Custom Galactus

When I saw the 31" Jakks Pacific Darth Vader I immediately thought that it would make a great base for a custom Galactus.  It was gigantic and the arms and legs were close enough to a Galactus design that I wouldn't have to modify them except for some coats of paint.

So I bought one when they went on sale and it has been collecting dust and I kindof forgot about the project.  However this custom contest put on by TNI gave me a good reason to dust it off and try my project.

I started by modeling the head in sketchup.  I found a face on the warehouse and built up the helmet around it.  I then divided it into 5 pieces so that it would print flat on a 3D printer bed.  I printed it up (in neon green of all colors) and glued it together.

I also printed a neck piece for connecting to vader's body.  This took a few trys to get the height just right.

Next up I worked on the chest.  I wanted a working light in it so I just a laser cutter to cut a hole in vader's chest.

I then designed a led light housing in sketchup, printed it out, and added the LED light.  The lens were laser cut and stacked to add detail to the chest light.

I then fitted it into the body and made the shoulder straps and waist coat out of chip board.

I painted him up and here are the final results:

 

Here he is with Marvel Select Silver Surfer:

To show a sense of scale.  The figure is 36" tall.

Marvel Select Hulkbuster Review

 Marvel Select's Hulkbuster is a great addition to their line.  He is detailed and painted well and has a really good articulation scheme for a big bulky figure including Ankle pivots.  He might be a little small compared with some Marvel Select Hulks.  Personally I think Hulkbuster should be a little smaller then Hulk (unlike the movie version) so I am happy with his size.  He also fits great into a Marvel Legends Iron Man display.  Great figure with alot of fun play value.  Now I need to see if I can make some articulated fingers for him...

From the Front.

From the back.

From the Top.

Size Comparison with Marvel Select Savage Hulk and Marvel Select Grey Hulk.  He is not as big as the Select Hulks but it still works for me.  I personally thought the movie version of Hulkbuster was too large.

Size Comparison with Marvel Select Falcon and Marvel Select Ultron. 

Size Comparison with Marvel Legends Scarlet Witch and Marvel Legends Mark 42 Iron Man.  I think he fits in perfectly with Marvel Legends. 

Marvel Select Ultimate Hulk Review

This figure must have just had a rerelease because I just picked him up at my local comic book store this week.  Overall I am really happy with him and it is nice to have a grey hulk represented on my shelf.

Pros:

Great sculpt – detailed and a good likeness

Good paint – on the rerelease anyway (I know there are some older figures that have a horrible dark grey paint app)

Good size – fits in well in either the Legends or Select scale

Cons

Articulation – It is serviceable and you can get him into several different poses but the lack of knee and elbow joints really hurts him.  Considering he was made back when Select was making figures that were closer to statues his articulation isn’t half bad. 

He feels a tad hollow compared to recent Marvel selects.  It doesn’t feel like he is going to break apart he just feels very light. 

The Black, the White, and the Dirty

Left to Right: Black Series Sandtrooper, Marvel Legends Black Cat, Marvel Select Venom, Marvel Legends Punisher, Marvel Select Anti-Venom, Marvel Legends Bulls-eye 

Spider-man Toys

Brock's reflection

My symbiote collection.  Left to Right: Marvel Select Agent Venom, Marvel Select Venom, Marvel Select ultimate Venom, Marvel Select Anti-Venom, Marvel Legends Carnage

Watch out behind you Spider-man!  It's the Sinister Seven???

Amazing Spider-man #378 Cover with Marvel Legends

 Maximum Carnage was not the best comic crossover in the history of comics but it happens to be the one back in the summer of 1993 that got my 10 year old self into comics.  I still remember this cover sitting on the shelf.  So 21 years later I have reproduced that cover with the new Carnage and spider-man figures from the Marvel Legends Infinite series (and the Marvel Select Venom).