Philip Marlowe, Private Investigator.

[K-Tiger]

My, my, my! Such a lot of guns around town and so few brains! You know, you're the second guy I've met today that seems to think a gat in the hand means the world by the tail.

So this one was an accident. I had fully intended to use a Henry Jones upper with a Joe lower and Mouse head to do a Harold Lloyd-inspired custom, but the only torso I could find for trade was missing the arms and coat. I almost passed, but it dawned on me that I was a fan of the rolled up sleeves and vest look, and that I could probably manage a pretty good '30s-'40s character with the parts I had on hand.

So here we have Philip Marlowe, slightly younger than generally depicted. Not a fan of the Indy belt here, but the waist is thin and it'll have to do until I can find another option. Really want to make the shoulder rig a permanent deal, but, again, the Colton one isn't quite what I want it to be.

He'll have to settle for the Maisto '37 EL Knucklehead until I can make myself pull the trigger on a Yat Ming '32 Ford 3-window.

 

[Meddatron]

Yeah! Now that is a slick custom. I was wondering when we would see what you did with Jones Sr. Fantastic job bashing him with Joe parts!

 

[fogger1138]

That looks fantastic.

 

[MMorelock66]

Nice KT

 

[K-Tiger]

Thanks, guys. I need to find his damn leg screws. I'm using ones off a 25th Beachhead and I think the one is long.

 

[G.I.*EDDIE]

Haha, got a grinder?...just take a tad off the end...

Finished product came out beautifully..that tan is much better if you ask me...

I hadn't noticed before, but what knees did you use?...I hate the weirdly detailed ones that are normally in their place..

 

[K-Tiger]

That's all RoC/PoC CC.
Do have a grinder, but I think I can dremel it just as well.

 

[G.I.*EDDIE]

Oh, I see...I thought they were SS legs...well good for the PI...he's got the better legs

 

[Giga Bread]

Two thumbs up!

 

[K-Tiger]

Oh, I see...I thought they were SS legs...well good for the PI...he's got the better legs

Yeah, I went with CC. All I had to do out of the ordinary prep is fill the thigh holes and replicate the pant seam there. Thanks for the grinder tip. 4" flap wheel for Philip's win!

Two thumbs up!

Thanks!

 

[G.I.*EDDIE]

I'm sure you mentioned the CC legs before, but it obviously didnt stick in my memory...

 

[K-Tiger]

We discussed them versus the SS ones.



As an aside, I added a pocket square to Zap's coat. I really need to name that LBC.

 

[G.I.*EDDIE]

I was wondering what that extra bit of red peeking out was...got a better shot of it?

 

[K-Tiger]

I'll get one a bit later. It's just a piece of Milliput, but it was kinda necessary.

 

[Monkeywrench]

I dig!

 

[Dropshipbob]

This is great, really liking it. Can't wait to see the lady you have planned standing by him.

 

[Keenan]

That is fantastic looking. No critiques. And I"m glad you got lucky with that combo.

 

[K-Tiger]

Getting the torsos to hook up wasn't my major worry. I was more concerned with the Colton arms on the Jones torso. Funnily enough some light sanding and they popped right in.


Can't complain about things going easily!

 

[The Willoughbian]

You know, the more I look at this figure the more I really dig the originality. A '1930's private detective is a great subject.

 

[K-Tiger]

Thanks.




I figured I had the Prof. X-based hood done, I might as well do a white hat foil, too.

 

[pcsguy88]

He looks incredible on that bike.

 

[K-Tiger]

Yeah, those Maisto bikes occasionally prove useful.

 

[Meddatron]

bump for front page!

 

[ska_lives]

Awesome work!

 

[Monte Williams]

Man... the craft behind this is obviously unimpeachable, and speaking as someone who doesn't paint or sculpt or do much of anything but pop Figure A's head onto Figure B's body, I can't tell you how humbling it is to see work like this.

...but even more than that, I am in love with this because of what you chose to do with your talent. A friggin' '30s detective! I will paraphrase something Roger Ebert wrote in response to Batman Begins:

This is the custom I did not realize I was waiting for.

 

[K-Tiger]

Man... the craft behind this is obviously unimpeachable, and speaking as someone who doesn't paint or sculpt or do much of anything but pop Figure A's head onto Figure B's body, I can't tell you how humbling it is to see work like this.

...but even more than that, I am in love with this because of what you chose to do with your talent. A friggin' '30s detective! I will paraphrase something Roger Ebert wrote in response to Batman Begins:

This is the custom I did not realize I was waiting for.

Thanks for the kind words. I've got a hard on' for the '20s-'40s, and this was a custom that was one of those happy accidents.


Thanks, everybody!