update 2-25-08 mark henry pg 3

[Gonzo Customs]

Henry looks great. I think he is wide enough. Proportions look pretty accurate. Great job once again.

[j2dacversion3]

Henry's chest definitely is MUCH wider, the width of his chest makes his abdomen look minuscule.

[romealmighty]

j2dacversion3 said:

Henry's chest definitely is MUCH wider, the width of his chest makes his abdomen look minuscule.

your right, he is. still working on a technique to widen my bigger customs. read about one way by a customizer named battlemonkey. looked pretty effective. it involed cutting a gap in the chest and using a screw to widen the fig. i will give it a try next time.

[The Dude]

Holy Shit! Mark Henry looks awesome!!!!

[Deleted]

Jesus Christ. The BDV and JBL are great, but imo that Henry is the best. The head modifications alone are amazing, especially in the shot where he's looking at the Jakks version. It looks exactly like him, I love the extra forehead. The singlet and leg sculpting is also inspiring. I have nothing critical to say about these

[addam]

big daddy v (especially the tats), jbl & henry are all sensational. all the sculpting is ing phenomenal looking. i have a question, once you do all that different sculpting & painting to a fig can you even touch it anymore or do you keep them just for display? either way, awesome job man

[T-Phunk]

Good gravy Rome, you are ridiculously talented. You shouldn't even be posting these here you should be sending them to Mattel as a portfolio.

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It looks real nice, Rome. I really like all of the sculpting mods you did on this figure from the face to the torso to the legs, it all looks good. You topped it off with a nice smooth paintjob and really made it look a lot like Mark Henry too. Keep up the good work.

[NYdream™]

I S*** my pants when i seen that Henry.....

[romealmighty]

addamblaze said:

big daddy v (especially the tats), jbl & henry are all sensational. all the sculpting is ing phenomenal looking. i have a question, once you do all that different sculpting & painting to a fig can you even touch it anymore or do you keep them just for display? either way, awesome job man

its been sealed , and i added a layer of super glue to reduced paint rub on the joints. it is poseable, but playing is not recommended.

[The Assassin]

amazing work as usual, what else can i say? they're pretty much flawless

may i ask how do you get such a smooth finish on the paint? do you use an airbrush? or thin the paint down and do lots of layers? or are you just magic?

[romealmighty]

theassassin said:

amazing work as usual, what else can i say? they're pretty much flawless

may i ask how do you get such a smooth finish on the paint? do you use an airbrush? or thin the paint down and do lots of layers? or are you just magic?

i just paint a little at a time, don't glob the paint on the fig. a little at a time goes a long way.

[Blazer034]

WOW man, that Henry is amazing!! If jakks would make one like that I would actually buy one. I wish I could do customs as good as you. Do you take custom order's by chance?

[validation]

ure figs are really nice..are they playable

[brucebenoit]

not to bitch but the torso needs to be more wide but none the less one great custom,hey man you should honestly work for jakks

[Deleted]

Wow those customs are better than what jakks does sometimes. Could you tell me what type of paint & molding compound do you use? Also are your customs completely playble. If you were to play with them, is the paint easyily chipped off or does the paint sink into the plastic and molding compound?

[Warheart]

Henry looks awesome man
10000X better than the other one!
10/10

[The Assassin]

romealmighty said:

theassassin said:

amazing work as usual, what else can i say? they're pretty much flawless

may i ask how do you get such a smooth finish on the paint? do you use an airbrush? or thin the paint down and do lots of layers? or are you just magic?

i just paint a little at a time, don't glob the paint on the fig. a little at a time goes a long way.

man, you make it sound so easy!! on the odd occasion i've painted figures i always do it really slowly, but i always get a lumpy uneven finish... ESPECIALLY bad on skintone. but i know you use acrylic and i always used enamel paints. maybe that affects it.

so do you thin down the paint at all or just use it straight from the tube?

[iyfwkidzc]

i tried using acrylic on micros, and it flaked off. i got so pissed

[The Assassin]

iyfwkidzc said:

i tried using acrylic on micros, and it flaked off. i got so pissed

yeah i tried acrylic when i started customizing, but it wouldsn't stick and it made the rubber head (BCA custom) all sticky and it never dried.

that's why i've always used enamels, but maybe i just had a cheap acrylic paint i dunno.