The Imperial Shipyards
Imperial Creative Engineering => Custom Figures => Topic started by: spudafett on May 16, 2009, 07:30:40 AM
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Thank clonehead for getting me involved here. Theres alot of cool stuff here, unfortunately I've only scratched the surface. I'm a member over at another forum and probably won't be frequenting here as much. However by clonehead's request I'll be posting some of my stuff up here too.
If you like what I post please check out my deviant art site here: http://spudafett.deviantart.com/gallery/ if that link doesn't work someone tell me.
Everything I've done get's posted up there. Not all of it makes it to forums.
ok... next post will actually have some stuff in it. I'm hoping I can just copy paste my posts from past threads on the other forums....
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did I mention that I have an e-bay store under "custom_scoundrels"? Some of my stuff gets put up there for auction to fund my obsession. There will be a couple super articulated figures put up there soon.
ok first is my "rouge geonosian"
backstory:
After the first battle of the clone wars many of the geonosian's hives were decimated. This specific geonosian's queen was killed and his hive was taken over by a neighboring hive. He hated his new masters and his instinctive devotion to his hive was gone. He decided to leave geonosis and make a new life whatever way he could.
Before leaving geonosis he aquired a secret copy of the most devestating weopon ever designed, a weopon which could destroy a planet. He carried this information in a bag at his side protecting it with his life until the right opourtunity came along to sell it to the highest bidder... This same copy of the death star plans eventually wound up in an excentric R2 unit...
As a gun for hire he came into contact with many new places and new peoples. his insect mount came from felucia but was being sent to genosis and destined for the arena. Both being instects they formed a natural bond and served each other mutually.
Being a technical genious as most geonosians were he repaired ships, constructed new and unique weopons, and for the right price he would do it for you...
Boba Fett actually recieved several upgrades to his armor from this rogue geonosian. His Heavy Destroyer Droid weoponry, assistance with the construction of the MAD BAT, and others...
ok... enough talk heres the pictures:
(http://fc98.deviantart.com/fs41/i/2009/041/c/a/geonosian_merc1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc27.deviantart.com/fs40/i/2009/041/c/6/geonosian_and_his_mount_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc74.deviantart.com/fs40/i/2009/041/1/1/geonosian_beetle_mount_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc22.deviantart.com/fs41/i/2009/041/c/c/geonosian_gun_turret_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc63.deviantart.com/fs41/i/2009/041/f/5/geonosian_and_beetle_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
Ok, the geonosian is a custom of a figure I got from e-bay and it didn't have a head. so I cut a head from another figure and attached it with a metal rod, he move side to side but not nod...
the pack at his side is from an indy figure, the holster on his side is also from an indy, the gun in the holster IDK where it came from but it is S.W.
The beetle came from Big Lots, it is from an "adventure pack" entitled "mummy hunter". I gave the figure to the boys and kept the beetle. I painted the red on the eyes and the bloody mandibles.
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This is probably my favorite figure
Stealth suit boba fett. The concept was that as a bounty hunter boba fett wouldn't just have one set of armor that he used. Fett would have several specialized armor sets that he would utilize in his endeavors. This is a stealth recon version. The armor sheilds against detection using the same technology that black ops stormtroopers have. The backpack is a special comunications jamming device. Since these pictures were taken I have repainted the figure and subsequently sold it on ebay. I'm most likely going to do a better version of this figure for myself as I fell in love with it.
(http://fc21.deviantart.com/fs33/i/2008/309/4/6/blackops_fett_comunicationpack_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
Long range comunications/ jamming back pack
(http://th08.deviantart.com/fs35/300W/i/2008/309/5/5/Black_ops_fett_backpack2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
com backpack from the rear. It's a repainted battledroid backpack from the 3-po mixup pack.
(http://fc00.deviantart.com/fs34/i/2008/309/7/d/black_ops_fett_with_blaster_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
normal backpack, painted blaster- wood stock silver barrel
(http://fc29.deviantart.com/fs33/i/2008/309/c/c/Black_ops_fett_backpack_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc47.deviantart.com/fs33/i/2008/309/5/1/Black_ops_fett_front_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc33.deviantart.com/fs34/i/2008/309/3/0/black_fett_with_lightknife_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
with utility light blade
(http://fc89.deviantart.com/fs33/i/2008/309/d/6/black_ops_fett__toe_barbs_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
notice the custom toe barbs- made from needles cut to size and sunk into the shoe
(http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs34/i/2008/309/b/5/black_ops_taking_names_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc71.deviantart.com/fs33/i/2008/309/3/0/Black_ops_fett_back_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
you can see a lightsaber hanging from his belt, what jedi did he kill to get it?....
(http://th04.deviantart.com/fs36/300W/i/2008/272/2/f/boba_fett_sneak_peak_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
It's come quite aways from first a 30th aniv. fet, to that above and to the final product. again criticism and compliments welcome please!
In the next post I'll post the repainted pictures.
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the first time around I f-ed up and used enamel paints... before I knew better. The paints never dried and the figure remained sticky. I bought some enamels and redid it.
(http://fc17.deviantart.com/fs42/i/2009/089/c/7/stealth_boba_pauldron_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc33.deviantart.com/fs44/i/2009/089/3/2/back_of_stealth_fett_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc28.deviantart.com/fs42/i/2009/089/2/0/stealth_boba_fett_revisited_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc17.deviantart.com/fs42/i/2009/089/c/7/stealth_boba_pauldron_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc33.deviantart.com/fs44/i/2009/089/3/2/back_of_stealth_fett_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc28.deviantart.com/fs42/i/2009/089/2/0/stealth_boba_fett_revisited_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
I've got some more additions I made to it but I have to upload the photos. I'll get on that and post them too.
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Welcome to the family!
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Thanks for the welcome.
heres what the final product of the stealth boba turned out as before he was sold:
(http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs43/i/2009/136/a/d/stealth_boba_fett_again_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc00.deviantart.com/fs43/i/2009/136/3/6/stealth_boba_fett_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
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nothing too special. It's the removable armor from the merc. wraith, repainted and detailed, then sprayed with Krylon clear coat to protect it.
(http://fc41.deviantart.com/fs43/i/2009/089/0/f/heavy_armor_boba_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
this armor makes this figure look even more out of proportion... I am going to HAVE to do a super articulated 25thA modification to this clasic boba....
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Welcome Spudafett, and those are some AWESOME customs you have there!
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Welcome to the Shipyards, Devin! Glad you could make it. Dude, that stealth suit mando just rocks the house! Those toe barbs are just a killer addition and I like the incorporation of the droid backpack and the detailing to his blaster. Tell us about that skull necklace.
Good job on this fig, buddy and once again, welcome.
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Ahh the skull necklace is from the 25th aniversary gi-joe arctic snake eyes.
These are nowhere near the best ones I've done. I'll be posting manny more.
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an old potf boba figure which had lost his cape and scalps... I made him a new one.
heres what he looks like now:
(http://th18.deviantart.com/fs36/300W/i/2008/268/a/8/POTF_cape_custom1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://th00.deviantart.com/fs36/300W/i/2008/268/d/a/potf_soft_goods_cape_boba_fett_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://th05.deviantart.com/fs36/300W/i/2008/268/c/e/potf_soft_goods_boba_fett_cape_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc85.deviantart.com/fs36/i/2008/268/f/b/warning_friend_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
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"MAD BAT" v1. "Mandalorian Assassin Droid with Battlefield Assault Tactics"
The Mad Bat's were constructed as a battlefield ali for mandalorians during their greatest period of history. Used alongside the Basilisk War Droids the MAD BAT droids were fearsome and mercilous killing machines trained in the techniques of their mandalorian masters they were smart, cunning, and resourcefull. Each MAD had a modular system of attachments allowing it to adapt to any battlefield situation. These included two fully functioning hands, a flame thrower, a bladed claw, and a light saber attachment. Although MAD's were not as adapt at wielding a light saber as a Jedi was they could hold their own in a sparring match and could be just as lethal with it on the battlefield. Included in their versatility are several different backpacks which could be used in tandem with the arm attachments. A very basic backpack to cary the extra arms is generaly the standard but others were developed. A larger version of the mandalorian standard rocket launching jetpack was made for the MAD's as well as an aquatic pack which has two rotor blades for underwater propulsion. Being non-organic the underwater pack does not need a breathing aperatus to sustain the MAD in it's duties.
This particular MAD BAT has seen better days. With the grand days of the Mandalorian empire fallen and what is left of a great warrior race reduced to smugglers and mercinaries very few MAD's are left in existance. One of which being Boba Fett's personal Mando assault droid. This droid has only survived by learning from it's masters and currently it is learning all it can from Boba... However as old as this MAD is it has developed it's own personality... In much the same way as IG-88 became a ruthless bounty hunter from just a protocol droid origin Fett's MAD is byding his time untill he can overpower his master and start his own lucritive bounty hunting buisness.......
(http://th03.deviantart.com/fs35/300W/i/2008/309/5/d/Mad_Bat_no_arms_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://th01.deviantart.com/fs34/300W/i/2008/309/0/d/mando_bat_lightsaber_disengage_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://th01.deviantart.com/fs34/300W/i/2008/309/0/4/mando_bat_light_saber_arm_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://th07.deviantart.com/fs35/300W/i/2008/309/f/4/MAD_BAT_006_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://th06.deviantart.com/fs35/300W/i/2008/309/d/6/MAD_BAT_005_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
the range finder does flip down as you can see
(http://th07.deviantart.com/fs34/300W/i/2008/309/2/1/rocket_launcher_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://th01.deviantart.com/fs33/300W/i/2008/309/1/f/MAD_BAT_010_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://th07.deviantart.com/fs33/300W/i/2008/309/2/6/launching_rocket_launcher_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
a rocket launcher which actually fires. Made from pen parts. There is a spring inside the tube which when you pull back on the missile it compresses, release the missle and the missile fires.
(http://th05.deviantart.com/fs33/300W/i/2008/309/6/2/rocket_launcher_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc43.deviantart.com/fs33/i/2008/309/0/a/Mando_Bat_in_action_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://th08.deviantart.com/fs34/300W/i/2008/309/7/b/MAD_BAT_004_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc73.deviantart.com/fs35/i/2008/309/6/9/more_parts_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://th00.deviantart.com/fs35/300W/i/2008/309/8/f/Parts_for_the_figs_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc46.deviantart.com/fs35/i/2008/309/a/6/the_fett_foursome_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
the green and black jettpack was made with pieces of polystyrene cut to shape fitted around pen parts. The pen parts make up the middle tube and the missile. If you guys are interested I'll make another one from scratch and post a how to step by step, it was realy simple actually.
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Another cool update, Spudafett! Very nice. Now those scratch-built missile launchers and backpacks are something to be proud of. Yeah, I would be interested in seeing how you fab those up.
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I know *I* would love a jetpack tutorial!
For some reason, I didn't realize that Wraith armor was removable, or I would have bought them up when I saw them. I grabbed a BAT because I needed those mechanical hands and other parts - and I figured the head looked rather Mando, so I'd get it just in case... ;D
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I know *I* would love a jetpack tutorial!
For some reason, I didn't realize that Wraith armor was removable, or I would have bought them up when I saw them. I grabbed a BAT because I needed those mechanical hands and other parts - and I figured the head looked rather Mando, so I'd get it just in case... ;D
I meant we, Doc, WE would like a tutorial. Sorry buddy.
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I have a basic tutorial written up in the other forum, I'll copy paste it here in a new thread somewhere.
Here is a vehicle custom I did using an old broken jedi starfighter. The pop up wings wouldn't work anymore so I modded them and also modded the non removable droid and socket into a removable droid socket.
backstory:
High over Coruscant skies high speed races take place. Carving out a course through the atmosphere, through space, through hyperspace and back people gather around their holoviewers to watch and bet on these dangerous races.
During the race the pilot, his ship, and his droid navigator must survive the harshest atmospheric flying, dangerous asteroid and mine fields, as well as watch out for rival pilots. The ships are outfitted with modified engines, shields and weopons to aid in the race. It's not just about speed and fancy flying either. Mines set up in the course test a pilot's defensive capabilities, blasting rival racers out of the sky is also highly recomended so offensive weoponry and skill is highly prized.
a new, young brash pilot has just joined the race in his modified jedi starfighter. He repaired the deralict fighter which was designed for a different time and age. In the Empire there is no use for a ship which can only be flown by a jedi...
here it is:
(http://fc63.deviantart.com/fs41/i/2009/047/4/b/raceship__wings_folded_in_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc30.deviantart.com/fs41/i/2009/047/5/d/raceship__extended_wings_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc85.deviantart.com/fs41/i/2009/047/8/3/raceship_back_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc37.deviantart.com/fs41/i/2009/047/7/8/raceship_pilot_and_his_droid_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
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my first completely from scratch 1:18 scale vehicle. From scratch ATPT
The ATPT has always been one of my favorite walker designs. I spent alot of time as a kid in middle school drawing it and making new versions of it and coming up with some outlandish Ideas.
This is the original version:
(http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars-exodus/images/1/10/ATPT.jpg)
Now... I origonally had added arms to my design for the expanded model but when building started I opted out of doing that. I may go back and add them someday but for now it's closer to the original.
My expansions on the original are basically just a top mounted missile turret with an optional gunner socket.
Heres the WIP pictures (I made sure to take alot this time so you can see how it progressed)
(http://fc09.deviantart.com/fs42/i/2009/088/c/8/wip_ATPT_1__cockpit_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
I started with the cockpit. I tend to always start a custom vehicle around the cockpit area so that the figures will fit and the rest of the machine will be in the correct scale and everything fits. Sorry I didn't get started taking pictures untill I completely finished the cockpit.
(http://th02.deviantart.com/fs43/300W/i/2009/088/f/b/ATPT_WIP_rear_compartment_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
The rear compartment still open, shows the turret on top with a pen tube going into the roof which gives the turret side to side twisting ability...
(http://fc40.deviantart.com/fs43/i/2009/088/a/3/ATPT_rear_compartment_with_fig_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
Showing how the gunner will fit.
(http://th06.deviantart.com/fs44/300W/i/2009/088/b/c/ATPT__lego_part_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://th08.deviantart.com/fs43/300W/i/2009/088/f/5/ATPT_cut_up_lego_part_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
The dismantaling of a lego part to use as the hip and ankle joints. 4 of these were used total.
(http://fc41.deviantart.com/fs45/i/2009/088/5/2/ATPT_underside_hip_joint_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
hip joints glued on. I havn't done this but I think I'll probably go back and build a small box around these parts as they look out of place in the final product...
(http://fc30.deviantart.com/fs44/i/2009/088/5/0/ATPT_WIP1_cockpit_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
legs halfway completed. There are 2 joints that are scratch built by sandwiching the second leg piece in the first and putting a nail through and then bending the nail slightly which held it in place and gave it alot of friction to keep the joint tight and posable.
(http://th01.deviantart.com/fs43/300W/i/2009/088/0/1/ATPT_feet_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
The feet w/ ankle sockets
(http://fc17.deviantart.com/fs44/i/2009/088/1/1/ATPT__one_leg_balancing_act_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
one leg finished. I was amazed that the whole thing was able to be supported by the one foot. The ball joints made it possible to position the feet directly underneath the cockpit so that it could balance, or set at a wide stance to give it more stability once both feet were attached. The legs came out to be super posable and the whole thing can stand in a myriad of poses.
(http://fc25.deviantart.com/fs45/i/2009/088/4/5/ATPT__Coming_together_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
Both legs attached
(http://th05.deviantart.com/fs42/300W/i/2009/088/1/3/ATPT_top_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
even though it's blurry you can see how the legs don't stick strigt up parrallel to the body, the ball joints allow the legs to bend outward as you would expect an animals legs to sort of do... It gives it a more organic look rather than a static stiff posture.
(http://fc09.deviantart.com/fs42/i/2009/088/9/e/ATPT_front_cannons_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
front weoponry is made of two superglue lids, and the bottom left launcher is that of a Clone Trooper's removable launcher, the ones that attach to their guns. It still retains the launching feature and has a red missile to go with it.
(http://th03.deviantart.com/fs45/300W/i/2009/088/8/e/ATPT_first_coat_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
first coat of paint and a size comparison
(http://th06.deviantart.com/fs45/300W/i/2009/088/c/d/ATPT_rear_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
rear view
(http://th06.deviantart.com/fs44/300W/i/2009/088/f/b/ATPT_with_gunner_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
with the gunner in place
(http://th06.deviantart.com/fs43/300W/i/2009/088/a/4/ATPT_trying_to_climb_in_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
I should probably install a foot-step huh?
(http://fc24.deviantart.com/fs45/i/2009/088/a/f/ATPT_finished_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
Finished paint and weopons installed.
(http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs42/i/2009/088/8/4/ATPT_finished_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc28.deviantart.com/fs42/i/2009/088/a/9/ATPT_open_cockpit_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
I didn't put in an interior: 1: because you can't see it with the door closed, and 2: because with a seat in place I'd never get the figures in and out. I'ts just too tight.
(http://fc43.deviantart.com/fs42/i/2009/088/5/3/ATPT_top_finished_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
I probably will at least paint the inside black so you don't see so much white through the windows...
(http://th09.deviantart.com/fs43/300W/i/2009/088/6/8/ATPT___running___pose_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
Standing up tall
(http://fc23.deviantart.com/fs45/i/2009/088/8/3/atpt_running_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
The "running" pose
(http://th09.deviantart.com/fs44/300W/i/2009/088/c/5/ATPT_close_up_on_front_guns_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
close up of the nose guns
(http://fc28.deviantart.com/fs42/i/2009/088/9/5/ATPT_front_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
one last shot of the front.
ok parts used: Sheet styrene, Cardstock posterboard, lego ball and sockets, spring loaded clone trooper rocket launcher, rocket launcher from unknown gi-jow/SW vehicle (it came in a fodder box off e-bay and I don't know it's true origins, I'm talking about the top turret).
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I present to you the mandalorian huntress. Raised on mandalore she has carried out the traditions of the mandalorians her whole life. Her father taught her how to fight, hunt and fend for herself. He gave her a knife which was passed down through their familly for decades. This knife was made from the tooth of one of the last mythosaurs which ruled mandalore before the first mandalorian king wiped them out and tamed the planet.
(http://fc23.deviantart.com/fs44/i/2009/078/f/8/mandolorian_huntress_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc63.deviantart.com/fs42/i/2009/078/d/9/mandalorian_huntress_back_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc35.deviantart.com/fs44/i/2009/078/a/f/action_shot__mando_huntress_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://th05.deviantart.com/fs43/300W/i/2009/078/c/e/removable_helmet_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc63.deviantart.com/fs42/i/2009/078/7/3/mandolorian_female_huntress_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
of course the base fig is a 25thA scarlett. The crossbow is a chewbacca crossbow with added chains for the strap. The backpack is a repainted "komino escape" boba backpack. Hip holster and pistol are from a 25thA Gi-Joe Hawk, the knife is made from a fossilized shark tooth with a plastic handle glued on. Helmet is the removable helmet from the kamino escape boba boy pack.
Everything has been repainted with testors acrylics, the metalic blue is a mix of silver and blue.
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The Mandalorian Huntress's Swoop bike.
This bike is made from sheets of styrene which were rough shaped and then sanded into final shape with my dremel and a sanding drum. I then spray painted it black and then finished the painting with a home mixed blend of acrylic paints.
So here it is:
(http://fc33.deviantart.com/fs43/i/2009/081/0/e/swoop_bike_wip_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
before paint
(http://fc86.deviantart.com/fs42/i/2009/081/f/8/swoop_bike_wip2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc59.deviantart.com/fs42/i/2009/081/5/8/swoop_bike_finished_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc36.deviantart.com/fs43/i/2009/081/8/8/swoop_bike_finished_back_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc80.deviantart.com/fs43/i/2009/081/9/b/swoop_bike_top_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
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MAD BAT v2.0
Whole lot of improvements here. I never did like the boots on this fig.. I thought "why the hell does an android have boots?" So I swapped out the lower legs with my merc wraith figure and I think it looks a whole lot more mechanical now.
Stripped all the old sticky green enamel paint off the figure from the first go around and replaced it with a custom mix of darkened silver. Washed the new lower legs with some black paint to make it resemble the BAT's arms more and make it look more weathered.
Repainted the green on the backpack to match the new figure
added a shoulder pauldron on which I may eventually put the mandolorian mythosaur skull emblem on...
heres the updated pics:
(http://fc30.deviantart.com/fs44/i/2009/089/5/f/MAD_BAT_revisited__front_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc16.deviantart.com/fs44/i/2009/089/a/0/mad_bat_revisit_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc18.deviantart.com/fs44/i/2009/089/8/b/MAD_BAT_revisited__back_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc43.deviantart.com/fs42/i/2009/089/a/e/MAD_BAT_revisited__no_flash_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc26.deviantart.com/fs45/i/2009/089/6/e/MAD_BAT_revisited_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
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During the clone wars the sepratists were pumping out battle droids by the thousands. Battle droids, super battle droids, droidekas, magnagaurds, buzz droids, space fighters the list goes on and on.
Magnagaurds were commonly used as bodygaurds but as the clone wars progressed, and with the death of grevious, the sepratists wanted a more substantial bodygaurd to protect them during battles. Thus the SUPER magnagaurd was created.
similar in construction to their predicessors the super magnagaurd was given added armor as well as a double barreled laser cannon which was mounted as a backpack and removed when needed.
(http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs45/i/2009/113/1/8/Super_magnagaurd_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://th04.deviantart.com/fs45/300W/i/2009/113/3/6/Super_magnagaurd_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs45/i/2009/113/5/e/Super_magnagaurd_3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs44/i/2009/113/d/6/Super_magnagaurd_4_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
btw this figure is still up for sale. Currently it is not listed on e-bay, however if anyone is interested contact me
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a single quote from wookipedia's artilce on boba fett is the origin for this custom:
"Imperial records showed that Fett had served as a stormtrooper, but deserted after he killed his commanding officer."
My elaborated backstory:
After leading a group of clones on a raid of the kamino cloning facility which had grown a batch of rebelious clones Boba Fett was offered a position as a storm trooper by the officer which comanded the mission along side Boba Fett. Boba Fett resisted for some time but when bounty's were low decided to join the ranks of his "brothers." The recruiting officer reluctantly agreed to allow him to outfit his storm trooper armor with parts of his own. Boba Fett stated that to be a soldier at optimum strength and capability he should be allowed to use the armor and weopons which he has become so apt to using. Citing the fact that he took down many dangerous bountys with his personal armor making him a formidible foe the recruiting officer agreed.
However, once in the field his commanding officer thought different. An emperial fanatic the commander believed that all storm troopers should be clad in identical armor just as they are identical genetically. Fett of course disagreed stating that he would be an efficient soldier with whatever armor he was wearing but his own personal armor made him stronger than 10 troopers combined. His commander took him up on this promise picking 9 of his best men and challenging Fett. Fett subsequently killed the 9 troopers outright and then his comanding officer... After this fett decided that being assymilated into the ranks of the empire would not be his calling, and if the empire ever found out that Fett was the one behind the killings then he would be charged. Fett defected returning to his bounty hunting career...
ok.. the story needs some work but it gives the basic points of why fett would have different armor than other stormtroopers...
(http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs44/i/2009/129/3/2/Boba_fett_stormtrooper_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs45/i/2009/129/0/f/Fett_stormtrooper_back_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs43/i/2009/129/4/d/fett_stormtrooper_helmet_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs45/i/2009/129/3/e/fett_stormtrooper_flame_on_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs42/i/2009/129/7/b/boba_fett_stormtrooper_parts_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
Base figure is a comic pack stormtrooper. The one that came with lando. I repainted the blue parts of the figure white.
I removed the shoulder pads from an animated debut boba fett and painted it white. I took a rocket launching jango backpack and painted it white and stuck a non-launching missile attachment in it. Jango's removable gauntlets were used for the gauntlets. I drilled a hole in the left gauntlet to allow attachment of the concept fett flame accessory.
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I just noticed that every time I type F E T T a smiley takes over! .... that's kind of annoying...
anyway on to the next custom. I have done several customs which combine the articulation of 25th aniversary gi-joe figures with that of recent star wars figures. The basic operation involves chopping the joes up at the waist and using their waist and thighs to create a new figure using the star wars figure's upper body and lower legs.
Animated debut boba fett, the first experiment in this process:
(http://fc26.deviantart.com/fs42/i/2009/077/f/f/side_by_side_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
as you can see the Joe parts caused him to grow about a head taller than the original. I actually think he looks more proportional now... however he does look a little funny next to normal SW figs. As you can see in this comparison pic the cod piece armor is still missing in the custom.
(http://fc69.deviantart.com/fs45/i/2009/077/0/e/s_a__Boba_fett_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
striking a pose that the original could never accomplish
(http://fc64.deviantart.com/fs44/i/2009/077/f/b/Super_articulated_fett__riding_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
Riding a boga... similar to how the creature's mount will be when it is completed. again, something the original could never even dream of doing.
It worked so well I've made two of these animated versions, the second uses a different set of joe legs which better fit the boba costume.
(http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs44/i/2009/113/b/1/trio_of_animated_bobas_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs44/i/2009/113/d/d/boba_trio_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
The first version has already sold on e-bay. I still have the other if anyone is interested, again let me know.
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super articulated classic boba fett
(http://fc18.deviantart.com/fs43/i/2009/097/f/3/classic_fett_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc10.deviantart.com/fs42/i/2009/097/f/e/classic_vs_animated_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc42.deviantart.com/fs42/i/2009/097/6/0/removabe_helmet_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs45/i/2009/097/6/5/boba_posin_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc12.deviantart.com/fs44/i/2009/097/7/3/super_articulated_boba_fett_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
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this is a custom following the same process of construction which I used to make the super articulated boba fetts.
This is how a clone should be able to move!:
super articulated Kashyyyk trooper
(http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs42/i/2009/109/0/7/kashyyyk_trooper_custom_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs44/i/2009/109/f/2/kashyyyk_trooper_custom1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs42/i/2009/109/1/5/kashyyyk_trooper_guile_suit_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs44/i/2009/109/7/a/custom_trooper_and_custom_bike_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc09.deviantart.com/fs44/i/2009/109/0/b/Kashyyyk_comparison_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
This figure was put up on e-bay but surprisingly it did not sell.... I was certain it would. Again, it's up for grabs if anyone is interested.
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Here is more pics of that custom speeder bike from the previous post.
cammo paint job complete with working FLASHING led light on the console
(http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs36/i/2008/241/a/a/camo_speeder_and_Kashyyyk_trpr_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs36/i/2008/241/e/8/Do_you_see_me_now__by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs37/i/2008/241/0/e/Comparison_speeders_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs37/i/2008/241/2/f/Yard_patrol_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs37/i/2008/241/e/c/speeder_on_grass_comparison_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
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This is probably the worst custom I've done...
"Space Suit Mandalorian"
(http://fc36.deviantart.com/fs45/i/2009/078/6/f/space_suit_fett_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
a random conglomeration of fodder parts put together to build this. I think I like the blow torch the most out of everything....lol
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I'm thinking about calling him "RedWing"... I just don't like "wraith". When I hear "wraith" I think of stargate atlantis.
The figure was a 25th A mercenary wraith. Lower legs were swapped with a BAT figure. Armor was switched to a removable set of stormtrooper armor (not entirely sure what figure that armor came with but it was black originally). Backpack was scrapped.
heres the pics:
before:
(http://ciscowong.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/dsc02206.jpg)
after:
(http://fc16.deviantart.com/fs43/i/2009/089/c/b/SW_mercenary_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
flash...
(http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs43/i/2009/089/d/8/sw_merc_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
no flash
(http://fc45.deviantart.com/fs42/i/2009/089/f/4/sw_merc_is_gonna_cap_yo_a____by_SpudaFett.jpg)
gonna cap yo ass! :D
(http://fc13.deviantart.com/fs44/i/2009/089/3/5/SW_mercenary1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
removable armor
(http://fc23.deviantart.com/fs44/i/2009/089/7/4/SW_mercenary_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
left the face the same
(http://fc13.deviantart.com/fs43/i/2009/089/e/f/SW_mercenary_3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
I think the different armor works well. What do you all think?
any ideas on a better name?
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The best smugglers in the galaxy:
Han Solo and Lando customs. Same technique I've been using. Acrylic paint job. yadda yadda.
The Joe legs make both figures look a little more beefy than they shold be. I'm coining them as "younger" versions of the caracters. Think about what Han Solo and Lando would have looked like during their prime of smugling and gambling. I have a feeling this is somewhat what they would have resembled during the famous gambling match in which Han won the Falcon and Lando subsequently lost it.....
(http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs45/i/2009/109/0/6/Super_Articulated_Han_Solo_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs43/i/2009/109/a/b/Han_Solo_at_the_ready_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs43/i/2009/109/7/e/Han_Solo_gunslinger_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs43/i/2009/109/9/0/Greedo__s_Nightmare_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc09.deviantart.com/fs44/i/2009/109/d/0/Lando_Callrissian__gambler_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs42/i/2009/109/c/b/Lando_Calrissian__smuggler_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
I made these figures for the sole purpose of selling them. Unfortunately they didn't sell. I still have both.
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Clone wars era snow trooper. Variation on the regular clone set of armor.
Construction was simple, base figure of the clone trooper with the forearms swapped out with that of the 25th joe snow serpent. Boots swapped with snow serpent's boots. Snow serpent accessories added. Complete repaint (curtesy of my wife. She cussed the shit out of me for giving her the figure to paint with all the white! ???...)
anyway here it is:
(http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs42/i/2009/123/8/b/snow_clone_5_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs42/i/2009/123/6/d/snow_clone_4_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs45/i/2009/123/1/9/snow_clone_3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc00.deviantart.com/fs43/i/2009/123/b/5/snow_clone_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs43/i/2009/123/d/3/snow_clone_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
If I sell this figure it will have a white gun instead of the black blaster pistol...
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Super articulated Greedo, the worst bounty hunter ever...
(http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs45/i/2009/113/b/9/Greedo_Wip_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs42/i/2009/113/6/a/greedo_custom_5_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs43/i/2009/113/7/3/greedo_added_articulation_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs44/i/2009/113/9/8/greedo_bounty_hunter_3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs44/i/2009/113/d/e/greedo_custom_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs44/i/2009/113/9/9/Greedo_custom1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
This figure sold
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Boushh is best known because of leia's impersonation of him during the return of the jedi. Most people don't realize that he was indeed a real person and a pretty decent bounty hunter. The story goes that he was infamous for demanding more credits than the bounty offered when he obtained his quarry. In one such instance the Black Sun crime syndicate took his quarry and killed him instead of giving him his pricy sum... He also loved to blow things up, most of the time having his quarry turn themselves over in fear of being blown to smitherines by Boushh. Often he was called suicidal for his obsessive use of Thermal Detenators. Leia of course took advantage of all of these aspects of Boushh when she impersonated him....
But here he is, Boushh before the fall:
(http://fc09.deviantart.com/fs45/i/2009/122/3/a/boushh_7_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs43/i/2009/122/d/e/boushh_8_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs44/i/2009/122/e/a/boushh_6_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs43/i/2009/122/0/6/boushh_5_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs43/i/2009/122/a/a/boushh_4_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs45/i/2009/122/b/2/boushh_3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs44/i/2009/122/8/3/Boushh_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc00.deviantart.com/fs45/i/2009/122/7/0/Boushh_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
Features of the custom:
removable poncho with survival backpack
Removable helmet
Thermal detonator which can plug into either the left hand or the bandoleir
Working holster w/ blaster pistol
"electro staff"
construction:
completely sculpted onto gi-joe 25th aniversary figure parts using apoxi sculpt.
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My favorite of my recent customs: ME in mando armor. The gunslinger.
anyways so there is no backstory yet... pretty much just a figure for the sake of making a figure.
The outfit's color scheme is based on my normal everyday wear.. with armor added of course. I will probably eventually make me a set of armor like this one. I realy like the way the boots came out and they are supposed to resemble my stingray skin cowboy boots.
ok... figure construction:
Wild bill base figure. Crockmaster boots repainted. Arms are that of an animated boba fett. Helmet is animated boba fett. Head is a Mutt head. Backpack is boba's repainted. Guns are animated debut boba fett pistols... I think that covers it.
Here are the pics
(http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs45/i/2009/125/8/b/gunslinger_front_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs42/i/2009/125/8/0/gunslinger_side_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs44/i/2009/125/e/9/gunslinger_backside_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs43/i/2009/125/7/4/showing_off_the_articulation_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs44/i/2009/125/2/1/gunslinger_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs42/i/2009/125/d/6/showing_off_the_moves_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc00.deviantart.com/fs45/i/2009/125/7/d/gunsliner_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs42/i/2009/125/e/f/__eeehh__________by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs42/i/2009/125/5/e/__you_talking_to_me____by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs44/i/2009/125/0/2/mando_gunslinger_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs43/i/2009/125/6/7/gunslinger_back_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs42/i/2009/125/c/f/Self_custom__mando_gunslinger_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
So.... the helmet isn't wearable for the mutt head. As all of you have probably noticed mutt has an enormous head... the helmet and head are just made to be interchangeable.
SO.... things I still want to do for this fig are make a cowboy hat or get one. Make or get a "pet" boa constricter which can be set around the figure's neck. Make a "pet" lizzard as well. All of which of course are supposed to make it more like me....
(http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs44/i/2009/126/b/a/My_dewback____by_SpudaFett.jpg)
cowboy hat and right shoulder pad made from a fossil trilobite... more things to bring it looking more like me. Or at least adding touches of my personality and likes to the figure...
(http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs45/i/2009/130/f/f/draw____I_dare_ya__by_SpudaFett.jpg)
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I believe that is it for now, Please tell me what you think. Sorry if I have overwhelmed anyone with so many posts in a row! ;D
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Well now I am gone for two days and what do I find, a great new custom guy has joined the forums. First off, welcome to the yards, and more importantly, awesome work. I love the articulation you have given your figures. Ofcourse everyone knew I was gonna like that smaller walker you just made from scratch. Very nice. That female Mando made from the Joe figure looks sweet too. Like the ride you made for her too. I love it. This place is going customs crazy!
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Thanks for the praise. The articulation in star wars figures has always sucked and definately needed changing! The swoop was alot of fun to build and I'll probably do several more.
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I like the snowclone too. Heck anything with a Battle of Hoth theme I like! Love the sound of more swoops too.
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Devin, that scratchbuilt walker just rocks!! I really like that swoop as well. I still think that it's cool that you built a scale version of yourself. heck, if I did that, I would have to find a little clone to put in my hand.
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No worries, Clint - I'll chalk it up to the shock from sudden exposure to awesomeness.
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I present V'lad the mandalorian dictator. V'lad is a viscious warlord living in a renegade section of Mandalore. He is much feared by his fellow people mostly because his love for impaling his victims and use of ancient bladed weoponry. He insists that his victims suffer beneath his spear and only offers a quick death to those who have served him well...
(http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs44/i/2009/136/1/9/V__lad_the_mando_dictator_wip1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs42/i/2009/136/f/4/V__lad_wip_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
still a wip at this point
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Nice spikes. I do love that animated Fett figure. You are into those mandos something fierce, Devin. Kinda like me and the clones.
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you built a scale version of yourself. heck, if I did that, I would have to find a little clone to put in my hand.
"Look, I'm an action figure!!"
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LOL!!! That is what i wanted to see, Doc. All I need is an Iron Maiden t-shirt and a hardhat.
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That spiky fett is pretty nice. I could envision a mando doing that!
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(http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs45/i/2009/137/e/a/V__lad_wip_paint_apps2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc00.deviantart.com/fs44/i/2009/137/a/d/V__lad_nearly_complete_wip_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://th04.deviantart.com/fs42/300W/i/2009/137/1/e/v__lad_jetpack_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs44/i/2009/137/b/2/v__lad_spear_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs43/i/2009/137/9/6/v__lad_with_jetpack_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
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He looks evil, Spud. Super killer but, just evil. I like the spikey jetpack and the bantha skull.
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technically... it's a mythosaur skull. Early on it was labeled as a bantha by someone and that stuck, the horns on the skull are in the wrong place to be a bantha skull. But it's no big deal.
I think I'm going to redo the backpack. It is a little too large for my tastes.
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What about the gunbelt and holster. Were you going to paint them? I was just thinking that they would be cool a darker color like a dark brown or brownish grey or something. It just seems like the stock color of the belt and holster makes for too harsh of a color transition from the black under coverings behind it.
Hey Devin, are you going to submit an entry to my contest?
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I always thought it was a bantha skull. Still, whatever skull it is, I like it. Looks good dripping like that. Good thing I never get too technical. I usually end up wrong!
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SOme amazing pieces you have here Spud! I especially like the Huntress and the SnowClone!
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Thanks guys, I will be painting the belt and holster.
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(http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs45/i/2009/141/7/9/V__lad__s_spear_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs45/i/2009/141/9/b/v__lad__s_sword_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs44/i/2009/141/f/d/V__lad_the_mando_impaler_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs45/i/2009/141/6/a/V__lad_mando_dictator_finished_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
is that better clint? lol
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shadow clone officer:
simple head swap with neckectomy
(http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs42/i/2009/141/8/d/Shadow_clone_officer_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs45/i/2009/141/b/5/dark_opps_clone_officer_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
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Shadow jump trooper or... the dark arc jump clone trooper....
(http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs45/i/2009/141/e/c/shadow_jump_trooper_no_helmet_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs42/i/2009/141/8/6/shadow_clone_back_no_helmet_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc00.deviantart.com/fs43/i/2009/141/f/2/shadow_clone_back_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs45/i/2009/141/8/c/shadow_with_flash____by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs42/i/2009/141/2/9/shadow_jump_trooper_accessorys_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs44/i/2009/141/f/c/shadow_clone_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs42/i/2009/141/8/1/shadow_jump_trooper_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
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WIP at the moment.
Mon Calamari warior
(http://fc09.deviantart.com/fs43/i/2009/136/c/f/mon_cal__warrior_wip1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs43/i/2009/136/e/8/mon_cal_wip_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc09.deviantart.com/fs43/i/2009/136/c/b/mon_cal_armor_front_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs44/i/2009/136/0/5/mon_cal_trilobite_wip_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
Right now it's pretty rough around the edges, I'll fix that with apoxi...
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Yep, that mando turned out pretty cool. I do like the belt better that color.
I like your shadow troopers and thought that the face paint was a neat idea. Tell us about the neckotomy.
I like the MC warrior's armor. Another neat idea.
Have you been listing any of this stuff?
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I will list most of it... just havn't yet. I will probably do that tomorrow at least by saturday night.
Reason for neckectomy:
Figure being customized need's a new head.
Figure being cutomized neck's ball joint is not the correct size for new head!
Performing a neckectomy:
cut off the neck of the figure being customized. dremel smooth if necesarry.
cut off the new neck w/ new ball joint.
Use a pin/needle/small nail/ wire/ etc to attach new neck to customized figure's body where old neck used to be.
if done corectly only a little super glue is needed to attach the new neck.
if there is a gap and it doesn't look right some filling in with apoxi scuplt is done.
paint and let dry.
apply new head to new figure with corrected ball joint.....
a successful neckectomy.
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This is why Hasbro should do unto SW as they did unto Joe and give us a standard-sized NECK-BALL!!!!
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Umm,
Spudafett, I think your idea of "pinning" which is what we called it in the wargaming days, is fine.
But have you looked into using hot glue on any of these to make an adapter?
Much like darko's lightening techniques, this one is easy to pick up and master :)
then again, if it ain't broke, right?
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Well, I'm overall new to the customizing arena, so I have no idea what you are talking about, Narce. A hotglue adapter? You got a link to a good explanation or want to write up a tutorial? I know *I* stand to benefit greatly from it.
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This is Darko's tutorial, I've included the linkage to the original post at the bottom, he's done so much more. He is very talented and a super nice guy.
UPDATE 1/16: Added a tutorial for flame-stands (like for jetpacks and such) on the fourth page.
A day or so ago, I finished up my self custom (http://www.joecustoms.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=12791), which included this burning sword weapon:
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u162/voiddarko/darko1.jpg)
It was a surprisingly easy effect to make, and I figured I'd write up a tutorial with pictures for anyone who wanted to make their own flame (or energy or what-have-you) effects.
The effects in this tutorial are designed to be removable. If you don't care about that and want the effect to be permanent, just skip the whole foil part and put the glue right on the figure.
WHAT YOU'LL NEED:
-A base piece (a figure, weapon, or even vehicle you want to add flames to)
-A hot glue gun and hot glue
-Transparent paint
-Aluminum foil
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STEP 1: Evaluate your starting piece
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Whether you're adding effects to a weapon (like I did on my self custom) a figure (like we'll do here) or a vehicle, you need to evaluate where the best places to attach them will be. The effects have to be able to cling onto the original piece while still being removable. It's best to study existing blast/flame effects to see how Hasbro and other toy companies have accomplished this. The little lightning cuffs that come with the Force Unleashed three-pack are great examples to study. Notice how they wrap onto the figure's limbs; you'll want to design your effects in a similar way.
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STEP 2: Foil
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Once you've decided on a piece to add effects to (in this case, I'm using a 25th BAT from the Arise, Serpentor, Arise pack) and where you want to add those effects, get out some aluminum foil and wrap those areas. Get a good, tight fit. The foil is there to keep the hotglue from adhering to your figure, while still providing a good, snug fit for the finished effects.
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u162/voiddarko/step1.jpg)
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STEP 3: The frame
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Plug in your hot glue gun and let it warm up (but not too long). For this project, you want to keep the glue from getting too melty, so unplug the glue gun as needed to keep it at a low temperature (or if you have one of those fancy glue guns with temperature settings, use the lowest). Start building the frame of your effect onto the foil you just put down. Make sure you're creating a wrapping effect, but at the same time, still leaving a way to remove and reattach the piece. Don't worry too much about detail at this stage, just lay down some glue-paths. You'll want to make them thick, so to avoid breakage while at the same time giving the piece a good amount of give.
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u162/voiddarko/step2.jpg)
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STEP 4: Details
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Once you've finished the frame and it has set up (which it probably will have by the time you're done if you're keeping your glue cool), you can start adding the flame details. To do this, put a blob of glue down (on top of the frame you just made) and then pull the glue gun outward, creating a sort of conical shape.
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u162/voiddarko/step3.jpg)
Let it set up for a few seconds, then break the glue-strand and move onto the next flame. Don't worry if you get a lot of glue stringing, you can clean that up later. Just keep repeating this process and add as many little flames as you want to the frame. When you're done, you should have something that looks like this:
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u162/voiddarko/step3b.jpg)
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STEP 5: Removing the foil
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After all of your flames are on and dried, take the time to break off any glue strings (just use your fingers, they pull right off). Then it's time to remove the effects from the foil. Since the glue doesn't stick very well to aluminum foil, this is pretty easy. Just flex the effects a few times to break the bond, then peel the foil away. Try to get it all in one piece (this avoids little scraps of foil that can be difficult to separate from the dried glue...if you get these, just scrape them away with an Xacto).
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u162/voiddarko/step4.jpg)
When you're done, you should be left with something that looks like this:
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u162/voiddarko/step4b.jpg)
If any of your effects tear, just use the tip of your hot glue gun to melt them back together. That's the great thing about hot glue; it's very forgiving. When you're done with any repairs, fit the effects back onto the figure to make sure they still fit, like so
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u162/voiddarko/step5.jpg)
(I just realized that one of my effects switched feet...oh well, that's the beauty of removable effects; they're interchangeable!)
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STEP 6: Painting
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Get out your transparent paints (for flames we'll use yellow and orange, but if you're looking to do non-flame effects, pick your own colors). I use Tamiya, but there are other brands, too. Start with a good basecoat of yellow, and make sure to be thorough and get every surface:
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u162/voiddarko/step5b.jpg)
After that is done, switch to orange. With the orange, you don't have to be as thorough. Just slop it on, almost as if you are dry-brushing. You can also add some red if you want, but, in my opinion, it looks better with just yellow and orange.
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u162/voiddarko/step5c.jpg)
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STEP 7: Done!
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Once the paint is dry, go ahead and put your effects back on your figure/weapon/vehicle. Enjoy!
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u162/voiddarko/done.jpg)
I tried to be as thorough as possible, but if you have any questions, feel free to ask!
Full post(at joecustoms)
http://www.joecustoms.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=12821&hilit=hot+glue+lightening (http://www.joecustoms.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=12821&hilit=hot+glue+lightening)
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man that's awesome.... Definately going to have to try that! Thanks man! oh the ideas going on in my head now......
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thank darko, the guy is like an evil genius.
If you read that original thread, he also shows how to make flame stands(like boba's) and the hot glue neck adapter.
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That is a really neat flame effect. could you imagine the fire coming out of a walker like that?
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Good stuff, Narce!! Thankd for sharing that!
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Yes!! That is a great technique! Thanks for the share!
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I actually did not put alot of work into this figure. It just needed some custom loving and care to get up to par with it's articulation.
I fixed most of the problems by cutting the wrists and inserting pins to allow them to twist. I cut through the "backbone" at the hips and placed a swivel pin there as well. In some photos these pins are visible...
The head/ neck retooling was the most dificult. With both an exacto knife and my dremel I removed the stock head and neck and replaced it with a random gi-joe neck and ball. Then I used the spherical wood-cutting tool to dremel out a socket in the head as well as open up the jaw to get a good fit. One photo has a detail shot of the socket.
A repaint with a Star Wars battle droid backpack added as well as a random star wars gun both painted to match and I've got a Terminator....
(http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs43/i/2009/154/b/8/Terminator_retooled_6_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc09.deviantart.com/fs49/i/2009/154/0/4/Terminator_retooled_5_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs49/i/2009/154/5/4/Terminator_retooled_4_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs43/i/2009/154/f/d/Terminator_retooled_3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs45/i/2009/154/7/f/Terminator_retooled_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs44/i/2009/154/4/e/T_700_retooled_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
What do you guys think?
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This figure is a highly modified 25th Scarlett figure. I used alot of apoxi sculpt on this figure... I removed scarlett's hair and sculpted on my own to replace it. I had to give her a short style cut since I wanted to use one of clint's resin helmets. The helmet was rather small and as the figure is now it fits just right. I'm still very happy with it.
I am dissapointed with the paint around and in the joints. I can't get the paint to stay on the inside of the swivel part of the joints. I've tried sanding it down slightly, letting it sit overnight and cure longer, I've tried thin applications of paint and thick applications... nothing stays. I finally said to hell with it and just use this disclaimer:
"Customization of action figure may cause unsightly joints."
anyway here are the pics.
(http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs43/i/2009/154/4/3/mando_chick_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs48/i/2009/154/4/f/Mando_chick_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs43/i/2009/154/f/e/mando_chick_3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs44/i/2009/154/d/1/mando_chick_4_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs45/i/2009/154/c/f/mando_chick_5_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc00.deviantart.com/fs44/i/2009/154/7/1/mando_chick_6_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc09.deviantart.com/fs45/i/2009/154/8/9/mando_chick_7_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs44/i/2009/154/b/4/mando_chick_8_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs42/i/2009/154/2/8/Mando_chick_9_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs44/i/2009/154/e/6/mando_chick_10_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc09.deviantart.com/fs48/i/2009/154/4/2/mando_chick_11_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs48/i/2009/154/8/2/Mando_Chick_12_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
The Huntress meets the Temptress
(http://fc00.deviantart.com/fs45/i/2009/154/d/c/dio_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs43/i/2009/154/a/5/dio_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc00.deviantart.com/fs45/i/2009/154/8/f/dio_3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
Of course comments are wanted, needed! So please comment, tell me what you think. Improvements need to be made? things you like/dislike? please do tell.
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That sculpted hair turned out great. Yep, you are going to like this bigger mando helmet that I am casting.
I really like that terminator. you really added to it's positioning possibilities.
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Wow. My jaw is still unhinged. I love that new female mando based on the scarlett figure. That mythrosaur skull tatoo on the leg is friggin awesome. Daggone you have some great poses there too. I didn't notice the paint problem on the joints you were talking about. I really like the pics of her in helmet with weapon firing too. Daggone awesome spudafett. Daggone, I would love to see this one get some snap on mando or clone armor, but she looks sweet. Love that shot of her cutting off the hair of the other Mando. I just like this whole figure. I can smell FP on this one.
The terminator is over the top too. You said you didn't put a lot of work into this one, but after reading the process, it sure sounded like you did to me. Nice work.
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Thanks guys. I'm realy proud of both of these figs.
Tamor my original thought was to make some removable armor for the chick. But I figure I'll use the excuse that she didn't like the heavy chestplates of traditional mando's and instead liked to use her assets to distract her enemy ;) lol
When I talk about the terminator it does sound like alot of work but it honestly took me under 30 min to whip out. It's probably one of the easiest customs I've done in a while. Of course I've gotten pretty good and cutting up neck's and such lately so that could be it too! :P
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Buddy, I am impressed with all of your joint and head work. I am going to have to try some of this stuff.
I just noticed that leg tattoo. Nice! Your hands can't be that shaky if you can pull that off.
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hah! that's the second version of that tat that I had done! I used a sharpie marker too so I kinda cheated... and I used both hands to steady myself!
btw. sharpie markers arn't actually black! I never noticed that untill I tried to use one to touch up some black paint gaps on a figure... the damn things are more purple than they are black... funny thing with this figure is that in the pictures it actually matches the costume color closer than it looks black, in hand though it is a lot darker.
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I have noticed that about black sharpie markers before. Looks good, though.
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It sounds to me like you are using some great articulation from existing figures and then applying it to SW and other figures. Makes me wonder why hasbro can't do it if you can whip one up in 30 minutes, but I already know the answer. Still great work. I don't know that I would put armor on her anyway, she looks daggone tough enough the way she is. It would be a Mando who would think armor was cheating in combat.
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I know, hasboro is just F-ed in the head. They MAKE the joe figures why don't they blend those molds over into the star wars figs!? idk...
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Wow she looks cool the Bantha Skull Tattoo on her leg is a very nice touch!
I bet she get chilly on those cold nights without any armor.
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hehe, doesn't look like she'd cold at all, I'm sure she could find someone to keep her warm, then blast him in the morning.
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nice girl.
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The fire ant:
(http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs42/i/2009/159/8/d/fire_ant_3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs42/i/2009/159/7/7/fire_ant_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs45/i/2009/159/6/5/fire_ant_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
well.... this is my first set of attempting the hot glue and aluminum foil flame technique... it didn't turn out near as good as I'd hoped. I realy need to purchase some of the clear paints...
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lava trooper
heavilly modified imperial evo trooper:
(http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs45/i/2009/159/e/e/evo_lava_trooper_7_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs45/i/2009/159/b/d/evo_lava_trooper_6_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs43/i/2009/159/1/7/evo_lava_trooper_5_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs42/i/2009/159/f/a/evo_lava_trooper_4_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs43/i/2009/159/2/b/evo_lava_trooper_3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs45/i/2009/159/0/3/evo_lava_trooper_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs44/i/2009/159/7/c/lava_evo_trooper_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
figure is an evo trooper with lots of add ons. The backpack is a part from an old snap-tight xwing model.
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Spud, those just rock, dude! I love that you kitbashed that backpack together! Man, you are really getting the hang of that hot glue thing. Great job on those, buddy!
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Wow, the evo trooper is rockin! Daggone I love that color too. He looks like he coud kick some major tail!
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ha it's funny that over here the color on the lava trooper is aplauded and at st6 a darker color scheme was suggested...
I actually don't like the colors I used, I think I probably will go back and redo the colors a little darker.
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ha it's funny that over here the color on the lava trooper is aplauded and at st6 a darker color scheme was suggested...
I actually don't like the colors I used, I think I probably will go back and redo the colors a little darker.
Your kidding! Well its your custom, but I like that color!
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ha it's funny that over here the color on the lava trooper is aplauded and at st6 a darker color scheme was suggested...
I actually don't like the colors I used, I think I probably will go back and redo the colors a little darker.
Yeah, they tend to like more "realistic" customs, which might be confusing til you realize it means dark or dull colors, add drybrushing, and add gear, add gear, add gear. But every small group develops little trends like that. Over here, more based in SW where color is not scary.
Me, I like bright colors then ink, ink, ink, :)
For this guy, if he was for me, I'd want to lighten him up with yellows and oranges, make him for "fire themed" but I can also see the ST6 opinion that a dark scheme might tie him more to lava, especially the environment of Mustafar
But I agree, its your customs, so do what you think is cool or bad ass.
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I think that they look cool. I can envision them in different colors but, I would just make a different colored version, buddy.
Darn, I was going to put them on the Front Page and Tamer beat me to it.
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Most likely I'll wind up leaving this one the way it is. I need to focus on selling some of these before I start up anymore projects...
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yeah, I say if you can find a way to support your hobby through sales, do it, do it, now!
I'd love to be able to do that.
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I know one thing, if I was still an EU guy I would be all over this one. It is interesting about you customs guys; you make such awesome stuff, but the creators are often the hardest critic. I love it. I have no doubt you will more than make your money back and then some of that evo lava trooper. Wouldn't this figure have looked cool flanking Palpatine and the shockies going after crispy Anakin!
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That was like information overload, Spud,. but in a good way. I really like that Scarlett mando. That silver blue mix is a great color. I liked the chains on the cross bow, also.
I am still impressed with that scratchbuilt walker. I love the posability that those ball sockets offer.
You did some post moving tonight, buddy. Good looking stuff, all around!
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Head swapping fun:
(http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs43/i/2009/161/1/0/early_bat_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs48/i/2009/161/0/9/terminator_bat_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
Early generation Battle Android Trooper?
(http://fc09.deviantart.com/fs43/i/2009/161/7/9/asoka_tano_head_swap_test_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
asoka tano with a gi-joe scarlet head... the head is out of proportion but I think with a little work and diff. hair you might be able to make a teenage girl figure out of that combo... idk
(http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs44/i/2009/161/3/b/terminator_with_body_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
Terminator gets constipated....
(http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs43/i/2009/161/5/3/__clone_infiltration_unit___by_SpudaFett.jpg)
The terminator figure is called "T-R.I.P." or Resistance Infiltration Prototype... So I figured that the CIS sepratists needed a "C.I.U." or Clone Infiltration Unit.... lol it needs some removable clone armor and it'd be rockin.
(http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs45/i/2009/161/4/4/fun_with_terminator_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs47/i/2009/161/3/9/fun_with_terminators_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
Terminator with a battle droid head... I actually realy like this combo. The second pic makes it kind of look like a striped down version of the super battle droid....
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I liked the battle droid head on that terminator fig. That was a really nice combination.
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hey everyone I've got a bunch of figs going up on e-bay this week. Check it out!
http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/custom_scoundrels_W0QQ_nkwZQQ_armrsZ1QQ_fromZ
theres Han, Lando, Boushh, Lava Clone, Fire Ant, up for grabs just to name a few...
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Cool deal, I will be keeping an eye on a couple of those. If I was still prequel I would be after that lave trooper, even if you don't like the color.
