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Imperial Creative Engineering => Custom Contests => Topic started by: Tamer on May 02, 2012, 05:32:19 AM
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Hot off the heels of our great TOR Combined Sites Contest we now team up with Clone Crazy for a create a figure for his Photo-Novel Contest.
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In this groundbreaking custom contest, sponsored by Imperial Shipyards (ISY), your submissions, based of off Hasbro's popular 3.75' action figure line, will determine the design of an all new character, set to play a major role in the upcoming photonovel: Star Wars The Clone Wars Shroud Of Darkness: Episode 1.2 Forceful Beings. You may submit brand new custom figures or relevant older customs between May 1st and June 15th. The contest will be divided into two sections: a fans choice winner, determined by your votes, and an author's choice, selected by CloneCrazy. The winner of the author's choice category will receive a $50 prize and their custom figure featured as the sinister Separatist Scientist, Nicola Acris. The winner of the fans choice category will receive a special Star Wars Hasbro product and their custom figure spotlighted on ISY (In the event of a tie between entries a week long runoff election will be held between the tied entries). Please, only one vote per forum member. Contestants should note, if your figure is selected as the author's choice winner it will become the property of CloneCrazy and must be shipped to CloneCrazy (shipping is your responsibility) , in order to utilize the figure as the character of Nicola Acris in the upcoming photonovel.
Who is Nicola Acris? Nicola Acris is a brilliant, yet demented, Separatist bioengineer under the command of General Grievous. Acris was responsible for the development of much of the cybernetic technology used to resurrect Grievous following his near fatal shuttle crash. Obsessed with harnessing the power of the force for himself, General Grievous enlists the aid of Acris and the two embark on a dark quest to manipulate the body’s midi-chlorian count. The silhouette is only meant to serve as a promotional piece and in no way limit your creativity!
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Sounds fun.
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Great to see it on the FB!!! I cannot wait to see what creative entries all of the talented readers of ISY come up with DH
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Sounds fun!
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Now that is a cool contest idea.
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Hmmm...interesting. Time to start noodling on this one! :)
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Any constraints on race, gender, line, etc? The sillhouette looks like Tion Medon (?), an Utapan...
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Any constraints on race, gender, line, etc? The sillhouette looks like Tion Medon (?), an Utapan...
Not that I know of Doc, but we can perhaps hear what Clone Crazy thinks. I would think the sky is the limit.
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Any constraints on race, gender, line, etc? The sillhouette looks like Tion Medon (?), an Utapan...
No restraints what so ever! The silhouette is only meant to serve as a promotional piece and in no way limit your creativity!!! I look forward to seeing your awesome entry!!!
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May delve into this... are our parts choices limited to SW figs exclusively or can we bring together any 3.75" toyline???
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May delve into this... are our parts choices limited to SW figs exclusively or can we bring together any 3.75" toyline???
Anything is fair game to create this character for CC's Photo-Novel!
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Excellent. Most excellent indeed.
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May delve into this... are our parts choices limited to SW figs exclusively or can we bring together any 3.75" toyline???
Anything goes!!! Can't wait to see your creation!!!
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Hmmm...this sound interesting.
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I'm thinking my Nicola Acris is going to be a female. :)
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Yep, one of my immediate ideas was a female. I'm thinking I may have to follow through on several ideas before I find the "right" one...
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I'm thinking my Nicola Acris is going to be a female. :)
Cool!!! I have to say I was a sucker for Jenna Zan Arbor!!! Can't wait to see your custom DH
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Now, for a special advance preview of Star Wars The Clone Wars Shroud Of Darkness, Episode 2.1 Forceful Beings.
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Advancing during a break in the fierce blizzards, which ravage the surface of Alzoc III, the Separatist droid army moves quickly to surround the few surviving Republic troopers.
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Deflecting fire from the advancing droids Plo questions, “Where are the gunships commander?”. “Still 12 clicks out, General. The snow is slowing their progress.”, Wolffe shouts to be heard over the cacophony of the battle.
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Kit warns, “Not the Separatist’s. Look, reinforcements coming in from the east!”.
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Grievous advances across the snow covered wasteland, towards the besieged Republic forces.
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Plo gravely states, “I’ll deal with this.”.
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Plo rushes out to meet the advancing General, summoning the power of the force...
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... allowing the Jedi Master to quickly dispatch Grievous' bodyguards.
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Grievous laughs, “Master -aghh- Koon, a bold move , but a foolish one.”. Plo gravely answers, “That remains to be seen.”.
