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Imperial Creative Engineering => Custom Figures => Topic started by: XRFIWR on March 22, 2011, 06:23:51 PM
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Okay, so this was not an original idea, but once my kids saw pictures of this guy online that's all they could talk about. SO here's my first completed custom, Sergeant Boomer.
This was a trial and error experience, but I'm please with how it turned out. Though once my kids see the completed version with weathering in the morning I suspect they are going to want all their clones weathered at the very least.
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Welcome to the boards! Very nice for a first attempt; your kids should be proud...and looks like you'll be kept busy weathering some clones in the near future! Looking forward to seeing more in the future!
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Nice Boomer. Looks kind of like mine, except you have a more accurate color scheme. Any chance we can see any clearer pictures?
bbfet
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Oh. And welcome to the yards!
bbfet
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I think I need a better camera and/or photo booth to get better pictures on this. But I'll work on it.
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Looks good. Welcome to the customs board!
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veery nice!! blue is my favorite color :)
welcome to the yards!
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excellent first custom,and welcome to the custom boards !
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great first custom XRFIWR
welcome aboard
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It looks like it is very nice. Get me some slightly clearer pics and I will get that on the fp.
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That guy rocks!
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Nice looking figure! I would try taking some pics outside, just out of direct sunlight.
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Trusty iPhone 4 takes better pictures than my digital camera. Pics are too high resolution so I have to try through Flickr. May be a little trial and error here.
Thanks for all the kind words. I really appreciate all the help on this in the Resources and References Forum. If you have suggestions on how I can improve my next one let me know. I'll be working on an ARC Trooper right after I take a shot at this mini rig contest.
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YEAH!! THAT's some pics!
(cleaned up some extra code intended for websites rather than forums in that list so's we can SEE those gorgeous pics!)
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Yeah, took me a few tries, but I figured it out eventually too. Thanks Doc.
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Great job!!!
Love the weathering and that blue !!!
it really pops!!!
Rich
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If that was your first, I can't wait to see more. Well done.
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wow great job that weathing is cool and if this is your first custom cant wait to see more welcome to the yards!!
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Wow, thats better!
Look for this on our fp soon. Great work.
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Very few places out there offer this level of guidance and positive feedback. Many haters out there on message boards and YouTube, so thanks for creating such a positive environment to be creative.
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Like the t-shirt I'm wearing today says - "Collecting *WITHOUT* the Attitude"!!
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Those pics really show off the great detail and paint apps. Very nice work!
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Yeah, those are some good pics. Really like that blue color . Great custom!
bbfet
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Great job!! XRFIWR
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On the front page.
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Very cool. Thanks Tamer!
Mini Rig and Arc Trooper in progress.
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Amazing sergeant Boomer man, really nice weathering!
Welcome to the yards!
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Thats a great avatar. You will have to tell us about that cake.
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Ahh, the cake. All my son wanted for his 6th birthday, a little over a month ago, was a Boba Fett cake. Didn't ask for toys or anything. My wife did some research with a couple local cake companies and the best we could get was $50 to make a cake. This being completely unacceptable to me, I told my wife that I would make the cake. Large arguements insued and the fate of the entire party was placed squarely on my shoulders. I "borrowed" from another design I found online, my son loved it and my wife even agreed it was pretty good.
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"Pretty good" my fuzzy backside!! That is STUNNING! Heck, that's a cake that *I* would be thrilled to be presented with (on May 17th) for my (41st) birthday!
(there are no subliminal messages in this post. but if someone did make me a Star Wars themed cake, a Mando helmet would be a great one!)
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that cake came out awesome your son is lucky maybe you should start making them and charge $50.00 i could not bring myself to cut it though bbfet ;D
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I remember cake decorating sets that were sold back in the early '80s for R2-D2, vader, and Fett cakes; I think my mother made all three at one point for my brothers and I. Your son should consider himself very lucky to have such a great dad! I'll have to see if my son will be interested in that stuff or not! :)
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That is a great cake! Awesome job and glad Tamer asked.
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WOW That cake is something else your kid is very lucky hope it was good!!
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After several clone coloring projects with the kids a few ideas came together to make this new Arc Trooper. My 6 year old has named him "Lieutenant Blast", so that's what we're going with. Some cool ideas I had on the leg paint were completely hidden under the kama, so that might get repeated on another figure. It's pretty clear that I'm a big fan of the weathering with this guy, but I might not go as crazy on the next ones.
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looks awesome that weathering is perfect!!!
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wow, great weathering!!
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great weathering XRFIWR
This ARC has seen some action
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Very nice, on the front page. That weathering effect is really getting perfect imo.
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Thanks all. Much appreciated. I'm especially happy with how the helmet turned out. The Kama was actually the second one I did. The first was much longer and didn't look right once it was on. Had to glue the pauldron down as it was one of the side slide on ones from a cheaper version of clone troopers I'd picked up off eBay and it wouldn't stay put. Very happy with this one.
My boys love this guy and now have me doing some light weathering on their Rex, Cody, Waxer, and Boil figures before I look at another custom. They also saw a great battle worn turbo tank on this site when we first discovered it, but I've been delaying that one until I get my mini rig finalized.
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Now thats a custom!!!
Love the work you put into this one!!!
great weathering!!! Great Paint!!!
He looks like he's been through alot of battles!!!
Rich
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Great looking ARC!
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Sharp looking arc trooper. He has seen some action.
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Really nice arc trooper, cool weathering!