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Tamer would you like a stormtrooper OTC version of the lava trooper? ;D I'll fix one up for ya.... it won't have that same gun unfortunately I don't have another one :( but I'm sure I can figure out a good combo
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Tamer would you like a stormtrooper OTC version of the lava trooper? ;D I'll fix one up for ya.... it won't have that same gun unfortunately I don't have another one :( but I'm sure I can figure out a good combo
I was thinking more of a heavy snowtrooper along those lines to be honest. You know how I like my Hothy stuff! I will pm you when I get back off vacation and see if we can make this happen. I have a few votc snowtroops lying around by the way. I loved the sheer firepower of this dude.
By the way, and I forgot to mention it last night, if you put up your auction list in the ebay sales section I will give it an FP post and perhaps drum up some business for you. I will try to get that done before I leaev.
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got my ebay listings in a post in the ebay.... using a snowtrooper as the base would be perfect for a mustafar lava trooper....
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BAT Cycle
I saw Knock Out in the store and it screamed "customize me" ... so I made it into a transforming Battle Android Trooper Cycle.
Here it is before the transformation:
(http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs45/i/2009/164/c/7/Bat_cycle_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
wip pics:
(http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs47/i/2009/164/1/0/bat_cycle_2_wip_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs47/i/2009/164/a/3/bat_cycle_3_wip_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc00.deviantart.com/fs44/i/2009/164/3/0/bat_cycle_4_wip_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs48/i/2009/164/f/1/bat_cycle_5_wip_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs44/i/2009/164/a/c/bat_cycle_6_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs48/i/2009/164/6/1/bat_cycle_7_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs43/i/2009/164/a/8/bat_cycle_8_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs42/i/2009/164/f/b/bat_cycle_9_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs43/i/2009/164/e/1/bat_cycle_10_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs42/i/2009/164/a/0/Bat_Cycle_11_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc09.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/164/b/7/BAT_Cycle_12_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
Well, I like how it turned out. What do you guys think?
I've got to get another bat to go along with it instead of the Mando bat that's in the pictures.
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Hmm, reminds me of the junkions, in that a bat is riding a bat.
Looks good, man. You have succeeded where I failed.
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well you did give me the idea, so props to ya.... now finish yours! :P hey if nothing else you can bring it over during the meet and we'll do something with it.
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That BAT Cycle is too cool!
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Well, I'm allergic to anything in SW with regular wheels (Turbotank/juggernaut excluded). But! Nice concept - flows well with your Mando BAT.
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Well, I'm allergic to anything in SW with regular wheels (Turbotank/juggernaut excluded). But! Nice concept - flows well with your Mando BAT.
hehe, spuda dabbles in the dark side, customizing joes.
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yeah the B.A.T. Cycle isn't realy supposed to be for the Star Wars universe. It's a Joe custom... I agree with you though that vehicles in the star wars universe shouldn't have wheels... except for the juggernaught.
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Nice cycle, Spud. The Bat looks good on it.
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ok some wip updates. I've got a joe custom I'm doing for a contest over at st6, the challenge was to take an existing pilot/driver figure and customize it into a better version of the same character. I had an extra wild bill figure laying around and that's the fig I've tried improving... narceron doesn't like it... :P
the other figure I've got that I'm working on is a Star wars Swoop-droid. It's the same transformer I used for the BAT Cycle with the wheels removed. I've got it almost finished and it's painted black right now but I don't know what accents to add to it. I may just leave it black. I also don't have a good droid head to use for the head, I hate the transformer's original head....
another figure I've still got in the works is the mandalorian communications specialist.
and I'm finishing up a version of ahsoka tano.
... I should be posting them within the week...
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i really like the shadow arc trooper. I have thought about trying that for a long time now. using the phase one clone armor arc trooper and changing the kama for one with the holsters instead of the regular or wavy kama looks better to me.
almost like the black arc troopers from the EE mando pack and giving them a kama with holsters and pistols.
great work. looking forward to your progress.
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Hey, I liked wild bill fine, he just had a certain "village" feel to him, :)
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is that as in "village" people??
some of the new joes do resemble that era a bit more now.
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like the BAT cycle Spud.
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slave ahsoka tano
based on this exerpt from "Slaves of the Republic
Chapter 3: The Depths of Zygerria":
(http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/5/52/AhsokaSlave.jpg)
here is my rendition:
(http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs48/i/2009/180/9/6/slave_ahsoka_3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs49/i/2009/180/1/8/slave_ahsoka_tano_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs48/i/2009/180/b/b/slave_ahsoka_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
eh... nothing too special.
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this was done for a challenge over at st6. the challenge asked us to take an existing gi-joe or cobra driver character and customize it. no other rules.
my version of wild bill. I still need to find the parts to make my twin ducted fan backpack for him but for now I have him a chopper.
Wild Bill is a helicopter pilot for the joes who grew up in texas and applies his skills as not only a pilot but as a hunter/tracker to hunt down cobra....
here ya go:
(http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs47/i/2009/180/5/1/wild_bill_chopper_and_chains_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs47/i/2009/180/5/8/wild_bill_cycle_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/180/9/e/wild_bill__s_chopper_front_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs49/i/2009/180/7/d/wild_bill_gunslinger_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs48/i/2009/180/9/b/wild_bill_custom_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs47/i/2009/180/8/4/wild_bill_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs47/i/2009/180/8/4/wild_bill_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc00.deviantart.com/fs49/i/2009/180/b/d/wild_bill__s_chopper_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs48/i/2009/180/c/1/wild_bill_and_chopper_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
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after finishing my transformer bat I thought that the same transformer figure would look cool as a swoop. You know those wheelless hovering bikes from star wars (just in case your a retard and don't know what I'm talking about)...
anyway here ya go:
(http://fc09.deviantart.com/fs48/i/2009/180/8/d/swoop_bike_transformer_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs48/i/2009/180/e/5/transforming_swoop_bike_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/180/c/1/swoop_bike_chick_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/180/a/e/swoop_bike_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
simply removed the wheels from the figure and painted it black... i couldn't come up with any good accents for it so I just left it black
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So this is the same Knock Out from the BAT Bike a page or so back, just with the wheel-pieces removed?? IIiiiiiiiinteresting... (which is to say, "I likes it a lot and plan to steal that idea and make my own with my own special twists")
And I *love* that "slave Ahsoka"! LOVE IT! Ok, women in chains excite me, dirty secret. Scantily-clad alien women in chains make me think I'm Capt. Kirk!!
I see I failed to comment on the Scarlett-Ahsoka combo...let me fix that. Dude, that fig is almost there! I think all it needs is arms a little thicker than Ahsoka's and you are golden. I don't know (yet) which ones to suggest - I'll have to borrow Keera's fig and go limb-shopping in the fodder-boxes. Probably one of the smaller figs - preggers Padme, Senator Padme, something like that.
Oh, and I think I'll have to acquire a Terminator droid to hack-up one of those armorless B2's you did! I may play around with a longer neck - he looks a bit...squashed or something.
Very nice string of customs, man!
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That Ahsoka is over the top. It is a dead ringer from that reference pic. Excellent rendition. Heck, I didn't even know she was ever a slave!
Ofcourse I love my gal on that swoop. What a great idea to use a transformer figure for.
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so she's your gal now tamer? lol
I think I'm probably going to sell off that ahsoka figure and do another that is more accurate to the picture. It's missing a few details that I wanted to add and just didn't make myself do it. But with the way it turned out I know I can do better. Not to mention that as I was pulling the torso off of the legs I busted the peg off on the inside of the torso. I had to dremel off the old one and replace it with a old knee joint peg from something else. In the end it looks ok, but don't lift up her skirt, it's fugly under there..... lol. Definately need to make sure I hot tub the next one before pulling it apart.
I don't know if padme's arms would fit ahsoka, she is SO small that larger arms will look awkward I think. Idk... I would definately like a version of ahsoka with elbow joints though, it's too limited for my likes.
anyways glad you guys enjoyed those. I'll probably be selling the swoop bike transformer as well if anyone wants dibs on it....
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In the end it looks ok, but don't lift up her skirt, it's fugly under there..... lol.
LOL, always the charmer.
Fantastic figs, man.
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That's another nice group of customs, spud. I also really like that transformer swoop idea. That Ashoka turned out great. I remember wild bill from my gijoe days when I was a kid. Where did you get that cool chopper?
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Now that's what I call a crossover! ;D
You know when you've encountered a real badass bounty hunter when her swoop bike can back her up in action!
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I could really see HB94 using a swoop like that in his Darkchild series.
I really do like that tatooed gal Spud.
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I don't know if padme's arms would fit ahsoka, she is SO small that larger arms will look awkward I think. Idk... I would definately like a version of ahsoka with elbow joints though, it's too limited for my likes.
anyways glad you guys enjoyed those. I'll probably be selling the swoop bike transformer as well if anyone wants dibs on it....
Well, you had me looking for an Ahsoka today! I even found an Evo Padme set for grabbing arms. ;D No joy on the Ahsoka, tho. Ah, well, I'll check the local stores again. Seriously - alien chicks in chains... and its CANON?!?!! Yes, please.
On that swoop...what might you be asking or interested in swapping for? I'd originally thought "too small" - until I ran across Anakin's swoop from the Geonosis escape - that is basically a jet engine with handlebars. Still, I have some ideas taking what you've done as a starting point...
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I don't know what I'd want to trade for. Pm me with a few suggestions of what you have on hand to trade and I'll think about it.
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You know, spuda, I still have my coruscant regada vehicle, maybe we should do a swoop version.
Or you could do a swoop biker gang, might be neat.
When are we having our meet, devin? I was wondering, since its summer, how would during the week work for you guys? Seg and I can arrange sitters for our kids and what not, its easier to do if we do it pretty soon, seg's kid is out of town til a week from Saturday, woohoo!
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simon during the week should be fine. We should decide on if we are going to do an overnighter as well. I am still willing to do that but I'll need to know so that I can plan around it for my schedule at work. My hours are realy flexable so any time is fine, as long as I work 20 hours a week it doesn't matter.
the swoop gang was my idea first now! I know I posted that on st6.... I figure that at the meet we should all make a swoop bike and a rider and put together a little swoop gang. hell once we get them all finished we can have a photo shoot with all of them together and grab a pic that can go on the "ky customizers" official t-shirt. we could even make each figure a self custom swoop rider...
simon let me get back to you on a date, I'm going to see when my girl has her next off nights and plan around that.
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sounds cool, we are only 50 miles away, so if you just want to work into the night and then seg and I can crash in paducah, I might be able to get the wife to let me sleep over, depends on if she is working, lol.
Geez, first mom, now wives, do men always need permission to do stuff?
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That swoop gang idea sounds awsome!
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Geez, first mom, now wives, do men always need permission to do stuff?
I know the feeling sometimes!
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I know the feeling ALL the time.... ::)
narc if thats what yall wanna do that's fine, there is plenty of room in the house though for people to stay. Hell we don't even NEED to sleep! lol
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I know the feeling ALL the time.... ::)
narc if thats what yall wanna do that's fine, there is plenty of room in the house though for people to stay. Hell we don't even NEED to sleep! lol
Yeah, spuda you got it rough, woman buys you a giant television to watch. . .meanwhile, at the narceron casa, I was stuck with my 24 inch screen, lol.
You are a lucky man, devin, even if you have to ask permission, :)
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well, ahsoka is up on the auction block
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180377320356
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That one will get em, Spud. The ebayers love figs based on comic stories and you even threw in that referance pic. Your pics look good, also. You will get some bids on this one, buddy.
Good job!
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clint you were right, already in under 2 days I've gotten 4 bids on that one figure! It's already up over 30 bucks.
ok... new plan for e-bay... sexy slave girls.... lots of sexy slave girls... ;D
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...ooooooooooooh...
YEAH!
;D
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so here is my next figure I plan on doing strictly for the e-bayers.
I'm going to try and get a good female body sculpt (not sure what I'll use yet) and then get a shaak ti figure's head and make an ahsoka tano "all growd up" lol
I'm also going to do a super articulated slave leia. that piss poor potf slave leia is deplorable... maybe make the metal bikini removable ;) lol
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Sex sells - and sexy alien chicks in chains sells WELL!!! ...apparently, anyway...
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clint you were right, already in under 2 days I've gotten 4 bids on that one figure! It's already up over 30 bucks.
ok... new plan for e-bay... sexy slave girls.... lots of sexy slave girls... ;D
female customs in general, really, but yeah, sexy slave girls seems to be a winner, :)
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I am telling you Spud, if you do another female like that tatooed gal and put her up, I bet the auction will go nova!
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mon calamari warrior finally finished, going up on e-bay soon.
(http://fc00.deviantart.com/fs49/i/2009/187/a/3/mon_cal_warrior_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs49/i/2009/187/9/7/mon_calamari_warrior_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs47/i/2009/187/d/f/mon_calamari_heavy_warrior_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
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Awesome figure. I am really liking that armor you have for him.
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Where is the twi'lek rebel?
Spuda is arming a clan of customizers over there.
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lol narc I'll get to her in a minute....
untill then this is "dha'von", mandalorian for "dark brother"....
ok so I used the heavy duty ractive impact armor rise of cobra figure as a base for this with his midsection replaced with a new one... i think it's some viper fig, not sure... anyways heres the finished product:
dha'vod ("dah-vohd") is a skilled marksman specializing in ranged weopons like the sniper blast-rifle. Especially fond of taking out his targets with maximum efficiency with as little mess as possible. Skilled at taking the best vantage point and taking out his enemies before he is ever noticed Dha'Vod is a highly sought after assassin on mando'a.
pics:
(http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs49/i/2009/187/5/f/dha__vod_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/187/f/5/dha__vod_jetpack_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc00.deviantart.com/fs48/i/2009/187/7/5/dha__vod_backpack_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs49/i/2009/187/c/3/dha__vod_removable_helmet_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc00.deviantart.com/fs47/i/2009/187/2/0/dha__vod_mando_custom_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs47/i/2009/187/1/0/dha__vod_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
well... he's a black mando... what else is there to say?
tell me what you think.
ps... hope I didn't offend anyone, if I did.... well... sorry.
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this one is not my custom, it's my wife's. This is her first real attemt at doing a custom mostly on her own.
She's realy proud of this one. She's been working off and on on it for at least two weeks but probably only put in 10 hours of strait work on it. Most of that consisted of sculpting with apoxi sculpt, dremel work, trying to find a head that works... The figure base is a scarlett, 25th aniversary. We finally decided that making the figure into a twi'lek would be best. the head is from the twi'lek in the jabba's dancer's box set.
This started out as Dawn wanting to make a self custom but turned into something with a life of it's own. She has since decided that she is going to get a "cy girl" 12" figure for her self custom. as it is more "dollish" than an action figure and she can change it's outfits..... ::)
anyway, here is her figure:
"star'lett" started life as a slave girl and was freed when her master died in an unfortunate accident... She became a mercenary for hire during the early days of the empire and soon grew to hate their oppression. She quickly sought out the rebel alliance and joined in their effort to overthrow the emperor. Although not a jedi knight star'lett is a force adept. With some force capabilities she can hold her own in a fight. Her lightsabre was one aquired by her former master on the black market, a forgotten artifact of the old republic....
nuff talk, pictures:
(http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs47/i/2009/187/8/2/twi__lek_custom_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs47/i/2009/187/4/1/twi__lek_custom_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs48/i/2009/187/3/5/twi__lek_guns_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs49/i/2009/187/d/c/twi__lek_shoot_em_up_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/187/3/d/Twi__lek_and_her_weapons_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/187/d/f/twi__lec_chick_wrist_gauntlet_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs47/i/2009/187/a/6/Twi__lek_merc_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/187/0/8/star__let_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
Oh and in case your wondering the gauntlet is a part that came in an auction I won recently on e-bay. I believe that it is from VvV scarlet and is the scabbard for her arrows... the two droid blasters fit neatly into the clips on the side of the scabbard and the light sabre hilt fits into the center... makes for a realy neat accessory.
please tell us what you think, She is realy anxious to hear what you guys have to say.
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oh hey tamer, had I mentioned that the trilobites on the sash are actual fossils? I forgot to mention that this time. I think I did when I posted the wip pics. They were dug up out in utah, individually picked out of the matrix, cleaned with a micro-abrasive air blaster using sodium bicarbonate grit, and then painted black to bring out the details... fun stuff... (heh, you can't tell I'm a geology major can you?) :P
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Wow! This is her first custom? That is hard to believe. That gal is packing some heavy duty weaponry. I love that gauntlet that detaches to the individual weapons. We saw the one gal have tonfa light sabers and this is an awesome way to wield one too. I am wondering what she would look like with two swinging lightsabers with that same gauntlet affair. Awesome figure at any rate, let alone your wife's first custom. You two are gonna be fighting over the custom parts at your stores! What a lucky guy.
Neat effect with those fossils, sure did make some awesome Calimari armor. And I like dha vod too.
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By the way, tell your wife she is more than welcome to join up! Wow, wouldn't it be great to see all of our wives turn into customizers.
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holy...
she added nipples??!?? AWESOME!
And yeah - damn fine first custom! And hey - lotta accessories for Cy Girls out there!! including lingere.....
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Spud, great job on the Mon calimari warrior. I really like the black you put on him.
That black mando looks cool as hell.
Tell your wife that she did an excellant job on her first custom.
We will get that on the front page after a couple of days when the hype for hasbro q&a dies down.
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thanks guys, I'll make sure she see's all yalls comments.
she's already working on another fig! lol
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Tell her she made the Front Page today!
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thanks guys, she read your comments today and was realy excited about the front page link.
thanks for all the comments on everything else too guys!
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my wallmart put all the old packaging star wars figs up for 2.00 bucks a piece. so... I spent about 45 bucks today on fodder figs! all hail remodelling projects... lol.
but before that I also grabbed a bunch of joe figures to work on one of wich is the second wave armored scarlett from the new movie. She's become a new female mando now, i'll post her when I get some better photos.
My wife's also finished a new custom, it's a crazy conglomeration of droid parts...
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two bucks a fig is a deal that can't be beat. I look forward to seeing the new customs.
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If my wife's store did/does that, I'll give myself a hernia carrying out bags of figs!!!
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I never find deals on figures, vehicles, yes, figures, no, lol.
oh well, I'll keep checking, just to make sure, lol.
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my wallmart put all the old packaging star wars figs up for 2.00 bucks a piece. so... I spent about 45 bucks today on fodder figs! all hail remodelling projects... lol.
What figures were they?
If they're Legacy figs I'm still looking for the head to MB-RA7 (http://www.rebelscum.com/photo.asp?image=/TLC/Basic/BADMBRA7/TLC-1070.jpg) if you have one.
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I'm interested in knowing what all is available in that pile, too.....
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if you have parts to make the droids, you should consider making the droids and trade/selling them separately.
I considered just buying HK 47 on the bay, but it was cheaper from what I was seeing to just get the figs, :)
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there isn't much left, a few regular animated clones and a couple battle droids and I think there was one or two comander cody figs left... It's all the old style pacaging and all that was left was clone wars figs, no legacy stuff.
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Ok, at $2 a pop, I need to try out those ani-Clones for articulated wrists. Oh, and armored females. (thank you, Commander K!) If you don't mind, grab me a couple of clones - prefer Cody's first, anything non-standard (pilots, spacetroopers) next, and regular Clones after that. Let me know how much I owe ya.
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doc I'll see what they have left. Do you have a paypall account? if so once I grab them for ya you can just wire me payment over that, we can work all that out later.
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heres a couple peeks at to what is on my customizing table at the moment:
a new female mandalorian based on the new rise of cobra scarlett figure:
(http://fc09.deviantart.com/fs49/i/2009/193/6/b/wip_new_mando_girl_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
thanks to clint for the resin casted helmet in the slightly larger size, it fits realy snug but it works.
this is a figure that I'll wait to explain when I finish him, you guys can scratch your heads over these pics for a few days:
(http://fc00.deviantart.com/fs48/i/2009/193/1/9/wip_high_atmosphere_jettrooper_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs49/i/2009/193/4/7/wip_clone_S_H_A_T__by_SpudaFett.jpg)
I should have all these finished by tomarrow and up here....
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my wife's second custom figure. This is a droid she threw together with alot of random parts from my fodder box. The head is from the transformer knock out figure I used to do the swoop and transforming B.A.T.
(http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs47/i/2009/193/2/4/wife__s_second_custom_3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/193/1/2/wife__s_second_custom_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs49/i/2009/193/a/9/my_wife__s_second_custom_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
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That is an interesting droid, but that jet trooper has me wondering. I am anxious to see the final reveal on that one.
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doc I'll see what they have left. Do you have a paypall account? if so once I grab them for ya you can just wire me payment over that, we can work all that out later.
I surely do! Heh - it gets more exercise than *I* do...
FANTASTIC work on that droid!! Wow - we gots father/son teams and now husband/wife teams!! I make my kids play in their own toy/parts-boxes, tho. I think I see the jetpack trooper - iirc, it looks like a piece of concept-art you've brought to 3-d. Looking forward to seeing that guy pulled off.
and OMFG! that SCARLETT!!! I *KNEW* those movie Joes were gonna make kick-ass SW figs!!
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doc I pmed you the details.
I usually make my kido's play with their own figs but I feel bad every now and again taking parts and stuff from their boxes for customs... so every now and then I'll give them something out of my boxes. lol
yeah that scarlet figure worked beautifully didn't it? I can't wait to show you guys what she looks like finished. I did swap heads off that scarlett with the old 25th aniversary. The new figs long hair made her head immobile.
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heres a couple peeks at to what is on my customizing table at the moment:
a new female mandalorian based on the new rise of cobra scarlett figure:
(http://fc09.deviantart.com/fs49/i/2009/193/6/b/wip_new_mando_girl_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
thanks to clint for the resin casted helmet in the slightly larger size, it fits realy snug but it works.
this is a figure that I'll wait to explain when I finish him, you guys can scratch your heads over these pics for a few days:
(http://fc00.deviantart.com/fs48/i/2009/193/1/9/wip_high_atmosphere_jettrooper_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs49/i/2009/193/4/7/wip_clone_S_H_A_T__by_SpudaFett.jpg)
I should have all these finished by tomarrow and up here....
I see high altitude insertion trooper, or well, if its a custom scoundrel, it'll be "Stealth" high altitude insertion trooper, :)
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narc you went to my deviant art page didn't you? sneaky bastard. lol
yeah I like that title... but no stealth this time. when asked what color I should paint it my wife said: "all your figures are black don't you dare paint this one black too!" wound up she mixed the paint and did all the detailing of the figure... all I did was put the parts together.
actually that usually works out the best if I can get her in there to do it because my hands shake so badly she winds up being able to paint the tiny details better than I ever could. and for somereason she can mix colors from scratch to match exactly the color on something else... I always frack it up.
anyways I've got the figure's paint drying right now so as soon as they are dry I'm going to take some pics... or maybe in the morning... i'm tired and it's late here and I've got to go to work in the morning :( gah I hate mondays... ok.. ending senseless rambling.........
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Actually, I didn't is that sad? I'm just a long time patron of the ST6 board, and judging by the stuff I see on there, particularly by hawkeye, I knew this was gonna be a special ops clone.
My guess without ST6 influence woudl have been, "airshow clone"
LOL.
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are you doubting my customizing potential without st6 influence?!? lol your probably right. I'd have never gotten into customizing as big as I am now had it not been for hawkeye and the guys over there, I saw hawkeyes stuff on deviantart first, started asking him a bunch of questions and he sent me a link to the forums over there and had me join up... my stuff's getting better and better now because of their influence. Hell I'd probably never gotten into the gi-joe figures had it not been for them... wait I KNOW I wouldn't have gotten into them if it hadn't been for them.
man if I get a break from work I'll upload my photos I took last night. I wound up staying up till almost 3:00 working on these and taking the final pics!
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finished customs:
(http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs47/i/2009/194/5/6/scarletts_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
all of the above figures were made using the gi-joe 25th aniversary scarlett's body sculpt. The center figure is the only one which has not had sculpting added to the original sculpt. The twilek is the only figure with a different head. The far right figure still has the scarlett's head but with the hair removed.
all of these figures have been posted here before but not in a comparison shot...
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my newest mandalorian:
Mesh'la Kotra, or "beautiful fire"
built on the body of the new rise of cobra scarlett in impact reactive armor, this figure has the 25th aniversary scarlett head and feet. A resin cast helmet from clonehead (thanks again clint) and a skirt and guns from an animated captain rex.
pics:
(http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs47/i/2009/194/2/0/Mesh__la_Kotra_wip_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs48/i/2009/194/0/a/Mesh__la_Kotra_wip_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs49/i/2009/194/7/6/Mesh__la_Kotra_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs49/i/2009/194/e/b/Mesh__la_Kotra_posing_3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs48/i/2009/194/c/4/Mesh__la_Kotra_posing_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/194/0/1/Mesh__la_Kotra_posing_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs48/i/2009/194/7/9/Mesh__la_Kotra__my_weapons_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs47/i/2009/194/d/2/Mesh__la_Kotra_3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs47/i/2009/194/3/3/Mesh__la_Kotra_with_flash_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs49/i/2009/194/5/b/Mesh__la_Kotra_no_flash_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc09.deviantart.com/fs48/i/2009/194/8/8/Mesh__la_Kotra_5_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs47/i/2009/194/f/d/Mesh__la_Kotra_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs47/i/2009/194/2/e/Mesh__la_Kotra_finished_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
bonus points to whomever can figure out where the part for her gauntlet weopon came from! ;)
hope you guys like.
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Very nice. Awesome name too.
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this clone trooper's armor is specifically designed to allow him full mobility not only in space but in an atmospheric setting as well. The armor can also withstand the heat of reentering an atmosphere. Taking advantage of this the clones will jump a ship into an enemy plannet's orbit for only a moment, long enough for these clones to space jump. Their ship then jumps away before being detected or engaged. The clones then maneuver themselves into a freefall decent, enter the atmosphere and set up a ground base. normally the clones can fly in undetected because of their small size, most planetary defense systems are geared towards large assault ships and not single human bodies.
GUYS PLEASE HELP ME COME UP WITH A NAME! I had been using "Clone Space and High Atmosphere trooper" or Clone S.H.A.T.... ::)
pics:
(http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/194/d/6/airborne_clone_trooper_10_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/194/a/3/airborne_clone_9_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs47/i/2009/194/1/b/airborne_clone_8_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs47/i/2009/194/8/e/clone_airborne_trooper_7_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc00.deviantart.com/fs48/i/2009/194/e/0/airborne_clone_trooper_6_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs49/i/2009/194/2/4/clone_airborne_trooper_5_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc09.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/194/8/e/clone_airborne_trooper_4_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc00.deviantart.com/fs49/i/2009/194/8/e/clone_airborne_trooper_3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/194/4/e/clone_airborne_trooper_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/194/c/6/custom_aerial_clone_pack_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
before the paint:
(http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs47/i/2009/194/6/8/clone_custom_wip_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
figure base is comander cody. Head is from an unknown clone trooper. removable gear is from an animated space clone. the jetpack is from the rots jetpack clone. Helmet and hoses are from the 25th aniversary gi-joe cobra paraviper. I think that covers it....
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S.U.I.T.
Singe Unit Insertion Trooper or something like that. Nice figure. Looks really tough!
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yeah, a cool acronym, I'm not good at them, but how about
SWIFT
Space warfare/Insertion Flying trooper, :)
swift troopers just sound good.
or go simple, space inerstion kit, maybe spikes?
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Sweet figs, Spud! That scarlet mando turned out nice. That is a nicely articulated figure by the looks of it.
I love the space insertion trooper. Those ankle wings were a good idea and with the helmet on, this guy just looks cool.
good job!
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hey spud what about ATAC trooper.......Airborne Tactical Assault Clone trooper
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W9 I like that one too! Good names so far.
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I think I like at-ac the best so far! spike and swift was good too though.
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thanks for the kind words of compliment guys. I'm realy happy with that clone. The mando turned out exactly how I pictured her the fist time I saw that figure online!
I've got a couple wip pics to upload and show you guys... i'll get on that....
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so... i was swapping parts around with my recently purchased clone wars fodder and this fell out...
(http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs47/i/2009/194/5/9/rawr_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs49/i/2009/194/4/a/he_scratches_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
I think with a different head on there it would have some potential... Kind of resembles the 4 legged junk gollems from the force unleashed.
what do you guys think? any ideas for a head?
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inspired by comanderkurgan (sp?) I whipped up a female clone on the animated rex's body. I havn't finished by far, so here is a wip shot. the head is from the new roc scarlett and is too big for a helmet to fit over...
(http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs47/i/2009/194/b/4/wip_female_clone_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
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hey what did you do with the kama to rex mate?
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it's on that mado chick I posted a page back in the thread.
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it's on that mado chick I posted a page back in the thread.
bugger
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lol were you wanting it or something?
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i use rex for a lot of customs cos he is quite a versatile figure for customising well him and droid bait
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Man, the CW style figs work pretty good for the female body styles. I take it you are gonna perk out the chest area? Still, pretty good start. Will Rex's helmet fit over her head ok or will there be some modding there too? Probably, I would guess.
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actually the helmet won't fit at all. Idk if I'm still going to use that head sculpt or not, it doesn't fit very well. I think my wife is going to finish out this custom too, she expressed a desire to work on it. she realy liked doing the sculpting on her twi'lek figure and wants to do some more of it.
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spud mate do you still have the rex helmet and head and do you wanna offload them?
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lol you realy want them don't you? sorry bud but I have plans for them, well at least the helmet. I'll probably wind up using the head too. I wish they'd had a few more rex's at walmart for 2 bucks I'd have picked you up some, but alas, they only had one :(.
well I've got some exciting things in the works. I had planned to make another slave ahsoka for e-bay... but I bought a micro-sister takara microman fig and it was ALOT smaller than I'd thought it'd be... It wound up being exactly the same size as ahsoka (well almost, close enough for government work at least). The micro-sister came with this little black mini-skirt that I decided would look better than ahsoka's traditional brown one, besides... I HATE when cartoons keep a character in the SAME outfit throughout the entire series (even as a kid i found it retarded...). ANYWAY so long story short I've got a SUPER DUPER articulated "dark" ahsoka on the table right now.
AND I just purchased these:
(http://i.ebayimg.com/03/!BW,R75gBWk~$(KGrHgoOKj0EjlLmUlQIBK(Rfcwshg~~_12.JPG)
Can't wait to get those in and get started on that project... One of those will probably be my entry for the speeder bike/rider contest clint posted. Unless I decide to scratch build one.
lets see... I've got a commision from a guy on e-bay to make him a custom slave leia. He is sending me a micro-lady figure to use as the base and I'll probably use the POTF slave leia head and other parts to finish it out. I plan on doing the skirt in cloth and making the top removable... ;D
Any ideas for a more accurate head sculpt for leia?
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dude, that is a lot of bikes, I'd have gotten that lot just for the night falcon bikes, :)
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Sweet bikes. You sure did snag a ton of em. Can't wait to see the custom jobs I bet you are planning for some of those.
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I abandoned the female clone as I just couldn't get in the mood to do anything with it. I came up with this monstrosity with the rex figure instead:
(http://fc09.deviantart.com/fs47/i/2009/197/e/f/gi_clone_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
it's a wip as I will repaint the thing but I thought you guys might enjoy seeing it. I put the removable armor from the space clone onto it because the upper body of the animated clone looked a little puny on the gi-joe's body. Actually that bottom half is from cobra comander, 25th aniversary.
don't realy know where to go with it from there, I think this fig might get drafted into my Star Wars biker gang....
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yeah I know, another ahsoka... blah star wars clone wars bs...
ok try to look at this as a stand alone custom and lets try and put our hatred for lucas' franchising madness aside.
so what will happen to ahsoka tano when all is said and done? Anakin kills all the padawan's, younglings, and the rest of the jedi are hunted down right? Order 66, yada yada... this is my twisted version of the tale:
As Anakin is teaching Ahsoka she soon learns that he is not a conventional Jedi. Full of emotions and rash actions much like herself. She learns from this and follows him as he walks the path to his destiny. As he becomes farther and farther from the jedi way Ahsoka realized where he is headed. Her eyes are opened in a great epiphany and she realizes the hipocracy of the jedi order, she sees the disorder and caos of the clone war, she learns the true corruption of the republic and the senate.... all this culminates into her defection from the jedi order and her retreat into a life of secrecy and solotude. She continues honing her force skills but is no longer a jedi, and yet not fully a sith. She is somewhere in between. Still, she is fueled by emotion and, by jedi standards, is an agent of the dark side.....
so "dark" ahsoka... ok... the truth is that the microsister el figure came with the black miniskirt and I thought it would look better than the crappy soft goods skirt ahsoka's figure comes with. so I went with the black and based the rest of her costume on it. then I came up with the crazy twisted backstory.
pics:
wips:
(http://th05.deviantart.net/fs47/300W/i/2009/197/3/8/dark_ahsoka_wip1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://th07.deviantart.net/fs48/300W/i/2009/197/9/f/dark_ahsoka_wip2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
Finished:
(http://th02.deviantart.net/fs46/300W/i/2009/197/e/8/dark_ahsoka_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc09.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/197/2/1/dark_ahsoka_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs48/i/2009/197/4/0/dark_ahsoka_3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs49/i/2009/197/3/f/dark_ahsoka_4_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs48/i/2009/197/c/5/dark_ahsoka_5_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/197/d/e/ahsoka__s_got_back_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs48/i/2009/197/9/1/meditation_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs49/i/2009/197/0/2/size_comp_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc09.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/197/e/f/duel_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
as you can see from the comparison pics the microsister body was an almost perfect match to the size of ahsoka. It amazes me how articulated these micro figures takara made are. I can't believe that hasboro won't do the same with their figs. Although I can see that the whole choking hazard crap would be an issue as the micro figures parts are constantly popping apart.
One thing I did like is that it came with the extra hand sculpts. Adds alot more possibilities in poses and such.
I did sculpt some on the figure. I didn't like how flat chested the figure was to begin with so I did a little breast enhancement... The neck ball was way too small and the neck was too short so I chopped off a section of Ahsoka's neck from her original fig and grafted that onto the microsister figure with a pin and some apoxi sculpt. The neck is a little on the long side now and is realy noticable in the photos... but there wasn't much I could do with it. I could have cut the neck section I cut out a little shorter I supose.....
well anyway, tell me what you think guys.
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meh... no chains...
however...scantily-clad alien chicks rock!
Also, I think "swoop ganger" is a great career choice for the gent with the space armor.
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boy those Microsister figures sure do have the articulation. I just don't know, besides cost ofcourse, why hasbro won't do this type of super articulation on all thier clones. She looks pretty good with her clothes on!
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you should your work's name to "spank bank" customs, :)
But I say, whatever the customers want, give it to them!
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simon... I am beggining to realy worry about you.
I'm realy excited about this swoop gang project... I've got several partially completed figs on the table... I'm in a bad need for gi-joe 25th aniversary head sculpts though! i've got at least 3 figures nearly completed without heads to finish them.
thanks again for the kind words guys!
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wait, you make your figures, say leia and asoka with removable tops and you wonder about me, :)
LOL
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lol... ok good point... and now I'm just proving it some more.
this is a comissioned piece (my first one!) for the same guy who bought my slave ahsoka. He wanted a slave leia with removable metal bikini. I said let's go one step further and maker her super articulated, he said alright and sent me the microlady material force figure to make it with. Since he supplied the base figure and I didn't have to purchase that all I'm charging him for is the cost of the material I'm going to use to make it and then a very small labor charge.
Basically i've chopped up a POTF slave leia for parts to finish this custom and here is what I've gotten started:
(http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs47/i/2009/199/e/6/slave_leia_wip_3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/199/f/0/slave_leia_wip_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs47/i/2009/199/3/5/slave_leia_wip_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
more to come eventually
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Damn spiffy!! I like that.
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She looks promising!
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Excuse my ignorance--I'm new here.
Are these micro figure series figures sold in the US? Or, are these something one has to order overseas? I've certainly never seen them in the likes of Target or Walmart.
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they were sold in the us for a very limited time I think. They are takara brand microman figures. They are currently discontinued and can only be obtained second hand and usually only from overseas. The few that I've seen on e-bay have come from collectors in japan.
well I hit a snag with this one, the potf top that I dremeled out broke into two pieces... I've got to get another one and try it again. I've also got to figure out a better way to make the bottom. I don't like how the material has frayed and I don't like the way the superglue discolored the material... makes it look like she wet herself. :P
I've also got to repaint the whole figure in a new skin tone that doesn't look so white and pasty...
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Daggone Spudafett, hate to hear about all those problems. I bet you fix em and make all those areas better.
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Spuda can do it, :)
If you guys go over to smalljoes.com they have a microman section, but its some of the weirder figures, I recommend catwoman for a baroness custom, that was pretty common fair a couple years ago, :)
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you put too much faith in me narc...
check this out:
so I got the new republic fighter tank from chris (toyman) at pedler's mall the other day and let my oldest play with it a while before I took it back from him to customize it... anyways I gave him the cardboard cutout diorama and this is what he left sitting in the living room floor:
(http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs48/i/2009/202/7/a/christian__s_dio_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs47/i/2009/202/9/3/christian__s_dio_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
we got a half priced atte today too... man that thing is awesome. LOUD too... the speaker in that thing is freaking strong. Havn't had any problems with the legs of it though, not sure if that issue will come up later... One thing that I found retarted was the wheels in the feet, they are completely useless on carpet, oh well. Still an awesome toy.
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Awsome scores, spud. It's my guess that any atte walkers that are on the shelves will have the corrected version of the legs.
Is that trooper checking that battle droid for prostate cancer? Reminds me of the bad guys in the Road Warrior that would strap human bodies onto there cars.
That gives me an idea.......
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Yeah, I was thinking the ATTE is going to be a much more common vehicle now, :)
he ran down battle droids, lol.
THe turbo tank was at the TRU today, but I had to pass, it looks ridiculous.
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That bad, huh? It was$100,right?
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my wife and the kids both want that turbo tank... i think it looks funky. It's just odd and the "play" features on it are just odd. I would like the launching barc speeder though... that's kind of cool, like those old vintage rip cord speeder bikes from rotj.
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another one... I know... this is another based on the new rise of cobra reactive impact armor. This time it's duke's version.
I don't have a fancy mando name for this guy yet... if yall can come up with one tell me.
ok here ya go, with his buddy dha'vod....
(http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/207/c/1/mando_duo_4_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc00.deviantart.com/fs47/i/2009/207/5/2/mando_duo_3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs49/i/2009/207/b/1/mando_custom_back_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs47/i/2009/207/b/c/mando_custom_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs48/i/2009/207/2/d/mandalorian_custom_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/207/6/2/new_mando_fig_back_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc00.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/207/d/3/mando_duo_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
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They look cool with that armor, Spud. I like them!
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Yepper, pretty nice together. I could see a squad or an army of these Mando guys taking on a team of Jedis!
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thanks guys, never can go wrong with mando's if you ask me! clint the black guys helmet is half of one of your resin molds btw, had to chop it in half and extend the back with apoxi sculpt to get it over his odd shaped head though. The duke figure (the white guy) has a flexable helmet from an old jango fett. These gi-joe figs have alot larger heads than the star wars ones and even the larger molded helmet you sent me doesn't fit clint... that's alright though!
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I figured that you would have ran out of those by now, Spud, what with all of the cool mandos that you have done lately.
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I finally got my fighter tank finished and customized. this is my first large scale vehicle custom that I'm actually happy with... that race ship kinda sucked... lol.
ok I'm calling this one the ft-ft, forrest terrain fighter tank. I tried to stick close to the kashyyyk trooper style of cammo. I also customized two clones to go allong with it. well here it is:
in progress:
(http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/207/e/f/ft_ft_wip_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs49/i/2009/207/0/0/ft_ft_wip_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs47/i/2009/207/c/e/ft_ft_wip_3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs49/i/2009/207/7/4/ft_ft_wip_4_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs47/i/2009/207/7/d/ft_ft_wip_5_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs47/i/2009/207/0/e/ft_ft_wip_6_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc09.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/207/0/7/ft_ft_front_3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
finished:
(http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/207/8/4/ft_ft_custom_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs49/i/2009/207/7/c/ft_ft_in_the_trees_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc09.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/207/a/a/ft_ft_in_the_field_3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs47/i/2009/207/b/c/ft_ft_in_the_field_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs47/i/2009/207/7/7/ft_ft_in_the_field_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs47/i/2009/207/d/6/ft_ft_bfg_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs47/i/2009/207/4/5/ft_ft_cammo_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs47/i/2009/207/4/5/ft_ft_cammo_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs48/i/2009/207/f/b/ft_ft_cocpits_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs48/i/2009/207/0/c/ft_ft_gas_tanks_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs47/i/2009/207/6/c/ft_ft_removables_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs47/i/2009/207/f/1/custom_clone_troopers_and_tank_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs48/i/2009/207/f/5/ft_ft_front_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs48/i/2009/207/f/3/ft_ft_back_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs47/i/2009/207/a/9/ft_ft_back_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/207/b/5/fighter_tank_pilot_and_captain_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/207/8/5/forrest_terrain_troopers_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://th08.deviantart.net/fs46/300W/i/2009/207/b/8/forrest_terrain_trooper_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://th02.deviantart.net/fs47/300W/i/2009/207/9/9/fighter_tank_pilot_custom_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://th08.deviantart.net/fs48/300W/i/2009/207/c/1/fighter_tank_captain_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
the two clones pictured above are custom figures which have gi-joe bodies and hips spliced on. This gives them better articulation and better poseablility. The kashyyyk trooper is supposed to be the captain of the team and the other clone is the pilot. As the pilot is completely protected by the tank's armor and sheilding I didn't worry about giving him a full set of armor and left it with just the chest and arms and a custom removable helmet. All figures as well as the ship have been custom painted (obviously) to try and match the cammo technique used by the clone kashyyyk troopers, I know it's not an exact color match but wasn't supposed to be.
Now once clint's challenge/contest on the speeder bikes is finalized I will submit a challenge for the best custom version of this vehicle. I am going to be putting together a super articulated clone, similar to the clone pilot that I just showed pictures of above. With the version I make for the winner of the contest I will make sure that he has a more complete set of armor and looks closer to a traditional clone.
tell me what you guys think!
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sweet paint job, Spud!! I really like your figure part swaps as well. I was wondering about those hips.
It's cool that the figure and vehicle paint apps match.
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I think it's a good thing I don't have to compete against it!! Wife, son, and I all give it a thumbs-up!
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Nicely done!
I just primed a Comic Pack Commander Faie for a camo paintjob. Let's see how he comes out when finished.
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Wow, that is some tank. Daggone I like that paint job on that bad boy. Man those custom clones rock too. Very nice work.
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thanks guys, I am not completely satisfied with how the camo came out but its alright... The base collor was alot lighter than I wanted it to be but I think it works well especially with the two troopers matching.
well my speeder bikes came in today. I'm realy happy with the whole lot, totalled to be 4 potf swoop bikes, 2 zepher g's, 2 potf speeder bikes, and 3 new retooled speeder bikes, plus one rolling bark speeder.
(http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs47/i/2009/208/c/2/speeder_bikes_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
my custom swoop bike gang is off to a start, lol... now I've just got to do some riders for them and get them all painted.
I'll probably leave one of the zepher g's uncustomized though, I realy like this one.
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Now that's a big lot of bikes, Spud. I cant wait to see what you do with em.
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Geesh, that is a lot of bikes!
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i wonder if anyone is gng to apply digital camou to star wars xD
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i wonder if anyone is gng to apply digital camou to star wars xD
Jenks, where have you been? Yeah, a digi camo paint app would be pretty cool to have on a vehicle or figure. A simple masking job or template could be the trick for a vehicle.
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The custom bike gang sounds like a great idea....some really great custom opportunitues.
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got some wip shots to show you guys:
first up is a wip shot of one of my swoop gang's biker chick's... she's a twi-lek wannabe... lol ;) anyway, base figure is a roc barroness with a 25th scarlett head and hair parts.
(http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs48/i/2009/218/c/f/wip_swoop_girl_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
wip shot of the super articulated slave leia with removable tops and bottom comissioned for an e-bayer:
(http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs48/i/2009/218/1/5/slave_leia_wip_scratch_top_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
wip paint shot of two assassin droids who are property of the swoop gang. My story on these two are that the swoop gang uses them to enter in underground arena style droid battles to earn quick cash to spend on their bikes and whatever swoop gangers need....
(http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/218/c/f/tweedle_dee_and_tweedle_dumb_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
here is the droids finished and on their customized Flare-S swoop. It's been modified into a two seater as the swoop gang didn't want to give up TWO speeder to a couple of droids! The droids have however made it their own and adorned it with the heads of the droids they defeat in the arena:
(http://fc09.deviantart.com/fs48/i/2009/218/4/a/droid_swoop_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs48/i/2009/218/e/b/droid_swoop_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
another wip shot of one of my other bikes that will probably go to the chick 4 pics up:
http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/218/7/e/skull_swoop_wip_by_SpudaFett.jpg
this is a modified imperial speeder the swoop gang aquired, along with their own musclehead dimwit member riding it:
(http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs47/i/2009/218/d/5/speeder_bike_custom_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/218/4/7/heavy_speeder_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
I believe my wife said she was going to use the apoxi and give this guy a mohawk and paint it red, it'll look alot better than that! lol.
this is a set of legs from the transforming general grevious wheel bike that i'm not sure what I'll do with.... any ideas?
(http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/218/7/8/transforming_grevious_legs_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
that's it for now... man it's killing me not being able to post my speeder for the contest yet! gah!....
all the bikes will have black with red accents and silver drybrushing on them
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Great speeder, Spud! I really like the paint apps that you used! Those guns are cool also!
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Spudafett,
I still reacon that this is one of the coolest ideas for a Star Wars Custom set I've seen.....
I love the biker chick, the droids and the bikes and I'm looking forward to seeing the gang. Perhaps even a biker shack!
Brilliant!!!
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Wow, I love the speeder with the two assasin droids. Heck, I like em all. Nice work Spudafett.
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Gotta love a Twi'lek wannabe! Is *everyone* making a biker chick??? (I'm making two, actually...)
Those bikes are looking great!
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hangarbay94, I'm actually have a dio project in mind for the weekend to make a garage/workshop for the gang. Speeder Shack is a perfect name for it too! thanks! I figured out what I'm doing with those grevious legs, I made a "mechanic" for the gang and he's lost his lower legs in a brutal plas-torch accident while working in an illegal chop shop... of course being flat broke he couldn't afford mechanical prosthetics so he cobbled together a mechanical walker-chair for himself....
lol thanks guys. I'm excited about this weekend's customizing sessions. The wife is off work and we've gotten new figs to work on! can't wait to get started!
lol doc just read your post which was posted while I was typing this, can't wait to see your biker chicks... maybe that should have been part of the contest!!!
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I thought biker-chicks WERE part of the contest... "swoop bike and rider(s)"??? ;D
And, to boot, I think everyone is overwhelmed with ideas and is making entire swoop-gangs!
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spud ,they look the dingo's danglies mate !
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yeah I've noticed that at least three of us have started entire gangs! ha....
btw wraithnine... i'm not sure wtf your comment means.... I'm hoping that mean's it looks good.... are you from down under?
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It's a compliment - just smile and say thanks. LOL
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nope spud,U.K. just thought it would make a change from "mutts nuts" or "dogs bollocks" ;D
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well alrighty then WN.... whatever you say! (nodds and smiles and says thanks)
check it out, here is the swoop gang's crippled mechanic:
(http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs48/i/2009/219/5/b/the_mechanic_wip_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
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How does he get close enough to work on anything??
;D
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I thought biker-chicks WERE part of the contest... "swoop bike and rider(s)"??? ;D
And, to boot, I think everyone is overwhelmed with ideas and is making entire swoop-gangs!
So I got the only male rider, eh?
Spuda, I think something that would be fun would be a skiff for the gang, something that can travel quickly,mount some big guns, some dancing girls, and the gang leader, :)
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Or carry the mechanic and tool collection. Besides, if the gang is into pillaging, they need something to haul the loot.
There was a guy with a motorcycle repair shop back where I used to live. He drove an old beat-up van. Someone asked him why he didn't ride a motorcycle, since he worked on them. Said there was NO WAY you'd get him on one of those suicide machines!
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hehe, I heard a similar story about a parachute rigger, lol.
Devin, maybe look at something called a dark eldar raider, very cool skiff.
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simon are you talking about this:
(http://www.guysthatgame.co.uk/gtgshop/product_images/a/dark_eldar_raider_b__77946.jpg)
that is pretty cool. Man If I had an exta skiff I'd do that. It'd already crossed my mind that a skiff would fit in for the contest while looking at the boy's vehicles (they have a skiff).
I have kept this idea in my head that my gang will be more of just a bunch of hot headed swoop racers that do nothing but try to earn quick cash by betting and racing (and battling their droids).
btw the mechanic only has the chair for moving around outside of the garage... I figured he'd just hobble around the garage, or use one of the roling slides to get under the machines and whatnot inside.
thanks for the comments guys, I'm off to get started on finishing up some stuff
btw my contest entry rider is a dude.
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Very good ideas, all the way around! So...your boys aren't the Hells Angels type, just hellions on repulsors?
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heres the start of their garage dio:
(http://fc09.deviantart.com/fs49/i/2009/220/c/8/speeder_dio_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/220/4/2/speeder_garage_dio_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs47/i/2009/220/4/e/swoop_gang__s_hangout_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
tell me what you think guys! It's not finished of course. I've got a bunch of tools to add to the shelves, all the speeder bikes to fit in there, a bunch of junk to pile in the corner and all kinds of greeblies....
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I'm jealous already! ;D
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Nice start on the garage, Devon! Is the wife involved with this phase of the project?
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of course she is! lol she's been involved in about every phase of this project. She's in there right now cutting out twi-lek pinup posters to put on the walls! ;D she's also finishing up her speeder bike.
btw I need to go in there and get a photo of another bike I whipped up today...
thanks guys, this garage dio though might not be big enough for all these freaking bikes! ha! It looks realy good though with them all setting in it and the tools and scrap parts sitting around.
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What a great dio start Spudafett. I like it. I can see Orange County swoops already.
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orange sector swoops, lol.
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orange parsec swoops?
lol fun stuff.
hey check this one out: I decided that this bike worked alot better for my pony tailed gal than that regular old s-swoop.
(http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs49/i/2009/220/e/2/sport_swoop_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs48/i/2009/220/7/0/sport_swoop_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://th00.deviantart.net/fs47/300W/i/2009/220/9/9/sport_swoop_3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc09.deviantart.com/fs48/i/2009/220/9/3/sport_swoop_4_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
the finished paint job on the chick is credit to my wife... she took it and said she was going to finish it. (and I quote her) "you better let me do it, you'll just F@#$# it up devin!" lol. I'm glad I did let her! She also claims that this chick is who is "dating" the leader of the gang which happens to be the rider for my contest entry....
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dammitdammitdammit
Ok, the Rebound Swoop is NO LONGER my contest entry - you just almost nailed the way I was aiming to handle it, chick and all! Nice job to your wife, too - HOT paintjob!
Back to the idea pool... that's ok, it's well-stocked. :'(
;D
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well, that's not my entry... you can still submit your version ;) I definately still want to see it!
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Very nice! Tell your wife that her paint apps on this rider are just rocken!
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What an awesome bike and chick Spudafett. I love how the bike is integrated with the speeder front. The paint job on that chick is indeed Hot. Your wife is really doing great, hard to believe that in one of the first few custom paintjobs she has done. Two artists in the family now.
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Spuda is playing coy,lol.
His kids got him customs for his birthday, how freakin awesome is that?
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Hi . . . Honey, Your customs are looking really sweet. I can't wait to post some of other stuff that you are doing on here. You have a way of chopping up men. (Two cool men into one awesome man.) LOL Reminds me of you.
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Great looking bike and rider.. awesome droid bike too.. I was thinking of droids right before you posted this as I have two of the same droids chilling on my shelf...
Love the mechanic and the garage as well. great job!
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thanks everyone for the comments... man I wish this contest would be over so I could post pics of the final dio with all the bikes in it... I'd take out the contest bikes but then it just looks funny to me since the contest entrys are the "leaders" in my mind..... and I'm too lazy to move things out of the dio now that I have it mostly set up the way I want it! lol!
I've got speeder bike fever though... went to gatlinburg these last 2 days and every gift shop I was noticing 1:18 scale harley's and 4-wheelers and various things that I'd look at and go "hmmm... swoop!" ::)
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A big scale custom swoop and rider would be a cool project!
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man... you had to say that. Dawn got a cy-girl 12in action figure on e-bay a few weeks ago and I've been trying to get her to get a bike to go along with it! I was just thinking about getting one of the 12in luke/leia/scout trooper packs from back in the day. but every one that I've looked at has been real pricey.
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Finished the mechanic tonight after getting home from our little 2 day vacation. Here he is with his custom built plas-torch, tool belt, shop towel, and his work-dolly. The dolly is actually a cheap tech-deck skate board I originally bought just cuz of the tiny tools in it to throw on the dio's shelves. Then I realized that the mechanic's mechanized leg-chair wouldn't fit under the swoops so that he could work on it and this tech-deck was perfectly sized!
(http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/222/3/6/swoop_mechanic_working_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/222/2/7/swoop_mechanic_working_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
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So many cool customs. Waaaaaay too difficult to pick a favorite. Very cool work.
Amazing , to say the least.
Barry
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I love how the mechanic turned out, Devon! That skateboard works perfect.
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my son has those finger boards hmm i wonder if he would miss one................
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remember v'lad the mando impaler?
I gave him a trophy:
(http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs47/i/2009/226/7/8/v__lad__s_skull_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs47/i/2009/226/2/8/v__lad_skull_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
what do you think? That is the skull mask from the cemetary warrior from the indiana jones line. The bottom jaw was shaved off the figures face as it was part of the head sculpt and molded on. I actually cut them appart on accident while trimming it off and had to find something to do with it, so I threw them on his helmet.
I think it makes him look even more like a crazed lunatic.
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wow. This is Halloween stuff. Now all he need is the spine and the skull to do a proper Predator separation. Nice addition spudafett.
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that'd be awesome, and I know the perfect thing to use. That comic pack ammanaman alien dude's skull staff.
stand by for more awesome....
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LOL. I had to go and open my mouth didn't I.
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That super articulated general grevious someone linked to (i forgot who it was) inspired me to try my hand at something similar. I didn't have enough ig-86 assassin droids on hand to make every part super articulated like I wanted to but I got pretty close. I think there are still a few things I can add to it to make it better. I wish the backwards knee joint bent or at least rotated to allow the legs more posability.... but I'll figure that out later. It also needs a paint job. Don't ask me exactly what joints I used where because I honestly don't rememer. I know I did use one clone elbow joint for the neck and some double pegged gi-joe elbow joint for the stomach/torso joint.
enjoy:
(http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/226/5/c/gen_grevious_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/226/b/3/super_art__gen__grevious_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs48/i/2009/226/d/5/flexy_grevious_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs49/i/2009/226/2/9/super_articulated_grevious_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs47/i/2009/226/e/1/flexible_grevious_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs49/i/2009/226/f/9/gen_grevious_smash_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
what do you think guys? don't hold back. Pick this crap apart guys, I want to hear suggestions, likes/dislikes, tell me what part your going to steal ideas from! lol
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Samauri mandalorian wip
this is an old super articulated boba fett I did a joe splice on, this is a similar one that was used for my reference tutorial on that process. I've been wanting to redo my own super articulated boba and realy didn't like this one so I made some adjustments and made a new figure. This one is destined for e-bay after a fresh coat of paint.
