Freedom Reborn Figures

[Tomato]

So members of the discord have seen this, but I realized I haven't posted anything about it in ages. Lss, I more or less lost contact with my go-to customizer (tho they seem to be making mass market figures so good for them), so I've sort of quietly been doing my own customs. Only 2 so far, though I do have more planned.

To get it out of the way, as I said on discord: I am open to adding other avatars to my to do list, and there are certainly cases to be made for a lot of people. However, these are purely in-between projects, when/if I do them and when I don't is purely arbitrary. I also have 3 more on my current to-do list, and I am doing all 3 before I do anyone else regardless.

We got that? We good? Cool. If you'd still like to ask about adding yourself or another member, please do so via discord (since I dont know how much space my pm box has and I'm not as likely to check it). https://discord.gg/jMUPfCMv



(Also, to knock it out, Daglob, Figure Fan, and Podmark are on my to-do list already.)

[deanjo2000]

I've always been impressed with these. I've dabbled in customs but not this level. I really like the Benton custom, the blue really shines.

[cmdrkoenig67]

Really nice work on your customs, Tomato!

Best,

Dana

[Tomato]

So,in fairness (for those who don't remember) the only two so far that I have personally done so far are DJ and Nyte Dragon. I just bought all I should need for Daglob, and I have a game plan in place for FF.

[Tomato]

Mostly finished with my Daglob custom figure. His right hand is still drying (and will be for a while, the pink spray paint I used takes forever to fully dry) but in the meantime, it's being guarded by another recent addition: Catwhowalksbyhimself.

[Tomato]

*deep breath*

So. Real talk. Figure Fan has been on my to-do list for a bit, I've been working on getting everything together for him for a while, and I went out today to very specifically get paint that would match that very specific teal color I think of when I see this character. The paint I got (Citadel Ahriman Blue) was really good, covered the black decently with only a couple coats, and I am super proud of the result.

My phone *refuses* to photograph it properly. I have issues with my phone not really photographing properly in general, but it's usually a case where I have to shift stuff to be more blue and less yellow: NOT WITH THIS FIGURE. I have color changing bulbs in my room, I put this thing in PURE YELLOW light to where it looked GREEN in person and my phone STILL color corrected it back to Blue. I do not understand it.

So. I have photoshopped this photo, plus the reveal photo I posted in discord, to match the color I see with my own eyes. I do not intend to do that going forward, so if I post photos later and Figure Fan looks like a Smurf, it's just my phone camera being weirdo, I do not understand it.

(In somewhat fairness to the camera, I'm only shifting the hue over like, 5 degrees. But with that blue/teal/green area, that's a lot)