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I was very disappointed that Angel didn't wear his X-men uniform in the Last Stand and hence a figure of him was not issued. So I was adamant to produce my own. I began by buying a hard to find figure of the X2 movie of cyclops. I removed his head and replaced it with one of the Bird of Prey Angel figure. Next I drilled two holes in the back of the figure and romoved the wings off the old Angel and placed them in the drilled holes. Since the piping in the leather uniform was unlike Cyclops' from the movie I figured that the blue and silver would be perfect for Angel, so no painting was required. Hope you like and pleeease leave feedback, I would like to hear what you think of my works :) Thanks. ![]() |
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As for my Angel figure, I first drilled holes in his back and tried to fit the wings in, they held and were able to move but were very unstable and kept popping out for me due to their weight. After a while a I decided to put super glue in the holes. The wings are now firmly fixed but movement is reduced. I can't rotate the wings but they can move back and front,I was lucky that the superglue didn't seep into the swivel joints of the wings.
(On a side note, the weight of the wings makes it difficult to make the figure stand up, but I love how the figure turned out)
I too am a fan of X-movie figures and am impressed by your custom collection!!
As for the neck, the original body belonged to Cyclops. I just popper that head completely off but that included the neck as well. So to solve the problem I sawed off the neck of the Bird of Prey Angel attached to the head and super glued that into the cavity in the X-uniform. I can still move Angel's head from side to side but not so much up and down.
Best of luck with the customization! Looking forward to seeing your result!
Recently I found a way to use the spare Bird of Prey Angel body to make a Havok figure which fits well into my X-movie collection. Ill be sure to post images of that figure soon.