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/Gojifantokusatsu Mar 01 '26

Him being more physical is cooler imo. Mainly because unlike other lanky monsters, he doesn't have teeth or claws, so he probably just grabbed you and snapped like a glow stick.

Sick af custom

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u/DeedsDoneDeathly Mar 01 '26

Yeah actually, I'm pretty sure in the second story ever written about him he smashes someone's head in his hands like a watermelon

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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.

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u/Queasy-Grand3800 Mar 01 '26

Absolutely awesome! What’s the recipe?

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u/DeedsDoneDeathly Mar 01 '26

Skippy toilet cameraman with his limbs -extra- extended, a marvel Legends Black panther head with the little ears chopped off and fortnite figure hands (Don't know which)

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u/Wardock8 Mar 01 '26

How exactly did you extend the arms?

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u/DeedsDoneDeathly Mar 01 '26

A really thin cardboard tube I got from an old clothes hanger, I then covered it in Scotch tape to make the transition less noticeable

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u/daddyminnow Mar 01 '26

Love it! The effects accessories are great too

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u/Wardock8 Mar 01 '26

I will forever love when a character is some otherworldly being and all they do is throw hands.

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u/lap_34 Mar 01 '26

Awesome work! Remember seeing all of those Slenderman custom action figures in the internet as a kid, and I’ve always wanted to get myself one, but could never find where they would’ve been selling. Also, would be even cooler if you made some attachable tentacles for him? But I guess it would be too hard. Anyway great figure.

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u/GanacheCute7514 Mar 01 '26

very very cool

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u/Phe_n0m Mar 01 '26

This is dope man....I create STL file for printing just in case you need more custom made models

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u/callmyself Mar 01 '26

In addition to having two skilled assassins as her parents, Anya has an interdimensional being as her best friend and body guard.

That's a kid you don't wanna mess with.

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u/TranslatorMoist6982 Mar 02 '26

More for the Creepypasta agenda!

Please make Clockwork or Jeff next!

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u/DeedsDoneDeathly Mar 02 '26

Those are on the list, but my next creation is going to be an upgraded version of smile dog (image 13)

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u/bign0ssy Mar 02 '26

Gotta get some venom-esque accessories for his tentacles

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u/Typical-Effective209 Mar 01 '26

Spring trap would win that 1v1 frfr

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u/DeedsDoneDeathly Mar 01 '26

Bruh, have you seen the early SlenderMan stories. Bro was a capital-M Monster

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u/Typical-Effective209 Mar 01 '26

So is fnaf lore with spring trap,stuff go's from ah just a corpse in a suit to a world breaking demon lol

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u/DeedsDoneDeathly Mar 01 '26

We don't mention FNAF World in FNAF power scaling. Even in the realm of 5th dimensional beyblades, I refuse to believe the paper pals are universal

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u/Typical-Effective209 Mar 01 '26

Paper pals can be the hidden truth to everything.....

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u/Chemical_Today_3259 Mar 02 '26

that’s sick ash hell dude