Custom Indy ver. 2.0(this was gonna be used for a site but it never happened.)

Posted by Indiana Shorty from 196-28-48-98.prtc.net on October 24, 2000 at 19:44:28:

1.Gas mask bag from the GI Joe WW1 doughboy and a Cotswold brown rifle sling.
2. Boots from the Dragon WW2 Dave figure.
3: A Cotswold brown leather rifle sling(and a brass buckle,or mold a buckle similar to the ranger buvkle from raiders)
4.A Cotswold Tan web belt and a molded brass buckle.
5. The Brown leather jacket from the G.I. Joe Classic 12" Figures Mission Gear: U.S. Army Air Force Pilot(remove the knit cuffs and/or waistband.)
6. Taupe colored cloth(there are no good 1:6th scale indyish type of pants.) and some sewing skills!
7.Lots and lots of brown leather(for braiding a leather whip a whip holder and a holster.)
8. There's still people that make replicas of the original gun sold by kenner for the 12" Indy,but 21st century toys makes a weapons set that includes a colt revolver you can use as an Indy S&W.
9. Most IMPORTANT! a Dragon Adam body or a Cheong body(for a Temple of Doom "torn shirt" version.).
Optional:
1.Dragons cavalry Horse,Blitz.
2.21st century toys M5 stuart tank
3. Twilight Magic Works 1:6th scale .45 automatic:
4. Fritz,Jackie Chan's posable hands.
Addresses you might need to find these items:

http://www.amazon.com/

http://www.elitebrigade.com/

http://www.toysyndicate.com/

http://justicefighters.safeshopper.com/

http://www.adventuregear.com/

http://www.monkeydepot.com/

http://www.smallblueplanet.com/

http://www.thatgijoeheadguy.homestead.com/joeheadindex.html

http://www.andgor.com/

http://www.homestead.com/Civies/

Custom Made Indiana Jones: Ok,this is a pretty simple custom 12" figure(Basically all Indiana Jones trilogy custom figures are easy,all you need is a head mold and the right parts/clothing/accessories.) i'll sum up the proccess in 5 easy(ok,moderatly easy!) steps!

1. If you have the Indy head mold,or you molded the head out of sculpey(or any other molding materials) all you need to do is paint the head and modify the neck so it fits in a normal Dragon Adam body(if you cant modify the head just glue it down...BUT,if you do this you won't be able to move the head left or right.) and attach it to the body.

****Be warned...for the next steps you NEED to KNOW how to saw****

2.After you've attached the head to the body and put in the articulated hands(if you didn't buy the Dragon hands set A its ok,the body already has a normal pair of hands.) you need to get a khaki shirt from hasbro(if you cant find the shirt,buy a white dress shirt from http://www.homestead.com/Civies and dye it a tan color.) and modify it.(add the strips going from the top of his shirt to the bottom and add the straps at the shoulders.).

3.Buy some taupe colored cloth and start to sew the pants and add the flaps to the back pockets(if you can't make the pockets just saw on the flaps.)

4.Now,get alot of BROWN leather(by the way,for the whip you need strands of brown leather.) and some pictures of Indy's holster(s)...you might wanna look at pictures Lee Kepler's holster and use that to make the holster,the whip holder(or holster) is simple to make,get another strap of leather(or another cotswold strap) and cut it down and glue in a button,the next thing to do is pretty hard,if you can't braid leather ask someone who can(or ask someone who makes leather belts to help you out.) and braid the leather and make the whip.

5.This is the FINAL step: after ALL is done you need to: put the buckle on the cotswold leather strap and attach it to the Hasbro WWI doughboy, change the buckle on the webbing belt and put on Indy's clothes(oh and add the replica Kenner revolver in the holster.).

Note: If you can't sew,ask a friend or a relative to help out with the shirt.

Pretty easy huh? yep,thats all.

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