(http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs47/i/2009/226/b/a/mando_samauri_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs47/i/2009/226/a/c/samauri_mando_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
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Oh yeah, that last Grevious pic shows me all I need to see. Just great Spudafett. That fett isn't hurting my eyes either. Makes me want to see a figure of that Samauri Vader they made armor for a few years back.
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ok guys, if you havn't been watching my thread for a few days you need to go back about 3 pages and catch up! lol....
Heres some pics of my finished garage dio. Now don't be looking for mine and fri-lek slave's (dawn's) contest entry, I made sure to remove them from the dio for these shots.
(http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs49/i/2009/226/4/d/dio_set_8_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs49/i/2009/226/4/d/dio_set_8_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs49/i/2009/226/0/e/dio_set_6_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs48/i/2009/226/0/3/dio_set_5_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs47/i/2009/226/2/4/dio_set_4_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs49/i/2009/226/7/a/dio_set_3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs48/i/2009/226/3/f/dio_set_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc09.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/226/3/2/dio_set_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/226/6/5/dio_set_9_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
I think it turned out realy nice. I need to give props to the member's of deviant art whose artwork I used to make the "posters" on the walls. Most of those are from members on deviant art.
Tell me what you think.
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Extremely cool dio. So many things remind me of a mechanic's garage, such as the pics on the walls and the overall vibe.
Excellent attention to detail. Great job!
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lovin the dio spud
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Sweet garage, Devon! I love the girlie posters on the walls! Therenia just too much cool stuff to see there.
That grievous looks pretty tough. Is that one a split apart arm version?
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Oh, MAN!!! The kids and I just finished SLOWLY scrolling thru the garage pics! Holy smokes!! That is bloody AWESOME!! (it's too clean, but I think Frie would gripe if you oil-stained the floor-surface! ;D
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lol actually doc I probably will put a big oil spill or something in there. Honestly I was afraid it wouldn't sow up, black on black and all. Maybe some mud stains or something too?
thanks for the comments guys.
clonehead, that grevious is the one that has the extra split arms in there but I didn't have enough extra joints to make the split arm parts... so he's only got two for now. I'll eventually get around to getting the 4 arms built to swap out.
ribbit- a mechanic's garage is exactly what I was going for! glad you like it.
any one thing stand out in the dio to anyone? anything you think I should add or get rid of? I know it's rather busy in there. It looks even more crowded with dawn's and mine contest entries added in.... her bike takes up alot of room! lol
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Actually what stood out was that it wasn't cluttered *enough*! Most shops like that I've seen have had almost NO room to move inside! Oh, and it's too clean. 8)
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More pics of the pig-tailed chick on the bike please. :)
Or maybe you've already shown her off elsewhere in the forums?
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Spud, that Grievous is really breathtaking.
Fantastic super-articulation!
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Spudfett,
I don;t think I've commented on your work before! for that I apologise.
I love your biker gang dio, it's a creation after my own heart so I am bias with this one. I've been wanting to see if soemone was going to post something like this and you've done such an awesome job. All the bikes look so "spot on" especially set in an appropriate diorama.
All the best,
Jules
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Can't believe I missed this yesterday. Something is screwy with my unread posts every once in awhile.
This looks great Devon, I wouldn't change a thing. I reminds me of my brother's autobody shop when he was doing that for a living. I can see you have definitely been in a shop or two. The posters on the walls are sweet. LOL, where is the Vader wants you for the Imperial Army poster? Just kidding, I don't think there is a thing you can do to improve this. The only thing I can think of that my brother's shop had that this one didn't was a hydraulic lift. Front page bound I am.
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perhaps a repulsor lift unit!?
Dangit tamer you made me remember the one thing I FORGOT! I was going to print off a 4" "cardboard cutout" of the "vader want's you" poster and have it setting in a corner with one of the gang members throwing knives at it and shooting holes through it! dang I can't believe I forgot to do that!
thanks for the comments guys. It means alot that you guys like this stuff, makes the hobby worthwile to me.
that grevious was inspired by the super art. grevious someone posted a link to on rebelscum.
I'll try to get some better close up shots of the individual figures and their bikes later this week. I should have time tomorrow, got two days before school starts and my job for the summer at school is over and I don't know if the school's going to rehire me for anything else.... so I should have some free time for the first few weeks of school.
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that stand up poster would be the coup de grasse, Devon. that and mabey a scale snack machine, LOL
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man I'm gonna have to go in there and add about 6 inches of floor onto the back wall to fit all the crap in there! maybe I'll add another wall and another whole room that can be like the tiny little office rooms you see at garage's and make it the "hang out" room for the riders....
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Spudd, that bike shop is really awesome! All the bikes are really good looking, makes me want to go buy some swoops and make my own gang! The shop itself is really well done too, I love the fire extinguisher and the battle axe next to each other, two essential items for any gang hideout! I think it would look really cool if on the floor, you made little blotches of gloss black that would look like oil leaks! Not sure if they use motor oil in the SW Universe, but whatever, haha. Keep up the good work!
Oh also on your tank way back on pg 15 (i think), it looks pretty good, but the camo kinda hides some of the sculpting detail (who'd have thought camo hides detail? Haha), so if you want to bring that back out and show off the sculpt of the tank, give it a little black wash. But, if you like it the way it is (since camo is meant to break up outlines after all), leave it!
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honestly xv i've been thinking about completely redoing that tank. My brushstrokes on the cammo look too much like brushstrokes! lol
maybe in an urban camo scheme?
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Shouldn't be too difficult in a black/grey/slate grey/white urban-type finish.
You might want to try cutting up a sponge and using the sponge parts to apply the camo scheme with by "printing" it on.
This should work nicely on a large vehicle like the tank.
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honestly xv i've been thinking about completely redoing that tank. My brushstrokes on the cammo look too much like brushstrokes! lol
maybe in an urban camo scheme?
you mean in tones of grey,Devon? That would look killer! I still think that a digi-camo paint scheme would look cool.
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the original concept that I had for it was to make it match the kashyyyk troopers camo paint jobs but didn't get the right base coat of spray paint... so I made up my own. I didn't take enough time on the cammo, I rushed it and that's where the problem arrose
what I think would look killer on it would be a real tree camo application.
Clint, I don't know what digital cammo stuff your talking about, please specify!
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the only example I have on hand is on the bill of a usn baseball cap that I have.
basically it's just common camo colors in a pattern made up of squares or shapes made up of little squares. modern Marine BDUs have a pattern like this.
I'm sure that Doc or Commander K could rustle us up a better example.
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Modern Army ACU digital camo pattern. Google that and under pics you will find it.
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Then google MARPAT for a far superior pattern ;D ... and then "desert digital" for another...
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Never said it was better....
Just what it was.....
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ok guys, to wet your appetite a little bit I'm gonna let you in on somthing i've got on the table with glue setting.
I'm calling my current project the "phase III dark trooper enhancement project"
basically I'm repainting it with a darker more ominous paint job and adding a few greeblies here and there (hoses/wires/etc), I'm closing up the back pack at the bottom so that your not looking into an empty shell when you look at the figure head on, and I'm giving it a ball jointed neck.
so far i've got everything finished but the paintjob. The ball jointed neck makes this figure 100 times better. If i can figure out how to make it work without it looking retarted I MIGHT (and that's a big might) try to give it ball jointed hips too.
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That sounds like a cool project.
I'm excited to see the finished figure.
Re. camo patterns you might find this site interesting: http://www.camotest.de/gallery/index.php
Don't worry about the site being in German (no, it is not MY site in case you wondered), just look at the pattern names in the table on the left hand side for a pic of the pattern and its application in natural settings.
It might give you an idea for a dio or vignette as well.
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Never said it was better....
Just what it was.....
Sorry, Dana - just havin fun with ya. ;D
CADPAT is another really neat digital camo pattern.
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I dont like it...
I just have to wear it everyday when I go to work.
Makes picking your outfit really easy everyday.
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Saves you a lot of time, really.
Hey Dana, check this out: http://www.claw-gear.eu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9&Itemid=14
I'm consulting for NWM Technologies and the outfit shown is one of our latest products. It's not airsoft gear, but for the Professional who requires a touch more than what he gets issued. It's available in your pattern as well.
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tha t is some really great looking stuff.
Might need to look into this further in the future.
My wife says" Ach, du scheisse, Verdammt Armee dosekopf. hell NO you not gettin dis."
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If you're really nice to me, I can arrange a sample set of these for you...
PM inbound.
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stop threadjacking! lol naw it's ok...
man I've got to get on the ball and take some decent pics of the things I've got done.
I'm compiling a set of backgrounds to print out and use for photographing figures, anyone know of some good ones? I'd like to have at least a few that look like the bridge of ships and such. I'll start a thread of them eventually for others to use too.
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I thought I'd post my swoop bike here as well just so that my stuff is still all together in the same thread later on when the contest's thread get's pushed back to the bottom of the list.
Spudafett's Planetary Vehicle and Rider contest entry:
For this contest I wanted to make a bike from scratch or close to scratch. I also wanted my figure to be a Gi-joe based figure customized to fit into the star wars universe. In the course of this project I started with my rider first.
For my rider I used a gi-joe 25th aniversary para viper for the base figure.
(http://www.yojoe.com/action/08/images/paraviperlarge.jpg)
(http://www.yojoe.com/action/08/images/paraviperbacklarge.jpg)
I started with a lower leg and foot swap as the original's lower legs had been sculpted to clip on flippers...
(http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs47/i/2009/212/4/8/speeder_bike_and_rider_wip_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
I added several details, including a clone trooper's shoulder pauldron which was trimmed down. I added little greeblie bits with some red wireing and a removable cape. The cape has a new feature I tried out and will be using from now on. It's an old boba fett cape and has a copper wire strung through it so that it can be posed in a "flapping" position.
I wanted this figure to realy be equipped for swoop bike racing. I realy liked the look of the shoulder and knee pads of the para viper and thought the pauldron added to that. BUT what about high atmospheric flights? I took a removable clone helmet and trimmed it down so that only the lower half remained and fitted a range finder to the side. A repaint later and I have a respirator that looks realy good on my rider. I also figured he'd need a back up oxygen supply so I trimmed down a Assassin Droid's backpack and made a canister which fits into the figures back peg hole.
As this will be the leader of my biker gang I wanted to decide on a color scheme that the whole gang would use. Red and Black was decided upon. Several details were brought out with red and silver detailing.
ok enough explaining here are some pics of just the rider:
Some of these pics were taken early on and the flash brought out a few spots of missed paint, which were fixed about half way through my photo session. The final figure doesn't have any purple showing through and is completely painted. :( I guess I should have retaken the pictures...
(http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs47/i/2009/212/d/3/rider_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc09.deviantart.com/fs49/i/2009/212/b/1/rider_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc09.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/212/d/a/rider_3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/212/7/b/rider_4_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/212/9/5/rider_5_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/212/6/c/rider_6_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs48/i/2009/212/4/2/rider_7_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs48/i/2009/212/c/5/rider_8_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc00.deviantart.com/fs48/i/2009/218/d/9/swoop_rider__s_mask_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/218/f/9/swoop_rider_helmet_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs49/i/2009/218/2/e/swoop_bike_rider_back_o2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
ok, you've already got a few glimpses of his custom swoop. let me explain a little bit about it first and then you can see some pics.
Go back to the top and look again at the wip photo of the figure. See that engine laying in front of him? I took that from a 1:18 scale die-caste model car. I believe it was a maisito (sp?) model. Anyway, I used it as a starting base and started from there fitting parts together. I wanted his swoop to slightly resemble an "S-swoop" but look like it'd been stripped down to almost nothing but a motor, a seat, and steering vanes. In essence this is a super light, super fast, racing swoop.
I also wanted to have a couple weopons encorporated into the speeder and have a set of saddle bags or pouches on it. The weopons include one blaster cannon on the speeder, a swoord (vibroblade?) for the rider to use, as well as a holster for a blaster pistol.
You guys remember the wip teaser pics I put up eirlier?
(http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs48/i/2009/212/4/a/speeder_wip_3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
That astromech's head... well it didn't get to be an astromech any more. Try to find it in the finished speeder:
(http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs48/i/2009/212/7/8/speeder_side_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs47/i/2009/212/7/1/speeder_bike_side_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs47/i/2009/212/c/9/speeder_bike_bottom_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/212/2/5/speeder_bike_front_end_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs48/i/2009/212/7/2/riding_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs49/i/2009/212/8/f/speeder_top_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs48/i/2009/212/7/0/speeder_bike_and_biker_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/212/d/c/speeder_bike_front_intake_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs47/i/2009/212/1/4/speeder_bike_left_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs48/i/2009/212/d/2/speeder_bike_rear_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/212/0/b/removable_saddlebags_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/212/b/d/speeder_bike_wip_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
"pickin up chicks"
(http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs47/i/2009/212/9/b/chilaxin_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/212/6/c/speeder_bike_21_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/212/3/c/speeder_bike_22_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
I hope you guys enjoyed that. I know I realy enjoyed building and creating both the figure and the swoop especially. It's probably the first from scratch vehicle that I've made that actually turned out looking realy good (in my critical eye). Now I know I used existing components and didn't make it completely from scratch like the mando chick's bike I did before with just sheet styrene... I hope noone was disapointed I didn't do it that way ;)
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youngling/padawan jedi.
this figure is based on the ahsoka tano body with a old gi-joe scarlett Valor-vs-venom head spliced on.
(http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs48/i/2009/234/e/b/padawan_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc00.deviantart.com/fs47/i/2009/234/8/d/padawan_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
oh yeah, I did do a little sculpting on her figure...
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customized BAD dark trooper
i was unsatisfied with the dark trooper's overal construction. Mostly with the head only swiveling side to side. So I fixed that. And for a dark trooper I thought that the original's paint scheme was too light! lol so a repaint was in order:
(http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs47/i/2009/234/9/c/dark_trooper_10_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/234/b/9/dark_trooper_9_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/234/4/0/dark_trooper_8_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/234/f/9/dark_trooper_6_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/234/d/d/dark_trooper_5_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs47/i/2009/234/8/1/dark_trooper_4_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/234/c/6/dark_trooper_3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/234/1/6/dark_trooper_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc00.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/234/9/f/dark_trooper_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
so, is it improved or did I ruin a very expensive figure?! lol
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Oh yeah, I think it looks much tougher. I like the darker color too. Sweet upgrade Devon.
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Yep, he sure does look badder now, Devon. I like his added poseability also. That's also another cool chick figure that you got going in there.
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really cool darktrooper, looks much more badass.
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Wicked cool work on this Darktrooper. I dig the heck out of it.
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After looking at it finished I think he needs some hoses or wires or something coming out of his head down into the shoulders right beneath the neck... to fill in the "empty" space between the head and shoulder area. the neck almost looks too tall now.
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Awesome job on all apects of the rework.
My only thought is it may be too shiny. Maybe a flatter more matte finish....
But that would really put the fear in you if it popped out of nowhere at you.....
especially in an outerspace scene with star fields in the background......
or a dark undercity scene... glowrod beam hits it on a sweep of a room and BANG....
Really, you did a real great job and I am envious.... mostly because i havent seen even one of the figs to build this yet.
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I went with the gloss black because I wanted this one to look like he was fresh off the assymbly line. if I do another one (which I doubt) it'll probably be flat black with some weathering, scrapes, and blast effects on him. Think battle damaged.
thanks for the positive comments
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how's the figure overall? like the cost....articulation..etc
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cost for the stock dark trooper is way too high. Look for it already assembled on e-bay. For me about the only other figures worth a darn is the boba and droid pack, the darth maul with protocol droid (which has a cool jedi holocron in his chest) and maybe the misc. r2 units. But of course they are all repaints..... If I'd have done my research before buying it all as soon as I saw it I'd have gotten the dark trooper on e-bay and then bought just the boba pack for my collection seperate.
as far as the articulation it's as good as is to be expected of a build a droid. Of course I didn't like the fact that the neck/head joint wasn't a ball joint and thus the reason for the customization. I think as easy as it would have been for hasbro to make the neck joint a ball joint they should have. It was a completely new sculpt, why skimp on that? I understand not doing ball jointed hips, but there was no reason the neck couldn't have been a ball joint.
The stock figure also had pretty decent paint apps... I just felt that it wasn't quite menacing enough, or dark enough.
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this is the figure from star wars battlefront 2 right? the one with the lol nipples
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was the darktrooper in battlefront 2? idk...
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Man, that darktrooper is bad ASS! I bet you could sell another one of those on ebay to pay for the figures to get it and then some!
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Almost, yeah. $18*5 sets is $90 and he's selling on ebay for $50+ then figure in selling Corran Horn and Whistler for something like $15 each.
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those are all proven fact...
but how long can it last?
longer than most think, i expect.
there are about 7 figs worth getting in this set.... Horn and all the droids and maybe the animated Boba and of course the Dark Trooper itself...
Man that is a lot of money...
and they are exclusives... and repacks for the most part...
Man that Dark Trooper is REAL NICE LOOKING...
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I wonder if the sum total rule would hold up.
You know, buy them all up, assemble the droid, then break them into lots and sell on the bay, probably end up making more than you put into them, but what a loss, :)
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if I do anything with another one I'll buy it aready assembled on e-bay, customize it and then sell it for more than I payed for it... hopefully making a little profit to cover all the in box sets that I got...
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WARNING Gi-Joe custom!!! :P
I think that the roc cobra commander redesign sucks. He doesn't have anything that the classic cc had in the cartoons. So... I picked up a resolute 5 pack and spliced the roc and resolute figures together to come up with something I think looks more like the classic figure and still retains the newer look.
I hope that in the sequel to the movie they make CC look more like he did in the cartoons, but I know they won't. This is my version of what I think he should look like once he takes power of his organization.
(http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs47/i/2009/235/7/c/res__roc_cobra_commander_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/235/e/2/roc_res__cobra_commander_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs48/i/2009/235/3/e/roc_res__cc_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs49/i/2009/235/3/8/roc_resolute_cobra_commander_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
took me a whole 10min maybe to throw that one together... I'd already repainted the armor on the roc cc a while back.
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I too thought the new one didn't look like anything I had seen on cartoons as a kid.
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here is my customized agent helix from the gi-joe roc line with a bunch of customized guns I did today.
(http://fc00.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/239/5/5/custom_guns_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs28/i/2009/239/7/8/helix_9_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs29/i/2009/239/f/f/helix_10_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs25/i/2009/239/2/5/helix_8_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc00.deviantart.com/fs29/i/2009/239/6/a/helix_7_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs27/i/2009/239/c/7/helix_6_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs47/i/2009/239/c/1/helix_5_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs23/i/2009/239/b/a/helix_4_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs28/i/2009/239/d/a/helix_3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs22/i/2009/239/6/8/helix_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs26/i/2009/239/4/b/custom_helix_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
Basically the only thing I did with the helix figure was paint on the skin tones. I also made the lighter part of her hair more blonde. I also added a piece of black fabric from a darth maul cape underneath her pouch belt to make it look like a mini-skirt. It may not be evident right off in the pics but I think you can see it if your looking for it... Oh yeah, I also took my dremel to her cleaveage a little bit. where the zipper came down on her jumpsuit I just made a deep cut and rounded it out around the tops of her breasts... I think it came out, rather... shapely. ;)
lol
this next fig I am waiting on moderator aproval to post frontal shots of... let's just say the vest doesn't zip up and she likes to feel the wind against her skin as she rides.....
the bad biker girl (rival biker babe to the speeder bike garage gang... can we say mudwresseling dio!?!)
(http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs27/i/2009/239/f/6/biker_bitch_6_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
This backpack was taken from the cobra troops out of the gi-joe resolute 5 pack... it fits perfectly snug over the animated clone's back box thing if you cut the peg out of it. I gave it to MY arf trooper
(http://fc09.deviantart.com/fs25/i/2009/239/4/6/arf_with_backpack_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
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this is a WIP clone... for now I'm calling him the "Clone HAT" or Clone Heavt Artillary Trooper.
This clone is outfitted with heavy misile launchers and heavy fire laser cannons attached at his right arm via a gauntlet. This free's up both his hands for other blasters. The cannons are attached to a small backpack which is basically a stripped down power source. This power source powers the cannons as well as a personal anti-grav unit to assist the clone in maneuvering the heavy equipment. This means that 300lbs of plasma torpedo launching badd-assery feels like a blaster pistol! It also houses an experimental personal sheild. This shield is the reason the clone is wearing limited armor, he doesn't need armor when he is protected by his own shield. Much like the sheilds which droideka's utilize this personal sheild for clones is still in developemental stages....
(http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs23/i/2009/239/6/9/hat_wip_9_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs28/i/2009/239/7/2/hat_wip_8_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs27/i/2009/239/e/7/hat_wip_6_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs22/i/2009/239/4/3/hat_wip_5_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs29/i/2009/239/4/4/hat_wip_3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs27/i/2009/239/5/c/hat_wip_4_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs24/i/2009/239/c/2/hat_wip_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/239/7/2/hat_wip_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
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samauri droid:
(http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs47/i/2009/239/e/a/samauri_droid_7_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs26/i/2009/239/9/8/samauri_droid_5_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs23/i/2009/239/8/a/samauri_droid_4_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc09.deviantart.com/fs24/i/2009/239/8/4/samauri_droid_3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs24/i/2009/239/d/8/samauri_droid_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs25/i/2009/239/3/1/samauri_droid_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
this was made with a magnaguard droid as it's base. it has gen. grevious lower legs. All the samauri armor is from the new iron man animated Mandarin. Cool looking fig, but as soon as I opened the package and got the figure out the legs fell out of the hip sockets. They apperently had somekind of "kung fu" squeeze the legs together and i'll throw my swoord action.... but it broke before I could ever figure that out. Nice thing about the figure though was that most of the armor parts are soft rubbery plastic and molded seperate from the fig so they were easy to remove and use for this custom. I did this to compliment my samauri mando armor but it kicked the mando I had done clear out of the water.... that mando has died and gone back to the parts bin now....
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new darktrooper pics:
I updated it a bit. I was still unhappy with that big gap between the new neck's head and shoulders. SO....I put some black wires that came out of an old dvd player on him. They come out of the backpack with 4 on each side, come up around the sides of the shoulders beneath each shoulder pad and rejoin at the bast of the head.
(http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs25/i/2009/239/3/1/samauri_droid_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc00.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/239/6/d/dark_trooper_with_wires_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs47/i/2009/239/1/4/d_t__height_comparison_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
BTW if your just reading this one and you havn't gone back a few pages check out my last 3 posts... lots of stuff added all of a sudden, I'm always afraid of people missing something.
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You have been busy, Devin! I really like the hat trooper and am anxious to see him done. The blond joe girl turned out nice and I love those guns. The other biker chick sounds interesting but we would prefer that our members don't post pics of action figure nudity. I like the new mods to the dark trooper. And, that samauri droid is just cool. I can see a life size version of this one being on display in a museum somewhere.
Really
Solid stuff, Spud.
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Spudfett,
Blue trouser Dude, Blond hot babe, Samuri Droid, Backpack guy, Jello face, WOW you have produced some great and imaginative customs, all great fun. My favourite has to be Blond Bird, she's scare the bejees out of me if she came into my shed for a bit of hanky panky.....I'd be hiding my Star Wars stuff pronto trying to make out that I'm cool.
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Wow, you have been busy. I really like the heavy artillery trooper. That samurai magna gaurd looks sweet too. Heck all of em do. Good added effect with the wire on the dark trooper.
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hey thanks for the compliments guys. I will heed your rules and not post any naughty pics.... ::) yall fun suckers!
no realy, I understand, that is after all why I asked before posting them. I have been working on a tube top for the figure so once that is done I'll post some shots of her from the front.
yeah I'm pretty happy with that agent helix figure. Did you guys know that the tiny little binoculars on the back of her belt come off?!!!? well, they are molded seperate but glued on. They popped off on me though while trying to remove the belt to put on her little skirt. It's a tiny little accessory which is probably why they glued it on there!
I havn't actually attached the wires to the head of the dark trooper yet, I just posed them to get the effect to see how it'd look and what you guys thought... I'll have to get that finished later.
I had a thought that I think you should try clint, or cast for me and let me try..
the darktrooper's head is big enough to fit a button cell battery and a LED. If you could hollow out the head and put some clear plastic in for the eyes a red LED glow inside the head would be killer. I may be getting a second darktrooper on e-bay just to do that....
That HAT trooper realy came out of my pain killer induced boredom this week. I took apart an old DVD player that didn't work and that's where the parts came from for his backpack and gauntlet.
thanks for the comments and the FP guys. I appreciate it alot.
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I like the idea with the dark troopers head, spud.
We may have to look into that one.
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Cool looking Samurai Droid, I thought the armor looked familiar.
It's a shame they don't sell Iron Man Animated figs around here.
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We appreciate you asking before posting said pics Spudafett. As for the front page there was no way not to add em as they were daggone nice. I do like the idea of the red light up eyes for the darktrooper. That will make some cool pics. Do us a photo tutorial if you don't mind when you get around to that, I would love to see how its done.
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will do tamer will do.
a little update:
currently working on a removable armor mandalorian prototype based almost completely off of 25th gi-joe parts...
also started work on a custom group of animated clones for my "team" which will include the HAT trooper shown before, a customized ARF trooper and a few others. One of which I've still got to convert his torso with the cobra comander parts so I will post detailed pics of that process and let you guys in on that too.
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hey I finally did a set of custom clones
here are wip shots to start with:
(http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs30/i/2009/242/c/f/clones_wip_4_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc00.deviantart.com/fs24/i/2009/242/4/4/clones_wip_3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs26/i/2009/242/8/c/clones_wip2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc09.deviantart.com/fs24/i/2009/242/f/a/clones_wip1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
more pics in the next post
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specialist clone trio:
code name U.R.A.T.
Urban Reconnaissance and Assault Task force
the team consists of three members. One clone captain, once specialized advanced reconnaisance fighter, and one heave artillary clone trooper.
they were put together as a team during the clone wars when a particular dificult recon mission came up. these three had never served together before but had impecable records as well as shown a tendancy to think more outside of the box than their fellow clones. This worried some commander's that these three put together might become too independent, but most encouraged the team's uniqueness.
now meet the team:
the captain, jack...: (ok guys, I need a good name for this clone captain, I can't think of any...)
Created as a normal infantry clone, (insert good name here) was all buisness. He performed his duties to the utmost of his abilities. When his original garrison was thrown into the midst of a losing battle he put his mind and body to the test. Becoming trapped alone with clankers bearing down on him his blaster malfunctioned. quick thinking, spare droid blasters and a handy plas-torch in his pack produced a one of a kind weopon out of his malfunctioning blaster and several damaged droid blasters. By utilizing the droid blaster's energy pack as his new weopon's ammo source he was able to mow down the droids in his path, picking up their power packs to replinish his ammo... eventually he fought his way out and found himself promoted....
(ok... I am not good at backstories, anyone want to embelish on my story and flesh it out a little more PLEASE do so!)
(http://fc00.deviantart.com/fs28/i/2009/242/b/0/captain_4_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs22/i/2009/242/9/a/the_captain_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs30/i/2009/242/9/6/the_captain_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs47/i/2009/242/4/9/captain_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
next up is Barrage,
Barrage was completing his training when his superiors noticed he took a little more pleasure in destroying his targets than most clones. It was realized soon that Barrage (not called barrage at the time) was destined for a greater calling than regular infantry. He loved blowing things up. His training was switched to explosives expert and heavy artillary. A brand new designation of clone was developed and the H.A.T. (heavy artillary trooper) project was born. Barrage couldn't have been happier, He got to be the guiney pig for all new heavy artillary and advanced clone weoponry. His favorite of all however was a person sheild and anti-grav device. The built in anti-gravity repulsorlift allowed his body weight to be diminished as well as any item he carried. This made it possible for barrage to carry even more weoponry and explosives!
Outfitted with his personal sheild and anti-grav device Barrage is able to cary two advanced prototype infantry based proton torpedo launchers, and a continuous beam weopon on a specialized gauntlet. Voice activated controls for these weopons allow the free use of both his hands, which carry a heavy repeating blaster. He also has a thermal detonator grenade launcher clipped to a harness which carries 6 thermal hand grenades.
he takes the term "heavy artillary" to an all new level
(http://fc00.deviantart.com/fs22/i/2009/242/0/2/HAT_trooper_5_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs26/i/2009/242/d/d/HAT_trooper_4_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs23/i/2009/242/5/4/HAT_trooper_3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs24/i/2009/242/c/4/HAT_trooper_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs30/i/2009/242/8/d/HAT_trooper_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs23/f/2009/242/a/1/die_clankas_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
lol ;D
and last but not least, the member of the team that puts reconnaissance in URAT....
Filch, the ARF trooper.
Filch (as in steal) is the best at what he does. Trained from conception to keep low, be extremely observant and exceptionaly perceptive Filch is unsurpasable at his ability to track, locate, spy on and if need be terminate his enemy. Filch doesn't care much for blaster's either. Prefering to sneak up on his victims and finish them quicky and quietly with a vibro-blade he caries with him at all times. As an ARF trooper he is equiped with a long range visual scanning device (binoculars...) as well as a range finder on his specialized helmet. He also caries with him an advanced handheld sensor aray which can be modified to pick up transmissions, life forms, or machinery.
Filch:
(http://fc09.deviantart.com/fs24/i/2009/242/c/e/arf_trooper_6_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc00.deviantart.com/fs47/i/2009/242/6/5/arf_trooper_5_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs30/i/2009/242/7/a/arf_trooper_3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs23/i/2009/242/6/7/arf_trooper_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/242/a/3/arf_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs25/i/2009/242/f/c/arf_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
ok, next post has group shots
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the team assembled:
(http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/242/a/f/U_R_A_T__group_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs30/i/2009/242/3/f/the_team_3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs26/i/2009/242/8/8/animated_clone_group_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
alright guys, I want your honest opinion on these since they are kinda my first real clone trooper custom group... Pick them apart, tell me every detail you like and every detail you hate....
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Wow, I don't have time right now, but these dudes are front page bound. I will say only this about your figures, if Hasbro was putting out figures like this I would still be collecting them. I really like the heavy artillery trooper. Just sweet with that big ole gun.
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Awesome.
This gang means business, that's not hard to tell.
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Sweet buddy. I like that Hat trooper the best. Love your team, dude!
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Sweet group of clones, definitely digging the b&w camo paint scheme, very nice!
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These guys look awesome.
Nice paint aps, good fig selection and customization.
Everything looks great...... Except the rainbow brite cable... just my opinion, but its a little too colorful.
Imagine they are out on a "job" aand everything is great.... then they are spotted because of the rainbow coalition cable.
They would fight their way out... no doubt... no problem.... but a quick coat of paint or a wire heat shrink or wrap of tape and you need never have worried about it.
Just conceptualizing....
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lol I was hoping noone would notice the colorful wire... I know it's kind of bright. I'll look for a dif. one that I might be able to use or I might paint it. IDK. but your definately right, for a recon group it is way too colorful. lol rainbow bright... ::)
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curious question... do the pictures on the first few pages of my thread show up for you guys? i'm getting teh evil red x....
ok here are some action fleet customs I did way back... with enamel paints even... shame on me! ok first up is my "animated debut" slave one!
(http://th03.deviantart.net/fs37/300W/i/2008/268/4/b/AD_Slave1_rear_hatch_open_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://th08.deviantart.net/fs37/300W/i/2008/268/d/7/AD_slave_1_rear_hatch_closed_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://th08.deviantart.net/fs36/300W/i/2008/268/a/f/AD_slave_1_cockpit_detail_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://th04.deviantart.net/fs37/300W/i/2008/268/4/c/AD_slave_1_rear_details_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc00.deviantart.com/fs36/i/2008/268/1/c/All_the_animated_debut_colors_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs37/i/2008/268/7/0/AD_action_fleet_slave_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://th03.deviantart.net/fs36/300W/i/2008/264/2/8/Boba_fett_in_WIP_cockpit_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
ok next is my "crimson tie" or "imperial gaurd tie"
(http://th00.deviantart.net/fs36/300W/i/2008/268/2/6/prep_for_launch_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs37/i/2008/268/0/1/stay_on_target_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs36/i/2008/268/c/f/crimson_pilot_and_royal_gaurd_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs37/i/2008/261/b/1/Crimson_tie__side_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs37/i/2008/261/3/4/Crimson_Tie__back_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
hahah... isn't it funny how clean my kitchen table is in those pics... :P
Hey guys, if your new here and you've tried to look through my thread and some of the pics arn't showing up go check out my deviant art site, I'm going to put up a link in my signature. everything I post here is on there, and then some. There might even be some back story info or wip snippets that didn't make it into my explanations on here. Please check it out, and if your on deviant art let me know by sending me a message!
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Cool action fleet customs, spud. That animated slave one turned out killer.
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Cad bane teaser pics:
(http://fc09.deviantart.com/fs30/i/2009/245/3/c/cad_bane_custom_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs22/i/2009/245/f/0/cad_bane_vs_ahsoka_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
more details and pics later. deviant art isn't cooperating right now and I'm tired... it's past my bed time...
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Great work on the URAT!! I'm sure back story wouldn't be to hard for these guys after a few hot cafs and a nerf steak.
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all very cool, man.
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Cad bane's knees turned out killer! Good job!
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commando droid wip removable clone disguise
(http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/245/1/d/commando_droid_in_clone_armor_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
basically what I did was took an animated clone and cut him in half and then used the dremel to sand the inside out of the armor. I then put some extensions on the top and sides so that it would fit around the droid... it looks realy awkward right now and Idk if I'm even going to try and finish this as it didn't turn out like I wanted it to.
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ok, more bane pics.
and a little about how I achieved this
Basically I cut the legs of bane at the knee and drilled tiny peg holes. Then I used an IG-86 assassin droid's hip joints to make the knee joint on bane. I cut the droid's legs slightly below the joint and then cut bane's calf at about the same length. I pegged these two pieces together with a needle and glued them secure.
I also wasn't satisfied with there being no ankles. I had originally planned to put my own joints into the existing bane's feet. However they proved entirely too tiny to put anything in there and it look right. I thought that perhaps a clone trooper's elbow or wrist joint might work... but they were too thick too. Ultimately I decided on using a gi-joe paraviper's feet. Then all it took was chopping both of bane's feet off (careful not to cut the jet nacels (sp?)) and drilled peg holes for the new feet. I only repainted the legs of bane as I needed all the new parts to be uniform.
I also did some adjustments to his rifle. I didn't like the silver paint on it as I thought it should be more gunmetalish and shiney. I mixed up a new silver that was just slightly darker than normal and gave it a good wash, then repainted the wood accents with brown leather acrylic.
I'm realy proud of the strap I gave the gun. It is completely removable so the gun can be returned to it's original state. I didn't want to super glue the strap on and make it permenant. This is going to be the way I do gun straps from now on! The streatchy craft string was white to begin with so I used permenant marker to paint it black (in hindsight i had brown, and as most of bane's outfit is brown leather it might have looked better). Then I folded loops into each end of the string around the gun and superglued the string back on itself. This eliminated a gaudy knot and made it to where it could hold secure to the gun as well as streatch enough to be removable. And of course you can sling the gun over his back so that he can actually carry it, as before he either had to hold it or it was left loose....
ok enough babbling here are the pics:
(http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs29/i/2009/245/6/9/bane_custom_13_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs23/i/2009/245/4/1/bane_custom_12_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs25/i/2009/245/d/6/bane_custom_11_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc00.deviantart.com/fs25/i/2009/245/9/9/bane_custom_10_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs22/i/2009/245/0/4/bane_custom_8_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs25/i/2009/245/e/5/bane_custom_7_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs25/i/2009/245/8/8/bane_custom_6_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs26/i/2009/245/a/5/bane_custom_5_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs28/i/2009/245/a/8/bane_custom_4_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs30/i/2009/245/f/4/Bane_custom_3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs27/i/2009/245/d/d/Bane_custom_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs25/i/2009/245/5/3/bane_custom_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
I forgot to mention that the flame effects on the ankle boosters are from the escape from kamino boba fett (boy). They are stuck into the nozzles by pins and are removable. The concept mcquarrie flame thrower effect was thrown on there for fun and is only held on by a tiny clear rubber band saved from a sw package. I would have liked to make a spot on his gauntlet to put a hole for the flame effect to slip into but there realy is no room.
I realy HATED posing this figure. This is probably THE hardest figure ever to get to pose right. Even stock (before my mods) it was hard to pose without something falling off or the figure falling over. It's very top heavy. The hat continually gets bumped off and the hands do not want to hold the guns right.
I realy hate how hasbro packages these figs with the guns in their hands... it always bends and distorts the soft plastic and winds up making them realy f-ed up.
Also, does anyone else who has this fig have problems with the arms falling out at the elbow? Mine's right arm kept falling out due to that crappy hose part that is on there pushing up against the elbow joint. every time I tried puting a gun in his hand the dang arm would fall off....!
anyways, hope you guys liked this one. I definately like it a whole lot more now that i've modded it.
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Wow, nice work! I may get one to use parts from to create a legacy-style version.
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I saw a realy good legacy style one someone else did a while back with completely different parts, jango gauntlets and jango holsters. It looked realy good. Of course the belt of pouches wasn't realy accurate... Thanks for the comment though, I think it turned out real nice.
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Wow, good job on the Bane figure! You've successfully fixed Hasbro's crap-ups, which is always great to accomplish. I think if someone had rocket boosters on their feet, they would lock their knees straight instead of bending them, or at least keep the rocket directly below them... certainly doesn't look as cool (your pose is pretty bad ass), but I imagine being pushed up by my feet and having my knees shoved up into my stomach, lol. I think I'd go for a jetpack in that universe ;)
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lol I'm assuming his little backpack is somekind of anti-gravity stabilizer... lol. yeah I don't like the locked knees pose either! he'd look to much like iron man....
I'd definately take the jetpack too, maybe both... superb mobility that way.
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thats awesome !!
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here is an OLD scratch built colonial viper (battlestar galactica) that I did trying to match the action fleet scale. This ship is made entirely from sheet styrene, cardstock paper and three sections of pvc pipe (for the engines). The canopy is made of some clear plastic from a star wars figure's packaging.
enjoy:
(http://th09.deviantart.net/fs40/300W/i/2009/021/1/7/colonial_viper_front_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs41/i/2009/021/e/8/colonial_viper_top_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs40/i/2009/021/8/1/Colonial_viper_right_side_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
now obviously I think if I revisited the project and did it over I would come out with something ALOT better looking... something that didn't have courogated card board showing! hah! lol but it was a fun little project that kept me occupied for a few days. I never have got around to repainting the markings and details onto it either.
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Nice Viper, Spud!
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Nice job, Its a great likeness.
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very nice Spud. I like the Vipers. I hate to admit I still prefer the old TV series to the new one that SyFy did.
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tamer, do not be ashamed! I loved the originals so much more! I tried getting dawn to go back and watch them with me once though and she couldn't get past the bad acting, hokey effects and horrible soundtrack! lol
I've been inspired by reconsgt to do a 3.75" scale viper based on an x-wing shell like he's been working on. I just bought up two battered and beaten old x-wings on e-bay for fairly cheap to do it... Can't wait for that stuff to arive!
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some concepts I'm working up on the customs table
mech:
IDK where this mech originated but it is close to the 3.75" fig scale so I am going to try and customize it into something that you'd see in star wars. any suggestions of what to do with it?
(http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs30/i/2009/251/a/4/mech_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
this is something else i'm working on. I got this glider from e-bay that came out of a target exclusive gi-joe pack (I think from the new line, i'm not sure) originally for use as a mandalorian custom jetpack... when I got it in I realized it was much too big for a mando pack to look right. So I'm thinking about doing a variation of my "high altitude trooper" using an animated clone and this glider pack. I'll do it in the same "urban" grey tones cammo that I did my trio of clones in. He will be their "aerial recon support trooper" or something like that i guess.
(http://th00.deviantart.net/fs22/300W/i/2009/251/2/0/gide_trooper_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs30/i/2009/251/4/4/glide_trooper2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
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here is my finished take on the scuba mando concept. he turned out REALY blue so bare with me on that...
basically he is mostly a gi-joe figure which arms have been replaced by a boba fett's arms and the shins and feet have been replaced with boba's by way of the method I explained in my tutorial on super articulating the animated clone. The base joe figure was a cobra diver figure.
The aqua-sled is from the underwater corps pack as is the little hammer-head shark.
pics:
(http://fc00.deviantart.com/fs27/i/2009/253/d/7/scuba_mando_16_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/253/3/1/scuba_mando_15_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs27/i/2009/253/a/5/scuba_mando_14_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc00.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/253/8/7/scuba_mando_13_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc00.deviantart.com/fs28/i/2009/253/2/c/scuba_mando_12_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs25/i/2009/253/4/8/scuba_mando_11_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs22/i/2009/253/2/4/scuba_mando_10_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs22/i/2009/253/3/b/scuba_mando_9_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs28/i/2009/253/b/4/scuba_mando_8_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc00.deviantart.com/fs30/i/2009/253/a/5/scuba_mando_7_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/253/8/e/scuba_mando_6_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs47/i/2009/253/d/d/scuba_mando_5_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs28/i/2009/253/8/e/scuba_mando_4_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs27/i/2009/253/9/f/scuba_mando_3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs46/i/2009/253/0/9/scuba_mando_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs25/i/2009/253/7/c/scuba_mando_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
here are some wip pics of my super arty regular mando i've got on the table right now
(http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs24/i/2009/253/2/a/super_arty_mando_wip_3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs22/i/2009/253/f/7/super_arty_mando_wip_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc09.deviantart.com/fs24/i/2009/253/6/b/super_arty_mando_wip_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
well, pick it apart guys and give me some feedback
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From my point of view, I don't see anything to pick apart! Blue is my favorite color, so I can't complain too much on that! The excellent use of G.I. Joe figs lately is fantastic, and the mods to the packs and hoses and stuff are awesome. I've never understood why they can make EVERY G.I. Joe fig with super articulation like they are, but can't do the same for Star Wars.
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Both the Mandos look great, nice job
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Personally, I like the two shades of blue. Nice work. FP bound on this one.
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Oh Spud, I like him! I like the blue also. That side shot of him on the sled is priceless. You ought to try a little underwater dip for him using plastic aquarium plants as vegitation.
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Ditch the mag on the Red Mando's left-hand gun. Makes it look too real-world.
Get aquarium backdrop and shoot Mando on location.
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lol guys I'm getting some clear acrylic rod eventually and going to do a dio with the scuba mando for sure.
doc I had the same thouhgt about that gun and chopping off the clip. I'll go back and def. do that now.
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Nice job Devin on the Scuba Clone. Hopefully when I start mine it will turn out just as awesome. (I hope) I have many ideas just not enough time in a day to work on it. Obviously some just have more time on their hands than others. LOL (yes just a little jealous.) Anyways . . . Hope you will have time this weekend to help me.
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Awesome job on the scuba mando. Really, really cool.
Great work, all around.
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man I realized today after looking at the pics I posted I never fleshed out and finished the rocket powered spear that you conceptualized.... I guess I'll leave that up to you!
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Wow, spud, I am totally digging that scuba-mando! That riding thing he has is pretty sweet too, both are great! Also, I totally used to have that mech thing you got, I remember the little machine gun on the one arm clicks when you spin it, haha. You should canabalize it and make it into an ATPT somehow, I've always thought those were super cool. But, if you want to keep the original form, you could (and should) chop off those goofy wings and give it an appropriate paint job, depending on the era you're going for.
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hmm... an atpt huh? idk how I'd get that to work... i'll have to mull over that a bit
I actually wound up with 3 different ones of this exo-force mech... lol I grabbed a lot on e-bay of a TON of old miscellaneous junk in the hopes that it'd have some good stuff for custom fodder and actually made out with a few realy cool items... but most of it will wind up in another box on the doorstep of the local goodwil! lol
I am thinking about extending the legs on this mech and making a sw or joe custom from it... either way those rediculous wings have got to go! I am kind of disapointed that the mechs don't have the missiles that go in all the launchers. These look like they had a ton of cool features when they were mint...
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Very cool, both of them.
I'll start using Joe parts now, too.
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Great job on both of them, I love the under water sled and could see easily turning that into a speeder bike of some kind =)
Great concept though from start to finish... what Mando is next? Jungle? Artic? Desert? Space?
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lol i've done a space mando... and it sucked! lol I'm going to revisit that one eventually.
I think the "scout" mando I'm working on will be my jungle mando as I was going to do him up in cammo.
I honestly havn't thought much about the other two. I'll get back to ya on that...
in the mean time this was that realy crappy space fett that I did a long time ago... he has since been chopped up for parts.
(http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs45/i/2009/078/6/f/space_suit_fett_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
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Haha, he doesn't look that crappy... sad you chopped him up, because you totally could have made him more awesome by painting him black so he wouldn't stand out in space ;)
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that might have helped... Idk.. he isn't completely hacked up. I think all I did was remove the hoses as I needed one for the scuba mando.
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ok... since the first slave ahsoka was such a big hit on e-bay I decided to make another and take this one a step further... Unfourtunately I can't post ALL the pics here as this is a family friendly site ;)....
Basically the soft goods are removable, use your imagination...
(http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs22/i/2009/254/1/5/another_slave_ahsoka_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc00.deviantart.com/fs24/i/2009/254/5/f/another_slave_ahsoka_3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
eww... I need to touch up here glove, got some ahsoka orange on it...lol
(http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs30/i/2009/254/8/2/slave_ahsoka_tano_4_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
well... what do you think it'll catch on e-bay? The first one I did went for 70+ bucks... and that one had her outfit painted on. ;) lol I'm starting this one out at 30.00 bucks plus 5.00 shipping, yall think that's reasonable considering what I got for the last one?
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I'd say so - can't wait to see the interest (and bids) she generates...
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me either... of course her and several others have been up now for a few hours and the ones that have gotten the most watchers are my resolute ROC cobra commander, cobra moto-bat, and the samauri droid...
BTW guys, I'm going to post a link to my e-bay store in the e-bay sales section once I have all the stuff put up on there. GO check it out!
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Spud, I'm gonna go ahead and say that Ahsoka is kinda creepy and wrong on many levels... I don't know how old she's supposed to actually be in the series, but if I had to guess, I'd pick somewhere between 8-13... do people actually think she's like... nude-worthy hot? If so, eew. :I
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In the clone wars movie novel, she was 14. Just a youngling
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man I realized today after looking at the pics I posted I never fleshed out and finished the rocket powered spear that you conceptualized.... I guess I'll leave that up to you!
I'm not even close to your skill level, so it's unlikely that I could create anything worthy of that incredible custom.
Again, gorgeous custom scuba mando.
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LOL Xv... I know it is a little creepy when you think of it that way... :o
lets just go on and say this is an "older" ahsoka...
I may wind up redoing this one too if it doesn't sell and redo it like my first one. The more I think about it the more I probably will... I have a feeling it's not going to go over well even on e-bay. However... it has the most watchers of anything I've got up right now. 5 watchers in fact, and the first one I made only ever got 3 people watching it. so who knows!
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Wait, did someone just call child porn on one of your customs?
That is a first, spuda, LOL.
You should sell your wife's figures, too, they are just as much fun . . .and not as likely to be bid on pedophiles, :D
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GIGANTIC EPIC LOLS... that got dawn laughing too simon! too great...
yeah I've got one of her twi-lek's on the table wiating for her to paint it and getting it sent to a guy that requested one on e-bay. She hasn't done any others as she hasn't had time.
but after the reception Dawn is getting with the custom rides contest she has been thinking about selling her bike and rider... She also has an agent helix figure to customize that I think she'll sell.
she's alot better at saying "I think we'll sell this one it's so good"....
where as I say
"this is so good I don't want to sell it!"
lol....
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Regarding your Slave Ahsoka custom, I've seen people really freaking out on multiple sites, and nearly calling for your head.
I just see you as a entrepreneur, and not the ( you can imagine the words people are choosing) that some may think.
Sell what you will, but I'm hearing alot of people wanting to storm the castle over this one.
Good luck, and best wishes.
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Yeah, I've seen that too - mountain out of a molehill.
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any chance you could send me a link to these alleged convo's so that I can voice my opinion? Quite frankly, and this might just be me... but if you have a problem over something then you need to take it up with the person that you have a problem with rather than complain, wine, moan and groan in a way that they have no say to the matter....
If it's causing that much of an issue... seriously people look up "ahsoka Tano" on deviantart, you'll find way worse crap!
What I think is funny... is that If I had sculpted the figure to look a little older and more mature the issue probably wouldn't be a big one. Seriously...
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http://threads.rebelscum.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=UBB7&Number=2482705&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=93&fpart=3
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I believe I am going to edit that listing now... some make a valid point... but also need to get their heads out of the sand and loosen up a bit!
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agreed! ::)
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What's the prob?
It is a custom figure for adult collectors and not a toy for kids.
These are the same people who have drooled over Natalie Portman in the Genonosis Arena and Carrie Fisher strangling Jabba.
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Agreed.
But they were sexy.(Portman and Fisher)
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lol Very valid point kurgan and that is honestly the way I saw this figure during it's conception... for goodness sakes it's a fictional ANIMATED character.
I could have gone into alot more anatomical detail with the figure as well, but I did not as I felt it would be very inapropriate...
some people just like to make themselves feel better by flaming others behind their back... I think that is what is bothering me the most... If you have an issue with something I have done, TELL ME, don't go wining and crying about it behind my back.
anyway. I removed the "obscene" images from both the e-bay listing and my deviant art page.
I wonder now if the few people who were watching it were actually watching it to bid on it or just to keep tabs on the listing and the hoopla surrounding it....
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"...they're white..."
Haha, was that concerning a picture that was removed from ebay for it's inappropriate content? Oh screw ambiguity, did you maker her boobies white, spud? Lol! Classy to the end! Now were they belonging instead to Shaak Ti from Force Unleashed, we might have needed some pictures ;)
Wasn't the whole Asoka-as-a-slave actually from something like a comic somewhere or whatever? I seem to remember having seen it... somewhere... before and being a little grossed out... like she tried to pretend she was the daughter of someone famous? (it was probably on 4chan if anywhere... lol...)
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yep... it's CANNON!
Star Wars the Clone Wars: Slaves of the Republic
look it up on wookiepedia and about the ONLY picture they have of the comic is one of "slave ahsoka"
I still think that is why my first one I did sold so well, because you can actually find a "cannon" reference to the concept.
lol that "they're white" comment definnately cracked me up the most! I made her nips to match the white markings on her face... I believe I saw a very "anatomically correct" rendition of shaak-ti on deviantart a while back that used that idea pluss more white markings as body accents for the togrutas. So, even that wasn't originally my concept!
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OMG someone call RIPLEY!
(http://fc09.deviantart.com/fs51/i/2009/257/c/b/AHH_OMG_FACE_HUGGER_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
so I watched aliens 3 last night... and I had a face hugger... and a clone... put them together and get instant lol...
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in the clone wars comic her,anakin and obi=wan are captured by zygerrians and made slaves and that outfit wasnt fair off hers spud
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Haha, good call. I'm sure they're just upset because she's underage and you gave her removable clothes, just begging for pedo-bear to buy it. Oh well, not the end of the world. Oh and good job with the face-hugger, get ready for Xeno-jango! The badass mandalorian Xenomorph that takes no prisoners!
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but... xv wouldn't a xenomorph of jango, or any other mando or clone for that matter, just look like a regular alien? Since they would gestate inside normal humans?
what would really be crazy is a big hairy wookien (wookie alien)! or a Yodalien... or any other of the more strange star wars verse's creatures... twi-lalien?
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wookiee alien jedi?
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or any other of the more strange star wars verse's creatures... twi-lalien?
Or a Togrutalien? a NAKED one?? wOOt!
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;D I'm never going to live this down am I?!!?
lol i was messing around with some headswapping last night:
Commando droid prototype?
(http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs51/i/2009/258/8/2/prototype_commando_droid_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
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(no, prolly not... ;D )
Nice!! I'm thinking I might have to buy some of the CW droids for variations in droid bodies to use around the Station. Just for visual differences and all.
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I'm thinking about getting another commando droid and doing a "stealth" or shadow commando droid... stealth recon isn't just for clones after all.
I got my junker x-wings in the mail today... one of them is REALY badly yellowed. It looks like it was stuck in a kid's sandbox for a long time... it is full of dirt and spider webs on the inside! lol... not a big deal for me though as I'm taking it apart and repainting it anyways!
(http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs50/i/2009/258/d/9/junk_x_wings_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
So this is my plan for these:
the yellowed one is going to be stripped down and turned into a "drag-speeder"
the other is going to be turned into a BSG viperesque fighter.
;DI can't wait to get started.
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Well, since they P&M'd that folks were supporting That Custom on other sites but weren't making a peep on RS, I figured I would. I coughed up the Opposing View and am now walking away from it. They don't want a different viewpoint. Prolly why no one bothered supporting the right to make topless Togrutians over there...
Crud... now I need a Shaak Ti!! mwahahahahahahaha
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geez, that one is yellow. It almost looks like yellow paint.
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Well, since they P&M'd that folks were supporting That Custom on other sites but weren't making a peep on RS, I figured I would. I coughed up the Opposing View and am now walking away from it. They don't want a different viewpoint. Prolly why no one bothered supporting the right to make topless Togrutians over there...
Crud... now I need a Shaak Ti!! mwahahahahahahaha
what are you talking about? You need back up on another site?
(signals the ISY armored carrier), lets roll!
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geez, that one is yellow. It almost looks like yellow paint.
Desert camo X-wing, anyone? ;D
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I think doc is trying to defend my slave ahsoka! lol... and he got shot down. narc
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The X-wing projects are something I'm really looking forward to seeing come to fruition.
I couldn't post without saying something about the "storm in a teacup" Re the Ashoka custom, I can't see what all of the fuss is about, some of the stuff that comes out of Japan sold as scifi toys is far more suggstive. For God'sake it's a custom Star Wars figure...
Jules
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jules I agree, I've seen ALOT worse... but whatever, some people will make a big deal out of anything if it makes them feel better about their life.
anyways... I'm realy looking forward to chopping into these x-wings with my dremel tomorow. I havn't hacked something like this apart in a while, it'll be fun :)
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got some wips to show you guys.
first up is cad bane's personalized magnaguard starfighter. Just got this thing today and it wasn't out of the box for 10minutes before I started looking at ways to customize it! lol I've gotten bad about that....
anyway I present the Xanadoo Blood, or at least it's preliminary stages.
(http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs50/i/2009/259/9/b/xanadoo_blood_2_wip_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs50/i/2009/259/2/1/Xanadoo_blood_wip_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
as you can see i've added a rear gun already. As far as the paint job goes I doubt I'm going to go with the version hasbro did. I might use the same colors as the titanium version. I definately don't want it to look like cad bane flew through a paint shop and had various colors splattered onto the hull... which right now is how that dang titanium looks to me. it just isn't fluid enough.
any ideas for a good paint scheme? Any way I could make this ship look like something from the old west? keeping in theme with the character's southwestern influences... idk what I'll do yet.
