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05-18-2020, 12:26 PM | #221 |
Red Shadow
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Scarlett is another character who I have never been a fan of. Lady Jaye was always the female member of my team. It may be unfair but I always saw Scarlett as a repaint of Quarrel (I know it was the other way round but that is not what I thought as a child). By way of an apology for my prejudice against her I felt I should make a Scarlett figure but I struggled for so long to make a version that I liked. Part of the problem was finding a base colour that I liked, I didn't want to use the dark blue (because she would look like she should belong to Cobra) and black didn't look right. In the end I thought the light blue might look like her comic appearance, but when I made it I didn't like it, so I darkened up the blue with a few layers of blue wash. I may continue to tweak her but this is what my Scarlett currently looks like.
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05-18-2020, 12:31 PM | #222 |
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I didn't want Destro to look like my Red Jackal so I made a few changes. I wasn't sure the armoured gauntlets were right for a businessman, so I went with the shirt sleeves lower arms and painted the cuffs silver to look like bracelets. I am happy with it (but think my Red Jackal is better).
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05-18-2020, 12:31 PM | #223 |
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Nice job! The wash on Scarlett looks great!
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05-18-2020, 12:40 PM | #224 |
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The Dreadnoks were favourites of mine as a child but couldn't decide how to make them. It is a fair criticism to say there is not much Marauder product in this custom given the title of the thread. It uses a cast head, Zombie Lab torso (mixed with BFS blank parts) and legs from the Dime Novel Legends. But there are a few Marauder accessories, and I made a new gun for him using Marauder parts.
The bare midriff must be a bit smaller than the shirt bottom that originally came with the ZL torso. I wish I had checked that before I started cutting bits off the bottom of the upper shirt to give it a torn look. The belt hides the fact I had to push the midriff up a bit to avoid a gap in his chest. |
05-18-2020, 05:10 PM | #225 |
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Really love your Scarlett bud, loving the throwing stars and also the cross bolts on her back, gonna have ta do something like that with my Scarlett Marauder. Dang really? I always liked Scarlett better than Lady J, didn’t own the original version action figure back then to compare her with Quarrel, but yeah she was a fav of mine through the American Marvel comic book series, her, Duke and Snake Eyes, though Flint was a favorite of mine through the Marvel UK comic book run!
That is a mean Destro, luv it, though like u I think your Red Jackal has the edge, as for looking the same, it wouldn’t bother me as much as Red Jackal and Destro are the same person. Destro does look great though, solid custom! Buzzer, he’s cool, yeah hopefully the Marauder range will bring more friendly Dreadnok type body parts at some stage, anyways he’s proper pumped up, loving it! |
05-18-2020, 05:26 PM | #226 |
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I'm sure you said it before, but what collar did you use for Destro and RJ? Also, is that necklace sculpted on?
Great work on all the figures again!!!
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05-19-2020, 04:01 AM | #227 |
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Damn that’s a great Ripper
I finished Ripper a while back but I like your build better.
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05-19-2020, 04:30 AM | #228 |
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Thank, she certainly looks better now than she did in the pale blue.
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Really love your Scarlett bud, loving the throwing stars and also the cross bolts on her back, gonna have ta do something like that with my Scarlett Marauder. Dang really? I always liked Scarlett better than Lady J, didn’t own the original version action figure back then to compare her with Quarrel, but yeah she was a fav of mine through the American Marvel comic book series, her, Duke and Snake Eyes, though Flint was a favorite of mine through the Marvel UK comic book run!
That is a mean Destro, luv it, though like u I think your Red Jackal has the edge, as for looking the same, it wouldn’t bother me as much as Red Jackal and Destro are the same person. Destro does look great though, solid custom! Buzzer, he’s cool, yeah hopefully the Marauder range will bring more friendly Dreadnok type body parts at some stage, anyways he’s proper pumped up, loving it! For me Destro and Red Jackal are not the same person. I did not like that story arc, it explains the similar look but not the completely different characters. It is hard to make them look unique though when their defining features are the same. The expected bare chested torso would help with the Dreadnoks, although I also want them to bring out denim coloured parts. The collar is from a 25th Destro, they come off easily and fit nicely on the Marauder bodies. The necklace comes sculpted on the collar, although I cut it off for Red Jackal as it always bothered me that they just painted over it on the original figure. |
05-19-2020, 04:37 AM | #229 |
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Thanks, from someone whose customs I admire that is a great compliment. I am amazed that Ripper was the first Dreadnok to be finished though as Buzzer and Zarana have always been further advanced. That head finally arrived from Avacslab and I just got to work on him. He has changed so much in the last couple of days.
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05-19-2020, 10:56 AM | #230 |
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they look great! Scarlett is particularly nice!
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