Lucid's Legends - Werewolf by Night's beard, Rachel/Phoenix's Wings, & Champion's Gold

[Lucid Silverback]

Okay then. I'm finally starting up a customs thread to showcase my projects. To start things off, here is some simple barbershop work I just completed in the last few days.

First is Lockjaw. It still boggles my mind why the team at Hasbro failed to include a classic mustachioed snout for that good boy. As soon as I freed him from the packaging, I got to work. Nothing too involved; just some Apoxie Sculpt and paint to modify both snouts and give him a little bit more of that Inhumans alien look.

At some point I think I'm going to paint his eyes white in order to really make him look otherworldly. It will require pulling his head off and removing the eyeballs insert they engineered similar to the haslab Giant Man. I wasn't feeling that adventurous the other day.

 

[Lucid Silverback]

Second is my boy, Banshee. I was reading the comments from @Justice regarding wanting sideburns on the screaming head and thought "that's not a bad idea". So, as opposed to doing a hair swap, I just added a little Apoxie Sculpt to his jawline and voilà! I really like the result!

 

[Justice]

Second is my boy, Banshee. I was reading the comments from @Justice regarding wanting sideburns on the screaming head and thought "that's not a bad idea". So, as opposed to doing a hair swap, I just added a little Apoxie Sculpt to his jawline and voilà! I really like the result!

That looks fantastic. I may consider that myself if the hair swap looks like it is going to be too much trouble.

 

[puckace]

Those both look fantastic!

 

[Schizm]

Both of these customs make me mad because this is what Hasbro SHOULD HAVE RELEASED. These look fantastic, and I'm probably going to copy at least Banshee next time I have clay out. I don't think I could ever get the mustache so smooth - what's the trick for that?

It's images like these that really show when Hasbro chooses to get details wrong. Lockjaw was intentionally done wrong either out of incompetence or greed.

 

[Lucid Silverback]

I don't think I could ever get the mustache so smooth - what's the trick for that?

Lightly wetted fingertips when smoothing out your sculpting, and then a little piece of fine grit sandpaper once it has cured.
And regarding the inexplicable decisions made by Hasbro, often times I attribute it to incompetence.

 

[akajomiha]

Great job, @Lucid Silverback You're downplaying the excellent color matching you did with the paint on the sideburns.

 

[NORM]

I wouldn't call it incompetence. Maybe ignorance. Like they didn't care to do the research and instead referenced the first image that came up in Google. OR they took artistic liberty, which I'd almost prefer less, because that means they chose to do it inaccurately.

Your pieces are obvious upgrades, and I wouldn't expect anything less than professional quality from you.

 

[Lucid Silverback]

It has been quite a while since I posted anything here because I really haven't been all that productive; and also because I really haven't had much need to rectify any glaring production failures --which is a good thing.
Anyway, I've had a couple premeditated projects I couldn't wait to implement, and with the recent Q4 flurry of product we've all been experiencing, I have finally got my chance.
First up is Werewolf By Night. I was eager to trim off some of the excessive plastic along his chin and lower jawline and also paint his cute little nose. If you notice, I X-ACTOed back to where the porkchops flare out. I think he's much sexier now.
I was planning on painting his awkward knee green, but once I got him in hand I noticed he actually has sculpted torn fabric details around his knee, so I got busy bringing all that out with paint. Peep...

Then there's Rachel. I was also very eager to paint her fire-wings, mainly because I'm not a fan of Hasbro's use of translucent plastic. I tried to make them look more like their comic renderings. I like how they turned out. Check...

Lastly, is chonky Champ. Nothing crazy; just 2 shiny gold paint tones to bring out the details on his belt and gauntlets. Again, because I'm not a fan of Hasbro's use of that swirly semi-metallic plastic. Behold...