Branjita's Finished Custom Figures

Burter
Difficulty: 7/10
How to make: Repaint areas of black on Burter if necessary. Repaint armor padding the proper shade of golden brown (don't forget the boot tips if you like his boots like that). Repaint all skin with a lighter blue and dry brush with a darker blue, then a lighter blue, and so on (I did 7 coats). Repaint eyes magenta with several coats of paint. Repaint head patch yellow. Repaint his teeth at least 8 times from accidentally getting blue on them. Repaint ALL white lines (a mind numbingly slow process that is very difficult). Add detail to scouter. This is a really difficult and time consuming repaint, especially if you don't boil and pop Burter to remove his arms. I would not want to do another one, but I love the results!
What I had to do to restore it: This custom is brand new.

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Frieza Form 4--My First One
Difficulty: 9/10
How to make: Take the head off of a Majin Vegeta and sculpt the head from scratch. Use the tail from Bandai SBC Frieza if you wish.
What I had to do to restore it: He... will have to be completely redone likely. I don't like all of the sculpting I did, he needs to be sanded, and the paint colors are all wrong. I'm posting these for nostalgic reasons before I redo him. The head on this one is pretty nice in my opinion, and is what I failed to cast properly for the second one. I like the head on this one better, but nothing else as much as the second one.

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Captain Ginyu SZF
Difficulty: 4/10
How to make: Take Jakks Striking Z Fighter Captain Ginyu and boil him. Pull off his shoulder pads and cut off his waist armor. Cut the tabs off the shoulder pads, repaint the chest and neck purple, glue on the shoulder pads. Use automotive grade silicone (I used black, but it comes in clear) to glue the thigh armor back on in the proper position. Super glue won't work, because the legs will knock the armor right off, and it is very frustrating. Repaint eyes red.
What I had to do to restore it: This is a brand new custom!

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Captain Ginyu
Difficulty: 10/10
How to make: Use Jakks Raditz and Bandai Blasting Energy Action Ginyu's head. Section Raditz's legs off to make them a more normal length. Replace the forearms with the forearms from Jakks USS Trunks. Spend a VERY long time sculpting the armor and redoing little things to make them better. One important thing to do to the head is to add 1/16 an inch to the forehead and cut off the horns and reposition them. The BEA head just doesn't look right without fixing it. Anyway... spend another very long time painting it. I really, really, really like the way this custom turned out, so I took a lot of pics...
What I had to do to restore it: Nothing, because it is new. After taking it out of the Body Change pose, I had to use permanent marker to dye the joints purple though, because I was just plain not interested in repainting them. It doesn't match well in the elbows particularly, but until I think of a permanent solution to the paint flaking problem, it will work.
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Goz with mace/club
Difficulty: 11/10 (no, not a typo)
How to make: Use Irwin Spopovich. Modify the arms to be straight. Spend a TON of time resculpting the face and a massive amount of time sculpting the clothes. The mace is made from: the handle from Spopovich's accessory, two keychain chain links, the metal part from a broken paint brush, a screw, a plastic easter egg, and sculpey spikes.
What I had to do to restore it: Nothing, it's brand new.
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SS Majin Vegeta
Difficulty: 1/10
How to make: Irwin Majin Vegeta needs his eyes outlined, and mine needed his hair repainted. To outline the eyes, use a small brush with black paint on it and outline them. Use a toothpick to rub off your mistakes when the paint dries a little bit.
What I had to do to restore it: I used to like shadowing my SS hair with orange. I didn't like the way this looked anymore, so I repainted him blonde and did some yellow shadowing. I thought it would be best to not highlight with white like I normally would, because I didn't think it would look good since he lacks definite strands of hair for the most part in the front.

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