I do know this thing is going to be bristling with weopons when I'm finished.
here is my x-wing turned drag racer.
(http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs50/i/2009/259/4/6/drag_speeder_3_wip_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs50/i/2009/259/5/0/drag_speeder_2_side_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs51/i/2009/259/4/2/drag_speeder_wip_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
I'm debating painting this one... I either want it to look like an awesome suped up dragster that could win a fraking show contests or a busted up old cobbled together street racer... If I go with the later version it'll probably stay the color it is! lol. I'm also going to put a spoiler fin on the back to bring it closer to the clasic "dragster" look.
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I don't k now about the wild west per se, but if you'd like to see sci fi and wild west fusion, watch firefly.
In fact, if you haven't watch the firefly series(series first, then movie), stop customizing and go watch it, it is probably one of the best sci fi shows out there, can I get an Amen?"
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Firefly was a great show, to bad it was so short lived, but the concept was fantastic. I bought it on DVD not knowing what to expect but was pleasantly surprised
The Xwing drag racer will be interesting
The magna guard fighter is not one I have really looked at before, Can't wait to see both of them done
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the magnaguard fighter rocks.. but it needed more weopons to truly be a bounty hunter's ship. apparently the clone wars season two will see cad bane getting paid by the seperatists with one of these ships... he then customizes it and uses it as his main ship...
as far as the dragster goes it WILL be interesting to see how it turns out! lol...
and for firefly. No, I havn't seen it... but stargate is the best sci-fi tv series there ever was. ;) next up is star-trek TNG, then Star Trek voyager... then Battlestar galactica (original) then the remake...
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Oh firefly does indeed rock! I too bought the DVD not knowing what to expect and was quite surprised.
I like the mods to the x wing this far, spud.
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Yay, you don't like that awful Titanium Cad Bane fighter either! Not sure exactly how you could make it look old-western, though... ever seen Serenity / Firefly? I'm sure something in there could be inspiring, that whole show is Sci-fi meets Old West, and it's very awesome!
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the magnaguard fighter rocks.. but it needed more weopons to truly be a bounty hunter's ship. apparently the clone wars season two will see cad bane getting paid by the seperatists with one of these ships... he then customizes it and uses it as his main ship...
as far as the dragster goes it WILL be interesting to see how it turns out! lol...
and for firefly. No, I havn't seen it... but stargate is the best sci-fi tv series there ever was. ;) next up is star-trek TNG, then Star Trek voyager... then Battlestar galactica (original) then the remake...
oh, don't get me wrong, I loved TNG, battlestar up until season 3 or so, but you'll change the order once you see firefly, man.
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check this out:
christian and ethan's halloween costumes in 2007. Just found this video on my external harddrive archive... go check it out and tell me what you think.
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Very cool, I would have loved an R2 costume when I was a little tike.
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I don't k now about the wild west per se, but if you'd like to see sci fi and wild west fusion, watch firefly.
In fact, if you haven't watch the firefly series(series first, then movie), stop customizing and go watch it, it is probably one of the best sci fi shows out there, can I get an Amen?"
AMEN Brother!!!Reading a comic just aint the same is it, i hope they make a sequel!!!!
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more on the xanadu blood. I'm going to do an "evolution of a custom" video and throw that up on youtube later tonight that will have more pictures so keep tuned for that.
here is a photo of the entire magnaguard fighter completely taken apart. Photos of the process will be showcased in the video I'll put up later.
(http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs50/i/2009/262/e/a/xanadu_blood_wip3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
here are in progress photos of the paintjob
(http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs50/i/2009/262/b/f/xandu_blood_9_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs51/i/2009/262/e/f/xandu_blood_8_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
two extra cannons were added to both sides of the cockpit underneath each wing. I realy have no idea where those are from I got them in a lot of a bunch of random old toys on e-bay. I attached an old x-wing laser cannon onto the middle landing gear to make a swivelling turret... I thought the measly landing gear on this thing was rather rediculous so I utilized it in adding the extra weoponry. I felt this cannon underneath would work well for this as the same cannon is on the same one that is underneath the general grevious starfighter, or "droid bomber"..
here is it all painted up. I tried to stay faithful to the horrible titanium model, but took my own spin on it. I completely painted it not leaving any of the silver regular factory coat showing through like on the titanium model. I am happy with the result.
(http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs50/i/2009/262/8/6/xandu_blood_7_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs51/i/2009/262/0/3/xandu_blood_6_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs51/i/2009/262/f/8/xandu_blood_5_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs51/i/2009/262/b/0/xandu_blood_4_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs51/i/2009/262/6/3/xandu_blood_3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs50/i/2009/262/a/f/xandu_blood_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs51/i/2009/262/2/7/xandu_blood_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
well, what do you guys think?
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Looks good, I like the flat rust primer color base coat, It looks better than whats on the titanium piece. The added weaponry blends nicely.
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thanks, I like the rust primer alot better too. I think it is a good color to add to the "western" feel... rust colors always makes me think of run down ghost towns and rusted out old cars... lol.
One thing I forgot was to add the symbol seen on the titanium ship. I will most likely print off a decal with the symbol and transfer it to the ship and then spray the entire thing down with a clear coat to seal it all and protect it.
the white "jellyfish" symbol is what i'm talking about:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3373/3650918720_a4de71d708_o.jpg)
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"evolution of the xanadu blood"
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ok, thats pretty cool.
I had not seen that titanium figure.
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Looks good Devin. Time to go to the front page with you again. That added weaponry is killer. I can't wait to see this with the jellyfish symbol on it too. Nice work.
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Sorry spud, but I'm gonna go ahead and say I'm not a fan of this one... As far as replicating the titanium's style goes, you did a really good job, but I personally think you should have totally scrapped the hasbro/lucas design and made up your own paint scheme. I think some flat finish Earth-tones in a non-jackson-pollock design would have been awesome. Maybe made it look like the guns were wrapped in leather or something, haha! But, that's just my opinion... Again, for what you were going for, you hit right on the mark. Oh also, I am totally digging the addition of all those guns... I think mine might be receiving something similar one day, my Guri needs a ship with teeth, I think! Oh by the way, that R2 costume... Priceless!
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thanks xv... the more i thought about it the more I wanted to stay as cannon as I could with this. I think it came out well considering the source material.
I love this ship though. It's probably my favorite vehicle of all of them, second would be the gen. grevious starfighter. I think I'm going to probably do another custom of this ship in my own unique color schemes.
thanks for the comments and especially the constructive criticism from XV! I love to hear about what you guys dislike about a custom just as much as I like hearing praise about the good things!! like most artists I usualy judge the successfullness of my work by what is not liked rather than what is!
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I'm in XV's camp - I think you did a bang-up job replicating your source material, but I don't care for the source material. I believe that once you launch out on your own scheme for one of these ships, you will have a show-stopper.
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I'm thinking that if cad bane got this as payment then aura sing probably got one too... I think my next project dealing with one of these will customizing it for an aura sing custom I've been wanting to do for a long long time
aura sing only is ever shown with the swoop bike as her vehicle as far as I know... if anyone knows better please let me know
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Nice looks sweet
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I also don't like the titanium paint scheme and for this reason haven't picked that one up. you did a nice job emulating that paint job but I think a shadowish paint job with some gunship looking sharkteeth would be cool looking on this one.
Yeah, I agree with you and really like the lines on the Grievous ship also. It is one of my favorite prequel ships.
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a shadowed job would look nice...
I've been wanting to do a shadow commando droid for a prequel custom and a shadowized magnaguard starfighter would be the perfect ship to go with it... interesting idea...
come to think of it I wonder what the new commando droid's head would look like on a magnaguard body...? anyone got an extra couple of those laying around? I'm going to loose my only magnaguard fig in an auction on e-bay if it will sell...
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Great job on the fighter!! It looks very close to the Titanium series one. A+
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Interesting paint job, funnily enough, seeing the model taken apart makes me realise that the original model must have been made using parts from a P38 Lightning, the mid wing section with the twin boom looks very similar.
Oh and what's that black looking xwing mod in the background, that looks very interesting?
Jules
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That black thing in the background is the x-wing turned drag-speeder... stay tuned for more of it later on this week...
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I like the red repaint of the magnaguarrd fighter, and the added weapons...
and it ends there.
not a fan of the titanium paint scheme either....
yours is better, but not quite there either... I cant really say how to make it better, but i thought it looked better just red.
I like the xwing better after the added paint also.
really nice work.
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(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3497/3944504700_3872f5d674_o.jpg)
Spudafett...You've been hangarbay'd
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THAT IS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOVE IT! that's going to be my new avatar!
man that rocks.... thank you!
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Damn, that's cool.
Jules, you're getting better and better with this art.
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(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3497/3944504700_3872f5d674_o.jpg)
Spudafett...You've been hangarbay'd
Lol! Sweet image, Jules! That just rocks!
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dang mate!! sweet.... bloody awesome, what more can i say Jules your a legend !!!
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man looking at that photo got me thinking about that self custom and I don't know why I didn't think of it when I did it... but I devinately need to make a couple of my potato guns I did years ago in 3.75" scale for that self custom of mine...
While I'm off on this tangent, here is a look into my OLD hobby... once I move back to my parents I think I'll get a couple of these back out and get them back up in working order:
this was back when I was in high school still! lol look how small I was... god I need to go on a diet!
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/spudmaster/c9311844.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/spudmaster/P1010078.jpg?t=1253671067)
here's a few more of my old guns...
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/spudmaster/Untitled-1.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/spudmaster/1b5fca23.jpg?t=1253670927)
you guys can check out my ancient website, from when I was in high school!, if you don't mind dealing with pop ups and hellishly embedded adds, and horrible navigation.... it's through this link:
http://www.cherryspotatoguns.150m.com/
you might be able to see more potato gun pics at my old ancient photobucket page as well... it's under spudmaster
heres another blast from my past... it's a custom lightsaber hilt and blade I built from scratch in my garage:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/spudmaster/f9a35ff0.jpg?t=1253671260)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/spudmaster/0704c7d1.jpg?t=1253671292)
just some interesting junk thought you guys might like... nice deviation from regular old customs... lol
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That is damn cool, I've always wanted to make a saber(being a jedi and all), but never did it.
Segnett and I have matching parksabers, but thats about as close as I got.
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Fett, your parents must have been so proud!
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You gotta love that chaingum launcher.
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Devin, this reminds me to take a pic of my own lightsaber and post it later tonight.
That thing is...lemme see...thirty years old now. Give or take a year.
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Fett, your parents must have been so proud!
lol more than once they told me that they didn't understand my obsession with making potato launching cannons... I have one that is 10" in diameter and 20 feet long... it launches soccer balls!
ALL my cannons used propane as an accellerant and stun guns for the spark to ignite it! ;D
The also told me more than once that I'd built some things that they would never have been able to conceptualize... fun thing about my parents was they enjoyed a good explosion as much as I did! We's good fun luvin down home country folks :P
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Spud,
At around the same age I was making "Bongs" out of chemistry equipment and shopping trolleys!
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Shopping trollys? Was it an industrial sized bong or what, Jules?
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Shopping trollys? Was it an industrial sized bong or what, Jules?
Dude, where do you think the phrase "off your trolley" came from.....
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Haha, those cannons are awesome, spudd! I can't believe you made one that launches soccer balls, you HAVE to make a video of that if you still have it and put it on youtube! Sweet lightsaber, too... are those animal bones of some sort I see adorning your gun and lightsaber? Lol!
Oh, and Jules, I love how you've made your name into a verb here... "You've been hangarbay'd" Hilarious!
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those bones are actually cleaned cow bones. lol. I picked them up one year when we deer hunted in at an old cow farm. They had several skeletons sitting around the edges of the fields. I took the vertebrae home as I figured they'd be cool to use for something... I also used to do some sculpting in bone with my dremel. Idk if I have any pics of the stuff I made though...
thanks for the comments guys. Once I get back to my parents I think I have a video saved on my old computer of that soccer ball cannon. It was allways a bugger to get to launch correctly but if I can get it running again I'll get a video too!
Hangarbay... I thought the term was "off your rocker?".... lol
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My slave ahsoka... the one that caused such a ruckass!... sold on e-bay. The buyer requested that among other things (repainting the figure all orange without the "details") for me to give her an alternate outfit resembling that of slave leia's... so... I did:
(http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs51/i/2009/267/1/a/ahsoka__s_metal_bikini_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://th00.deviantart.net/fs51/300W/i/2009/267/5/b/ahsoka__s_metal_bikini_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
well... do you think it works? I hope so... I can't fix it now if it doesn't, put it in the mail today!
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here is my super articulated microlady slave leia figure that I was commissioned to do several months ago... I've finally finished her. After a little hip fracture misshap I employed the help of a buddy from deviantart that supplied me with replacement microman hip balls and I was able to fix her up and finally finish her. Tell me what you think (I know the hips look funny as the replacement part wasn't exactly the same as the original... but I think it's not too totally untolerable...)
(http://th08.deviantart.net/fs50/300W/i/2009/267/6/3/slave_leia_metal_bikini_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs50/i/2009/267/b/2/slave_leia_back_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs50/i/2009/267/6/6/slave_leia_details_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs50/i/2009/267/d/9/slave_leia__jabba__s_pet_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs50/i/2009/267/3/c/slave_leia_and_jaba_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
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slave leia, tamer of beasts:
(http://fc00.deviantart.com/fs50/i/2009/267/a/4/gamorian_in_your_teeth_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
"you've got some gamorian in your teeth.... there... got it..."
(http://th00.deviantart.net/fs50/300W/i/2009/267/2/f/OOPS____by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs51/i/2009/267/d/c/slave_leia__tamer_of_beasts_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
these are all the figs that the guy who bought leia also purchased from me:
(http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs51/i/2009/267/8/2/customs_set_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
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1. I think your Slave Leia looks pretty cool.
2. Make that guy a regular customer and talk him into building a Slave Army.
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lol a slave army eh?
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Worked for Spartacus. At least for a while...
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Nice work Spud!! love your Ahsoka awesome detail!!!
Slave Leia my what a big chest sculpt you have......... lol, she's also a part time dentist too she got skills as do you mate great job all round
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Hey I like that super arty slave leia, spud. That shot with her on the rancor is really cool.
What did all of those figs fetch, if I might ask?
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Spudafett.... ;D
(need I say more).....
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Slave army? I see... HAREM! Marvelous work, Spud!
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he paid me around 95 bucks for all 4 figures. Most of that was profit as he sent me the base figures to make the leia and the new twi-lek. the other figures I'd had made in the past and he just wanted for himself. All in all I think it was a pretty good deal.
thanks for the compliments guys. I realy appreciate it.
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Awesome figures, glad to see leia finally up! The one standing next to the tig-ol-bitty twi'lek totally makes me think of Etain from the RC novels! Good work all around!
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In all of the excitement I also forgot to say how great the Dioramas are.
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dios? what dios? you meam two figures stuck on a crappy hasblo cardboard background is a dio? wow... I need to do more "dios"... lol
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figured look good to me Spud, that Leia is really nice. Those poses with the Rancor are great.
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I always meant to write Karen Traviss and ask her how she envisioned Etain besides from what she described in the RC novels.
Before my inner eye Etain had a bit more of a sun-tanned complexion and brown hair.
Wouldn't it be cool to do a "contest" on a Star Wars character and see how the different interpretations come out?
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those kinds of contests are always fun. Pic one very obscure bareley referenced character and have everyone do their own custom of it. It'd have to be someone that hasbro doesn't make so that there couldn't be any simple repaints... kit bashing would be a requirement... it'd be fun.
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Hey, we can do a friendly contest of Etain.
I bet Karen would love it.
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We have some contest ideas on the horizon, as they're a lot of fun to do, so don't get too far ahead of us!
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Holy crap, I LOVE the idea of making customs from a novel then sending them to the author! We definitely need to make that a whole new sub-group of contests! Of course I nominate the RC novels for the first one, since I'm reading them now! Ooh, a Shadows of the Empire one could be fun! I've always wanted to see a full-arty Dash Rendar done, or I could send in my Guri ;D
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I'd jump on a shadow of the empire contest. that'd be great. I don't know who I'd do... probably a super arty xizor with 3.75" vorago, or a guri... but you've already done such a good guri xv....
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Kandosii! i agree with you Commander Kurgan an RC contest and i too think Karen would love it, she loves the fans creations
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well guys, here's the first custom made at my new home.
After getting everything settled in finally this weekend I realy hurt too badly to go into school this morning so I took the day off. Around about 2:00 though I got restless. So I pulled out an old table from the garage and set up myself a new work table in the middle of my room. I've got pics I'll throw up in the "show us your workstation thread"
first I finished painting that super articulated gen. grevious:
(http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs51/i/2009/278/6/f/repainted_super_arty_grevious_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
anyways, So I started super articulating the Imperial Commando from the Evolution Commando's pack.
here he is:
(http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs50/i/2009/278/c/d/imperial_commando_front_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs51/i/2009/278/9/9/imperial_commando_back_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs50/i/2009/278/2/5/imperial_commando_and_speeder_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
as you can see I also personalized a speeder for him. More photos of the speeder in my vehicles thread....
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I like the editions to that commando. He's looking sharp.
You are the super arty figure master, Spud.
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Nice! Reeeal nice! I love the matching speeder bike as well. Glad to see that you've got your priorities in the right place....Customs 1st then school!
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lol you sound like my dad HB... he just finished giving me the whole "you don't need to be playing with toys when you are so far behind at school!" lecture..
bah! that's just crazy talk!!!!
thanks guys. I'm realy happy with how he turned out. Although I'm kind of disapointed with the blue/grey armor. I'd mixed in some silver with the paint I mixed up and as I painted it it had a very nice little sheen to it from the silver, but when it dried it disapeared.... :(
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OK just arrived here from your vehicle thread with a few questions and the pictures here are great. Really sweet how you are adding all these SA pelvis/leg combos. Just a personal preference but I am not sold on the Clone Commander paltron though I think the Sandtrooper one would look nice. Ah a new question, Why does it look like his head is floating above his body in the pics from behind? Is that a piece of wire holding the helmet on? Lastly the visor on his helmet looks wrinkly/not flat like other pics I have seen of that helmet? Nice touch with the pistol on the back, I really like your upgrades.
Very nice Grevious! Is this the one I saw at RS with all the IG 86 droid joints? The poses with that one were unreal!
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sprywalker:
In all honesty I'm not sold on the pauldron either. I'm gonna ditch that, he looks better without it.
the pauldron was what was throwing off the image too. part of it is painted grey and it blends into the background and makes the head seem as though it's floating, I assure you it's not. It still has the stock ball jointed neck on there.
IDK why the visor looks wrinkled... I honestly am not sure what you mean. I can't tell. The visor over the "goggles" is slightly curved down in the center, but it came like that out of the box.
I'm currently trying some new weopons combos and upgrades on this fig so stay tuned.
as for the grevious:
no it is not the one on RS, I'm not a member there. Although that is where I derived the idea and inspiration for the figure. It uses the same technique of splicing in the IG-86 droid joints although I used a slightly different technique in a few places because I only had one spare IG-droid. Some of the joints are off of the double arms from the grevious figure. I never made a super arty version of the 4 arms because I ran out of joints and parts...
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cad bane concept figure:
(http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/thumb/8/88/Wide-brimmed_hat_bounty_hunter.jpg/338px-Wide-brimmed_hat_bounty_hunter.jpg)
I think this might be a project I take on soon... I like the character and I think I'm going to do a concept version... Or maybe just do a legacy style version of the final cad bane character... idk, what do you guys think?
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cad bane is like clint eastwood, chuck norris, and some monkey got their dna mixed up.
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:D lol.....
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...or both...
;D
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Oh.....you've been hangarbay'd
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2611/4006701772_9d48831587_b.jpg)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2611/4006701772_9d48831587_b.jpg (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2611/4006701772_9d48831587_b.jpg)
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2645/4006702596_10107711cf_b.jpg)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2645/4006702596_10107711cf_b.jpg (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2645/4006702596_10107711cf_b.jpg)
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That is so cool! I like the second image alot but that first image has just got such a ww2 feel to it........Just stunning, Jules.
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I'll have to be honest with you man, I like the first pic way better than the second. The second one is too obvious, the lines just don't blend well. I love the ww2 feel to that first one though, just awesome. I wish you could see the other two clones in the background just a little better. And that at-at is brilliant!
thanks again man.
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hmmm, you are right about the second one, I wasn't going to post it as I completely agree, but then again I thought you'd like to see it.
I'm glad you like the 1st one though!
J
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hey man, I still love seeing it! I was just being critical ;).
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Jules, great job on your latest Hangarbay shot. I like em both. Heck, you could spit on a cracker, and I'd love it. You can do no wrong in my eyes.
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Whooo, cool new images. The first one is the best for sure. I love the imagery...
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this is a horrible custom, just to forewarn you guys...
I did this out of boredom and just to see if I could pull it off. For an hours work it isn't bad.
I tried to dremel the center "diamond" armor detail out of the clone's chest and it just didn't work right. That new rubbery plastic they are using for the clones just doesn't dremel well when your doing tiny detail work...
if you can't tell the figure is made from an animated clone (rex I think) and then repainted slightly with an animated anakin's legs grafted on.
I've repainted the face and hair too but it's not that good, so I left the helmet on ;) lol
(http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs50/i/2009/285/7/6/animando_4_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs51/i/2009/285/0/f/animando_3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://th07.deviantart.net/fs51/300W/i/2009/285/2/c/animando_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://th07.deviantart.net/fs51/300W/i/2009/285/4/a/animando_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
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WARNING NON STAR WARS CUSTOM WARNING
lol this is a side project I started for one of Dawn's boys, our youngest is a spiderman fanatic and realy wanted me to do a spider-carnage for him. This is waht I've got started.
Base figure was a black suit Marvel Universe spidey... the left arm is some random arm that came in a box of junk narceron gave me....
here he is:
(http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs51/i/2009/285/a/2/spider_carnage_wip2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs50/i/2009/285/4/a/spider_carnage_wip1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
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so I'm guessing those last two customs were SO bad that everyone is actually heeding their mother's advice?!
"if you don't have anything nice to say don't say anything at all"
lol I understand! that mando is pretty bad...
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I likie the Carnage =) Can't wait to see the tendrils and how you pull those off.
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I too like the Carnage fig. I like that bigger arm for some reason. It gives those shots kind of a 3-d effect.
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(warning: long night + only 1 cup of coffee = low tact and random incoherence)
I know nothing about Carnage. Useless there.
The converted Clone as Mando, tho... Looks like a chick. Seriously. Those [expletive deleted] "skinnies" always look like chicks in armor to me. (which is NOT a bad thing!!) Personal preference, I don't like the paint-scheme as it is too close to looking like a Clone's armor. Now, if that was the look you were after, you nailed it, so we gotta take that into account. I think you were trying to use the black paint-lines on the belt to replicate pouches, yes? I don't think it worked all that well to convince me. I think you need some more surface detailing to pull it off better. Maybe nothing more than using your xacto blade to carve some grooves and *then* painting/blackwashing the grooves would work. I'm wondering about using this plethora of 1/35-scale WWII pouches I have to achieve a similar effect. That could be interesting.
The black paint looks like it is still wet, lots more shiny than the white of the armor. Also, the edges of the black paint aren't crisp. Boy, have I found cameras are GREAT at picking up any little flaw there! ::) I imagine some of that is due to the problems you ran into using the dremel for detailing.
So what's the story and recipie on this one? Are those Anakin legs I see? Is the helmet a Legacy Mando buy'ce? Is it removable to show a head underneath?
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lol doc you outlined every problem I see with that ugly fig.
the thinking was that maybe it was a mando clone trainer? idk... I wasn't realy going with any backstory honestly.
I shaved off the big box on the back of the figure with the exacto knife. The figure is a clone comander fox (right? the blue one is fox right?) with anakin's legs grafted on. In hindsight I think I should have just left the clone's legs on there cuz anakin's look realy out of place and too skinny.
it does look like a chick... I think I might sculpt over the chest armor that I f-ed up and make it into a female mando.
I know the lines of the black were way off... I'm going to blame it on the lack of drugs I had to go through the other night! lol... when in all actuallity I can't paint strait lines for nothing.
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in an attempt to redeem myself after posting that animated attrocity I finally finished my super articulated joe-mando.
I'm calling him the red barron...
(http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs51/i/2009/287/e/9/red_mando_front_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc06.deviantart.com/fs51/i/2009/287/f/b/red_mando_back_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs50/i/2009/287/1/f/red_mando_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
well? Is that more up to the level you guys would expect?!
just wait about an hour and I'll have something even better for ya! ;)
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custom super articulated legacy style scout trooper:
(http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs50/i/2009/287/4/2/scout_stikes_a_pose_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs50/i/2009/287/0/b/super_articulated_scout_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs50/i/2009/287/8/2/super_arty_scout_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs50/i/2009/287/c/1/super_arty_trio_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs51/i/2009/287/7/4/scout_trooper_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs50/i/2009/287/9/6/super_articulated_scouts_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
but here is the best part. I videotaped the entire process in a walk through tutorial!
part one:
right now windows movie maker is giving me problems, so check back soon for part two
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Dude, you are a smooth talking Scoundrel! The video was very informative, you sound like a very chilled airline pilot. Your explanation and descriptions were clear and concise and I love the idea of a fully articulated biker.
You really are the man when it comes to experimenting with stuff, I bet you love taking things apart to see how they are made!
Cheers for making all of the effort!
Jules
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here is the second half of that video
thanks for the compliments jules. I've been told many times that I should be on radio! lol.
I started at an early age taking apart anything that was broken... then I started taking apart things that were still working so that I could put it back together again and see if I could make it work.
I remember early on when I first started collecting action fleet ships I used to take whatever easily removable parts off each one and use "sticky tack" to adhere parts to other ships temporarilly! I think my favorite was a jawa sandcrawler with a huge x-wing laser cannon on top! I figured after the jawas were massacered by the stormtroopers in ANH that the other jawas would scavenge parts to make their sandcrawlers more defensive!
but anyways, I just love sharing what I've learned and it is super rewarding to me to hear feedback from you guys about this kind of stuff.
I can't wait to see some of your all's takes on this technique. If there are any questions left unanswered in the videos please ask them!
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Rde Baron is one cool Mando. Nice use of that Firefly body. I wish I had bought about 6 of those instead of 1. But the scout trooper steals the show. That is one of the most seamless SA leg swaps ever. I can't wait to watch the video while I eat breakfast. Now to get the kids off to school first...
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Dude, I wouldn't sculpt over anything on that clone! The rest of the family agree w/ the "it's a chick" assessment, btw. But it looks good! KTraviss notes that you can't always tell the wearer is female unless they deliberately have their breastplates sculpted to exaggerate their attributes. I'd clean up the paint-apps - mainly the black edges - and call her good! The Anakin legs look fine to me - the proportions lean toward the feminine already. Yer gonna need a female head, now...
Blue trim = WalMart = Rex
Red trim = Target = Fox
follow-on fig's:
Now *these* are more what we expect from ya! ;) I've got the vid's loading in other tabs as we speak...
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Great step by step tutorial. Nice choice for the lower torso and hips, it looks like that part of the shirt is ribbed so it helps make it look like the scout torso even more. Thanks for the time you put into thatI enjoyed it very much.
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Spud, you have done it again! I just sat through parts 1 and 2 of your new tutorial and I am impressed. you covered all of the bases and were very informative. The wealth of customizing information around here has just grown by another leap with these videos. Thanks for doing them. I will put it on the fp later if Tamer hasn't already.
I like that new Mando fig also. Are those the gauntlet castings that you mentioned.
That sa biker scout just rocks!!
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um... unfourtunately those are not the castings. Those are the forearms of a VOTC boba fett, so they are not removable.
Although... now that you mention it I think I'm going to pop those forearms off of that guy and cast them up. They'd be pretty simple....
thanks for the praise guys. That video took me all afternoon yesterday up till 2:00 this morning trying to get it all put together and edited and uploaded.... I'm glad it taught yall something!
I hope that after explaining the process that I see some copy-cat customizing around here! I'd love to see someone try and emulate the process!
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great job, very good video as well.
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Converting the Scout Trooper is such an inspired idea, and the fact that you are sharing your backward engineering skills with us is wonderful. I may be good at photoshop, but you are the king when it comes to getting up to mischief with figures...(that sounds rude, but you know what I mean!..as long as R1 doesn't read it we'll be ok).
I had the movies playing on my PC while I was working, they were so calming, I know that you were talking about converting a trooper, but it actually sounds like one of those relaxation tapes...I found them quite compelling too. You are so smooth on the Video, I might use it to sooth me to sleep!
From now on you shall be known as Spuda"The Voice" Fett!
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excellent vid spud :)
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From now on you shall be known as Spuda"The Voice" Fett!
lol that's great hb. In high school I used to help at my church with a kid's puppet show... and out of fate I was given a black puppet... it wasn't any sooner than the first rehearsal that my puppet was named "barry"... It was quite funny. I tell you though, puberty was NOT a fun time for me... I sqeeked worse than a 100 year old door hinge.
thanks for the comments guys. I realy enjoy doing these tutorials. It makes puting the figure together more interesting to me as it adds an extra step to the process. If you can believe it this technique has become almost too routine for me...
I just wish that the knee pads worked a little better on this figure. The large knee pad armor on the original figure made it very dificult to get a good match, if you go back and look at my kashyyyk trooper that I used the same technique on the knee pads look seemless, as on most of the figures I've done... for some reason I just couldn't get this one to work right. I think it is alright enough though.
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Nice tutorial and great work. What is the height difference between this figure and the original scout trooper? Can we see a comparison shot and maybe with a couple of average Star Wars figures next to it?
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it's only slightly taller. it is basically now a 4" figure instead of 3.75". The new 25th joes are closer to 4 inches and the rearticulated figure comes close to their height.
In the morning I'll dig out some of my unaltered figures and give some comparison shots.
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Awesome video tutorial, Spud!
Double thumbs-up.
Don't know if you have them in your spare parts box, but you may want to try some 1/35 scale modern mag pouches as accessory or ammo/battery packs on the belt of the female Mando. They also work well as upper-arm pouches, possibles bags, etc. I think that small details like these enhance the overall appearance on military figures and mercs considerably.
A casual viewer will possibly not spot them, but other customizers surely will.
If you need some, shoot me a PM as I still have a lot of figure kits around from my military figure modelling days.
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ya know I don't have ANY of that kind of thing. If you are willing to part with them freely I'll gladly take them off your hands! pm sent...
IDK yet what I'll do with that mando. Right now it has a clone's head underneath the helmet. I don't think I have a female head that will fit under the smaller resin helmet either. I've got a buddy of mine sending me some larger mando helmets to try and cast. (sorry clint... I want to try it for myself before I make another order from you... but with the way my last few turned out I may be mailing you my alumilite and saying do it for me!)
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I'm hoping that bag of stuff I sent you to cast up makes it ya today. Mostly I'm just curious what you think of all the REALLY random gear I was grabbing. As it is there's a few things I should ought to have sent but I could always send more later is this stuff ain't that interesting. :D
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I LOVE random! it's my middle name.
I can't wait to get it... In fact I was headed upstairs to the garage, I'll go see if it arived!
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I'll get some 1/35 scale pouches and various small parts to you as master pieces, no prob.
A female head which fits under the helmets are, of course, Rav Bralor and Isabet Reau, but also several Padme heads do fit nicely.
I've used one head of the Padme in Naboo Security uniform figure. With a new hair colour you can create an amazingly different look, too.
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lol I don't have a single padme figure, can you believe that?
thanks for the package deal ;).
man I've got all kinds of goodies coming this week in the mail!
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Sounds like Christmas coming early this year, eh?
I think I also have an Elizabeth Swan head in the parts box and if you say pretty please with sugar on top, I'll even temporarily part with the heads of Rav and Isabet for casting.
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you don't have to do that..... ;) no realy... you don't.... :'(
hey, I promise to send back whatever you don't want me to keep. That's part of the deal!
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Sounds like you have some molding to do in your future, Spud.
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lol yeah, thats what the $61.00 worth of HS3 is for!! ::)
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I got a 40%off hl coupon burning a hole in my pocket that would help with that. I am going to pick up some more resin with it tomorrow.
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:P I had to order it online, I still can't find hs3 at the hobby lobby near me...
anyways, get a load of this guys. I finished the custom pilot for my viper-x
(http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs50/f/2009/291/8/1/viper_x_pilot_front_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://th01.deviantart.net/fs51/300W/f/2009/291/9/e/viper_x_pilot_back_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc09.deviantart.com/fs50/i/2009/291/e/0/check_out_my_ride_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc09.deviantart.com/fs50/i/2009/291/a/5/climbing_aboard_the_viper_x_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc09.deviantart.com/fs50/i/2009/291/7/b/viper_x_with_pilot2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
well what do you guys think? I left him raw and unpainted... I kind of like the cobbled together look. I scrapped the ankle holster too btw, his legs wouldn't fit in the cockpit with it there...
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He looks good, even unpainted. what's the recipe, Spud?
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the majority of the figure is the 25th aniversary matt tracker gi-joe figure.
the matt tracker figure comes with a harness that (with a little work as it was glued on) has a removable set of chest armor.
I took the included harnes and cut off the strap that went down between the figures legs, I replaced this with a modified x-wing pilot's strap... i'm not sure who it came off of...
I glued the two harnesses together to form the completed harnes.
I chopped the hoses off of a cone wars space clone figure's face mask and attached chest box. I glued the chest box onto the front of this figure's harness. The mask I then glued to a set of random hoses that I had in my foder bin. The hose then connects to a stripped down IG-86 assassin droid backpack. Basically I cut off the gun mounts on the backpack untill it was just the center cilander, I think it looks like an oxygen tank then. I then glued the hoses to them and ran one up under the harness to look like the pressure suit's hose.
and... that's it....
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Try putting the holster on the inside of his leg at the calf or ankle if necessary.
I would hate to think of this guy needing firepower and not having any of a handheld type.
No lack of it on his ride.
Awesome work Spuda.
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thanks drs, I might try puting the holster turned inward... I'll have to paint it to match the rest of him first!
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awesome work on the tutorials, Devin. I'm cringing though watching you hold the scout in one hand and cutting upwards with the blade with the other hand, I swear the christ you were going to put a bleeding gash at some point. Sure, you mention to be careful to not cut a finger while using it but THAT'S when I really expected to see you do just that.
if ever you are filming a tutorial later and you do injure yourself, will you let the camera roll and record the accident, blood and all, as a less to all of us? or will just just shut it off?
;D
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that's a good idea, NFC. I don't wish for spud to get hurt but I also cringe. I take alot of xacto risks while cleaning resin parts but usually prefer a half-dull blade. that slows down the cleanup but lessens the chances of cutting into my fingers.
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thanks for the compliments jules. I've been told many times that I should be on radio! lol.
Are you sure it wasn't "you have a face for radio"
>>>????
LOL
love the videos, man.
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aww come on simon, I've got a pretty face ;)
lol NFC your right, more than once have I hacked and sliced my fingers doing that... I've even drilled a hole through it once... and back when I used the dremel to cut through figures I cut up my fingernail pretty good with a cutting wheel!
I've also burnt myself with the soldering iron too.... and dripped hot solder on my pants... lol I've probably injured myself more in this hobby than I did building propane powered spud guns! (although I don't think I've ever burned my eyebrows off doing this hobby!)
I promise if I am recording a tutorial the camera will roll! Normally I don't stop the camera if something happens since I've got to worry about cleaning it up and stopping the bleeding! lol.
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If you get an award for a "how to customize" snuff film, I'm gonna crack up< :)
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man... I got pushed to the second page! this is unacceptable! what's with these new guys!?! lol
naw realy I'm happy that we've got new enthusiastic members here. And I promise this isn't a post to push myself back to the top for no reason. Actually, I've tried a couple resin helmet combos... now, they are nowhere near as good as clonehead's but... these are my first ever tries!
first a mando helmet with the veer's helmet over it.
(http://fc09.deviantart.com/fs51/i/2009/299/f/6/cast_stormie_helmet_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc00.deviantart.com/fs51/i/2009/299/6/d/combo_mando_helm__by_SpudaFett.jpg)
a question to clint... how do you paint these helmets without the bubbles causing bumby surfaces? do you paint with primer first?
here is another I did:
"clone evo trooper"
(http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs51/i/2009/299/c/3/evo_clone_helm_combo_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
check out my resin casting thread in the resources forum for more cast helmets I've gotten done....
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Man, I haven't been paying attention lately! I haven't seen that Viper finished yet, and WOW, it's awesome! The pilot is amazing too, very cool!
That white rex / mando mashup you did actually looks like a decent female mando figure, maybe it could be Rav Bralor or someone from the RC novels (which you still need to read if you haven't!). Not sure what any of the FeMandos' color schemes were (okay never using the term "FeMando" again), but I have a crappy Rex figure and a torn-apart Jodo Kast who might now be begging to be made into one of the ladies of mandalore.... hmm.... Don't have an anakin, though, so I'd have to find some other boots, maybe screaming Mace Windu or someone, lol. I really do like that method of making a female mando better than hasbro's though... giving them the "form-fitting" (boob-shaped) upper armors... that always felt a little slutty to me for such hardened warriors, and the animated clones are just slim and feminine enough to pass nicely for a legacy-style female in armor. Good stuff!
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Good job with the casting and helmet mixes, spud. Yeah, a primer coat will help or sometimes, I will fill any bubble pockets with superglue prior to painting.
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are you using any superglue accellerator? My super glue doesn't "fill in" very good at all....
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Yes, I do use the accellerator to quicken the glue's set time. Sometimes, if it is a bigger hole, I will just drip some fresh resin from another casting run into the hole or, since there are plenty of resin carving flakes layingaround, I will jam one of those flakes into the hole with some superglue to help fill the gap or rebuild the missing angle, if you will, and then carve it right when the glue or resin sets.
Say you cast a visor bikerscout helmet and there is a hole in the visor. I would take a scrap of resin that fits the hole and protrudes out past the visor, glue it into place, and then carve it to conform to the right shape after the glue sets.
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where do you get the accelerator? I can't find any anywhere....
I'll start saving scrap resin flakes for fixing bubble holes... it's to valuable to waste it all! lol
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they used to carry it at walmart but dont anymore. I get mine at hobby heaven but you could probably find it at hobbytown usa or perhaps even hobby lobby. I have never looked for it there but I will check on it this week.
It's also called cy glue accellorator.
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Hey guys I just got some of the accelerator at Hobby Town.
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hmm no hobby town around me.... is it available anywhere else?
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hmm no hobby town around me.... is it available anywhere else?
I believe there is a hobby town to the east of you, devin, or west, damn, whichever way El Mayfield is, lol.
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lol is there one near mayfield? I've only been there for surgery... so... idk what's over there....
anyways, for those of you who might not notice the other forums, we've got a new Action fleet/micro-machine's section in general collecting.... AND i've posted pics of my entire action fleet collection as it stands right now
link:
http://www.imperialshipyards.net/SMF/index.php?topic=1339.0
I demand that you go check it out, and look at everyone else's action fleet collections, AND post your own if you have them!!!
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in honor of halloween:
mandalorian reaper:
(http://fc08.deviantart.com/fs50/i/2009/303/1/d/death_boba_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs51/i/2009/303/e/5/death_fett_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
lol :)
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I like it!
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LOL, nice one, Spud!
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(http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs50/i/2009/312/5/2/mando_couple_wip_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
just a couple wip i've whipped up. Joes were on sale so I figured I'd replicate my mando duo from a while back, with new colors.
any ideas for a new color scheme?
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Wow, look at all the detail on that resin cast gun! I was going to say browns and yellows but I don't know, buddy. I am anxious to see these guys getting some paint on em, though.
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My vote for a color scheme is something vibrant. I'm sure that whatever you choose, it'll be good.
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lol you give me too much credit clint... I got that gun in a box of fodder on e-bay. It was white to begin with. I think it is from an old set of arctic gi-joe troopers... or a generic space figure...
I would take credit for it... but... then you guys would expect to see more of them and it's the only one I've got! lol sorry to dissapoint :(
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Sometimes the color of a Mandalorian's armor had a specific meaning. Black, for example, signified justice, while gold armor was for vengeance. Green armor signified duty.[11] Blue was for reliability, gray for mourning a lost love, and red was to honor a father.[12] Or the color of a Mandalorian's armor could signify nothing more than that they liked the look
hmm... I wonder what I should use...
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heres some more wip shots of some stuff for you guys:
first up is a concept I've been wanting to try. The EVO trooper is a figure I loved from the first time I saw it. The fig's awesome. The trooper is already decked out in heavy armor and survival gear... but I wanted to take it even further. I wanted a trooper that looked like a nuke could be droped on his head and he'd survive... so I've put together a rough draft of the
"HEAVY evo trooper"
(http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs51/i/2009/313/6/7/heavy_evo_trooper_3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs50/i/2009/313/4/b/heavy_evo_trooper2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs51/i/2009/313/2/9/heavy_evo_trooper_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
Next up is my mando dude in that couple that I showed you eirlier. This is what I've got so far:
(http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs50/i/2009/313/6/d/trenchcoat_mando_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
I saw an image someone did on deviantart of a mando in a trenchcoat and LOVED it. So I knew I had an extra paris snake eyes trenchcoat and I threw it over ROC duke's figure and I think ti works realy well, especially with the helmet and a custom jetpack I've got in the works....
I realy don't know how I'm going to paint this guy. I like the colors that it is. I think I'm going to wash down the armor with a little more silver and bring out that detail a little more. I think I'll leave the trenchcoat alone... and then paint the helmet to match the armor...
I've also started painting the girl of the set. I decided on a light blue for the main color of the armor against the black undergarments... but I'm trying to decide on a good trim color. I want it to be bright/pastelish. I'm thinking about just doing plain white. Any ideas?
I've also had this custom sitting around for a while... trying to decide what to do with it.
(http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs50/i/2009/313/9/9/shaakti_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
I'm thinking about either doing a shaak-ti custom or a "grown up" ahsoka.... although I have no idea on HOW to execute either one. any ideas? suggestions?
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looking good Devin, I assume that is a firestar body below Shaak Ti's head? Looks great.
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yes that is firestar from the marvel line.
do you have any suggestions tamer? anyone? help a brother out here..... lol
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I suggest scantily-clad... 8)
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lol DUH doc... but should it be ahsoka or shaak ti? lol or does it matter as long as she's scantly clad ;)
my thinking is that ahsoka will have more of an orange tinted skin like in the toon, where as shaak ti will mean I won't have to repaint the face at all....
I'm also thinking about painting it in a way that she'd be in a skin tight leotard like outfit.
or if it's ahsoka do a similar "tube top and shortie shorts" outfit. lol... my dad comented on that the other day while I was watching clone wars... "why is that jedi always wearing a tube top" he said...
I thought you guys might want to see my inspiration for a trenchcoated mando. This is "regnasis" work on deviantart, this is NOT my sketch.
(http://th05.deviantart.net/fs28/300W/i/2008/112/c/d/Mandalorian_03_by_regnasis.jpg)
definately awesome looking in my book. I don't know about the yelow colors... and I realy don't know where to go with the colors on my trenchcoat mando. I want him to be dark and menacing so I'm thinking black, silver and dark grey.
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lol DUH doc... but should it be ahsoka or shaak ti? lol or does it matter as long as she's scantly clad ;)
my thinking is that ahsoka will have more of an orange tinted skin like in the toon, where as shaak ti will mean I won't have to repaint the face at all....
I'm also thinking about painting it in a way that she'd be in a skin tight leotard like outfit.
or if it's ahsoka do a similar "tube top and shortie shorts" outfit. lol... my dad comented on that the other day while I was watching clone wars... "why is that jedi always wearing a tube top" he said...
I thought you guys might want to see my inspiration for a trenchcoated mando. This is "regnasis" work on deviantart, this is NOT my sketch.
(http://th05.deviantart.net/fs28/300W/i/2008/112/c/d/Mandalorian_03_by_regnasis.jpg)
definately awesome looking in my book. I don't know about the yelow colors... and I realy don't know where to go with the colors on my trenchcoat mando. I want him to be dark and menacing so I'm thinking black, silver and dark grey.
I understand its a cold winter. ..but does every female have to be scantily clad?
LOL.
Maybe a theme for the two mandos, or climate specific gear. Jungle fight mando?
dude you are killing a firestar? kind of an expensive fig if you ask me, since the other two in that set are pants.
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yes that is firestar from the marvel line.
do you have any suggestions tamer? anyone? help a brother out here..... lol
I would love to see her(Shaak Ti or Ahsoka) in some Clone armor!
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hmm clone armor shaak ti maybe then? a removable set? alrighty then... I'll do my best to try and do that.
although... have any of the female jedi been in clone armor? i don't think so.... lol
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I don't care if you put her in clone trooper armor or Mando armor, Devin, I just want to see you make custom Shaak Ti ;)
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ok shaak ti it is then...
makes things easier anyway, now I don't have to repaint the face! lol
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I kind of like that trenchcoat mando drawing. You could tone down the yellow to a yellowish tan or like a desert sand color and It would look better.
Yeah, bring on that Shaak ti!
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I decided on a darker patern for the trench coat mando
silver armor on black... good and reliable :)
for the girl I used light blue lined with white, I think it works realy well.
I'll post pics before the night is out.
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(http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs50/i/2009/314/1/f/trenchcoat_mando_duke_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://th03.deviantart.net/fs50/300W/i/2009/314/1/9/trencoat_mando_guns_drawn_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs50/i/2009/314/1/9/trencoat_mando_3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://th03.deviantart.net/fs50/300W/i/2009/314/d/1/trencoat_mando_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://th05.deviantart.net/fs50/300W/i/2009/314/5/3/trenchcoat_mando_finished_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
Trenchcoat mando was made using a rise of cobra reactive impact armor duke and a trenchcoat from the paris persuit snake eyes. AND a resin helmet of my own molds....
next is some pics of the finished mando girl I was working on:
(http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs50/i/2009/314/1/4/blue_mando_5_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://th09.deviantart.net/fs51/300W/i/2009/314/d/b/blue_mando_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://th05.deviantart.net/fs50/300W/i/2009/314/1/e/blue_mando3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://th09.deviantart.net/fs50/300W/i/2009/314/8/f/blue_mando_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs50/i/2009/314/f/0/blue_mando_gal_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
this figure was based on the rise of cobra reactive impact armor scarlett. the head was replaced with a resin cast of the "hair in a bun" scarlett head that DocOutlands sent me a while back. thanks buddy! The helmet is a resin cast from my own molds.
well guys what do you think?!
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Pretty cool, both figures.
Big thumbs-up!
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The trenchcoat mando turned out cool. I like the blue you used on the girl mando..
Nice job.
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awesome work on that Mando's trenchcoat, I love the way you did that mythosaur, too bad the coat can't be buttoned up to see the whole thing in its iconic glory :)
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yeah, that is a nice bit of free hand, my friend.
I love the crisp clean lines.
you should give the female a body suit that covers her neck. .. looks like a vulnerability, :)
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she won't let anyone get that close to her ;)
thanks guys. I'm probably going to sell the girl on e-bay (if anyone wants to make an offer here first I'll consider it!) and keep the trenchcoat mando.
the mythosaur skull is one of my favorite emblems in the star wars universe. On the trenchcoat the left side's tusk is a bit too long, but it looks good enough I think.
I was afraid that the skull wouldn't show up since the trenchcoat is dark already, but the black showed up nicely against it.
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Love the figures Spudafett, I especially like the guy in black, he's one of the coolest characters I've ever seen.
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thanks HB... that's why I'm keeping him! lol
I wanted to try something a little different with their helmet markings... what do you all think? do the lines look ok? I wanted them to deviate from the normal highlights that seem to all resemble boba's and jango's helmet patterns with different colors....
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The trench coat mando is very cool, turned out nice and the colors scheme is perfect for it.
The female mando kind of looks like a bobble head with the small neck with the helmet actually apears that the neck is to long, it may just be the pic angle.
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recon, the neck is a little long for the head I swapped onto it so it does look a little odd... but I do think the angle of the photos exagerated the effect a little.
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I agree, the Mando is very cool. I love that coat. The female does have a long neck, just drill a bit deeper into the head and she will be perfect.
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Mighty fine work on these Mandos, Devin. Mighty fine.
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Spudafett, you've been Hangabay'd
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2679/4097174545_aec9337700_o.jpg)
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goddamn that's awesome, HB!
I love the light of the dual suns glinting off his plates, thats amazing attention to detail!
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Looks like a still shot from one of the
Movies, Jules! I like the Mythosaur skull in the logo. Spud is going to love it.
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looks awesome Devin. I really like that trenchcoat Mando. FP bound!
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;D
you can't see it right now HB, but I'm beaming as bright as those dual suns.
Thanks for that, it was a welcome sight this morning.
you did an awesome job...
I just wish the skull emblem on his jacket was more noticable in all my shots, I know that a full frontal view is the best for the image you did and I love it!
I think someone else commented on the fact that the trenchcoat should be able to close so the emblem matches up.... I wish it did, that'd be awesome... (of course I don't think I've ever seen anyone wear a trenchcoat buttoned up... lol)
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As I already commentd on, I dig the trench coat mando as is, but the shot really sets it off, adds so much depth.
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Fine work, Spud! Love seeing that head get used, too. ;) Both those figs are mighty nice.
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Oh man I love that photo Jules.
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My buddy chris, up at peddlers mall, (he's on the forums here but never posts and I'm not sure of his SN... Simon do you know what he registered by here?) hooked me up with a single carded jango fett and a boba fett today. The boba fett is most likely going to remain MIB since I have two coming in from phatty (can't wait!)....
anyways... so I couldn't resist opening jango and messing with him... I was going to keep him MIB but I figured I had the same sculpted figure in the EVO box so I'm not too concerned about it.... I think if I try to get every boxed variation of a figure's sculpt then I'll go crazy... and broke!
anyways, so I wanted to give this jango a super arty joe torso treatment. Very similar to the scout trooper.
So I popped jango open, removed his lower legs and test fitted a few joe parts. For jango you have to use a joe that has the torso joint in the gut area instead of the chest, so a figure like cobra commander worked best. I finally decided on using the Resolute cobra commander's torso as it fit the best... not perfect, but the best. I wanted to do this without having to dremel anything. This is to show that anyone with an exacto knife and some patience can pull off exactly the same thing!
here is what I have so far. Right now he's got the legs from Major Bludd, I liked the thighs of that figure because it has a sculpted patch of "armor" that is very similar to jango's thigh armor. I havn't decided on whether to use the evo style jango's lower legs and boots that have the shin armor sculpted to them or use a joe figure's legs and make a cast resin duplicate of the removable shin armor from the other jango......
enough talk:
(http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs51/i/2009/316/f/c/super_articulated_jango_wip2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs51/i/2009/316/a/0/super_articulated_jango_wip1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
oh yeah, I also used the head from the republic comando in the commando evo pack, the one with the red kama and removable helmet. I liked the lines and sculpting of that head better than the flabby jango face... a hardend bounty hunter shouldn't look like a flabby well fed teenager....
Ok, heres where I need your all's input. Look at the two images above and tell me which belt/holster set looks best. One has the cod piece included and the other doesn't. I think I'll wind up using the one with the cod piece because I won't have to fabricate one that way...
ALSO... I know there is a hight difference! Don't go rambling about how much taller he is... I know that. It seems like every time I do one of these S/A figs someone complains about how much taller they turn out. I don't care that he's taller. He's going to stand next to all my other 4" S/A figures! lol... ok... tell me what you guys think and answer my questions.
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I like the first one better, teh other one looks like its laying on the leg, which might be more realistic, I don't know.
Man, I love it when you articulate these lucas statues.
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I would go with the first and darker holster, but mod on some leg straps to tie them down out of rubberbands or something.
The colors match up better to me, although you are going to paint the legs and probably boots...
I would put on a cod piece of some sort though.
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he's too tall ;D
:P
(yes I read your write up)
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I like the second one because of the cod piece and leg straps.
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I also like the second one...
did I mention this was just a preliminary fitting to make sure it all worked? things will be reworked and repainted.
thanks for the compliments guys, I appreciate it! any more suggestions? should I use the removable shin guards or the original legs which have the parts already molded on? I'm not decided yet....
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I want a new camo paint job on that great looking taller one!
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tamer I'll do that to one of the bobas, I want this one to be a jango... I don't have a super arty jango in my collection so i'm going to try and stay cannon with this one's outfit.
I'll do a new camo one though
and I'm going to redo my "stealth suit boba" in super arty fashion as well.
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Naturally, the holsters hang down on the legs, so the lighter rig with the leg straps looks like it really has a pair of Blasters in the holsters. The darker rig would have to have leg straps added or the holsters glued down on the legs so they look realistically weighed down.
If you want a canonic Jango, you'd have to attach leg armor, too, but to be honest, I like the jackboots on the figure. They simply look classic and cool.
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I know I need to add leg armor of some kind.
I just don't know whether to use the removable set or to use the original figure's legs like I normally do for these figures.... I think I'll wind up doing the latter because it'll look better.
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I agree, I think the normal figs legs fits the best.
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well I tried to adjust the original jango legs like I normally do on these figures (like I did it in the tutorial) and I f-ed them up somehow. It just didn't look right. I put the maj. bludd legs back together and test fitted the removable shin armor and it actually looks realy good... so that's what I'm going with:
(http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs50/i/2009/317/8/a/sa_jango_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
so I've got that figure to paint and I started working on a super articulated version of boba fett (thanks phatty for sending me those two boba figs! this is one of them!). I couldn't find a good set of joe legs to go on it so I just started trying random sets. I tried this set and I realy liked the look so I just started adding more and more stuff to the figure and came up with this:
(http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs50/i/2009/317/1/4/heavy_mando_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
so, I guess you guys will get to see a camo job mando now.
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Cool deal, I get a camo mando sooner than later. That is gonna be good.
On the leg note, I love the articulation you are getting, but think the legs need something to make them more movie accurate. Armor perhaps? Maybe when the paint jobs get done I won't notice it as much.
Still, all in all, it is amazing to see you articulate figs that Hasbro seems to never want too. I have a few saga2 atat drivers I would love to see get the superarty treatment and am gonna send a pm sometime in the future if you do not mind.
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Hey Spud, that latest Boba is looking real cool. I'm likeing his well equipped look.
Hey, is that latest Legacy Boba the same one that comes in the Evo pack?
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yes it is the same boba sculpt as the one in the evo pack. it has the ball jointed torso and the added details.
The jango and boba that have just been released in the legacy line as single carded figs are the same sculpts as the fett legacy evo packs.
I think I'll add a cod piece to the boba figure but the jango I'm just going to repaint as is. the boba fig is going to stay very similar to the way I have it now as well.
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They both look great.
Good choices.
Looking forward to the painted versions.
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Nice to see that Boba being put to good use! Looking sharp there Spud!
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Yes, they do look great. Can't wait to see them painted up.
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thanks guys. it may be a while before I get the painting started... I've got to crack down on these homework assignments I've got to do....,
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thanks guys. it may be a while before I get the painting started... I've got to crack down on these homework assignments I've got to do....,
slack ass!
