Topic: Goldleaderone's custom figures

[Goldleaderone]

I fixed my Shadows of the Empire Luke figure today. I found a vest that better fits Luke. I took a vest from the Han Solo comm-tech figure from the Power of the Force line. Painted it the same light tan/yellow color and it definitely works. The previous vest I used covered Luke's pistol, this one doesn't. The vest stops right at the waist.

[Tamer]

Nice fix. Thanks for updating us. It is nice to know those old potf2 figures still have a bit of a use.

[Goldleaderone]

Continuing on with some of the 'old' EU pilots from video games, here is my custom figure of "Rookie One" from the PC games Rebel Assault and Rebel Assault II: The Hidden Empire. I have never played those games but have always been intrigued by the character. This custom of Rookie One is based on the second installment of the game from the cutscenes, as in the first game you could customize your character as male or female. In Rebel Assault II they established Rookie One as male, and had real life cutscenes.

Just some part swapping and some minor tweaking to this figure. I trimmed the peg down just a bit, swapped the head, and did some minor modifications to the helmet. His helmet is the same as Lt. Lepira's - a basic Rebel helmet with red Rebel logos and 2 designs on the sides. Lepira seems to be around 20 bucks so I found the next best thing - I found a Tiree helmet in a small fodder lot for cheap. Its got the red Rebel logos, 2 designs on the side but another design in the middle. I easily took the design in the middle off. The only gripe I have is the Rebel logos have small black marks inside, but you really can't tell that much. A simple, but effective custom. I'm really happy with my head selection.

The leg flares can be seen on his right leg in the cutscenes, so I made sure to use a pilot where the flares were on the right leg. The blaster he uses looks to be a DL-44 type, with a silver tip. I had a spare from The Vintage Collection Luke X-wing figure, which I used (I try to be accurate as much as possible).

Head:  GI Joe: Retaliation Agent Mouse
Body:  Wedge Antilles from The Legacy Collection X-wing (Target Exclusive)
Helmet:  Tiree from Yavin Pilot Pack
Blaster:  Luke Skywalker in X-wing gear Vintage Collection


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[Stan]

Good looking figure there!

[customjedi]

Great work on Rookie One!

[Tamer]

Nice new pilot. Off to share. You sure must have a bevy of them now!

[Goldleaderone]

I need to take a trip to IKEA to find a display case, my bag of pilots is just about overflowing lol. The only one I'm missing is Lt. Pollard from Dagger Squadron.

I bought a 50 count of small plastic bags to sort the accessories with my figures and I'm almost out.

Biggest. Hassle. Ever.

[Starchaser]

Rookie One looks good - great choice on the Mouse head. I really love the way Shadows Luke turned out. I might have to build one of my own.

[Goldleaderone]

Rookie One looks good - great choice on the Mouse head. I really love the way Shadows Luke turned out. I might have to build one of my own.

Hey thanks. Yeah I'm really pleased with the Mouse head. I was originally going to use it for my Ace Azzameen custom, but I realized it was better suited for Rookie One. I especially like how he looks with the helmet on, in the chin area. It matches him from the game's cutscenes very well.

Do it up! It's a very simple and quick (but very effective) custom to make. I wanted to use the Bespin head but realized the Dagobah Landing head looked more like how Luke looks on the novel's cover. I know the Dagobah Landing figure is getting a bit expensive ($30+ last time I checked ebay). If you use that head, it will be loose so just get a little bit of tacky material and drop it in the head. Doing so will 'tighten up' the head. It won't be loose and you'll still have a fully functional ball-jointed head.

[Goldleaderone]

Just wanted to post a quick update. I did a few quick customs which I finally acquired the parts for.

The first is Luke Skywalker in X-wing Gear from Return of the Jedi. Granted he was only shown in his X-wing for about 15 seconds, we still got figures like Sandstorm Luke or even Lightsaber Construction Luke, both of which were deleted scenes. I wanted to make this version of Luke because now I have all variations of Luke in his flight suit. I had a spare Endor Capture Luke head from when I did my Shadows of the Empire custom Luke.

Head & Lightsaber: Endor Capture Luke from The Vintage Collection
Body:  Luke Skywalker from The Saga Collection (X-wing Gear)
Helmet:  Dagobah Landing Luke (X-wing gear)




"I have a promise to keep... to an old friend."





The second figure is Wedge Antilles from the Expanded Universe. I always noticed Wedge's head from the Wedge/Borsk comic pack best resembles Wedge then the single carded figures. I wanted to make this version of Wedge to put with the other Rogue Squadron EU pilots.

Head:  Wedge Antilles from Wedge/Borsk comic 2-pack
Body & Helmet:  Wedge Antilles from The Vintage Collection




Wedge and the Rogues (pilots holding helmets are customs)




Rogue Leaders




Not much done, just trimmed the pegs and some part swapping.

[Tamer]

Looks good to me. Off to share.

[BlackThorne]

Very nice. The rebel pilots are one of my favorite military -subgroups from Star Wars.

[wampa1]

OH yeah, looks great. I really enjoy seeing SW Aliens in Rebel Pilot Uniforms. Wish there was some way to mod a helmet for him.

BIB You could probably do something with this:

[Goldleaderone]

I fixed Han's hair tonight. I'm baffled as to why he was given brown hair. With some help from JDeck, I dry brushed Han's hair with a dark gray, then again with a lighter gray, going along with the flow of the hair.

[bdc41866]

Digging the hair and the leather texture on Mr Solo....awesome