Archangel

This entry kicks off my new blog, Iropan's Famous Customs! I look forward to sharing all my creations with the community and hearing everyone's comments!

Archangel is one of those examples on how important a character's design is. I only know bits and pieces of his story, and yet he's one of my favorite Marvel characters thanks to that spectacular outfit and that wild combination of blue and hot pink (ahem, magenta).

The original Angel made his comic debut all the way back in the beginning, in the first number of X-Men, in September of '63, as a blonde heart-throb with angel wings. He eventually has his wings mutilated, and is offered a Faustian deal by Apocalypse, who offers to restore his wings if he will become one of his Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Warren accepts and the resulting genetic manipulation tints his skin blue, as well as dramatically changing his outlook on life, to say the least. He gets new wings, and they're not the feathery and fluffy type, but instead new razor-sharp organic metal wings.

I know using the existing Angel figure seems like a no-brainer, but I wanted to try something more original, and take advantage of the very expressive pose of Eaglemoss' Captain Marvel figurine.

This was almost a month of work. A lot of that time went into figuring out how to make the wings. I finally opted to make them out of plastic, since it's lightweight and can be cut to shape with relative ease. For the arm of the wings I used Milliput, which serves to link-up the wings to the figure's shoulders. When shaping the wings I wanted to stay away from that square classic look (it's been done to death) and instead try for something with more shapes and a "metal feathered" look.