[OOAK Episode 75] POST APOCALYPTIC FIGURE: Stephen 1/6 Scale Figure CUSTOM/KITBASH

This is the fourth figure of what will likely be a 7-8 figure post-apocalyptic set. I've decided to call this figure Stephen. He has baggy black pants and gray Calvin Klein underwear. He has a blue tank shirt that matches his blue eyes. He has black wrist bands and black boots. He has a black belt that I made that has a silver metal buckle. On the belt is a canteen--on either side is a grenade. He has a sling/bungy type cord. He has a WWII U.S. holster and a 1911. To top everything off, he has a Gatlin gun.
In this set, we now have Sara, Ariel, Isadora, and Stephen. There should be 3-4 more figures in this set. I want to make a diverse group of individuals with gender balance. I think this is a good start. The next figure will be Judy.
She will be Sara's sister. Regardless, I hope you have liked what you have seen so far.
In the meantime, have a great day and have fun customizing and/or collecting!!!

[@Eseres80]

He looks great! Usually when I make custom figures I try to find a plain generic head sculpt. It really doesn’t matter who it looks like as long as it is cheap LOL! I would hate to attempt making scars (and possibly ruin it) if the head sculpt is expensive. These post apocalyptic figures looks great together. I think that you the smart thing by waiting with the weathering until they are all done. That way you’ll be able to make the weathering on all of them look more or less similar. I have done weathering to figures before, and you always learn something new every time. Some times it is too much, which is almost impossible to correct, and some times it is too little, which you can actually fix. So I always tend to keep the figures as clean as possible until I am satisfied with how I get things done. I have a few zombies that I need to weather before they are done, and I may or may not change some of their outfits too. So instead of ruining the current outfits before I have decided on the permanent outfits I just leave them as is for now.

[@UndergroundActionFigures]

THANK you for sharing that. I have to say I am intimidated about the weathering process. I know they will look better weathered, but finding that balance you are talking about and making them all look similar are going to be essential elements.
I will die if I overdo it so I think I will practice on some other figure first . . . one that I don't care about if I destroy it. I just hope I don't destroy it. LOL
With the Zombie I made, I put some scars on the face and then decided to put more scars on it. Then I thought it was better off with the first set of scars not the additional ones. Sigh.
I have to be brave I know, but underneath I am intimidated with the weathering I would like to do on these figures. I'm going to have to practice. There is no way around it. If I don't I'll be very unhappy if the outcome is bad. Thank you for the advice. Start with less. I just hope I know when to stop!!! 🤗🤗😜 🤗🤗

[@Eseres80]

@@UndergroundActionFigures When it comes to weathering I highly suggest that your start off by finding some similar fabrics and practicing on that first. It is so easy to take it too far, and sometimes less is better than too much. I figured that out the hard way when I added some blood on the first zombie I made. Even when trying to rip up then clothes a little I went too far. I didn’t really notice it while doing it, but it became so clear when I put the clothes on the figure LOL. Another thing I learned about weathering is to keep the clothes on a body when doing it. I have a TTM-18 body that I use for weathering clothes. It makes it so much easier to tell where to put the weathering when there is a posable inside the clothes to get the tears and stains on the right spots. And speaking of tears and ripped up clothes. Using a knife sounds like a food idea, but it doesn’t make the best results. Sandpaper wrapped around a shape similar to the shape of the damage you want to create works better. That way you won’t get so surgical clean cuts, unless such a cut is just what you are going for that is. I think there are some videos on RUclips on how to weather 1/6th scale clothing. You should try to find some of those before you get started.