Argenta-2008 Customs

Abel アベル Apolo Saint Seiya Custom by Argenta 2008 customs

2013-01-21T14:01:00.000Z

This is a old custom I didnt post before due to lack of time. Here is Abel, the main villain in one of Saint Seiya Knights of the Zodiac OVAS. He more or less should be Apolo, but due to the author not authorizing Toei to use the character, they invented a different god, with very similar powers and name.

In the OVA, he doesn't wear armour, but I've followed a fanart to make him more interesting.

Recipe;

Gemini body
Geki hair
Shun Hades shoulder pads

Melf Peralay Advanced Dungeons and Dragons Masters of the Universe Classics MOTUC custom figure

2012-06-25T20:03:00.000+01:00

Here is Melf (Peralay was his original name, it was changed for the toy) in MOTUC Style. Made over a Demo Man MOTUC (the only MOTUC I know without high boots). Although he was a skinny character, there isn't a skinny MOTUC yet, so let's say he has done a bit of weight-lifting.

Head - Deluxe Aggression

Body - Demo Man

Deadman cowl

Dr Midnite cloak

LOTR bow, arrow and arrow-case

Batman pre DCUC shield modified

Elkhorn Advanced Dungeons and Dragons Masters of the Universe Classics MOTUC custom figure

2012-06-25T20:00:00.000+01:00

Here is Elkhorn, another of my line of customs based on the vintage line of Dungeons and Dragons in MOTUC Style. This time, although he is a dwarf, the friend for I made it wanted specifically a MOTUC, so he has grown up to be a proud viking :) .

Mer-Man two pack body

Deluxe Aggression head

Demo Man hands

Myth Cloth stand for shield modified

Ares sword

Saturn Knight Flashback Universe Marvel Legends DC Classics Nova custom

2012-06-25T19:20:00.000+01:00

Here is Saturn Knight, a character neither Marvel, nor DC, and no, Image neither :) . It is from the Flashback Universe, I recently discovered surfing through the net. They have all the comics in cbr format only, you can learn more about them here; http://www.flashbackuniverse.com/

The stories are quite good, and more especially, their designs are top notch. I couldn't resist transforming one of them into an action figure. Saturn Knight is the sort of Nova of their universe. Made over a DCUC samurai with Hal Jordan head.

Athena Marvel Custom Myth Cloth Legends Universe figure

2012-06-19T18:22:00.001+01:00

Here is Athena, greek goddes of Wisdom and Justice. This custom was made in a moment of inspiration, as the body was perfect, and I had all the right parts. The only sculpted thing was the skirt and some very minor details.

This is the Marvel version of Athena, although it could pass by a lot of Athena's of other universes. It also looks like a DC Themyscira amazon, or a Myth Cloth Mythologic era Athena.

Recipe;

Omac hair
Shion helmet
Dohko spear
Cygnus and Camus stands for shield
Dr Midnite cloak
Valkyrie ML

Valkyrie ML

Gilgamesh Eternals Marvel Legends custom figure

2012-06-19T18:17:00.002+01:00

Here is Gilgamesh, in his modern look. With him, few are the Eternals I haven't made. The hardest thing on this custom was... discerning how the model was supposed to be! it only has few images on the net, all in "modern-drawing-very-impressive-but-not-really-showing-what-the-heck-it-is" style. I hope I've get it right.

Base figure Deluxe Aggression, the rest is sculpting.

Khonshu Egyptian God Moon Knight Marvel legends custom figure

2012-06-19T18:14:00.002+01:00

I always thought the idea of Khonshu was one of the best interpretations of mythology in the Marvel Universe. It is interesting and mysterious at the same time, Moon Knight without the egyptian background would much less. Although Khonshu doesn't appear much, he possessed Moon Knight during some time.

The look of this custom is a fusion between the Marvel Select statue, and the images from when he possessed Moon Knight.

Base Figure Samurai, Dr Midnite cloak, Bullseye head, Pandora Myth Cloth necklace, Evil Lyn staff, Dr Midnite skirt.

Ares Marvel Universe Legends Custom Figure BAF

2012-06-19T18:13:00.000+01:00

Here is my take on Ares, a character that even if he has his regular figure, I think it can be improved quite a lot. I looked through his various costumes and drawings and decided for a shadowed eyes version. I used some parts of the DC Ares, such as the head and sword. The skull is a paper decal.

This custom took a good deal of time and concentration. Thanks to using a wrestler, he can articulate the arms as if it was a regular factory made figure.

