Custom Tennessee/P. Manning Figure

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Hey everybody,

Not sure this goes in this forum so I apologize in advance to the mods if they have to move it. Anyway, I got this bright idea after looking at McFarlane NFL Figures on Ebay to buy one of a Tennessee great that was made with them as an NFL player and customize and change it from the default NFL figure into Volunteers colors. I found a cheap Peyton Manning/Colts figure someone was selling out of a Manning brother box set so I grabbed it. Here is a quick picture I took of what it looked like before the transformation:
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Without going into a lot of long details, here is the almost finished product:


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Just a few notes though, you can't tell it much from the pictures but I added dirty spots on his knees, up his right leg, and his left elbow. The white parts of his uniform looked a little TOO perfect so I had to fix it with something. :) Also, I accidently dropped white drops of paint on the stand while painting the pants, so I had another idea to lightly spray white paint on the stand to simulate snow.

Finally, I have a question for anyone that might do stuff similar to this or model cars, etc. The orange paint I used for the jersey is a bit too glossy than I expected. Does anyone know of a way to dull the luster without harming the paint or decals? I was going to try to spray it with flat, clear lacquer, but I'm not sure if that will work. Any help is appreciated.

So, what do you think?
 
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I've got to be honest, I thought this was going to be a little cheesy when I first started reading your post, but the finished product is pretty amazing. The detail is great.

I'm moving this to the Pub so that it won't get buried in a sea of coach threads.
 
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Nice job, I thought it was too glossy when I looked at the pick too. Wish I could help.

Nice job
 
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GAVol said:
I've got to be honest, I thought this was going to be a little cheesy when I first started reading your post, but the finished product is pretty amazing. The detail is great.
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I agree completely. Nicely done.
 
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GAVol said:
I've got to be honest, I thought this was going to be a little cheesy when I first started reading your post, but the finished product is pretty amazing. The detail is great.
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no kidding. i was too.


i've always admired the patience of people do things like this and the attention to detail it takes, be it model cars, figures, of whatever else.
 
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i loved starting lineup as kid. i just wish i could have fought the urge to leave them in the box instead of playing with them.
 
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So, once you perfect the orange gloss defect, how much you gonna charge for a custom if I provide a mcfarlane figure?
 
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I don't know USAF Vol, until I figure out how to fix the gloss effect I'm not going to do anymore. I've got an idea I'm going to try today and if that doesn't work I don't know what I'm going to do. I will say though, the pictures you all are seeing are a little deceiving. The camera I used makes the orange look darker and even more glossy than the actual figure. The orange I used is much closer to the color orange Tennessee uses. If I figure it all out and make it perfect, I'll post more pictures using a better camera to try and give the real world effect.

And thanks so much to everyone for their compliments!!
 
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It is a six inch figure. And I wish you hadn't showed me that figure on ebay, cause that one kicks mines butt!! Oh well, it was my first one and I didn't do a lot of custom work on it. I tried the flat paint thing I talked about on a spare piece of model car tree and it did dull the paint, so I'll probably spray the figure and see what happens. Thanks for the help.
 
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TheSyxxSynse said:
It is a six inch figure. And I wish you hadn't showed me that figure on ebay, cause that one kicks mines butt!! Oh well, it was my first one and I didn't do a lot of custom work on it. I tried the flat paint thing I talked about on a spare piece of model car tree and it did dull the paint, so I'll probably spray the figure and see what happens. Thanks for the help.
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I wouldn't be so sure. Outside of the glossiness issue, yours look extremely realistic. The helmet/head on the ebay leaves something to be desired. Top notch work.
 
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Thanks volfanbill. I looked at it again and see what your talking about. The facemask looks custom made and is a little off. I wanted to change the facemask on mine since my Manning figure has the Revolution style helmet he wears in the NFL. I also wanted to paint the orange part of his socks skin tone since college players wear shorter socks but their is a leg brace on his left leg so it would have looked like he had a swollen leg.

Anyway, good news on mine. I sprayed it with flat laquer and that almost totally zapped the luster in the orange. I'm going to try to take more pictures with a better camera in a better surrounding with no flash and see how it looks. I'll post later.

Thanks again to everyone for their kind words and suggestions!
 
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Alright, here are some more photos. The flash on the camera still gives it a bit of a luster look but I can assure you that only the helmet shines now, which is by design of course. I'm also wondering if I should try and paint white strips on the football like college balls have. What do you think?

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That flat laquer really helped with the shiny issue. It looks great. Well done.
 
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Thanks guys. I'm really glad the flat laquer worked, because the shiny shirt was just an eye sore to me. Anyway, I bought another figure on ebay today, a Vince Young that I'm going to transform into Tee Martin. That should be fun. Also, if anyone has any good pics of Tee, let me know. Thanks!
 
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Since I'm a huge stickler for authenticity...

Your best bet for a helmet would be from a Drew Bledsoe figure. This would match Manning's 1997 facemask. For a 1997 look, the jerseys had just the white adidas wordmark on the right shoulder (for the orange jersey) and the numbers were sewn-on twill. To replicate this effect, try using number stickers in the right font rather than a waterslide decal (which creates a screened-on look). Also, the name font for 1997 was a standard block rather than the Clarendon of years past and years after.
 
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Ohio Vol said:
Since I'm a huge stickler for authenticity...

Your best bet for a helmet would be from a Drew Bledsoe figure. This would match Manning's 1997 facemask. For a 1997 look, the jerseys had just the white adidas wordmark on the right shoulder (for the orange jersey) and the numbers were sewn-on twill. To replicate this effect, try using number stickers in the right font rather than a waterslide decal (which creates a screened-on look). Also, the name font for 1997 was a standard block rather than the Clarendon of years past and years after.
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That's a good point about the Drew Bledsoe figure. A couple of other things also. If you were going for a '97 look, UT wore solid white pants with a power T that year. (a-la your Tee Martin figure) Also, I don't recall UT wearing orange socks during that time period, and the helmet had the fatter stripe all through Manning's career. Don't take this the wrong way, that's an amazing job.
 
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That's a good point about the Drew Bledsoe figure. A couple of other things also. If you were going for a '97 look, UT wore solid white pants with a power T that year. (a-la your Tee Martin figure) Also, I don't recall UT wearing orange socks during that time period, and the helmet had the fatter stripe all through Manning's career. Don't take this the wrong way, that's an amazing job.
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I wanted to paint the orange part of the socks skin tone, but I had to paint it orange because if you look at the last picture Manning is wearing a knee brace on his left leg. The brace is under the sock so if I painted the part I painted orange skin tone it would look like his leg was inflammed or had a growth or something weird.
 
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