yet so menacing. Awesome work!
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10-26-2022, 10:51 PM | #3 |
Zarana & Zandar
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: The future of GI Joe
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Nice Zarana! My only complaint is that the world has enough Zartan and his sidekick Zarana for now. If you had a Zandar to go with her, I'd give it 5 stars instead of 4.99999!
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10-26-2022, 10:55 PM | #4 |
Iron Grenadier
Join Date: Jul 2022
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Groovy!
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10-26-2022, 11:06 PM | #5 |
Just a fan
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Your version of Zarana could be played by Margot Robbie
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10-27-2022, 01:18 AM | #6 |
Cobra Elite Trooper
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He's another one from the Modern line that was out of my price range. I want him to finish out my Noks. Still keeping my eyes out trying to find a good recipe for him.
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10-27-2022, 07:02 AM | #7 |
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I kinda love it! Nice job! ;-)
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10-27-2022, 12:05 PM | #8 |
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Looks good.
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10-27-2022, 05:35 PM | #9 |
Iron Grenadier
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Grand Forks, North Dakota
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Very nice figure!!!
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10-28-2022, 12:36 PM | #10 |
Iron Grenadier
Join Date: Jun 2020
Location: ON
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Your Zarana reminds me of tank girl! I'd love to see her as a companion to cover girl in the wolverine... You do good work, Good job. |
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