classic gaming Archives - Famous Figures

Does anybody else remember Capcom’s Dead Rising? It was an early Xbox 360 videogame and one of the first major zombie games of the new millennium. Here’s my take on the game’s hero, investigative reporter Frank West. Frank’s an abrasive and sarcastic kind of guy but he has a heart of gold and does the right thing when it counts. He’s one of the few characters of that generation of gaming that I still remember, so that’s gotta count for something.

For this figure, I tried to recreate the look of the game where the characters look blocky, yet have realistic skin textures. The head is a crazy dummy (i think) head which I re-sculpted to look cartoonier and irritated, just like Frank. Chainsaw is some Power Team POS that I repainted and weathered.

Anyways, here’s a preview. I’ll shoot better pix once I’ve weathered & re-done all of the zombies for my shelf dio.

12" Dead Rising custom action figure Frank West Capcom - shelf dio, surrounded by zombies 2 — 12″ Dead Rising custom action figure Frank West Capcom – shelf dio, surrounded by zombies 2

12" Dead Rising custom action figure Frank West Capcom - all weapons & base — 12″ Dead Rising custom action figure Frank West Capcom – all weapons & base

12" Dead Rising custom action figure Frank West Capcom - Power Team chainsaw repaint — 12″ Dead Rising custom action figure Frank West Capcom – Power Team chainsaw after repaint & weathering but before blood

12" Dead Rising custom action figure Frank West Capcom - chainsaw medium shot — 12″ Dead Rising custom action figure Frank West Capcom – medium shot with chainsaw

12" Dead Rising custom action figure Frank West Capcom - surrounded by zombies — 12″ Dead Rising custom action figure Frank West Capcom – surrounded by zombies, shelf dio

Geese Howard is the main villain from the classic arcade / videogame series The King Of Fighters & Fatal Fury from SNK. The crime boss of the fictional South Town, Geese lords over the city from high atop his skyscraper, Geese Tower. He would be a forgettable late 1980’s villain were it not for the way his design ingeniously combines multiple villain archetypes of that era. He’s a muscular blonde fighting giant (think Dolph Lundgren) and cocky corporate businessman (think evil Wall Street raiders, Kingpin) who wears traditional Japanese clothes (think samurai/ninja movies) who always has at least one floor of his skyscraper decorated like an ancient Japanese temple. The visual design is striking and his in-game moves are typically aggressive and mean-looking. Overall, I just think Geese Howard is a cool-looking character and I’m happy to create what I believe is the first 12″ figure of him ever made.

Recipe:
Clothes – Handmade
Head – Medicom military, resculpted expression heavily to create his signature evil smirk
Body – DC Deluxe with resculpted neck and upper chest
Hands – DC and WWE