The Alternate Avengers

[ApophisV]

I'm proud to present:

While trying to build something for the Hero Contest I ended with several figs, and these are some of them.

Actually the Captain America fig on the left side was supposed to be my contest entry, but it came out too close to the original Cap America costume idea, that's why I skipped it and build another fig (The Void)

Nonetheless I wasn't able to get this Avenger fig idea out of my head, that's why I started building more figs for that team. The idea behind it was to create alternate designs for the original team, including Cap, Iron Man, Thor and Hulk. And voila, here we go!

Captain America:

Actually his outfit is more based on Patriot from the Young Avengers than on the original Cap costume. Biggest changes were the red cape, the vibranium staff instead a vibranium shield and my version got a real helmet.

Iron Man:

My version has almost nothing to do with the current Iron Man design, the only similarities are the color scheme and the head which looks sooooo exactly like Tony... :-D

The armor itself looks more like the old style armor he had decades ago. The jetpack is mine, I thought it would give the fig a more armorish look.

Thor:

I didn't pay too much attention to this character, first of all I'm not really familiar with him and then I don't think that he looks that cool.

My version is mainly a 1:1 translation of a picture I found at Google using standard parts I had available. Except the cape, I hadn't a red one left.

Hulk:

What shall I say? It's Hulk... Using the only sandgreen head and the only sandgreen torso I had (It has the Snape-Grandma-printing on the back :-$) I hadn't much possibilities to modify his look. I gave him the HP hair to make him look somewhat neglected and a club to make him look more agressive.

That's it for now, the next four figs are sitting on my shelf and wait for the photosession, I'll show them as soon as I got the time to make the pictures!

As always: Comments and critiques welcome! :-)

[Darkness Falls]

Nice job, man. Some good modifications there. I like Iron Man, and I agree... the face is definately Tony.

Hulk is actually one of my favorites. I like the simplicity. Now, let's see a big battle scene!

[JoeMI6]

Nice figs there Apo. It's good to see you kept them purist. As I am a Hulk fan, I feel this fig doesn't do him justice, but due to limitations, you've done well. Some nice likenesses with the other figs as well. Good jobs all around. Well done.

[natelite]

maybe you can make hulk out of bricks and stick a minifig head on it.

[ApophisV]

Nice job, man. Some good modifications there. I like Iron Man, and I agree... the face is definately Tony.

Hulk is actually one of my favorites. I like the simplicity. Now, let's see a big battle scene!

Thanks for the nice comments! Maybe I'll use Tony's face for creating my first custom fig, a close-to-original Iron Man.

It's good to see you kept them purist.

Yes, I never was tempted to modify my LEGO parts because it would hurt me too much. But I am currently thinking about getting some extra torsos and heads from Bricklink to start creating custom figs. But that has to wait till I passed my tests this semester... ;-)

As I am a Hulk fan, I feel this fig doesn't do him justice

Yeah, I agree with you on this point, he is looking somewhat weak due to his body size and his facial expression. But since this small project wasn't meant to copy the Avengers 1:1 I think the fig is enough to have a team member that is more or less clearly inspired by the Hulk.

maybe you can make hulk out of bricks and stick a minifig head on it.

I thought about this too, but due to my tests at the university all my bricks are currently packed away, only the Minifig related parts are lying around. So a brickbuild Hulk has to wait till I passed my tests.