Custom McFarlane DC Multiverse New 52 Superman Action Figure
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ก.ย. 2021
- Void City Customization
Episode 002
In this episode, Dan works on finishing up a custom McFarlane Toys DC Multiverse New 52 Superman figure. This is a kitbash with some custom paint. Today, I go over removing a hair piece from one figure, and attaching it to another one to achieve the desired look. I also go over which pieces of which figures went into the creation of this one.
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That's really awesome!! Great job!! Seems like Mcfarlane has all the right pieces but customizers like yourself have to piece them together.
Thanks! Just have to look past what is there to see what could be there. A part 2 will be made for this at some point in the future, as soon as I have a new work space. I have some huge improvements coming for him!
This has to be the best custom kitbash figure I've ever seen.
Thank you very much! Wait until you see part 2 where I actually finish him! several other kit bashes are coming also. Including a new Wonder Woman that looks a lot better than my previous one..... Thanks for watching! Stick around!
Much better than the one being released…. I’ll have to try this
Yeah, that one is based on Rebirth, and I was not as big of a fan. I believe that because I used the smaller chest piece, it made the action Comics head look the right size. McFarlane is reusing it though on the infected torso which is way bigger, and it just makes the head look very small to me. I will post an updated video once I get an etching tool and create all of his armor detail for this version. Thanks for watching!
Looks awesome.
So much better than the released version.
Thank you. I wish McFarlane would do the New 52 designs with new sculpts, but I'm afraid it would be more repaints like "Rebirth" was. More custom videos coming starting next week! At least 5 or 6 new videos/figures!
I really want to tackle on this project but as soon as I do, I’m sure Mcfarlane will make one 😂
That's why I'm scared to finally start the second half of this, which is new paint, emblem, and etched armor lines on the suit.
I can't wait too when he's fully done
I have the parts ready to go, I have just been busy with other custom figures since then, haha! I am getting close to making the second part of this video though. Correct paint, correct emblem, etched "armor" lines in the uniform, and fixed ankle peg color... stay tuned!
Ive been getting into customs, I'm specifically working on a Mcfarlane Kingdom Come Supes to match my Batman. The part about switching his hair is so useful, I'm using Red Son with Earth 2's hair and god your tutorial is a life saver
That's awesome! I'm glad it helped! I did a Brandon Routh CW Kingdom Come Superman, we have a video for that too, but sounds like you are past that point anyway! I hope it comes out awesome!!
It’s looking awesome
This is totally amazing, the figure looks so clean...to me it's even better than some official sups figures.
11/10.
Thank you so much! I hope it still looks as clean when I'm done with part 2, and he's all finished! Stay tuned, I made another new Superman too, a "classic" one very similar to this one.
I like customizing action figures too but I've been too busy with too many stuff irl. If not, I would have copied your formula as I am a big fan of everything New 52 especially Supes and WW. Guess I'll just hope that Toddfather releases them soon. But yeah, the messy hair from NW Joker looks cooler. Awesome work!!
Thank you! A part 2 is coming eventually. I fix his emblem to be the correct New 52 version, and enhance his paint. Coming soon!!!
Imagine if you perfected yours, only to have McFarlane do a brand new sculpt of New 52 Supes lol
I actually have a part two to this video coming soon, where I get mine even more accurate.... But I feel like there probably won't be one from McFarlane.... I'd be very surprised if there was. either way, then it becomes like one of those contests to see who did better.
@@VoidCityReviews you wasted your filthy life buying the same figures and making a bootleg action figure and you the reason for these McFarlane Toys not being available in the USA
@Umar Headcutter The only thing that is filthy here is the lens through which you appear to receive all of your information about the world and how it works. Clean it off, and you might find that you have a better point of view, or at least one that is not as ignorant as this.
Nice work!
Thank you!
Nice
COOL..! More like superman new 52 use night wing hair sclupt.
That is Nightwing's hair, yes. Part 2 should be coming before the year is over, I'll be making some improvements to this figure!