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Grievous continues, “I have been trained in your Jedi arts by Count Dooku -aghh- himself, you are no match for me Jedi scum!”.
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Plo tears off the mask protecting his face from the bitter cold, coming face to face with the cyborg he replies, “The Jedi arts are far greater than learning to hack away with a lightsaber, Grievous. A truly powerful Jedi, or Sith, could win a battle without drawing their weapon. The ability to defeat one’s opponent with a lightsaber is insignificant next to the potential of the Force.”. Grievous laughs, “Than prove it Jedi, -aghh- discard your lightsaber and use your precious force to defeat me!”.
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Plo deactivates his lightsaber, standing defenselessness before the cyborg warrior.
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Meanwhile, as the droids continue to advance Wolffe warns, “We can’t hold out much longer!”.
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Kit calmly replies, “We won’t have to!”.
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Just then, fire rips through an advancing column of droids...
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... as a Republic Gunship roars over the battlefield!
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The gunship sets down behind the Republic lines, prompting Commander Wolffe to order, “Everyone in, double time!”.
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As the Gunship climbs above the snow bank, Kit orders, “Warthog, bring us in low near General Koon.”.
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“Copy that General.”, Warthog answers from the cockpit.
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Advancing on the unarmed Jedi Grievous warns Plo, “There is no escape Jedi, I am your death!”.
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Plo dodges a savage blow while reciting, “There is no emotion, there is peace. There is no ignorance, there is knowledge.”.
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Plo continues, “There is no passion, there is serenity.”, unleashing a mighty force push...
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... hurling Grievous into a nearby column of ice.
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Plo leaps aboard the hovering gunship, looking down at Grievous from the gunship Plo concludes, “There is no death, there is only the Force.”.
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The gunship speeds away, leaving Grievous alone.... TO BE CONTINUED
As always, credit goes to my awesome sister for the beautiful photographs! Thanks to you the fans and the staff at ISY for your support!!!
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Stunning pictures!! :o
I sadly have just Nicola Acris' head work nearly finished. I must work harder.
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Stunning pictures!! :o
I sadly have just Nicola Acris' head work nearly finished. I must work harder.
Thank you so much!!! Can't wait for your custom, you've got a long weekend to finish it up!!!
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I have gathered much of the needed parts for mine and will be utilizing this long weekend. How do we submit our entries?
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I have gathered much of the needed parts for mine and will be utilizing this long weekend. How do we submit our entries?
Upload several pictures to this contest thread, can't wait!!!
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Time to give this one a little front page update. Great preview CC. Looking forward to seeing what folks create.
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Time to give this one a little front page update. Great preview CC. Looking forward to seeing what folks create.
Thanks Tamer!!! Sounds like your readers have some amazing entries coming ()rr
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I have gathered much of the needed parts for mine and will be utilizing this long weekend. How do we submit our entries?
Upload several pictures to this contest thread, can't wait!!!
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Well, time has gotten away from me and this is all the progress I have on this figure...some sculpting and a base coat of paint.
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Well, time has gotten away from me and this is all the progress I have on this figure...some sculpting and a base coat of paint.
(http://botwtswfigures.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/dsc_1171.jpg)
My God, that's amazing!!! You have got to finish it, what an amazing start!!!
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Wow, definitely has that mad scientist look to him.
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Due to DocO's work schedule over the last week or so, he won't have his entry ready before the deadline (unless it's extended?). Imagine much groveling and begging accompanying this post. LOL
Becca
wife and evidently remote poster
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Due to DocO's work schedule over the last week or so, he won't have his entry ready before the deadline (unless it's extended?). Imagine much groveling and begging accompanying this post. LOL
Becca
wife and evidently remote poster
I totally understand, however I am happy to announce we have deiced to extend the contest until June 15th!!! Hopefully I can convince Tamer to share the news on the FB!!! Thanks for the heads up Becca, it's nice to see a wife who puts up with her husband's crazy obsession every now and then!!!
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Yepper, the new contest deadline is June 15th. Hopefully that will give folks a little more time to get something together. It would be a daggone shame not to see at least a few entries!
And the news has been shared on the FB and the FP!
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Excellent! Yes, I have an awesome wifey! The entry proceeds apace...
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Ah, good news! I have a torso sitting out I want to use for this but have not had time to flesh everything out. This extention should help.
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Great to hear we've got some submissions in the works!!! Thanks for the FP and FB treatment Tamer!!! Nicola Acris is going to be one important/cool character so don't miss out on your chance to design him!!!
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The extension should help me get mine finished! :)
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I got some stuff today for my custom figure, now I hope I can get it done b4 the deadline with all the other jobs like painting fences and plaster work I have to do.
