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<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe year that started it all for me! I decided to do the Liberty Legion, as I’m a sucker for WWII superhero comics. I repainted the official Heroclix versions of the Whizzer, Miss America, Thin Man and Union Jack, repainted an X-Men Angel miniature to make Red Raven, and actually tried my hand at converting Patriot, Jack Frost, Blue Diamond, and Spirit of ’76.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Blue Diamond was a DC Hawk clix with the cape removed and repainted, and Jack Frost was made from a Scorpion clis (minus the tail) with Quicksilver’s head. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Spirit of ’76 was made from a Doc Samson miniature along with Adam Warlock’s torso and cape. I did my best using green stuff to sculpt his tricornered hat. Patriot was a Wrecker miniature with a Kree soldier’s head, which is why he looks much beefier than Patriot should. <\/p>\n\n\n\n These look pretty rough, but that’s because back in 2017, I still thought I could see. Besides, we all start somewhere!<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n I tried my hand at green stuff again in 2018, when I “sculpted” the costumes of Wun-darr the Aquarian and Plant Man. I also made Water Wizard (center), using a water jet from the Aquaman model I used for Aquarian’s head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I did Vigilante, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In 2019, Carrion Crow mixed it up a bit by suggesting we make heroes with a patriotic flair, i.e. representative of a nation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I chose to make La Bandera, a pretty lame character who inspires revolution by channeling nationalistic fervor. She was in a Wolverine comic. More recognizable, perhaps, is The Red Cyclone himself, Zangief. I added some green stuff hair onto the chest, shins and head of a Blockbuster clix model, then repainted him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n During Lockdown, I decided to start converting some First Comics characters. First was one of my favorite comics companies back in the 80’s and 90’s. Nexus (L) and Badger (R) were my first choices, and I’m very happy with both.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I also painted a Reaper “Goldar the Barbarian” as Kratos from God of War, using Forgotten Heroes as an excuse to do so, as like Zangief above, he’s hardly “forgotten.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Still under Lockdown a year later, I chose another First Comics character, Job Sable: Freelance (R). He was one of the easiest miniatures I ever converted, using another Quicksilver head on a Bullseye body. I also did Grips (L), a forgotten slasher vigilante from the 1980’s independent comics scene. Finally, I did The Crimson Hound, my friend Bruno’s character. Both Grips and the Crimson Hound used Reaper superheroes miniatures as their bases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 2022 brought more than a lifting of Covid restrictions, it brought the Hypno-Hustler and Rainbow Boy! Four years later and I’m STILL not calling the Hustler done, as I haven’t painted a base I’m happy with yet. This one is just a placeholder so he can stand up for the picture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As for Rainbow Boy, he was the first hero I made from The League of Regrettable Superheroes, a fantastic book that could be a manual for Forgotten Heroes submissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n I returned to First Comics in 2023 with Dreadstar, a character with a multi-company publication history, and Whisper, a character who, as far as I know, died along with First Comics. I’m pretty happy with both of these, especially Whisper, as I used a notoriously hideous Elektra figure as the base model and actually made it look good. THe green stuff work on Dreadstar is a little rough (as always), but his costume helps hide it. (He also marks the second Aquaman head I’ve used. That’s Aquaman and Quicksilver, 2-2.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Every once in a while you find the perfect base model to use for a conversion, and I couldn’t have had a better starting point for Judomaster (L) than Iron Fist. All he needed was a repaint. Another from the League of Regrettable Superheroes, Bee-Man was a hero I had never heard of (and it’s not surprising why). Finally, I tried my hand at Grendel, the Hunter Rose version. He’s probably the FH submission I’m most unhappy with. He’s too beefy to be Hunter Rose, and I’m pretty sour on my work here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n