Remco Origins - DC Warlord

One of the things I was inspired to do by the upcoming MotU Origins range was to upgrade vintage knock off figures (preferably beaters) to the Origins buck so that they would look to be part of the same range. The first one to get such treatment is the Remco figure for DC's Warlord character. While a pretty great figure in his own right, I got one that wasn't in stellar condition, so I wouldn't feel too guilty about cutting it up to transfer as much detail as I could to one of the MotWWEU bodies.

I'll start by showing the result, before going into a bit more detail about the creation and parts used.

 

I initially started with the idea to make a direct 1 on 1 copy of the Remco figure, with reuse of the thin plastic cape and the original sword and not much else. It seemed a bit spartan by the time I got to that stage and I didn't like how the original cape looked on the new figure, so I decided to give it an upgrade with a full moulded plastic cape. The comic version of the character had a lot more accessories, including a pistol with holster and a sheathed dagger strapped to his leg. I looked in my spares for some suitable bits and came up with what you see.

The breakdown is as follows:
- MotWWEU Warrior body, with the chest tattoo removed
- Original Remco Warlord head, adapted to the origins neck system (I glued a carved down MotWWEU head inside the hollow, soft plastic Warlord head) and repainted
- Original Remco Warlord loincloth, with the inside adapted to the origins body
- Original Remco Warlord wristguards and boot cuffs, cut from the original figure and hollowed so they would fit over the Origins wrists/boots
- MotWEEU black boots with the laces removed
- Cape from the Funko Savage Age Superman, repainted to match the pattern from the original Warlord cape
- Sword is the original sword for this figure
- Holster and pistol from MOTUC Adora, I cut the holster from the belt, removed detail and glued it back on the other side, so it would sit on the right side. Pistolgrip is a bit small, but this weapon is the closest match I had to the Warlord's pistol
- Spare dagger leg ring comes from a Remco Conan figure
- Dagger is a curved lego sword, that actually fits really well in the hand and looks convincing enough as a curved dagger in this scale

Below a look at the DC comic reference and at the base Remco figure.

Picture before the black spots got a second coat to even out the shade