New 3D Marvel custom work: Tarot

 Hi gentlemen, 

if you like her you can download for free my custom of Tarot directly from my page in Cults3d and print your own figure in 90 mm Eaglemoss scale. Just check it out here: Skif_MC Tarot

Of course you will need a Eaglemoss base too, but the net is full of Eaglemoss base or Eaglemoss likely bases in STL format for free, that you can easily find around.

I hope I can issue the next Skif Marvel Custom painted this weekend. Dunno exactley which one, I got a couple of them close to be finished....

Stay tuned! Long life to Marvel world.

Skif

Marvel Customs: Hulk Maestro

 Finally I did it!

Thanks Marvel.fandom :

The Maestro was a version of the Hulk from an alternate future timeline, approximately a hundred years into the future, combining Banner's intelligence with the Hulk's more malevolent aspects. A nuclear war killed almost all of the Earth's superhumans, which was followed up by chemical attacks by the Black Scythe, bringing humankind to the brink of extinction. 

I hope you have 6 minutes to watch the video of Making Hulk Maestro @:

And don't forget to visit my Cults3D pages to download, 100% free, my recently added e-customs in STL format ready to print:

Cassandra Nova

The Glob

and many others like:

Ringmaster

Tombstone

Scorpion (Carmilla Black)

Madman (Philip Sterns)

Glenn Talbot

Xemmu

Ricochet

Cotton Mouth

and Doc Savage !!!

Byeeezzz

Skif Marvel Comics custom: Squirrel Girl

Squirrel Girl possesses superhuman strength, speed, agility, and reflexes. She possesses the proportional abilities of a squirrel scaled up to human size.

The pic from the Comic:

and the pic from my latest custom:

Visit the "over 451" gallery to see Squirrel Girl 4d view, and watch the video of the making:

If you like her, and you want your own copy of this custom, please download for free the STL file ready to print from my Cults3d page:

SKIF_MC cults3d

New Marvel Comics Custom Voyager

 

Who is Voyager....?

Courtesy from wikipedia.org

(...) Voyager (Va Nee Gast), initially known by the alias Valerie Vector, is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. 

Created by Mark Waid, Al Ewing, Jim Zub, Michael Allred, and Laura Allred, the character first appeared in The Avengers #675 as part of the Avengers: No Surrender storyline. (...)

(...) Voyager was presented as a "lost" founding member of the Avengers, but was subsequently revealed to be the daughter and ally of the Grandmaster, one of the Elders of the Universe, before truly defecting to the Avengers' side. (...)

The details are in the video of the making... please enjoy!

While the 4D view is in the dedicated gallery, thanks and byeeeeezzzz

Back from summer... Scarlet Centurion e-custom ready for printing

 Hi all!

I hope you are spending a wonderful summer. My one is over, back to home, and I had time to finish a project I suspended in the beginning of the month.

It is the custom of Scarlet Centurion from Marvel Comics, not printed and painted and no video for this issue, it is simply the e-sculpt I made on Cults3D. If you have a 3D printer you can easily download it for free and have your own Scarlet Centurion custom.

I need a bit of time before I can print it (no more resin in my scaffolds....) and paint it, but in the meantime here it is the 3D file in STL format all for you. 

Eventually check it for download directly and for free at: scarlet centurion

I am going to start very soon again with the other custom already printed and ready to be painted, stay tuned!

Enjoy!

Skif  

A tribute to Eaglemoss

 

Marvel Comics Custom Bi Beast

 

Courtesy Marvel.fandom.com :

The Bi-Beast was originally a huge android with two heads (one atop the other - the top skull is given knowledge of warfare while the bottom skull was given a knowledge of culture) created many years ago by the Bird People, an Avian race that were in turn a sub-species of the Inhumans. For reasons unknown, the Avian race died out, and the Bi-Beast was left to its own devices in the floating city of Aerie.

A look at the comic character...

...and a look to my custom...

I am not going to spend any further word about this custom, as you can watch the video of the making on my Youtube Channel. 

I only like to mention that this is a 3D resin print from a .STL file I did by myself customizing a mix of Hulk, Rhino and dragon's claws from Cults3D and Thingiverse (that I always thank for their world of free sharing).

Enjoy the video, enjoy the 4D view in the gallery.

I am going to rest a couple of weeks, BRB end of August 2024, wish you have a funny genuine summer!

Skif

Marvel Comics Custom: Ex Nihila, Marvel Comics custom number 463...

 

Courtesy of Marvel Fandom :

(...) Ex Nihila was one of the Gardeners created by the Builders. She directly served the Builders during the Builder War, but when the Builders left her for dead, she abandoned them and joined forces with Ex Nihilo and the last Abyss to restore Captain Universe.

