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Angel
To make the
Angel, I began by reworking an X-Men Evolution Magneto. His armor needed
to be sanded down and his face reworked. The wings presented the biggest
problem, though. At first I tried sculpting them using Magic Sculpt on
top of the X-Men Boxset Set Angel wings. This went on for months and months
until I stumbled across a Harvey Birdman action figure. Wouldn't you know
it? The wings were perfectly on-model with the animated Angel design.
All it took was a little paint to make them the proper color. There are
also pegs on each wing that allow them to flap if necessary.
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Avalanche
To make my
custom Avalanche, I began buy reworking a DC Direct Impulse figure. His
body was lean and stylized enough to fit in stylistically with that of
X-Men Evolution. I removed Impulse's feet and replaced them with boots
from an X-Men Evolution Logan figure. The shoulder pads were reworked
from an X-Evo Magneto and superglued in place. Clear vinyl is used for
the remainder of the surface details.
For the head,
I used a head from an X-Men Evolution Spyke. I sanded down his hair and
used elements from a Nightcrawler figure to rebuild it. A clear test tube
was trimmed down to form Avalanche's helmet.
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Beast
For the most
part, Beast is just a heavily reworked X-Men Evolution Juggernaut. I sliced
apart the forearms and extended them using a metal support rod. I did
the same for the calves and feet. The hands and feet themselves actually
came from an old ToyBiz X-Men Beast figure. All of Juggernaut's armor
had to be sanded down. This left the surface of the figure a mess, but
luckily Magic Sculpt helped smooth out all rough spots. As you can see
from the photo above, I used a *lot* of Magic Sculpt.
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Blob -
Combat Gear
The Combat
Gear Blob is a reworking of the original ToyBiz Blob. New arms from a
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles villain have been added to a mostly Magic
Sculpt torso. The legs and feet are original sculpts.
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Cannonball
To make the
Cannonball custom, I began by reworking a DC Direct Impulse figure. Just
like I mentioned on my Avalanche commentary, the Impulse body was lean
and stylized enough to fit in stylistically with that of X-Men Evolution.
I removed Impulse's feet and replaced them with boots from an X-Men Evolution
Logan figure. The head comes from a Disney Atlantis Milo figure. I might
make the figure a tad larger over all, but he's proportionate by himself.
Magic Sculpt is used to finish off all the other surface details.
Cannonball
was always my favorite of the New Mutants. I can't express just how happy
I was when he appeared in the X-Men Evolution cartoon.
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Jubilee
- 'New Recruits' Gear
To make the
custom Jubilee, I began by reshaping a Battle Blasters Jean Grey figure.
I sanded down her curves to make her match a bit better to the angular
look of the X-Men Evolution character designs. Jubilee needed to be slightly
slimmer than some of her fellow teammates, so I replaced the Jean legs
with those from an X-Men Evolution Storm (shortened just a bit). Her head
is from an Animated Avengers Wasp figure, though the hair is all created
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Magma
- 'New Recruits' Gear
To make this
custom, I used a recipe very similar to her 'powered up' version. Magma
primarily uses a ToyBiz X-Men Classics Jean Grey figure as a base. Her
arms were sliced apart and repositioned and her chest was sanded down
to better match the style of the other X-Men Evolution characters. The
hands come from an X-Evo Storm and her feet come from a Princess Fiona
figure. This makes Magma just a hair taller. Now she fits in fine scale-wise.
The head is a repainted Anime styled Rogue head.
She's a bit
boring on her own, but fits in nicely with the rest of the group.
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Multiple
The recipe
for Multiple is similar to my X-Evo Iceman custom. Multiple uses a Nightcrawler
figure as a base that has been reworked a bit to make him slightly shorter.
The head comes from a Kurt Wagner figure. Kurt's head is a little less
sinister than his Nightcrawler counterpart. The hair and other elements
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