Lion-O 2011

[darththomas81]

Hot on the heels of the awesome Thundercats Ho! competition I decided I needed a Lion-O to go with my Panthro. When I first got this figure I was quite happy with it but the niggles soon started setting in. The black joints, the super wide shoulders and that dang awful mid torso articulation started to really grate on me. Then I saw Boskoes amazing update and it proved to me this guy can look so much better. A couple days later I was browsing round Toys R Us and they had these movie masters for five quid each. I picked two of the up, Bruce and a Harvey Dent not really knowing what I would do with them. I got home and it hit me, Bruce just had to be Lion-O, I stood them next to each other and bang!! perfect scale match, work began and here's the recipe.

Recipe:
Head = 2011 Bandai Lion-O - dremmel to fit

Torso = Movie Masters Dark Knight Bruce Wayne Survival suit - fully sculpted armour with twistie ties for the trims to give nice clean edges.

Straps over shoulders = 2011 Bandai Lion-O - sanded real thin, I also sculpted the tiny sleeves of his undershirt.

Shoulder Armour = 2011 Bandai Lion-O - attached via a twistie tie secured to the pauldron then inserted into a hole drilled in the torso.

Arms and hands = 2011 Bandai Lion-O - sanded down black discs and filled all joint holes, no more nasty black bits.

Belt = 2011 Bandai Lion-O

Crotch and upper legs = Movie Masters Dark Knight Bruce Wayne Survival suit - sculpted over detail on the crotch and sculpted pant folds etc. Slight mod of the knee joints.

Lower legs = 2011 Bandai Lion-O - slight mod to fit upper leg pegs, widened holes. Sanded down raised areas around pegs and filled in joint holes. Sculpted lower straps.

Weapons = 2011 Bandai Lion-O - drilled out holes in each claw shield so the eye of Thundera is visible whilst the sword is in its holster.

Paints = Games Workshop and sealed with superglue and Games Workshop Satin Purity seal.


I do plan to do the rest of the cats once I get a hold of the new 6" ones but for now it's back to "the Collection", yup, that means more MOTU.

Thanks for looking and I hope you all enjoy my first custom of 2012, Happy New Year everyone!!

[thunderianroyalguard]

You nailed it! I LOVE the paint on this one FANTASTIC job!

[Endorx]

If only the toys where that awesome in the first place!!

Makes bandais look crap, oh wait

[darththomas81]

Cheers TRG and Endorx
I didn't hate the Bandai version, just knew it could be better .
Work has started on a certain everliving source of evil!!

[Blinded No More]

Astounding!!! This is what the figure should've been like from the beginning. Bandai could use a guy like you... also, good luck on the Devil Priest

[Daremonger]

An awesome improvement over the original figure, my friend.

[willeya]

Wow! If they looked like this I'd buy one! Beautiful job!

[darththomas81]

Originally Posted by willeya

Wow! If they looked like this I'd buy one! Beautiful job!

Would have saved me a lot of time if they were haha, thanks for the comment

Originally Posted by Daremonger

An awesome improvement over the original figure, my friend.

Thankyou very much

Originally Posted by Blinded No More

Astounding!!! This is what the figure should've been like from the beginning. Bandai could use a guy like you... also, good luck on the Devil Priest

I agree, a big toy company should be able to do sooo much better, I suppose they're not all bad though because this wouldn't have happened without them.

[toymancustoms]

Incredible, the custom figure that you made is spectacular, nice paint job, and the details are amazing ,

[Daremonger]

Bandai should seriously be taking notes from custom figures like this one.