Why the Udon version of Deadpool?  I suppose it's because I'm really digging his current appearances in the Cable & Deadpool comic.  Plus, it gave me the opportunity to do some things to this custom that would remove the "complete" from "complete rip-off" - at least as far as this custom is concerned.

Which brings me to the guys at fwooshnet.com who deserve credit for this custom.  First and foremost, GrownNerd - he did a write-up for his shoulder fix for ML's with the shoulder hinge articulation.  Ever since then, I haven't been able to look at figures like Daredevil, Spider-Man (the very popular parachute variant), and Deadpool without noticing those overly huge shoulders. This was the main catalyst for undertaking this custom.

Then there's the countless guys on the Fwoosh who have been upping the bar for the rest of us.  One of the latest bar-upping trends is to include seam lines on customs.  RoboKillah walked me through how he did this.  (If I had found this thread on the Fwoosh, I needn't have bothered him as much.)  Instead of fishing line, I used flexible bead cord (.5mm thickness) that I had seen my wife use for some necklaces and bracelets she made.

Finally, I borrowed the idea from Magnuz to use grenades from the base figure's straps to fill the spot on Deadpool's belt from where I took the holster to transplant to his hip, just like he did on his Deadpool custom.

 Here are some of the other items I modified from the original.  On his head, modified the eyes so the black area was smaller.  I added the flap at the back of his hood as well as the seam lines.  You'll notice that I don't have a lot of pictures straight on from the front - that's because the modified hood isn't that visible, plus I don't think I did a great job making the seamlines symmetrical.  And umm, yeah, I like the profile shots much better anyways!

The torso took the most work.  I first removed the arms and straps (but kept the belt).  While the torso was disassembled, I added the seam lines using that bead cord.  The cord I bought was black, but since the pattern on the Udon Deadpool was slighty different from the original figure's, I had to repaint a lot of the torso anyways.  While I was doing the seams on the torso, I added seams to the arms and hips.  On the arms, I followed the pattern already there, but on the legs, the design again forced some repainting.

With seam lines glued down, I started on the chest harness.  After the X-Men: Danger Room set, I had sworn off rubber bands, but this one pulled me back in.  The sections on the upper torso are rubber bands.  The ones on the lower torso, that slide into the ab hinge, are vinyl, to give more clearance.  The circular portion in the center of his chest is a thumbtack with additional sculpting with Super Sculpey.

For some final touches, I added the straps to his boots and added the rigging for his swords and submachine guns to the back of his harness.  I glued the flexible plastic piece that held the rigging to the original straps to the back of his harness.  Now the rigging is removable depending on the kind of Deadpool mood I'm in.