Looks awesome, I think the hair would look even better with the Mcfarlane Superboy Prime head sculpt coming out in November.
Thank you. It's not a bad idea, and once I have one I will probably see how they compare. I still kind of like this one a little better just because it looks a lot less like a traditional Superman haircut, and I kind of wanted to get away from that Elvis or cartoon Egon look. This one isn't too bad. But it's still kind of has the "S" in his hair.... I will keep it in mind however once I am able to find those guys!
@@VoidCityReviews Yeah I gotcha. The Superboy Prime head they showed instantly popped into my head since it kinda had a "young but not too young" look to them that fit how New 52 Supes looked in my head. Though I definitely dig how he looks so far.
Awesome
Thank you! Part 2 coming in the near future! He's getting some upgrades to be even more accurate, costume-wise! Stay tuned!
Looks good
Thank you!
Holy crap I’ve been waiting years for someone to make this figure. I’m convinced Todd hates Superman and somehow feels something stronger and more negative for new 52 Superman
Thank you very much! I'm not sure it's necessarily Todd or McFarlane Toys as much as it might be DC and Warner Bros wanting to somewhat move past that era? it could have sworn I saw on one of the leak lists for later this year that new 52 characters might start showing up again a little bit. Still not sure if we will ever see a proper New 52 Superman or batman, but I would love an actual New 52 Superman with metallic paint. And the correct armor details. speaking of which, I do plan to update this figure at some point later this year, with a new emblem, new paint, and some details on the suit to better match the new 52 suit.
@@VoidCityReviews Amazing Yamaguchi did a great job with their New 52 Superman but for $100. McFarlane has a chance to make this fig and double up with the mold by releasing the black and silver variant. For some strange reason they don't do it. In fact they skipped it with rebirth supermen figure with strange head sculpts and comically huge bodies. Its so bizarre that I can only assume theres some sort of bias
Ayo that figure tied up in the back it looked like jigsaw killer from saw 👀
Which figure is that? I don't recall any figures tied up in the background.... the one sitting in the folding chair with the fireball in his hand and the brown hair and beard is actually a figure of myself, and the other one was Red Hood.... I don't believe I have any figures that look like Tobin Bell.
@@VoidCityReviews the jacket look like it for a minute but aye that's cool that you made a custom figure of yourself bro keep up with the badass work ❤️🔥
@@zeke21dude30 thank you! Yeah I'll show off the Toast and Dan action figures more at some point, they were in the earlier episodes more, now not so much. Thanks for watching! We've got more on the way, I just have to finish with my move first!!!
nice kitbash.. but expensive to sacrifice so many figures :)
I got more than just this figure out of it. Got a whole different alternate Bizarro, an alternate Red Hood, and pieces for my upcoming Reign of the Supermen set. Very little will go unused. :-)
Awesome work bro! I think the first supes head would be good for superboy head, and also you could use bloodshot body for superboy
Thank you very much! I was thinking the same, about a Jonathan Kent maybe.... Bloodshot I want to use for a New52 Action Comics Superman. I'll probably use a smaller body like Nightwing equivalent, for Superboy. Stay tuned, I have two more custom videos almost finished! Death of Superman, this time!
That head sculpt looks Superman's getting ready to be married
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@@VoidCityReviews you see an old well a guy in his 40's decides to style his hair like 25 or say 27, 30 that's what he looks like
Looks awesome!! Great job!! Looks better than the one that's being released. The hair makes a big difference. Why didn't mcfarlane do this with their existing figures?
Well the one that is being released is not New 52 superman. It is rebirth Superman who is the one that came after. rebirth doesn't have the collar on his outfit and I believe his cape is back to the old rectangular bottom rather than the triangular one. he also has the original emblem on his chest, which although mine also has that, that's going to change very soon to the New 52 emblem. Rebirth Superman also kind of went back more to the classic Superman haircut with the "s" curl in the front, and for reasons I will never understand, for some reason doesn't have red boots. I'm not really a big fan of the Rebirth figure coming out either, but, the good thing is it will give me a few extra parts for my New 52 figure (for hands and wrists primarily). I will be making a part two to this video at some time in the future, there's just a few things I have to figure out about fitting the New 52 emblem into the chest, as it is different dimensions than the classic emblem. I will also be adding the metallic blue paint and the New 52 armor lines onto his outfit.
