Apologies for the lateness of this update, readers. Although I’ve got a bunch of mod articles in the can, I seem to have forgotten to upload (or forgotten where I uploaded) two of the photos for this extra-large Skrull edition of My Custom Mods.
In Secret Invasion, a bunch of characters got both human and Skrull dials, but the sculpt itself was either human- or Skrull-looking, regardless of which dial it had. So, upon deciding I wanted to retain each figure, I decided to repaint their respective sculpts to fit the dials.
But, I soon found out, it was often a bit more involved than simply mixing in the right ratio of white, yellow, red and brown acrylic paint for the flesh tone I was seeking.
Human YELLOWJACKET (Secret Invasion)
Here’s what I did to make Yellowjacket human:
- Used a needle file to shave down his big Skrully chin.
- Painted his black mask a bit more (down to his upper lip), covering his eyes.
- Painted the rest of his exposed face in a (human) flesh tone.
- Painted in new white eyes on his mask just below the originals.
- Painted in a new mouth.
- Painted over the Skrulls team symbol on the dial base.
Completed late 2008. Fixing him was more complicated than I anticipated!
Human MS. MARVEL (Secret Invasion)
- Used a needle file to shave down her Skrull chin a little bitty bit.
- Painted her exposed skin to a flesh color.
- Painted in gritted teeth in her previously wide-open mouth.
- Painted over the Skrulls team symbol.
Completed late-2008. Surprisingly simple to be so dramatically better-looking :).
Skrull DUM DUM DUGAN (Secret Invasion)
The lone human-appearing version of the Skrull sculpts, Dugan was the simplest of all to alter:
- Painted his flesh green.
- Painted over the SHIELD team symbol.
Human ELEKTRA (Secret Invasion)
- Used a needle file to shave down her big Skrully chin.
- Painted her exposed skin to a flesh color.
- Painted in eyes and red lips.
- Painted over the Skrulls team symbol.
Human CAPTAIN MAR-VELL (Secret Invasion)
- Used a needle file to shave down his big Skrully chin.
- Filed down his pointy ears, but not completely.
- Painted over the tops of the ears in yellow to match his hair.
- Painted his exposed skin to a flesh color, including the bottom half of his ears.
- Painted in white eyes on his mask.
- Painted over the Skrulls team symbol.
Completed late-2008.
Next week: another alien made tackle-box friendly.