Clayton Emery's
Custom Action Figures


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One thing I aim for in turning action figures into models is to get specific.  It's not enough to just pose a figure, you want to shoot for a recreation.  So the Mole Man holds a Jack Kirby pose.  In the Hawkman - Adam Strange diorama, Hawkman strikes a Joe Kubert brutal pose while Adam soars with a graceful Carmine Infantino look.




Mole Man Custom Action Figure by Clayton Emery

Mole Man, nemesis of the Fantastic Four.  Cut one leg for a bend, reset the head mounted on a short neck so the cape could fit snug.  I coated the body with toilet paper and white glue.  I lengthened the shirt and daubed it many shades of green for a mottled effect.  The cape is screwed onto his shoulders.  I ran embroidery thread around his arms to hold the cape on.  The stick came from the woods.  The face is deliberately pale - he lives underground - and the glasses are Testor's Steel.



The Spirit and Ellen Dolan Custom Action Figures by Clayton Emery

The Spirit meets his match in Ellen Dolan, who's always out to marry him.  The Spirit is often tied up by femmes fatale, so I thought it fitting Ellen take a turn.  The Spirit is a Mask body and some guy's head.  Ellen was a Shrek Princess Fiona pen with new legs.  The base is from some Animated Superman.  The lamp post is from Aurora's Man from U.N.C.L.E. model.  The pelican came from a educational toy store.



Infectious Lass Custom Action Figure by Clayton Emery

Infectious Lass of the 31st Century Legion of Substitute Heroes.  The only superheroine to proudly wear ropes of snot as a badge.  From a fast food Batgirl.  Her antennas are florist wire.  The snot is clear plastic from a blister pack warped in hot water.  She wears Captain Fear's pirate belt from her adventure with Team 13 in Tales of the Unexpected.  The pirates, handy for customizing, are sold at Big Lots.


Iron Man Custom Action Figure by Clayton Emery

Early Iron Man from the KB Toys Avengers set.  Just a repose, freeze, and fill.  I shortened the helmet and adjusted Tony Stark's head so his eyes show through the eyeslits.  I replaced the bending antenna with a steel rod and added a popup missile launcher on his forearm.  He's painted with Testor's Gold and brushed with Testor's Brass.  The original had a few dents I filled with Testor's Steel, as if the gold skin had been chipped off.  The chest light is silver as in the movie.



Captain Canuck Custom Action Figure by Clayton Emery

Captain Canuck, Defender of the North.  From a cartoony X-Men Cyclops.  In the George Freeman style with the polar boots and gloves.



Friar Tuck Custom Action Figure by Clayton Emery

Friar Tuck, one of Robin Hood's Merry Men.  Heavily modded from The Prince of Thieves Tuck figure, which was freakishly dwarfish.  I padded the face and elongated the body.  The cassock and capuchin are two different types of cloth stiffened with glue and paint.  I carved the mug of beer and cross.  The mace is from the spares box.  Clerics couldn't carry swords, which draw blood, but could carry maces to bash hell out of people.  Bishop Odo carried one at the Battle of Hastings. 




Hawkman vs Adam Strange Custom Action Figures by Clayton Emery

"Encounter on Ranagar, 1962."  Hawkman and Adam Strange teamed up early on, but eventually Rann and Thanagar went to war.  I plan to add Alanna and Hawkgirl to the mix, swooping and shooting at each other.  The base is from the Aurora Tarzan model where he's killed a lion.  I made the grass semi-desert after Alan Moore's retrofit.



Hawkman Custom Action Figure by Clayton Emery

Hawkman is a Super Powers figure cut and reposed and beefed up.  I retrofitted him to the earliest Kubert depiction.  His wings are from a Masters of the Universe eagle.   The arm and chest hair is just mechanical pencil.  He swings his original mace fitted onto a chain.



Adam Strange Custom Action Figure by Clayton Emery

My first figure.  He's adapted from some Starting Lineup bastkebal player.  The ray gun is from the spares box.  He flies on plastic coated wires striped with glue and cotton ball wadding.  The face and boots need revisiting.



Scud the Disposable Assassin Custom Action Figure by Clayton Emery

Scud the Disposable Assassin, a creation of Rob Schrab.  Terrific independent comic that actually completed with 24 issues.  Check out the website.  Scud is made out of Evergreen tubes and rods.  The guns were The Shadow's.


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