ECW 1997 Raven Custom Mattel Elite I recently finished up

[bloodbird26]

[inevitabledeth]

Wow, this looks really good! I see you used parts from the Jakks ttl.

What jacket did you use? It seems to fit good and doesn't look as strange as Mattel's.

[bloodbird26]

The only parts I used from the Jakks figure was the hair and the flannel. The leather jacket is a custom jacket I got on eBay for Marvel figures such as The Punisher. Only issue is that it is a tad tight with the elbow pads and such. Thanks for the compliment. This is actually my first ever Mattel custom so I am stoked it turned out so well.

[Deleted]

Dude, this is pretty damn rad.

Looks factory and the shirt came out great. My only suggestion would be to make more.

[bloodbird26]

Dec 30, 2018 1:21:13 GMT -5 @cosmo said:

Dude, this is pretty damn rad.

Looks factory and the shirt came out great. My only suggestion would be to make more.

Thanks so much man. Honestly I’ve been out of collecting for a really long time so I have zero Mattel figures so my overheard is terrible on it. I had to buy multiple Mattel Elites for one small part on them. Example being 20 bucks on a Dean Malenko just to cut off his legs. If someone supplied the parts I could bang these out for pretty reasonable. I actually think I want to make myself another one maybe 99 era ECW with Ankh over his eye. I think I can improve upon what I did on this one. I truly learned a lot doing it, my last custom was probably two decades ago.

[inevitabledeth]

Dec 30, 2018 1:36:35 GMT -5 bloodbird26 said:

Dec 30, 2018 1:21:13 GMT -5 @cosmo said:

Dude, this is pretty damn rad.

Looks factory and the shirt came out great. My only suggestion would be to make more.

Thanks so much man. Honestly I’ve been out of collecting for a really long time so I have zero Mattel figures so my overheard is terrible on it. I had to buy multiple Mattel Elites for one small part on them. Example being 20 bucks on a Dean Malenko just to cut off his legs. If someone supplied the parts I could bang these out for pretty reasonable. I actually think I want to make myself another one maybe 99 era ECW with Ankh over his eye. I think I can improve upon what I did on this one. I truly learned a lot doing it, my last custom was probably two decades ago.

I know what you mean about buying for parts. Sometimes you just have to look for fodder online (or on the classifieds here once you hit 50 non-spam posts) or just get the whole figure depending on the amount of the figure you need.

That being said, you have the talent, all you need now are resources.

[bloodbird26]

Dec 30, 2018 2:06:30 GMT -5 inevitabledeth said:

Dec 30, 2018 1:36:35 GMT -5 bloodbird26 said:

Thanks so much man. Honestly I’ve been out of collecting for a really long time so I have zero Mattel figures so my overheard is terrible on it. I had to buy multiple Mattel Elites for one small part on them. Example being 20 bucks on a Dean Malenko just to cut off his legs. If someone supplied the parts I could bang these out for pretty reasonable. I actually think I want to make myself another one maybe 99 era ECW with Ankh over his eye. I think I can improve upon what I did on this one. I truly learned a lot doing it, my last custom was probably two decades ago.

I know what you mean about buying for parts. Sometimes you just have to look for fodder online (or on the classifieds here once you hit 50 non-spam posts) or just get the whole figure depending on the amount of the figure you need.

That being said, you have the talent, all you need now are resources.

Thanks again dude. I truly appreciate it. I’ve a pretty artistic guy and do a lot of other creative stuff such as drawing, painting, woodworking, so the creative process isn’t new to me. This is just a new outlet. I had a lot of fun doing it and plan on doing more. Look forward to becoming a bigger part of the boards here.

[Deleted]

DUUUUUUUUUUUUUDE.

That looks amazing! Who would've thought that a John Cena head makes a good Raven custom?

We're both huge Raven fans - I like you.

[bloodbird26]

Dec 30, 2018 15:02:03 GMT -5 @ballparkb0b said:

DUUUUUUUUUUUUUDE.

That looks amazing! Who would've thought that a John Cena head makes a good Raven custom?

We're both huge Raven fans - I like you.

Aww shucks *blush* I feel so welcomed here. As you can tell I’m a HUGE Raven mark. As for the head, as I was making it I wasn’t so sure it would work but once I added the hair and painted the beard on it really does work well. Thanks again

[micco]

Aside from the eyebrows, I think it’s remarkable

[The Brain]

Awesome job. The classic ECW World Title is a nice touch.

On the topic of Raven I just recently purchased his ECW Thrill Zone figure MOC.

[theMOESIAH]

Dec 30, 2018 1:36:35 GMT -5 bloodbird26 said:

Dec 30, 2018 1:21:13 GMT -5 @cosmo said:

Dude, this is pretty damn rad.

Looks factory and the shirt came out great. My only suggestion would be to make more.

Thanks so much man. Honestly I’ve been out of collecting for a really long time so I have zero Mattel figures so my overheard is terrible on it. I had to buy multiple Mattel Elites for one small part on them. Example being 20 bucks on a Dean Malenko just to cut off his legs. If someone supplied the parts I could bang these out for pretty reasonable. I actually think I want to make myself another one maybe 99 era ECW with Ankh over his eye. I think I can improve upon what I did on this one. I truly learned a lot doing it, my last custom was probably two decades ago.

Did you search for custom fodder on eBay?

[lu21780]

Wow just wow.

[jerm]

Dude...that is, like, the Raven I've always wanted.

[bloodbird26]

Jan 1, 2019 21:56:50 GMT -5 theMOESIAH said:

Dec 30, 2018 1:36:35 GMT -5 bloodbird26 said:

Thanks so much man. Honestly I’ve been out of collecting for a really long time so I have zero Mattel figures so my overheard is terrible on it. I had to buy multiple Mattel Elites for one small part on them. Example being 20 bucks on a Dean Malenko just to cut off his legs. If someone supplied the parts I could bang these out for pretty reasonable. I actually think I want to make myself another one maybe 99 era ECW with Ankh over his eye. I think I can improve upon what I did on this one. I truly learned a lot doing it, my last custom was probably two decades ago.

Did you search for custom fodder on eBay?


I ended up just buying the figures I knew I needed. 

[bloodbird26]

Jan 1, 2019 16:56:11 GMT -5 The Brain said:

Awesome job. The classic ECW World Title is a nice touch.

On the topic of Raven I just recently purchased his ECW Thrill Zone figure MOC.

I just finally got that as well. Not my favorite but I am a completist like that. 

[bloodbird26]

Jan 15, 2019 12:13:55 GMT -5 jerm said:

Dude...that is, like, the Raven I've always wanted.

Means a lot to me man. I wanted to make the Raven I fear we will never get. 

[ECWFigureFed]

Love it used a very similar recipe ourselves for the page recently great work!

[bloodbird26]

Jan 28, 2019 13:20:42 GMT -5 ECWFigureFed said:

Love it used a very similar recipe ourselves for the page recently great work!

Any pics?

[jerm]

Jan 25, 2019 21:36:52 GMT -5 bloodbird26 said:

Jan 15, 2019 12:13:55 GMT -5 jerm said:

Dude...that is, like, the Raven I've always wanted.

Means a lot to me man. I wanted to make the Raven I fear we will never get. 

Well, if you ever don't want it anymore...