Jigsaw custom figures, dont throw figure pieces away, Save them.

Hey my EF/MF fanily.
Custom figures are a labor of love, you have that perfect Devin Hester pic and you know just what FF.com figures to use to recreate it, or you know that maybe a wide figure torso with a Mr. Everything bottom and some heat would make a perfect Dick Butkas, but what do you do with whats left over. Answer make figs! I call the technique Jigsawing, I got the idea from Uncle Don Smith, When my brother Don and I started kicking it on Custom Figures I was so pumped, I wanted to try to do everything he would speak of,On one of our many EF/MF talks, he Said Lock save all your extras heads, arms, legs, torsos, everything, he said to get some Pill bottles and put the peices in each bottle according to piece type, Now I love FF.com figs and began to save all my extras as well as hard plastic figs, but when I had an abundant amount of figs I would just crank figs out, then Blammo you boy Lock fell on some hard luck, ok I couldnt just order a bunch of figs I just didnt have the ends, Im home in the EF/MF lab, I go to my peices collection and thats when what Don had told me kicked in, I had a good amount of what I needed saved up, but what made it so cool was now I really could make unique posed customs out of the pieces I had saved, and It kinda felt like when you make a jigsaw puzzle, certain pieces went in perfect, other pieces didnt, but with enough time I made about tweny custom figs with what I had saved up that looked great and even better they were functional, so as Don shared with me I now Share with you save those extra pieces, when you have a good amount get em out and Start Jigsawing, youll be suprised at what you can do with whats leftover.

Stay Blessed

[Electric Coach]

Biglock,

I understand what you are talking about. When I first started customizing, some of my cuts were bad. I ruined a few figures before learning how to cut each type of figure that I had. Although they were damaged, I kept the scraps. I even kept the crumbs that came from the figures that I previously cut.

Take a look at my Akin Ayodele # 51 figure in the pictures below. This figure was one of those figures that I ruined. I cut his torso too high. He had no stomach and back. I packed the crumbs that I had from a Haiti figure in the damaged areas of #51. If you can, look at the small of his back. That is where I repaired the damage. I have a closer picture of #51’s back, but it is too large in kilobytes for this message board.

I used Elmer’s glue stick to hold the Haiti crumbs in place between the lower torso and waistline. It looked like shrapnel was protruding from his back. I then allowed the packing to dry over night. I sanded the area to a smooth finish. Painting also helps to hold everything together. He weighs in at 2.8g on a boiled rookie base.

After I refurbish these Cowboys, #51 will fall apart, but that’s ok. I might create another figure like this one, which is a combination of Reg’s Lester figure and the legs of a Haiti Repro blocker.

Maurice

The Electric Coach

[Michigan Joe]

Big Lock, you're right on. A customizer should absolutely never throw any pieces away. I love going to the "junk pile" when creating figures! Guys, I also love your hybrids, I borrowed the idea for myself and will post pictures soon.
Thanks,
Joe

Lock,

I was just passing along the info that I got from Chris Robinson to you my brother. When Chris was doing customs he didn't have a lot of space to work in; so he was extremely organized. He kept all of his spare parts in pill bottles. He also (like a prep cook) chopped up parts that he knew he was going to use at a later time and put all of the like parts together in seperate bottles. He's who I learned it from, and I'm happy to share the knowledge.

Peace,

Don