Captain Jack Sparrow
Like Davy Jones, I made this custom because the NECA figures were delayed in arriving to my area, and I was eager to have some action figure incarnation of these characters. So, I went about assembling a Captain Jack Sparrow of my own. As a base, I chose a ML Gambit figure. The likeness to Johnny Depp is non-existent, but the figure's frame was slim, and I felt that the pose of the hands could work for the fey manner that characterizes Depp's performance.
This is actually a revised version of this custom...when I finally did get my hands on the NECA Jack Sparrow, I changed a few details on my custom to make him closer to the source. The jacket, boot cuffs, belts, and straps are all leather. The vest and pants are fabric. The various buckles are vinyl.
The dreadlocks are from a Shadowrun figure...I basically just sliced the top of the hair piece off, fitted it to Gambit's head, and sculpted the do-rag edge and hat over top of it with epoxy putty. The beard braids are cotton-covered wire blended into an epoxy putty beard. The feet are from a ML Bullseye.
I think the second belt is an addition to his outfit for the second film, because the initial references I used only had him wearing one belt (as far as I could tell anyway).
The sword was made using the blade from some crappy Wolverine figure's three-pronged ninja sword. I made the handle by wrapping leather around the blade, and the hilt/hand guard was made using plastic from an epoxy putty tube. The rum bottle is epoxy putty built up around a miscellaneous piece of plastic that served as the bottle neck. I painted it varying layers of silver, copper, and gold, and then coated it in Tamiya Clear Gloss...I was attempting to give the illusion of semi-transparent glass.
Here he is facing off against Maccus:
And here he is beside the rather impressive NECA Jack Sparrow:
Let me know what you think, and thanks for looking.
