Spectre's Custom Star Wars Vehicles

[The Spectre]

Sand pirates use all manner of improvised vehicles to attack those that may have something they want. Everything from small swoops to stolen racers are outfitted with makeshift weapons of destruction.

Sand Pirate AT-LST
This captured one man Imperial AT-LST (All Terrain-Light Scout Transport) has been piled high with every heavy weapon and as much extra ammunition and supplies as it can carry without toppling over. The right cannon was replaced with a five-round concussion missile launcher and the left cannon has been upgraded with a carbonite-cooled high capacity mag-pro cannon, while the chin gun has been upgraded to include a third barrel for a mini ion cannon to disable targeted speeders without destroying them.




















Sand Pirate Gunskiff



















Articulated cannon rotates and elevates/lowers:






Independantly articulated steering vanes:




With crew:











Gunskiff Pilot









Parts:
Head- VTSC Scout Trooper (modded)
Body- TLC Saesee Tiin (modded)
Bandolier- G.I.Joe 25A Snake Eyes (modded)
Blaster- TAC McQuarrie Han Solo


Gunskiff Gunner









Parts:
Head- TAC McQuarrie Snowtrooper (heavily modded + w/TAC Mara Jade hood)
Torso/upper arms/upper legs/pelvis/skirt- Indiana Jones Grail Knight (modded)
Lower legs/arms- various Clonetroopers
Chest plate- POTF2 12" Leia as Boushh (heavily modded)
Holster- Chap Mei
Blaster- POTF2 Lando Calrissian (modded)

[Phatty]

Those are some awesome vehicles and figures you've worked up there! 

[The Spectre]

I always felt that Jabba should have had a few smaller, armed vehicles travelling with his Sail Barge as he has alot of enemies who whould jump at the chance to attack him when he is away from the safety of his Palace.

These are just 3 of the Skiff Escorts I have built (I really need to get crackin' on photographing the rest of 100's of customs I have built   ). As usual, these craft are entirely kitbashed, this time almost exclusively from model parts. They are both suspended atop clear model stands to simulate flight. The pilots are custom as well

Style I:












Style II:








Style III:










I never got the One Man Sand Skimmer (or the other 2 Body-RIGs) as a kid because I had given up playing with toys by the time they were released. When POTF2 came out and I decided to collect them, I always hoped it would be rereleased as an original is far to expensive for me to justify spending on a small toy. I decided to recreate the vehicle with a more "modern/realistic" slant. This vehicle, like my others, is completely kitbashed from various toy and model parts. The pilot is a stand-in, the actual pilot has not been painted yet.










Here for your viewing enjoyment is my rendition of the Endor Security Scout. There is no pilot for this vehicle yet, but as soon as I design and construct him, I'll post pics of him flying the Scout

This vehicle is entirely kitbashed from model parts and a G.I.Joe backpack (Annihilator?) and has all of the original toy's features (head clamp, movable tail, support legs, blaster cannons) but adds the most needed one- A PROPULSION SYSTEM! The original toy did not have any engines to propell the vehicle! A major oversight by the toy design team in my eyes that has now been rectified

[The Spectre]

This is one of the many "Uglies" I have made over the years. My Uglies are completely kitbashed. The primary components on this one are a vintage Y-Wing front, the rear section of a vintage Battle Star Galactica model, and vintage X-Wing wings. The rest of the parts are from several different sources, both model kits and toys.
















Here's another kitbashed starfighter i have built. The primary components are a G.I. Joe "Cobra Wolf" and the wings from an Ertl Star Trek "Bird Of Prey" model. The wings fold for carrier storage and there are 2 opening cockpits. The overall color scheme is based on a picture of a Vietnam War-era F-4 Phantom my uncle had hanging in his living room.











