Here are my first few customs of the cast of Iron Man, in scale with the Marvel Legends Iron Man. I always wanted an action figure of Bethany Cabe and Justin Hammer, but figured that Toy Biz would probably never produce either of those two. Generally, non-super-powered characters don't sell particularly well and end up warming pegs in a shop. I therefore decided to make my own renditions of the characters. Unfortunately, the resolution isn't very high on my digital camera, so you can't see the detail on the figures as well, but at least you can get an idea.
Bethany Cabe is made from a Spider-Man movie Mary Jane figure (the arms, legs and dress) and a Tekken Anna Williams figure (the head, body and shoulders). I used Milliput to remould her hairstyle and give her the distinctive kiss curls. I also had to alter her features so that she didn't look so Japanese, and then repainted all of the parts where skin was showing. Bethany is seen here in the aqua chiffon dress from Casino Fatale. The sash is a piece of blue ribbon I had lying around. Her skirt actually comes off so that you can have Bethany in her underwear, but I haven't photographed her like that here.
Justin Hammer is made from a X-Men movie Magneto figure. I removed the cloak and cut down his garment so that it didn't come so far down, and then used the excess piece to create the other half of Hammer's dressing gown. I created the cravat, shirt, trousers and creases in the gown from Milliput, as well as the gown cuffs. The black trimming on the edges of the gown are made from painted toothpaste tubes cut to size. The belt is made from a shoe lace. I also carved and hollowed out the cheeks of movie Magneto's face so that he didn't look so much like Ian McKellan, and also to give him an appearance more similar to Peter Cushing. |