Looks good, honestly I haven't like any of the super man, they always seem like there missing something. Like hands
I can agree with that. I am happy that this one has interchangeable hands, and that I can have both hands be fists. Just waiting on Rebirth Superman to release so I can scavenge his hands and have the correct skin tone. I'm still using the off color Infected ones right now.
@@VoidCityReviews the hand thing is McFarlane back even fighting characters like mortal Kombat don't have fist hands 🤦🏿
Are you gonna give this figure the blue/metal blue color?
I'm still undecided on that. It all really depends on if I find a blue that I like. The detail I would much more be concerned about having is just the etched lines into the suit to give it the appearance of having the new 52 Kryptonian "armor" (for lack of a better word) look to it. once I get those etched in there, which of course will be another video I'm sure, then I will start looking at the paint to see if I can put a metallic blue over him. Of course that would mean I would need a metallic red also.... Hmm.... I am happy with how he looks currently but I imagine after I finish up a few more of these custom projects I have in the works, I will definitely be revisiting New 52 Superman.
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Thank you!
Your welcome bro.
Dude that looks awesome!!! Think that head look good on rebirth superman?
Ha ha thank you! I have Rebirth Superman now actually. In real life, he looks a lot better than he does in photos, but I'm only taking about the paint. He's a lot less Edward Scissorhands-looking.... BUT, his head is still too small for that larger torso piece and chunkier body. other than the hair, it is actually the same head as the one that I have here on this figure. So it would still have the same size issues unfortunately even if the hair does look nicer. although I must say, even if he had recast the exact same head just a tad bigger, I think it would have actually looked pretty good on this figure. it doesn't take away from the fact that the boots still look pretty ugly because they just used paint rather than molding a different piece to match the shape..... other than that though I'm happy because I can use rebirth Superman's hands instead of Bizarro's so now I don't have to paint the hands because I have the correct color.
yo now you can use that Superboy Primes head for this.
A few people have suggested it and I may look into it. I don't know about the whole head but the hair might work out. I've kind of gotten used to how this one looks however, it's pretty much the look I was going for. But if the other one looks better and it fits, who knows. there is already going to be a part two to the new 52 video where I replace the emblem with a new 52 accurate emblem and give him metallic paint and etched in armor lines. I'm also going to replace the joints on his ankles with proper colored ones. But there could always be a part 3 where he gets new hair! Once I get Superboy prime I will check it out.
That hair swap worked out really well! Can the hot water cause any issues with the paint?
I've never had it cause any issues with any paint that comes on the figures already, no. of course it's not like you are actively boiling the figure, you are just briefly dipping it in water that is quite warm. I'm sure if you actually like boiled it for real it would probably have some negative effects on the paint. The only thing to be careful of is if you have painted the figure yourself, then you'll want to be cautious when using water after that point. if you have used some sort of waterproof sealer over the paint then you might be fine, otherwise just be very careful because a lot of paints are water based and getting them wet again will cause some problems sometimes.
@@VoidCityReviews Thanks for the reply. I have the McFarlane DC #1000 figure which I like for the most part, but I hate the head. I'd like to swap it out for one of the other McFarlane head sculpts but I've never done anything like that before and wanted to check so I don't mess it up😁
Oh yeah, just straight up switching a head out is super easy, no problems.
@@VoidCityReviews Any particular head you'd suggest? I was thinking of using the one from the Death Metal Batman. Do you know if it'll just pop right on without having to modify it?
Toast here, I made that swap a few days ago. I couldn't get the Death Metal head to go on without heating the neck, but then it popped on easily. I'll say the cowl and cape colors aren't exactly the same, but they're close.
If i use that the infected nightwing hair to unmasked jason todd will it fit?