Here's another "Ugly" I built awhile back. The primary components are a G.I. Joe Skyhawk cockpit (hand laid glass panels), a vintage Ertl Darth Vader's TIE model, vintage Ertl TIE Interceptor model, and lots and lots of model and toy parts

Note: the forward landing gear is a last minute replacement as the puppy chewed up the original as I was about to take the pics (damn dog   ). The gear will be painted to match the rest of the ship eventually.









The pilot is made from a Duro body and Preview Mace head and hands with a bunch of other odds and ends.






Here is another Ugly that I kitbashed. The primary components are a vintage TIE Interceptor ball and Sebulba's Podracer's engines.













The pilot is a repainted "Robotix" figure with a custom blaster.

[The Spectre]

This is a kitbashed Rebel starfighter based on the Vipers from the old "Battlestar Gaslactica" tv series. This is one of my very first customs. I made this back in the late 80's.

This ship was made from a vintage '78 X-Wing and lots of G.I. Joe parts. There is a non removeable vintage R5-D4 in the droid socket.










This first swoopbike is made primarily from a G.I.Joe "Cobra Jetpack" with parts from other Joe vehicles added on (Zartan's Swamp Skier, Serpentor's Air Chariot, Pom Pom Gun). There are some Playmates TNG accessories as well. The driver is made from several different SW figures and a McDonalds Happy Meal Action Man head (all modified).





This bike is primarily the pod from Sebelba's Podracer with vintage Speederbike steering vanes attatched. The rear engine exhausts are Krazy Glue caps. The rider is a repainted and modified Podracer Sebulba.







This bike started off life as a "Batman Forever" "Robin's Motorcycle". I added a bunch of different parts to it as I wanted a big-[censored] Harley-styled Swoop. The rider is made out of several different SW figures (all parts modified).





This last bike started out as a "Flash Gordon's Skybike" from the Playmates line. I had to cut off the Flash Gordon figure that was attatched to it and add new handlebars and a seat. I also had to close off several holes in the bottom that were left over after I removed the sparking and pull back and go mechanisms. The rider is made from several different SW figures and a Joe helmet (all parts modified).









All of my Swoops sit atop clear MicroMachines stands to simulate floating above the ground (they are all but invisible under the Swoops and look pretty good   ).


Way back in an early issue of "Star Wars: Republic" (possibly back when it was still only titled "Star Wars") there was a story set on Coruscant that had a high-flying Swoop Gang as one of the obstacles the hero had to overcome. I was intrigued by the concept of these flying Swoops, which I dubbed "skybikes" and decided to begin making custom skybikes. This was the first one I designed and constructed.

Left Side:


Right Side:


Front:


Back:


Top:


Bottom:


Parts: Front half of a "Xyber-9" Jack's Skybike, fuselage from an old Ertl X-Wing model, articulated panels from a "Total Justice" Superman's anti-Kryptonite armor, "Wing Commander" Kilrathi guns, lego pieces, etc. I'm not sure why I chose blue for this bike, but I think it looks pretty damn good in blue

[The Spectre]

I designed this T-16 Skyhopper custom around an image on the cover of the "Secrets Of Tattooine" RPG sourcebook. I just fell in love with the markings and wanted to have one of my own for my diorama. I made addtions to the markings in the form of the black an white checkerboards and shield symbols on the sides of the body as well as the trophy images on the front for the races/championships he has won. I wasn't abl to get any shots of it with the wings open as no one was home to hold it for me while I took the pics.













I completely redesigned the interior so that the pilot coul actually see out of the windows. The interior is made from a bunch of Joe parts and part of Luke's Sport Skiff.









The pilot is made from a "Titan A.E." Deluxe Cale with a hole drilled in his back for the seat peg to be inserted into to hold him in the seat. The figure was further modified by adding a helmet made from part of a Xyber-9 figure's head. A Joe mic was also added to the helmet. The entire figure was repainted.






Here is my other T-16 Skyhopper custom. This one is not as flashy as the first one as I intended it to represent Luke's T-16 under a new owner. The entire vehicle was repainted to give it a nice weathered look.









