Fire and Ice, Justice League (DC Multiverse) Custom Action Figure
Custom #:115820
Name:Fire and Ice, Justice League
Custom Type:Action Figure
Toy Series:DC Multiverse
Creator:GrownNerd  
Date Added:June 1, 2023
Base Figure:Marvel Legends Punk Storm and Squirrel Girl
Height:6.00 inches
Critiques:Requested!
Fire: ML Punk Storm body, ML box set Polaris head
Ice: ML Squirrel Girl body, ML biker Black Widow head

Fairly straight forward kitbash for Fire. I had to mix a matching skin tone to Polaris' face to use on the body.

On Ice I decided to take liberties with her costume because the one in the comics with the cut-off wife-beater t-shirt looking jacket she had would have been impossible for me to do. And I never thought it was a good design element. I chose Squirrel Girl as the base because her costume had winter wear elements and the jacket would mirror Fire's jacket and make them more of a duo. I opted to repaint the face skin tone to match Squirrel Girl's arms and chest instead of the other way around. I figured there was less skin to paint if I only redid the face. That decision kind of bit me in the butt because even only having to paint over the skin and eyebrows, my old eyes and shaky hands couldn't follow the original facial details exactly and I ended up making her look a bit angry. I had chosen the biker Black Widow head because it had a kind expression which would match Ice's demeanor but I ended up making it the opposite. I tried a bit to get it back to the original expression but couldn't and figured I leave it be or I could end up making it worse.

They're both part of my attempt to customize my DC must have characters over to fit in with the ML style and scale. My list is around 70 characters so I have a lot to do.

Pictures
User Comments
avatar
Face -
Saturday, November 18, 2023
Gorgeous work! They both look fantastic.
avatar
KabutoRyder -
Tuesday, August 1, 2023
Good use of Squirl Girl. Kinda sad I didn't pick one up now.
avatar
Bamf67 -
Tuesday, June 13, 2023
Wow, those came out nice and clean!!
avatar
Dravenheart -
Sunday, June 4, 2023
Awesome! Two pieces I've been dying to get around to myself. Fantastic work! They look perfect!
avatar
batdude211 -
Saturday, June 3, 2023
Outstanding work! What paints did you use?
avatar
GrownNerd -
Saturday, June 3, 2023
Thanks. In years past I mostly used Vallejo Game Color and Citadel, and used Testors Acryl for metallics. Through not doing many customs in the last 4 years most of my Citadel and Testors have dried out in their bottles. Testors no longer exists to rebuy, and I now prefer to have paint in squeeze drop bottles to make it easier for me count the drops when I'm mixing a color so that I can replicate that color when I do multiple thin coats over several days, so I've dropped Citadel unless it's a color I can't get from the others. I still use Vallejo, and have added ProAcryl brand for the bright primaries like Yellow, Red, Blue, Green, Magenta. ProAcryl's primaries seem purer in color from the others so it's good for mixing. For flesh tones I use Reaper, which has an entire line of flesh (12 bottles) making it easier to mix a custom match. ProAcryl and Reaper seem to be on par with Vallejo quality wise.
avatar
Batguy22 -
Friday, June 2, 2023
I've been wanting to do the same thing, fantastic work!! I cannot wait to see how the next 70 customs turn out!!
avatar
GrownNerd -
Saturday, June 3, 2023
Well, I don't know if I'll post all of them as I go along. Some will be very simple and others might turn out bad. 70 is a lot and I'll have to not be so picky about details otherwise I'll just get bogged down, get discouraged, stop, and they'll never get done.
avatar
YBulltois -
Friday, June 2, 2023
Can only echo what has been said, Great use of bases and fantastic work
avatar
GrownNerd -
Saturday, June 3, 2023
Thank you.
avatar
Trekformer -
Friday, June 2, 2023
These are absolutely fantastic. Genius use with Squirrel Girl for Ice. Absolutely love these.
avatar
GrownNerd -
Saturday, June 3, 2023
Thank you. I actually forgot what Ice's costume details were and back when Squirrel Girl was on sale a few years ago I thought her costume was an exact match for Ice except for color so I bought it back then with the intention of someday using her to customize into Ice. Jump forward to recent, when I sat down to customize again and looked online for reference art, I went "D'Oh!" at how much I had mis-remembered her costume. I decided to take liberties with costumes after diving down deeper into the hole of researching and planning all the characters I wanted to do and realizing that there are many that I wouldn't be able to match the costume very well, or do a bad job of it and the resulting custom figure would suffer.
avatar
loranthippus -
Friday, June 2, 2023
These look AMAZING! I'd say Ice looks more determined rather than angry. Great work here!
avatar
GrownNerd -
Saturday, June 3, 2023
Thanks. Looking determined does make it better for her when in an action pose.
avatar
antithetical -
Sunday, June 4, 2023
I agree, "determined" or "concerned" is what I was thinking, not really "angry" at all.
Write a new Comment
New Comment...
biggrin  smile  sad  surprised  confused  cool  badgrin  mad  razz  redface  cry  evil  rolleyes  wink  eusa_angel  eusa_boohoo  eusa_clap  eusa_dance  eusa_doh  eusa_drool  eusa_eh  eusa_hand  eusa_liar  eusa_naughty  eusa_pray  eusa_shhh  eusa_shifty  eusa_sick  eusa_silenced  eusa_snooty  eusa_think  eusa_wall  eusa_whistle  

 
DC Multiverse Custom on eBay
Previous / Next Customs
IcemanSubmission OrderDark Jun the Swan
ChimeraDC Multiverse SeriesBatman (135)
X-men Black and White (Alex Ross inspired)Created by GrownNerdTimber Wolf, Legion of Superheroes
Disclaimer
The figures contained in the Custom Showcase are not for sale by Figure Realm, and the creators of the customs are no way affiliated with Figure Realm. The Custom Showcase is purely for entertainment purposes and only provides a means for the creators to show off their work and trade ideas. Figure Realm does not make or sell customs.

If this custom violates the Custom Showcase Guidelines, please Report it.