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The recent Marvel Select Venom figure seems very popular amongst collectors, but I just couldn’t help but look at it and see room for improvement, so that’s what I did. Before, the Venom figure couldn’t move very much. Almost no ab crunch, very limited head movement, not to mention single knee joints and absolutely no rocker ankles. It was sad, really. So I heated him up and popped him apart. Thankfully, Venom is almost completely soft plastic, so he pops apart pretty easily. I took my dremel and shaved some plastic away around the ball joint in his neck and in his torso, allowing for a much wider range of motion.
Then, I spliced the lower legs (from the knee down) of a Spider-Man Classics Venom (the one with the rubbery head) onto the new figure. It required some work though. Since the Venom figure only had single knees to begin with, that meant his knee was sculpted onto the upper leg, so I had to shave that down, and in fact cut maybe 1/4″ from the lower part of his upper leg, sand it down to prep it, and drill new joint pin holes, and then attach the new lower legs. Then I sculpted over those joint pins to recreate the texture of the figure to blend everything in. I also sanded down the calves of the SMC Venom an resculpted them. I never did like those Rob Liefeld-like giant calves the figure had before, so I toned them down and blended it by sculpting the same texture into it as the rest of the leg. And by cutting a bit from his legs, it shortened him just a bit, making him more in scale with Marvel Legends, while still being in scale with Marvel Select if one prefers. So that technique is definitely not for the novice.
Next, I repainted everything. Head to toe. I couldn’t stand the weird, very inconsistent blue dry brushing the figure had before. Not to mention all the detailing was messed up. I just couldn’t let it go by. So everything was repainted. I cleaned up the Venom insignias, and all the detailing on the eyes, teeth, and gums of all the heads (including all the extra heads on the “Madness backpack”). The tongues of two of the Venom heads have been painted over in a glossy clear coat to give them a slimy, salivating look. Every alternate attachment was repainted as well, to give a uniform look. I also took the hands from that Spider-Man Classics Venom and modded them to fit into the arms of this new Venom, to give this figure yet another set of alternate hands, ones that have hinged wrists and individually hinged fingers. So it took a bit of doing, but now with the added articulation, Venom is ready to take on Spider-Man in pretty much any of the looks he’s had throughout the comics!
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Absolutely gorgeous. Bravo, Bravo!
Good job. Can u put size comparison pics with some marvel legends? 🙂
Looks super cool. I always love to see customs. Great job indeed.
Thank you!
Hi John,
Email was sent Ebay please let me know. Thanks again.
Fantastic work, John. I have been pretty tempted to pick up this figure, but what has stopped me is the lacking articulation in the legs. I have no problem cutting away at the neck and torso to increase those joints’ range, but I do not have another venom figure to do what you’ve done with the lower legs. On top of that, I have not seen one in person, and I hear many of these have crummy paint jobs. I don’t mind touching up figures here and there, but don’t want to undertake painting an entire figure; and just bet if I ordered one online he would show up looking terrible.
Well the good news is, repainting him isn’t that hard. The figure is all black anyway, with some blue drybrushing. I didn’t like the blue, so I just painted over it. It wasn’t hard. It was a little difficult repainting the Venom insignias, but luckily the insignias are sculpted into the body (no doubt to help out the painters), so even that isn’t too hard. Just a tad time consuming is all.
Now that is one heck of a custom. Diamond Toys need to take some lessons from you John. I would be interested in a custom Mc-Venom.
If you need me to customize one for you, just send me an email at: john.mintcondition@gmail.com and I’ll be happy to help you out.
Email sent to the address you gave me. Did you receive it by chance?
Are you taking customs request? I sent an email last week.
He’s not taking requests for commission at this time.
Hi John email sent. I hope you received it ok? When you have a chance please let me know. Thanks so much.
Dude,
John isn’t taking requests. I contacted him a month ago and no response.
Well he did respond but only once and that was it. I don’t know. I was told John will reply to my email request.
I didn’t do anything wrong just a commission request/
I’ve sculpted custom accessories for this figure. Bendable tendrils that attach to the madness backpack. A tendril that attaches to the wrist. Tendrils that attach to each forearm. A blade that attaches to his right fore arm and a spear that plugs into his left wrist. Plus a couple of custom bendable webs for each wrist.