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I decided it was just as suitable to post this in DC as customs since this is just a repaint and more of a discussion of DCUC they should have made and not a heavy modification or completely new custom figure per se. But Hopefully, if Mattel rereleases Guardian as a World's Greatest figure, they will choose this more modern costume.
You may be able to tell from the photo that the yelow paint I used doesn't quite match up perfectly to the shade of yellow that Mattel used. But I wanted to use a can of automotive paint that I had. It's not cheap, at about seven dollars a can, but the results are a paint job just as "factory" looking as a production figure. I masked off the surrounding areas with a combination of soft paper, tape and paintable latex. And once that paint is on there, it's on there and ain't coming off for the most part. Just don't make the mistake that I made; I was so excited to paint the figure that I forgot that the fact there might not be much space between the shoulder and the shoulder cavity and that it might cause the paint to rub off when the joints are moved. So I wound up with a clumpy mess in some places, and had to try to sand down some of the areas in between the joints. But it still looks ok in person. It doesn't show up well in the pics (and my pictures usually turn out crappy so that doesn't help), but I also added a slight orange wash in the crevises of his collar bone and chest.
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