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Here's an opinion question for everyone. I have the packaged Sinker and Boost characters (brown painting), but don't yet have a Commander Wolffe. My kids want to get Wolffe and have me make a couple Wolffe Pack ARF troopers, but there is a big debate about the colors we should use.
So the question is would you create ARF troopers in brown to match Sinker and Boost or use one of the Wolffe color schemes and update Sinker and Boost in the process?
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i would update them to the new color scheme...which is what i am doing, actually :)
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Nothing major here, but as per the kids request I just did some weathering on their Captain Rex to go with the new Boomer and Blast figures. While I was doing that I went ahead and did their Commander Cody, Waxer and Boil too.
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cool ;D
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Looks great!
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very cool!
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Looks really nice!
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very cool ;D
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Nice clones.
Via Google: Today is the 119th Anniversary of the first documented Ice Cream Sundae...Have a happy Sundae!
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Waiting for some daylight to snap individual pictures, but here is a preview shot of my latest customs. I took three of Commander Wolffe's "space troopers" and did a repaint for Sinker, Boost and Comet. Then, based on my son and his friend's drawings I created a few Wolfpack ARF Troopers, Mouse (far left) and Bolt (far right). The wolf logos on the chest of these two was the hardest thing I've had to deal with painting to date, but I'm quite happy with how they turned out.
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Now just waiting on a few eBay purchases to arrive so I can add Plo Koon and create a Commander Wolffe. Still looking for anyone that has a Republic Gunship with fully closed doors willing to trade for one of my Wampa Gunships so I can create one of Plo Koons custom painted Gunships for this unit.
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I like those clones. The Wolfpack looks outstanding.
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Awesome customs!!!
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Very nice paint apps on these wolfpack looks great!!!
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Alright. A little better lighting during the day. Here's some individual pictures of the newbies...
ARF Trooper Bolt
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ARF Trooper Mouse
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Comet
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Sinker and Boost
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The Troops
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nice wolfpack
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awesome wolfpack i can hear the n w o wolfpack theme in my head
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Very nice, on the front page.
I am really liking all of this Wolffe type stuff. That new image of him from Season 4 has me hopped up on Clone Commanders. I am really liking the look of that new BARC looking helmet.
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Nice wolfpack, what paints did you use?
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Nice wolfpack, what paints did you use?
Nothing special for paints. I start with a clear Krylon Fusion base and then use the Liquitex Basics (http://www.liquitex.com/basicsvaluecolor/).
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And thanks for the front page Tamer.
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I like your work with the insignias and design schemes on these troopers.
Your work shows great patience; nice job!
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Nice customs!
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nice job on the customs ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D i luv the wolf pack i wonder why ??? lol
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really nice wolfpack troopers
my favorite is the ARF (Mouse)
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Happy Easter!
1 Peter 1:18-19
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Nice, awesome wolfpack troopers!
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After waiting for some eBay purchases to arrive I finally got around to making a Commander Wolffe. My son got to pick which color scheme and design to go with, so here's my new Wolffe and updated Wolf Pack pics.
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And then my full Wolf Pack with (store bought) Plo Koon.
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Awesome Wolffe Pack
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I love the patterns on these clones
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Yepper, I really like the Wolf patterns on the chest armor of those troopers. Look for this on our fp soon.
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kick ass commander wolffe pack!
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Great job on those clones!! :D
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superb job on Wolffe and the wolfpack!
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I'm salivating!! great figures!
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I don't peruse the figures forum as much as I would like, but I saw this on the front page and just had to drop by and say - AWESOME WOLF PACK!
Truly, great great stuff.
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Thanks everyone for the great feedback. Always nice to hear some outside views on something I was just doing for my kids. And they seem to love them too. I've already got a list of requests from them for new guys, both existing characters and their own custom designs (they partially designed the two ARF Troopers in these pics).
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fantastic job on Commander Wolffe and his wolfpack
well done
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Incredible wolfpack man!
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With the leftover parts I used on Commander Wolf (a combo of Rex and Cody) I was trying to figure out what guy to make when my son suggested a Captain Lock. I'll admit the colors aren't a perfect match, but they wanted him to go with their green clones from the Anti-Hailfire squad, so I went a little darker. And while I was going through this process my son drew up the design for Tiger below and I came up with the look for Rack. So here are three new guys so the kids have a larger green squad (I couldn't convince them to let me do a Commander Gree).
Captain Lock
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Tiger
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Rack (named for his raccoon like eyes)
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5154/5879522626_687451bc20.jpg) (http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5072/5878956373_800b6550b0.jpg) (http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5192/5879517576_244ce1f838.jpg)
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Very nice! I like tiger and rac the best.
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awesome job on them all
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Very Cool!!!!
love the color and detail!!!
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I like em all, but that Tiger really got my attention. Nice work. On the front page.
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Awesome customs
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Awesome!
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Nice clone customs man!
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Nice customs!!
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Tiger looks good; awesome job man!
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Thanks all again for the kind words. After looking at the pictures again I think I need to update some of the weathering on Rack and post an update.
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great looking custom
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I like em all, but that Tiger really got my attention. Nice work. On the front page.
I agree, he is an eye catcher! :D
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brilliant customs
tiger is the best
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I stumbled across this link on Twitter with about a dozen cool clone trooper concepts. Just thought I'd share with the customs crowd for ideas.
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Oh wow this brings back memories! These were created by an artist that goes by Jubjub Jedi. They were done years ago and I made two of these guys. These are such great designs they are timeless!
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yeah,that is a really cool custom clone for sure,great paint apps.welcome to the yards.can't wait to see more.