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that's what my professors are going to be saying if I don't finish this stuff! but right now... I'm going to take a nap... ;D
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heres jango finished up and painted:
(http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs51/i/2009/320/d/9/painted_jango_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
The arms are still the original purple, the legs and gloves I painted. My question to yall is should I go on and paint the arms? or is it close enough of a match?
the upper thigh armor looks a little rough I'm noticing in the photo... when I put the leg straps of the holsters down on the thighs it rubbed some of the paint off and made little blobs of raised paint globs.... I tried painting over it to mask it but it's still a little messy.
my question about the armor is should I try and weather it or leave it as is? I could try to drybrush a little flat black on there and dirty it up a bit.... idk though, what do yall think?
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I think that the purple on the arms is close enough. I would like to see either some drybrushing or a wash on those plates,though. A light weathering will give him that "just seen some action" look.
It's looking good, Spud.
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I really dig that figure, Spud.
Just the right balance between the original Jango figure and a full custom job.
Great job, buddy!
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thanks guys, I'm pretty proud of this one.
I've added some black dry brushing marks to his armor and scuffed him up a bit. I also cast up a larger EE mando helmet for him and repainted it to match the original. the original evo jango helmet is so extremely small it made him look disproportionate with it on, so with the bigger helmet it looks alot better. If I have time when I get home tonight i'll snap a shot of both helmets to show what I'm talking about.
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well guys my thread was getting dangerously close to getting knocked to the second page again..... so I figured I'd better whip up some customs! lol actually I just had the afternoon free and I've been meaning to get this project started and after I bought a figure today it prompted me to want to use it on this project and got me started!
I know that the BATs arn't necessarilly star wars.... but I'll fit them into the verse somehow!
basically we all know and love the Cobra Battle android trooper. And throughout GI-joe history there have been several renditions of the concept. However, only the one basic BAT figure has been updated tothe 25th/roc line of figure articulation. I set out a while ago to collect some more interesting BAT arm attachments and weopons, and I decided to take this one step further by making several custom BAT offshoots and designs...
so heres what I've come up with so far:
air-BAT
Aerial Infiltration and Reconnaissance Battle Android Trooper
The AIR-BAT is a basic BAT unit that has been programmed to utilize various jetpacks, hoverpacks, heli-packs, and glider systems to collect recon info as well as attack enemies silently from above:
heli-pack AIR-BAT:
(http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs51/i/2009/327/8/1/heliBAT_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
the helicopter pack is from the 25th aniversary Matt-tracker figure's pack in. I realy want to repaint it from that awefull green but don't know what I should go with...
jet-glider AIR-BAT:
(http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs51/i/2009/327/8/0/AIR_BAT_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
The jet glider is equiped with two air-ground guided missiles as well as a carrying capacity for up to 4 extra BAT arm attachments to give the BAT more options once it lands in enemy territory.
AI-BAT
Advanced Infantry Battle Android Trooper
The AI-BAT is designed to be better suited for rough, harsh terrain. It was found that the original BAT design was not sturdy enough and could easily be toppled during battle. This lead to a more advanced leg design with stronger gears and hydrolics. The android also has a superior gyrostabalizer which enables it to better withstand hard hits and uneven terrain.
(http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs50/i/2009/327/5/8/ai_bat1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs50/i/2009/327/5/0/ai_BAT_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
NEO-BAT
Nano Enhanced Offensive Battle Android Trooper
Ultimately Cobra scientists wanted to push the envelope of the BAT program. the NEO-BAT was a culmination of everything previously tried. Stronger, faster and smarter the NEO BAT was the ultimate android killing machine. Not only did it look the part with it's Bone White skull like head but it also had the most advanced adaptive learning software available. The NEO-BAT could be sent into battle with no weopon of it's own and within seconds obtain information on it's suroundings and the enemy. Once it's programming had all the info it needed it began selecting targets based upon ultimate efficientness as well as possible weopons to aquire. After a battle NEO-BATS had been found to have obtained and used multitudes of enemy weoponry, some of which were never programmed into the androids memory! Cobra scientists took this as a testiment to the android's superior adaptive programming....
(http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs50/i/2009/327/b/2/NEO_BAT_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs50/i/2009/327/b/8/neo_BAT_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs50/i/2009/327/6/f/termi_bat_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
the neo-bat uses the BAD head packed in with the new boba fett single carded figure... the body is that of accelorator suit ripcord with the legs of a 25th BAT figure. The legs of ripcoard can be seen on the AI-bat (I just swapped the two out....)
well... what do you guys think? any suggestions on how to make these guys better? I have an aqua-bat and a fire bat in the works too.....
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That head works for an android killer, I dig it.
You should cast it, many many times.
I was not sold on the first two, but that last one is just sweet. a unified paint scheme and its pure win.
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you dont like his bright yellow booties? what don't you like about the others simon?
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I'm glad you asked, as my friends in RL call me the "better idea guy" LOL, which as you can imagine means I have no original ideas, but I do make theirs better.
The first two bats lack integration. You were very correct in making the bat/cylon connection earlier. The helicopter guy, for instance, just my opinion, but get rid of the control stick, and build it more into his torso, then maybe switch him to more appropriate weapons. I'd go apache on him and give him either twin chain gun attachments or missile pods, :)
The second guy, the backpack is either too large or he is too small. Are you familiar with the CLAW? its a little rocket jetpack, anyway, doesn't matter, but supposedly it was also a drone(much like this one), so I'd go that route.
But the third one, I dig it.
Hell, I'm thinking that head on ripcord bodies would be a new assault class, like you outlined, :)
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you dont like his bright yellow booties?
yellow is bad!
it's a bad bad BAD color in general and the stupidest thing about the original BATs so I agree about changing the color. ANY other color would be an improvement.
I agree with Simon about ditching the control stick on the copter pack. That feature is way too human. If its supposed to be a heli assault BAT make that accesory its primary function and bond it right to the android's back, integrate it fully as extension of the body itself. It can remote control fly the copter built into its body via a computer inside its head so its hands are both free to be replaced by guns. And I say give it new feet altogether, something bulky/space-y, and say its wearing magnetic boots to ensure a safe landing everytime.
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those are all good ideas... I agree about losing the control stick, that pic was realy just a mock up to show the concept... its not finished by any means.
I think I'm going to replace the yellow with dark red on the NEO-BAT. Much like the resolute BAT figure from the 5-pack... he looks so much better than the yellow atrocities.
I know about the claw simon... I just don't have one :(... but I honestly like this pack better, I know it's huge but it makes more sense for long range attacks if it is larger.
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I uploaded this one the other night and forgot to post it with the other BATs
The IFRB follows a legion of BATs onto the battlefield to fix battle androids which have fallen in battle. Alot of times it will canablilize bots which are damaged beyond repair to fix androids which are more likely to continue the fight.
IFRB- in field repair bot
(http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs51/i/2009/327/7/6/BAT_repair_droid_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs51/i/2009/327/5/1/BAT_field_tech_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs51/i/2009/327/6/9/BAT_field_medic_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
it's just a jawa treadwell droid with a few bits and pieces added on from a bunch of old junk from the fodder bin.
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Nice job on all the BAT options. I love the accelerator suit legs on him. That is the best of the group for me.
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I love that BAT with the skull, looks tough Devin. I like that one with the helicopter pack too, great ideas here.
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Sheesh, Spud, those are some awesome customs!
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took another take on the air bat... I wanted a more specific look to the unit instead of just a bat with a big jetpack...
(http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs51/i/2009/329/4/e/air_bat_revisit_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
I switched the legs and put a couple maneuvering fins on the shins of the figure. The neck ball of this figure was busted so I glued a cast resin head directly to the neck at a little bit of an upward angle... although it looks more like the BAT is piloting the pack and looking directly ahead you can't move the head at all... :(
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getting there.
Maybe you should get out your dremel and chop something up.
He looks too much like your high altitude clone.
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he does look alot like the clone doesn't he....
hmm..... I have a gen. Hawk jetpack, it's a little smaller... I could try that instead of the larger one...
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ok guys... the other day I ran across a guy on deviantart that had done a bunch of concept mando armor designs... one of them was a "swoordsman" and that got me thinking...
a mando with a samauri theme or ninja theme would be realy cool... So I got to looking in my foder bins and I ran across an old VvV gi-joe Zartan. this figure had flip around blades on his wrists that with a little work could be removed. I thought they'd be perfect gauntlet weopons for a mando! then I ran across an extra 25th aniversary cobra eel, they have gauntlets on their wrists that are just plain gauntlets... I figured this would be the perfect thing to use for a base for the flip out blades...
anyway I also used a new technique to mold a chest piece from another mando by pressing the existing figure into modeling clay and then pouring resin into the resulting mold. worst thing is that it pulled the coloring of the clay into the resin...
anyway... the plan was to paint over it... but I screwed up the paint and stuck my fat fingers into it and wiped it off... but what resulted was a realy cool weathered look with the armor being the red color that the resin pulled from the clay. so I left it... let me know what you guys think and tell me if it looks like crap and if I need to repaint it!
here is the figure before any paint:
(http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs50/i/2009/334/6/5/mandoswoordmasterwip1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
here is the finished figure:
(http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs51/i/2009/334/5/1/swoordmaster3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs51/i/2009/334/b/6/swoordmaster2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs51/i/2009/334/4/4/swoordmaster1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
welll.... I know... it's another mando... but... it's a NINJA MANDO... how much more badd @$$ can you get?! lol
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There is NOTHING wrong with more Mandos! That is an interesting concept. You should figure a way to incorporate a samauri helmet with the Mando helmet...that'd really cap off the look! Nice work Devin!
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kick ass!
I love that concept and the results are quite awesome
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:'(
No.
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oh come on simon... :P
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oh come on simon... :P
LOL
hahaha
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oh come on simon... :P
LOL
hahaha
Simon is jeolous cuz he can't make awesome mando customs...
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Hi Devin,
I like the form-fitting look of ther Mando armor on this figure. Looks like it is molded on. Very nice.
Did you ever consider combining a General Veers helmet with the visor and front part of a Mando helmet? This might get you the typical (yet not over-exaggerated) flared look of the Samurai helmets.
You could even add the rangefinder on the right side of the bucket.
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if your looking for the flared look why not look at the concept Vader? i think that will work well.... plus it's samurai looking
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excellent customs
Mandalorians are the best
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excellent customs
Mandalorians are the best
see simon, some people can appreciate a good mando..... ;)
thanks guys. Actually I have done a gen. veers/mando mash up helmet. I'll get a shot of it on this figure tonight, its quite large is the only thing and like kurgan said, i like the form fitting look to this guys outfit/armor and I used the smaller evo jango helmet to keep with that light armor look.
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oh come on simon... :P
LOL
hahaha
Simon is jeolous cuz he can't make awesome mando customs...
Let me know if you see any.
Those are not zartan's gauntlets, I can't remember the figure's name, though. But, there is a variant of the fig named razorclaw that you might want to be on the look out for, has cool blade attachments as well.
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are you sure it wasn't zartan?... hmm... i guess it wasn't it. I'll get back to you on that.
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simon was right......
"razorclaw"
(http://www.yojoe.com/action/04/images/razorclaw_large.jpg)
version two looks pretty cool too...
(http://www.yojoe.com/action/05/images/razorclaw2_large.jpg)
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yeah, I always wanted version 2, but never found him, lol, :(
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I was recently challenged by the guys over on ST6 to make an alien sith.... basically they were sick of all the mandos and wanted to see something different from me.
so as I dug through the fodder bin I was inspired by the discovery programming I was watching (which was on dinosaurs) to create this frankensteinian monster:
DINO-SITH!
(http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs50/i/2009/340/e/b/dinosith_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs51/i/2009/340/e/8/sithraptor_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs51/i/2009/340/4/e/raptorsith_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs50/i/2009/340/0/2/dinoraptorsith_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
of course, this is just the WIP pics. I havn't started with the paint yet. I'm probably going to paint all the skin areas a dark greay to match the skin already on the arms and legs. Then paint on red "sith" tatoos in a pattern that is similar to what is on the back of the raptors head and tail...
but the pant's, Idk what color to go with. I was thinking about just plain old black but I don't think I want to do that... any suggestions?
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CSOTM, lol
for those uninitiated, CSOTM is a joke devin and I have, its a variation of CSOTC(customize something other than clones) which are friend Spectre claims to be a founding member of, :)
of course, Devin says I should also be in CS, lol(customize something).
that being said, really neat WIP, man, very interested to see where this goes, red sabers and dinosaurs, I like it.
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Looks very interesting
Do you have a name for him
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no name right now...
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Pretty sweet, slap some Mando or Sith armor on that reptilian! Sigh, we need more SW aliens. This one would fit the bill nicely.
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I'd throw some mando armor on there.... but then the guys over at st6 would tan my hide... the challenge was NOT to use anything mandoish! lol
I do have the removable armor from the Matt. Tracker g-joe figure that I think I'll put on him.
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I think this is looking awesome! I like the idea of adding small elements of Sith armor, perhaps a headplate of some kind...I'm eagerly looking forward to the next update!
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A dino-sith? Great idea!
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Dino sith?asome ;D
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Really cool custom :)
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Now that's a new approach to the killer alien sith figure, Spud. I like it.
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very neat, could even be a Saba Sabatine type species,
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Hey, sorry it's been a while since I've been on here, been pretty busy. Great work on Dino-Sith, I freaking love it! If only Darth Talon wasn't already taken, eh? Eh? :D
Also, that blue female mando is also really great looking, as is the guy with that badass Jaing Skull trenchcoat! I want a life-sized one of those to wear now, haha!
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you know what virago... I might actually have to buy me a trenchcoat and do that now that you mention having a life sized one..!
btw I've decided on a name for the sith... details in my next post.
thanks for the kind words on the mandos.... at least someone appreciates them! ;P
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Presenting:
Darth Sauros
specializes in killing his hated rivals, the mandalorians.... :P
(http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2009/341/d/a/darth_sauros_8_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2009/341/9/7/darth_sauros_7_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2009/341/2/c/darth_sauros_6_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2009/341/4/f/darth_sauros5_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2009/341/3/d/darth_sauros4_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2009/341/0/d/Darth_Sauros3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2009/341/b/9/darth_sauros2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2009/341/f/8/Darth_Sauros1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2009/341/1/b/sith_lightsabre_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
I've named him "Darth Sauros" sauros of course being lattin for lizzard.
the light sabre is a darth vader sabre which I've pushed the blade through the center of a snake vertebrae. Yes, that is a real snakes vertebrae, and no it was not one of my pet snakes... it was road kill.... I have almost an entire set of a single snake's vertebrae which I collected several years ago and thought it'd be perfect for this guys sith light sabre.
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excellent custom
the name is really awsome
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Sweet, time to get this one on the front page.
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Brilliant! I'd like to have seen him in more traditional Sith garb as opposed to the bounty hunter look, but that's just me. The paint is awesome, the lightsaber is fantastic, and it's such an ingenious concept for a character. Way to go Spud!
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good job, devin.
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Awesome custom Dude! Incredibly original!
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Cool stuff, Devin.
Could you imagine him with red and black Sith tattoos?
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Awesome mate, very scary.
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as I said over at ST6 (to which you did NOT respond to my priase :P), this is one of my favorite customs I've seen from another creator this year. Everything here is superbly creative and original.
more aliens are always welcome, there's a lot in Star Wars but there's never really enough of them!
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that's cuz you started it out MEAN... :P
lol thanks man, I realy appreciate it. I like doing something different every now and then... Need some more challenges... cuz I run out of ideas...
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that's cuz you started it out MEAN... :P
I was just giving you shit LOL what's wrong with a little ostracizing and venomous sarcasm between friends? :)
lol thanks man, I realy appreciate it. I like doing something different every now and then... Need some more challenges... cuz I run out of ideas...
I've got challenges I can throw at you to last till next summer if you really want them.
there's no such thing as running out of ideas, we all get creator's block!
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that's cuz you started it out MEAN... :P
lol thanks man, I realy appreciate it. I like doing something different every now and then... Need some more challenges... cuz I run out of ideas...
no kidding.
You'll have to remember NFC, crude language and yanking your change are his hello, how are you, :)
Good to see a non mando, devin.
You need to fix that head, its an odd angle.
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creators block or laziness... lol
the head is at an odd angle cuz it is suposed to be odd... and the fact that now that there is a hole drilled for the neck ball already I can't realy change that to make it look any better.... Trust me, it looks ok in person.
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wait, so you made a custom out of vipers box of nothing?
Man, you need to post that on ST6, :)
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TEASER:
(http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2009/346/b/3/super_boba_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
TEASER!:
(http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2009/346/6/d/modern_mando1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
more images of both figures and the details on them to be posted tomorrow....
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(http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2009/346/6/d/modern_mando1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
more images of both figures and the details on them to be posted tomorrow....
WHOA! I'm dying to see the results of the finished version of that! Totally RAD!
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Oh yeah, that helo pad on his back looks pretty daggone rad.
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Oh that Boba looks like one of your best SA figures yet. I also like the second one, can't wait to see more.
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your Boba looks great
I'm looking forward to see more pics
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boba looks awesome.so much detailing :o
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Ultimate Fett:
the first ever figures I customized were boba fett... I am a die hard fett fan, obviously (just look back through my thread...). Since I first started customizing though I've wanted to do an "ultimate" boba fett. Basically a movie accurate boba fett figure that had super articulation and super posablility, and playability! This was back when the best boba sculpt there was was the OTC fett. No removable helmet, no super articulation...
I fell in love with the GI-joe articulation very quickly in my early customizing days (again evident from my thread) and you guys might remember this:
(http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs42/i/2009/097/6/0/removabe_helmet_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
ultimately I sold the figure shown above because I wasn't happy with the acuracy of the figure, especially after the Evolution's boba fett was released.
With the oncoming of the evolutions boba fett:
(http://www.rebelscum.com/TAC/TACfettlegacyBFart.jpg)
I was stoked that it had a ball jointed torso. I'd already been experimenting with the gi-joe ball torso splicing with the scout trooper and kashyyk trooper figures, so I was excited to see boba finally to where I could successfully convert him in the same way..... unfourtunately the only way to get that sculpt was to buy the evolutions pack and I wasn't going to open the only one I have!
But... then it was released single carded!
I had it sitting around ultimately knowing this is what I would do with it but I was stuck on how to successfully pull off the legs. In the first super arty figure I used a combonation of GI-joe legs and the lower legs of the boba figure, and although this worked, it was awkward and took alot of effort to get right.
I'll have to give credit to one of the guys over at ST6customs, he constructed his own super articulated gi-joe fett, placing him as a mercenary in the cobra legions in his "verse" and pulled off the leg construction in a way I would have never thought of. He took 100% gi-joe legs and grafted on the pockets from the original boba figure. Basically, he removed the pockets with an exacto knife, cutting up the original figure's legs, trimmed them up, then glued them directly onto the gi-joe leg parts, filling in the spaces with "green stuff" sculpting putty....
seeing his finished result kickstarted me back into finishing this project once and for all, and this is what I came up with:
(sorry for the long explanaition, most of you guys probably skip it anyway....)
here are two shots before I painted the figure, this gives you a sense of what all took place during the construction of the figure:
(http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2009/346/e/5/superbobawip2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2009/346/5/7/superbobawip1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(I'll explain the parts list at the very end)
(http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2009/346/3/4/superbobafront_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2009/346/9/1/superbobaside_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2009/346/8/3/superbobaback_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2009/346/3/9/superbobanohelmet_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2009/346/5/6/superboba2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2009/346/6/e/superfett2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2009/346/d/a/bountyhunting_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2009/346/d/1/claiming_the_bounty_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
looking at the photos I see a few spots that need touching up. mostly where I handled the figure too quickly after painting the knee pads and smudged the orange on the bottom leg... that'll be easilly fixed.
(http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2009/346/3/a/comparisonfetts_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
This comparison shot shows just how much height increase there is with the new reworked figure. Although, it does make him more in scale with the joe style figures I've been doing.... but he doesn't look good standing next to the original figure.... well, I take that back, the original figures don't look good standing next to him! ;D
Action shot:
(http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2009/346/0/a/superboba1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
Ok parts list:
items from the single carded legacy boba fett (same sculpt as the evolutions boba fett)
Unaltered:
Helmet
guns
jetpack
chest (popped apart to remove lower half of original figure)
arms/hands
feet
belt
altered (exacto knife removal from original figure and transfered to new parts):
thigh pockets
shin tool pockets
knee dart launchers (outside knee pad pieces)
Additional set of wookie scalps (removed from a second boba figure and added underneath the originals)
Rear holster: (sliced off of original boba figure with an exacto knife and glued onto joe leg, same as pockets)
Cod piece was taken from an unknown Darth Vader figure. it was the right shape to fit under the boba belt, so it was glued on and is similar in function as the Jango Fett removable armor belt/cod piece/holster assymbly...
gi-joe part list:
"gut" and hips: Resolute Cobra Commander
Thighs: Paraviper (accessories removed with exacto knife)
knee joint/pads: Resolute 5-pack Duke
Shins/lower legs: Paris Persuit (trenchcoat) snake eyes (peg socket for feet was drilled larger to accomodate stock
boba feet)
Almost the entire figure was repainted. The grey undersuit was repainted so that there was a consistant coloration between the arms and the legs. The only armor piece that was repainted was the cod piece, all original boba armor was left stock (I am actualy very pleased with the detailing in the single carded legacy evo-boba...)
well... sorry for all the lengthy explanaitions.. but I feel like I have to explain myself anytime I do another boba figure! (narceron has given me a complex....)
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.... Ok... the waving "Fe TT" smiley is realy anoying...
but besides that.....
Simon (narceron) suggested that I do a modern military mandalorian. of course I challenged him to do one as well (hopefully he'll finish it!)... and in all honesty I wasn't going to actually do this custom, but got to messing around with the figures I had and it fell together into what I'm about to explain...
so I hope that narceron takes this as even more of a challenge to finish his version of the concept!
The idea was to make a mandalorian style soldier that looked like it could be a present day (or near future) modern soldier or mercenary. This meant keeping the general look and feel of the mandalorian armor/helmet but making it in a way that seemed more plausable.
I felt like the concept of boba's armor and gauntlets was very real world plausible, I've actually seen full movie acurate costumes which had built in working flame throwers on them! so I kept the main body armor exactly the same.
I used the gi-joe splicing technique that I have used so often and swapped the original boba's legs and hips out for a set of Gi-joe parts that looked decent, you might remember this figure I showed a while back:
(http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs50/i/2009/317/1/4/heavy_mando_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
I realy liked the look of that figure and compounded upon it to make the finished
"modern militant mando"
(http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2009/346/6/7/modernmando10_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2009/346/9/c/modernmando11_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2009/346/4/5/modernmando9_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2009/346/8/2/modernmando7_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2009/346/6/4/modern_mando6_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2009/346/3/1/modernmando5_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2009/346/5/6/modernmando4_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2009/346/8/9/modernmando3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2009/346/5/e/modernmando2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2009/346/8/6/modernmando1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
I felt like a traditional boba fett jetpack looked too futuristic. I know that there are modern day jetpacks available, but none that are able to cary a person for very long.
The "helo pack" is based on a ducted fan personal lift device that has been in the works for quite some time. I believe that this was the most practical way of depicting a modern day soldier with a personal back pack based flight appperatus. My thoughts are that instead of being gasoline/fuel driven it'd be a highly efficient electric system. Using a hydrogen fuel cell or some kind of advanced battery high power electric motors would run the rotors and create lift....
as for the toy, the fans are from the CORPS! hovercraft's motors. They have been added to "Heavy Duty"'s ammo backpack from the ROC line of GI-joes. I trimmed off the "HD" emblem that was on the pack. Both fan ducts are friction mounted on a plastic rod and are free to swivel into different orientations.
I constructed the new machine gun out of an offbrand (might have been corps!) military M-16 replica. I spliced the machine gun with the grenade launcher to a Boba Fett rifle with the barrel removed, the scope is from the original boba blaster.
The range finder was replaced by a modifed set of night vision goggles. I originally wanted to make the range finder posable and the scope able to swivel up. I wound up not being able to do that in the way that I wanted so I cut the "antenae" off and glued it on in the down position, glueing the scope to the front visor and glueing the "antenae" to the side of it.
I believe that covers it.... I repainted most of the figure, giving him a darker jumpsuit under the armor as well as a black on grey camo pattern (similar to what was on the original Gi-joe legs)....
well.... tell me what you guys think. Anything I could add/change to make this one better?
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All I can say is WOW! as I gaze at these figures! Great, great work, Spud! Great work!
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Devin,
in some review of the EVO Boba Fett they said this was the ultimate Boba Fett figure...untill you came along.
Your Boba is the best Boba Fett figure I've seen so far and I'm mightily impressed.
The other Mando also looks majorly cool. The Helo-Pack is a great idea and underlines the overall look of the Mandalorian Supercommandos.
Big thumbs-up for an outstanding job!
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thanks guys, I think the best compliment I've had so far is that my sister took a look at it and said "it looks like something you'd buy at the store".
I'm happy with it :)
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thanks guys, I think the best compliment I've had so far is that my sister took a look at it and said "it looks like something you'd buy at the store".
I'm happy with it :)
Truthfully, it looks a lot better than the store quality items!
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That's a great Fett, Spud! You have certainly perfected the best version of him. I really like that flight backpack, also. Great job buddy. Thanks for the lengthy explanation. I read the whole thing. BTW, if you capitalize the F in Fett, I believe that it will disable the smiley.
.... Ok... the waving "Fe TT" smiley is realy anoying...
but besides that.....
Simon (narceron) suggested that I do a modern military mandalorian. of course I challenged him to do one as well (hopefully he'll finish it!)... and in all honesty I wasn't going to actually do this custom, but got to messing around with the figures I had and it fell together into what I'm about to explain...
so I hope that narceron takes this as even more of a challenge to finish his version of the concept!
The idea was to make a mandalorian style soldier that looked like it could be a present day (or near future) modern soldier or mercenary. This meant keeping the general look and feel of the mandalorian armor/helmet but making it in a way that seemed more plausable.
I felt like the concept of boba's armor and gauntlets was very real world plausible, I've actually seen full movie acurate costumes which had built in working flame throwers on them! so I kept the main body armor exactly the same.
I used the gi-joe splicing technique that I have used so often and swapped the original boba's legs and hips out for a set of Gi-joe parts that looked decent, you might remember this figure I showed a while back:
(http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs50/i/2009/317/1/4/heavy_mando_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
I realy liked the look of that figure and compounded upon it to make the finished
"modern militant mando"
(http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2009/346/6/7/modernmando10_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2009/346/9/c/modernmando11_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2009/346/4/5/modernmando9_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2009/346/8/2/modernmando7_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2009/346/6/4/modern_mando6_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2009/346/3/1/modernmando5_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2009/346/5/6/modernmando4_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2009/346/8/9/modernmando3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2009/346/5/e/modernmando2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2009/346/8/6/modernmando1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
I felt like a traditional boba fett jetpack looked too futuristic. I know that there are modern day jetpacks available, but none that are able to cary a person for very long.
The "helo pack" is based on a ducted fan personal lift device that has been in the works for quite some time. I believe that this was the most practical way of depicting a modern day soldier with a personal back pack based flight appperatus. My thoughts are that instead of being gasoline/fuel driven it'd be a highly efficient electric system. Using a hydrogen fuel cell or some kind of advanced battery high power electric motors would run the rotors and create lift....
as for the toy, the fans are from the CORPS! hovercraft's motors. They have been added to "Heavy Duty"'s ammo backpack from the ROC line of GI-joes. I trimmed off the "HD" emblem that was on the pack. Both fan ducts are friction mounted on a plastic rod and are free to swivel into different orientations.
I constructed the new machine gun out of an offbrand (might have been corps!) military M-16 replica. I spliced the machine gun with the grenade launcher to a Boba Fett rifle with the barrel removed, the scope is from the original boba blaster.
The range finder was replaced by a modifed set of night vision goggles. I originally wanted to make the range finder posable and the scope able to swivel up. I wound up not being able to do that in the way that I wanted so I cut the "antenae" off and glued it on in the down position, glueing the scope to the front visor and glueing the "antenae" to the side of it.
I believe that covers it.... I repainted most of the figure, giving him a darker jumpsuit under the armor as well as a black on grey camo pattern (similar to what was on the original Gi-joe legs)....
well.... tell me what you guys think. Anything I could add/change to make this one better?
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I like it. I will find some time to go change that daggone smiley too. Now all this Fett needs is a daggone MRE and he would feel right at home in any modern military
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Fantastic looking Fett Devin!!! it didnt take you long to get back to the mando'a hey lol
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lol I never got off of them!
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Ultimate Boba,
I'm gonna hate saying this, but it looks better than what Hasbro makes.
Well done, actually a very good job.
Almost makes that horrible existence you call a life worth living, :)
Military mando....I see.
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Your Boba Fett is beyond amazing. Utterly brilliant work.
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lol I never got off of them!
I'm not even going to explain how I thought I read that when I first read it. :o
LOL
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;D
anyways.... daaaaamn that heli fan backpack guy is awesome! He's hardcore and bad ass. Great concept, great custom. Mandos are never a bad thing. Ever.
best Fett I've seen ever too. Yours puts Hasbro's to shame and it hysterical how many rings it could run around it with proper articulation
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I don't know why hasbro doesn't jump on the ball with super articulation. I know that the thinking behind star wars figures have always been "screen accuracy" but that doesn't mean having to sacrifice articulation in their construction. As a person who likes to see playability in a TOY I don't like these miniature plastic statues hasbro keeps creating with star wars...
with gi-joe the thinking has always been playability, for goodness sakes the toys are meant to be toys, they were created as a toy line and not as movie merchendise! I realy think hasbro should bring back the toy mentality to star wars....
I think I have proven from the customs I have done that Hasbro already has the means to reimagine the star wars line... I mean heck, they already reuse countless parts for any new gi-joe figure... very little new molds would have to be made for a super articulated "joe style" construction of star wars toys!....
ok... I'll step down from my soap box now
thanks everyone for the kind words, I'm glad you liked these and didn't see them as "just another mando"...
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I really like that Helo pack and the paint job and the super atry treatment. Another good one Devin.
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I agree the Heli pack is quite cool. Good idea using the parts from the ship for propulsion. Hey I also just saw "he's no good to me mashed" and had a good laugh.
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I agree the Heli pack is quite cool. Good idea using the parts from the ship for propulsion. Hey I also just saw "he's no good to me mashed" and had a good laugh.
lol I'm glad someone cought it and laughed... I used to have an actual mr.potato head sketch with boba and han solo in carbonite as my avatar so it made a little more sense back then...
(http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs31/i/2008/227/1/0/Spuda_Fett_with_Yam_Solo_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
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AHHHH that is sweet!
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Not to get too off topic, Devin, but I can answer your question, as Hasbro answered it for us one time:
G.I. Joe is a Hasbro entity, so they do not need to pay for licensing or royalties that they would have to pay to George Lucas for the Star Wars license. When we asked, it was "Why are G.I. Joe figs $5 and SW figs are almost $8. However, since they're actually the same price point now, what's the difference? We'll never get a straight answer, nor will we ever get the full articulation we all desire.
Back on track though, those are fantastic customs!
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lol i just realized that "yam solo's" thumbs are backwards....
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I'm very impressed with the figures you have done and the variety of parts you've used work great together keep up the great work.
Ron
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Thanks! I'm glad you like them.
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Dev are you going to paint that backpack??? You can't make an awesome mando and have plastic turbo fans =)
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lol yeah everyone keeps insisting that the only thing left to do for that one is paint the backpack more uniform... so I'll do that today.
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lol yeah everyone keeps insisting that the only thing left to do for that one is paint the backpack more uniform... so I'll do that today.
I guess I'm odd man out on this one but I actually really like that it's 2 different colors. It looks like maybe that was part of its design when he made it. Some unmathing/nonuinform color situations are better off sometimes IMO.
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well NFC... i went on and painted it, and it does look alot better :P lol I'll post pics later
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repainted and reworked helo pack:
I painted everything but the blades themselves flat black to match the pack. I then drilled a peg hole into the center of the back of the helo pack where the green backpack could be inserted. The green pack can still be removed and worn individually...
(http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2009/348/4/6/modernmando_militant_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2009/348/f/e/helo_pack_reconfig_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2009/348/c/6/helopackrepaint_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
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some of you might remember this WIP I showed a long time ago... I think I've had this figure sitting around for over a year waiting to be painted... I finally finished it up so that I can list it on e-bay. Now that I'm graduated and leaving school I don't have my student job anymore and after the next two paychecks I've got on the way I'll be flat broke... so needless to say I'm going to be selling ALOT of customs and figures soon...
SO.... if anyone sees anything they like while thumbing through my thread here, shoot me a message privately and let me know, and make an offer... if its something I havn't already sold, and if it's something I don't mind getting rid of, we might reach an agreement!
anyway, here we go:
Mandalorian Recon Scout:
(http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2009/348/f/3/scout_mando_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2009/348/4/a/mando_recon_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2009/348/1/e/mando_recon_scout_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2009/348/8/d/mando_scout_back_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
this is basically a boba fett figure that has some gi-joe forearms and lower legs added on.... nice and simple...
the concept is that not all mandalorians were specialized to fight, some took more indirect routs... this specific mando is an expert in gaining information and recon. He's super stealthy and his armor is specialized for the job. He doesn't wear gauntlets because they get in his way. His backpack and helmet have specialized communications equipment which broadcast on a scrambled frequency only he has the cypher to. His backpack also contains a jamming device to disrupt an enemies communications.
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wow your Mandalorian Recon Scout looks superb
your Mandos are the best, can't wait to see more
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Oh yeah, the Helo pack looks better imo. I really like that one.
I like the recon scout too. It sure would be cool to have slip on arm armor for this guy. I guess there is no way to find something like that. Wouldn't it be cool if we really did get a decent full removable armor set for a Mando? I know they did some snap on versions, but a full complete everything would sell like hotcakes. I can watch my little girl play with her polly pockets all day long by changing clothes, if they would do something like this for the troopers it would be awesome.
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tamer my ultimate goal is to create a mandalorian action figure that is just that. Using all the various removable armor sets that have been issued so far I want to apply them to a gi-joe figure and make one that can be completely interchangeable with different armor sets.
my 'ultimate" boba fett is not as "ultimate" as I'd like it to be. I'd like to be able to have a fett figure that can swap between different armors, different capes, and other variations to make a figure that encompases ALL personas of the character that have been depicted in ALL movies and EU material...
so this would include different armor sets for ESB and ROTJ, a comic style boba, and a holiday fett version of the armor, all of which the base figure could swap between. AND make it where when all armor is removed the figure looks like fett would if he only had on his plain jumpsuit, without the armor.... (unlike the jango with pop off armor that looks like he has a huge void in his chest when you remove the armor!)
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Damn impressive both Mando's look great.
Ron
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I would love to have a figure that had all that Devin. I bet you could perhaps pull it off. I am just wondering why Hasbro hasn't tried some removeable armor or clothes with rubber sets like my little gals pocket sets. They might not look as good as regular figures, but the fact that it could be taken on and off with relative ease would make it sell and played with great imo.
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I stand by the idea that hasbro doesn't care about finding a good balance between playability and accuracy...
they either want a figure that has some kind of rediculous "super chop action" (like constipated anakin with lightsaber chop action)...
or figures that are super detailed but have no playable value and are basically 3.75" statues....
My customizing goal has been to find a balance between both of those issues. I think that my ultimate boba fett is the closest to this idealized equilibrium that I've achieved yet...
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Like the recon Mando, buddy. It's different enough to keep the mando look fresh. yeah, I like the new improved Samauri mando idea. You should find you one of those new concept snowies and try a helmet mod using the mando faceplate on the snowie's head.
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Who says that all Mandalorians need to wear the full set of Beskar'gam?
Who says that there is only one type of Beskar'gam?
Although maybe soon no longer SW canon, Karen describes that there are several manufacturers of Beskar armor on Mandalore. I think it is safe to assume that each maker has his own personal variation.
We know that each warrior further modifies his armor so it suits himself and his individual taste and needs best.
Plus in customizing, this prevents our Mando figures from all looking like Jango or Boba.
Steps down from his soapbox now, bows and exits the stage.
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I want one with full removeable armor wtih all accesories! The whole enchilada!
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lol stand in line tamer... I get it first! :P
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lol stand in line tamer... I get it first! :P
The way it looks to me you will make it first and I will be standing in your line.
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this is an old custom, but the pictures are too good not to post.
this was a mission to try and make some better photos to try and get this figure sold on e-bay...
this is my custom mon calamari warrior:
(http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2009/350/8/5/moncalwarrior6_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2009/350/1/a/moncalwarrior4_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2009/350/7/8/moncalwarrior3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2009/350/0/a/moncalwarior2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2009/350/7/8/moncalwarior1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
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that looks awsome man :)
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Mon Calamari! Thumbs up, can't ever seen enough Mon Cal customs anyway but it's amazing to see what a huge improvement the articulated knees are!
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thanks guys, that figure as well as a bunch of custom swoops and other figs are up on e-bay this week! check them out!
http://shop.ebay.com/custom_scoundrels/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p3686
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that's some nice pics of the Mon Calamari custom
very well done
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a little tease of somehting I've been working on today.... some of you might recognize elements of the figure from a past figure I did....
(http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2009/352/5/d/westernmando_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2009/353/c/4/westernmando2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
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I guess posting "teaser" pics during the wee hours of the night isn't all that productive...
well... here is my latest figure. Nothing realy special, it's a remake of my old "self custom"... If you remember (or just look back through my thread to the first few pages, he's back there somewhere)... I had made a "mandoish" version of myself. I had sculpted the armor from scratch onto the body of a joe figure and although it was a good attempt I never cared all that much for it. I also hated that I couldn't find a better head for it than "mutt williams".
anyway, I sought to fix those problems today with this figure. I replaced the torso and head. I used the same base torso that I did before as I liked it the best, it is the same parts that are on the 25th joe wild bill and the paraviper. in this case I used a paraviper's parts to replace the old custom's parts. one thing I'd like to do with this new figure is resculpt the cod piece, I realy liked the way that came out on the first figure and it looks lacking without it on this one. But I didn't feel like breaking out the apoxi sculpt and having to wait for it to cure to finish this figure...
I went with the new ROC duke head, I had to frankenstein a different neck peg onto the paraviper's shoulders to get the head to sit correctly though.
I'd like to say thanks to Commander Kurgan for the hat and bandanna, they are off a figure he sent me recently with a bunch of stuff to cast up and work on...
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hmmm... for some reason my browser is not moveing the reply box down if I type longer than the space provided.... I wonder if it's trying to tell me soemthing? anyway, here are pics of the Western Mando:
(http://th08.deviantart.net/fs71/300W/i/2009/353/9/d/westernmandofig9_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2009/353/4/3/gunslingersduel_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2009/353/2/c/westernmandofig8_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2009/353/3/a/westernmandofig7_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2009/353/7/b/westernmandofig6_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2009/353/d/3/westernmandofig5_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2009/353/c/8/westernmandofig3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2009/353/b/6/westernmandofig2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2009/353/d/5/westernmandofig1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
so he's not realy a "self custom" anymore as he doesn't look a thing like me... not that the first version did... but I will say that if I ever make myself a mando costume it'll probably look similar to this in some way. I love my hat and boots so even though by wearing the hat you can't realy where a helmet I'd probably go that rout.
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a reworked mythosaur skull emblem to look more like the skull of a texas longhorn was made for the western mando's shoulder patch. I thought I'd do up a little photomanip artwork to bring that symbol more in view....
(http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2009/353/7/0/westernmandosymbol_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
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Cool crossover figure, Wyatt Fett...
Gunfight at Keldabe Corral...
I'm glad to see that Lee Scoresby figure was put to good use here.
You may want to try to dremel off his pistol holster, it will look great holding a Jango Westar Blaster.
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nice mando dude i like recon mando too ive got a idea make sum mando's like 1 callled tamer the other called clint one calllled jay and a toydarian mando called WATTOH
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I sure do wish I knew how you guys cut around those figure pics and insert them into the backgrounds and then add those same effects and textures. Good stuff that.
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wow, this a brillinat character, very cool
and the longhorn-mythosaur is the dot on the i
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hmmm... for some reason my browser is not moveing the reply box down if I type longer than the space provided.... I wonder if it's trying to tell me soemthing? anyway,
Sounds like Vista or IE 8 issues, up on top of your screen next to the adressw indow there should be a broken paper symbol next to the refresh button, click that and it will run in compatability mode, that will fix the reply and posting issues, I have to do that as well with my comp and browser
Anyhow the fig looks great.
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Nice western mando fig, Spud! i like this version better than the old one. Those first two shots of him holding the rifle are killer!
I wonder if I should try a heavy construction mando, were I to attempt a self-custom?
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Cool western mando.Really gives it a cowboy feeling,i guess
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Cool western mando.Really gives it a cowboy feeling,i guess
lol that was the idea...
hmmm... for some reason my browser is not moveing the reply box down if I type longer than the space provided.... I wonder if it's trying to tell me soemthing? anyway,
Sounds like Vista or IE 8 issues, up on top of your screen next to the adressw indow there should be a broken paper symbol next to the refresh button, click that and it will run in compatability mode, that will fix the reply and posting issues, I have to do that as well with my comp and browser
Anyhow the fig looks great.
It might be a windows7 issue, as that is what my new laptop is running....
I sure do wish I knew how you guys cut around those figure pics and insert them into the backgrounds and then add those same effects and textures. Good stuff that.
tamer, I'm using a different program but it's basically the same in photoshop. There is a "lasso" tool (fitting for that custom huh?) that cuts around shapes and there is usually a "snap feature" which clips the cutting selection to lines in the existing image. This is why I like taking my photos agains uniform white or black backgrounds, this makes that automatic snap feature alot easier to work with.
thanks everyone for the comments! I appreciate it.
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so I've sold a few of my figures on e-bay last week...
one figure was bid on twice so I made an offer to remake the figure or a new figure for the person who was outbid. The figure in the auction was the mandalorian scout. they wrote me back and told me:
you can make it how ever you want. try to make him as cool and tough as possible. add what ever you have tomake him look unique. thanks again.
so I need some suggestions for a "cool and tough" mandalorian concept....
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Great looking Mando and very original idea, the western feel really suits this guy.
Ron
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Thanks Hemble, I'd realy like to do something I've never done before with this one (which will be hard since I've done so many)...
And honestly I'd like it to be something simple.
I have the holiday debut boba fett figure from the BAD two pack that will be my base figure. I think I'm just going to start looking through my fodder bin and throw different parts on it, mix it up a bit, and see what I can come up with.
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Sorry, I'm still laughing about your first post with the self custom, and I quote(in regards to his self custom) "I'd really like to resculpt his cod piece"
LOL
My wife even laughed at that, :)
This looks pretty good, man, dig the long horn mythosaur.
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wow.... you read into things WAY to much....
I meant that I liked how the armor piece turned out after sculpting it from scratch out of apoxi sculpt.... gah...
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I'm gonna start this post with a little photo I set up the other day:
(http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2009/363/f/e/custom_mandos_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
I have done a few mando's havn't I.... lol
well here is one more! This one was done for a guy on e-bay who got outbid on another figure, so I offered to rebuild him the figure he bid on or do a new one. I whipped this one up tonight after mulling over it for a while.
I finally decided to do it in a desert theme. I had some pleather material laying around so I decided to use that to make a kama for him. I used the holliday debut boba fett as the base figure. I wrapped his cape around the helmet and glued the tip back to the top to create the "scarf". It's not realy posable but can be flopped behind the helmet in a "hood" like fassion.
His backback is a joe pack that I liked for this one, a jetpack just wasn't working for me on this one.... besides who said all mando's have to have jetpacks?
one thing I liked about the pack was it had a little clasp for holding a machette, instead of the knife I've used it as a place to store the figure's customized rifle.
enjoy:
(http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2009/363/8/8/desertmando9_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2009/363/b/0/desertmando8_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2009/363/f/6/desertmando7_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2009/363/b/e/desertmando6_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2009/363/2/9/desertmando5_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2009/363/3/0/desertmando4_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2009/363/5/9/desertmando3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2009/363/5/b/desertmando2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2009/363/3/a/desertmando1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
heres a couple WIP shots of some other projects I have in the works:
(http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2009/363/d/d/WIPheavymando_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2009/363/8/5/WIPfiremando_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
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awesome mate your Mandos fett are the best
the desert-mando looks great with the cloth
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Fantastic Mandos mate .
Ron
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Damn cool, buddy!
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Love the desert mando man, good work!
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I love that group shot, Devin. Dude, that desert mando rocks! I love the scratchbuilt kama and the other cloth item. That backpack looks great and it's cool how you can clip on that custom rifle. Expect this to be on the Front Page tomorrow.
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thanks clint!
BTW.... if anyone is interested I'm currently taking commission requests.
the guy buying the desert mando from me went through my gallery on deviantart and sent me a list of about 5 figures he wanted out of there... lol. A few of them I've already sold unfourtunately so I'm going to have to rebuild it.
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Congratulations Devin!
You're shelling out very cool figures and I hope you'll find many more satisfied customers for them.
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thanks CK... i've got a figure in the works for you too btw... but I'm not going to post it or give any details away (since it was supposed to be your secret santa gift :P )!
and I've got a ton of parts setting up in a mold right now for you and a couple other people...
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WOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOO !
Can't wait to see the results, buddy!
It's going to be majorly cool, that's for sure, though.
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Great group of Mando's you have Devin. That new desert themed one rocks! Love the cloth goods you added and great pint work.
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thanks luke, I think that it's probably one of the best paint jobs I've ever done on a figure honestly! I just got in a zone on this one where everything fell right into place.
So often I get the most enjoyment out of putting the parts to a figure together, doing the sculpting/molding etc... then when it comes to the paint I start to slack off and loose momentum...
the desert mando was such a relatively simple figure compared to some I've done recently that the momentum stayed through the painting, and I think that realy helped me get it together!
so... apparently my stealth fett figure is the most demanded figure! I've had two more people from e-bay look through my deviantart gallery wanting me to do that figure for them! lol I have to build both of them from scratch again....
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so... apparently my stealth fett figure is the most demanded figure! I've had two more people from e-bay look through my deviantart gallery wanting me to do that figure for them! lol I have to build both of them from scratch again....
thats weird, obviously they are not star wars fans, maybe they just like you, :)
I might be down for a commision, like we talked about before...basically I'd like a mandalorian version of my man Sanction, :)
We'll have to work it out.
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sweet fig Devin. I like it alot. Daggone you are kicking things up a few notches too I see. It will be a race to see if clint fps it before I do.
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sweet fig Devin. I like it alot. Daggone you are kicking things up a few notches too I see. It will be a race to see if clint fps it before I do.
I beat you to it, buddy.
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This might be one of Devin's best Mando customs yet and that's saying something.
You realy think it's the best one? hm... thats funny. I honestly don't care much for it because it's not super arty! lol, I guess I've had my thinking too much on making the figures super arty....
you guys think this one was better than "ultimate fett"? (I don't... lol)
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Sometimes articulation is unnecessary because the rest of the figure is so great. That desert Mando is fantastic! Nice work Devin!
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that is awesome i bet he could make a killing over bounties on tatooine, and they'd never see him coming!
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Those are so AWESOME dude, very cool.
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awesome desert mando man!! Just great work all around. I love the Western Mando too.
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That custom is fantastic!!! Wrapped in some nice legacy collection packaging and i would not be able to resist picking up heaps of them from the stores. Well done on a FANTASTIC custom, and happy new year!!
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Really lovin that desert mando.Cant get enough of your mandos.
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thanks guys. I realy liked the way that one turned out too.
clint commented that he was trying to think which figure was his favorite figure that he'd done the last year and it got me thinking which one might be my favorite of my own work...
I've got to say that I probably like my ultimate boba fett figure the best... only because I'd attempted that one before and I was never satisfied with the way it turned out. Now that I have this one finished I think it is one of the best, most detailed, most intricate customs I've done...
but like clint pointed out with his... there is always room for improvement... I can't wait to see what I come up with this year :)
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here's a fig I just finished on commission for someone I'm making a large order for:
cyborg mando.
this guy was severely wounded in battle and had to have both his right leg and arm replaced. He also requires a breathing apparatus to keep him alive.
(http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/005/3/5/mandocyborg8_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/005/5/9/mandocyborg6_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/005/d/1/mandocyborg4_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/005/b/1/mandocyborg3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/005/8/c/mandocyborg2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/005/2/9/mandocyborg1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
the basic figure is that of the new legacy jango, which is based on the evo-pack jango. I've replaced the lower half of his leg with a BAD part (not sure which one it was) and his right arm was replaced with that of a VvV gi-joe BAT figures arm (which was heavilly modified to give it more range of movement). The head and breathing apparatus are that of the ROC Gi-joe "the doctor" rex figure. I had to dremel out the head socket to get the joe head to fit on the jango neck ball. The helmet is a custom cast resin helmet which has part of the faceplate cut away to fit over the breathing machine.
One thing I realy love about making these resin helmets is that if you get them out of the mold wile they are still soft you can make them stretch and form fit to figure's whose heads would normally be too big for the original helmet...
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This guy is really bad wounded.
Great idea to use BAD-parts on the figure, he looks awesome
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ooooo very cool spuda, i love the robotic limbs, and the way you did the head/helmet is amazing!
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cyborg Mando, hell yes. That's one of the best customs you've done, Spud, wicked awesome use of random BAD limbs.
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Sweet Cyborg Mando, Spud! Now there's a mando bucket mod that worked out great. Very nicely done. I'll bet that the buyer is pleased.
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nice mando dude i am shocked my mouth is dribbiling aghhhghhhhg i shoul try and buy it from the guy u gave it to
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Wounded but still going strong.
After all, this is what might happen to a warrior who doesn't shy away at the sound of battle.
Very nice figure, Devin!
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Love that mando.
He looks really cool.
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As everyone has said that is a great one Devin. The helmet mod over the Doc's face is very cool, as are the robotic limbs. Awesome figure man!
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btw I don't think I made it very clear, the arm isn't a BAD part it's from one of these:
(http://www.yojoe.com/action/03/images/bat6_large.jpg)
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Spudd I am liking your customs a lot, I am getting some cool ideas from looking at these, so expect to see some copied, lol.
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Wonderful customs as always mate.
Ron
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Spudd I am liking your customs a lot, I am getting some cool ideas from looking at these, so expect to see some copied, lol.
BY ALL MEANS! As I was telling a guy I was selling some figures to the other day... it is an honor to be coppied/emulated. he had originally asked me to do a figure for him but after seeing my figures he had purchased he wanted to give it a try on his own, after asking me for some pointers! lol. Of course I gave him my best advice. I always have said that it is much more rewarding to build/make your own figure than it is to buy something prebuilt. That is what I love most about this hobby, the construction, working with my hands, and making something that I can be proud of. I love that sense of accomplishment.
If I can help you, or anyone else get that same sense of accomplishment then I am more than willing to offer up ideas or help when needed. So, draw any ideas that you might want from my figures!
BY the way, if ANYONE can think of ideas for more tutorials you might like to see me do and put up on e-bay I'd love to hear what you think would help you guys. iI know my figure breakdown tutorials and super articulation tutorials have been a big help to alot of people.
I'm going to work on a super articulation upgrade tutorial for the commando droids tomorrow.... can anyone think of anything else they might need help with?
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Blizzard force Mandalorian
This mando is decked out in arctic survival gear. Heavilly layered clothing keeps out the bitter chill of blizzard conditions. He is equipped with a winterized blaster rifle, the wrappings keep the electronics above freezing. He has spiked boots to keep grip on glacial ice as well as two large ice picks for climbing.
the figure was made from that of a ROC arctic viper. The vest was heavilly modified, and a cast resin duplicate of the "FX" jango's chest armor was added. The forearms are cast resin copies of a VOTC boba's forearms, which just so happened to fit perfectly onto the Arctic Viper's forearm pegs. the helmet is a stock jango helmet. the backpack is a vintage POTF snowtrooper pack, modified. everything else is random fodder, mostly joe parts.
(http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/006/3/a/blizzard7_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/006/f/a/blizzard6_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/006/8/5/blizzard5_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/006/8/a/blizzard4_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/006/d/d/blizzard_3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/006/1/3/blizzard2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/006/5/9/blizzard1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/006/0/6/climbing_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/006/1/1/scaling_the_wall_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/006/f/d/hangin_round_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/006/f/a/fire_and_ice_by_SpudaFett.jpg0)
well let me know what you guys think... I know he's another mando... and your probably getting sick of them... but I hope he's different enough (and most of my figs are different enough from each other) that it keeps them fresh............
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and the next awesome Mando, very very cool mate
In my opinion the best so far
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lol how come each successive figure I post keeps getting the "best so far" treatment....
I still think super uber articulated fett was the best.... although I am very proud of this last one. Only because it was a concept I've wanted to do for a long time but could never pin down a good idea of what to use or how to go about doing it. and as great as it looks now you'd never know how much work was put into it.
those cast resin forearms were a B#($5 to get right. I went through about 3 resin pours before the fingers and all the details finally came out right.
If that wasn't enough... painting white on a figure is so agrivating.... However I was pleasently surprised when my white on this figured turned out alright.
I learned a long time ago to reserve a single paint brush for ONLY WHITE. I have marked this brush by dipping the end of the handle in the white paint and letting it dry. I ONLY use it for white now to make sure that there isn't any contamination of other collors into whatever I'm painting.
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That's a very cool figure as well, Devin.
Somehow I knew what was coming when you told me about the Arctic Mando project...it was either this Viper or Frostbite as a basic figure to work from.
Actually, I like painting white figures, but I prefer spraypainting in white if possible. It will look nice and even and lends itself to an inkwash to give the figure more depth.
I'll soon be presenting my Republic Commando in Katarn Model VI Experimental Armor and I plan to do him in white (with the appropriate wear and tear).
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Spudd I am liking your customs a lot, I am getting some cool ideas from looking at these, so expect to see some copied, lol.
BY ALL MEANS! As I was telling a guy I was selling some figures to the other day... it is an honor to be coppied/emulated. he had originally asked me to do a figure for him but after seeing my figures he had purchased he wanted to give it a try on his own, after asking me for some pointers! lol. Of course I gave him my best advice. I always have said that it is much more rewarding to build/make your own figure than it is to buy something prebuilt. That is what I love most about this hobby, the construction, working with my hands, and making something that I can be proud of. I love that sense of accomplishment.
If I can help you, or anyone else get that same sense of accomplishment then I am more than willing to offer up ideas or help when needed. So, draw any ideas that you might want from my figures!
BY the way, if ANYONE can think of ideas for more tutorials you might like to see me do and put up on e-bay I'd love to hear what you think would help you guys. iI know my figure breakdown tutorials and super articulation tutorials have been a big help to alot of people.
I'm going to work on a super articulation upgrade tutorial for the commando droids tomorrow.... can anyone think of anything else they might need help with?
I would say how to get rid off paint rub on joints, I know a few ways but would be interested to hear how others do it.
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Not too shabby. I would think any Mando would probably scoff at the idea of wearing a coat though. I really only see those dudes at most wearing a cape or kama, but would be too proud to actually wear something to stay warm.
