Raving Toy Maniac Presents Joshuas' Customs   Joshua can be contacted at [email protected]

The Red Skull I had seen multiple versions of Captain America's most nefarious foe, but a certain custom by a gentleman named Curt Siegrist really got me excited. Borrowing his recipe, this version of Herr Skull uses an X-Men Movie 1 Magneto body, a Marvel Legends Doom Dr. belt, a DCD Superfriends Superman hand, a Marvel Legends Blade coat and a heavily modified Marvel Legends Ghost Rider head. It was a down and dirty, quick and easy custom, but it turned out to be one of my favorites.

Rogue and Gambit All credit for these two customs must go to 2 people on the Fwooshnet Forums. The creativity on the Modeller's Galleries forum is practically unmatched - thanks so much. The Gambit is purely a parts switch between the X-Men Classics Gambit and the Marvel legends Gambit, but it makes the figure look more put together. Rogue was a little more work. She now uses SOTA's Lara Croft face with some Kneadatite hair extensions. The peg on Rogues neck was too low, and when re-affixed, the new head made it look like the figure had no neck. I had to lengthen the neck to make her look more statuesque.

The Penguin   The Penguin is a straight repaint of the Yamato Series 2 Batman figure from Japan. My good friend Antonio was kind enough to send me the set, and I thought this figure was very strong in sculpt and in scale with the rest of the Bat-Villains. Sadly, I never really cared for the all-white tuxedo, so I simply repainted it black and added the purple to the handkerchief. Now, he's more of a traditional-looking Penguin.

Scarlet Witch The older Toy Biz Scarlet Witch figure is a good addition the Marvel Legends shelf - she just needed some basic work. I replaced her cloth cape with a vinyl cape from the DC Direct Superfriends Superman and did a quick repaint to her face. I think she looks a little more 'put together' now, and adds a bit of brightness to the Avengers line-up.

Doc Savage The Man of Bronze was crafted from a Toy Biz Marvel Legends Magneto figure torso, arms and head.  He uses a Jakks Pacific Rick O’Connell for his jodhpurs and boots and a random wrestler for his hand.  His shirt was donated by a Mattel Killer Croc and his swanky hair-do was created from Kneadatite.

Flash Gordon Flash Gordon, one the first space-faring heroes of the serial movie age was created using primarily a Mattel Zip-Line Batman.  The only ‘new’ thing about this custom was a DC Direct Hawkman head and a bit of cut vinyl for his belt and glove cuffs.

Indiana Jones What I would consider to be a ‘new’ Pulp Hero, Dr. Henry Jones, Jr. was created using an N2 Toys Matrix Neo figure for the torso and arms, a DC Direct Saint of Killers for the legs and fedora, a Toy Biz Marvel Legends Gambit for the leather jacket and a Kenner/Hasbro Epic Force Han Solo for the head.  The satchel came from a Toy Biz Spider-Man Classics Hobgoblin and the whip, hands and other accoutrements were from the parts bins.

Jack the Ripper I was initially excited about the McFarlane Jack the Ripper figure - in concept - until I saw the very poor execution. So, I reworked it. Using a McFarlane Candyman's legs, McFarlane Jack the Ripper torso (heavily modified) and DCD Direct Uncle Sam top hat I was able to reconstruct a more historically accurate Jack. I also used some clear vinyl for his waistcoat and Kneadatite for his hair and moustache. I'm now happy with my Victorian gentleman killer.

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