r/customactionfigures • • Mar 01 '26

Slenderman

fun fact, in Slenderman's original stories he was more of a brawler and physical threat rather than the magical/ psychological one he is now

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u/IncreaseWestern6097 Mar 01 '26

I’ve been wanting to make a Slender Man figure for ages now, and this makes me want to make it more than ever!

I have to know what you used to make this!

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u/DeedsDoneDeathly Mar 01 '26

I shit you not, it's the skibidy toilet cameraman body. They're unironically the cheapest and highest quality suit bodies for customs

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u/IncreaseWestern6097 Mar 01 '26

Thank you so much for letting me know! I could’ve sworn I remembered thinking about using it when they were first announced, but I guess I just forgot at some point.

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u/rolfraikou Mar 01 '26

skibidy toilet cameraman

OH! Rad. I just saw him on clearance at a walmart near me.

Did you cut his arms, fill the middle with something, then wrap tape, then paint? The folds work well. The body looks great.

Unsettling, intimidating without being too buff. Just a great figure you've made here.

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u/DeedsDoneDeathly Mar 01 '26

Thanks, it's honestly crazy how this post is getting so much attention when my actual Magnum opus didn't have a single comment on it 😭

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u/rolfraikou Mar 02 '26

Magnum opus

Which one was that?

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u/DeedsDoneDeathly Mar 02 '26

The ultimate alien

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u/rolfraikou Mar 02 '26

It looks nice. Admittedly, I'm not too familiar with Ben10 and had to search Ultimate Alien, so I would have passed it up just because I didn't know the design off the top of my head.

Was the base of this Neca Goliath/Thailog? I see it in the face and leg. Otherwise, you've turned it into such a wildly different figure.

I have to admit, the Slenderman, while less complex of a change than this one, looks a bit cleaner, and I think more people are familiar with the source material, so that might have had a lot to do with it not getting as much attention as it deserved. You post it to any Ben10 subs?

A bit off topic, but I heard about a new Ben10 comic they are doing that supposedly follows something closer to the concept they originally pitched for the show, before the execs got cold feet about some of the darker tones/aspects/designs, and I might check those out. I might end up actually being more familiar with this.