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Tamer Idk... I havn't realy read any of the eu material so Im not real sure how they would see it. I would think that the mando's wouldn't necessarilly only have one set of armor, but rather have several specialized sets depending on the situation. I'm thinking back when the mando's were an actual fighting force during the early republic, not jango/boba's days... but even they had a few sets of armor (the same versions...).
I don't think a mando would see it weak to whear appropriate necessary materials... now I am sure they would find it redicuous to wear this outfit in every situation....
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holy shit, that's a LOT of white paint.
well worth the pain in the ass I'm sure it was but I have to say better you than me with that hassle. (don't say it was that bad either LOL, white is the most obnoxious color to paint with, seconded only by yellow)
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I agree NFC... but realy the only thing that I realy had to paint white was over the cobra emblem on the vest, the helmet (the hardest part) and the cast resin pieces (the chest armor and the forearms/hands) which were already cast in white resin so it was kind of redundant... so although it looks like alot it realy wasn't too bad.
by the way... I've started a photo project today with this figure. I am making a thread on it over in the artwork section:
http://www.imperialshipyards.net/SMF/index.php?topic=2480.0
I've titled the project "bounty hunting daily, 2010".
the concept is that for every day for the rest of this year I will take at least one candid shot of a custom action figure. I plan on mostly useing my mandos and bounty hunters, hence the title of the project... so check out the first instalment in that thread and keep checking it daily for updates! (and let me know what you think!)
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O MY GOD Spuda you are amazing at mandos, you have to have least one for every environment possible! Holy cow that is amazing
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O MY GOD Spuda you are amazing at mandos, you have to have least one for every environment possible! Holy cow that is amazing
ultimately that is the idea... I still have yet to make a GOOD space suit mando....
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Look at that Kicken Snow Mando! I know that he isn't super duper arty and yes, your super arty mando was killer but, I am a visual guy and to me, if it looks cool, it is cool. This one is quite cool, buddy.
FX Fett? Was that the one with the sound effect backpack?
Here was my favorite shot.(http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/006/0/6/climbing_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
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thanks clint, actually he has almost the same articulation that the ultimate boba has. The arctic viper figure doesn't have the double jointed knees, and the coat basically makes the chest/torso joint useless. But he still has ball jointed joe hip articulation...
If you like that shot clint go check out the shots I put up in my new thread over in the custom artwork section.... this figure was the start of an epic photo project Im going to work on this year.
and yes the "FX" jango I'm talking about is the one with the sound effects backpack. The front chest armor and wrist gauntlets are removable on that figure, so I made a cast resin duplicate of the chest armor after cutting off the shoulder pads.
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I thought so. I have the gauntlets to mold but need that darned chest piece.
No double jointed knees in the arctic viper? I thought all ROC figs had it.
I heard about your new thread but haven't been there yet. I like the idea, though and do feel that you are the man for the job, you mando nut, you.
(http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/006/0/6/climbing_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
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Spud here you go.
(http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af72/squirepec7/SealofApprovalcopy.jpg)
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Here is a figure I just finished up on commission for that guy who is getting the desert mando, cyborg mando, and several others (11 total figures) from me.
It's the second time I've done this concept, but I've changed it up a little bit. Back on the first page of my thread I think I showed my "stealth opps boba fett" figure. which was basically a repainted VOTC boba fett with silver underclothing and black and red armor. He also had a sandtrooper pauldron with the mythosaur emblem painted onto it...
I was asked to recreate that figure, or one close to it, and this is what I came up with this time around:
(http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/009/6/5/stealth_mando_6_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/009/8/7/stealth_mando_5_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/009/9/6/stealth_mando_4_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/009/d/5/stealth_mando_3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/009/9/e/stealth_mando_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/009/5/7/Stealth_Mando_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
BTW the new pauldron AND the droid backpack are a few of my newest cast resin parts. The pauldron has a small break in the smaller side of it caused by a bad casting but it's covered by the helmet and isn't noticable so I went on and used it.
what do you guys think?
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That one is awesome! Your customer is a lucky guy!
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phatty I plan on doing myself a super articulated version... so keep an eye out for it :)
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Hey spud it's been a while since i last posted up on your thread, i have really enjoyed looking at all the new mandos you have shown us mate...
great work all round mate, and in saying that i know how you get sick of seeing just clones being customized same goes for me when seeing you do just mandos,
dont get me wrong i like seeing what you do but its really time to branch out dont you think, just a thought is all... ;)
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Awesome i love that pauldron.
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Hey spud it's been a while since i last posted up on your thread, i have really enjoyed looking at all the new mandos you have shown us mate...
great work all round mate, and in saying that i know how you get sick of seeing just clones being customized same goes for me when seeing you do just mandos,
dont get me wrong i like seeing what you do but its really time to branch out dont you think, just a thought is all... ;)
Just FYI, in case you might have skipped over everything I type about my figures, Im filling an order of 10 (count them, TEN) mandalorian figures for one person. Not only are they paying me for several figures I have but have commissioned several from me as well. Now, I already have an afinity for the mandos, everyone knows that. Boba fett is my favorite character. I don't customize to make you or anyone else happy (unless your going to pay me to make a figure), I customize because it's a hobby that I like and I will use my time and money to make figures that I will enjoy.
if you would like some diversity I recomend that you actually look back through my thread... perhaps at these:
(http://th05.deviantart.net/fs70/150/i/2009/350/1/a/moncalwarrior4_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://th00.deviantart.net/fs70/150/i/2009/350/8/c/custom_clones2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://th02.deviantart.net/fs70/150/i/2009/350/9/4/superartylando2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://th08.deviantart.net/fs71/150/i/2009/341/0/d/Darth_Sauros3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://th06.deviantart.net/fs51/150/i/2009/327/6/9/BAT_field_medic_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://th04.deviantart.net/fs50/150/i/2009/287/9/6/super_articulated_scouts_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://th08.deviantart.net/fs50/150/i/2009/267/6/3/slave_leia_metal_bikini_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://th09.deviantart.net/fs26/150/i/2009/254/1/4/custom_shadow_clone_ebay4_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://th00.deviantart.net/fs23/150/i/2009/254/1/a/ebay_samauri_droid_6_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://th04.deviantart.net/fs27/150/i/2009/245/d/d/Bane_custom_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://th06.deviantart.net/fs46/150/i/2009/234/b/9/dark_trooper_9_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://th08.deviantart.net/fs49/150/i/2009/226/2/9/super_articulated_grevious_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
I am pretty sure I could keep going with this for quite a while... but I believe I've proven my point.
And I know you probably were just jesting, and pushing my buttons about this... but.... your not the first to say something about my "lack of non-mando experience"....
I'd also like to say that if you'd like even more diversity to please take the time to look through my vehicles thread, I gaurantee you that only ONE custom in that entire section is mando related.
And for those of you who have had constructive things to say about my customs I thank you, Constructive meaningful feedback about what is good and bad on a singular figure is why I post my figures for everyone to see, otherwise, I wouldn't be here.
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Geeez Devin calm down son!!! im sorry that i have rustled some feathers on you buddy if you read my post again and not went so damn defensive you would see that
1. i enjoyed your mandos
2. that i said it was great work all round
3.i said again that i like them
i admit some times i skip through post as you so ramble on a bit in them and you too also admit to doing so, i didn't think my comment would get you so hot under the collar,
those are all very nice looking customs you have done and i ask that you just understand that i meant no disrespect to any of your customs or to you..
and by the wink at the end does mean a joke and i have seen you do this so many times to others on here, that you would get that...
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no ruffled feathers... sarcasm doesn't bode well through the internet.
But I knew you were joking. :P
It's just sometimes I do feel like some people (not necessarilly you) miss things and I wanted to reinforce the fact that I don't only do mandos for those who have only been with us long enough to catch the last few pages of my thread....
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Devin, I love that figure.
The cartoon Boba is one of my favorite Star Wars figures anyway and properly painted they look awesome.
Can't wait for your SA version of it, buddy!
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I agree. I think the holiday debut boba fett is one of the best base figures of the character hasbro has produced. It's very well made.
However, I do think the newer legacy "evolutions" boba fett is a better overall figure with more versatility for customizing. Because of this it will be the base for the super articulated version of the stealth boba
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I've got the EVO and the new Legacy Boba, yes, they are great figures.
The comic style Boba is nice because he is slightly different.
Love his belt and holster - any chance you will cast the holster and pistol anytime soon?
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oh man.... commander Kurgan. I've had almost no luck at all casting weopons. about the only thing I've had any luck with is the helmets and some of the armor parts. I'm not as good as clint is about making the paper flashing for parts and planning how to get the resin to fill in every intricate part... I've not even thought about attempting trying to do holsters... I honestly don't know that I'd be able to figure out a way to do it well enough...
my main thought is that when the resin fully cures it becomes very very brittle. With the belts and holsters you want them to be that flexible rubbery material so that while your swapping accessories and moving the figure around the belt/holster flexes with the figure. I am almost certain that with the style of the holiday boba's holster it'd break as soon as you tried to move the figure around.
If there was a flexible rubber like resin or two part self hardening liquid that we could use to recreate the parts then I think it'd work...
the closest thing that comes to my mind is the old "creepy crawler" plasti-goop which when cooked in the creepy crawler's oven turned to a rubbery material... but there is no way that we would have to make the necessary metal molds to use to heat that type of material in. (please tell me there are other people who know what I am talking about and I'm not showing my age here.... I know they remade the creepy crawler kits into star wars ones just last year for the clone wars cartoon.... I almost bought one.)
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Devin, the holster alone would be good. Belts can always be crafted from other plastic material or maybe even fabric.
I bet Clint could get you jumpstarted with the weapons casts.
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I agree. I think the holiday debut boba fett is one of the best base figures of the character hasbro has produced. It's very well made.
However, I do think the newer legacy "evolutions" boba fett is a better overall figure with more versatility for customizing. Because of this it will be the base for the super articulated version of the stealth boba
yeah, its time to move on...considering by canon mandos are clones...I say you need to join the CSOTC, :)
/runs away....
LOL
Getting paid for your customs is pretty sweet.
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well.... heres one more, I promise my next custom won't be a mando ;)
I have always like my concept of a stealth armored mando and I realy like the way the last one I did came out, but of course it was commissioned so I have to part with it. Since I usually like my figures to be super articulated I decided to make another version with joe articulation.
I also went an extra mile and modified the forearms of the boba figure by cutting off his hands and using a set of articulated animated clone trooper hands. Now this figure also has wrist articulation to go with the rest.... this makes some poses look even better.
The figure's upper half is that of the new evo-legacy boba fett. The lower half of the torso is a 25th aniversary cobra commander's. the belt from a jango and boba fett were modified to fit over the CC's torso as well as one side of the jango holster's removed. I used the entire legs from a Snake Eye's city strike (i believe that was the one it was called, it might have been the resolute one) figure instead of trying to splice together a set from an original boba. I liked the fact that the snake eyes figure's legs had the forward pockets on the thighs like boba's front pockets.
I did cut the knee dart launchers from the original boba figure and glue them to the sides of the snake eyes legs. I also went and added 4 needle points to the toes to simulate the metal spikes on boba's shoes... of course, these are extremely sharp needles and I've aleady stabbed myself twice while working with the figure after I put those on there!
The rest of the figure is mostly just a repaint from there. The backpack is a cast resin droid backback and the swoord/scabbard is from the snake eyes figure. There is also a knife and sheath attached to the back of the figure's belts.
here is a wip pic of the figure with only a coat of flat black:
(http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/012/f/a/SA_stealth_mando_wip_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/012/e/7/SA_stealth_mando_6_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/012/a/c/SA_stealth_mando_5_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/012/b/6/SA_stealth_mando_4_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/012/f/f/SA_stealth_mando_3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/012/c/8/SA_stealth_mando_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/012/6/8/SA_stealth_mando1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
I realy like the way this figure turned out.... and I'm definately adding it to my personal collection, it will NOT get sold (along with my super arty boba and jango and scout troopers... they are MINE!) lol
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That Stealth Mando came out great Devin. I like this one alot! The CC/SE legs are the perfect combo for a mando. I really like the sword and knife you added.
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I'm really a big fan of all your Mandos and I can't get enough
The detailing on this one is just awesome and also the paintjob ist great.
I hope we see alot more Mando customs but I'm also looking forward to see some other stuff from you.
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Bud, I don't know why you think we are getting tired of your Mandos cause were not! Great one by the way.
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Shab, that's one cool figure, Devin.
I even think it's the nicest Mando you've done so far.
Very, very nice.
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Devin, this could be your best mando yet! LOL All kidding aside, I do really like this one. I love the colors that you used and with your paintjob, i think that the droid backpack looks just right on him. The addition of the CW hands was the next natural step twards ultimate articulation and those toe spikes look very nice also."I can imagine you with bandaids on your fingers during the course of this figures production" That's cool if you want to do something else but please, don't forget the mandos! Your mandos are the best, buddy.
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I honestly think my favorite parts of this one are his legs! Perhaps I'm just a little special, but whose legs are those? And adding a simple blade to a character ads a whole new depth to the genre that gets overlooked a lot!
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I honestly think my favorite parts of this one are his legs! Perhaps I'm just a little special, but whose legs are those? And adding a simple blade to a character ads a whole new depth to the genre that gets overlooked a lot!
phatty the lower half of the torso (or the hips, whichever makes more sense) can be from any of these figures:
(http://www.yojoe.com/action/08/images/cobracommander29.jpg)(http://www.yojoe.com/action/08/images/cc30/cc30frontsm.jpg)
I've used the ones shown above before, because they were more abundant, but the sculpted on belt on that figure makes things a little dificult, so I realy like using the RESOLUTE Cobra Commander styled figure like the ones below:
(http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/images/cobracommander39.jpg)(http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/images/cobracommander42.jpg)
The blue res.cc is the single carded figure, the black one is from the box set. I like the black coloration better, but as you can see in my finished custom the blue paints up nicely too.
I use these torsos because the original gi-joe figures have the torso joint lower in their bodies, more like around their gut area instead of in the chest. This is the same spot that the new jango and boba figures which have ball jointed torsos are at. The joint is still a little higher than I'd like it to be, and because of this it makes the new boba/jango figures look slightly out of proportion.... but despite that they are just about the same exact size as the joe figures once the splicing is complete.
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phatty I didn't fully answer your question:
the legs came from this figure:
(http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/images/snakeeyes47.jpg)
I realy loved the look of that figure and hated to have to use parts from him... but... I'll eventually find another one I hope (mostly cuz I'll want to use the legs again!)
I find it hilarious that every successive figure I post you guys think is the best one yet... I ought to line them all up next to each other one day and make you guys pick! (I may start a poll post somewhere one day on it)
anyway, as for my next custom I think I'll be finishing up my custom togruta female. I'm just not sure how I want to do it yet...
Smuggler or jedi?? I'm leaning towards a togruta smuggler/thug instead of a jedi, since I don't know that I'll be able to pull off the soft goods robes...
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Have fun finding exactly this one.
He's part of an exclusive multi-pack. However, the City Strike Snake Eyes is the same figure, just in another colour scheme and he can be found for 5 Bucks now.
When JoeRhyno gets around to it, he'll send me two of them.
But no sweat, I've taken apart my exclusive black figure, too. See the shoulder bells on his arms, they will go really well with Mando armor.
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Have fun finding exactly this one.
He's part of an exclusive multi-pack. However, the City Strike Snake Eyes is the same figure, just in another colour scheme and he can be found for 5 Bucks now.
When JoeRhyno gets around to it, he'll send me two of them.
But no sweat, I've taken apart my exclusive black figure, too. See the shoulder bells on his arms, they will go really well with Mando armor.
your right CK, I couldn't find a pic of the single carded one though on Yo-joe... but the single carded one is the one I used.
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Ah, okay.
I got an exclusive figure and a Ciry Strike one on Ebay at a good rate, just because the auction ended at an odd hour.
Still, I'm looking forward to the ones JoeRhyno got for me. They are just too good as fodder for yet another Mando.
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Ah, okay.
I got an exclusive figure and a Ciry Strike one on Ebay at a good rate, just because the auction ended at an odd hour.
Still, I'm looking forward to the ones JoeRhyno got for me. They are just too good as fodder for yet another Mando.
the legs are absolutely perfect. I would almost want to reuse them for my ultimate boba figure..., only with different shins. But I do think the shins would look good on jango.
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wow Spud this is one very cool looking mando mate, i wish i had not said anything now you always out do yourself... i would love to see all the fodder you have in one big photo just to show us how many figures you have dismantled to create all these awesome mandos...
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awesome mando
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wow Spud this is one very cool looking mando mate, i wish i had not said anything now you always out do yourself... i would love to see all the fodder you have in one big photo just to show us how many figures you have dismantled to create all these awesome mandos...
lol I know you were just kidding, but it does seem like this is all I do, I know simon gives me a hard time about it too!
I'll spread out my fodder bin tomorrow and get a good shot of it all... I actually have about 3 boxes of fodder. I have it organized into 3 main groups:
full complete figures
dismantled figure parts
accessories
I realy need a system to further organize it though... my bins are getting so deep that I can't ever find what I need.
btw, you guys should get uber excited, my next 2 customs will not be mandos.... lol
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well, I havn't realy started on my next custom, but I've added a few things to my stealth mando. In my original concept he had a shoulder pauldron and a skull necklace.
Originally I wanted the figure to be just a different set of armor that boba or jango would use for stealth missions, but I think the way it's turned out that the figure is more like an entirely different character... someone with more imagination than me should come up with a name and story behind it!
anyway, here is what I've added:
(http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/012/8/f/stealth_mando_upgrade_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/012/8/6/super_articulated_stealth_mand_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
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I bet that one would fetch a hefty penny on the bay. Looks murderous!
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Agreed.
This looks absolutely fantastic.
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I love your additions, buddy. Where did the skull necklace come from?
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Nice figure, Spud! I love the knife on the shoulder.
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I love your additions, buddy. Where did the skull necklace come from?
the skull necklace is off the 25th aniv. arctic snake eyes fig.
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well... for the first of my "next two customs won't be mandos" project.... :P
I've done an upgraded commando droid figure.
I felt that the elbows needed some work as well as the hips. The elbows are a relatively easy fix, if you happen to have an extra set of clone wars clone hands. take the peg/swivel joint out of the CW figure's hands. take and pop the peg out of the droid's elbow and cut away the circular piece of the elbow that is attached to the upper arm. then drill a hole into the upper arm for the cw trooper's hand peg. Then you just need to push the peg from the elbow back through both rings to hold the joint back together.
I didn't paint the new joint so I hope it is visible enough in the pictures so you can see what I'm talking about.
the next thing I did was rebuild the hip balls. The ball joints were too restricting. I found that the sockets on the legs were an exact match to some plastic pin heads that I use in my customs alot. So I trimed off the old ball joints and put on the new pin head ball joints slightly wider than the old ones. You can see that the pin head balls let the legs swivel more and almost allow the figure to do the splits... so there is much more movement achieved from doing this.
here are the pics:
(http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/015/7/9/sa_commando_droid_6_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/015/1/5/sa_commando_droid_5_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/015/0/7/sa_commando_droid_4_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/015/6/2/sa_commando_droid_3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/015/3/d/sa_commando_droid_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/015/4/a/SA_commando_droid_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
Well, What do you think? An improvement?
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You are truly the master of re-articulating these figures, Devin. Yes, it is a vast improvement, buddy. Well done!
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what I'd realy like to redo is the entire midsection... I wish there was a flexible material I could mold with. I'd redo that entire lower half of the torso in a rubbery/bendable substance and put a metal wire through the center down to the hips so that the entire body could flex and move....
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epiphany.... if what I just thought of works... I might be able to do something just as good....
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ok, for my next non mando custom I did a togruta smuggler.
Basically it's the legs of a paris persuit barroness on the body of Reactive armor scarlett with a modified shaak-ti head. Nothing has been painted yet and it's all been simple swaps. the belt is from the paris persuit barroness' trenchcoat, I cut off the tails of the coat since they were practically useless on a figure (impeded movement/poses). The holster from the scarlet figure was glued to the side of the new fig's leg so that it doesn't impede movement and it stays on the leg when she sits or bends.
(http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/015/a/4/togruta_smugler_3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/015/6/2/togruta_smugler_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/015/9/0/togruta_smugler_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
well... I realy want to repaint this one but I have no idea on a color scheme or what else to do to the fig. She's supposed to be a smuggler/outlaw so I'd like her colors and paint to reflect that. But I don't know how.... any suggestsions??????
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Awesome! I love the commando droid, he is heaps more poseable like that. The smuggler is cool as well. As far as a paint scheme, I'd probably do the legs in a brown colour, and then the top in a combination of dark green and dark blue. Leaving the boots and gloves black. Perhaps a kind of plate by plate colour sequence on the body. Maybe a rust or muddy red instead of blue.
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man, your articulation fixes are awesome...you should do more SA, less mandos, :)
/runs far, far away
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simon... give me some ideas on figures that need fixing... and then donate the figure ;) and I might do more of them. lol
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I like the look of the Smuggler's start, Devin. That Commando Droid still juices me up. I put him on the front page.
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Just saw the super arty commando droid on the fp, awesome Spud. Looks great. I am liking the Shaaki Ti with full superarty treatment too. These look sso good, why can't we get the same treatment for all SW figs. I guess we got an answer about that didn't we.
Hey, I would love to see you do a full superarty treatment to a Republic Commando. Think you could do it?
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Now thats articulated!! Did you ball joint the hips? The smuggler looks great too. A greeny or browny colour would go well. Is that head too big for tat body though. On my comp she looks top heavy.I have to see it finished though.
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The Super Arty Commando Droid is sweet, but I'm LOVING that Togruta Smuggler. I think they're all red skinned, but perhaps the markings could be made to be darker. Some blacks, greys, and maybe some greens and a small spattering of yellow or white as an accent color in her uniform, I think would look good. Check out our Cultures Section and find the Togruta (Search box works too) and check out their species' skin tones and see what to do.
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we can always use more smugglers, which are often over looked, i was just thinking of darth vader hiring boba fett & company, so why couldn't smugglers suppliment impireal supply lines or maybe like the scene in apocalypse now when martin sheen wants to buy fuel as chef buys panama red
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The commando droid is fantastic. The extra articulation really improves the droid. Hasbro could have easily used ball-joints in the first place. I can't suggest much for adding articulation to the waist. The only idea I have would be to add a ball and socket where the pelvis meets the abdomen. You could do the same thing for the abdomen and chest. Seems like a lit of work for a limited gain in articulation... The droid you made is already a vast improvement over the Hasbro version.
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love the new commando droid, is that a custom because it looks pretty cool!
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love the new commando droid, is that a custom because it looks pretty cool!
clonemedic.... it is a custom. I put added articulation in it, please go back and read the post for instructions on how to do it.
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ok, for my next non mando custom I did a togruta smuggler.
Basically it's the legs of a paris persuit barroness on the body of Reactive armor scarlett with a modified shaak-ti head. Nothing has been painted yet and it's all been simple swaps. the belt is from the paris persuit barroness' trenchcoat, I cut off the tails of the coat since they were practically useless on a figure (impeded movement/poses). The holster from the scarlet figure was glued to the side of the new fig's leg so that it doesn't impede movement and it stays on the leg when she sits or bends.
(http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/015/a/4/togruta_smugler_3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/015/6/2/togruta_smugler_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/015/9/0/togruta_smugler_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
well... I realy want to repaint this one but I have no idea on a color scheme or what else to do to the fig. She's supposed to be a smuggler/outlaw so I'd like her colors and paint to reflect that. But I don't know how.... any suggestsions??????
Hey ya spuda fett ! I was thinking about your female togruta smuggler, Maybe some goggles( I can spell that now thanks to u LOL) or some glued on soft goods i hear old boxers make good cloths ;). mybe somthing like a long coat.
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yea maybee some trench coat type of things to hide weapons and other gadgets under
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Yeah like in P.O.C. worlds end when Elisabeth started pulling out all those guns and knifes and stuff. Or like mad max.
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hmmm I definately liked the goggles idea... I might mess around with some kind of trenchcoat or other long robes of somekind... I definately need to get her neck/face painted to match as well as paint the armor/outfit a different color.
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Spuda you are amazing!!!!, I was thinking how to articulate a pair of 1/6 droids and you just gave the solution, on the soft plastic dilema you may want to use the same material that is used for making molds, it's soft in layers will be flexible enough for you to insert a wire and bend.
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the first thing i thought when i saw that togruta girl was "Shakk Ti goes to hot topic" LOL
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Mate as always great looking figures.
Ron
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Spuda you are amazing!!!!, I was thinking how to articulate a pair of 1/6 droids and you just gave the solution, on the soft plastic dilema you may want to use the same material that is used for making molds, it's soft in layers will be flexible enough for you to insert a wire and bend.
I don't know about amazing.... so what solution was that? Im guessing using pin heads for ball joints? (that's the only thing I can think of that I've posted lately that would work on 1/6 figures....)
Idk how I would make the silicone mold material into the shape I'd want.... my only fear with using that is eventually the silicone breaks down and cracks too.
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Hey guys, check out these resin casts I finally got finished for a few guys:
(http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/020/4/a/cast_resin_parts_7_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
I've got more detailed pics and explanations in my casting thread:
http://www.imperialshipyards.net/SMF/index.php?topic=1265.105
btw, I'm working on 2 more NON MANDO customs that I know TAMER is going to love! I've got a super articulated at-at driver and a super arty snow trooper in the works.... be keeping an eye out for them in the next few days!
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WOW! That's one hell of a bunch of resin parts you made!
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You are right, Spud, Tamer will like that.
Wow, that is a boatload of parts. I see a few pieces in there that I wouldn't mind having.
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anything in particular clint? I've been thinking about asking you about making a trade for some parts that you've had success with that I havn't.... pm me about what parts your interested in.
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ok, as promised I whipped up two more non-mando customs.
In my normal fashion I took two figures and converted them into super articulated figures using the gi-joe hips and legs. this time (like the last few mando's I've done this way) I decided NOT to try and use the original figure's legs but find a close enough gi-joe analogous part to substitute in for the original figure's legs and then add bits and pieces cut off the original to get that same look.
first I'll show you the parts added to the figures without paint so that you can see what parts remained original and what parts were modified/changed/swapped:
(http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/020/4/8/snow_wip_shot_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
I'll split this up into two more posts to keep it better organized
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Sweet progress on those two, Devin. Dude, that atat driver is already looking slick. I think that I want it but Tamer isn't going to let me have it.
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first up is the snow trooper. It was the hardest of the two. These two figures are different than the other legacy style clone troopers in that their chests are made up of the soft rubbery plastic instead of a two part clam shell hard plastic piece. I like the two part pieces better (like on the joes) because they are easy to split open and manipulate. with these two figures I took an approach that I've used on super articulating the Animated Clone wars clones (I think there is a tutorial which showcases this technique on those clones in the references forum). Basically I made an incision up each side of the chest, underneath the arms, to convert the solid chest into a clam shell chest. This made removing the old bottom half easier as well as facilitated dremeling out the peg hole in the center to accomodate the new joe torso joint. In hindsight I should have boiled and popped the torsos instead of cutting them (I'll show why later).
(http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/020/0/5/super_articulated_snowtrooper3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/020/9/b/super_articulated_snowtrooper2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/020/3/4/super_articulated_snowtrooper1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/020/1/6/oops__my_arm_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
as you can see in the last picture the cut up the chest is very evident... in my attempt to close the chest back up and glue it back together I accidentally glued the arm's peg in and while trying to pose the figure the peg twisted apart and broke... SO.... i am going to have to get a second snow trooper figure and replace the entire upper torso. This time I'll boil and pop the old torso out and be more careful with it. If I do it right I'll be able to put the broken figure back together and make a stationay model out of it... OR cut the figure down to basic armor parts and make molds of the armor and use the rest of the figure as fodder. (which I'll probably wind up doing).
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that is a lot of parts spuda.
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this snow trooper looks awesome Devin!! tamer is going to love this one and i bet one of these will be custom of the week for sure!! again.... fantastic, you have out done yourself this time!!
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clonehead, if you realy want me to make you one I'll be more than happy to do so. I think I'm going to keep at least one for myself though, my super articulated clones and troopers is growing just about as big as my mando sets that I've kept!
something I forgot to mention on the snow trooper. The knee pads were cut off from the original figure and trimmed up and glued onto the knee pads of the joe legs. Then a strip of craft stretchy cord was wrapped around the back of them and glued on to simulate a strap. Small diameter stretch cord was used to create the three straps along the top of the boot around the ankle as well. I tried to make the gi-joe parts look as much like the original star wars figure's parts as I could.
pk, here are the final results of the at-at driver. Honestly it turned out the best of the two.
I believe I can actually remember which parts I used for this one too. the hips are from a 25th arctic snake eys (same part as the hips of the 25th arctic viper fyi), the thighs are from a ROC pit commando, the knees and lower legs are from a 25th duke (pretty sure...)
(http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/020/1/f/super_arty_at_at_driver4_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/020/5/4/super_arty_at_at_driver5_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/020/c/d/super_arty_at_at_driver3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/020/f/9/super_arty_at_at_driver2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/020/b/6/super_arty_at_at_driver1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
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Beautiful work on both, Devin! You do realize that poor Tamer will likely crap eggrolls when he sees these, tomorrow morning.
I would FP this right now but I believe that he would prefer that pleasure.
Outstanding figures, buddy.
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this snow trooper looks awesome Devin!! tamer is going to love this one and i bet one of these will be custom of the week for sure!! again.... fantastic, you have out done yourself this time!!
ha! I don't feel like I've "outdone myself"... I broke it while trying to take pictures of it! now I have to buy a whole nother figure to fix it! :( oh well. At least I'll have the extra fodder parts.
unless someone wants to send me the money to buy two new snow troopers so that I can fix mine and make them their own super articulated snow trooper...?!?!?!, the extra figure for myself would be considered payment for the extra joe parts that I'd be using from my personal stash... everything else would be at cost for whoever wants me to do them a figure, and it wouldn't have to be a snow trooper... it could be an at-at driver... or mando.... or scout trooper... or any other super arty conversion I've done.
so... send me 15.00(ish) for buying two figures, one for me to fix my broken snow trooper, and the other to be returned to the generous soul super articulated.
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Beautiful work on both, Devin! You do realize that poor Tamer will likely crap eggrolls when he sees these, tomorrow morning.
I would FP this right now but I believe that he would prefer that pleasure.
Outstanding figures, buddy.
mmmmm eggrolls... I hope they are pork eggrolls....
I realy didn't even think about him liking these until I started posting them. lol. I just got them from the store today to work on because it was something different and I didn't have any of these figures yet.
I also have a galactic marine which I'm thinking about giving the same treatment....
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Wow, both of these turned out great! I really like these SA troops!
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Those look DAMN fine Devin! I'm surprised Tamer's not beating down your door to make some for him!
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Holy smokes I just saw that Helix atst and now I see these. Are you guys trying to raise my bp through the roof? Devin, hands down this is the best articulated atat driver I have seen. It looks spectacular. I would love to take you up on your offer of getting one of these if that is available. I wouldn't mind a snowtrooper either. Both of these are fantastic, but I am so partial to that at-at driver. Wow, hands down this will be our next custom of the week winner. Great work Devin. Thank you for sharing it with us. Just wow! Going to the front page.
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I have to agree with everyone here.. Job well done! the AT-AT driver is my fav and looks incredible! Keep up the great work man!!
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Holy smokes I just saw that Helix atst and now I see these. Are you guys trying to raise my bp through the roof? Devin, hands down this is the best articulated atat driver I have seen. It looks spectacular. I would love to take you up on your offer of getting one of these if that is available. I wouldn't mind a snowtrooper either. Both of these are fantastic, but I am so partial to that at-at driver. Wow, hands down this will be our next custom of the week winner. Great work Devin. Thank you for sharing it with us. Just wow! Going to the front page.
lol tamer... am I going to have to go back to wal-mart... I was picking up another at-at driver to do another for myself so that I have two drivers for my at-at project i'll eventually get around to and I passed up getting another one that was hanging on the peg....
I'm pming you about it though.... ;)
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pm answered, I want me an atat driver at the very least and a snowtrooper if we can find the figs for it.
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ok for anyone interested (tamer this info is in your PM) here is a break down of what figures I think would be simplest and work best for each the at-at driver AND the snowtrooper.
first for the AT-AT driver I would prefer to use the following:
1 at-at driver (with ball jointed torso!, not an older version)
the new ROC gen. Hawk.
(http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/images/hawk4.jpg)
for the snowtrooper:
1 snowtrooper (again with a aball jointed torso)
a ROC cobra viper commando (OR the "M.A.R.S. Industries Trooper, they use the same parts)
(http://www.yojoe.com/action/09/images/viper23.jpg)
I'm willing to do the work on the figures if anyone wants one of these (or any mando customs!)
I'm going to start a thread in the for sales section about this as well.
Since I've put the parts out there I'd love to see someone try this on their own... especially since you know what joe parts there is... and knowing is half the battle.... ;)
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ok guys, I'm going to make the same offer that I've made Tamer and Clonehead open to the entire forum. PLEASE go read this thread:
http://www.imperialshipyards.net/SMF/index.php?topic=2690.0
I will be posting more and more details about this as time progresses. I need to look up information on all my past customs to give everyone a good idea of what projects are available.... (which I hope will include every super articulated figure I've ever made).
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Good God man those are flipping amazing. :o
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Good God man those are flipping amazing. :o
thanks man. I appreciate that.
I know it probably looks like I put alot of work into these but they are relatively easy to do once you get the feel for how it's done. I've done so many of these type projects now that I was able to finish both these last two customs in under 3 hours despite the fact that I had no idea what parts I'd use. If I'd known ahead of time what parts I'd wind up using I can do one of these in less than an hour... two if I have to take pictures of it! :P
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Will the saga two atat driver work for the atat driver (the one before the removeable helmet one)?
And what version snowtrooper is one that will work? I am sorry since I am not an opener I am gonna need to know which line if that is possible Devin.
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Will the saga two atat driver work for the atat driver (the one before the removeable helmet one)?
And what version snowtrooper is one that will work? I am sorry since I am not an opener I am gonna need to know which line if that is possible Devin.
any figure that I make like this will HAVE to have a ball jointed torso in the original figure. BOTH legacy versions of the snowtrooper and AT-AT driver that is out right now has this. If your unsure about the figures you might have on hand that are unopened what I would do is go to rebelscums photo archives, look up the figure on there, and see if it has the ball jointed torso. Rebelscum is realy good about labeling the articulation in their photo references.
That goes for anyone who would like me to do a figure, if your unsure about what original star wars figure I would need and you think you might have one that will work (but don't want to open the card and find out it wont!) then check out rebelscum's photo archive and check on whether or not the figure has the ball jointed torso/chest joint. I cannot stress how essential this is. I can make a super arty figure out of a star wars figure that doesn't have this but it requires ALOT of dremel work and a higher risk of screwing it up.....
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If anyone can make a list of the atat driver and snowtrooper figures that have this type of torso I would appreciate it. I am having an ice storm right now and my satellite internet is going in and out. I figure it won't be long till my service is down till this storm is over. I hate winter.
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spuda these are awesome!
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Spuds you did it again man way to go.
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The at-at driver looks really cool in those poses. :o
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thanks guys. I'm offering to make these figures for you all... go check out the parts section for my thread on how to get your own Super Articulated figure of your choosing.
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This is amazing man. great!!!
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Hey mate can't wait to see what u come up with next. All your figs Are top notch.
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here is my second version of the at-at driver. This one uses the entire lower half of general hawk (the parts I listed in the requests thread over in parts bin). I took an extra step and cut off the boots of gen. Hawk as well as did the same with the original figure's boots. You can see here they have been transposed onto the new legs. I like this figure's overal look better than my first but it is seemingly more dificult to pose for some reason. I believe that it is the way the white strap thingie is interacting with the figure. I plan on remaking this feature from scratch using stretch cord. I like the look of the gen. hawk legs much better than the first one I did because they are more streamlined. The pouches don't stick out as far and thus resemble the original stock figure more.
here is a wip shot to show the parts splicing:
(http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/021/b/e/at_at_captain1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
I also did this one different in that I did not slice into the chest piece and instead drilled/dremeled out the necesarry hole for the new torso joint. This greatly increased the figure's structural stability and I will make sure to do this in any future customs that are like this one (esp. if I'm going to sell them or do them on commission).
finished:
(http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/021/f/c/at_at_captain_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
This figure is the one in the center, notice the height difference from the first one? It's apparently a difference in the torso pieces that I used. I think the shorter height looks well, and it makes it a little bit closer to the original's height (far right) and thus looks better proportionate.
(http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/021/d/6/three_drivers_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
My thoughts behind this figure is that he is the at-at captain. He is the one who gives orders on the walker if there isn't a general or other high ranking oficer on board. Since there are two drivers the other driver at the helm is his co-pilot. The reason he has a holster is that as captain he is issued a blaster pistol (to help enforce orders). The toher drivers must resort to pulling blasters from the arms locker if need for self defense arises...
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I'm going to start this post saying this.... DAMN... this custom was a B#$%#$.... It kicked my but every step of the way, I couldn't find a good combo of parts and when I finally figured out how to do it I almost screwed the whole thing up.
super articulated galactic marine:
(http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/021/c/0/galactic_marine_7_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/021/7/5/galactic_marine_6_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/021/6/5/galactic_marine_5_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/021/e/7/galactic_marine_4_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/021/a/2/galactic_marine_3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/021/3/c/galactic_marine_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/021/1/e/galactic_marine_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
ok... so if you have a keen eye you should notice that the chest armor isn't exactly the galactic marines. it's actually a snowtrooper's. It's actually that snowtrooper that I broke. I figured it was close enough to the marine's armor that I could drill out the broken peg and put in the gal. marine's arms. so that's what I did. I also took and cut off the neck ball and replaced it with the gal. marine's neck ball with a peg and superglue.
the joe parts were a pain... I couldn't figure out a good set of parts to use that would look as good as the original marine's boots. I wound up using the originals, but had to find a way to splice them onto the joe parts. Here is a breakdown of what parts I used:
hips: Mercenary wraith
thighs: Paraviper (I like using those....)
knee pads and lower legsL cobra diver (25th aniversary)
What I did was trimmed the original marine's leg joint off and drilled a very large hole down behind the knee pad and into the boot. I then took and cut the cobra diver lower legs in half at the shin. The hole I drilled into the gal.marine's leg was big enough to fit the entire diver leg into and glue into place. The result was a spliceing together of the gi-joe leg and the gal.marine's boot at the knee. When i glued this all together however the lower half of the gi-joe double joint got glued tight as well. However that doesn't affect the posablility of the figure at all.
I hope you guys like this one.... I'm only going to offer to make a few of these for ISYer's... and they will unfourtunately cost you since it's so labor intensive and absolutely frustrating....
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wow, absolutely amazing
Your super-super articulated figures are top-notch. I really hope Hasbro will take a look in your custom topic.
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wow, absolutely amazing
Your super-super articulated figures are top-notch. I really hope Hasbro will take a look in your custom topic.
eh... even if they did I doubt they'll ever blend the construction of the two lines together. I swear I think they have the designers for gi-joe and the designer's for star wars locked up in seperate buildings on seperate continents!
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wow, absolutely amazing
Your super-super articulated figures are top-notch. I really hope Hasbro will take a look in your custom topic.
eh... even if they did I doubt they'll ever blend the construction of the two lines together. I swear I think they have the designers for gi-joe and the designer's for star wars locked up in seperate buildings on seperate continents!
maybe I don't know, but Hasbro made also some great articulation on SW figures. For example on the Legacy Collection Commander Gree (ball-hinged wrists) or on the ARF-Trooper (ball-jointed hips), why couldn't they make it on all Clones (Clone Wars and Legacy)?
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The thing is that for some reason they won't stick with a great super articulated base figure once they have one. Take the new CW Commander Stone, they had a few good superarty CW molds, but for some reason they redesigned the entire sculpt and made it less moveable that these versions. I don't know that I have ever seen them do that with a Joe figure. I sure wish you could get those folks in the same room.
Now onto that new driver, it really looks good Devin. I too like it perhaps just a bit better, but that larger one isn't hard on the eyes either. I like the accesories you have with this new one too. I wonder what the pistol belt and holster and other accesories would look like white instead of black? Either way, this looks great.
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These SA customs look amazing Devin! The poses are superb. Great job!
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Now onto that new driver, it really looks good Devin. I too like it perhaps just a bit better, but that larger one isn't hard on the eyes either. I like the accesories you have with this new one too. I wonder what the pistol belt and holster and other accesories would look like white instead of black? Either way, this looks great.
I'm debating painting them white and grey myself... probably white. I don't like the color. I'm going to fix the belt thing too.
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Now onto that new driver, it really looks good Devin. I too like it perhaps just a bit better, but that larger one isn't hard on the eyes either. I like the accesories you have with this new one too. I wonder what the pistol belt and holster and other accesories would look like white instead of black? Either way, this looks great.
I'm debating painting them white and grey myself... probably white. I don't like the color. I'm going to fix the belt thing too.
Not sure Devin. It doesn't strike me as bad, but it might look better white or grey. Thats the thing, you won't know until you do it. Its easy for me to ask as I can sit here and then let you know what I think after you are done. You are the one doing all the work. Still, that second figure rocks. Well so does the first one, but I do see what you are saying about the second.
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The thing is that for some reason they won't stick with a great super articulated base figure once they have one. Take the new CW Commander Stone, they had a few good superarty CW molds, but for some reason they redesigned the entire sculpt and made it less moveable that these versions. I don't know that I have ever seen them do that with a Joe figure. I sure wish you could get those folks in the same room.
I know they keep Star Wars and GI Joe design teams separate at Hasbro, and while I love the 25th Joes, I like the SW figures a little better overall, quality wise. It would be great to see Hasbro do a cheap "army builder" set with this type of 25th style tooling (and the easy same-size ball head necks!) someday. It's obvious that Hasbro has assumed and forced re-use in the GI Joe line since 1982. It's been a major factor in the bottom line of the entire line. Star Wars is quite different in that it requires a lot more sculpting and new parts.
I think the big failure with Hasbro and a lot of these figure and articulation issues is threefold: the employees, the design money, and perceived market.
The perceived market: Since AOTC fans have been buying troopers at an alarming rate. In 2002 Hasbro grossly underestimated the demand for the clone troopers. Four years later they really stepped up the amount of clones in the basic line. Since we as fans have been buying in large amounts every clone that they put out, and paying a premium online and at conventions for them, what does this tell the marketing department? More clones. Or, they'll buy any clone we put out no matter how bad. How can they get us to keep coming back to the well? By making slight improvements. If they make a new clone with better wrists or ankles, then we'll re-buy that army to get the new, better ones. Then next year, they can make better shoulders, hips, and we buy them again. If you look from 2002 to now, it's been eight years since AOTC and still no real definitive Clone Trooper body.
Hopefully the Clone Wars line will recify this line of thinking (they see the profit of getting a good body, and reissuing it to all hell, and how we're still buying 2 years later, with minimal complaints.)
The Design Money: I think there are a number of very lazy sculptors and engineers at Hasbro who are milking their salaries as long as they can. In any other design job, you lose your employment when you do bad work. It seems at Hasbro, they're content to dump a large budget at some projects, and minimal cash into others. It's kind of crazy to think that since 2004 Hasbro has dumped a ridiculous amount of time and money into a figure like ROTJ Luke, but still hasn't hit the mark. They totally could have made the 2009 figure in 2004 or 2005 and called it a day. Instead they wasted millions on one character and it still is not right. It's a clear sign of entire brand mismanagement.
I think if you were to go through all the figure released between 2004 and 2010, you'll see how many have been re-done to death, and how much money has been wasted by Hasbro. If only they listened to their fans a little more, rather than just give us pretty useless Q&As and contests.
The Employees: What it all comes down to is the people who make these things. My grandfather was an industrial engineer for a major mechanical company in the 1940's and 1950's, designing machine parts, molds, and other parts for various industrial and home machines. In the 50's he got into model railroading in a major way, and would mold his own parts, mix his own plastic. In the early 80's he would remold my Joe weapons, so when I lost them, he'd make me a bunch of new ones out of this great (and probably deadly!) plastic compound he had created.
One thing that always stuck with me was some of his stories from the 70's of his design firm, and how lazy people can be. Once a lead designer mis-measured a gear in a sewing machine they were making by fractions on a millimeter. When this guy was told by an intern that his drawings were off, he got very defensive and passive-aggressive, insisting he was right. Everyone, my grandfather and his partners included, all trusted this employee's measurements (even though he had a rep for being lazy.) Six months later and the prototype is tested, and this was a very anticipated device in their company. Needless to say it didn't work and actually spit out a bit of metal that cut my grandfather's arm up a bit. It made everyone look like an idiot, it cost the firm millions (when millions were millions! ;) ) to re-do the part in time for the client.
A few weeks later the intern confronted my grandfather in the office about the situation. So they pull the guy into his office. The designer (who was freelance) explained that it didn't really matter what he did, and that it was better if he did it a little bit wrong, as then the firm could get more design work to fix it. So basically he was messing it up the first few times, in the expectation that he would be paid to fix it again; thus getting paid two or more times for the same product.
Sounds a bit like the saga of our AT-AT driving friend, right?
Needless to say, the guy was fired on the spot and worked as a school bus driver until the late 1990's.
Sorry to go all over the place, Spudafett, but it drives me nuts that I've been collecting modern SW since the 1995 relaunch, (and vintage since 1993 i don't count what I had as a kid to be collecting) - and they still use the same straight-up lies and excuses that they used in 1996: It costs too much to tool, it wouldn't sell, no one will buy it. Well take a look Hasbro. Your arrogance is costing you millions. In 2004 with the Vintage line, fans said they wanted every figure to be like that, especially at the $5-7 price range. Now look how much tooling from 2004-2007 you can *actually* re-use for 2010's SW product. Not much, huh? And if you do re-use that old tooling, we won't buy it. Take a look at 2004's OTC line and tell me which of the main characters could actually pass by at retail in 2010. And look at your 2009-2010 product: almost all SA. It took you 5 years to catch up with the fans, why not start the decade off good, and give fans what they want: fully SA troopers.
I guess Star Wars fans really have two options:
be patient and wait until they make a version you find satisfactory,
or be bad ass like Spudafett and make your own.
Again, your work is inspiring and you should be really proud!
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Wow flacideagle, talk about your well thought out reponses. You nailed all my major points. We did get an answer back from them from one of our question rounds (think Devin submitted it or Clint did). Anyhow, it was full of bs.
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The perceived market: Since AOTC fans have been buying troopers at an alarming rate. In 2002 Hasbro grossly underestimated the demand for the clone troopers. Four years later they really stepped up the amount of clones in the basic line. Since we as fans have been buying in large amounts every clone that they put out, and paying a premium online and at conventions for them, what does this tell the marketing department? More clones. Or, they'll buy any clone we put out no matter how bad. How can they get us to keep coming back to the well? By making slight improvements. If they make a new clone with better wrists or ankles, then we'll re-buy that army to get the new, better ones. Then next year, they can make better shoulders, hips, and we buy them again. If you look from 2002 to now, it's been eight years since AOTC and still no real definitive Clone Trooper body.
Yeah I was a Stormtrooper army builder in the POTF2 era. Needless to say I don't troop build like that anymore.
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I think your right flaccideagle. hasbro won't take the time to give us what we want right away because they now that
1: kids (their main market) won't realy care one way or another. Their parents will buy if for them and they will play with it... the more articulation in a figure though and the more likely they are to break it (but this is kind of an oxymoron... if adult collectors want it and will pay for it... and kids will play with it and break it... either way there will be duplicate figures purchased by both audiences, collectors will buy for collections kids parents will replace broken figures!)
2: collectors, mainly completists, will buy anything with the star wars name on it... No matter what it looks like. It could be a polished turd, or an empty case labeled "the force" and completists and collectors will pay for it.
3: I'm sure if hasbro looked at what I'm doing they would say "oh look, he bought TWO of our products just to make one figure... we will keep doing things our way and if fan's want what he did they can pay double the price too!"
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Damn you hasbro!
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I have to agree with you guys. If I was Hasbro I would say ok if the GFC is stopping people from buying our product then we have to do two things. First we have to make the absolute best figures ever so that people will want to buy them, not rerelease old stuff that doesn't cut it. Has anyone else been disappointed to find out that the Bespin Han Solo in the Saga legends line is a POTF repack? The second thing I would do is make sure I was actually getting figures out there. Hasbro has cancelled the Legacy line in Australia because it wasn't selling, of course no new legacy line figures have made it onto shelves here since december 2008. Not selling? I wonder why that could be? Overall though I think it is importent to remember that one thing Hasbro does well is quality. I have recently been collecting the Playmates Star Trek line and the Mattel Avatar line and neither of them is a patch on Hasbro for quality. That said I do disagree with Hasbro on one thing. Super articulation is the be all and end all of a figure. LOL
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I remember playing with my Polit Luke Skywalker till he was all losse in the joins, and the paint was faded. Then in the early 80's it was all about he-man, transformers,thundercats, and then the coolest thing hapbeen gi-joe, at the time it was the best in Articulation, elbows and knees that bend IMFG!!! I can't recall the many Joe's that lose their lives went the band that held then together broke. But as time pasted and my hopes of a new star wars line faded to the good old days when my toys were new,then 1994 rolled round and bam! new toys, sweet!! But that was short lived as Hasbro fell back on the old ways, with new sculpts an all but the same damn thing with Articulation. But yeah i got them ;D But now they sit in boxes just wishing they could be as cool a the new line. But yes I agree We well never see the figures we want to buy, that's way we have the yards and great customers like yourselves. I done now I need A smoke and a beer.
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So, really, Devin, by SA'ing figures, you are saving having to buy them, again, :)
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exactly simon. I figure I can make the figure exactly how I want it to be and I will never have to wait around to get that "best figure" of a certain character when hasbro finally gets around to it. So instead of buying every figure that comes out that might be a little bit better I just make it the way I think it should be done...
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Well Devin, so far I haven't found my general hawk or the figure I need for the snowtroop, unless anyone wants to swap those two figs out for two paris pursuit snake eyes? I plan on going on another hunt to my better walmart this week. I will have me a SA atat driver and snowtrooper. These are just toooooooooooo good.
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My SA kayssyk scout is not right...he's wobbly and looks weak...and his belt doesn't fit.
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My SA kayssyk scout is not right...he's wobbly and looks weak...and his belt doesn't fit.
... simon... what are we goign to do with you.
I'd have to see the figure to tell you how to fix it. when I find out my schedule for work for next week I'll let you know and I'll see if I can't figure out a day to go up to paducah, I need to get a few things anyway and I can swing by your place and give you a hand.
Is it wobbly at the new chest joint? or on the legs? How did you make the legs? did you use the feet and lower legs of the original figure and splice those onto the joe knees?
if the wobblieness is at the new torso/chest joint then you might try cracking the chest back open and putting one of the little black plastic spacers back on the joe peg... I hope you know what I'm talking about. In some of the joes the peg they put on the bottom torso part that fits into the chest has a little plastic "spacer" that makes the joint tigheter... if you didn't leave that on there when you put it on the new figure then it'll be a little loose...
if the wobblieness isin the legs... you might be better to try and make the figure with 100% joe parts int the legs instead of trying to reuse the original scout troopers boots... OR do the feet like I did that last super arty at-at driver and cut both figure's boots off and splice in the scout trooper's boots onto a set of joe legs with a peg and super glue...
:( this is so hard to explain... I guess I should make some new videos to explain these processes.... or try and get with you and show you in hand what I'm talking about.
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I saw your leg procedure, I didn't try that, yet.
I will try and find a spacer, I was going to use green stuff, lol.
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I saw your leg procedure, I didn't try that, yet.
I will try and find a spacer, I was going to use green stuff, lol.
green stuff would fix it. I was going to suggest trying hot glue if you didn't have that.
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a few shots of how the super articulated at-at driver fits into the new at-st sculpt:\
(http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/025/2/7/at_at_driver_in_an_at_st_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/025/c/b/at_st_driver1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
and a preview of my latest project:
(http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/025/9/9/at_at_driver_version_3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/025/9/4/at_at_driver_turned_tie_pilot_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/025/8/e/tie_interceptor_pilot_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
more photos and info to come soon.
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Looks good to me Devin. It fits pretty good too!
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I see you have your arty tie pilot going, Devin. Looks good buddy. I think that I like the camo legs on that driver better. Are those the Hawk legs?
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I see you have your arty tie pilot going, Devin. Looks good buddy. I think that I like the camo legs on that driver better. Are those the Hawk legs?
the hawk legs look exactly the same, but these are are actually from a "sargent stone".
here are some more pictures of the super arty tie pilot.
(http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/025/9/7/tie_pilot_and_at_at_driver_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/025/7/4/tie_interceptor_pilot_6_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/025/7/3/tie_interceptor_pilot_5_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/025/9/6/tie_interceptor_pilot_4_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/025/9/7/tie_interceptor_pilot_3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/025/3/1/tie_interceptor_pilot_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/025/0/7/tie_interceptor_pilot1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
The figure is exactly the same (or at least very similar) recupe of parts as the super arty at-at driver. I decided I'd try and make his harnes out of strech craft cordthis time as the plastic one hasbro makes realy limits movement in the figure. I only have white craft string so I "painted" it with a black sharpie. You also might not be able to notice it but the figure's clothing is painted flat black and the armor is glossy...
the helmet is the at-at helmet retooled to take the air hoses in the front and the air tubes on the back were cut off.
he fits ok in the tie fighter, his head stickes up a few centimeters but when you close the hatch over him it's fine.
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I forgot to mention that the tie fighter pilot's holster is taken from a reactive impact armor scarlet. I retooled it to fit a stormtrooper blaster.
I also went and repainted the at-at captain's belt and made him a harness out of the craft stretch cord:
(http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/025/5/f/at_at_driver_fix2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/025/d/4/at_at_driver_fix1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
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EVERYTHING LOOKS AMASSING!!!
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Oh yeah, that belt looks good!
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That pilot turned out great buddy. I really like the red that you incorporated into him. That stretch cord idea was a good one, Looks like the factory piece.
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thanks guys. I'm super happy with the way these last few figures have been turning out.
Tamer, if you take a look at this I want to know if you want me to use the stretch cord on your at-at driver fig? I figure you will so I'll just plan on that...
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Spud you have been turning out some amazing work here lately. So did you give up sleeping or what? All of these SA figures you have matched up are awesome! You are a master articulator! Seriously all are very well done. I like the look of them even though they don't match up to Hasbro's SW sculpt style. Do you display all the SA figures together or with your other non SA figures? How do they look mixed in with other figures is what I am trying to say?
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Spud you have been turning out some amazing work here lately. So did you give up sleeping or what? All of these SA figures you have matched up are awesome! You are a master articulator! Seriously all are very well done. I like the look of them even though they don't match up to Hasbro's SW sculpt style. Do you display all the SA figures together or with your other non SA figures? How do they look mixed in with other figures is what I am trying to say?
I actually only have a few figures that I keep non customized... so usually the only comparisons I have are the few shots of figures that I've bought to do more than one super articulation of and then taken a comparison shot of them side by side.
Since most of my customs are based on the joe figures they look good displayed together, and with the joes. most of the star wars figures look good next to them as well but the super articulated figures are about a quarter of an inch taller sometimes.
