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Re: Starchaser's Custom Thread
« Reply #1155 on: June 10, 2023, 11:48:14 PM »
And Bhemren - an Ubese bounty hunter.* Like many of his species, he trained in the militia of his homeworld (and thus was able to wear the traditional military kit seen on many Ubese in the galaxy) and then went off-world to use his training as a bounty hunter. A member of the Bounty Hunter Guild on Nevarro, he was one of those fortunate enough to be off planet during the battle with the Mandalorians, and so survived the conflict.



with Zuvio:


Recipe: (this figure had 12 points of articulation)
Helmet, upper torso armor, gaunlets, boots = 5POA Zuvio (lots of dremmeling!)
Visor = cut from a Boushh helmet (don't remember which version)
Torso and arms = TVC Rey (Jakku) figure (and a belt, holster, and pistol under the tunic you can't see)
Upper legs = TVC Luke (Bespin) - used figma joints for articulation at the knees.
Tunic = cut from a TCV Tusken Raider outer garment and hand stitched at the sides.

*Note: I have decided that no matter what the stories or Pablo Hidalgo say, Zuvio and his ilk cannot possibly be the same species as Embo. Just because they cover their nose and mouth and have a frisbee hat doesn't constitute adequate reason to name them the same species. I think Zuvio is closer to an Ubese (like Boushh), than he is a Kyuzo. I could make my case more thoroughly if anyone is interested, but in my world, Zuvio and Co. are Ubese.
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Re: Starchaser's Custom Thread
« Reply #1156 on: June 11, 2023, 06:10:54 AM »
Two great new additions.

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Re: Starchaser's Custom Thread
« Reply #1157 on: June 11, 2023, 04:48:32 PM »
That is pretty cool. I like the Boushh helmet design, they made awesome goggles.

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Re: Starchaser's Custom Thread
« Reply #1158 on: June 12, 2023, 02:55:17 AM »
That's a simple yet great custom. It's sad we can't see Hasbro replicate even the most basic things into a simple and articulated sculpt. Great work!
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Re: Starchaser's Custom Thread
« Reply #1159 on: June 12, 2023, 06:41:19 PM »
Two great new additions.

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Thanks Tamer!

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Re: Starchaser's Custom Thread
« Reply #1160 on: June 12, 2023, 06:43:48 PM »
That is pretty cool. I like the Boushh helmet design, they made awesome goggles.

Thanks JDeck. I've been trying to figure out the constables especially since there is a character of the same design on Nevarro. I couldn't figure out how to "build" the goggles because they're so small, then I was looking at a spare Boushh helmet and thought, "That might work" and voila.
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Re: Starchaser's Custom Thread
« Reply #1161 on: June 12, 2023, 06:45:31 PM »
That's a simple yet great custom. It's sad we can't see Hasbro replicate even the most basic things into a simple and articulated sculpt. Great work!

Thank RC. Yeah, its pretty sad that Hasbro doesn't have the will to produce figures they could easily adapt or articulate.

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Re: Starchaser's Custom Thread
« Reply #1162 on: June 15, 2023, 08:34:28 PM »
Went back and painted Samber (a couple different shades of green). I like the look better than the Buzz Lightyear white:

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Re: Starchaser's Custom Thread
« Reply #1163 on: June 17, 2023, 10:33:51 AM »
Oh yeah, makes his head pop more.

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Re: Starchaser's Custom Thread
« Reply #1164 on: June 18, 2023, 08:40:19 PM »
That works way too well. How much difficulty did this take attaching the Ithorian bits to the Buzz body?
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Re: Starchaser's Custom Thread
« Reply #1165 on: June 19, 2023, 04:49:15 AM »
This taller body does works well with the Ithorian, very nice.

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Re: Starchaser's Custom Thread
« Reply #1166 on: June 23, 2023, 08:58:02 PM »
Oh yeah, makes his head pop more.

Off to share.

Thanks, Tamer! Now I need to build the rest of his team (though, I've got no idea about them yet).

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Re: Starchaser's Custom Thread
« Reply #1167 on: June 23, 2023, 08:58:36 PM »
This taller body does works well with the Ithorian, very nice.

Thank BlackThorne!

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Re: Starchaser's Custom Thread
« Reply #1168 on: June 23, 2023, 09:01:37 PM »
That works way too well. How much difficulty did this take attaching the Ithorian bits to the Buzz body?

It took a little time, but it was all dremel work (lots of testing so I didn't over trim). I had to dremel down the purple neck stub for Buzz (it was too thick and tall) and, of course, dremel a hole in Momaw Nadon's head and shape the his arms to install in the Buzz gauntlets.

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Re: Starchaser's Custom Thread
« Reply #1169 on: June 27, 2023, 06:18:36 PM »
It is a great repaint. Ithorians are my favorite species. Just out  of curiosity. It's easily the coolest design in the cantina, yet we barely see it again.