GAMBIT (Mutations & Monsters)
Or, as I like to call him: GUMBO.
Of all the core X-Men, Gambit is possibly the last one to straight-up fight a Sentinel. That’s one reason I never really liked the humongous robot’s hand on this sculpt. I also hated the way it took up so much room in my tackle box. So here’s what I did instead:
- Used a combination of a stout exacto knife and brute force to snap the hand off the base.
- Worked Gambit off the hand.
- Glued Gambit’s feet to the dial base.
- Cut the excess centimeter or so of his quarterstaff so he’d sit flat on the table.
The results:
Completed mid-2008.
Svelte enough to fit my overstuffed ‘clix box and yet still somewhat acrobatic-looking.
Next week: I finish what WizKids left undone.
so gambit is one of my favorite x-men of all time hands down and this mod is so simple but awesome. quick question, i noticed you painted the purple trail from his cards and hand a different color. how did you get it to look like that? i have this figure and i’m thinkong of modifying it like yours. i don’t like the sentinel hand either.
Thanks for reading and commenting!
Actually, I didn’t paint the trail at all. It’s possible that you got an unpainted one. (For example, my Captain America from Secret Invasion’s chest star was unpainted.)