Topic: Vintage Collection Darth Maul upgrades [page 16]

[koth]

Great work. Love the droid!

[jon_k]

The droid is really great, nice job!

[I-am-Boba-Fett]

Very cool Pilot. The droid is awesome!

[DaBooma]

Hey guys!

I just finished a FO-Stormie. Body is Maraurder Task force, head is from a 5 POA New Order Trooper. I had to use a bit of sculpting putty to make the head fit in place, and painted the cod piece/crotch.

My only complaint with this Maraurder figure is that the white paint apps do not match the armor pieces, like their other figures. Maybe it's just the figure I got, but the white paint almost has a yellowish tint to it.

Thanks for looking!

[I-am-Boba-Fett]

Now that is one cool looking Stormtrooper. That armor even makes those horrible First Order Stormtrooper helmets look better. Very nice custom figure!

[Tamer]

Wow that looks tough. Off to share. So great to see full articulation. To be honest with as much as the helmet sculpt has changed I would have liked this version of the FO Stormy better than the one they gave us.

[DaBooma]

Hey guys!


Here's a GI Joe Budo I finished using a Maraurder Taskforce body and James McCullian (Destro's Ancector) chest armor. The recipe is borrowed, with the exception of the vintage helmet I added. I had to cut and resculpt part of the back so it would fit on the Hogan head properly.. then I repainted it.


Budo was always one of my most favorite GI Joes. A samurai and a GI Joe?! How awesome was that? I remember the 11 year me, would pretend he was some ancient warrior that awoken to help combat evil.. or a Joe that could transform in to him.. like Donald Blake -- in to Thor. Either way.. he was such a bad *** figure.

So, in honor of that 11 year old.. I thought I would deviate from my usual "photo-shoot" and do something a bit more fun.


Enjoy!


Sometime before 1980, and definitely after one of the feudal eras in Japan...Hogan was on a date with a hot Japanese Princess.


Suddenly, an evil Demonic Robot Shogun appeared.


Evil Demonic Robot Shogun: Ah! I've been looking for a beautiful virgin princess... to be my bride. I will use you and your kingdom to help me take over the world. Nothing will be able to stop me and my evil demonic robot army!

Hogan: No way I'm going to let you take her! Not without a fight! And she's not a...

Evil Demonic Robot Shogun: Fool! You are no match for me, and my unholy evil blade -- The Facelifter of the most Venomous Shark-bite! Ha ha ha! Feel it's bite!


Hogan: Wait! I need to tell you someth----.... ugh....

As Hogan begins to regain consciousness, he sees a strange katana laying on the ground beside him with a note:



"Hogan, use this sword the "Super God Skewer" to call on the power of the samurai warrior.. the Budo! Hold the sword up and read the inscription on the blade! Find me! And Save me! ~ The Princess"


Hogan: The blade reads:
"The great sword sheathed
Glitters brightly in the dark
Unseen and at rest -- until now"

That's so lame.

Hogan: How about -- I HAVE THE POWER!


BOOM!



Budo: Fawk yeah! It worked! And on the back of this sword, it says, please read your other sword.



Budo: Well that's interesting. I'll have to remember that for later. Off to find the Princess!



Sometime later....



Budo: There you are! Let her go! Or else!

Evil Demonic Robot Shogun: Ha ha ha! Or else what?!

Budo: Or else I'm going to flatten you like a pancake! Ah...fawk it. I need Voltronzord power! NOW!



BOOM!
Evil Demonic Robot Shogun: CURSES!
Budo: See.. I tried to warn you. Twice!
Evil Demonic Robot Shogun: Warn me about what?
Budo: LOL....She's no virgin!
Princess: HOGAN!
Budo: Ha ha ha!

/end

[Tamer]

Great figure, great story. Thanks for sharing. Now off to the pages for me to share this!

[Starchaser]

I always liked the concept of Budo as well. Outstanding execution on this figure - he looks great! The story is hilarious Keep up the excellent work

[DaBooma]

So I managed to get my hands on all three Rey figures.. with the plan to kitbash them together to make one super articulated Jedi/Resistance Rey. I didn't like the 5POA Resistance Rey's head initually, and was planning on using the 5POA Jakku head instead. But then changed my min.. I think the Resistance head is probably the best out of the three.


 Anyway, here's how she turned out.




For her pants, I used part of the Walmart Jakku Rey's skirt, cut it in to two strips, and then flipped it inside out. I glued it to the legs, making space for the join to bend in the back

As far as how I did it.. I cut the 5POA Resistance's torso in half, cracked the Walmart Jakku's torso to get the arms and lower body apart. I cracked part of the the 5POA Resistance's torso to get arms out and dremmel space to put the articulated arms in. I used putty to join the newly articulated Resistance's torso on to the lower half of the Walmart Jakku's. Cut the arms off of the 5POA Resistance, dremmeled out to fit on the articulated arms, then cut the hands off added articulation.





Skirt was taken from a Camie Marstrap.. which is a perfect color match. Holster is from a Bom Vindin figure. Satchel is from an Indiana Jones figure

[Tamer]

Wow, she looks fantastic! Wonderful work and off to share.

[IMPURGE]

  wow what a fantastic job
this looks really great, I hope Hasbro does half as good if this version ever gets released.

[AjuntaPall]

This is the ULTIMATE REY! I absolutely love it. Great job 

[Starchaser]

She turned out beautifully. Great combination of parts.

[jon_k]

Very impressive! I was hoping to see a well-articulated resistance Rey!