[SlicesCustoms]

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Originally Posted by SE 55

Slice!! This is insane. Is that alternate head a Red Hood head? And where did the concept drawings come from? You? Badass dude!

Yes it is. Made it my own. The concepts came from 4 different style artist I reached out to. Each of their names is on each piece of art. All great guys.

Thanks for the love my dude!

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Originally Posted by Ponygt50

Awesome FireFly(s)!!

Thanks man. He?s clearly my favorite , lol.

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Originally Posted by GarterSnake788

That figure looks awesome, and now I'm imagining an organization of dimension-traveling Fireflys working to sabotage anyone they're paid to.

Damn dude my brain is already fried from all the multiverses with comics I hope to hell that wouldn?t happen in the Joe verse! But thank you so very much for stopping by. Keep up the good work!

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Originally Posted by indrox1

You have captured the true essence of the FireFly character. Love it! And your collection is amazing

Thank you very very much. I appreciate that a lot.

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Originally Posted by Clockwise

2096 or 2023, the right-up-to-the-eyes mask is a wonderful tightening of the traditional mask. Perfect concept and execution.

Thanks clock, this sounds biased but this one is my favorite version out of all firefly variants realeased.

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Originally Posted by shakka85

What a piece of garbage! You chose the worst character to make your favorite character, and then you produce this wretched creation... Pitiful...

...and of course that is totally the opposite of how I feel about this custom! Slice, you have a way of making each version of Firefly unique, yet totally recognizable as the same character (or in this case a character who has taken the namesake of that character). Your paints are smooth and clean, as always. The parts are thoughtfully selected, and the colors match the original uniform almost perfectly! I dig both of the masked heads, so don't ask me to choose which is better. I do like the addition of the headset on the one though. I could go on and on, but I think you get the picture, that I think this is brilliant!

-Todd
Shakka85

I greatly appreciate you taking the time to break down each section. That?s a dying art in the custom world and you are one of the few that sees it for all that it is.

I appreciate you man and thanks for the support.

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Originally Posted by TheOverlordCorp

As a kid, whenever I would draw any hero, I would add scars. Beautiful women? Scars. Haven't ever grown out of it. They add such character, intensity, and history to a face ... in fiction and real life. All your Firefly figs are top of the line.

100%. I mean, baby face Duke rocked a scar from the start but guys don?t want scars on a sabetour? Crazy man. That?s why I don?t listen to what people want Becuase no one?s knows.

I?m going to drop my versions. And it?s ok if my style is not for some, but my goal is to make a top shelf figure that out shines other lines with a realistic mature style.

We as Joe collectors deserve that. We don?t deserve 3rd or 4th shelf concepts anymore.

I want toys that don?t look like toys. So I create .

[Lion]

I?m gonna have to use a thesaurus to find different nice things to say about your customs! Do you have a regular job, do you sleep, do you live on Red Bull, Coke???? What?s your secret????

[TheOverlordCorp]

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Originally Posted by SlicesCustoms

100%. I mean, baby face Duke rocked a scar from the start but guys don?t want scars on a sabetour? Crazy man. That?s why I don?t listen to what people want Becuase no one?s knows.

I?m going to drop my versions. And it?s ok if my style is not for some, but my goal is to make a top shelf figure that out shines other lines with a realistic mature style.

We as Joe collectors deserve that. We don?t deserve 3rd or 4th shelf concepts anymore.

I want toys that don?t look like toys. So I create .

I think more collectors would go for the type you create if those were an option. There's still some hokeyness to collecting "toys" 40 years after the fact, but quality collectibles never get old.

Scars on Lady Jaye, Zarana, or Cover Girl would've been interesting to me.

[SlicesCustoms]

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Originally Posted by Lion

I?m gonna have to use a thesaurus to find different nice things to say about your customs! Do you have a regular job, do you sleep, do you live on Red Bull, Coke???? What?s your secret????

Lol, I appreciate that very much man.

My secret is the spiteful ones.

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Originally Posted by TheOverlordCorp

I think more collectors would go for the type you create if those were an option. There's still some hokeyness to collecting "toys" 40 years after the fact, but quality collectibles never get old.

Scars on Lady Jaye, Zarana, or Cover Girl would've been interesting to me.

And that is my exact goal my friend. Making quality collectibles .

Imo, if you are going to customize, at minimum you have to make it look better than factory.

Anything past that is a different level and there are a lot of different tiers to reach.

[TheOverlordCorp]

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Originally Posted by SlicesCustoms

Imo, if you are going to customize, at minimum you have to make it look better than factory.

Anything past that is a different level and there are a lot of different tiers to reach.

It's all a learning curve. I painted my first figure last week, but a year from now, who's to say what the reach will be if I stick with it. Customizing a character with a 40+ year history can be tricky given all the variations and all the head-canons about that character.

Instead of going the build-a-bear route, at what level does it become better to offer "privately commissioned only" customization in order to attain the level of quality that both the customizer and the customer can agree on?

[SlicesCustoms]

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Originally Posted by TheOverlordCorp

It's all a learning curve. I painted my first figure last week, but a year from now, who's to say what the reach will be if I stick with it. Customizing a character with a 40+ year history can be tricky given all the variations and all the head-canons about that character.

Instead of going the build-a-bear route, at what level does it become better to offer "privately commissioned only" customization in order to attain the level of quality that both the customizer and the customer can agree on?

Certainly can. That?s why most just build a direct copy Becuase it?s safe and easier. Which there is nothing wrong with that.

For me I don?t care much about the paragraphs on a figure with a head switch.

I like seeing the work. Which customizer utilized parts, where those parts came from, his/her style of painting, was the head switched or painted? And then if all of that isn?t cool enough did he/she at minimum make it on par with the OG design?

Was it surpassed? Which is all at one specific customizing level.

That?s one reason I really like Oz work Becuase he breaks figures down switches parts and joints, does great paint work and honors the 1/18 way.

[CADPAT]

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Originally Posted by SlicesCustoms

I mean, baby face Duke rocked a scar from the start but guys don?t want scars on a sabetour?

If a saboteur has scars he's not very good at his job.

[SlicesCustoms]

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Originally Posted by CADPAT

If a saboteur has scars he's not very good at his job.

Guess snake eyes sucks then too.