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So here it is, I'm a graphic artist and illustrator located in Canada. I love animation, comics, sci fi, fantasy, movies, and music. On my spare time I customize action figures for the fun of it. My customs mainly focus on comic and movie characters, but that's not all I do. I'm an articulation nut, so the more the better, one of the reasons I love working with Marvel Legends and DC Universe figures.

On this blog, I'll be giving the lowdown of what I'm working on, what I'm thinking about doing, and how I plan to take over the world (all super heroes and would be vigilantes, please disregard this site).

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Wednesday, July 27, 2022

G.I. Joe classified Storm Shadow mods

    Just trying to make a retro version one style Storm Shadow here.  I can't seem to get my hands on a retail or decently priced version.  I used articulated icons arms, armbands, and chest strap.
First I dremilled out the articulated icons wrist peg sockets to fit Marvel legends hands.  I have extras in fists chops and other open hand fighting poses (a couple work great for arrow shooting hands)/
I then heated and popped the arms out replaces the straps, and fixed the articulated icons arms in the butterfly joint with a little hot glue in the socket to tighten it to a perfect fit.  I put a light layer of vasaline on the arm pegs to keep them from sticking to the socket.  The new arms move great and hold poses perfectly.  I may have lost the hidden peg joints, but i feel it's worth it to get this look I wanted.  The arm wraps with the gauntlets and bare hands wasn't cutting it for me, and didn't look right.

I also remade the backpack/gear kit to match the original version with his arrows, and removable nunchucks, clip on bow, his swords in their sheaths, as well as 2 extra knives.

Just a few quick pics for now to get them up. Hopefully I'll get some better ones when I get a chance.





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