I can't say for sure, I have not tried that switch. I imagine it would be pretty close, but every hair switch requires at least a little bit of modification either to the hair piece or to the top of the head that is receiving it. None of them are ever a straight-up switch. But their head sizes are fairly close so again I imagine with a little bit of work it could be done to look pretty good.
@@VoidCityReviews thanks
Could you drop some painting tips?
You are in luck sir! Toast is actually working on finishing up some painting tip videos right now, and I will have some coming out in the future as well that will get more into the painting aspects as well. Stay tuned, they are coming for sure! And thanks for watching!
As luck would have it, Toast JUST sent over a file for a custom painted McFarlane Azrael figure, and shows the process. I'll be editing it tomorrow and scheduling for this week. He's working on a painting-tips video as we speak too!!! Ask and you shall receive!
I think you should also change the s symbol since it's the classic symbol not the new 52 one
While you are correct, I liked that this one had a metallic finish on it already so I left it as is for the time being. if I do the full blue finish on him then I think I will fix the S and make it the new 52 S. There were some artists who drew the S the old way, but you are right it would look pretty sharp with the new 52 version. I seem to recall Supergirl getting the new 52 version a lot more often than Clark kept his, but again I think it just depended on the artist. I believe I do have an extra Red Son Superman torso laying around, so if I do become so inclined, it shouldn't be too hard to carve out the space needed and sculpting anything that needs to be added.
I found a new 52 logo. I have an etching machine coming tomorrow. I will be doing a part two video where I finish the armor lines, add the metallic blue paint, and give him the proper logo. Stay tuned for that in the next few weeks.
My torso won’t stick, how did you get yours to fit?
I'm not sure what you mean? On mine, all of the pieces fit together just fine.
Great work. Thanks for sharing.
Is nightwing's feet and robin crows feet the same size?
Their feet are very similar in size if you are going from the aspect of "shoe size." However, nightwing's feet are a little bit taller, barely but just a little bit. And obviously they will look a *little* bit bigger simply because of the nature of them being boots versus Robin's being little Peter Pan shoes. The newest nightwing, the one from Gotham Knights, has feet that are far more similar to shoes or sneakers than boots. They do have blue and white painting on them as well as the black, but they are also a little bit shorter than the Nightwing boots. However they appear to have a larger ankle so they probably won't fit the same peg size as Nightwing and Robin who appear to have the same one from what I can tell, just cast in different colors.
@@VoidCityReviews thanks, i asked about it thinking if i can use the pixy shoes to do a dick grayson robin😅
@@battletoys1645 that actually might work. I think they are close enough. I think the only thing that would look weird it would be him being the same height as Batman almost. Unless you have a plan to make him shorter?
@@VoidCityReviews nah, not bothered about the height. However, i think if i use 3 jokers redhood torso would make it shorter.
@@battletoys1645 I just picked him up this morning actually, and my very first thought was "wow, that torso would be good for a custom Robin." Hahaha 😂 I'm waiting for the Gotham Knights figures so I can see that robin, because I'm trying to make a custom bat family where they all have black outfits and I have Red Hood, Batman, and Robin, but I'm trying to decide on which Nightwing and Batgirl to use and how to make a Tim Drake. I think once I have all of the Three Jokers, and Gotham Knights figures, I will be able to see which pieces work well together and will be easily interchangeable and then go from there.
How are you gutting multiple Action Comics 1000 Superman's like they're $2 figs or something!???
They're literally like $70 - $90 now!!
The short answer? When I made a lot of these, they did NOT cost that much. Also. The ones I gutted, while that is the mold that they are technically, they were from the two pack with Devastator, which I got like 4-5 of for fodder alone, and so weren't technically the actual AC1000 figure. I think I've only actually ever gutted one actual AC1000. I think I got 3 when they came out originally.
