I loved the recipe that Darth Optimus showed off for his Civil War era ghost rider. I realized after I saw that figure that I had all those parts laying around not doing anything and that I should make that figure... I had actually purchased several cast resin skulls months ago with the sole intent of doing several ghost rider figures!
So after a little research it turns out there was a civil war era ghost rider story about a confederate soldier who seeks vengence against murderers who kill his best friend, a former slave.... but in the story (from what I can figure out from wikipedia) he only meets up with a ghost rider who is trying to kill the same men he is seeking....
what if instead the confederate soldier becomes the ghost rider?
I based my paint scheme off of some images of real confederate uniforms I found via google....
and of course from Darth Optimus's recipe which was an ingenious use of that Cobra comander/ crimson guard torso!
So here you go:
I found a great little pack of hot glue at wal-mart that was neon colored. There was several sticks of yellow in the package and it worked PERFECT for making the flames. The secret is to make them sparingly... I did a test of it at first and it came out looking like clown hair! anyway, I used a hot glue gun and dabbed the flames on one at a time while holding the figure upside down, gravity pulled the ends down while they cooled and hardened and I turned it back upright they stayed! Then I painted the tips with clear red paint.
I really like the way this turned out. What do you guys think?
