Head: NS Duke
Chest/back: NS Croc Master
Arms: NS Heavy Duty
Waist, legs (to boots): NS Beachhead
Boots: Imaginext- Sinestro
Backpack: ARAH Scoop


Tempest
Weather Manipulator
Council of Doom

Head: NS Duke
Chest/back: NS Croc Master
Arms: NS Heavy Duty
Waist, legs (to boots): NS Beachhead
Boots: Imaginext- Sinestro
Backpack: ARAH Scoop

Character/Design:

A villain in the Action Man line, Tempest had a crazy early 2000's feel. Aside from the feet, these are early 2000's parts, keeping with the spirit of the original figure. On this custom I'm only taking broad strokes from the original character's design. Wild hair, open shirt, clunky boots. The techno bits from the original figure, which had been on the forearms and webgear, are mostly replaced by the backpack (which also hides the crocodile head).

Colors & Paints:

Based on the original figure. The yellow of the accoutrements and the flesh color are very close in tone, so I used a thin line of dark tan to separate them anywhere they touched. Without it, the yellow and flesh visually run together.

Sculpting & Modifying:

The original Action Man figure had an impossible wide neck, giving the figure some of its character. To match that, I beefed up the neck w epoxy.

The hair is also sculpted. I originally sculpted it to look much more like the base figure that inspired this custom. But the clown hair just didn't work with the custom, so I tore it off and started over. The final hair doesn't look wild at all, but the end result somehow works.

The Beachhead boots were chopped off and replaced with the oversized Sinestro ones, to keep the proportions exaggerated.

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