I'm pretty everyone saw power princess and wanted to turn her into a wonder woman figure lol. I wanted to make a video to help out others who also wanted to do this repaint.
I’m glad I’m not they only one who thought this fig looked pretty close to Wonder Woman. So thanks for confirming to me, that I’m not insane for thinking that.
I'd love to see more content like this! Beautiful figure and I own one myself. I'd love to paint mine as well but afraid I might ruin it!😂 If I find another in the wild I'll maybe try..Thanks for sharing!
I definitely understand. Painting this seems pretty intimidating but it surprisingly wasn't too bad to paint. Even when I messed up, it was pretty easy to clean up. Let me know if you have any questions when you do repaint it
I’m just trying figure out a solution to put stars on the lower section on my custom, Wonder Woman without stars feels empty. Gonna need 2-3mm sized stars for the front and a few 3-5mm stars for the back.
Looks good. Next time consider sanding down all points of contact to avoid rub. No sense in doing all that work if the paint is going to chip right off.
Youre absolutely right! I didn't need to do any sanding on the joints since there's no paint. I can probably sand down the torso, I just don't know how much to trim off and I haven't found a good tutorial on it yet. When I figure it out, I might make a tutorial or something 🤔
Fantastic. Well done. I have Power Princess in my BBTS Pile of Loot waiting for me to ship. I also got her to be Wonder Woman. I have the new McFarlane one, and it’s fantastic aside from the super gigantic scale. I was absolutely excited to get her, but I display Knightfall Batman and a kit-bashes Hush/Atomic Skull 2-pack Superman, who are true 7-inch figures so she towers over them. “Justice by snu-snu!!” I’m going to do some kitbashing and customizing as needed to make Power Princess into a very believable Wonder Woman.
Glad you enjoyed it! Yeah I made the video to try and help and show people that repainting this isn't too bad. I figure most people bought power princess to make a 1/12 wonder woman. This repaint scales great with my older dc collectibles like the Greg capullo batman wave.
You need to put some primer, brother. The plastic is smooth. Also, in Marvel legends, you need to figure out which parts are having some paint chipping. Therefore, you need to sand it then primer it, then paint.
Yeah I use the vallejo black primer a lot. I'll definitely try sanding down the plastic before priming it next time. What grit sandpaper do you suggest?
Use a gray or white primer. It depends on what color you are going to use. For example, If you want the color RED to POP ( bright ), you need white primer. With that, you don't need 3 coats of paint to see the red you need. I mean you need a thin coat of paint then the color you want should POP immediately. When the paint is thick, it can chip easily. Any grit is okay. But 200 and 400 is what I suggest.@@BenzoFigures
That's an awesome job. But since I have the newer wonder woman, I was wondering if there is a way to turn power princess into crime syndicate superwoman.....but power princess' colors are very close, so I'm going to see how well she displays with owlman.....I wish I could send my dark knight returns supes to change the head painting a bit to the way injustice cartoon supes is
It's like someone working on Marvel Legends saw that there were no affordable 6 inch scale Wonder Woman figures, and was secretly also a DC fan too, so he made a figure that could easily be made into a 6 inch scale Wonder Woman.
Looks great! I really miss Testors Acrylics paint. Those were the best and I don't think you would have had the paint rub that you had with Testors. I might give her the same paint job as yours.
@@BenzoFigures I'm still searching for a worthy replacement. I pretty much stopped customizing because of it. I haven't been to thrilled with Vallejo but it seem like the brand a lot of people are using now. I used it more like touch ups but I'll try it the way you did with very thin coats and with a lot of drying time and see how that goes. Luckily, I do have lots of left over Testors. 😁
@somarriba333 that's awesome! Definitely let me know if u do find a good alternative. I have both vallejo and citadel, and I prefer vallejo over that but it still has its problems
@@BenzoFigures I haven't tried Citadel. For basic customs like painting sets and non action figure items, I have used the cheap Michaels and Walmart paints. They seem fine for stuff like that.
