- July 23rd, 2017, 1:24 pm#4895989
While talking with my "Florence Ghostbusters" buddies this morning on Facebook, in a discussion of figures we'd like to see DST make someday, the conversation turned to the trial scene from GB2.
I suddenly realized I had all the parts on hand already for a quickie custom Mattel-style "Courtroom Winston Zeddemore", so I went and dug them out from different locations...
At left, from a bag of leftover parts of other customs, I had a slimeblower Winston head on a lab coat body (which is itself parts from two figures, I believe). At middle, a Winston that I bought off eBay to use the head for a custom Marshmallow Mess Winston. [Not sure if I bought it this way or if it somehow got damaged in storage, but the left shoulder is fused and won't move, so I don't mind cannibalizing it for the hands.]
At right, not a Ghostbusters figure, it's Gotham DA Harvey Dent... but the Mattel Batman/Dark Knight lines used a lot of the same body parts for suit-wearing characters. I originally bought him for some other custom Ghostbuster courtroom project, but never did that one for some forgotten reason (probably because Matty actually made the character I was planning).
I used a hair dryer to get the hands out and the heads off. At this point, the main problem becomes evident... Winston had a design where the neck was continuous with the head, while Dent had a design where the neck was continuous with the body. You can't just pop WInston's head right on, or he will look like a giraffe.
I dremeled off Dent's neck with a diamond wheel.
Then I very carefully hollowed him out with a different burr bit. This was much easier back before I wore bifocals, let me tell you.
I kept testing the new hollow collar to see how well Winston's neck would fit inside, and when I got the opening large enough to fit but would still hold the neck nice and snug, I called it done.
Alex
I suddenly realized I had all the parts on hand already for a quickie custom Mattel-style "Courtroom Winston Zeddemore", so I went and dug them out from different locations...
At left, from a bag of leftover parts of other customs, I had a slimeblower Winston head on a lab coat body (which is itself parts from two figures, I believe). At middle, a Winston that I bought off eBay to use the head for a custom Marshmallow Mess Winston. [Not sure if I bought it this way or if it somehow got damaged in storage, but the left shoulder is fused and won't move, so I don't mind cannibalizing it for the hands.]
At right, not a Ghostbusters figure, it's Gotham DA Harvey Dent... but the Mattel Batman/Dark Knight lines used a lot of the same body parts for suit-wearing characters. I originally bought him for some other custom Ghostbuster courtroom project, but never did that one for some forgotten reason (probably because Matty actually made the character I was planning).
I used a hair dryer to get the hands out and the heads off. At this point, the main problem becomes evident... Winston had a design where the neck was continuous with the head, while Dent had a design where the neck was continuous with the body. You can't just pop WInston's head right on, or he will look like a giraffe.
I dremeled off Dent's neck with a diamond wheel.
Then I very carefully hollowed him out with a different burr bit. This was much easier back before I wore bifocals, let me tell you.
I kept testing the new hollow collar to see how well Winston's neck would fit inside, and when I got the opening large enough to fit but would still hold the neck nice and snug, I called it done.
Alex
What a knockabout of pure fun that was!