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The deadline is two weeks from today!!! Come on guys, you can do it, keep fighting ()rr
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Mwahahaha... oh, I'm on target now...
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I would like to present my contest submission of Nicola Acris. My concept behind this custom is that since Nicola Acris was a main developer of General Grevious cybernetic technology, then perhaps her appearance should reflect a shared armour and weapon tech with General Grevious. I also based her look on one of my favorite mad scientist Shockwave from Transformers. hope you like :)
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Sweet, our first entry. Looks great.
Gonna have to fp this one.
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I'm tryin to get mine finished may be a bit
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That looks great man! I love the design and your thought process behind it. What body did you use? Never seen it or that head before...Great entry.
I am painting my enry now and hope to get pics later today!
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That looks great man! I love the design and your thought process behind it. What body did you use? Never seen it or that head before...Great entry.
I am painting my enry now and hope to get pics later today!
I sculpted the head and some other bits, the body I'm not sure it was in a foder box I got at a boot sale, but it was bright pink LOL
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Brilliant job on her wheeljack!!! :)
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Agreed! Fantastic entry!
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Great job!
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Great submission, sorry I didn't comment sooner but I was at work all afternoon :-[ Love the backstory and idea of Acris being just as disfigured as Grievous!!! She'd certainly look at home in the series!!!
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OK, just got mine finished up and photographed! I wanted to give this character some old school sci fi love. Here is how I invision this character and he comes complete with a midiclorian harvester and removable canister.
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just for fun...
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Absolutely stunning!!! He has such a creepy feel to him!!! I love the addition of a midichlorian extractor and could certainly envision some great action for this Nicola Acris!!! Keep 'em coming guys 0/
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Great job! ;D
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Cool custom Sprywalker, has a nice 50's Sci Fi look.
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Looks awesome!
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Thanks gents! I have acomplished my goal with this one. Wheeljack says he has the 50's Sci Fi look and CloneCrazy says he is creepy - exactly what I was going for!
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Luke Sprywalker, another excellent custom my friend!! :)
He reminds me of one of the Talosians from the original Star Trek series.
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Pretty neat take on Nicola if I do say so myself. Time to do another fp update today.
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NICELY DONE Spry!!! Diggin' the heck outta that... very good job man...
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The last picture is spooky. It reminds me of something out of David Lynch's Dune, or equally creepy "The Black Hole." Very cool. So is he a rogue scientist?
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The last picture is spooky. It reminds me of something out of David Lynch's Dune, or equally creepy "The Black Hole." Very cool. So is he a rogue scientist?
Who is Nicola Acris? Nicola Acris is a brilliant, yet demented, Separatist bioengineer under the command of General Grievous. Acris was responsible for the development of much of the cybernetic technology used to resurrect Grievous following his near fatal shuttle crash. Obsessed with harnessing the power of the force for himself, General Grievous enlists the aid of Acris and the two embark on a dark quest to manipulate the body’s midi-chlorian count. To learn more you'll have to read the photonovel coming summer 2012...
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Cool!
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very nice i like the use of the plasma rifle
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Wow! L.E. What a great entry. Love the diorama you built to showcase him. Just perfect!
Wheeljack, you're entry is super cool. Love your entry too! This contest is turning out some really cool figures!
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Only one week left to get your Nicola Acris on! Looking forward to seeing some more great submission over the weekend [at1]
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Mine is hovering on the edge of being finished - gotta do a skin-match paint job so the neck and head match. I'm torn between adding some paint-apps for visual interest and just leaving well enough alone...
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Here's my entry...
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Figure is fully articulated with a ball-joint head and ball-joints in both shoulders. Additionally, the right cybernetic arm has a pivoting elbow joint and a removable grasper, giving the hand the effect of a rotating wrist.
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Here you can see the figure using two of the included accessories - a "medical scanner" and a "datapad."
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Hm... I see some touchups I need to make in the paint. Drat. I won't have that fixed before the end of the contest, but I'm planning to fix it next weekend. Judge accordingly.
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Here, the figure's right grasper has been removed and replaced with a larger "medical apparatus" arm. Who knows what that thing is capable of???
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Figure comes with these accessories: grasper-hand, medical apparatus "hand," tool-kit with lid, medical scanner, datapad. Backdrop wall & stand not included.
I'll discuss the making-of over on my custom figs thread shortly...
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Oh, small note - the datapad and two-piece tool-kit are Production Platform 3 resin casts.