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you need to dull that tie fighter pilot down, his jump suit isn't leather, :)
but otherwise, man, these are all very good.
I see I'm the last to get the new atst, lol.
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you need to dull that tie fighter pilot down, his jump suit isn't leather, :)
but otherwise, man, these are all very good.
I see I'm the last to get the new atst, lol.
for the jumpsuit I'm thinking about adding a wash of dark grey to bring out the details of the suit against the shiny armor... what do you tink? would that help?
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Sounds good, Spud. Heck, just drybrush it on and it will probably look fine.
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Yepper, that stretch cord looks good to me. I can just have both and then switch off from time to time. It sounds to me like the stretch cord will let him pose better and I can use the standard plastic one for regular poses.
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tamer... both the regular harness or the stretch cord I've been gluing on at the torso, so it's not realy removable... however with yours I'll try something new and make both sets removable if you'd like?
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tamer... both the regular harness or the stretch cord I've been gluing on at the torso, so it's not realy removable... however with yours I'll try something new and make both sets removable if you'd like?
Sounds good to me unless you think it will look like heck. If it does use the one that looks better, which is probably the stretch cord from what I can see!
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Clonehead sent me a snowtrooper to super articulate and send back to him and as I worked on the figure I took some wip shots of the progression of the fig.
Here is his figure next to my fixed snowtrooper (thanks for sending that extra snowtrooper for me to use to fix my fig! much appreciated!)
(http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/027/7/d/snowtrooper_comparison_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
you can also see from that picture the significant height differnce between my customized figure and the stock hasbro snowtrooper... although I believe some of this is an alusion caused by the poor foot stance of the stock figure and it's wide bowlegged posture...
Here is clonehead's trooper refitted with the body and legs of a ROC neo-viper. I set him next to the old legs so you can see a comparison
(http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/027/f/6/a_snowtrooper__s_new_boots_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
same figure, painted to match the original legs and with the knee pads added on
(http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/027/7/d/custom_snowtroopers_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
here is a shot of both finished figures next to each other. The shorter one is cloneheads. they are different heights because when I made the first one I didn't use the same parts as clonehead's figure. I believe the parts I've chosen for his are actually superior to the parts I picked out for my first one... but as it was the prototype figure I expected I'd figure out a better set of parts as I wokred on these.
(http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/027/0/1/comparison_snowtroopers_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
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since I had clint's figure finished I thought I'd get a group shot of it with my at-at crew.
His figure is on the left with my at-at driver, upgraded at-at captain, and my first snowtroopers to the right of him in that order:
(http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/027/2/5/at_at_walker_crew_3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/027/3/7/at_at_walker_crew_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/027/1/b/at_at_crew_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/027/9/2/at_at_captain_redux1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
well tamer what do you think of the captain now? I think he looks alot more distinct with the pauldron don't you? and I don't think I'm ever going to have a steady enough hand to paint as strait and as narrow as clint does....
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Spud you have been turning out some amazing work here lately. So did you give up sleeping or what? All of these SA figures you have matched up are awesome! You are a master articulator! Seriously
lol i second that you know what would be great articulation on hands
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Spud you have been turning out some amazing work here lately. So did you give up sleeping or what? All of these SA figures you have matched up are awesome! You are a master articulator! Seriously
lol i second that you know what would be great articulation on hands
articulated hands/wrists are one more point of articulation that I could add to alot of my figures if I wanted to. And it would be good I agree. However the only figures available with that type of articulation are the clone wars animated clones. Unfourtunately their hands don't match every figure as they are meant to be clone hands. AND with some figures, especially legacy style figures, the animated clone hands look undersized.
and besides, I'm not going to waste my money on a clone wars figure that all I am going to do is remove his hands... to me it isn't a necessary point of articulation. As long as the figure has AT LEAST swivel wrists then I'm ok with it.
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good point taken sir
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ok, Im done with the Snowtroopers and at-at drivers for a while until I get tamer's figures in to work on...
I've got something else to show you guys now. I think this might be my first super articulated jedi figure I've attempted...
I got the qui-gon and eopi figure in the mail back before christmas (and I still don't know who sent it to me!) and I realized today that he has the ball jointed torso... I hadn't even gotten the eopi out of the package yet before I'd already taken qui-gon appart... it was only after I started customizing the figure that I'd realized I hadn't even put him on the eopi to see how well the stock figure rode it! ::)
anyway. I split open qui-gon's chest and removed his lower half. I slipped off his belt/tunic and soft goods and set them to the side. I found a good donor torso and legs and swapped them out. I used the same technique I used on the at-at driver's boots on qui-gon and was able to transplant the original figure's boots to the joe legs. The resulting figure doesn't look much different than it did out of the box since the soft goods cover up the joe parts, but I think you can see the posablility of the figure goes up significantly with ball jointed hips.
(http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/027/4/8/qui_gon_super_arty_7_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/027/1/d/qui_gon_super_arty_6_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/027/d/f/qui_gon_super_arty_5_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/027/a/5/qui_gon_super_arty_4_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/027/c/b/qui_gon_super_arty_3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/027/f/c/qui_gon_super_arty_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/027/f/d/qui_gon_super_arty_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/027/7/2/qui_gon_and_eopi_3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/027/d/1/qui_gon_and_eopi_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/027/f/5/qui_gon_and_eopi_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
this isn't my best figure.... I don't particularly like how the belt/tunic is so far seperated from his chest that the sash doesn't look connected anymore. I also don't realy like the proportions of this figur after it was customized, his head looks even smaller now...? In all honesty this is one project that probably could have been left alone and the figure been fine. I honestly was just bored and needed something different and interesting to work on to pass the time. I had this fig laying around and had plenty of extra joe parts so I gave it a shot.
I would realy appreciate it if someone with this figure would take some shots of qui-go in the same poses, or as close to the same poses as you can get it, as the poses that I've got my super arty figure in so that I could see how it compares to the stock figure. I should have thought ahead and done this with mone before chopping him up..... ::)
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thats crazy just awesome i like that pose you made him do just before he gets killed by darth maul
you were so anxious to chop him up that you dont have pics to compare it to lol now thats dedication
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nice job on the newly articulated quigon
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Wow, it didn't take you long to knock out Clint's snowtrooper. It looks great. I for one hate the brown on what I think should just be white armor with at most a few blaster scorches. I never saw any mud or dirt on Hoth! Feel free to get rid of the brown on any snowtrooper figure for me Devin. The brown aside it looks great.
That atat driver captian is interesting, but I think I like the one without the pauldron a bit better. It reminds me of a sandtrooper with that pauldron and I think just having the extra belt with holster and pistol is enough.
That Qui Gon sure does pose a good bit better now that you helped it out.
I hope my figs get to you before too long so I can see what you do with them too.
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Wow those poses look really good
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Devin, thanks for the in-progress shots of my new snowtrooper. he looks great! Can you believe that this will be the first custom figure that I ever strived to get from someone else? He will take a proud seat amongst my own custom figure collection and I will be sure to post a pic or two of him repelling from the new Big ATAT when I get one. I don't think that the commander looks bad with the pauldron and think that your lines look fine on it. Those group shots are impressive and Tamer shouldn't worry as the snowtrooper i sent to you for him doesn't have the brown mudd ridden Hoth weathering on him.
I enjoyed your shots of the qui gon, also, and put that one on the front page.
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I'm SO digging that pauldron addition to the AT-AT Driver/Captain! Such a small addition, yet adds HUGE new looks to the figure! Well done!
Also, it's about time Qui-Gon got the SA treatment!
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thanks everyone for your comments.
I agree that I don't care too much for the mud splotches/scortch marks on the older snowtrooper. BUT... I kinda figured that if clint didn't want those on there he could repaint it with his superior painting skills! :P I just tried to make the figure match the best I could. I'd almost like to see clint give this one a good snow-camo job like he did tamer's at-at crew...
As for the at-at captain I figured the pauldron wasn't anything permenant so if I didn't like the addition I could get rid of it! I also painted up the raised portions of armor on his shoulder pads red like I did with my tie pilot figure to give him even more distinction when the pauldron wasn't there.
As for the pauldron being associated with the sandtroopers, there was a time when I would have agreed... but since all the clone wars figures have been out I have associated the shoulder pauldrons and any other large shoulder accessory with commanders, captains, or specialized troops... so I figured it'd only be fitting to have the at-at captain have a shoulder pauldron to show rank.
Tamer, if you'd like I can include a pauldron and belt with your figure so that he can either be a normal driver or you can throw on the extras and make him the captain. Either way it's no skin off my bones to include the extra pieces loose.
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Qui Gon looks nice, but i agree the head does look a little smaller now. Hasbro's fault for making it so small in the first place. The added articulation is fantastic with all your figures!!
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I keep forgetting this is the removeable helmet atat driver. Duh. I think the pauldron (regular white for me please) will be nice to change up this figure. I don't know what I was thinking. See what difference a day makes. Thanks for including it Devin, I am getting pysched to see my figures. I will be patient though.
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no need to be patient tamer! all finished! :P
heres some shots of clint's snowtrooper next to yours tamer (clint's trooper is the dirtier one).
(http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/029/7/e/snowtrooper_commissions_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/029/1/8/snowtroopers_on_commission_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
I added a cod piece to each one to try and bring them even closer to screen acuracy... I don't know that I like it though. The figures can't sit wiht their legs strait out in front of them anymore, however with the snowtrooper it doesn't realy matter because they probably won't ever be sitting (unless the new at-at has seats in it....)
OK tamer, here are your figs together. The at-at driver and snowtrooper:
(http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/029/7/f/tamer__s_troops_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/029/b/c/tamer__s_troops1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/029/3/9/tamer__s_driver_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/029/7/f/at_at_driver_commission_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/029/b/1/clint_and_tamers_snowtroopers_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
Tamer, the belt and holster is removable by seperating the figure at the torso joint and slipping it up and off, the pauldron is removable by taking off the head/helmet of course.
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Very nice, Devin! I like the cod pieces alot. No, I don't think I will have any trouble with my snowtrooper sitting. He is an action kind of guy.
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OUTSTANDING Devin! Bravo! These look great. I didn't think you could improve over your original, but you have somehow. I love the look of both of them. Daggone, now I am gonna go on the hunt for more of these figures so I can add more. And I plan on all of my snowtroopers to be standing or rapelling out of the at-at's troop doors so its ok it won't be able to sit straight out as far as I am concerned.
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COOL snow troopers! 8)
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Those troopers look really cool.
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yeah like the custom heah try a tie fighter piliot and try and make it a super articulated version and maybe a v wing piliot as well
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yeah like the custom heah try a tie fighter piliot and try and make it a super articulated version and maybe a v wing piliot as well
already did a tie fighter pilot...
a v-wing pilot would be exactly the same recipe only with the different helmet.
I just picked up an evolutions rebel pilot legacy III pack today at wal-mart for 10 bucks clearance so I'm going to be making a male and female super arty x-wing pilot for my next figure customs... keep an eye out for those.
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Sweet!!! Can't Wait See Them Dude. Is the Legacy rebel pilot III Have the Twi'lek in it?
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no :( not the twilek...
it's these figs:
Pic compliments of rebelscum.com
(http://www.rebelscum.com/TLC/Evolutions/RebelPilots3/TLC-2818.jpg)
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ok, here is a wip shot of my super articulated female x-wing pilot...
(http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/034/5/2/wip_super_arty_fem__pilot_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
I'm using the torso and legs of a ROC scarlett figure. I hadn't figured out anything else to use that figure on and until now was regretting even buying the scarlett figure! I think it looks realy good. as you can see the new parts add alot of height to the figure. I've got her standing next to the male pilot from the same evo pack. I have not yet done any customizing to the male pilot.
as you can see the scarlett legs are not exactly the same as the traditional x-wing flight suit, but I hope they will resemble it more once I paint it. I am going to then add the harness and try to figure out a way to add the "ammo belt" around the right boot top. I'm also going to add the original figure's holster to the finished figure, most likely placing it strapped to her thigh so that when she is seated it won't get in the way.
On an interesting note... the two x-wing pilots of this pack were articulated with a ball jointed mid-torso joint. The a-wing pilot however has only a swivel joint in his chest. The standard "waist swivel" has been moved up on this figure to beneath the chest... it's a very odd placement. It also makes the figure almost useless to my methods of customizing... I'll find somethign to do with it however I'm sure.
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Looks great Devin, and a real female body, not just a female head popped on a regular pilot's body. Kinda tall, but not so much so she can't fit in the cockpit from what I see.
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Looks a little more shapely than her former lower body did. I look forward to seeing the completed version of this one, Devin.
Too bad about the a-wing pilot. That figure has a good sculpt.
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Looks a little more shapely than her former lower body did. I look forward to seeing the completed version of this one, Devin.
Too bad about the a-wing pilot. That figure has a good sculpt.
I thought she looked much more feminine with the newer legs as well. I test fitted a soft goods jedi robe onto her and didn't like it because it covered up her legs and it made her look goofy... I like the "shapliness" of the figure right now and I doubt I'll add much else to it other than paint.
as for the a-wing pilot I will probably not use it for anything. I might put it up for sale (without the helmet though, I already have a project in mind for it...)
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ok, here is a wip shot of my super articulated female x-wing pilot...
(http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/034/5/2/wip_super_arty_fem__pilot_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
I'm using the torso and legs of a ROC scarlett figure. I hadn't figured out anything else to use that figure on and until now was regretting even buying the scarlett figure! I think it looks realy good. as you can see the new parts add alot of height to the figure. I've got her standing next to the male pilot from the same evo pack. I have not yet done any customizing to the male pilot.
as you can see the scarlett legs are not exactly the same as the traditional x-wing flight suit, but I hope they will resemble it more once I paint it. I am going to then add the harness and try to figure out a way to add the "ammo belt" around the right boot top. I'm also going to add the original figure's holster to the finished figure, most likely placing it strapped to her thigh so that when she is seated it won't get in the way.
On an interesting note... the two x-wing pilots of this pack were articulated with a ball jointed mid-torso joint. The a-wing pilot however has only a swivel joint in his chest. The standard "waist swivel" has been moved up on this figure to beneath the chest... it's a very odd placement. It also makes the figure almost useless to my methods of customizing... I'll find somethign to do with it however I'm sure.
I like the more fem look too the legs as well.
Looking forward too seeing them painted.
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well, got home from work today and I wasn't going to do any customizing and go strait to bed... as you can see, that didn't happen. Instead I told myself "well i'll put on a coat of orange for her jumpsuit and let it dry over night"... then I wanted to get the holster put on her... then I had to figure out how to get the ammo belt/boot thing on there.... then, 2 hours later, I'd finished the figure! lol.
RECIPE:
parts from the original female x-wing pilot from the evo pack "rebel pilot legacy III":
Head, Chest, Arms, Helmet, Holster, Pistol, Boot ammo clip, harness
parts from ROC scarlett:
Torso/hips, Legs
The hardest part of this custom was getting that boot ammo belt thingy off the original figure and onto the new one... What I did was basically chop up the leg of the original figure, cutting above and below the amoo belt. I then took a dril bit and drilled through the section I'd cut out making it a hollow belt piece. I then just slopped it over the scarlett figure's legs, and repainted it.
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pics:
(http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/036/2/0/SA_fem_x_wing_pilot_5_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/036/7/3/SA_fem_x_wing_pilot_4_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/036/7/b/SA_fem_x_wing_pilot_3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/036/3/9/SA_fem_x_wing_pilot_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/036/0/4/SA_fem_x_wing_pilot_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/036/1/c/x_wing_pilots_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/036/d/6/SA_fem__rebel_pilot_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
well? what do you guys think?
I'm a little disapointe in some paint rubbing issues in the knees... but other than that I'm very satisfied with how it turned out.
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I think your sealer is gloss, but would look cooler with matte, :)
I like her, the tall lithe thing works for a pilot.
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I think she is great Devin and should be the standard female pilot body. There is nothing I do not like. I don't see the paint issues you mention either as your pics look golden. Nice work. Going to the front page.
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I really like this. The new legs make her look a lot more feminine--which is definitely a good thing for a female action figure. Great job!
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thanks guys.
narceron, I hadn't used any sealer but the orange paint was glossy. The flash realy brings that out :(. I would go over it with a semi-gloss or matte finish if I had a can of it... I'll probably pick one up sometime.
tamer, the paint issues are underneath the hips, where the leg rubs against the inside of the hip socket. You can't see them in the pictures because I positioned it so you couldn't :P the other main issue is with the knee joint. When she bends her knee at the bottom part of the joint you can see blue/black of the original figure.
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good job on this one dude!
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pics:
(http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/036/2/0/SA_fem_x_wing_pilot_5_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/036/7/3/SA_fem_x_wing_pilot_4_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/036/7/b/SA_fem_x_wing_pilot_3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/036/3/9/SA_fem_x_wing_pilot_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/036/0/4/SA_fem_x_wing_pilot_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/036/1/c/x_wing_pilots_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/036/d/6/SA_fem__rebel_pilot_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
well? what do you guys think?
I'm a little disapointe in some paint rubbing issues in the knees... but other than that I'm very satisfied with how it turned out.
I think she turned out nice, devin. I like your fix for the ankle ammo belt. Too bad about the original figure's leg pieces though. "wait, did you cut off the boots, also?"
For me, orange is just one of those colors that tend to come out glossy looking. yellow is the same way. I usually have to mix up a flatter looking orange using the most matte looking red and yellow that I can find.
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no I did not use the origianl figures boots. The feet and legs are entirely from scarlett. However, the original figure's legs are pretty much useless now since I cut up one of them...
of course, I'm not realy upset about it since I have no use for standard star wars legs and hips... my fodder bin is full of them though, eventually I'm going to put together a box of junk I'll never use and put it up for grabs for someone on ISY...
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An easy fix for glossy orange paint is while its still some what wet, apply some crush pastel on a brush too the paint.
It will take the gloss out and make it look more like cloth.
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Great custom Spud.
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An easy fix for glossy orange paint is while its still some what wet, apply some crush pastel on a brush too the paint.
It will take the gloss out and make it look more like cloth.
Now that's an old school tip there. I remember reading about that technique in a Military Modeler magazine in the 70s.
Nice tip, Mandalore!
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An easy fix for glossy orange paint is while its still some what wet, apply some crush pastel on a brush too the paint.
It will take the gloss out and make it look more like cloth.
Now that's an old school tip there. I remember reading about that technique in a Military Modeler magazine in the 70s.
Nice tip, Mandalore!
Finally someone who knows about that ;D
I learned this tech originally from my Dad, who was big time into military models.
I even have a mag that illustrates how to do it.
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An easy fix for glossy orange paint is while its still some what wet, apply some crush pastel on a brush too the paint.
It will take the gloss out and make it look more like cloth.
Now that's an old school tip there. I remember reading about that technique in a Military Modeler magazine in the 70s.
Nice tip, Mandalore!
Finally someone who knows about that ;D
I learned this tech originally from my Dad, who was big time into military models.
I even have a mag that illustrates how to do it.
sounds great could we get those pics up in the Resources and References Mandalore the skepsis?
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Another great work, Devin! She looks better than she did from the factory!
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An easy fix for glossy orange paint is while its still some what wet, apply some crush pastel on a brush too the paint.
It will take the gloss out and make it look more like cloth.
what are pastel's :-\
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An easy fix for glossy orange paint is while its still some what wet, apply some crush pastel on a brush too the paint.
It will take the gloss out and make it look more like cloth.
what are pastel's :-\
Pastels are an artist's medium, kind of like chalk. Mandalore is talking about mixing the dust from a pastel into the paint.
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An easy fix for glossy orange paint is while its still some what wet, apply some crush pastel on a brush too the paint.
It will take the gloss out and make it look more like cloth.
what are pastel's :-\
Pastels are an artist's medium, kind of like chalk. Mandalore is talking about mixing the dust from a pastel into the paint.
oh sweet gotta try that then that sounds sweet dude
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I have also heard that using a stiff brissled tooth brush and lightly running it over the figure once the paint is dry will take a little bit of the gloss off.
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I have also heard that using a stiff brissled tooth brush and lightly running it over the figure once the paint is dry will take a little bit of the gloss off.
which is weird, because it makes dull plastic shiny, :)
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is that the way it went? maybe I was backwards... lol
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That female pilot is pretty awesome. I definitely have to try this recipe. Spuda, that was a d@mn good idea to combine those parts.
Well, there is another project to add to the list... ;)
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I like the overall appearance, the only thing I don't like is she is too tall for that character now, but she does look good.
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That female pilot is pretty awesome. I definitely have to try this recipe. Spuda, that was a d@mn good idea to combine those parts.
Well, there is another project to add to the list... ;)
Thanks bugskirt, Imitation is the purest form of flatery :). I would love to see some other folks try my recipes and techniques! (and actually show me what they are doing, NARCERON.... ;) )
I like the overall appearance, the only thing I don't like is she is too tall for that character now, but she does look good.
I know for that specific character she is too short... I'm currently looking for a different female head that I could use on her to make her an entirely new character. I'm just having trouble finding a head that will fit under the helmet!
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An easy fix for glossy orange paint is while its still some what wet, apply some crush pastel on a brush too the paint.
It will take the gloss out and make it look more like cloth.
Now that's an old school tip there. I remember reading about that technique in a Military Modeler magazine in the 70s.
Nice tip, Mandalore!
Finally someone who knows about that ;D
I learned this tech originally from my Dad, who was big time into military models.
I even have a mag that illustrates how to do it.
sounds great could we get those pics up in the Resources and References Mandalore the skepsis?
Sure you want them pmed too ya?
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ok guys... I finally finished the female pilot to the point that I realy like it.
I've actually come up with a little backstory for this one.... since she is to go with the kit-bashed starfighter...
"The Scarlett Rebel"
Born as a force sensitive child shortly after the begining of the clone wars "scarlett" was quickly sought out by the jedi and began training... at a young age she was showing great promise and was given to a jedi master as a padawan to be trained in real life combat situations during the clone wars. As she learned from her master she traveled the galaxy, engaging in battles far out in the outer rim. It was during one such battle that her life changed forever, and she was defined as a person...
Her and her master had just landed on a backwater planet, securing the hangar in which they would use as their base of operations. Unbeknownst to them, Order 66 was minutes away from being issued.... As she ran a diagnostics check on her master's starfighter she watched as he was gunned down by their very own trusted clones. Thinking quickly, she threw up the sheild generator of her master's vessel and blasted her way into the cold unforgiving galaxy that was now unfolding around her...
Feeling a disturbance in the force, which was the result of order 66, she knew she couldn't return home to the jedi temple. Thus she fled.
She found refuge as a healer and spiritual counselor on a desolate outer rim world. There she grew into a woman... She modified her master's jedi-starfighter, adding built in hyperdrive engines, repainting it, and constructing it to look like a reworked junker, as she knew a pure unaltered jedi-starfighter would bting too much attention...
Eventually, after the establishment of the Empire, she had to again flee her life. Word had gotten out that she was force sensitive, and owning a jedi-starfighter, albeit an altered deralict, this interested the wrong people... She found refuge with the rebelion however, where she was a valuable asset in their war against the Empire's oppression.....
Ok... sorry for the rabling story. I just figured this one deserved a backstory.... I went with the name "scarlett" because I feel likthis figure lookes too much like the gi-joe character to avoid... I plan on doing a few "gi-joe to star wars" crossovers soon, one being duke....
(http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/039/e/5/scarlett_rebel_4_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/039/0/d/scarlett_rebel_3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/039/a/e/scarlett_rebel_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/039/7/a/scarlett_rebel_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
as you can see I updated the head sculpt. I used the head from an ROC scarlett in reactive armor and removed her hair. I then replaced that with the hair off of the marvel legends "firestar" figure. The helmet doesn't fit very well over it though.... couldn't realy avoid that. I figure the helmet is realy an accessory that looks better off the figure anyway.... from the side thehelmet looks fine, especially while in the cockpit:
(http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/039/6/9/jedi_starfighter_wip1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
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A very cool figure, buddy.
I like her a lot.
Carefully done, her flightsuit could benefit from shading and highlighting (although I usually don't use that technique on 3 3/4" figures very often) and I'd simply seal her body with a matt or semi-gloss transparent coating. That will take care of the glossy orange paint.
Scarlett's belt doesn't look military and adds an individual touch to the figure as we know that jet jockeys love to show their individuality.
As for the helmet, the headsculpts are too good to cover them with a helmet and she's too nice a figfure to hide her in the cockpit of a fighter.
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I think she looks just fine with her helmet one. Nice work. On the front page.
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I think Im going to have to try my hand at making this.
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D, use a second scarlett head for the helmet, that way you can have the helmet fit a lot better, :)
I like the head/hair combo, nice work.
I like this figure much more than the V1.
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Spud, this is just awesome. It is always a pleasure to see new super-super arti figures from you and the story you made for scarlett is the the cherry on top.
as always great job
10/10
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D, use a second scarlett head for the helmet, that way you can have the helmet fit a lot better, :)
I like the head/hair combo, nice work.
I like this figure much more than the V1.
I just need to find me the version of her movie figure that has the hair pulled back.... I apparently lost the one that the body for this figure came with! :-\
I'm probably going to pick one up today. I might also go on and get the other x-wing pilot evo pack if they still have it clearanced...
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D, use a second scarlett head for the helmet, that way you can have the helmet fit a lot better, :)
I like the head/hair combo, nice work.
I like this figure much more than the V1.
I just need to find me the version of her movie figure that has the hair pulled back.... I apparently lost the one that the body for this figure came with! :-\
I'm probably going to pick one up today. I might also go on and get the other x-wing pilot evo pack if they still have it clearanced...
You can probably trade the female pilot's head for something...people go crazy for exclusive body parts, not sure why.
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I just need to find me the version of her movie figure that has the hair pulled back....
You got one from me in the parts set I sent you, right?
The one that had the massive ponytail, not the thin braids like the Mando girls.
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I just need to find me the version of her movie figure that has the hair pulled back....
You got one from me in the parts set I sent you, right?
The one that had the massive ponytail, not the thin braids like the Mando girls.
its too bad you couldn't use pilot scarlett, lol.
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Hey spuda...how did you attach the scarlet body to the upper star wars body?
If I missed that in your thread I apologize.
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Mandalore read the front page it's on their, even has videos to go with doing up these types of swaps.
Loving the figure Spuda, and if you want to get rid of that head I might have something to trade from my fodder box, can always use decent female heads.
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Hey spuda...how did you attach the scarlet body to the upper star wars body?
If I missed that in your thread I apologize.
cimter is right, there are a few threads in the resources and references section with links to my youtube videos that are decent tutorials on the process,
here is a link to my "video tutorial" thread that has links to all of them:
http://www.imperialshipyards.net/SMF/index.php?topic=2758.0
Mandalore read the front page it's on their, even has videos to go with doing up these types of swaps.
Loving the figure Spuda, and if you want to get rid of that head I might have something to trade from my fodder box, can always use decent female heads.
lol everyone wants her head?! it's not up for grabs :( I'm sorry. I might eventually make a resin cast of the firestar hair piece though, that way It could be used on any different female figure's head.
I just need to find me the version of her movie figure that has the hair pulled back....
You got one from me in the parts set I sent you, right?
The one that had the massive ponytail, not the thin braids like the Mando girls.
I do have the one female head that you sent me kurgan, the one with the multiple looped braids in the back and I ALMOST used that one... the helmet didn't fit very well over the braids though. I'll get a photo of it on the figure, plus a few other head options, and then you guys can decide which head will be the final head....
narceron, the pilot scarlet head is too small. it looks disproportionate, and the large x-wing helmet swallows it!
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Ah, you mean the Sigel Dare head.
It's a great sculpt and very nicely painted.
Wasn't there another ROC Scarlett head in the bundle?
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Ah, you mean the Sigel Dare head.
It's a great sculpt and very nicely painted.
Wasn't there another ROC Scarlett head in the bundle?
hmmm I don't believe there was. I only remember the few mando ones you sent me that I sent back to you.
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Which I received.
If you want, I can see if I have another one in the parts box.
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Which I received.
If you want, I can see if I have another one in the parts box.
For now, don't worry about it... but I might take you up on the offer in the future!
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Mandalore read the front page it's on their, even has videos to go with doing up these types of swaps.
Loving the figure Spuda, and if you want to get rid of that head I might have something to trade from my fodder box, can always use decent female heads.
Thanks Cimter
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just a little look ahead to what I'll be posting this week...
Just grabbed another 10.00 marked down rebel pilot legacy III pack and a couple joes so expect to see a few more super arty x-wing pilots.
I also started work on a super arty mandalore the indominable... I'm going to try my hand at making an "old school" mando.
If I can find enough parts for him, I'm also going to work on a Mandalorian Super Commando using a cast resin royal guard helmet as the helmet base... I just need to find another legacy jango or boba for the base figure.
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AWESOME X-Wing pilot, Spud!
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wow, that is an awesome pilot chick custom, i imagine that once a month she'd be the scourge of the imperial navy!
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wow, that is an awesome pilot chick custom, i imagine that once a month she'd be the scourge of the imperial navy!
LOL that made my night. I got the new head for her today... so she'll have two swappable heads. One in the "flight ready" hair pulled into a pony tail, and the other (current head) with the more relaxed, hair let down, position.
I've started gathering materials for mandalore tonight... I'm going to try and go all out on him and incorporate as many soft goods as I can... Amazingly enough I found a realy nice material in my first aid kit! It's a gauze sheet that is lightweight and small enough to use for the action figure, and absorbant enough that it should soak in paint or die realy well.... so I'm going to start with that tonight, Just have to decide on a head to use as I want it to have a removable helmet... but not sure yet how I am going to do that...
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so.... I need ideas on a good head sculpt for a "Taung" head:
(http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/thumb/d/d2/TaungMartialArtsMaster-GAW.jpg/250px-TaungMartialArtsMaster-GAW.jpg)
any ideas?
I'm going to try sculpting one myself first....
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started work on the basic figure of Mandalore the Indomitable tonight...
got most of the basic stuff done, built the majority of the figure from joe parts, basically the entire body except for the forearms and hands are joe pieces. I realy don't know which ones exactly though, it's a mess....
I used gauze wrappings "painted" brown with permenant marker on the legs, then wrapped them with black string to imitate the original figure's leg's detailing.
I still have to make knee pads, shoulder pads, touch up the paint on the body, possibly make a foux lether tunic, as well as make a head....
I want my final figure to more closely resemble this:
(http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/e/e0/Mandalore_the_Indomitable.jpg)
and to do that I'll probably make him a removable cloak so that he can be both formal, and imformal....
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preview pics for what I have finished:
(http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/042/e/1/mandalore_the_wip_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/042/3/c/mandalore_wip_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
well... what do you guys think so far? Should I keep working on this or give up now...? I'm not entirely happy with the way the legs look after looking at the pictures...
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Well personally, I can't believe how you took a figure I tossed aside as "boring" and turned it into a super arty MASTERPIECE!!! GREAT JOB! ;D
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so.... I need ideas on a good head sculpt for a "Taung" head:
(http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/thumb/d/d2/TaungMartialArtsMaster-GAW.jpg/250px-TaungMartialArtsMaster-GAW.jpg)
any ideas?
I'm going to try sculpting one myself first....
Hey Devin that guy kinda reminds me of the Grinch maybe there is a figure of him out the..
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good job on that new one dude!
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preview pics for what I have finished:
(http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/042/e/1/mandalore_the_wip_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/042/3/c/mandalore_wip_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
well... what do you guys think so far? Should I keep working on this or give up now...? I'm not entirely happy with the way the legs look after looking at the pictures...
Um wow comes too mind.
Awesome awesome job.
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lol... I'm not even half way done yet. :P
so you guys don't think the legs look funky? in the images I think they just look odd, perhaps it's the lack of the knee pad that is putting me off...
Ok... well I'm off to work on it again, going to try and finish the leg detailings tonight and start work on a custom sculpted head....
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so.... I need ideas on a good head sculpt for a "Taung" head:
(http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/thumb/d/d2/TaungMartialArtsMaster-GAW.jpg/250px-TaungMartialArtsMaster-GAW.jpg)
any ideas?
I'm going to try sculpting one myself first....
Hey Devin that guy kinda reminds me of the Grinch maybe there is a figure of him out the..
this is all i could find but it does resemble the guy above
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31kiiioe2xL._SS500_.jpg)
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LOL I think I'll stick with sculpting it for now....
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ok... I started sculpting the taung head... This is the final image I decided to use as a basis:
(http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/0/0f/Taung.jpg)
and here is my sculpted head:
(http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/043/f/f/Taung_head_sculpt_wip1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/043/3/f/taung_head_sculpt_wip2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
what I did was use an existing gi-joe head, trimed it down with an exacto knife so that it was only a vauguely human shaped head, Mainly I did this so that I would have the perfect ball socket beneath the sculpted part.
I then used apoxi sculpt, a two part self hardening clay like medium, to sculpt over the joe head. I used an exacto knife to do that basic sculpting then used my finger dipped in water to smooth it out.
I will eventually paint this a light grey/green color to match the images. the eyes will be gold in color and I'll add some splotches of red and black on the skin to add to the detailing...
here is an updating pic of what I've got done on the body.... basically all I've done on it tonight was give it some bigger feet as well as update the paint on the upper half of the body and upper arms to match the forearm's better:
(http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/043/2/2/mandalore_wip_bigger_feet_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
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Wow, didn't even know that guy existed. Looks good. I think the legs on the Mandalore look fine to me. Keep it going.
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like the looks of your mandalore, spud. Now that sculpted head has an interesting start. Those are the steps you would take to move your customs to the next level and some thing I haven't tried yet.
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looks good dude! cant wait to see it painted!
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Mandalore The Indomitable was the second "mandalorian" leader but the first to call himself "mandalore."
The figure is loosely based on hasbro's mandalore from the Fett evolution's pack.
The basic construction of the figure uses a mix of 25th/roc joes and parts from the evo-mandalore.
The legs have been wrapped in cloth and then bound with black string. They are loose enough to allow full movement and posability, yet tight enough that they do not move or sag.
The head is an original sculpt, made of a joe head covered in apoxi sculpt.
The helmet is more of a mask. The original's helmet was cut down to just the mask and then dremmeled so that it was as thin as it could be. Stretch cord was added to hold it to the figure. A cloth "hood" was added that is wrapped around the figure's head and bunched up in the front. When the mask is placed over the "hood" it holds it together and forms the "helmet". This cloth can then be folded back to reveal the head and the mask can be removed.
pics:
(http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/043/f/d/mandalore_7_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/043/1/3/mandalore_6_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
the first two pics are without the helmet/hood modifications and are meant to show the detail in the head sculpt.
(http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/043/b/1/mandalore_3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/043/6/8/mandalore_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
The above two images show the "hood" folded down around the neck revealing the head. Notice the added streach cord to the mask in his hand.
(http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/043/2/f/mandalore_5_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/043/3/d/mandalore_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
In these two pics the hood has been pulled over the head and the mask is put over it holding it in place.
(http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/043/7/f/mandalore_4_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
well, What do you guys think?
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im lovin it dude, you really transformed this into somthing incedible! the head sculpt turned out really good!
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Holy crap that is amazing.
That looks so freaking good.
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Spuda, you are really coming into your own. Just amazing. You will see it on our fp tomorrow.
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Cool that custom looks awesome
:) :)
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Stellar Job,
That turned out great, I am envious, I wouldn't mind one of these in my collection.
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Those knee pads hugely transformed the legs,which looked good on their own, but now really stand out. The scratch head sculpt is awesome as well. You captured that image VERY well! Excellent job!
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Those knee pads hugely transformed the legs,which looked good on their own, but now really stand out. The scratch head sculpt is awesome as well. You captured that image VERY well! Excellent job!
Thanks, I wondered if anyone would notice the knee's. I actually couldn't come up with anything good for them so while I was sculpting the head I used the extra apoxi sculpt to fashion two knee pads on the table top, once it was hardened I popped it off the table top and added the stretch cord to them and put them on the figure.
Thanks for everyone's comments. I think it turned out ok... I am thinking about puting a little more detail into the head sculpt. The plain grey skin is how the Taung are described but I just don't like how "plain" he looks. Not to mention I don't think he is menacing enough.
I am trying to come up with a good material to make the hair that you see pulled back in the image of the tuang head I used for reference... I just don't know what to use. I thought about doll's hair but I'm at a loss for how to attach it and it still look good.
Stellar Job,
That turned out great, I am envious, I wouldn't mind one of these in my collection.
Pm me and I might work something out with you ;). I plan on casting the head sculpt and making a cast resin duplicate of it... so I should be able to replicate the custom fairly easilly given the right parts. (which is the real trick).
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fanastic!! I didn't see all the wip pics before i saw the finished product and i was just amazed!! Such a cool looking figure.
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fanastic!! I didn't see all the wip pics before i saw the finished product and i was just amazed!! Such a cool looking figure.
Thanks very much. I think he turned out exquisite myself :P
I have started two seperate threads in which I have polls going... please vote for your favorite figure of the two categories.
One is "favorite spudafett Mando"
and the other is "favorite S/A spudafett combo"
Thanks!
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Spud, I got the clone trooper and barc speeder and the clone won't fit on it so I want to swap out the super arty hips with an ARF trooper.... How will I go about doing this boul'n'pop method... a blow drier, I presume? For how long do I blast it for?
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Spud, I got the clone trooper and barc speeder and the clone won't fit on it so I want to swap out the super arty hips with an ARF trooper.... How will I go about doing this boul'n'pop method... a blow drier, I presume? For how long do I blast it for?
actually the "boil- and - pop" method is exactly how it sounds.
take your figure and put him in a coffe cup full of water, make sure the entire figure can be submerged into the water. Remove the head, helmet and all other easilly removable parts.
Then place the cup full of water with the figure submerged into a microwave for around 1 minute, untill the water just begins to boil. Then quickly, and very carefully, remove the figure from the microwave and the cup and pull the pieces off gently. You MIGHT have to do a minute session in the microwave for EACH piece. Once for pulling apart the torso, then again for each arm or leg.
since your doing an arf trooper torso replacement boil each figure and pull apart the figs at the chest/torso joint. Then let them cool and pop the new botom half onto your basic trooper....
This is all asuming that the figure you want to have the arf legs has a removable helmet... if not, then it might be easiest just to swap the helmets. (but I don't think any of the TCW animated clones except the arf trooper are made without removable helmets....)
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Spud, I got the clone trooper and barc speeder and the clone won't fit on it so I want to swap out the super arty hips with an ARF trooper.... How will I go about doing this boul'n'pop method... a blow drier, I presume? For how long do I blast it for?
actually the "boil- and - pop" method is exactly how it sounds.
take your figure and put him in a coffe cup full of water, make sure the entire figure can be submerged into the water. Remove the head, helmet and all other easilly removable parts.
Then place the cup full of water with the figure submerged into a microwave for around 1 minute, untill the water just begins to boil. Then quickly, and very carefully, remove the figure from the microwave and the cup and pull the pieces off gently. You MIGHT have to do a minute session in the microwave for EACH piece. Once for pulling apart the torso, then again for each arm or leg.
since your doing an arf trooper torso replacement boil each figure and pull apart the figs at the chest/torso joint. Then let them cool and pop the new botom half onto your basic trooper....
This is all asuming that the figure you want to have the arf legs has a removable helmet... if not, then it might be easiest just to swap the helmets. (but I don't think any of the TCW animated clones except the arf trooper are made without removable helmets....)
THANKS! ;D
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Spud, I got the clone trooper and barc speeder and the clone won't fit on it so I want to swap out the super arty hips with an ARF trooper.... How will I go about doing this boul'n'pop method... a blow drier, I presume? For how long do I blast it for?
actually the "boil- and - pop" method is exactly how it sounds.
take your figure and put him in a coffe cup full of water, make sure the entire figure can be submerged into the water. Remove the head, helmet and all other easilly removable parts.
Then place the cup full of water with the figure submerged into a microwave for around 1 minute, untill the water just begins to boil. Then quickly, and very carefully, remove the figure from the microwave and the cup and pull the pieces off gently. You MIGHT have to do a minute session in the microwave for EACH piece. Once for pulling apart the torso, then again for each arm or leg.
since your doing an arf trooper torso replacement boil each figure and pull apart the figs at the chest/torso joint. Then let them cool and pop the new botom half onto your basic trooper....
This is all asuming that the figure you want to have the arf legs has a removable helmet... if not, then it might be easiest just to swap the helmets. (but I don't think any of the TCW animated clones except the arf trooper are made without removable helmets....)
THANKS! ;D
No Problem... I guess I should make a detailed tutorial on this to put in the references section (btw I think we need a more dedicated tutorial section!)
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I just realized this hasn't hit the front page yet. It has now.
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Wow, that mandalore is awesome! I agree with you also that we could use a tutorial section, I am planning to give your boil and pop method I try. I have been doing it a bit different and it hasn't been working all that well. Another awesome custom Spuda!
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this is my "droids" contest entry, please check out the other photos I've posted of the figure in that thread located here:
http://www.imperialshipyards.net/SMF/index.php?topic=3080.msg54603#new
super arty IG-88
(http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/062/e/0/super_arty_IG_88_011_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
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THATS A WICKED DRIOD THERE BUD LOOKING GOOD AS ALWAYS!
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nice super arty ig man that may put a fight to boba lol ;)
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Nice looking droid!
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hey guys, theres ALOT more pics over in the contest thread, go check it out there.
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this is great dude! im lovin it!
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this is my "droids" contest entry, please check out the other photos I've posted of the figure in that thread located here:
http://www.imperialshipyards.net/SMF/index.php?topic=3080.msg54603#new
super arty IG-88
(http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/062/e/0/super_arty_IG_88_011_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
fozzile dizzile...that is the bomb.
You must write up a recipe on this bad boy.
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the parts for this were all taken from two droids... the IG lancer droid and the TCW IG-86 assassin droid.
Preferably I wanted to use a VOTC IG-88 instead of the lancer droid, but I couldnt find one....
so... preferably the recipee would be:
VOTC IG-88:
head, torso, shins, feet, misc. greeblies, bandolier, guns, accessories
IG-86 assassin droid:
Arms, hands, knee's and shins. (see below image)
the knee's of the assassin droid became the hip joint for the ig-88 because when the original's swivel hips were removed the resulting socket was a perfect fit for the leg of the animated assassin droid. The assassin droid's leg was cut about 2cm above the knee and this was inserted into the socket of the IG-88's old swivel hip. Then the animated figure's ankle socket became the knee socket. The original IG-88's thigh armor and greeblie pieces where then trimed up to fit over this new thigh/hip piece...
(http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/062/7/5/leg_details_IG88_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
make sense?
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Wow nice droid, I think thats going to be a great contest entry!
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As always excellent job Spud. This is really a great figure for the contest.
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Awesome droid Spud, I am amazed at the level of articulation and seemless blending you do with these, I may have to get you to make me a Mando or RC one of these days
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Awesome droid Spud, I am amazed at the level of articulation and seemless blending you do with these, I may have to get you to make me a Mando or RC one of these days
mandos... I can do mandos....
an RC is one I keep meaning to work on. I've got an RC figure but havn't gotten around to messing with it. I might do that today.
I was going to work on a new mando figure soon as well. I'm calling the idea "mandalorian Iron-monger" he'd basically be a shirtless, armorless, big muscled mandalorian blacksmith complete with an anvil, giant hammer and half forged mandalorian iron chestplate....
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I have a bunch of extra pieces, if you are willing to try an RC, maybe we can strike a deal ;)
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I would love to see you try the superarty treatment on an Republic Commando Devin!
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I have a bunch of extra pieces, if you are willing to try an RC, maybe we can strike a deal ;)
what kind of extra pieces? I'm pretty taxed for time right now... I've been working at a gas station in town for the past two months and I've got alot of other stuff going on but I'm trying to keep up with doing a little customizing on my days off. I'm probably going to try and mess with getting an RC at least started tonight as I have sunday off.
However, I don't realy have many RC accessories. I have a mold made from one of the backpacks and a mold of one of the guns as well, but they aren't that great... The little "handles" for lack of a better term on the backpack never come out in the mold, they always catch air bubbles.
BUT... none-the-less I will attempt to take one apart tonight. I have no idea how I'm going to tackle the armored legs and the armored torso.... I'll have to experiment with a few of the loose joe fodder I have and see what I can come up with.
I have a feeling it will be a pretty extensive project, and one that I doubt I'll offer in my "super articulation services" thread without charging for....
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I have a couple complete RCs, some Joes laying around, and no deadline ;)
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I have a couple complete RCs, some Joes laying around, and no deadline ;)
I'm going to mess around with the single RC I have and see what I can throw together. I want it to be a fairly simple custom but I realy hate that there isn't a removable helmet RC out there (if there is Idk about it) and I'd like to eventually fix that too.
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I have a hollowed out resin rc helmet fitted to a CW rex head that is set aside for a future project.
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I have a hollowed out resin rc helmet fitted to a CW rex head that is set aside for a future project.
well I think I'm going to wind up doing the same.
I cracked open the chest of my RC figure tonight and removed his arms and lower half to start test fitting joe torsos to it... this figure is constructed so oddly. It's got the bare minimum. IDK why hasbro decided that the figure needed a ball jointed torso but left out ball jointed shoulders. It makes no sense to me.
I think I'm going to take a page from stitch-fett's book and hollow out all the armor pieces of the RC and try and make a removable set of armor that will fit OVER a combination of GI-joe parts. What started as a simple project in my mind has turned into a very complicated and risky dremel procedure. I realy wanted to steer away from dremeling the figure and trying to do it the way stitch fett does his Micro-clones.
I was hoping to find a way to do this figure the way I've done my other sw/joe splices. But that doesn't seem to be working.
I do have ONE MORE last ditch set of joe parts to try before I start dremeling away at the RC parts..
good news is that if I do decide to dremel away the insides of the RC parts, I'm going to try and make a mold of them so that I can make a removable chest armor piece out of resin like I have done with the mando armor....
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I have a hollowed out resin rc helmet fitted to a CW rex head that is set aside for a future project.
I've hollowed out the rc helms to fit regular clone heads/death star troopers.
http://www.imperialshipyards.net/SMF/index.php?topic=2784.90
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well this is what I got done with the RC. I wanted to originally limit the custom to a basic joe torso swap. limited to that thinking this is what I came up with.
(http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/066/f/2/RC_custom_WIP_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
obviously the legs don't necessarily fit the accurate description of the RC's... I havn't done any more to it however because this will probably NOT be the final result of this project. I like the look of the lower torso I used though (which is from accellorator armor duke). I feel like this is the closest joe part to looking like the original RC lower armor. I even think the thighs of the figure MIGHT be able to pass of as the RC's thighs if painted right.
I might still take this figure another rout by dremeling out the inside of the RC armor and placing it over a small gi-joe chest either gluing it in place OR making it removable. IDK yet.
Basically I don't like the limited articulation of the arms of the figure as it is now. Since it uses the original figure's arms. However, the way the original figure's constructed a set of joe arms, or more properly ball jointed arms of any kind won't fit recessed into the chest like they should and they look awkward.
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Cool! ()rr
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very cool dude!
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looks very good Spud. I'm sure this is going to be another great custom super arti figure. It is really interesting that the Joe body works so good with all the SW figures.
It could be a SpecOps RC or something like that.
great job so far
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looks very good Spud. I'm sure this is going to be another great custom super arti figure. It is really interesting that the Joe body works so good with all the SW figures.
It could be a SpecOps RC or something like that.
great job so far
thanks! I know... I wish hasbro would catch on because for MOST of their star wars figures the majority of the tooling is there to accept the joe parts... and as you can see FOR THE MOST PART they already have joe parts in their tooling sets that will work for the star wars figures! The only thing that would need to be retooled would be new legs for the star wars figures that would match the joe style of articulation...
If they were smart, they would blend the two lines together and make the star wars figures with a similar style of parts so that they can start using multiple parts over again for new figures, kitbashing together new figures, which is what they basically do with the joes ANYWAY.
as for my RC... I'm thinkning about making him with a slightly different set of arms and he will probably vary slightly from the original armor.... so he may have to be considered a "special ops" commando to explain the difference in the armor style... but I'm hoping I can get it pretty close.
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ok... new figure in the works (well, actually a couple) but this is the only one I've got pics of at the moment
Iron-mando
or
Heavy Armor Mandalorian
it's just a WIP at the moment... still needs paint.
(http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/072/2/d/war_mando_wip2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/072/b/1/war_mando_wip1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/072/b/c/war_mando_wip3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
basically this figure is the comic style war-machine from the Iron Man 2 line of figs with a clone trooper head and a cast resin mando helmet... the belt is actually the vest of the night adder trimmed up and inverted... the hands are a random joes and the weopons were in my accessory box...
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Freakin sweet, Spud! At first, I thought it was a microman under there.
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SWEET!!!!!
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Thats how I see Mandos Devin. I think they have a few sets of armor like Iron Man based on the combat environment. I saw these new Iron Man figs and immediately thought of what you might be able to come up with based on these. I think this is gonna be outstanding.
I would love to see you do a boba one like this with the vintage paint colors like NFC did and a Mythrosaur skull on the armor somewhere.
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Freakin Awesome Man! I saw all of these new figures yesterday and thought how cool something like this would be. Way to take the lead spuda and be the first to use this body. I love it! Can't wait to see the final results.
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that looks awesome spud, cant wait to see it with its make-up!
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ok... new figure in the works (well, actually a couple) but this is the only one I've got pics of at the moment
Iron-mando
or
Heavy Armor Mandalorian
it's just a WIP at the moment... still needs paint.
(http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/072/2/d/war_mando_wip2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/072/b/1/war_mando_wip1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/072/b/c/war_mando_wip3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
basically this figure is the comic style war-machine from the Iron Man 2 line of figs with a clone trooper head and a cast resin mando helmet... the belt is actually the vest of the night adder trimmed up and inverted... the hands are a random joes and the weopons were in my accessory box...
I want one ! I love the way it looks with the war-machine body, and parts. By the way , how are your scoutARF troopers coming? Can't wait to see them .
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Thats how I see Mandos Devin. I think they have a few sets of armor like Iron Man based on the combat environment. I saw these new Iron Man figs and immediately thought of what you might be able to come up with based on these. I think this is gonna be outstanding.
I would love to see you do a boba one like this with the vintage paint colors like NFC did and a Mythrosaur skull on the armor somewhere.
Tamer that is the way I also have always thought. I always felt boba's armor was the way it was because (according to traditional, BEFORE the prequels, thinking) his armor was the last known remnants of the mandalorian tradition, that his armor was mismatched in colors and parts because it was cobbled together from several sources... The thought that I always had was that every mandalorian would either
1: have one set of armor that was uniquely theirs in color, style, and fit...
OR
2: have SEVERAL set of specified armor that would reflect the situation they might be in. (ie: stealth armor, snow armor, desert armor, etc)
In my customs I have kind of reflected the second thought process.... but I also believe that both ideas could be adapted into current mythos... in that the original mandalorians in their glory days would have had many suits of armor, many styles, and many specified armor types... but in the tradition's decline, as more and more mandos were wiped out by the civil war, and as mandalore iron became scarce mandalorians began to use a "one armor suits all conditions" generic armor that was then tailored to reflect the individual wearer rather than the environment they were in.... so instead of becomeing just another tool in the mando's repituar the armor became a symbol of self and a way for mandalorians to quickly recognize individuals......
:Psorry I ramble.
as for this custom. I am going to be using a different head as I don't want him to be a clone.... and I will be repainting the figure, possibly sculpting some traditional chest armor, as well as giving him a more traditional mandalorian color scheme....
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I would love to see an EU SW novel that was like a Raiders of the Lost Ark for a "fabled armory".
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ok... so some of you may have figured it out, and I may have said this before, but I love mandos. I love boba fett... and I love the concept.
But if I had to choose a second favorite concept in the star wars universe it would be the scout trooper. I don't know why, probably because I LOVED the endor sequences as a kid and (being a bonified redneck) love the outdoors/woods, I always thought that being a scout trooper on basically a galactic national park would be awesome....
anyways, I degress. I love my scout trooper customs. I love the kashyyyk trooper, and the EU versions of the scout trooper, and I love the fact that the storm commandos use the scout trooper style armor.
SO... when the new comic pack with general wier and the second storm commando were released I had to grab one for some super arty customs!
I'm almost finished with general wier and I've come up with a whole new class of scout trooper made from him....
the "crimson scout"
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Crimson Storm Commando:
appointed by the emporer himself to carry out highly secretive missions the crimson commandos are an emperial force to avoid....
the crimson commando custom is super articulated using joe parts spliced into the star wars figure. I have finally perfected this technique and I believe that this is the most seamless blending of the two styles I have accomplished yet. I am very proud of this one...
These are temporary pictures to hold your curiosity...
(http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/074/3/1/crimson_scout_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/074/4/2/crimson_scout_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/074/6/2/crimson_scout_3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/074/0/c/crimson_scout_4_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/075/1/1/crimson_scout_5_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
He's pictured without his helmet because it is currently setting in a silicone mold waiting to harden and be pulled... Eventually I hope to add this helmet to my cast resin mold collection. I forgot to put his bandolier back on him for these shots as well...
I also have plans to make a crimson commando speeder bike to go along with him... as I still have two uncustomized speeders and one will be sacrificed to this custom...
I figure all my scout troopers need to have a speeder bike to go with them... and since my other shadow speeder custom has lights in it I will be adding lights to gen. wier's speeder as well.
expect to see more of this figure and this set of customs by the end of the week.
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SPUD YOUR THE MAN I havent even seen those comic packs around my neck of the woods yet. Oh yeah Im also working on an Iron man clone custom should be ready in a couple of days.
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Awesome Devin! This is one of the best for sure, and the size of the figure came out right as well. Great job!
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Looks good Devin. I can't wait to see this with the helmet on, let alone the speeder bike!
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Excellent spud. The next great work of art from your hand.
It is great to see a Biker Scout (or Storm Commando) which is able to sit on a bike.
great job
10/10
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that is super awesome mate great work cant wait for a new mando
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wow, it's amazing!!!!!!, I love color scheme!
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cool custom dude
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I fuuking love this custom. Everything g'damn thing about it is flipping awesome.
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lol thanks guys, I think this is probably my second favorite figure I've ever done... (second of course to ultimate boba)...
I'm having some issues with this last batch of silicone I used while trying to mold this helmet and a bunch of others so it may be a while before I finally get it worked out so that I can use his helmet again.... dang silicone is giving me issues and not wanting to harden up again. Seems like every other batch of this stuff gives me problems..... >:(
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Cool custom Spud I am really liking the looks of this figure, the splicing came out really well.
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this scout is great!
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Great custom, buddy!
Without any doubt one of your best creations!
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Great custom, buddy!
Without any doubt one of your best creations!
thanks CK. I'm working on the other scout in the pack off and on right now. I got another resolute cobra trooper (who's torso is the best fit for the scout troopers) and began work on it. I'm probably going to keep the other figure it's original black on black with silver highlights color scheme.
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Cool mods, spud. I can't believe you are having trouble with the silicoln again.
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Cool mods, spud. I can't believe you are having trouble with the silicoln again.
