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Re: Goldleaderone's custom figures
« Reply #30 on: March 23, 2012, 09:24:54 AM »
Thanks guys! It is very cool to have your own action figure. I didn't realize my camera makes the head look like it has a bunch of white specks on it. With the naked eye its fine. I guess my camera picks up too much detail lol. Then again, with the white specks it does look like I was on Hoth haha.

Tamer, the head for the 4 inch figures start at $49.00. After you upload your photos, you have to line up positions on your face. It'll ask you, for example, to place dots on the bridge of your nose, tip of your lips, where the middle of your eyes are, etc. After that you get to choose what figure head size you want (the bigger the size the more expensive). Then the hairstyle and hair color. They also charge for shipping (obviously) and the quicker you want them to make it, the more expensive it becomes.


Overall, I do recommend something like this. To have your own, one of a kind figure is just awesome. Again, be very careful with these as they are very fragile.
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Re: Goldleaderone's custom figures
« Reply #31 on: March 23, 2012, 09:53:14 AM »
dude that freakin awesome, I thot it was some sort of photoshop when i first saw the pic.  i WILL have my own custom, probably Sith tho. 

and hating u for beating me to Corran, i got one almost ready if it wasn't for the d@mn paint rubbing off every freakin time i move a joint.
« Last Edit: March 23, 2012, 09:56:25 AM by IMPURGE »

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Re: Goldleaderone's custom figures
« Reply #32 on: March 23, 2012, 02:46:34 PM »
WOW....(on knees and bowing)....you are truly a master my friend.  These look super super cool.  WELL DONE  ;D.  I must say that if i was to ever make a figure of myself it's be one ugly figure  ;D......it's make the guys & gals in the Cantina look like catwalk models  :D

Keep up the top work man, i'm glad you shared these pics because i'm very happy to have seen them. 

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Re: Goldleaderone's custom figures
« Reply #33 on: March 24, 2012, 05:16:37 AM »
Wow, that looks really great.  I may have to get one of these.

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Re: Goldleaderone's custom figures
« Reply #34 on: March 25, 2012, 10:26:24 AM »
Oh wow! That is really cool! I had wondered about their work, looks like they are top notch!

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Re: Goldleaderone's custom figures
« Reply #35 on: March 31, 2012, 12:02:52 AM »
I wonder if they use a CAD program and a laser engraver to carve out and "print" the heads.  That is probably why they use the harder resin.  I'm sure it's some kind of laser engraver/ 3d rendering printer...

and that would also explain the price...  which is way too much if you ask me. 

What I did for my self custom was just found a figure that had a relatively close shape to my real head and then sculpted the hair and facial features that I could, then painted my facial hair style onto the figure.  At 1:18th scale you can get away with fudging the tiny details and still pass it off as yourself...

but then again, the product that they offer does look more professional and versatile.  Not to mention the paintwork is nice and crisp and probably wear proof!

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Re: Goldleaderone's custom figures
« Reply #36 on: April 05, 2012, 08:47:52 AM »
I agree that it was a bit pricy, but for me its one of those "one of a kind" things I'd like to own. I ended up paying for it with some loose change around the house, no way I was taking money out of the bank for a little thing like that lol.


Did a few more custom figures last night. Just some head swapping, nothing special but I like these customs more because of who they are.

Wes Janson in X-wing gear





Head:  Wes Janson
Body:  Corran Horn

Now Janson can get back in his X-wing and join the rest of the Rogues. Yub Yub Commander!


Keyan "Lucky" Farlander in X-wing/Y-wing gear



Head:  Keyan Farlander
Body:  John D. Branon

He's becoming one of my favorite pilots. He is the player character in the original X-wing game for PC. He is seen piloting the lone Y-wing from Gold Squadron at the end of A New Hope (Gold 7).
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Re: Goldleaderone's custom figures
« Reply #37 on: April 05, 2012, 09:21:22 PM »
That custom of yourself is pretty cool. I was wondering if I could take the Luke Skywalker head off your hands that came with that figure? PM me, thanks.

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Re: Goldleaderone's custom figures
« Reply #38 on: April 06, 2012, 06:53:21 PM »
Nice simple customs! :)

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Re: Goldleaderone's custom figures
« Reply #39 on: March 31, 2014, 06:33:39 PM »
I know its been a while customs-wise with me. Lately I've had my share of ideas for custom pilots. I knocked one out today.

Here is Commander Narra

 




Narra took over Red Squadron after Garven Dreis was killed at Yavin, although he still retained command of Renegade Flight. Shortly before the Battle of Hoth, Renegade Flight was destroyed and Narra was killed while escorting a convoy carrying supplies for Echo Base. The convoy was near Derra IV when it was ambushed by an Imperial Star Destroyer and several squadrons of TIE fighters led by Soontir Fel. Every Alliance vessel present at the battle was destroyed. After Narra's death, General Rieekan promoted Luke Skywalker to the rank of Commander.

I tried to get an action figure head that best resembled him. Here are the parts:

Head:  GI Joe Kickstart from Pursuit of Cobra line
Body:  Biggs Darklighter from Black Series
Helmet:  Kesin Ommis

I had to trim the peg a bit to get the head to fit on properly. Lastly I repainted his hair black as he had blonde hair.
« Last Edit: March 31, 2014, 06:39:16 PM by Goldleaderone »
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Re: Goldleaderone's custom figures
« Reply #40 on: April 01, 2014, 09:14:13 AM »
Very nice, I will get a front pager up on this soon.

I am telling you his face reminds me of Robin Williams the actor!

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Re: Goldleaderone's custom figures
« Reply #41 on: April 13, 2014, 07:55:56 AM »
Nice figure.
It's good to see you back in the custom business.

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Re: Goldleaderone's custom figures
« Reply #42 on: November 30, 2014, 03:20:31 PM »
I told you guys there wouldn't be a lot of custom figures here haha. Even though the EU has now been thrown out the window, I still think a lot of the stories are fantastic. I love a lot of the pilots, and slowly I'm trying to make customs of them. Today I knocked another one out. This is Soontir Fel, when he joined the ranks of Rogue Squadron. Like the Corran Horn figure, this is a repaint of the flightsuit, but this time black. I took Baron Fel's head and swapped it on the body of John D. Branon. I also had to trim the head peg just a bit for the head to fit on properly.

Head/helmet/rifle:  Baron Fel from Comic Pack (with Ysanne Isard)
Body:  John D. Branon from Legacy Collection Rebel Pilot Series III Pack






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Re: Goldleaderone's custom figures
« Reply #43 on: December 04, 2014, 07:10:35 PM »
Just wondering if anyone got a chance to see my newest custom?
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Re: Goldleaderone's custom figures
« Reply #44 on: December 05, 2014, 03:45:22 AM »
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