B1976 customs - 3D crystal warlord wip........halfway point on the sculpting.

[Tamer]

Time to go get this update on the fp too.

[benjani_1976]

Thanks very much Tamer,mostly just WIP but they're working out well. Would've had a few more pics but I borrowed the boys MK9 and got kinda sidetracked for many hours 

[wraithnine]

great work mate  keep it up

[benjani_1976]

Glad you like wraith.......... I got my kids at mine the weekend and most of their half-term week off so I'll be quite busy occupying them but I should have some finished pics in a week.

also for anybody interested I got a new topic on ball jointing figures which makes linking GiJoelower and SW upper torso's easier than using screws,and retains articulation.
Did this with Raiden and well impressed at how smooth and secure his joint is.

http://www.imperialshipyards.net/SMF/index.php?topic=8122.0

[benjani_1976]

3 more sith for my collection, been knocking up a few KOTOR era figures.


Kreia/Darth Traya
Darth Sion
Darth Nihilus

Nihilus has been made using no parts from an original Nihilus,head is as Visas describes it being 'just a man' but heavily modded. Cut the face from a mean looking GiJoe figure (retaliation zartan) head,comes with 3 or 4 different heads.....another one became Sion's head.
Hair belonged to the Jedi  Roth del masona,cut to fit the face of zartan.
The mask started off life as a hockey mask from an early learning centre figure. (Looked like a figure out of the RS game manhunt with mask,chains,baggy denims and tattoo's,not quite what I'd expect ELC to endorse.
Mask was modded via dremel,putty,magnifying lamp,some black cloth and the wire stripped from a wire tie,used the wire to shape the hood and fixed it down the centre of the mask with some 'are you nuts' Loctite superglue gel,takes no prisoners that stuff.

So basically Nihilus has a removable mask and hood which is secured with a band around the back of the head.

Traya's head started off as angelique from POTC modded to look aged and hair styled from milliput. Upper body from Wioslea,right arm from a kamino escape jango,left forearm removed (as per Sion's attack at peragus) legs from an old damaged shadow trooper and robes from a shakk ti dyed black. Pinned together via a steel 6mm balljoint

Sion is an unknown GiJoe upper,snake eyes lower with a belt from Jedi training qui gon jinn I had laying about from making Darth Wyyrlok III? Head as previously mentioned was from zartan,eye gouged out and replaced with a blob of putty then just painted up to look decayed and held together by the dark side.

Would've had more KOTOR mandalore's to post but parts haven't turned up so I opted to finish the sith triumvirate.

[DarthDrew]

Very nice Pre, I really like the blue markings on the armor. The Etain is awesome too! And man, your Sith triumvirate is awesome! I absolutely love the Darth Traya, extremely cool!

[benjani_1976]

Thanks,I based my vizsla on his newer armour........got a spare cw pre viz sat around doing nothing so i might do another soon. That quarrel you did looks mean,what armour did you use?

Traya's head was a bit of a nightmare.........there aren't many elderly woman action figures about,had to dremel away the head to pronounce the chin and cheekbones,added wrinkles etc. hair piece gave me a right headache,like trying to beat her in the game........jeez what a mare,

[Luke Sprywalker]

These new Sith with the soft goods look great! Not the easiest task.

[benjani_1976]

Tell me about it,but with help,advice and tips picked up from the likes of yourself,tankster,yak face,Optimus and the like........I think my customs are much improved since joining here.
And what used to be challenging is definitely becoming a bit easier every time. Finding myself going back over older figures and adding tweaks here n there.

More Old Republic pics to follow,wanna do a bit more this weekend on jabbas throne room & pit.........right hand steps,texture the walls,paint the pit,fit the pit door

[DarthDrew]

Thanks,I based my vizsla on his newer armour........got a spare cw pre viz sat around doing nothing so i might do another soon. That quarrel you did looks mean,what armour did you use?

Traya's head was a bit of a nightmare.........there aren't many elderly woman action figures about,had to dremel away the head to pronounce the chin and cheekbones,added wrinkles etc. hair piece gave me a right headache,like trying to beat her in the game........jeez what a mare,

Yeah, I'd like to eventually make a realistic Pre in his new armor, but I guess the one I have will have to do for now. And I think it'd be cool to see a new Pre from you! Would you make him in his second armor design, or the original? Either way, cool! Yeah, I had a heck of a time finding a head for my Traya, but yours looks nice. The hair you made turned out great, it looks just like her! And in the game, yeah she is frustrating. Make sure you have the Destroy Droid and Force Storm powers, and Master Heal never hurt. Adhesive grenades are handy too, so are the Verpine (?) energy shields. All those things should make her go down after a while.

[Mando Assasin]

WOW! These are great! lovely work.

[benjani_1976]

Thanks,I based my vizsla on his newer armour........got a spare cw pre viz sat around doing nothing so i might do another soon. That quarrel you did looks mean,what armour did you use?

Traya's head was a bit of a nightmare.........there aren't many elderly woman action figures about,had to dremel away the head to pronounce the chin and cheekbones,added wrinkles etc. hair piece gave me a right headache,like trying to beat her in the game........jeez what a mare,

Yeah, I'd like to eventually make a realistic Pre in his new armor, but I guess the one I have will have to do for now. And I think it'd be cool to see a new Pre from you! Would you make him in his second armor design, or the original? Either way, cool! Yeah, I had a heck of a time finding a head for my Traya, but yours looks nice. The hair you made turned out great, it looks just like her! And in the game, yeah she is frustrating. Make sure you have the Destroy Droid and Force Storm powers, and Master Heal never hurt. Adhesive grenades are handy too, so are the Verpine (?) energy shields. All those things should make her go down after a while.

Haven't decided,likely to be another in MK2 armour........got a mk1 viz in the packaging and a spare missing the cape (which he doesn't have in his new beskar)
Haven't seen your Traya yet,got a pic? Haven't been on KOTOR 2 a while,started the first one again........thanks for the tips,got all those requirements you suggested,gonna smoke her good n proper. 
Really pleased how the 3 sith worked out..........need to set up a shot of all my sith customs.

Plenty of fodder through the post today,expect more mando customs soon Mr assassin,especially the mandalore's in progress.

[Darth Optimus]

Nice Sith Lords. And more Mandos?  All day long!

[benjani_1976]

Thanks guys,quick update on Star killer in beskar wip...........

[Tamer]

Looks good. I am thinking this might be the first time I have seen anyone give Galen a suit of beskar gam. On the front page.