It’s been a long time since I felt this same level of excitement over a new figure. Believe me when I say that after a few years working in the industry, there are very few times when you see or get a product that gets your creative juices flowing – especially one that you’re involved in creating from start to finish. So when I find myself feeling all giddy inside, I’m quite surprised because I have not felt something like this in a very long time. All the nostalgia of first getting into the hobby sets in and I’m reminded why I chose the profession I did. If there’s ever a reason to tell someone why you enjoy this hobby. . . this is it. It’s the ability to take something (a figure) and reworking and customizing it to a point where it’s so unique that someone can look at it and know that you’ve left your footprint on. With the ever advancing technology in today’s figures, we seem to have lost that urge of creativity that makes this 1/6th hobby so enjoyable because we fear that what we do cannot live up to the manufacturer’s standard. Yet, we miss the point. . . and that is it’s about the creativity and uniqueness of your individuality. Collectors collect. Customizers customize. When you collect, your collection is limited to your wallet. When you customize, you’re only limited to your willingness and mind. And that, my friend, is what makes this hobby so great.

This is a custom repainted Triad Toys Helga figure. It took me a total of probably about 4 hours. I removed all the factory paint, dremeled out a litle part of her mouth, braided and curled her hair within the first hour. After that, I waited a day for the curls to set in a little, then I started to repaint, which took about 2 hours here and there. Sealed her and glossed her eyes and lips and whoalah.

Playing around with sculpey and sculpted this head for my werewolf custom. Her are some WIPs. I’ll add more photos after he’s painted and assembled up.  I plan to make him some sort of elite human hunting squad or something.