Peyton Manning at Tennessee during the mid-1990s. He was drafted #1 overall in the 1998 NFL Draft.
This is the original figure prior to customization. It was a Colts Peyton Manning and the stand was missing. Had to make a stand for the figure once it was customized.
Up and Back view of original figure
Side View
In shipping box it came in with two other loose figures.
After heating water and letting the figure soak to loosen the glue, figure was then disassembled to begin the custom.
The head with helmet often has to soak a little longer (approx 5 more minutes in extremely hot water for the glue to loosen up enough to be able to remove the helmet.
Printing the decals, spraying them with clear gloss ( to prevent color bleeding), and then cutting them out in preparation for the custom TENNESSEE VOLS uniform from the mid-90s.
Decals and body parts in a ziplock.
Painting the main parts of body with white primer
Spraying with gloss white paint.
Starting to apply the decals ( will require more paint to blend the decals in.
Priming and painting the helmet. Then applying the decals.
Mid-process
Painting the body parts with flesh colored paint.
Getting ready to paint homemade stand made from pallet board and cloth material that mimics the texture of grass.
First coat on custom stand
Custom decals created by copying and pasting from internet
Tools of the trad
Looked at the shoes worn by Peyton at Tennessee and attempted to paint n the strips.
Fashioned a peg from an old Star Wars weapon. Will finish the stand and drill a hole to place figure upright in stand.
Re-painted Football— complete with college football logo and Tennessee “T”.
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Continuing to blend the decals in
Finishing the jersey
Finished putting decals on pants.
Finished placing decals on helmet but still need to straighten some of the stripes.
Ready to display
From side
Rear and Left
Rear view
Rear and right
Front
View of face
I like this much better than the Indy it originally came as.
Handing off
Decals on jersey and pants
I had to fashion a peg from a piece of plastic. I also used a large paper clip to fashion the support leg together since the knee joint was broken.
Notice the adidas decals on shoes
Rear View
Attention to detail makes the difference when customizing.
The stand is made from a piece of wood pallet and some cloth that mimics the appearance of Astro turf.
Peyton is now among the other customs in the college case.
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