The Builders were trying to stop the incursions from collapsing the Multiverse.

After the Builder War and the Builders' defeat, Ex Nihila and the other Ex Nihilii joined Sunspot's Multiversal Avengers to investigate the incursions. However, they were wiped out when they found the Beyonders. (...)

Of curse always take a look at her 4D pic in the Gallery of Marvel Comics Customs over 450, and if you like, please take a look at the video of Making Ex Nihila.

Byezz!

Skif

Marvel Comics Custom: Ultimus

 

Hi folks!

Not much more than what is stated in title of this post! The custom number 462....

Just... Ultimus:

But really don't miss the video on my Youtube channel...:

Marvel Comics custom: Red Locust

 

Back to a resin copy of the Eaglemoss Songbird to make this custom of Red Locust.

Mix of colors from metal red Abeier (3 layers to give the appropiate metal effect) and Vallejo for the skin and the scarf. The visor is painted with Tamiya metallic blue X-13, while the yellow and black for the armor and the base are Italeri gloss yellow 4642AP and Italeri flat black 4768AP (armor) and Italeri gloss black 4695AP (base).

Green Milliput for the customized parts (armor, wings, helmet, scarf and the antennas.

Painted with Amati syntetic 2/0  3890 springer pinsel, Amati rotmarder-kolinski 2/0 3891 and Italeri 4 51289.

Courtesy of Marvel Comics

Fernanda Rodriguez is from San Diego, California. She is the only child in a family in which carries on the tradition of the Locust Brotherhood: to protect nomad tribes and vulnerable travelers. The Brotherhood was made up of skilled trackers, and it is thought that some could control insects.

Always welcome your visit to the video of the making on my youtube channel!

The 4D gallery "over 451 customs" has been updated accordingly, with the pics of this custom of mine, the number 461, it worths a visit ;)

Skif

Marvel Comics Customs Wave-5 and X-Com Customs Wave-2: What's bubbling in the pot?

 

As written a few blogs ago, I spent a few weeks carefully researching 3D images in STL format that could be used as custom for my works.

In recent weeks I have also become familiar with the software (totally free online) SculptGL to directly e-sculpt my first customs to print in 3D.

In the past few days I have consumed almost 4 liters of resin to print the work that will practically feed two years of this blog...

This month I reached a new record for monthly visits! 

Until yesterday the record had been held by October 2012, with 2103 views. The month of July 2024, which has yet to end, has already exceeded 2104 views and for this I thank you.

I would never have hoped that after 5 years of inactivity, this blog would resume its former rhythms.

Thanks thanks thanks.

Perhaps the only regret is that having practically changed 100% of the audience that follows me, the comments I receive on the blog are very rare. And this is a pity, because with your comments the blog would really have much more value for me.

I encourage you to leave me in the comments: questions, suggestions, criticisms and compliments. I would like the blog to be a resource of entertainment and interest both for me and for you who read it.

So here is Wave 5 of the Marvel Comics Customs collection, maybe I forgot some character that deserves to be taken into consideration for a custom? Write it to me!

The following 42 new characters are expected to join the tribe in wave 5:

Wave 5 Skif Marvel Comics Customs 2024/2025

And during next days, after wave 1 that took place in 2023/2024, it will start also the second wave of X-Com Custom Figures with 27 new humans and aliens to join the battle for the planet:

Wave 2 X-Com Skif Custom Figures

I really hope you will be here to see how everything will be developed.

Have fun, have love

Skif

Marvel Comics customs: Mojo (no Eaglemoss, printed 3D)

Courtesy marvel.fandom :

(...) Mojo is part of a race of spineless beings from a planet later named after him known as Mojoworld in a pocket dimension dubbed the Mojoverse. The race were slowly driven insane by waves of energy ("Television Signals") from another space/time continuum somehow scattered throughout their timeline. The were bombarded with images of strange "demon"-like creatures. It would take centuries (of their time) for them to discover the origin of these transmissions. Mojo's race did not evolve much because of their inability to stand upright, until a scientist named Arize developed exoskeletons that allowed a fast technological revolution. However, some members of the race refused to use them and called themselves the Spineless Ones. Instead, they used motorized platforms to transport their bodies. (...)

And Mojo is one of the issues of the official Eaglemoss CMFC (Classic Marvel Figurine Collection) I didn't buy. At that time I choose not to buy because I was wondering to do my own custom for Mojo and as said many times, I do not have the same character twice in my collection. So after many years after the end of the CMFC from Eaglemoss, I have this opportunity to comply one of my wishes: my own Mojo.