Base figure Deluxe Aggression

Head & sword Ares DCUC

Belt and stripes of real leather

Stingray Galaxy Rangers custom figure

2012-06-12T11:35:00.000+01:00

Here is Stingray, a character from the 80s series of Galaxy Rangers. Frankly, I'am not sure if I saw it when I was a kid, or if I confuse it with Bravestarr. Sometime ago I saw the episode 1 and more or less know what is the series. Recently I made this figure for a friend. He is Stingray, a figure that didn't have a toy, I suppose much like Shadow Weaver in MOTU. He has powers like Cyclops, when he removes his glasses he launches a optic ray.

As I've seen, I think I'am the first to post a custom of this collection in Figurealm, I have introduced in Galaxy Quest which sounds similar.

Base figure Deluxe Aggression

Shadi Yu Gi Oh custom figure anime Yugioh

2012-06-10T20:06:00.000+01:00

Original custom

Once upon a time, in a far, far... well, not so far house, I tried my first attempt to create a articulated figure from scratch (I didn't knew the word custom, back then). Using bodyputty (melted plastic with acetone, the closest I had to cheap & durable sculpting material) it occured to me why not try to make an action figure making part by part (I had made before bodyputty statues).

I'am not sure why, I chose Shadi (I'am not a fan of Yugioh, I've never seen a complete episode, and I hate the protagonist, anyway) but his face resemblance to an android from Dragon Ball and the circumstance that I received a Tazo/Pog of this character made him the candidate. The result wasn't perfect, but at that time it seemed a triumph. With the passing of time it broke (the articulations were just metal nails onto the plastic) and I kept the main body hoping to repair it someday.

And recently, looking for what to do with Kamandi, I remembered my original Shadi and decided to make him again with my current skills. At the time I redesigned the body as I only had the tazo/pog with his portrait, and now I have merged that redesign with the authentic looks of the character. I've used real cloth as a homage to that original figure (as it had cloth to hide some points of articulation).

Hope you like it. In my figureverse, he would be A-21, a Dragon Ball android (you will think I'am blind or something, but that tazo/pog really looked like A-17 with turbant!)

Recipe;

Geminis Saint Seiya head

Kamandi body

Starfire lower legs

Torgo Marvel Legends custom Fantastic Four figure

2012-06-08T13:24:00.000+01:00

Here is Torgo, robot ruler of Mekka. I wanted to do it before but I hadn't the base figure handy. I've made him in his nineties-early 00 style.

Professor X Xavier Astral Plane Armour Marvel Legends X-Men custom figure

2012-06-05T11:37:00.000+01:00

Here it is Professor Xavier in Astral Plane Armour. This custom is a homage to the figure of the nineties made by ToyBiz. It struck as a very cool concept, and inspired by the custom of glennwebman I decided to make a custom with stronger resemblance to the original figure.

Base figure Samurai, Chap Mei Sword, casted Lex Luthor head, bootleg Power Ranger armour.

Sanstorm Spiderman villain Marvel Legends custom figure

2012-06-05T11:35:00.000+01:00

This is Sandstorm, a 90s Spiderman villain. I saw his trading card, and as I made not long ago Sandman, I thought of using the same technique of a sand cone, but this time fixed to the figure.

Ruthless Aggression figure
Storm hair
Deluxe Aggression head

Blister clear plastic, with glue and real sand

Blood Rose Marvel Legends custom figure Rose Kingpin Spiderman

2012-06-04T20:30:00.001+01:00

Here is Blood Rose, the evolution of the Rose (Kingpin's son), during a nineties Punisher sort of phase he passed. A more interesting way of making the Rose.

DCUC Samurai body, Vigilante head, random weapons, and GI Joe munition band.

Anti Man Blue Marvel Marvel Legends custom figure

2012-06-04T20:21:00.000+01:00

Here is Anti-Man, the arch-nemesis of Blue Marvel. I love his eyeless mask, the Galactus-sort of head gear and the expression of brutality it had the character, so I thought it would be a good theme for a custom figure. I tried to make look the deluxe aggression figure more bulky with Mongul hands and enlarged feet.

Recipe;

Dr Midnite and Black Hand cloaks glued together
Zodac Backpack's as shoulder pads
Dr. Midnite cloak for skirt

The rest is foam and Magic Sculp.

Albiore Cepheus Myth Cloth custom ケフェウス星座のアルビオレ

2012-05-31T20:01:00.000+01:00

Hiya all, today I present you Albiore of Cepheus, the master/trainer of Andromeda Shun in the Andromeda Island. He is one of the most powerful silver knights, that fought to a standstill Scorpio and was back stabbed by the gold knight of Pisces. I have made it over a Geminis Myth Cloth, with various parts of armour of other figures.

I show you a image of how he is, so you can get an idea (in the cartoon, the blue was more silvery, and the chain wasn't pink, it was silver, as I have made it the custom). The last pic is before painting.