I don't know what is up with the stuff. This last batch has got me vexed. I'm tempted to call alumilite and give them a piece of my mind, I e-mailed them on monday and have yet to hear back from them! I mixed this batch exactly as instructed. I mixed 4 ounces and put in two full scoops of catalyst. One scoop for every 2 ounces per instructions. The crap never hardened right and wound up a goopy mess on my parts... now I've got to spend extra time to clean my parts back up to try it again. I should have used extra catylist like I'd been doing. I'd been using at least half a scoop more per mix than recomended.... but It'd been so long since I'd done it I forgot to and followed the instructions... WHICH SHOULD HAVE GIVEN ME THE CORRECT RESULTS....
I am beggining to wonder if there is too much humidity or the temperature might be a factor... or if the instructions are just wrong and you should use more catylist....
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Nice figures, I am a huge fan of Boba Fett and mandalorians (hence my name) so I am really enjoying those Mando's!
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Those are the same mix measurements that I use and I never have a problem. It could be humidity.
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Those are the same mix measurements that I use and I never have a problem. It could be humidity.
I bet it's a temperature/humidity issue then. First of all I'm in ky where humidity is off the charts at all times... second I'm in a basement room with no real ventilation where all my animals' terrariums are so the humidity is a little higher in my room because of that.
I actually left one of the molds in the molding container until last night as I was so frustrated that they didn't work I didn't want to mess with it and it solidified, but it took it 3 days to do that! and I still don't know if it's salvagable enough for resin pouring.
What I'll probably wind up doing is shredding the mold that partially cured and using it as filler in whatever molds I make later since silicone bonds to itself and can be reused like that... I'll just have to be extra careful to prevent air bubbles and cavities...
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well I finally got my hands on a much wanted VOTC Bossk figure. I've wanted to do a custom of ALL the bounty hunters eventually... but my favorites have always been boba fett, ig-88 and bossk. to me those three were the most badd-ass of all the bounty hunter's in the OTC.
so... like I said, I finally got a VOTC bossk fig and I imediately tore into him. This is an amazing figure to begin with btw, great articulation, great sculpting, perfect details... but I wanted to customize it to match my other figures...
so this is where I'm at:
(http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/085/1/2/Bossk_wip_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
as you can see i've removed the lower half of the original bossk figure (from the VOTC line) and replaced it with joe parts. The lower torso is that from the Pitt Commando and the legs are from a storm shadow figure.
it looks pretty silly right now. But I've got his harness removed at the moment and the colors are all miss-matched, so it looks a little odd.
The feet will be transposed onto the lower legs of the storm shadow legs by simply cutting them both off and attaching bossk's feet to the SS legs.
I'll do the same thing for the little suit details, cut them off and glue them onto the new leg pieces.
I've got to mix up a light semi-gloss yellow to match the flight suit and repaint the entire figure to match and it should be done.
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YES! *Fist Pump* Bossk is one of my ALL TIME favorite characters! Unfortunatley all i have of him is that sh*t arty one (ya know: swivel neck, swivel shoulder, swivel hips). And im VERY EXCITED to see this guy finished!
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Crimson Storm Commando:
appointed by the emporer himself to carry out highly secretive missions the crimson commandos are an emperial force to avoid....
the crimson commando custom is super articulated using joe parts spliced into the star wars figure. I have finally perfected this technique and I believe that this is the most seamless blending of the two styles I have accomplished yet. I am very proud of this one...
These are temporary pictures to hold your curiosity...
(http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/074/3/1/crimson_scout_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/074/4/2/crimson_scout_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/074/6/2/crimson_scout_3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/074/0/c/crimson_scout_4_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/075/1/1/crimson_scout_5_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
He's pictured without his helmet because it is currently setting in a silicone mold waiting to harden and be pulled... Eventually I hope to add this helmet to my cast resin mold collection. I forgot to put his bandolier back on him for these shots as well...
I also have plans to make a crimson commando speeder bike to go along with him... as I still have two uncustomized speeders and one will be sacrificed to this custom...
I figure all my scout troopers need to have a speeder bike to go with them... and since my other shadow speeder custom has lights in it I will be adding lights to gen. wier's speeder as well.
expect to see more of this figure and this set of customs by the end of the week. man all i have to say is damn thats fricken awsome man and that black scout next to him was that the one in comic pack with another scout with a red visor but that crimson one is just superb :o :oawsome
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heres another scout I finished. He's a blue scout trooper with black armor. I've not figured out WHY he has that color scheme, I was thinking perhaps that he would be an urban scout trooper (since the honor guard troopers are blue) and since blue and black seem to be more an urban scheme than anything else. I picture this guy sneaking around the outskirts of couruscant scouting for inner city gangs and thugs that might cause problems for the empire...
(http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/081/5/9/storm_commando_blue_n_red2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/081/9/c/storm_commando_blue_n_red1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
The blue figure is a reconstructed/repainted imperial commando with the non-removable helmet from the comic pack.
My debate now is whether or not to leave him in the blue color scheme or repaint him in the red color scheme to go with my crimson scouts... I have plans to repaint at least one speeder bike to be Gen. Wier's crimson scout speeder bike...
I'm thinking about repainting my at-st in black/red colors as well and making a set of crimson scout at-st drivers. HOWEVER I just got a revel at-rt kit so I might redo the at-rt in crimson scout colors and make it their walker support vehicle instead of ruining my at-st....
the at-st drivers will probably be modified scout troopers with crimson guard helmets instead of the traditional helmets....
I also have plans to make a shadow arf trooper with a legacy/joe body style. It'll be the same recipee as the blue scout pictured above but have a cast resin arf trooper helmet repainted in black/grey colors.
oh... and I'm still working on bossk...
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Nice work, Spud. I am looking forward to the completion of that Bossk figure.
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cool work !
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these are pretty fun...you NEED to give me that bossk hands, feet, head, :)
Just saying...
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excellent work Spud as always. I think I will try one super-arti scout so he can fit on the speeder bike
and I agree with Clint, the Bossk figure is going to be a new level, can't wait to see the finished figure.
great job
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just something silly I was messing with today:
(http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/087/5/c/mando_wip_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
now for more bossk progress pics:
(http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/087/c/2/bossk_wip4_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
this is halfway through the feet transplantation process, you can see by this photo how I was doing it.
(http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/087/6/d/bossk_wip3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
both feet transferred.
(http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/087/1/f/bossk_wip_geard_up_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
all geared up, now just imagine the lower torso and legs matching the arm's yellow color....
(http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/087/9/f/mando_grenadier_wip_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
I started painting the legs and have run into a real problem... first of all while transplanting the left foot I accidentally glued the bottom half of the knee joint in place, so that is agrivating me a little, but more agravating is that where the legs connect at the hips the paint will not stick, the parts rub too much.... so I'm either going to have to take the figure apart and sand the hips down to keep it from rubbing or use different joe legs... which I'll probably do since I ruined the left knee joint.
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Thats a damn shame as well, it was looking real good, can you not just sand a new pair of those legs.
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That's too bad, Spud! IT was shaping up very nicely. Well, at least you know your mistake and can easily fix that now!
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spud that Bossk was looking sweet, sorry to hear it got fudged up a bit. I have always painted and sealed each part seperately then sealed seperately then put back together and this helps the paint rub problem a lot.
The blue scout does not excite me as much as the Crimson one. I would paint him to match and get rid of the blue. Just my honest opinon.
Now go get that model built!
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what I plan on doing is removing these legs and sanding them down while off the figure. even though they've already been painted I should be able to adequately sand them and then repaint them. I tried to use a basecoat of flat black on the legs before painting the yellow and that was a mistake, only making the paint layer thicker and harder to keep from rubbing.
the knee joint wasn't that big of a deal, it's frustrating, but it doesn't detract from the figure as a whole. I might be able to find another storm shadow figure that has these same legs though so I'm going to look for a single carded version, the original was from the snake eyes vs storm shadow two pack wal-mart exclusive....
as for the scout trooper, I agree he will probably get repainted.
I finished my at-rt model as well.... I have to admit I'm a little disapointed. Some of the parts were broken before I even got started, one "toe" of one foot pad was broken and one of the smaller handlebars had broken as well. I was able to fix the footpad however. As I was messing around with the model the peg holding on the drive "hips" to the main vehicle broke as well, I had to drill out the peg and drill a new hole in the hip piece and reatach it in a permenant position, which bummed me out because I thought the ability for the walker to rotate at the "waist" was realy realy cool.
I'll definately be painting this one up in the black/red color scheme though so keep an eye out for it.
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that is AWESOME!
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really cool!
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Wow, this Bossk looks great!
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wow that Bossk is coming together great, he's always been one of my favorite bounty hunters, great work!
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wow that Bossk is coming together great, he's always been one of my favorite bounty hunters, great work!
coming together might not be the best term, because he's in pieces again:
(http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/090/0/e/bossk_in_pieces__again_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
I'm working on sanding the joints down to minimize paint wear and then repainting the legs and arms to match a little better. He should be done soon.
and I thought you guys might find this interesting, my fodder boxes:
(http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/090/9/9/fodder_boxes_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
AND I got my at-rt finished:
(http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/090/5/8/revel_AT_RT_vs_TCW_at_rt_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
now that I have a good movie accurate version of the at-rt I'm taking apart the TCW version to customize for my crimson scout troopers, it's going to have workign lgihts and everything.
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ok, I realized that I should have posted my at-rt update in the vehicle section, so check over there to see the progress i've made with that!
AND I finished up bossk finally, with his hips sanded, and new knee joints he's painted and finished. i don't like how the yellow looks in person, but i'm probably microanalyzing the figure as a whole, in the pictures it looks realy good IMHO... what do you guys think?
(http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/090/8/d/Bossk_SA1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/090/b/e/bossk_sa2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
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looks superb spud
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he looks awesoem spuda! the yellow matches perfectly!
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That is superb Devin! The yellow looks just right to me and I like how some grey shows through at the line details and the knee joints. It looks lightly weathered. Great job!
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I think the poses speak for themselves. Front page and I hope Hasbro takes some notes. This looks great.
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That is superb Devin! The yellow looks just right to me and I like how some grey shows through at the line details and the knee joints. It looks lightly weathered. Great job!
well that grey showing through is the part that I dislike... it shows through on the legs and looks cool but on the arms it doesn't, since the arms were yellow to start with. I did go over the arms with the yellow color I mixed to bring the legs and arms closer to the same color... I couln't get my paint to mix into just the right yellow. I wish I had flat colors to have mixed, all I had was glossy...
thanks for the comments guys, I appreciate it. This is one of the most dificult figures I've worked on for a long time so it made it extra rewarding to get it done.
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Nice Bossk! He looks awesome. I like the yellow, too! bbfet
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Like your Bossk, the yellow suits and goes well with it.
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Spud I liked your Bossk figure. It rocks man. Also like Jules this week YOU'VE BEEN PECINATED!!
(http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af72/squirepec7/metAd01_jpgcc1b9174-b81a-48b0-b8ee-.jpg)
Enjoy man.
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Spud I liked your Bossk figure. It rocks man. Also like Jules this week YOU'VE BEEN PECINATED!!
(http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af72/squirepec7/metAd01_jpgcc1b9174-b81a-48b0-b8ee-.jpg)
Enjoy man.
WOW!! ;D Man that is an amazing image. Mister Fett also that is a great custom.
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Spud I liked your Bossk figure. It rocks man. Also like Jules this week YOU'VE BEEN PECINATED!!
(http://i995.photobucket.com/albums/af72/squirepec7/metAd01_jpgcc1b9174-b81a-48b0-b8ee-.jpg)
Enjoy man.
Great job SP!!! I think you got the hang of it!
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Squirepec, you are just one doggone dude of extraordinary extraordinaryness!
Spuda, man, you've been well and truly "Pecinated" both pieces of creative genius are stunning!
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Squirepec, you are just one doggone dude of extraordinary extraordinaryness!
Spuda, man, you've been well and truly "Pecinated" both pieces of creative genius are stunning!
Thank you jules.
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Wow Spud, he turned out gorgeous!
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nice!
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Devin that is insane......
That is easily the best custom you have done, in the time I've been on here.
The Joe parts flow awesomely.
I'd like to do one of these for myself.
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Devin that is insane......
That is easily the best custom you have done, in the time I've been on here.
The Joe parts flow awesomely.
I'd like to do one of these for myself.
The best one realy? I think he's pretty good but I'd realy have liked the paint apps to be a little bit better... there are still some issues I see in it. Of course I'm probably microanalyzing my own work!
I would LOVE it, ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT, if you'd try this on your own! I love knowing that other folks like my work enough to emulate the recipee and try it for themselves! if you need any help, pointers, or have any questions about parts or techniques let me know and I'll give you whatever help I can, and that goes for anyone!!!!
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Devin that is insane......
That is easily the best custom you have done, in the time I've been on here.
The Joe parts flow awesomely.
I'd like to do one of these for myself.
The best one realy? I think he's pretty good but I'd realy have liked the paint apps to be a little bit better... there are still some issues I see in it. Of course I'm probably microanalyzing my own work!
I would LOVE it, ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT, if you'd try this on your own! I love knowing that other folks like my work enough to emulate the recipee and try it for themselves! if you need any help, pointers, or have any questions about parts or techniques let me know and I'll give you whatever help I can, and that goes for anyone!!!!
I will no doubt ask bro, because I almost never use Joe parts, but I can see why people do, especially when they flow like this one did.
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"crimson shadow arf trooper"
This figure is a variation of my before seen crimson scout, which was a custom super articulated gen. wier figure. This arf figure was originally the other storm commando that came in that comic pack. The body has been replaced with a resolute cobra trooper's and the head is a custom resin cast of the TCW arf trooper helmet which has been modified to remove the pointed top....
pics:
(http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/097/6/7/crimson_shadow_arf_5_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/097/0/2/crimson_shadow_arf_4_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/097/3/5/crimson_shadow_arf_3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/097/b/a/crimson_shadow_arf_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/097/d/5/crimson_shadow_arf_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
this figure was constructed to accompany the crimson shadow at-rt, which is showcased in my vehicles thread. Please go check it out.
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I like. I like alot
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Devin, we have all been admiring your at-rt, but your custom rider that goes with it looks great too. On the front page. Thank you for sharing the construction of these with us.
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Devin I have to be honest, I think the amount of red is a bit too much for me. It also looks like brownish red and looks like leather sections on the vehicle. Maybee it is the brown table they are displayed on or just me. It also looks like the head should be lowered a bit. Not trying to be mean as I love the customs but something seems off and I would want that same honesty from you. Do you have a group shot with the other Crimson Scout and the General? I was wondering what the difference is...
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You did it again, spud! I really like the walker!!!!
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what a great looking set, this would be a perfect mini rig pack, hasbro take note!!
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really cool! :)
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looks great man! Can't wait to see more, I myself am working on a Shadow ARF scout.
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Spud,
Hey bro. I like the trooper. I think the black is excellent. I would of added the crimson and put blood red just one line in the middle of the crimson to break the color a little. But thats just me.
I really like your take on the figure. Is the head a cast or was it from a store bought fig? Thats a biker scout figure correct? Also what line was it from. I forgot how cool those heads would look painted. I really enjoyed this one ALOT!
Darth Creatine (Jon)
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Spud,
Hey bro. I like the trooper. I think the black is excellent. I would of added the crimson and put blood red just one line in the middle of the crimson to break the color a little. But thats just me.
I really like your take on the figure. Is the head a cast or was it from a store bought fig? Thats a biker scout figure correct? Also what line was it from. I forgot how cool those heads would look painted. I really enjoyed this one ALOT!
Darth Creatine (Jon)
This figure is a variation of my before seen crimson scout, which was a custom super articulated gen. wier figure. This arf figure was originally the other storm commando that came in that comic pack. The body has been replaced with a resolute cobra trooper's and the head is a custom resin cast of the TCW arf trooper helmet which has been modified to remove the pointed top....
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Devin I have to be honest, I think the amount of red is a bit too much for me. It also looks like brownish red and looks like leather sections on the vehicle. Maybee it is the brown table they are displayed on or just me. It also looks like the head should be lowered a bit. Not trying to be mean as I love the customs but something seems off and I would want that same honesty from you. Do you have a group shot with the other Crimson Scout and the General? I was wondering what the difference is...
Luke, are you talking about the figure itself or the walker? the red is supposed to be a dirty dark red so if it looks brownish that's pretty much what I was going for. It is a mix of red and black. IDK why it looks like leather to you though... most likely it's because it's more of a semi gloss compared to the black on the vehicle which is high gloss. painting flat or semi-gloss colors on next to high gloss usually makes the flat/semi-gloss paint look like leather.
the head may be sitting slightly high on the ball joint but because this is the figure that did not have the removable helmet there wasn't much I could do with it. I think it might just be the angle of some of the shots I posted here. Take a look at the figure in the photos with it on the at-rt that I posted in my vehicle thread and let me know if you still think the head is off.... and take a look at the better shots of the walker and let me know what you think.
I'll get some group shots as soon as I finish gen. wier's speeder bike. ;)
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The desert scout, or sand scout is a specialized trooper whose training and armor reflect the harsh conditions of worlds who's climates are harsh and unforgiving. The desert scout has a helmet with modified rebreathers to filter dust and sand, but most troopers wear a cloth scarf over their faceplate for added filtration. A heavy comms antenae and modified comms equipment allow the trooper to communicate back to base of long expanses without interferance from atmospheric static charges built up during sandstorms.
(http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/104/f/f/desert_scout_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/104/e/3/desert_scout_3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/104/2/3/desert_scout_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/104/d/5/desert_scout_4_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/104/7/4/desert_scout_5_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/104/3/b/desert_scout_6_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
the custom itself utilizes parts from at least 5 figures. The upper torso and arms are from a kashyyyk trooper with removable helmet from a comic pack (NOT com. faie). The head is from the at-at driver (I like that head sculpt best and it doesn't look like the figure has no neck....). the helmet is from the comic pack figure. The lower torso, thighs, and knees are from a resolute cobra trooper. The shins and feet are from a crimson guard trooper. The bandana/scarf is from the desert viper as well as the spear/staff.
the antenae is off some random part I had in my fodder box. I believe it's part of the antenae from a bespin luke pack...
I was planning on doing a speeder bike for this scout but I decided that it made more sense to give him my custom dewback. The thought behind that is that my "mountain dewback" would be a stronger animal better suited for long distance missions where mechanical vehicles like speeder bikes would break down (that's why sandtroopers use dewbacks to begin with... right?). So I'll be modifying my dewback further, adding more gear to his saddle and making some more adjustments.
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Spudafett,
I really really like the Sand Scout. My favorite has got to be the Color pattern and choice of colors since you said sand planet made me think tantooine and the colors (Perfect blending in to me) Unlike the all white Storm Troopers and Biker Scouts in the Ewok woods. Ya Great blending guys!!!!! NOT. My second favorite is the scarf. (I need me a few of those scarfs, ANYONE got any extra's for trade/sell PM me!) I really do like this figure.
But enough rambling on the Scout is great and I cant wait to see his decked out Dewback you got coming. What kind of plans you got for the Dewback. Re-paint for a darker brown and a lighter dry brush? What kind of "Gear" are you planning on putting on him.
You know what would be cool (In my opinion) add something Droid or computer-ish to him. Like a huge radio/antenna and some multi colored wires along the harness hooked to a servo or battery (for longer signal reach to base during sand storms or heat scorches)with tracking equipt and scanners and various weapons.
I have some leather pouches you can have if needed that will fit it. Need to be repaintrd though.
Darth Creatine
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Wow Spud! That Sand Scout is awesome. I love the scarf & the colour scheme rocks! Great job!
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Looking good Spud! What a great figure, funny thing is I saved a reference pic a few weeks ago of something similar. I like the parts and love that helmet/scarf combo. Also the paint scheme is great! Simple and effective, just what should be used for a sand scout. Nice work man!
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he looks wicked devin !
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G.I. Joe figures are really suitable for customizing Star Wars characters...I am also going to paint a Pit Commando figure of the G.I. Joe line to a rebel fleet's Elite Commando...You make VERY cool custom figures-WELL DONE and please keep on this amazing detailing...
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OSIK!!!!!!!!!! i was doin a chick sandy scout sheb!!!!! ah well looks good though !
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Devin, that is pretty slick. Nice use of parts. I have several of those parts on my table as well, and have been working on what to do with them yet. Good work!
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Great colors just the simplicity of it is awsome you did it again master!
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You did again a great job Spud.
I like the sand scout. It would be great to see a commander for this guy.
excellent custom
10/10
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Thanks guys, I'm happy with the way he turned out.
The dewback is already repainted, he's in my vehicle thread, I'm just going to be adding some more pouches and accessories to him. I have already thouhgt about an extended range comm antenae pack for the dewback as well, thanks for the suggestion though.
Phatty, if you have those parts laying around why not try a super arty biker scout!? I'd love seeing your version.... OR if you can't figure out what to do with the resolute cobra trooper parts I'll take them off your hands. I need a couple more for 2 more scout trooper customs I've got.
I've got desert, jungle (kashyyyk), commando/stealth, crimson, standard, and snow(hoth) scouts covered. My next project is going to be a scuba scout. And then my scout trooper project will be finished.
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that sand scout looks awesome!! :o :o
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Great work Devin!!!
I really like the flow too this one.
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well... I realy didn't like the figure sitting on the dewback, it looked even more awkward than the regular sandtrooper that came with the dewback looks sitting on it.
AND I figure what is a biker scout without a bike? So keep an eye on my vehicles thread for a new speeder bike... it'll be a kit-bashed speeder that I think everyone will like.
As for the figure itself I also decided he needed some dirtying up so I'll be adding some weathering to the entire figure...
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Devin, sorry for the work related abscence from your thread. I love that sand scout, bud. The mix of parts is perfect and that scarf needs to be casted for sure. I am looking forward to seeing this guy atop of a dewback.
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Great job spud.
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well what do you guys think, does he look better on the dewback or the swoop? I'm thinking the swoop, so either way I'll be customizing the swoop into a desert environment swoop bike for this character specifically.
(http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/106/c/4/desert_scout_dewback_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/106/b/4/sand_scout_speeder_wip_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/106/c/b/sand_scout_speeder_wip2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
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finished the sand-speeder bike.
(http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/107/b/0/sandtrooper_biker_scout_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
just a teaser, there will be more pictures up tomorow in my vehicles thread, keep an eye on it. ;)
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looks freakin sweet!
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Spuda, that is awesome! That deserves to be on the fp! bbfet
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YOU DID IT AGAIN, SPUD!!!!!!! Great job an't wait to see more pics!
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Yes, the swoop is the answer. I love the mod to the fromt veins and the paint aps. Looks perfect buddy!
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thanks guys, more images of the swoop will be in my vehicles thread. I have gone and weathered the figure so I got some updated shots of him:
(http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/107/e/c/sand_scout_weathered_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/107/8/3/sand_scout_weathered_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
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Dam bro weathered ? It looks even better is that a road block bottom half?
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that is SWEET!!!
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damn awesome!
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Perfect weathering on a damn cool figure.
Very well done, buddy!
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like i said on your custom vehicles page this guy is AWESOME
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Yep, that fig is killer, spud!
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That is one awesome custom spud. Great job.
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western inspired Iron Man:
(http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/111/2/1/WIM_3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/111/6/d/WIM_4_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/111/f/8/WIM_5_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
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LOL! Nice, Devin!
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very cool!
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really cool!
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HAHA, that made my day, spud!
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YIPEE KAI AYE MOTHER F@#$%^S!!!!!!!!!!!
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running from the fuzz....
(http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/118/0/4/speeder_chase_3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/118/2/5/speeder_chase_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/118/b/d/speeder_chase_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
the same thing will happen to you if you don't run over to my vehicles thread and take a look at these two new speeders!
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Spuda, I love he new speeder, you also seem to have a knack for creating lucious ladies as well, love the kinky boots best (that souunds sad doesn't it!!!)
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Spuda, I love he new speeder, you also seem to have a knack for creating lucious ladies as well, love the kinky boots best (that souunds sad doesn't it!!!)
that is actually an OLD figure I made a while back especially for the speeder bike gang's garage dio. interestingly enough the paint-work was done by my g/f (yall remember her twi-lek figure....)
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Very cool Spud, and that chick...gigity, gigity!
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nice pics man!
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That would look so bad ass if she was flipping the scout off!!!
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I got a star on my bike and one on my chest,
A gun on my hip and the right to arrest
I'm the guy who's the boss on this speedway
So watch out what you're doin' when you're drivin' my way
If you break the law, you'll hear from me, I know
I'm a-workin' for the Empire, I'm The Speedway Patrol...
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I got a star on my bike and one on my chest,
A gun on my hip and the right to arrest
I'm the guy who's the boss on this speedway
So watch out what you're doin' when you're drivin' my way
If you break the law, you'll hear from me, I know
I'm a-workin' for the Empire, I'm The Speedway Patrol...
Junior Brown FTW!!!! ;D
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Spud, you're too young to know that song...lol...
Cool little song nonetheless. It came right to mind when I saw your pics.
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Spud, you're too young to know that song...lol...
Cool little song nonetheless. It came right to mind when I saw your pics.
lol whatever... I'm a classic country music fan. good music is timeless.
anyway, expect an update here in a minute...
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this is my super arty customized version of the Galen in bounty hunter disguise from the TRU exclusive TFU 5 pack
size comparison:
(http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/130/a/7/galen_bounty_hunter_4_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/130/a/4/galen_bounty_hunter_3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
without the cloak the figure looks awkward. If I were to use the figure without the cloak I'd most likely make a belt to hide the waist/chest transition area a little better.
(http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/130/e/6/galen_bounty_hunter_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/130/2/e/galen_bounty_hunter_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
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Damn Spud, that was quick, buddy! Nice job!
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Looks great Spud! Did you dremel down the inside of the cloak to thin it out/ add to the flexability? How is the range of movement with it on? I like the gloves better but some with articulation would we awesome. Have you seen the lego lever trick? That should be your next SA step. You do some great poses with the figures and I can just imagine articulated wrist on them.
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looking awesome man! :) :)
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Looks great Spud! Did you dremel down the inside of the cloak to thin it out/ add to the flexability? How is the range of movement with it on? I like the gloves better but some with articulation would we awesome. Have you seen the lego lever trick? That should be your next SA step. You do some great poses with the figures and I can just imagine articulated wrist on them.
lego lever trick? have not heard of that one, have a link to a tutorial?
I did trim the ridge off of the cloak so that it'd fit better, the range of movement with the cloak on is severely limited, almost not worth doing the super articulation on.... I've been considering removing the cloak and using a different belt for this figure entirely to allow the new articulation the freedom it deserves.
I did think about adding the clone wars clone trooper's articulated wrists to the figure but didn't have any extras....
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The CW trooper wrist is what I am thinking about. I also have an idea worked out for a pleather cloak, cloaks and belts. You interested in trading some led work for the soft good set up? After you see it of corse.
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The CW trooper wrist is what I am thinking about. I also have an idea worked out for a pleather cloak, cloaks and belts. You interested in trading some led work for the soft good set up? After you see it of corse.
I'd like to try and figure it out myself first if you don't mind... but I wouldn't mind considering doing something for you LED wise if you can wait a month... I've still got resin trade orders set up from january to do :( life and responsibilities suck....
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Spudafett, that is a really superb custom figure, I really love all of the accessories and the paint job is wonderful. I gasped when I saw it!
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Spudafett, that is a really superb custom figure, I really love all of the accessories and the paint job is wonderful. I gasped when I saw it!
well... I appreciate that but the only thing I painted was the new lower torso and the gloves. everything else is stock.... so I can't realy take credit for that, I mean black is the easiest color to paint.... lol
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mando blacksmith
Before mandalorian armor was mass produced for the neo-crusaders mandalore's iron was only worked by the most experienced blacksmiths. The iron was a dificult medium to work in and the mandalorian blacksmith's were renowned for their craftsmanship. Most mandalorian's armor was initially worked by a blacksmith by hand before the owner made it their own...
wip shots:
(http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/131/5/a/mando_blacksmith_wip_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
finished:
(http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/131/a/4/mando_blacksmith_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/131/8/7/mando_blacksmith_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/131/5/b/mando_blacksmith_3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/131/f/5/mando_blacksmith_4_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
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Holy smokes bro thats one creative mind you got there that fig is truly awsome love the tatoo!!
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Hoover Dam, I'll hire this guy to make beskar'gam for my warriors.
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Love the tat, Spud!
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thanks guys. This is actually my response to a challenge given to me over on the st6 boards. One of the members there sent me a fodder bag with enough parts to make 3 complete figures, the problem was that the parts were pretty much random. I've had this figure in mind for a long time and it just happened that one of the torso's he sent me was a shirtless fig, which is how I wanted the figure... However I'd have much rather had a larger more muscular set of arms. I was stuck using the snake eye's arms though, which is one reason it has the shoulder pads (which I think look kind of odd)...
I realy like the concept though and I want to weather the figure and give some more personality to his mask (which is supposed to resemble a welder's mask in how it flips up). I was thinking about using a red and orange color scheme for his helmet to further reflect the use of fire in his profession....
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He would actually look more cool in a leather like vest if you could find one maybe just a thought?
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cool! :D
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He would actually look more cool in a leather like vest if you could find one maybe just a thought?
thats a good idea... i could then paint the mythosaur skull on the back of the vest... but he might look too "village people" then...
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Y M C A !!!! MANDO STYLE!!!!!
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Spuda, I love he new speeder, you also seem to have a knack for creating lucious ladies as well, love the kinky boots best (that souunds sad doesn't it!!!)
that is actually an OLD figure I made a while back especially for the speeder bike gang's garage dio. interestingly enough the paint-work was done by my g/f (yall remember her twi-lek figure....)
you should of entered yakfaces swoops and speeders contest.
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Very cool. I really dig the weathered look on that biker clone. I've seen that on a lot of figures. How do you guys do that? I haven't painted more than just a few splashes of colors on trooper armor.
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Very cool. I really dig the weathered look on that biker clone. I've seen that on a lot of figures. How do you guys do that? I haven't painted more than just a few splashes of colors on trooper armor.
which biker scout figure are you talking about? I'm assuming you mean the desert figure. Usually to do some basic weathering I'll use a little bit of flat black on my brush and brush off most of the wet paint off the brush onto a piece of paper untill it's just barely marking anything, then brush it lightly over the bits of the figure that I want to weather. This technique is usually refered to as "dry brushing" because the paint left on the brush is practically dry.
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Yes, I meant the desert figure. And thanks for the quick weathering lesson.
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heres a quick non-star wars custom I thought you guys might appreciate. It's a joe custom:
Cobra P.E.T.
Cobra's BAT program allowed for mass produced expendable soldiers... but Cobra Commander wanted something more. He felt that intimidation was Cobra's tool for world domination. Cobra is famous for war propoganda and during C.Commander's speaches P.E.T. Bat's were used to create a more intimidating atmoshpere.
Propoganda Enhancement Troopers were C.C's pet project. Built with the most intimadating weoponry, a ceromonial long sword, and distinctive Cobra colors the P.E.T's made for an impressive show...
unfourtunately most PET's were just that, all for show. Their programing was for demonstrations and not battle. Their mini-cannon was built to fire blanks during celebrations, not gun down joes....
ultimately the PET bat's were proof that the snake that is cobra is all rattle and no bite...
wip shots:
(http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/130/a/d/st6_challenge_wip_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/131/e/4/P_E_T_wip_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
finished:
(http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/131/e/2/P_E_T__1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/131/6/4/P_E_T__2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/131/1/1/P_E_T__3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/131/4/d/P_E_T__4_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/131/d/9/P_E_T__5_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/131/d/8/P_E_T__6_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
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really nice man!
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:o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o
Cool!
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I love that head mix, spud!
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I love that head mix, spud!
thought you might like that clint. It's the faceplate off of a failed cast of the at-at driver's helmet...
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I thought so. That's what those failed casts are great for. I still have some failed casts to send to you, as I recall, as well as some mando parts plus the master parts that you sent me.
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I thought so. That's what those failed casts are great for. I still have some failed casts to send to you, as I recall, as well as some mando parts plus the master parts that you sent me.
honestly I'd forgotten all about those...
I love using the failed casts for stuff like this. I've noticed though that you have to cut the plastic pretty quickly before it completely hardens to make it usefull. The stuff I'm using get's realy brittle and very dificult to cut wiht an exacto knife once it's set for a few days. However using a dremel or sandpaper on it after it sets up is alot easier than when it first comes out of the mold...
I plan on recasting this head and making a mold of the modification and making a solid cast replica. I'm a little worried about detail loss in the faceplate but figure'd I'd give it a shot.
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Spuda, that's such a mad mix of parts, plus it works really well! I have always liked your style, and this is typical Spuda material! Awesome!
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Spuda, that's such a mad mix of parts, plus it works really well! I have always liked your style, and this is typical Spuda material! Awesome!
there is a reason it is such a crazy mix of parts... This was part of a challenge on another board. A board member sent me a package of joe fodder, enough pieces to make 3 complete figures... the catch was that they were basically completely random miss-matched parts that most people wouldn't be able to put together... making it a definate challenge. If I'd had my way for this figure originally I'd have probably made it with very different parts. I realy liked being pushed to the limit of creating something where I was so limited. It gave me some interesting ideas and solutions to problems I would normally just work around instead of fixing! lol
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finally got some free time to do another star wars figure. This is one I wanted to do as soon as I saw the pre-release photos of the hasbro figure.
super articulated shaak-ti
original figure:
(http://www.rebelscum.com/TLC/Basic/BD61ShaakTi/LC-2075.jpg)
custom:
(http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/175/9/4/tfu_shaak_ti_0_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/175/c/9/tfu_shaak_ti_9_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/175/3/a/tfu_shaak_ti_8_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/175/c/1/tfu_shaak_ti_7_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/175/c/9/tfu_shaak_ti_6_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/175/e/0/tfu_shaak_ti_5_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/175/8/3/tfu_shaak_ti_4_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/175/8/a/tfu_shaak_ti_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/175/3/c/tfu_shaak_ti_3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/175/e/8/tfu_shaak_ti_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
recipe:
tfu shaak-ti:
head/arms/upper torso/lower feet
25th aniv. scarlett gi-joe:
lower torso/upper legs
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Spuda, now that I can put things on the Front Page, you've been double Wammy'd by the Hangarbay!!!
(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1039/4729396653_2c66cbb174_b.jpg)
Really clever custom, I am constantly amazed at how you merge these two figure types together and this is one of my favourites...
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ohh yeaaa
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brilliant work, Spud!
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Awesome version of Shaak-Ti.
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outstanding custom spud, great job mate
You have made an excellent figure still better
btw I hope Hasbro makes a Galen Marek with Felucia outfit oneday
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thanks guys,
HB especially. I love the PS pic! perfect.
My only issue with the figure is that unless the figure is standing strait up the blending of the hips to the legs is a little awkward, but you get that with the gi-joe style joint there.... it's a sacrifice of aesthetics for articulation. It doesn't blend as well as the original figure's lines did, but then again, the original figure could only stand strait up anyway!
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Great Job!
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spud this is so kool it sucks bro !!! j/k great job brother cant stop looking at it!!
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Shab, this is one cool custom.
Double thumbs-up, buddy!
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nice!
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KEWL!
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Wow Spud. I wish Hasbro could get your blend of articulation and aesthetics! TFU Ti looks sweet.
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kandosii!! that is one kriff of a bantha great stufff mate
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I wanted to make a beefier, non-anorexic version of Bane... so this is what I came up with:
recipe:
ROC paris persuit snake eyes:
body, arms, hands, trenchcoat
25th aniv. wild bill:
legs, holsters, pistols (with scopes from bane's pistols)
star wars TCW cad bane:
hat, head, rifle
misc:
cast resin gauntlets were grafted onto the SE's arms
Rockets on the ankles were cut off from the original figure.
(http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/180/f/8/Joe_style_Bane_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/180/5/6/joe_style_bane_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/180/3/2/joe_style_bane_3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/180/5/d/joe_style_bane_4_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/180/3/5/joe_style_bane_5_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/180/5/a/joe_style_bane_6_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/180/7/0/joe_style_bane_7_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/180/c/3/joe_style_bane_8_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
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awewome spud!
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I got on here to peek at Shaak Ti again and was pleasantly surprised to see this. You have been
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4040/4656840953_273f12f873_b.jpg)
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I got on here to peek at Shaak Ti again and was pleasantly surprised to see this. You have been
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4040/4656840953_273f12f873_b.jpg)
dang... not even an hour after I posted it. sweet. *goes to front page to see comments*....
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Wow!!!
Love That Cad Bane!!!
Great work as always!!!
Keep it up!!!
Rich
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thats truly awsome and creative bro way to go!!!!
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I wish that you get this Cad Bane out of the stores! Nice work.
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firekin ell!! as that bane got bo.bs bloody great job mate
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superb spud
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nice! ;D ;D
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Nice work Spudd! I too hope to do something like this one day. Great choice on the parts.
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looks good til you get to the legs. They look too GI-Joe for Star Wars. Still cool though man.
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looks good til you get to the legs. They look too GI-Joe for Star Wars. Still cool though man.
have you seen my other figures?... this was more to bring the character into my own style. I know I labled him as "legacy" but it's more of a joe style blending... that's why I put legacy in quotes. lol.
I do have an issue with the holsters, they are awfully bulky and kind of distracting. Problem is that I made new guns for him out of the pistols that come with wild bill, so they fit in those holsters... I could make some from scratch but I'm afraid that it'd look worse than those do.
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To be honest, if not Wild Bill, I do not know which legs you would use. It would have to be some type of cowboy type action figure.
I think it looks legacy or regular figure style. Heaven knows Spud you are the only one who is gonna be able to give us a non emaciated figure. I think it looks spot on.
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I didn't mean no offense to you, cuz it's a cool custom, plus I love Cad Bane, it's just GI-Joes have a unique look that is instantly recognizeable to me cuz I collect them too. I would feel the same way if somebody tried to swap Star Wars stuff into GI-Joe. I just think the Joe's stuff is a little too bulky, and that brings me back to the '95 Hasbro collection with Buff figures.
Keep up the good work man.
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I didn't mean no offense to you, cuz it's a cool custom, plus I love Cad Bane, it's just GI-Joes have a unique look that is instantly recognizeable to me cuz I collect them too. I would feel the same way if somebody tried to swap Star Wars stuff into GI-Joe. I just think the Joe's stuff is a little too bulky, and that brings me back to the '95 Hasbro collection with Buff figures.
Keep up the good work man.
hey, I never take offense! constructive criticism is what I'm here for. Your right about it looking very joe-ish. I'm actually working on trying to find a different set of joe parts for the body and legs to try and make him seem less bulky. I think I might wind up using a cobra comander fig from the new ROC line. I didn't want to go with that one originally but I think it might work better, and it's always worth a shot.
thanks for all the comments guys, especially those that were critical!
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hey guys, check out my non-star wars customs over in my misc. thread:
http://www.imperialshipyards.net/SMF/index.php?topic=3567.15
I just posted another gi-joe custom over there. Check it out and let me know what you think.
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COMING SOON
super articulated aurra sing
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super articulated at-at commander!
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yyyyyaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhooooooooooooooo
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wip teasers:
(http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/221/c/3/aurra_sing_wip1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/221/1/2/aurra_sing_wip2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
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niceee ;D
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Oh Yeah, she looks good already.
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That looks like the Clone Wars Aurra Sing right? I seen her at the store the other day and seen her antenna on her head and it looks stupid. Glad to see you fixed that problem. None of the rest of the figure needed anything changed on it in my opinon, but that antenna has got to be changed when I get her.
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Spuda both Cad and Aurra is awesome
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Looking good Spud! This one is really going to be sweet, I love the pilot Scarlet legs.
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That looks like the Clone Wars Aurra Sing right? I seen her at the store the other day and seen her antenna on her head and it looks stupid. Glad to see you fixed that problem. None of the rest of the figure needed anything changed on it in my opinon, but that antenna has got to be changed when I get her.
There were no ball joints in the hips, THAT sir, NEEDED changing ;)
Your right though, the cranial implant antenae was horrible looking. Way too thick and made of the same rubbery plastic they are using for everything now.
as for the hip transplant I did something a little different on this one. With the figure being from the cartoon line it's alot smaller than anything the joes have to offer, so when I tried to transplant the scarlett torso like I'd planned it looked rediculous. I decided to use aurra's original lower half and use my exacto knife to cut her open and insert the T-bar from a joe crotch into hers. I glued it back together and hollowed out enough of the sockets for scarlett's legs to fit in. Originally I was going to use aurra's original legs from the knee down but they just didn't look right. I figure'd the pilot scarlett legs looked the most like aurra's knee-high boots and used those. I swapped the pilot scarlett feet out for the normal scarlett's heeled boots to add just a tiny bit of height to the figure and make it look more like the original.
I started painting her today and I'm going slow as there are alot of places for the paint to rub... I don't want this one getting all smudged up because I rushed it.
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Looks good so far Spud!
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lookin awesome spud
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a shot of the modified hips:
(http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/222/e/4/aurra_sing__s_legs_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
slapped on a little paint, but it still needs another coat... but check out these shots until I get some more paint on her:
(http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/222/5/5/aurra_sing_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/222/a/0/aurra_sing_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
I'm kind of disapointed in her belt and holsters... they don't sit well on her hips unless she's standing. But... oh well.
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OK, it's official, I am stealing this! That is one awesome figure even after the first layer of paint, as I can see the potential on this for sure. Great call man. I am glad I bought 4 of those Scarlets, the legs are so sweet!
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Looks cool. Just seems a wasted that they got her face so perfect and then that Square antenna. Have you ever thought about using some filler and covering up the screws in the Joe legs? Hemble has a tip on his page about that.
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cool!
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Looks cool. Just seems a wasted that they got her face so perfect and then that Square antenna. Have you ever thought about using some filler and covering up the screws in the Joe legs? Hemble has a tip on his page about that.
yeah.... I've thought about it. But I'm not trying to build perfect replica's, I'm trying to perfect the toy. so to me the screws showing is no big deal, I actually prefer it because it shows what has been changed. AND it makes fixing/painting simpler. For instance, I started painting these legs before puting it together, if I'd covered the screws I wouldn't be able to paint the areas where the legs attached.
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yeah, that's just 1 thing that I have always hated about GI-Joes is the screws in the legs. I do like "replicas" but those screws are just too out in the open. Good job on them though. I have always swapped out my Joes and interchanged body parts.
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Spud, I love that figure.
Although Aurra Sing doesn't have a lot of screentime, she's a cool character.
The scews can easily be masked with modelling putty for those who prefer the flawless look, but then they would have to fill in the seams of the upper leg halves and sand them, too.
When I paint up figures, I paint the single components where necessary and do touch-ups after assembly.
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yeah, that's just 1 thing that I have always hated about GI-Joes is the screws in the legs. I do like "replicas" but those screws are just too out in the open. Good job on them though. I have always swapped out my Joes and interchanged body parts.
but see.... if those screws wern't there then you wouldn't be able to swap out the parts so easilly, so it's a give and take scenario....
I wish that hasbro would quit gluing the torsos together and give us a screw in the back of the upper half of the joes like they used to in the o-ring figures... it'd make customizing so much easier!
thanks CK for the kind words. I hope that aurra will get more screentime in the upcoming seasons of TCW... I like the idea of her and bossk and the other bounty hunters being a mentor for young Boba....
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dang man, now you are going to make me go dig through my storage to look at the 25th anniversary Joes because I didn't realize they didn't have the screws on the back anymore. That was always my favorite part about the Joes, swapping.
Yeah, Aurra and Bossk was cool in those last couple of episodes. Now I wish I would have picked up that battlepack Toys-R-Us had a few years ago that had Aurra and her speeder bike with the skull on it.
Anyways, love your work dude, don't take my comments as criticism because customizing has become my new favorite area of collecting and I give everybody props who is doing it and that's why I love the Shipyards...plus everybody on here is cool and respectful. Hopefully when I get to Pittsburgh I will be unpacking my stuff, finally and I can try my hand at customizing.
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another excellent ultra articulated figure spud
I like the sniper pose
great job
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dang man, now you are going to make me go dig through my storage to look at the 25th anniversary Joes because I didn't realize they didn't have the screws on the back anymore. That was always my favorite part about the Joes, swapping.
Yeah, Aurra and Bossk was cool in those last couple of episodes. Now I wish I would have picked up that battlepack Toys-R-Us had a few years ago that had Aurra and her speeder bike with the skull on it.
Anyways, love your work dude, don't take my comments as criticism because customizing has become my new favorite area of collecting and I give everybody props who is doing it and that's why I love the Shipyards...plus everybody on here is cool and respectful. Hopefully when I get to Pittsburgh I will be unpacking my stuff, finally and I can try my hand at customizing.
no worries. the best thing about customizing is that everyone does it their own little way... there is no school for it, you don't learn it, you just do it... I mean you can learn techniques and little things, but it's the emplimentation of those techniques and the tweaking into one's own unique style that I love to see.
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me too, plus I like getting as many tips as I can before I try it, and yeah, I just found my Destro and nope, no screws. That's a trip that I didn't notice that before. The 25th anniversary Joes are all perfect to me they way they are except 2 things...the 1st Destro that came out didn't have the chrome plated head, and Zartan didn't change colors in the sunlight.
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I mentioned this somewhere else, but I'm planning on building a Mos Eisely diorama and right beside Docking bay 94 i'm going to have Docking bay 93 with Cobra Commander and a squad of his troops disembarking....kind of like all the dioramas of the Emperor's arrival on the Death Star, but Cobra's arrival on Tattooine.
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I mentioned this somewhere else, but I'm planning on building a Mos Eisely diorama and right beside Docking bay 94 i'm going to have Docking bay 93 with Cobra Commander and a squad of his troops disembarking....kind of like all the dioramas of the Emperor's arrival on the Death Star, but Cobra's arrival on Tattooine.
that'd be sweet! I always thought that cobra would make a good crime syndicate or terrorist organization to include into the star wars universe. So many of the old joe/cobra vehicles are perfect sci-fi fodder.
yeah, without the screw in the back of the figures taking apart the torso's is a pain in the *#$.
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yeah, I'm looking for one of those joe ships that looks like the space shuttle. That would work perfectly. Can't think of it's name though.
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yet another WIP... man all these figures and vehicles being released right now is making my project list shoot through the roof! I've got so many WIP projects right now I can't keep up...
anyways
Trandoshan Mercenary/bounty hunter (NOT BOSSK)
(http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/228/a/c/trandoshan_wip2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/228/9/a/trandoshan_wip1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
this is all I've got so far. I am thinking about adding a mando chest plate to him that is removable as well as some kind of backpack or large jetpack.
He'll also have a couple more bladed weapons as well as a scalping blade for scalping wookie trophies....
I also plan on giving him some trophy braided wookie scalps too.
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Wow thats so cool spud your the man all those parts just seem to melt together hes looking extraordinary.
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yeah man, thats an awesome custom !!!!!!!!
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I like the look of that Transdoshan.
That looks really cool.
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Wow, how did I miss this? I really like how this is shaping up. Are those iron man lwer legs? This is a very cool design! I could see a small amount of fur around his waist or a shoulder sash of some sort. Can't wait to see more.
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thats looking seriously cool spud
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Devin, that's a great use of the Serpentor figure! It looks great buddy, and I don't know if I'd go with a Mando chest plate....some kind of partial armor, perhaps, but not necessarily the Mando. That's just me though.
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Devin, that's a great use of the Serpentor figure! It looks great buddy, and I don't know if I'd go with a Mando chest plate....some kind of partial armor, perhaps, but not necessarily the Mando. That's just me though.
I'm swaying away from the mando armor as well... amazingly enough. someone suggested shoulder pads of somekind so that's something I'm working on right now.
I've got to decide on a color scheme too.
I've got 2 more extra serpentor torsos.... I might do a second one without the IM legs (mainly cuz I don't have another set of those)...
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Holy crap thats cool as hell man
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wow!
if you dont mind me asking, what figure did you get the legs from?
The legs are a combination. Upper thighs are from an accelerator suit duke, knees and lower legs are from an Iron man 2 War Machine, and the feet are bossk's of course.
while I'm at it I'll name off the other parts...
the torso and upper arms are from a 25th aniversary serpentor figure....
the head, elbows, and arms are from bossk
and accessories not pictured but will be on the final figure are from a 25th aniversary paraviper
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The trandoshans are known for a ruthlessness beyond measure... worshiping their diety "the scorekeeper" by hunting and killing worthy prey most trandoshans will choose a life of bounty hunting, or become a gun for hire...
(http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/231/0/d/trandoshan_merc9_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/231/a/7/trandoshan_merc8_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/231/7/4/trandoshan_merc7_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/231/4/b/trandoshan_merc6_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/231/1/2/trandoshan_merc5_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/231/7/8/trandoshan_merc4_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/231/c/9/trandoshan_merc3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/231/4/c/trandoshan_merc2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/231/b/6/trandoshan_merc1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
well what do you guys think?
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looks utterly superb spud
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amazing!
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dude that is an awsome looking trandotion
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holy crap LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE
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I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THAT FIGURE!!!!
I really want to make one.
That is really cool!
Great Job
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Spud I really like your merc
the Iron Man and GI Joe parts look great on the Trando figure
I can't wait to see your completed Teen Boba after the contest
as always great job
10/10
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finished my super articulated at-at crew today... I'll probably do at least one more snowtrooper or two... but untill I get an at-at to put them in I'm waiting.
here is the commander:
(http://th05.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/i/2010/232/1/8/SA_at_at_commander1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://th00.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/i/2010/232/3/f/SA_at_at_commander2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://th01.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/i/2010/232/e/a/SA_at_at_commander3_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://th09.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/i/2010/232/2/d/SA_at_at_commander4_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
the whole crew:
(http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/232/c/8/SA_at_at_crew_1_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
(http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/232/6/f/SA_at_at_crew_2_by_SpudaFett.jpg)
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Love these figures!!!
intense stuff!!!
the trandoshan is amazing!!!!
keep up the great work!!!
rich
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Damn nice figure! I knew you were going to super-articulate this guy.
Did the skirt fit over the lower body without modifications?
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Damn nice figure! I knew you were going to super-articulate this guy.
Did the skirt fit over the lower body without modifications?
no, as with most SW figure's belts now-a-days the skirt has a lip on the inside to fit around a groove set into the figure's waist between the hips and the torso's swivel joint. This had to be trimmed down to almost nothing to allow the skirt to slip over the joe's torso and fit into place. SOME joe figures have a groove set into the waist in the same manner but usually this is rare, so trimming the star wars figure's belts is usulaly what has to be done.
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Very cool group of figures. THe AT AT Crew are great and I love that trandoshan!!!!!
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Wow that commander is top notch
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i love the look of the trandoshan
and the commander is sweet
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cool custom!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Like I said on the front page, I hate it when you give your treatment to Battle of Hoth figures because now I want about a dozen! He looks great. That Transdoshan looks killer too.
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Devin, that trandoshan fig turned out just awesome, dude. I love the shot with the goggles up on his forehead. Utterly beautiful, my man! Nice job on the sa atat commander as well. That whole squad just rocks.
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Devin, that trandoshan fig turned out just awesome, dude. I love the shot with the goggles up on his forehead. Utterly beautiful, my man! Nice job on the sa atat commander as well. That whole squad just rocks.
thanks clint!
The trandoshan needs some work still. I'm trying to figure out something better for his wrist blade so that it doesn't look like it's just a big growth... and I want to give a little splash of color to his chest/back instead of leaving it the gold. It's too close to the color of his skin.
as for the at-at driver, this was realy just a proof of concept for me. I realy didnt take the time to paint him as good as he should have been. I need to go back and do ALOT of touch ups!
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:o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :odamn that is so freaking awsome man
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Both figures look amaizng spud and the Trandoshan is just awesome.
Ron
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they look amazing!!!
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Spud you are bangin' them out again! The Trandoshan is freakin' bad ass man! Great parts use and can't wait to see him when you mod the paint a bit more. The SA ATAT Commander is perfect! Not much else to say...
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They're all nice, and I do love that Transdoshan. However, if I may offer a suggestion....perhaps repaint the torso and arms to match closer? They kinda stand out as they are now, at least to me.
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They're all nice, and I do love that Transdoshan. However, if I may offer a suggestion....perhaps repaint the torso and arms to match closer? They kinda stand out as they are now, at least to me.
the torso is not supposed to match his skin color... I'll be repainting it so that they stand apart more, actually. I'll probably use a dark grey or gunmetal with a gold wash to bring out the details.
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that trandoshen is by far the best youve ever done in my opinoin
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that trandoshen is by far the best youve ever done in my opinoin
mind telling me why you think that, because I find that very hard to believe... it may be the best I've done LATELY.... :-\
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well .... i can tell it has been made by a few figures at least maybe 4 or 5 ... the parts used are a great choice and im sure youve probably took time and space to create this awesome figure and well i dont know how to put it but your customs are waesome and i think this one stands out the most out of all the figures youve made
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Awesome job! Is this a better reply than the one that took me over half an hour to compose, for which I never got a courtesy reply?
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aahhhh R1bb1t this sites looney on the loose....
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Awesome job! Is this a better reply than the one that took me over half an hour to compose, for which I never got a courtesy reply?
ribbit... are you refering to something you posted but then changed to this (see above quote) in your most recent post? If you edited it then I never saw what you said... I havn't checked this thread in several days, so if you posted something that took you over half an hour to compose and I did not see it I am truly sorry. My lack of response was not out of spite, or me ignoring you, I simply had not seen it. However, I can-not give a "courtesy reply" to something I never read in the first place.
sorry if you took any offense.
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fixed the shirt color on the trandoshan... still forgot to twist his upper arm around for these photos though :(, oh well, you'll get the idea.
(http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/242/6/9/trandoshan_greenshirt1_by_spudafett-d2xnkqx.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/242/c/a/trandoshan_greenshirt2_by_spudafett-d2xnks1.jpg)
(http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/242/0/2/trandoshan_greenshirt3_by_spudafett-d2xnksk.jpg)
BTW... this is the last star wars custom I'll be posting in this thread. I have a feeling that this thread has run long enough, so I'll be starting a new star wars figure thread to post any new SW based customs in, but I'll leave this thread open so that people can continue to post their responses about any figures featured throughout this thread...
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That is a good idea Devin. After 50 pages is usually the magic number.
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Spud thatsone hell of custom bro everytime i check this out you have added something diffrent to it bro. The colors and the added articulation as well as the acssesories really bring it out as a true bad ass love your customs!!
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woooooow and woooow man that trandoshan looks incredible!!!!!!
:o :o :o :o
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Spud thatsone hell of custom bro everytime i check this out you have added something diffrent to it bro. The colors and the added articulation as well as the acssesories really bring it out as a true bad ass love your customs!!
thanks. I still keep seeing things on this that I'd like to fix. I'd like to put a strap around the wrist blade so it doesn't look like it's just floating there and I'd like to give the entire figure a weathering treatment... but for the most part he's finally finished.
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love the mandos i want them all ;D
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love the mandos i want them all ;D
thanks, I wish I still had them all... I sold most of them already. :( got a few in the pipeline I hope.
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really cool breathing apparatus
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wow thats pretty cool
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8) great custom!!
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Spuda, excellent latest custom, you have this knack of being able to produce something exciting every time. I tend to prefer non-military customs, so I'm loving the latest offering.