This is a big one! I customized the entire classic Fantastic Four!
To start off with, I'm not sure why it is so hard to get companies to finish off teams, they'll get three figures in and then kaput! For the Marvel Universe line I was determined not to wait for them to get around to it...
(which they still haven't)
I went all out for this team as I wanted them to be as correct as possible. To start with- while the Mr.Fantastic released in the FF box set was nice, I thought he should have the Jim Lee Cyclops body that so many figures are done on now. This would make him a better size in relation to Johnny who I wanted to look more like a high schooler. He did still use the head from the box set Reed Richards though.
The next figure up was Sue Storm, everyone's favorite Invisible Woman. She was made almost exclusively from the FF box set figure but repainted.
Johnny Storm was tricky. He started out as a Marvel Universe Bucky which I beheaded then ground off his boot cuffs and flared gloves. He gained a head from an Indian Jones Mutt figure with repainted blond hair. For what it's worth I'm still looking for a better head, but this will do for a while.
It's clobberin time! The figure whom had the least work done to him was Benjamin J. Grimm. It simply consisted of painting his underwear to match the rest of the teams. It is necessary to point out that this was the one figurine that was not form the Marvel Universe line. It is the much superior Superhero Showdown Thing. I highly recommend picking one up if your serious about your Fantastic Four!
All the figures were painted in Tamiya acrylics with the airbrush and detail painting was made much simpler when I discovered that I had lots of tiny '4' decals left over from a 1/1000 U.S.S. Enterprise model kit.
The Fantastic Four is Marvel's first family and I was happy to finally get their classic looks on the shelf in a good looking form.
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