Despite many sites are selling the .stl file of Mojo for printing, with a range of price from 12€ up to 75€ (according to lite variations of its pose)... this guy Kobarf is giving his stl file for free on Thingiverse:

If you click on the picture above you will be redirected to Thingverse page of Kobarf to download your .stl file for free. Respect for Kobarf; leave him a like if you can and want help him.

The .stl offered by Kobarf is a 35 mm miniature, ideally. 

I scaled Mojo to the Eaglemoss 90 mm (that is 1/20 scale) and I added Mojo finally to my collection.

Here is the result:

eventually for reference...:

So, if you want to have your own home-Mojo you know what to do. And if you need tips about painting Mojo.... just watch this video on my Youtube channel:                                                     

Peace and love, always.

And let's keep internet free.

Skif.

Skif MArvel Customs: Marvel Comics custom Vision Aarkus

 

Courtesy of wikipedia.org :

The Golden Age Vision, also known as Aarkus, is an alien law enforcement officer from a dimension called Smokeworld. 

While Aarkus is looking for a suitable place to exile a prisoner, he is accidentally contacted by an Earth scientist named Markham Erickson. Leaving the prisoner on the planet Jupiter, Aarkus accepts Erickson's invitation to fight crime on Earth. Aarkus does so for several years, although during World War II he is briefly manipulated by the Axis powers into fighting the Allies. 

The superhero team the Invaders help Aarkus realize his mistake.

Please take a look at the "over 450 customs" gallery to see Vision Aarkus custom 4D view.

And if you like to watch the video making the custom of Vision Aarkus, just follow the link below.

Marvel Comics Custom: Aquarian

 Thanks wikipedia.org

Wundarr the Aquarian is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by Steve Gerber and Val Mayerik and first appeared in Adventure into Fear #17. 

A pastiche of Superman, Wundarr was created based on Gerber's "love of the Superman character and (...) desire to do a little parody/homage".

Despite every possible imagination, Aquarian 4D view ia available in the Gallery page "over 450 customs", please take a quick look to.

Here is the video of the making:

Marvel Comic Custom Nightside

 Courtesy of  Marvel.com

Her name is Sydney Taine, and by trade, she is a detective. But her investigations -- and her clients -- are far more dangerous than those of an ordinary private eye's. Her work takes her into the darkest corners of society -- to those places and beings that most people don't even know exist into the Nightside. She moves in a world of warring factions of supernatural creatures that call themselves "The Others." They appear to be human, but behind the facade lie thirsts, passions, and powers far beyond any normal human's. For you see, they've lived among us since before recorded history. Joining her is her partner Key "Ape" Largo, whose incredible intellect and heart are hidden in a massive body. Together, they stand between us and the forces of darkness that are concealed under the shade of night!

Sooooooo... picture:

...and video:

For the 4D view of Nightside please visit the Gallery "Over 450".

Have fun!

Skif

Marvel Custom: Mindless

Since years I had the wish to custom Mindless, it was one of my projects when I stopped blogging years ago (I already explained I stopped the blog for 5 years to dedicate my life to the health of my son).

In the very beginning it was a custom I had intention to do scratch built, using Super Sculpey, and the figure remained at 20 or 30% of its production, and was never completed. 

Since I started again the blog last year I started to use also 3D printed figures from Stl files.

I also started to use Sculptgl, a online totally free software for 3D sculpting; well my very first 3D designed figure has been Mindless that finally has been painted today.

If you like you can download, of course totally free, the Stl from my Cults3D page at: 

cults3d Skif_MC

Don't forget to give a look at the Mindless 4D pictures in the gallery and if you like give a look at the video of the making:

Have fun, have life! 

Skif

Impressive amount of work this weekend

 

Dear followers, if any, unfortunately I am not going to post any new custom this weekend,

I really wanted to finish a couple of customs I almost done... but I was organizing this weekend activities for months and I did not imagine that it would be so time consuming and challenging like it has been up to now... I'll tell you in a moment what I am talking about, please continue to read...

So I did not have any time to paint. Consequently no new video on my Youtube page either... soo bad!!

In reality I spent a lot of funny time on e-sculpting new characters (only some to mention... Bi Beast, Voyager, Titan, Unus, Ex Nihila... ). 

I already wrote months ago that I wanted to learn and practice e-sculpting to avoid the excticion as a clay modeler... and I am really satisfied so far. Moreover I hope to get some extra visit to my blog also from Cults3d visitors. Let's see.

Of course You can see and download those works I mentioned  (if you love to print them) for free in my Cults3D page at: Skif_MC 3D models page

Coming back to the activities of the weekend... in the last months I selected, e-customized, scaled and prepared for 3D printing more than 50 figures!

Yes, you read it correctly, more than 50.

While I am typing this blog the 3D printer is still working with no rest, day and night. 😉

It is a game of organization and planning. 

