Two More Customs and a Challenge
Hey guys, I've got two more customs to share with you. I only managed to get these two done before I left home for work out of state. I'm gonna share these with you then I have a bit of a proposition for all you nutty Indy customizers out there...
First up is ol' Marcus Brody as he appears in Raiders. Sorry for the low light. When I get back home, I'll take better pics.
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Second is Dean Stanforth from Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
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So here is my challenge: I have made a list of the figs that I want to make in the coming months, but I'm not going to be able to for a while as I have none of my customizing equipment with me. I know that one of the biggest challenges of being a customizer is finding the right parts to create an accurate representation of a character. So I'm going to post my list of figs that I plan to build, and I want people to start making them before I get to them. I wanna see how you solve the problems that we all face. I wanna see your spark of brilliance that inspires you to make these figures one of a kind and special. Some of them are ones that people have already made, and pretty well I might add, but there is always room for improvement and innovation. Lord knows I am always revisiting a custom when I learn a new technique to make them better. And hell, this is just fun which is why we do it anyway, right.
So here is the list. They are fairly minor characters, but they will nicely round out a pretty swell, albeit, anemic collection first given to us by Hasbro. And remember this is a list of ones that I was planning to do so some of them have already shown up on this site. Good luck, and I can't wait to see what shows up
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Hovitos
Gobler
Satipo
Barranca
Jock
Marion (Bar)
Indy (Bar)
Machine Gunner (Bar)
Giant Sherpa
Temple of Doom
Lao Che
Wu Han
Kao Kan
Chen
Willie in Red Gown
Earl Weber
Village Shaman
Village Chieftan
Maharaja
Last Crusade
Fedora (Or Abner Ravenwood if you go by the novelization) from 1912
Panama Hat (1912 or 1938)
Sultan of Hatay
Elsa Schneider (Venice)
Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Dovchenko in US Army Fatigues
General Ross