Hi everyone! My good friend Jin Saotome told me this would be a great place to show off my Aliens customs, so I thought I'd give it a shot. Remember the old 90's Kenner Aliens toy line? It's always been one of my favorites. I still have just about every figure from that line, as a matter of fact. Recently I was hit with inspiration to recreate several of the old Kenner figures, but in a modern, more realistic, NECA style. After looking at Sgt. Apone, all the parts immediately came to me and I knew I had to do it. Sgt. Apone here is "frankensteining" at its best. He's made from the body of a NECA Jungle Patrol Dutch, the head and arms of an Expendables 2 Hale Caesar, and the lower legs of a NECA Half Life 2 Gordon Freeman. His web gear was taken from a NECA Hicks figure, and made to fit in a similar style as the original Sgt. Apone figure. The bio-mechanical arm is pieced together from terminator bits and random pieces of fodder. I gave him a repainted rifle from an Alien Resurrection Ripley, and I completely remade the original figures' grenades to give to my custom, so he stays within the same vision as the original. I also included a repainted Kenner facehugger accessory. It's the perfect size for NECA scaled figures! After a paint job using the old figure as my guide, Sgt. Apone is ready for some bug stomping action!
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To go with Sgt. Apone, I decided to tackle one of the classic xenomorphs from the Kenner line. The Bull Alien was always one of my top favorites from that line, so I knew I had to start with him. It's mostly a NECA Xenomorph, but heavily modified. I had to completely rework the back legs, cutting a lot off, dremeling, and reshaping in order to get them in the same pose and look as the hind legs of the original Bull Alien figure. The front and back feet, horns, and a couple of other pieces actually come from the original Bull Alien figure, I just made them fit and blend in with the NECA figure. The scorpion barb on the end of his tail comes from a Spider-Man Classics Mac Gargan Venom figure. I hand sculpted onto the forehead to make it bigger, and I also recreated the original Bull Alien figure's "skull ramming" action feature by making an extra neck piece you can attach the figure to give it the same extended look. Then I completely repainted the figure, using the original Kenner Bull Alien as my guide. Then I dry brushed some gloss clear coat over the entire thing to give it that gross, wet look the xenomorphs always have. And now the Bull Alien is ready to ram down some Colonial Marines!
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I plan to do an entire line of Kenner Aliens updates, remaking both the Colonial Marines and the Xenomorphs, so be sure to stay on the lookout! I'll probably be tackling the Gorilla Alien next! Thanks for looking!