Sean Street Fighter custom figure SOTA

2012-05-24T17:45:00.000+01:00

This is my second Street Fighter custom, this time made for a friend, Sean from Street Fighter III.

I've used the yellow Ken Masters, modified heavily the head, and repainted the flesh colour. A quite easy to do custom thanks to the perfect base figure.

Sandman Classic Marvel Legends Custom figure

2012-05-23T17:51:00.000+01:00

Here it is my version of Classic Sandman, as the Spiderman Classics figure isn't good enough.

I have used a Wrestling deluxe figure (Batista), used 4 accesories of a movie Sandman figure, enlarged them, and made a extra hand out of scratch. The sand base is a cone of blister plastic with glued sand from across the park. Hope you enjoy it.

Thetys Mermaid テテュス Saint Seiya Myth Cloth custom figure

2012-05-19T13:36:00.000+01:00

BEFORE PAINTING;

Here it is Thetys Mermaid, one of the importants characters of the series that haven't received an official figure yet. This was a very complicated custom, with insane amounts of sculpting involved. The shoulders pads are glued on the shoulder articulation, which allows her to move the arm 180 º.

Base figure Shun Hades, Shiryu feet, Mime hands, Afrodita casted head, Kraken & Mu hair.

Indigo Atom DC Universe Classics DCUC custom figure

2012-05-19T13:33:00.000+01:00

Here it is Indigo Atom, when I first saw the figure I had mixed feelings about it, cool in a way, but very wonky in another. Specially mine, because it had the face and logo poorly painted.

So I researched a bit on the net to see the what improvements could be made, and I decided to do the following;

-Cleared his forehead and added a metal piece with the Indigo lanterns logo
-Added a bit of hair to him a more savage look
-Painted the mask in "Batman style" with white eyes
-Changed the dark blue to metallic bright blue
-Painted the neck blue as the prototype and the comic

Celeste Morne Star Wars KOTOR custom figure v3

2012-05-05T13:04:00.002+01:00

This my last and super-mega-detailed-articulated-definitive version of Celeste Morne. I've done in the past two other versions, both were good at their time, but I decided to make this definitive version.

I looked specifically what body I could use, I thought of many SW figures but I had to desist due to their rarity (and I can't customize a figure I want for my collection!). So I decided for a X-23 of Marvel Universe.

But there was a problem.

The X-23 is badly proportionated -far too long legs- so I had to cut them and reglue them so she is as tall as a regular Clone Trooper. I took out the rubber parts, resculpted everything, I made a mechanism for the shoulder pads (the previous ones didn't have it), and I made a ponytail with Magic Sculp which I later casted in rubber so it can bend, being able of moving freely her head.

I chromed slightly her shoulder pads, and painted with Tamiya Clear Yellow the lightsaber.

So this is the definitive version until I have another attack of perfectionism and I make a better one ;) .

Classic White Tiger Marvel Universe custom by Argenta Customs

2012-05-04T12:27:00.001+01:00

This is my first Marvel Universe custom, made for a friend of the Realm ;) . It depicts White Tiger in his classic costume. The base figure is the translucent Vision. Leg, head, torso, gloves and amulet made with Magic Sculp. The chain comes from a naval modelism add-on.

Shion Aries Broken Version Saint Seiya Myth Cloth custom 牡羊座のシオン

2012-05-01T16:05:00.000+01:00

And here it is the comrade of Dohko, Shion, in the same broken version as in the final of the war against Hades. In this case I sculpted the hair of Shion as I didn't have the original handy. As with Dohko, painted the cracks, cutted up and bashed a bit the armour and in this case rescultped the feet.

Dohko Libra Broken version Myth Cloth Saint Seiya 童虎聖闘士星矢

2012-05-01T15:59:00.000+01:00

Here it is the golden saint of Libra, Dohko. This customs represents Dohko at the end of the war against Hades, when alongside Shion was the only survivor of the war.

I have resculpted some pieces, and others have just been brokened up to represent heavy damage. I've also painted some blood and scratches here and there.

Eden Orion Saint Seiya Omega custom Myth Cloth オリオン座のエデン聖闘士星矢Ω

2012-05-01T15:17:00.000+01:00

This is Eden Orion, from the new anime series of Saint Seiya Omega. I made this custom even before the design of the character was fully shown, I made it from the promotional pic where only half of his body could be seen, so I designed the rest myself basing on the constellation and the armour of the previous Orion Saint (that appeared in a OVA).

In this occasion, all armour except the leg protection was sculpted. The head was casted from Afrodita Piscis. The body and hands are from Shiryu Dragon.

I made specially this custom for a Saint Seiya fan magazine, to show the technique of printing the eyes in a decal to get more perfection.