Marvel Legends Martial Arts Masters – Custom Iron Fist, Steel Phoenix, and Shang Chi

Marvel Legends Martial Arts Masters - Iron Fist, Steel Phoenix, and Shang Chi
Marvel Legends Martial Arts Masters - Iron Fist, Steel Phoenix, and Shang Chi

A week ago I posted my Earth 2 Superman, Batman, Hawkman, and Robin customs, which were part of a group entry for the DC Universe Classics Justice Society of America in CustomCon 24.  These three Marvel Legends customs were a solo entry called Marvel Legends Martial Arts Masters.

I’m going to return to my traditional style write-up of talking about the individual customs, as there’s a bit of history and a little more complexity in how they were created.  As a group, the interesting thing is how much time elapsed between finishing the customs and when I actually published them at CC24.  It’s different for each figure.  Shang Chi was essentially finished a year back or more.  Iron Fist was the same, but I was adding some tweaks in the weeks leading up to CustomCon.  And Steel Phoenix was finished the day he got posted, and in a rush, too.

I honestly thought about canning the entry when I put up Rust This World’s entry for Immortal Iron Fist and the Immortal Weapons, but I had been sitting on finished customs for Iron Fist and Shang Chi for so long that I just went for it.

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Border Patrol: Phoenix, Executioner, and Scorponok

In AFP’s Border Patrol, we scour active eBay auctions for customized action figure that you won’t want to let slip by!

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Marvel Universe Phoenix – KJ CUSTOMS has produced a really dynamic Jean Grey Phoenix in the 4-inch scale – ends Dec 17, 2009 09:02:17 PST

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DC Universe Classics Custom Earth 2 Superman, Batman, Hawkman, and Robin

Earth 2 - Robin, Batman, Superman, and Hawkman
Earth 2 - Robin, Batman, Superman, and Hawkman

CustomCon 24 was great this past week (and I’m not just saying that because it was hosted at the Fwoosh and put together by me :D) – the customizing world continues to grow and become more talented.  I was happy to participate in the DC Universe Classics Justice Society of America entry by the guys on the Fwoosh staff, with my renditions of four of the original superheroes who formed the Justice Society on Earth 2.

I hadn’t planned on making all four of these.  Robin was the catalyst, and I’ve wanted to convert a Detective Batman from DCUC Wave 1 ever since he was released a couple years ago.  A lot of people find the costume corny, but I’ve loved it since first seeing it back in Justice League of America #91 and #92.  That’s nostalgia for you!

And before I get too far into this, my recipe for Robin is pretty much the same as Iron Cow’s, without the belt swap.  I daresay I was toying with the idea before he made his wonderful Earth 2 Robin v2, but acknowledge him as the far superior craftsman.  And credit for Bats goes to Josh Izzo, who was the first I saw use that particular DC Direct head on a DCUC kitbash for his Silver Age Batman.

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Border Patrol: Insecticons, Paladin, and Zombie He-Ro

In AFP’s Border Patrol, we scour active eBay auctions for customized action figure that you won’t want to let slip by!

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Insecticons (Bombshell, Kickback and Shrapnel) – adding articulation to G1 Transformers is cool, and frenzyrumble did it to a set of Insecticons – ends Dec 14, 2009 06:27:59 PST

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Marvel Legends Nick Fury and Agents of SHIELD

Dum Dum Dugan, Nick Fury, and Agents of SHIELD
Dum Dum Dugan, Nick Fury, and Agents of SHIELD

With CustomCon 24 going on at TheFwoosh.com, this is a horrible time for me to be posting custom action figures of my own, especially when they aren’t quite customs and just some simple modifications on some already pretty good figures.  As you can see, I’ve been buying up Marvel Legends 2-packs with SHIELD agents like the line were being canceled (it’s not!) – and as good as these figures are straight out of the package, I couldn’t resist doing some touch-ups.

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