That wasn't really a "short" answer. Sorry about that. 🤷🏼
I love Superman myself have many comics and action figures in my collection, saying that not a fan of New 52 at all. This Supes costume is stupid & dumb, as well as the Batman one, hate these characters without the shorts, looks like they,re wearing tights. It,s little better than DC,s late 90,s red & blue duo Superman story line. They frickin fracken suck, if got 52,s as gift, might keep it, crude & cheap tawdry design and concept, lacking soul character, sorry not my thing..Hate the sight of 52,s comics and toys. Oddly enough Green Lantern still has same exact costume though, right? Go figure. It,s not awesome dude 52 Superman sucks, sucks.. Seriously dude, seriously. Not a fan of Brandon Routh Superman, have twelve inch doll style action figure, like it though hate that actor,s image as Supes' portrayal, can,t stand it, though does make a decent a.f. Saying that infinitely preferable to 52,s, why? Because at least figure is shown with costume shorts classic design. You don,t mess with perfection.
That is your very subjective opinion repeated over and over again. As mentioned in the video, personally, I do not like the underpants over the tights, which yes he is wearing tights I don't know why you have a problem with that, because that is indeed exactly what he is wearing even when he does have the underpants over the top of them. in fact if you know anything about his original design you would know that that's why the underpants are over his tights, because they were too tight and because artists were not allowed to depict male crotches with any sort of a shape to them so they put the underpants over it so that they didn't have to draw anything there. had more to do with censorship than it had to do with "original design." the only thing I could really say after all that is for someone who hates New 52 as much as you say you do, you certainly spend quite a lot of time talking about it. The new 52 suit made far more sense to the character itself then somehow his Earth mom sewing together an invulnerable Invincible costume for him in their farmhouse. if she could sew it with the sewing machine, then bullets would be able to rip it apart instantly and it would never last through him flying even one time. in my opinion the new 52 suit not only set it apart from the other heroes who all had sort of the same type of outfits for decades, but it made far more sense given what the physical attributes of the suit have always been. As did Batman's for that matter. every single scene you ever see him in the batcave before that he's always pulling a cloth shirt down over his bare chest and that's his outfit. But then whenever he gets shot there's always layers and layers of armor underneath there? That makes absolutely no sense. the more armored suit to begin with actually made sense to the character of a human running around being shot at all the time and somehow surviving. you say that no thought was put into the new 52, however I say that far more thought was put into it than was ever put into the outfits of the characters or their origins initially because it's just true fact. look up history of comics and look at how much time was put into creating the characters back then and having them make any sort of sense. it was more about making them flashy and recognizable back then than it had anything to do with making them make sense.
I guess my question to you would be, what is it that you feel having underpants outside of their tights adds to their character? I guess I just can't remember a single time in either of their collective histories wear them having underpants outside of their tights ever contributed or even added a single thing to their character themselves. I already mentioned in my previous comment a bit about why they actually had to be drawn that way back in the day (and that had a bit to do with why Christopher Reeve and Adam West for example wore them as well, again it had to do more with censorship than it had to do with costume design). But as far as the comics go they just in modern day don't make sense. design wise or for the characters themselves and what the outfits are actually supposed to be. Superman wears an alien outfit from an alien world that is invulnerable to most things that could damage it on earth. And Batman wears military grade or higher armor that enhances his movements, augments his strength, and protects him from things like bullets and knives in many cases. all of these are things that tights with underpants and a belt over them simply cannot do and simply don't make sense for. Green lantern's outfit changes all the time by the way, they may be smaller changes or harder to notice given there are tons of Green lanterns who all look very similar, but his outfit changes just as often as superman's. If you notice, every new art team that draws these heroes has slight changes to the outfits.
That's a nice tip I didn't know you could remove te
He hair like that .....i thought it was part of the head sculpt as a one piece. Thanks for that I am going to do the same as you yo make a. Connor Kent
Just keep in mind it's not always the one to one swap. oftentimes you do have to do some carving on the top of the head that's getting the hair or you have to carve out the inside of the hair going on the head, it all depends on the shapes and how they fit together. I got pretty lucky on this one I think. typically any character with hair that isn't like super short or a buzz cut, is going to be a separate piece. On very few of them is the hair actually part of the sculpt of the head.
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