I can't take full credit, however. This morning I was browsing the customs galleries at
fwooshnet.com and stumbled upon a
custom Ultron by
Glorbes. Glorbes had used the head from the base of the ML8 Iron Man on a Magneto from the new X-Men series.
While I had not considered making an Ultron, the inspiration had
hit - like Glorbes, I could use one of the new X-Men figures, but I
opted for the Ruby Armor Cyclops. The kicker is that Cyke comes
with a light-up feature that I could retain to give Ultron a menacing
glow to his head.
The head proved to be the most work. I first removed one of the
Ultron heads from the ML8 Iron Man base - I used the one in the middle,
stuck to the Ultron dead on his stomach. Using my dremel, I
liberally hollowed out the inside of the head and carved out sockets for the
eyes, mouth, and the three holes on top of his head. I also
removed the peg that was used to attach the head to the base.
After the eye sockets were as uniform as I could get them, I used
Apoxie Sculpt to reform a socket for the neck peg and repair Ultron's
right ear. I used twist ties from the Cyke packaging to make his
antennae.
The body was a lot simpler. Cyke's head popped off easily after
heating it with a blow dryer. I then removed the backpack, the
hoses,
and used the dremel to remove where the hose attached to the forearm
and wipe off the X in the circular logo in the center of Cyke's
torso. After a spray with some black vinyl die, I dry brushed the
silver on top of it.
By then, the Apoxie I used for the socket in the head was cured enough
for me to try a test fit. The light up feature wasn't engaging
too well, so I glued a circular segment of twist ties to the top of the
button to help the head push the button down far enough to make the
connection. In the end, the head is a little loose, but the light
up feature works fine. In hindsight, I would want to cast the
Ultron head in clear resin and just paint over the rest of it.