Thanks I appreciate it! I have that new wonder woman from mcfarlane. Definitely the best one mcfarlane has made so far. Excited for starfire and blackfire
Power Princess is such a huge improvement in the female action figures for Marvel Legends. I have the Mezco Wonder Woman, and Power Princess puts that figure (a premium figure) to shame. None of the premium figure companies (Mafex, Mezco, or Revoltech) have made a wonder woman in the 1/12 scale that is better than the Marvel Legends Power Princess. I'm not some super Marvel Legends fanboy either because I have talked my fair share of ish about how trash the Marvel Legends female figures have been. My only hope is that the Hasbro Marvel Legends team doesn't go back to giving us those super skinny, poor articulation, no accessories having, hard to pose figures. The GI JOE retro Scarlet and Power Princess figures seem to indicate that Hasbro has listened to the toy collector community when the demand for better figures was made.
@BenzoFigures I'm glad I came across your video. I was very disappointed in that Mezco Wonder Woman after getting Power Princess. You gave simple instructions and provided viewers with all the materials they will need. Now I just need to hunt down another Power Princess figure 🤣
I saw a vid recently on this figure and from the look I thought it was the version of wonder woman seen in one of the animated justice league movies until I realized. Still, thought she would be a great wonder woman figure and here you are proving my point 😂 nice work dude 👍
So for this, I didn't sand down the joints because I didn't apply paint unto the joints like elbows or shoulders. I typically do tho. I probably should've trimmed the inner torso, but Idk how much i showed sand that down. I haven't seen a good tutorial on that yet
Dc figures aren't bad. It's all about preference really. Most dc figures tend to be a little taller than 1/12th scale. They usually also have less articulation too. I still like and have a bunch of dc collectibles
It's not too too bad. I try to do one brush stroke on the outline to get a straighter line. But if it does get on another part, I can always just scratch the paint off since it's not sealed
Probably? I'm not sure. It would probably make it easier and quicker to paint. But the results might be the same tbh. I did get an airbrush in. I just need a few more things and I'll start learning air brushing soon.
Dejen de acaparar la figura, si quieren una WW compren una de DC y ya, por su culpa sube el precio de esa figura y se escasea para los coleccionistas de Marvel.
He tells you at 2:36 basically primer helps paint stick onto the figure better. But you don't have to if you wash the figure with warm soapy water, scrub with tooth brush, also if you don't want paint rub, you gotta prep/sand the joints 😢 it takes couple hours... Unless you're pro.
So when applying paint onto plastic, it can be a little rough since sometimes paint doesn't stick onto the plastic too too well. You can still paint without primer, but it'll take multiple coats to smooth it out. Using a primer first helps the paint stick onto the plastic. You will still need to use multiple coats, but the painting process will be a lot more smoother. I hope this helps, and let me know if you have any more questions
Thank you! I did this repaint because power princess scales better with my dc collectibles line. A lot of the mcfarlanes tower over most of the old DC line
So applying primer helps the paint stick onto the plastic easier. You can paint without primer, but it typically requires more layers of paint and won't come out as smooth. Hope this helps
Mcfarlane made the best wonder woman figure. ML fans are in denial but trust me. His is far more better quality. The articulation is superior right down to the waxy plastic they used for her skin. It gives life to her flesh tones instead of the pasty white like this ML figure acquires. You can see that her knees are allso painted with a blush to show the difference in skin tone. Her iconic star studded panties are of a very soft flexable material so that she can bend in to agile and flexable positions. She's bult like a dump truck in the back with a intentional sculpted big bottom and has a nice rack up front. I mean she's got the assests man. The metalic paints on her corset adds a nice touch and difrenciates the meterial between that and her textured red and white boots. Finally the head sculpt is Amazing. Her hair looks comic accurate and her face is absolutely beautiful. Like she's actually beautiful and looks close snd comparable to Lynda Carter. ML power princess has a harsh looking beastly mug that i think is more suitable for a she hulk figure.
The new mcfarlane one does look really nice. I still have it in the box. I don't want to take it out yet just cuz the presentation looks super nice. But I'm glad that I'm hearing his new one is really good