STORM (Danger Room)
A pretty solid if dirt-cheap representative of the X-Men’s weather-wielding demi-goddess, DR Storm’s sculpt is just OK.
Yah. OK.
Quite bland compared even to the X-Plosion version (using the unfortunate X-treme X-Men costume):
Nope. Never liked this outfit.
This mod idea came pretty much by accident. After leaving a figure in my hot car, I noted how it just all but melted. That got me wondering if I could reposition DR Storm’s cape to something more like I remembered from the late-1980s comics she wore the outfit in.
Here’s what I did:
- I put the figure in my car for about 15 minutes to a half-hour and, sure enough, it softened nicely, becoming quite malleable.
- Ran cold water on the figure once in the desired position.
- Then I propped it upright in my freezer to let it set in the new position:
Dynamic. Although she still has that occasional bend at the ankle. :)
Completed mid-2006.
This is still one of my all-time favorites — a simple, elegant mod that will need no judge approval in tournament play.
Next: While this mod used zero subtraction to the original sculpt, my next mod subtracts nearly ALL the existing sculpt! Be here next week!