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really have to commend Mattel. Sure, they've made some missteps,
but I know the design team tries really hard to find creative ways
to make the characters we want and still meet a budget. Of course,
sometimes that means we get a great Kilowog head sculpt on a tiny
little body. That's okay with me. I can fix that. At least I didn't
have to sculpt the head!
Obviously I
used the Mattel Kilowog head. For the body, I chose the JLU Aquaman
figure as a base. Studying Kilowog's appearance on the show, I found
his body is large, but not as large as a character like Bane or
AMAZO. The Aquaman figure is in a scale of his own, so his overall
size fit Kilowog's requirements nicely. I swapped Aquaman's forearms
with those of Martian Manhunter. The joints are interchangable and
easy to swap when heat is applied.
The only additional
sculpting required was the wide neck.
I wasn't happy
with the existing Green Lantern logos available, so I made my own
in Illustrator. See below to download an appropriately sized version
for your own projects.
Casimir
Winter 2006
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