Legend of Nara: Metamorphs Venox

If you continue to follow my blog you will notice that I'm always looking for deals ... specially items on clearance, this is why I go on a toy hunt almost daily, I normally visit four Walmarts and three Targets a day , these are my main source for finding great deals. As a matter of fact , I was at Walmart today and i stumbled across a line by MGA called Legend of Nara "Metamorphs" They had about four different kinds of bugs scarbition, vesperus,crytox I picked up Venox for $7.97. I most admit that i never herd of this line, being that i am a customizer the articulation on this figure caught my eye, so i thought i'll check'em out. I was able to pose the figure with no problem; it did fell apart immediately upon playing with it but easily reassemble. This bug has very cool posing abilities and the transformation is very simple. The head moves from side to side, the waist rotates all around and moves back and forward , the legs have full rotation ball joints at the hips, knees and ankles.

The package includes a secret code so you can battle online in 3D! an a 90 day limited warranty plus a chance to win a toy sweepstakes when you fill out a the register form and send it in..

Size comparison

FireStar

 Trained to be an assassin with her microwave manipulating mutant powers, Firestar grew to be a popular hero. She spent years as a New Warrior and Avenger, retired during Marvel's 

Civil War and has joined the New Allies.

Firestar first appeared in the television show "Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends."  She was in the first episode, entitled "The Triumph of the Green Goblin," which aired in 1981. Her first comics appearance in continuity was in the Uncanny X-Men #193 (5/1985)

The making of Firestar was lots of fun from the start. She was my first female custom.  Somehow I had never tried customizing a female and curious about the challenge between a male and female, so I tackle the challenge and decided to try one.


 Firestar was a character that always cut my attention mainly because of her colors, the yellow and black with the fire was very attractive to me. The first step was to find a base figure, not only was i short on Marvel Legends female body's but i  had several Danna Troy in my fodder that i paid $2.99 after a coupon discount, so it was an easy decision to go with a  DCUC Donna Troy base with Katma Tui arms and legs..

I began by  removing Dona's lazo and belt. Now I'm  ready to paint! the color of her skin is tan and firestar is a bit lighter, so i used Model Master skin tone tint base paint to make her skin lighter, Tamiya flat yellow paint on her body, the fire was a bit more complicated than i anticipated, i used Tamiya as well, but i mixed orange, red and yellow to accomplish the fire look. I will be honest with you dough, the fire did not come out right until the third try, so that was a challenge for me. on her face i used Tamiya clear orange as well as on her hair.


Well... the difference between the male and female customs is not much.... the female bodies are petite, therefore this makes it a little bit more challenging to paint the details, but overall I'm very happy with the end results. Let me know what you guys think....

Custom Marvel Legends Silverclaw

This is my newest custom figure. Silverclaw is a Marvel superheroine has silver skin and shape-shifting powers, and was a reserve member of 

the Avengers.

1^st Appearance: Avenger #8 

Recipe

Base- DCUC Cheetah

Head- DCUC Donna troy
skirt- Craft foam
Details added with wire and sculpting