Problem with carrier deck figures

I think I'm following what you're wanting to do, although the phot's kinda small to see the figures well enough to give you exactly what I'm thinkin'... But the best way to cut figures is to cut them at the normal joints, drill holes in each end and insert a piece of wire to "articulate" it into the right position... Then just fill and sand the joints to shape and paint... Making the "thumbs up" should be easy enough with a fist and small piece of stretched sprue for a thumb...

 Sometimes you have to cut apart three or four figures to get the parts for the one figure you need, BTW...

So you're saying drill a hole in the figure you want and add the correct arm or leg, and fill the small gaps with puddy?

burner12 wrote:

So you're saying drill a hole in the figure you want and add the correct arm or leg, and fill the small gaps with puddy?

Correct. You'll need to cut elbows, shoulders, hips, knees, wrists and ankles as possiby the neck then drill as hole in each part at the cut. Insert a piece of wire and reattach as needed. You may have some trouble in that the torsos are sculpted to a particular pose. You'll want to use a two part epoxy putty to fill the gaps, regular filler putty will be too likely to eat the palstic and not cure well. Epoxy will allow you to belnd in folds before the putty fully cures.

Expanding on what AJ said, the best way to handle a torso that you want to bend is do it in two sections, an upper & lower, rather than trying to articulate the "spine".  Cut at the waist and just below the shoulder blades, insert the wire, and putty... You'll have to some sculpting into the putty, but it's pretty straightforward once you get the hang of it..