I made a new interior for this one as well, also made from a bunch of Joe parts. I made custom controls out of a couple of POTF2 Han Solo blasters, a POTF2 Greedo rifle, and parts from Nabrun Leeds rifle.









The poor farmboy pilot is made from a Blastshield Luke with a Gunner Station Luke head. His crash harness is made rom Joe webgear. The Naboo helmet is glued to his head. A hole was drilled into his back for the seat peg.

[The Spectre]

This is the largest custom vehicle I have completed to date, measuring over 2 feet in length and standing over 1 foot high. It is completely kitbashed. The primary components are the front of an "Exo-Squad" plane and the front of a "Voyager" hull. The hardest part of the fabrication of this vehicle was getting the railing to follow the curves of the Voyager hull. I made this vehicle vaguely insectoid like the majority of the Nemoidians' transports (and the Nemoidians themselves).






































Sand Pirate Combat Airspeeder























The turret features a dedicated gunner as the opening is too narrow to allow the figure to be put in or removed without scratching it up. Also the interior is too shallow to allow the gunner to be inside when the lid is closed so I had to use 3/4 of a figure for the gunner (he has no legs below the knees and is glued inside the turret.








Parts: heavily modded Vintage Imperial Shuttle Mini-Rig, extremely heavily modded Chap Mei armored car, BBI Apache weapons pylons, PTE F-18 bomb racks and bombs, POTF2 X-Wing cannons, tons of model parts, tons of G.I.Joe parts, tons of Star Wars parts, 3/4 of a BBI Apache Pilot, G.I.Joe "Frostbite" head.

[The Spectre]

Sand pirates use all manner of improvised vehicles to attack those that may have something they want. Everything from small swoops to stolen racers are outfitted with makeshift weapons of destruction.

This stolen Surosub Exocet XL Atmospheric Racing Airspeeder has been stripped down to ensure faster speeds and a much tighter turning radius for repeat strafing of it's targets, enabling withering cover fire for the sand pirate ground troops that will actually capture the target.

Sand Pirate Airspeeder
































The pilots serving in the various sand pirate tribes usually forgo the bulky robes used by the ground troops as they impede movement in the often cramped cockpits of their makeshift attack craft.

Sand Pirate Pilot









Parts:
Head- POTF2 TIE Fighter Pilot (modded neck)
Body- Saga Djas Puhr (modded
Gloves- POTF2 Biggs Darklighter
Holster- BBI (heavily modded)
Pistol- G.I. Joe Destro v1


Notes

This is a project that took MANY years to come to fruition. If you look at pictures of my WIP table over the years, this vehicle can be seen in it's raw, unpainted state in just about all of them (I was unable to locate a pic of my very first WIP table from Palisades Park in 2003, but I know that is when this vehicle was actually built):

In Montclair in 2005:


In Elmwood Park in 2008:

[The Spectre]

Those are some awesome vehicles and figures you've worked up there! 

Thanks!

[DeathStarDroid]

As always, awesome work!!

[spudafett]

it's great to see these again spectre.  I love all your vehicles, have since the first day I've seen them.  You take the "used galaxy" look that star wars is so famous for and throw it to a whole new level.  The Ugly's and the bikes are some of the best I've seen ever.

It's nice to see ya here at the yards.

[CloneSniper78]

Dude, everything in here is sweet. Your paint apps are killer too.

[hangarbay94]

Dude, where do I start....oh yes, I go down on my knees and bow to your awesomeness!!! That is the finest collection of 'chop shop' vehicles I've ever seen, the combinations are just superb. The paint apps again are superb and seeing all these wonderful creations is most inspiring.

[beige-4]

impossible !! un******believable

[Tamer]

Wow. Well I got one of em on the front page.

Needless to say a few more of these will go up in the near future.

I like them all. That X-Wing Viper is freaking fantastic as is that paint job you put on that Sky-Hopper.

Thank you for sharing all of these with us.

I was so amazed at your custom figures and now this. You sir are a customs genius among the many we have here!