Custom Tip #1: Quick Customs

My custom tip section will soon provide a resource for new and intermediate customizers. I have not been customizing for very long, but I have picked up some things as I’ve been customizing. I hope these tips can become a resource for anyone new to custom creation.

Part of the joy of collecting minimates is their customizable nature. By customizing, you can create characters that have never before existed in minimate form. You can pop off their heads, attach legs to arm sockets, add other figures accessories, mix and match parts, etc. The possibilities are almost endless.

If you do not know how to customize figures, you can find a quick and easy way to begin customizing by using Quick Customs. Quick Customs are recipes for making brand new minimates using the parts of existing characters. For each separate part, a recipe specifies which character part to use. For example, a Matt Murdock character recipe may call for the head of Mask-less Daredevil and the body of Professor X. (The photo is a picture of Matt Murdock made using the Professor X body and Maskless Daredevil's head and hair. He is holding Kingpin's cane).

Recipe lists grow daily as creative fans discover new methods for mixing and matching minimates. To get started making Quick Customs, head over to the Art Asylum Custom forum here.