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Once upon a time, in a far, far... well, not so far house, I tried my first attempt to create a articulated figure from scratch (I didn't knew the word custom, back then). Using bodyputty (melted plastic with acetone, the closest I had to cheap & durable sculpting material) it occured to me why not try to make an action figure making part by part (I had made before bodyputty statues). I'am not sure why, I chose Shadi (I'am not a fan of Yugioh, I've never seen a complete episode, and I hate the protagonist, anyway) but his face resemblance to an android from Dragon Ball and the circumstance that I received a Tazo/Pog of this character made him the candidate. The result wasn't perfect, but at that time it seemed a triumph. With the passing of time it broke (the articulations were just metal nails onto the plastic) and I kept the main body hoping to repair it someday. And recently, looking for what to do with Kamandi, I remembered my original Shadi and decided to make him again with my current skills. At the time I redesigned the body as I only had the tazo/pog with his portrait, and now I have merged that redesign with the authentic looks of the character. I've used real cloth as a homage to that original figure (as it had cloth to hide some points of articulation). Hope you like it. In my figureverse, he would be A-21, a Dragon Ball android (you will think I'am blind or something, but that tazo/pog really looked like A-17 with turbant!) Recipe; Geminis Saint Seiya head Kamandi body Starfire lower legs ![]() |
Hugo with Special Guess Who SF Custom | ![]() | Submission Order | ![]() | Abel |
Yami Yugi | ![]() | Yugioh Series | ![]() | Jaden Yuki |
Torgo | ![]() | Created by argenta-2008 | ![]() | Abel |
I thought it will be fun to show you the original one, although in very bad shape, and the eyes have disappeared as they were painted with an ink pen
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The things You´re telling about Your first attemps are waking up some old memories of childhood custom-attemps to me as well! The good old times, where no one was writing comments to Your fantasy products. Only your friends who came by gave You a quote and there were the parents who tell You to stop that nonsense and get back to Your homework!
Not only is the figure beautiful, but it's awesome that you shared with us the story of your first custom! That's cool, brother. I'm so glad you decided to pay homage to that first custom by creating a new one! This custom is AMAZING! I love the use of the robes...it gives the figure an additional layer of 'coolness'!