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Imperial Creative Engineering => Custom Figures => Topic started by: Reconsgt on October 25, 2009, 03:13:13 PM
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Well, It has been a few years since I had actually done a custom figure, so I guess I need to get going again.
This is one I started today, it's a WIP so to speak as I need to do more work to the helmet then add some weathering to add some grit. But this is my take on Kal Skirata based loosely on the wookiepedia pic, It's Ok so far but I am not happy yet, other than the helmet I need to find a head that will work under the bucket and some weapons more suited to his persona.
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man it looks good so far... of course... I have grown to hate the SW. versions of mandos, opting for using Gi-joe bodies with grafted on mando parts.... but for a stand alone display figure they are still good, and yours will be great once the weathering and paint apps are finished.
forgot to ask, what head sculpt are you using?
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Not sure on the head sculpt other than it will be from a Joe ROC fig, I need to find a decent donor to work from.
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Looks pretty good, Wayne! It's interesting what people are customizing on here.
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Nice Wayne! Welcome to the custom figures board. Mandos are fun to do. Lots of neat paint apps to try.
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Thanks, I've done others a long time ago but haven't done anything in years, nowadays it seems funny to pull out the old POTF2 customs, but I may post some pics of the old stuff.
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Go for it, buddy. I'd love to see em.
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I love mando's and look forward to your custom. It is looking good so far. The face kind of looks like the punisher...
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Thanks, I've done others a long time ago but haven't done anything in years, nowadays it seems funny to pull out the old POTF2 customs, but I may post some pics of the old stuff.
ALL Star Wars customs are nice to see, no matter what era they're from, definitely post them up please!
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Your Mando looks good so far, Wayne. Mandos can sometimes be tricky, for me at least , because of all of the intricate and tiny areas to paint.
Look forward to your progress.
Barry
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Wow, awesome kal so far! Skirata's one of my favorite mandos, so I'm really glad to see someone doing a custom of him! Not sure how I feel about the red on his helmet, but I'm sure it'll all look great when it's done. As for the head, I've always kind of thought a Rahm Kota head (without the pony tail) would be really good for skirata, but if you're dead set on a Joe head, I don't really know enough to recommend one. We all thought that if there were figures from the Abyss or Apollo 13, an Ed Harris head would be perfect, haha! Can't wait to see him finished! Next you'll need to do Walon Vao (?) and his strill thing, that'd be sweet! Keep up the good work!
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Kal buir's helmet is accurately described in the Order66 RC novel.
In fact, I think that he could be very authentically recreated as an action figure.
I've got all parts together for my Skirata project now...
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I have a Rahm Kota fig packed away, I will dig that out for a little modification and see if I can get it right.
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Lookin' sharp so far Sarge. Love me some WIP shots, it's always cool to see how a custom finally came to be. Be mindful of the gold armour not turning out too shiny though. Hmm, I believe a have a White Dwarf magazine somewhere containing an article on painting gold armour or weapons...
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Man I wish I had a Rahm Kota figure. Never saw that one and It looks awesome. I would have bought 2!
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Lookin' sharp so far Sarge. Love me some WIP shots, it's always cool to see how a custom finally came to be. Be mindful of the gold armour not turning out too shiny though. Hmm, I believe a have a White Dwarf magazine somewhere containing an article on painting gold armour or weapons...
That's not to hard to avoid, just top coat it with a matte or dull coat,
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Started on another fig, I had this going a long time ago, but recently dug the pieces out and started on it, here is the first WIP along side of the inspiration pic of Bandon. It's got a ways to go but I know, I enjoy others wip pics so I would share one of mine.
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Lookin' sharp so far, Sarge. Looks to me like you've got the right parts combined for Bandon. Are those light coloured areas on his chest armour plates or just a fabric design?
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That is a good looking start, Sarge. I will be looking forward to seeing it come along.
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Yes, looking good Sarge. That head is a perfect match.
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looking Good Sarge, a great looking likeness indeed cant wait to see what becomes of this... :D
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Here is another older item I did a while back, This is a Koto Vader, I thought the base was to plain so I built a small rise and inserted lights, small and easy but it did help the display of the piece.
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oh cool, are those some of the fiber-optic LED's? like you see in the little christmas trees sometimes?
that'd be a cool way to light a vehicle if you needed multiple pinpoints of light......
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They are Lenax or Lemax, whatever it is, they are minature christmas lights for the little villages, I bought tons on clearance one years for like 80cents a set, they run off 2 AA batteries, and come in habdy for alot of little projects.
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kick ass display.
custom lighting always rules
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Looks like your Bandon is gonna be sweet. And that lighted base is cooler than cool.
Fantastic work, Wayne.
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Adding to my WIP items, I seem to have more things in process than time to complete anything, not to add to the list a small package arrived today from a caster, and an excellent one at that. What he sent was a few casts of he unproduced Indiana Jones German Mechanic. This will make it's way onto a Walon Vau in the near future. He also tossed in a few skulls as a bonus. I am sure I will find a home for those as well.
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dude, that skull is awesome!
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They are pretty cool, some of you will know his work, They are from Ryan Shaw aka Bantha5, He does some of the best scuplting and casting out there, the stuff he can create is amazing, my Rocket Fett is also one of his.
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Hell, that Skull itself looks awesome on that figure!
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Boy that skull looks sweet. I like the other too. That guy and Clint could be good friends!
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That head sculpt is the spitting image of my brother Paul. Weird.
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I have an extra if you want to do a custom of your brother,
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Interesting. I do think he would like that. Sure, if you can part with it, bring it on.
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Adding to my WIP items, I seem to have more things in process than time to complete anything,...
Welcome to the club, Sarge ;D Great cast by the way, interesting choice for Vau as well. I remember some Vau customs using a pretty nasty looking Punisher head, but one I really liked had Sgt. Barnes' ugly mug. I shit you not ;)
That head sculpt is the spitting image of my brother Paul. Weird.
Um.... the one of the Mechanic, right. Not the skull I hope? ;)