Tribe One Action Figure

For the folks that don't know Niles Gray aka Tribe One is an incredibly awesome rapper as well as a very good friend of mine.  He even wrote the theme song to Earth's Mightiest Podcast.  So earlier in the year his girlfriend contacted me about making a Tribe One action figure for his birthday.  She wanted a super hero version of him. She wanted to make sure he had a mic with something Devil Dinosaur-ish (that's his favorite comic book character ever). 

Niles in his Super-Flybrarian form.

So I talked to my fellow Earth's Mightiest Podcast co-host Alex to do the super hero design and this is the awesomeness that he came up with.  Notice the T and O logo design from Rusty Shackles.

So on to the action figure.  I ordered a Fisher Price T-rex with a poorly places trigger for chomping action.  The funny thing is that I ordered it from Ebay only to find out it's missing an arm!  So of course the only thing to do is to replace the arm with a gun!  The actual Tribe One action figure was made using a Marvel Legends Drax figure with a combination of a Black Panther collar and Dr. Doom cape.  I really didn't have the time to make the cape exactly how Alex drew it, but I think I got the point across.

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She-Hulk Action Figure

For all the folks that know me I'm a huge She-Hulk fan.  The Marvel Legends She-Hulk that came out had a decent sculpt, but I didn't care for the hairstyle.  I decided to go with the big 80's haircut style.  On top of that both of her hands are open.  She punches things!

So here's my modified version of Marvel Legends She-Hulk.  I took the existing She-Hulk action figure, swapped the hair out with a Marvel Legends Phoenix hair, and swapped out the hands with DC Universe fists.

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She-Hulk Comic Book Binds and Heroes Con 2012 sketches

Got some new binds from the bindery.  Here is the most recent run of She-Hulk by Dan Slott and Peter David.  It was just a really fun book.

She-Hulk vol. 1: Single Green Female
She-Hulk (2004) #1-12
She-Hulk (2005) #1-14

She-Hulk vol. 2: Jaded
She-Hulk (2005) #15-27
She-Hulk: Cosmic Collision #1
She-Hulk (2005) #28-30
X-Factor #33
She-Hulk (2005) #31
X-Factor #34
She-Hulk (2005) #32-38

Heroes Con 2012 is in the books.  This was the first time I ever tabled at a major con.  This year I sold action figures while promoting Earth's Mightiest Podcast.  I got to talk to a lot of great creators and fans.  It was a great time.

Sean Chen sketch in my Annihilation Conquest bind

Mike Choi sketch in my X-men: Second Coming Bind

James Silvani sketch (Darking Duck) and Amy Mebberson sketch (Gozalyn) 

in my Darkwing Duck bind

Stuart Immonen sketch in my Avengers: The Heroic Age vol. 1 bind

Heroes Con 2012

June 22-24 will be the 30th anniversary of Heroes Con in Charlotte, NC.  I'm going to be tabling with my fellow co-hosts Alex and Corwin to promote Earth's Mightiest Podcast.  Alex will be selling prints and drawing sketches for people, and I'll be selling the customs you see pictured above.  Come by and say hi!  We'll be sitting at Table AA-a. Click here to see a map.


Rogue (X-men Legacy costume)

Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers)

Steve Rogers Super Soldier

Nightcrawler (Uncanny X-force)

Uncanny X-Force Nightcrawler Action Figure

Big fan of the Uncanny X-Force book and glad they brought back Nightcrawler.  Nightcrawler was made using an existing Marvel Legends Nightcrawler.  The hair was sculpted and the swords were toothpick swords.

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Rogue X-men Legacy Costume Action Figure

Here's Rogue in her most recent costume in X-men Legacy comics.  Rogue was made using a Marvel Legends 2-pack Black Widow, the skirt from a ML Marvel Girl, and the ribbon to a ML Phoenix. 

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Carol Danvers Captain Marvel Action Figure

Carol Danvers aka Ms. Marvel is going to the next Captain Marvel!  Her new solo ongoing book will be coming out in June.  I'm really looking forward to picking it up.

Captain Marvel was made using a Marvel Legends 2 pack Skrull Elektra and a 2 pack Black Widow (short hair) head.  The extra hair, sash, and gloves were all sculpted.

A sketch from my EMP co-host Alex

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