A long time ago, when I actually updated this blog regularly, I had a series called My Custom Mods that ran each Monday or something.

It’s been way more than a full decade since the most recent installment. And truth be told, I hadn’t done any additional mods for most of those years.

But there was this darn global public health emergency that kept me inside a tad more than usual. And suddenly I had time and ideas.

On top of that, WizKids started encouraging custom paint jobs, even producing unpainted redialed sculpts and allowing repaints in official tournaments (though actual physical modifications are still barred).

So it’s time to revive this series! For the next several months of Mondays, watch this space for it.

Starting with this one:

WOLVERINE (Deep Cuts X-Men 001)

I wondered what to do with this character. I never liked the yellow costume all that much but didn’t think the brown or black versions were what I wanted, either.

Then I saw online where someone did this costume the character wore briefly in the early 1990s:

And yes, that hit my X-nostalgia hard. I loved that run. And at the time I said, “it’s unlikely we’ll ever see official HeroClix of these suits on anyone not named Forge.” So I:

• Used a hot knife to trim down the flared shoulders of the original sculpt
• Painted in the details

It’s OK. But I’m glad we finally got the look officially last year.

NEXT MONDAY MOD: Someone magical