I was lucky. Curiously, the base figure I found to use is based on a real person. Not only that, but like myself, this person's name is best known for appearing on book covers. The figure is BBi's Richard Marcinko, of "Rogue Warrior" fame. To be honest, I don't think I look that much like Mr. Marcinko, though it's possible he's my evil twin (or more possibly, I'm his). Fortunately, I think I do look quite a bit like his action figure, as you can see below.
Okay, I confess, that isn't my real face. That's the face I keep around to scare small children, and those people who talk during the movie. In real life, I wear glasses and am a very easy-going guy. (Also, unlike Mr. Marcinko, I can't kill a man with a bent paper-clip.) Remember though, I said this was the base figure.
Okay, this is more like it. The glasses were a little gift from Tim Kano who makes them himself. The shoes are Hasbro. The rest of the outfit is (I think) an odd-lot of Dragon and BBi items designed to represent a fairly typical Steve outfit. The Marcinko figure came with black gloves. Since this picture was taken, I've replaced those hands with a set of ungloved ones. Though they aren't seen here, Mini-me even has a set of accessories: a Hasbro Ernie Pyle typewriter, a laptop computer, and tiny versions of my first two novels.
