On a little break from my G.I. Joe Retro project to scratch a long burning itch.
I've been taking whacks at creating a properly porportioned Kingpin for years. My first attempt was inspired by his appearance on Netflix's Daredevil and built using a combination of 6-inch Penguin figures, a ToyBiz Professor X head and some Legends Namor hands. I was proud of the engineering involved, but ultimately he didn't fit the aesthetic of my other MCU customs. My second also used a six-inch Penguin coat/arms and a Big Boss waist/legs from C.O.P.S. with some WWE figure hands, boots and head. He was fine for a comic version but way to big to hang with my MCU-inspired customs. And my third was just too small (but makes a pretty decent Penguin, I think).
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Not seeing a clear way forward, I went back to that first attempt and did some serious re-engineering of the torso and shoulders to make his arms hang more realistically. I also built out his crotch to make the legs feel more naturally proportionate.Then I swapped his old head for a custom cast of D'Onofrio and ditched his Legends hands in favor of some from MU Ares. Now most of my average-height male MCU customs come up to his chin and his overall frame feels much more plausible (if still a little exaggerated from the character's screen appearance).
Here he is standing next to my comic version:
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And here's my new Penguin (repainted Multiverse Penguin with a cast movie-likeness head of the character from The Batman and some MU hands/feet) intervening as an LBC Harvey Bullock (the actual Spinmaster movie Penguin with an Indy hat and gunbelt) gets ready to haul my former default Penguin custom (a Speed Racer figure with re-engineered elbow joints, MU Bullseye hands, Multiverse Penguin hat and articulated Joe feet) away to the fodder bin.
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Thoughts?
