1970's Legion of Superheroes customs

I'd been wanting to make a set of Mike Grell-inspired Legionaires for some time and now that they're finished, I want to make more. Grell drew some of the wildest and sexiest costumes with more peek-a-boo holes than you could shake a stick at. Even the guys costumes were super skin-revealing like Cosmic Boy's. All of these customs were made using DC Direct bases and from left to right they are Cosmic Boy (Superman base), Saturn Girl (Troia base), Lightning Lad (Superman base) and Shrinking Violet (Huntress base). Click on the image to see a larger version.

Ion and Raker Qarrigat customs

This is a pair of new Green Lantern customs, the new Ion and Apokolip's Raker Qarrigat. I used a DC Direct Green Lantern for Ion and switched out the face by boiling it in the microwave for a few minute then using an Exacto-knife to cut the face off cleanly. Next, I swapped it out with a face I had in my parts drawer and painted him up. Raker was created using a DC Direct Superman and smoothing him over with resin to fill any gaps. Next I cut a piece of vinyl for the hood and finished off the sides with resin. The emblem is a custom-made decal using Abode Illustrator and my Epson printer.

Prometheus custom

This custom Prometheus took so long to complete I thought it would never get done. The culprit: those raised bump-thingies were the bane of my existence for 2 months till I found a stash of them at Borders and was saved. the base is a JLA Superman which I smoothed over with resin and sculpted the ankle guards, the helmet and shoulder pads. I cut heavy-gauge vinyl for the wrist pads and hand pads and found parts in my parts box for the helmet goodies and belt packets. The cape is from an unknown DC Direct figure as is the grill front of the helmet. After the figure was painted and sealed, I glued the bumps on and painted them a shiny gold. The staff weapon is assorted parts glued together and painted over with a black wash.

sexy Wonder Woman custom

This is from a series of figures I'm doing that uses the Adult Superstar figures as various comic book heroines. As usual, I had to smooth over the boots and sculpt the bracelets, tiara and eagle on her chest. The bikini bottom is spare pieces from the Kingdom Come WW and I used a piece of gold twine for the string.

Red Star custom

This is a Teen Titans Red Star custom using an Infinite Crisis Alexander Luthor as the base. The entire body had to be smoothed over with resin and the collar & bootflaps had to be sculpted as well. I used a visor from a recent Booster Gold and handpainted the star in his chest.

Damage custom

This is a modern JSA Damage using the JLA Superman body for a base. I first clipped off the hair curl and belt buckle which I then smoothed over with resin along with the "S". I used a custom decal for the biohazard symbol and cut vinyl for the wrist bands.

Golden Age Flash custom

I'd been wanting to do this custom for sometime and after buying a loose lot of figures recently I got my wish. I smoothed over the boots and shoulders with resin and fixed the hole on his head from removing the hair curl. I had a Flash helmet in my parts box and some head wings from a Flash for the boots. The lightning bolt is hand painted.

Damage custom

This was basically a repaint and a custom decal for the biohazard sign. I clipped off the ear pieces and smoothed it over with resin.

Elongated Man & Faith custom

This is a recent JLA duo I made using an Elongated Man ($4 sale!) and a JSA Hawkgirl as the bases. After smoothing them both over with resin, I sculpted new hair & a collar for Faith & new gloves & boots for EM. Once that had dried and was sanded, I painted them up and sealed them with Dullcote. The Elongated Man costume is from the 80's & 90's and Faith's was her one and only.

Justice Lords customs

This is a recent set of custom Justice Lords that I created even though they never appeared in the animated series. I'll probably continue to do more of them as they pop into my head. (L to R) Justice Lord Atom, Aquaman & The Red Tornado.