Consider that 50 customs is the avarage workload of more than one year of custom for me. From now I'll have only to modify those with milliputs small parts, and then paint, paint, paint like hell.

In this moment 14 figures still to be printed and then I finished this huge work.

As usual I will not anticipate anything more, because I love to surprise you when you gently visit my blog.. 

I only want to say that half of the new characters are Marvel Comics related and the rest is a new wave of X-Com figures. It will be incredible, devastating. 

A wave of new customs as never seen before here or in any other customizer blog. 

Stay tuned my dear!

I can't be definitely so bad to not post really anything.. So the only anticipation for you guys is one of the 3D prints done this weekend.

That's my version of  Bi-Beast, based on a Rhino STL file e-customized by me with SculptGL, by removing and replacing the hands and the feet, removing Rhino mask and the horn, adding the second head and e-sculpting the skin. Hope you like it!

And.. yes: I am printing one by one, adding a tag each one, printing the base for every custom and finally separating each one in a dedicate bag. Maniacally organized! 😀😀😀

Stay prepared, really prepared, next weekend will be DEVASTATING! 3 liters of resin for printing has gone!

Skif

Challenging saturday.... Marvel Comics Custom Erika Fortune (Spellbound)

 

Thanks Marvel Fandom :

(...) Erica Fortune was a New York University teacher who discovered she possessed great telekinetic power when her boyfriend, a parapsychology professor, tested her.

Soon after, she and her boyfriend came across two otherdimensional aliens who had used a pair of "power rings" to escape their servitude to a "spellbinder," Zxaxz, and had detected Fortune as another spellbinder. Zxaxz demanded his power rings back, and Fortune battled him, donning the rings herself to amplify. Fortune joined forces with the New Mutants and Lila Cheney to defeat Zxaxz.

Later, a third, more powerful spellbinder, the Other, came to Earth, and Fortune joined forces with Zxaxz to battle this new threat, with the help of her brother Roy, who used the rings to amplify his own latent powers. (...)

Please visit the "Gallery Over 451 customs" to see the 4D view and visit my Youtube page to watch the video Making Erika Fortune.

Marvel Comics custom: Golden Girl

 Thanks Tony Lewis OMU:

(...) Thus, after a brief period of intensive training, Ross donned a green-and-gold costume and went into action as the Golden Girl, causing a sensation in the press. Lavender and her gang were quickly captured. Not long afterward, Golden Girl accompanied Captain America on a mission into an alien dimension. As the pair faced many perils together, Ross became quite intimate with Mace, who had served in the wartime Liberty Legion as the Patriot before taking over as Captain America. Before long, they surrendered to the sexual tension that boiled over from their life of thrills and danger and began a torrid love affair.

After about two years, Betsy Ross decided to retire her costumed identity. Never entirely comfortable in the role of superheroine, she also realized that, as she was now in her early 30s, she wanted to settle down and have a family. Soon after, Mace gave up being Captain America and the two were married. They moved to Boston, where he resumed his career as a newspaper reporter and she became a housewife. (...)

If you like you can watch the 4D view in the gallery and the brief video Making Golden Girl. 

as said time ago...

I wrote some months ago a post about my first attempt to start digital sculpt of Marvel figures.

I don't know if I will 3D print some of the first attempt, maybe I am not yet confident as I am with Sculpey and Milliput, but the target is there and it is only a matter of finding the right way...

Curious?

They are being stored here:

I'll spend next week off work, but after this week be ready for a tremendous amount of new custom to come...! The factory is exploding! :)

hugs

Skif

  

Marvel Comics custom: Pretty Persuasions

 Courtesy from Comicvine

Heidi P. Franklin's background is relatively unknown before she eagerly volunteered to be part of an experiment at Genetech.  Harmon Furmintz,  the Chief Executive Officer at Genetech was running a program to create a new race of enhanced superhumans.  Along with several other test subjects involved in the Psionex Project, she had specific portions of her mind enhanced through biochemical, biomechanical, and biosurgical means.  As personal information was stolen from the individual members of the New Warriors by the Thinker, and was somehow implemented by Genetech to complete the Psionex Project, Night Thrasher wanted answers.  As a result, the New Warriors broke into the Genetech facility.  Psionex appeared to have been tipped off, and quickly captured the New Warriors.  Pretty Persuasions used her powers to wrap an energy rope around Nova's neck to incapacitate him.  Eventually, Speedball arrived an hour later, and caused a jailbreak.  Persuasions was again paired off against Nova, but Marvel Boy intervened and somehow warped her psionic powers back at her, knocking her out. (...)

The 4D view of Pretty Persuasions is in the Custom Gallery (over 450) and here is the video of the making if you want to see Pretty deeper...