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Darthgothikus

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Hi all

Bit late to the party on this one, but picked up a Thor recently and while I dig the figure, he seemed a bit "weedy"

Inspired by some super creative people on here,I decided to have a stab at beefing up that "Puny God!"

Thought I'd record my efforts as quite a few people seem to want to mod this figure, if it's all old news and a mod want to delete or move the thread, go ahead, if not, enjoy!

No. 1 picked up a selection of "muscle bodies" from the bay, and raided my "bits box" for useful spares....

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Left to right... Broken old HT body , Indiana Jones Body, ACI Spartacus body, Hot Toys Rambo Body, Thor, Gay Muscle legs, Regular True type, Slim True Type.

N0. 2 Decided on the ACI body, was going to use the Rambo, but colour was way off, and restrictive articulation put me off.

Easy part, strip him down!

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No. 3 First fit - Think he looks better already! far more God like.... now about that pesky body armour.....

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No.4 First bit of "Heart in the mouth" work. Armour is glued in place, deep breath aaaaaaaaand.....

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OK, feel sick. need a beer!

No. 5 As you can see, armour doesn't close well around the bigger body. Now, I'm actually going to use this body for my Wolverine kitbash when the head, hands & clothes set arrives. I'm buying another one of these ACI bodies (the Andrew I think?) as it doesn't have the Abdominal articulation, which is wasted on this figure, but will be cool on Wolvie!
When I get the new body I think I'll dremel down the muscles (these ACI's are all hard plastic, no rubber coating, to get it to fit better and then glue the armour back in place...

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No.6 Even with the armour "gaping" behind the cape, I'm really pleased with the result.

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No. 7 Size comparison with Capt Am.

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Notes:
1) I used the extra long ankle pegs that came with Captain America, partly because I felt he need the extra height, but also because the calves are wider than the standard body and the shin armour wouldn't go all the way on. Made it hard to attach the feet, the extra long pegs fitted great.

2) Likewise, I had to use the longer neck peg that came with the ACI body. The head kept falling off with the Hot Toys one. If you buy a loose ACI body for this swap - make sure you get the neck peg!!

3) Hot Toys hands fit straight onto the ACI wrist pegs.

4) Hot Toys feet fit the body too.

5) I'm very happy!!!
 
How is tha armour held? If it didn't push together...also who did you break down armour?
Always wanted to do this but not into mods....but thats a great guide.
 
Cheers guys :)

I bought the "muscle legs" to beef up the thighs, but there's no way they will fit in the original trousers. Waiting on a pair or T-800 leather pants to upgrade!

The armour is made up of several sections, each piece is glued in place, once I get the final body inhand I will super glue it all back together.

Keep reading about this helmet mod!?! Helmet looks ok to me. What are people doing?
 
The helmet mod makes a world of difference!

It's closes in the side of the helmet and makes it more accurate o the movie(even though it's in the movie for 10 seconds)

Easiest thing to do is take a hobby knife and pry apart the side wings from the main part of the helmet

You then have to shave a bit of the pegs that hold the wings to the helmet.

Then reglue to the wings into the desired position.

Takes 5 minutes of work. Obviously just go slow to wiggle those wings off from the helmet
 
Thanks CT015, I'd been wondering what people were doing, I think I'll leave mine as is - looks fine to me.

Very pleased with the extra bulk the new body has given him, just need to tweak those legs....
 
There you go mate....

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I can get the top section to close fine but it's about 5mm out round the waist - Thor's been hitting Dunkin' Doughnuts since he arrived on Earth!

As I say, when I get my 2nd ACI body (only ordered it today, probably be a week or more from HK), then I'll go to work on it and try to cut down the waist and sides.
Worst case scenario, I put him back on the original body and glue it back shut.


The thing that was putting me off (and I suspect a few other people), was the potential cost. Other guys are cutting up Barney Ross and T-800 bodies which themselves are bloody expensive! These ACI bodies are like, half to one third the cost, so I don't mind "experimenting" a bit.
We'll see.....
 
Definetly going to hav to try it now which ACI body would you recommend.
Thanks for all the help
 
Any of the "Andrews" would do. The original one (ver.0) is plain, the (ver 1) has scars on the chest - but they would be hidden, and that one seems to be a bit cheaper. There's a third version which has tattoos, I'd avoid that as I don't know how easy they'd be to remove?

The one I've got is the "Sparticus" it has added abdominal articulation, this is completely useless under the armour and that's why I'm keeping this body for my Wolverine.

Look forward to seeing what you come up with. Fun this innit!?
 
Thought I'd re-visit this project as the new trousers I'd ordered weeks ago finally showed.

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The main problem I had with this figure was actually his skinny legs, so even though I like the ACI Muscle body better than the original, I was eager to beef up his legs even more.
I bought the muscle legs a while ago, but as was pointed out there was no way they would fit inside the standard trousers.

I sourced a pair of Terminator T-800 Leather strides which have a much wider cut...

The shin armour is a very tight fit on the ACI body so I knew I wouldn't get it on over the muscle legs, I needed to do a bit of trimming!

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Had to add a bit of a "gusset" to the knee and the inner thigh to get the muscle covers on.

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BEEFY!

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I'm liking where he's going, still waiting on a second ACI body which I'm going to slim down around the waist with a dremmel so I can get the body armour to fit better.

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And the "comparison shot" with Captain A

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