Orange Thing

The Hero Clix Thing painted up in orange.

It does look a bit like an underwear commercial.

The original Hero Clix Thing vs the repainted Orange Thing.

Here he has the Fantastic Four uniform painted on.

All three of them together.

The Battle Dice figure cut off the base.  The Hero Clix will be glued on this base eventually.

Orange Thing

The Ever Lov'n' Thing, from the Fantastic Four, Hero Clix in 28mm.

Removed from his base, a simple pry off with a heavy thick blade.

Soaked in Goof Off to remove the paint.

Goof Off is very strong and I only rinse the figure with it and monitor the paint removal.

Not an Arctic Thing, rather the Thing painted in light grey primer.

The Battle Dice Thing is in a funny bent over posture and is smaller than usual making him look too small for 1/72nd scale.

My plan is to repaint the Hero Clix figure into a more orange color like the Battle Dice figure. 

Super Hero Update

I have built a Batman and a Robin in 1/72nd scale for my Battle Dice figures.

Taking a HaT figure from the Spanish Guerrillas I intend to make Uncle Sam.  The Human Torch will become the Sub-Mariner.  The Invisible Woman will be both Catwoman and Batgirl.

Here the Invisible Woman has had a cape and Bat Pouches added to make Batgirl.

This Roco motorcycle is becoming the Batgirlcycle. I added a cape, bat ears to the figure, a bow to the rear end and an Atlantic Russian Maxim machine gun shield to make the faring.

Catwoman; kitty ears added and claws too.

Robin

 

Cyclops modified to become Robin.  Name tag scrapped off, head swapped and cape glued on.

 

 

Cyclops with Robin prototype.

Robin with painted legs.

Robin with painted arms.

Robin with Batman, lots more Robin painted needed.

Robin

This is Cyclops from the X-Men.  What's a Batman without a Robin?

I heated him up under hot water and bent his arms a bit.

I am using this guys head.

I am using this cape from an unreleased Pegasus set.

 



Here is Cyclops with a new head, facing the other way, and a cape!

Batman

This is my unpainted Batman figure.  I cut the base off Magneto also.

I used very thin sheet styrene and tiny tile styrene for the Bat Belt and Bat Ears.

First bit of paint, he has the grey tights done.

Here is the near final version with blue cape, and cowl, yellow Bat Belt.

Essentially he is done, I am going to mount him on a Battle Dice base, but it's not ready yet.

Batman with the Hot Wheels Batmobile.

Magneto vs Batman

Playmates Battle Dice figures made over 60 figures in mostly about 1/72nd scale.  This guy is Magneto.  I wanted more variety and so I am doing some conversions.  First I cut off the flashes from his hands.

The first thing is to strip off the paint.  I tried everything and nothing worked, until I tried Goof Off.

I placed the figure in a glass jar and hosed the figure down.  The paint melted off as I squirted the Goof Off on him.  The paint remover was so strong, it melted the figure so I kept the use of it to a minimum.

Once the paint was off, I washed him with Simple Green to cut off the Goof Off.  My plan was to make Magneto into Batman.

Once the paint was removed, I added a Bat Belt and Bat Ears for Batman.  I am making the 1966 TV show Batman.