I heard somewhere Gene might be getting a new coat, but I don't know for sure. If it stays the same, I think you could probably mod a WWII German coat pretty easily. The advantage of being a big guy is it makes it a lot easier to convert a double-breasted coat to a single-breasted one just by moving the buttons around. The one I'm using for his LOM coat started as a double-breasted WWII American overcoat but once I get the buttons back on it will fit him perfectly as a single-breasted coat.
I know he sometimes wears a white shirt in AtA, but I have to say I prefer a dark shirt with [ugly] light tie look because it just screams 1980s to me.
What are you going to do for the cowboy boots? If I was going to do a 1980s Gene I would use Newline Miniature boots and just paint them the proper colors. I've done it before with other leather boots and it works just fine.
I almost forgot. I was looking at the thread for Spenser's Beatles heads and I think the Ringo would make a great Chris Skelton.
I read about the rumor about him getting a diff. coat though from the preview trailers he is seen wearing one that is black. I do not know if it is the same one he wore in previous eps or a new one that lacks the wool material.
I also like the dark color scheme and have actually obtained 2 dark shirts for for my bash but am still contemplating if I will use the dark one of the white one since the first one was crap and the newer one I bought from minibarbie via ebay is good, but uses the buttons to close the shirt I don't like the shirt he has on right now since it is too big and loose, making the white shirt underneath not pop out. However, the shirt might be better once I either use my fat suit(which I don't remember where I stored it at) or use cotton to make him fatter. I am still in the test phase, wihch why he is wearing the white shirt. I might go ahead and use the black shirt to see if that is a better fit.
As for Tyler, I thought the silm bodies would work, however, after reading your comment and using a scale caluclator, I realize 5'10 isn't az small as I thought. The pics on mwctoys (
https://www.mwctoys.com/REVIEW_111809b.htm) looks as if it could work if the the head neck is long enough. Might experiment with different bodies before I use the slim. Thanks
The newline miniture boots might work well since the pattern is similar and is black. I wonder how easy it is to paint the bottom portions of the boots in a crocadile pattern.
I was thinking about getting a pair of the triad ones, resculpt the bottom part to give it a crocadile pattern, add the vine designs on the side of of the leggings, and repaint it accordingly. That would require lots of work, however.
The Ringo sculpt would a good LOM Skelton bash. I think after Gene and obviously Tyler I will probably just make an Alex fig. I mean, I do have a jacket that resembles hers in the show, which is great since I got it around 02 out of ppl at mwd hyping the outfit.
What shoes did you use ?
