Custom McFarlane

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Originally Posted by Redskin Rich

It is actually a very cool looking thing.

How do you do it?

Thanks.

First you take the figure apart, soak it in very hot water for about 3-4 minutes, makes it softer and the pieces that come apart easily pop out.

Then, prime the figure with a spray primer.

Start painting the various parts with the appropriate colors. Lots of thin layers.

For the numbers, names, Marshall helmet decals, and pants stripes, I made decals in photoshop. After printing the decals, had to seal them with a thing called Krylon Clear Matte finish. Apply the decals to the figs, a couple of solutions help with it. Then paint the sleeve stripes for Jacoby and LT (these I find to be the biggest pain in the ass.) Once I am happy with everything I'll spray the figures with a few coats of Krylon Crystal Clear, seals the paint and provide UV protection in case you display them near a window. Then the helmet you hit with a Gloss coat spray, everything else you spray a few layers of a dull coat spray to take away the shine from the crystal clear.

For these figures I did a little re-sculpting, LT's arms are a combination of arms from two different figures, some cutting and crazy glue, same for the Jacoby figure. With Marshall, I used a different head than the original figure (Sapp) and cut the neck so I could make him look in the other direction. The regular Sapp figure, he is looking to the right. Since Marshall was a Right D-End, he'd be looking to his left to see the snap of the ball.

For the base, a piece of wood, mark holes for drilling using the legs of the figure, I should have done this before I took the fig apart. The Marshall doesn't have any pegs, but the Jacoby and LT do. When I marked it, I only used the legs, which is why if you look closely either Jacobr or LT and Marshall are in the neutral zone. Anyways, paint the sides. The top I painted green, then elmers glue, with a wet paint brush to spread out the glue. Use stuff called Woodland Scenics Blended turf. Cover the base with it, shake off the excess (a lot doesnt stick), compress the stuff that does. Then use a spray adhesive on of that, add 2 more layers of the blended turf, then spray the whole thing with the Krylon Crystal Clear to seal it all up and protect it.

Believe it or not, it is not as hard as it may sound, just takes a lot of patience and even more trial and error.