'CLIX: Mod #7 Cage

I SO SO SO NEEDED TO MAKE THIS MOD. The original Power Man is a Classic. I was a fairly comic savvy kid (with help from a friend's big-brother's unwanted comic collection) in the 70's so I was hip to the street-smart, chain wearin' brother. But some far far younger Heroclixers dubbed him "Porn-star Man" when he was released. In front of me...
The swashbuckling (sold only to superheroes) boots, open shirt, chain and banded bad-afro just do not call out "tough guy!" in the 21st century (I blame the sculpt). The shame...

But Cage is SO a 21st Century guy. He is no longer the soul-brother token black hero. He is hitched to Jessica Jones, is a corner-stone New Avenger and a father wanting to take the hero thing seriously to have something to show his daughter. It's that whole legacy thing in the heroworld. Cage Rocks and, as such, his mod should try to aspire to such. As inspiration I used the image above from the 2nd New Avengers Anthology circa earlier this year.

The 2006 Cage is generally 21st Century street-savvy, which is somewhat more subtle than the pimp bashin', thug smashin' Power Man. The trick with the mod was to shave away most of the detailing and use green-stuff to build up the leather (effected by a greasy black train paint), headgear and straight pants and then paint in the comfortable weaved jumper and beanie. Voila - ready to KO some contemporary fool! C'mon over here and call me that...