Quasar: Neoclassic Costume

Avengers Month continues with Quasar, in the uniform he wore at the end of his series (and in Avengers Forever, his only real significant appearance therafter).

Quasar rocks all over the place. True, he’s a naked Green Lantern theft, unless he has room to breathe in his own series and can do weird things like carry around a giant green head with three faces. But he’s awesome! I really love this costume too, as it’s got what, three colors? It’s very economical. I also liked his Annihilation costume, if only because it fixed the mullet. But that’s the costume invented to kill Wendell Vaughn in, so I soured a bit.

I was able to do this custom with a minimum of painting, due to the prodigious range of bases available to the modern customizer. The base is Captain Marvel, with Bullseye legs (for the black), Pyro boots (for the red), a Longshot head, and a collar from cut-down Pyro armor. A standard Quasar recipe calls for Nightcrawler to get the shoulderpads, but I wanted something that stuck out, not up. The Pyro armor fit the bill, and even had a musculature sculpt. But Pyro’s a much slimmer build, and I had to dramatically increase the size of the neckhole to get it to line up close to right. Still, at the end of the day, I had a custom that seemed to fall together, and the only joints to be painted over were the arms.

What else… that’s a Moon Knight cape, starred up with a silver sharpie. I need a new silver sharpie, and another black just in case. Sharpies are essential for clean line work (if you have my coffee-and-whiskey-ruined hands, that is), but they do wear out fast.