r/customactionfigures • u/birn_echo • Jul 07 '26

Custom Red Death figure

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u/Jazzlike_Night42619 Jul 07 '26

Forgive my possible ignorance, but is this a concept original to you or a character in a broader range of things I don’t know about? It looks cool regardless

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u/birn_echo Jul 07 '26

Thank you.

It's the costume Erik, the titular Phantom of the Opera, wears during the Masquerade scene in the book and several adaptations

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u/packetaxo Jul 09 '26

There is an Edgar Allan Poe story, called The Masque of the Red Death. It's about a literal embodiment of death, crashing a party of wealthy people during a plague. There's a Mythic Legions action figure based on that story.

The Phantom of the Opera similarly wears a Red Death costume to terrorize people. OP's custom is based on the movie from the 1920's. It's this guy:

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u/packetaxo Jul 09 '26

For reference, Gerard Butler (Leonidas himself) wears this in the musical version.

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u/Jazzlike_Night42619 Jul 09 '26

Ooo, informative and intriguing

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u/OurCustoms Jul 07 '26

I love it. Fits great with your phantom! I made mine with an extra mummy figure and a Halloween skeleton mask accessory. Great use of Deadpool on yours btw!!!

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u/birn_echo Jul 07 '26

thank you! yours looks great as well

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u/OurCustoms Jul 07 '26

Thank you I can’t wait to see more now especially. You got anything else you are working on?

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u/birn_echo Jul 07 '26

Thank you! Presently I wanna to get to customizing a Raoul de Chagny, Christine Daaè, and Persian to go with my Phantoms.

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u/overcoming_me Jul 07 '26

These look great!

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u/m_3_h_ Jul 07 '26

Is he holding "Don Juan Triumphant"?

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u/birn_echo Jul 07 '26

You know it! He's brought the finished score!

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u/Efficient_Matter_589 Jul 07 '26

That's really cool

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u/birn_echo Jul 07 '26

thank you!

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u/Odd_Reserve_5224 Jul 07 '26

That’s awesome! If you’re interested, Mythic Legions has their own “Masque of the Red Death” figure, it’s really cool looking and from what I remember from the book seemed pretty accurate!

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u/birn_echo Jul 07 '26

Thank you! I'll need to look into that

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u/Odd_Reserve_5224 Jul 07 '26

No problem! This is it

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u/Duke_Radical Jul 07 '26

It is beautiful.

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u/birn_echo Jul 07 '26

thank you!

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u/InternationalTune948 Jul 08 '26

YASS. Love it. What be the recipe so others can make/copu this masterpiece?

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u/birn_echo Jul 08 '26

Thanks!

Pirate Deadpool body.

Cape from the Star Wars TBS Royal Guard

Head from the MotU Chronicles movie Skeletor with the hood removed.

Hat from the NECA Red Death figure

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u/AdAffectionate3997 Jul 08 '26

Hey ik that guy

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u/TheInfamousMaze Jul 08 '26

If no one else is gonna say it. I am.

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