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That is brilliant!! :o
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Nicely done!!! Love the "crazy eyes", cybernetic arm, and included medical equipment!!! Another great entry 0/
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Nice entry Doc!
This contest has the best entries of any contest I've seen on here. I'd want all 3 of these figures in our collection. They are just awesome! Very original!
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"That is a seriously ugly little man," is how my friend put it last night... ;D
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"That is a seriously ugly little man," is how my friend put it last night... ;D
Wow, but so cool Doc. I love the look. On the front page.
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That is awesome Doc! Great figure design and I love all the accessories!
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So far we have some awesome entries.
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So far we have some awesome entries.
So very true!!!
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Sprywalker, I just wish I'd thought of using the nanite warhead! That would have looked so cool attached to that medical attachment arm.
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Here's my entry. I'm not sure if you want to pay $50 for him though. He cost a lot less than that to make, labor included. When I set out to create this action figure I wanted to make one that anyone could just create at home. The two figures I used have been on shelves in retail stores for months. With all the repacks flooding store pegs, now would be a great time to treat yourself to a custom action figure and actually add a new figure to your collection for a change. He's even in a popular photonovel. (Suggestive)
Pitch continues:
It's not like we are able to find any of the new Star Wars figures at retail.
All I used was the G.I. Joe Renegades Tunnel Rat and the Clone Wars Cold Weather Plo Koon. The head and hands are from the Plo Koon and the rest is all Tunnel Rat. I painted the arms with a few coats of Citadel's Delvan Mud wash and the hands with Reaper's Earth Brown acrylic paint. I squirted some glue from the hot glue gun into the hole in Plo Koon's head so it would fit tightly on the head peg and still be able to maintain the articulation of a ball joint."
If you pick this guy, everybody can move stagnant stock out the door and get a photonovel character as an action figure.
Nicola Acris
by Darth Daddy
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He carries his tools in his backpack and carries the midichlorian extractor in hand.
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Very nice! I've seen Tunnel Rat a total of ONCE (and bought him immediately). The pegwarmers from that wave around here are Ripcord and Scarlett...
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What a great use of two "peg warmers"!!! I have always been a sucker for the idea of evil Dorins and he would certainly fit the bill for Nicola Acris DH I've been blown away by everyone's submission thus far, I have a really hard decision on my hands!!!
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Ok folks we are going to give you all of this weekend to get your Nicola Acris on. As of Sunday night this one will be over. I hope a few extra days will get those last few figures added.
Then, we will get the voted thread started, Clone Crazy can pick the one he likes for his photo-novel and we can get the prizes sorted. I do appreciate everyone's patience while we try to grant a few extra days.
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I'd love to get my submission in on time, but my MS has been causing me to be less than dexterous lately. Wishing everyone all the best and cannot wait to see who ends up the winner! :)
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Promised paint touch-ups - made it happen today.
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Fun shots:
(keep in mind, figure does not come with background wall-pieces, HALO plasma pistol-turned-pneumospray, or medi-kit/crate...)
Light the color of a stagnant creek filtered in through grimy windows, making Nikola's eye-stalks itch. The first nondescript shipping case unloaded was a full-spectrum sterilization unit, the scientist had made certain of that. It was identical to the units in use across the galaxy by the GAR's Rimsuu's, tasked with patching up wounded clone troopers...
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The nightmarish creature dressed up like a man turned and spoke. Its voice sounded like a stream of small gravel. "Please to coming in. I have important vaccination for to giving you." The thing it held seemed more weapon than medical tool...
(http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u239/LosLejanos/Outland%20Station/competition%20pics/Hide%20In%20Plain%20Sight/final018gratuitoushalogun.jpg)
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OMG! Love the character description, you should try your hand at a PN Doc!!!
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I plan to, eventually. ;D
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Cool! May I ask the theme? If you need any help don't hesitate to ask.
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If you check out the fan-fiction forum here, you'll find some of my Fixer fiction. Once I get a real story finished around him and his crewmates, that'll be what I do. Tramp-freighter crew...
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Hi. Greetings from JTA. Matthew Rush, this is it.
BTW, I was wrong. It's 33 points of articulation!
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Please pardon the crummy phonecamera quality. I need to get a new REAL camera.
Thanks
Sjefke
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Wow, I can see some great activity has happened in here. I am locking this down. I will try to create the voting thread in a day or so, but give me some time folks. I have a horribly spotty internet connection right now.
Very nice work though folks. I have no doubt that CloneCrazy can find what he needs now!
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Nice touch ups Doc! He looks smashing!
Sjefke, that is one awesome entry! Not to mention one scary looking character! Very well done!