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Title: Recon's Customs
Post by: Reconsgt on January 07, 2009, 06:12:18 PM
Well I guess it's time I started adding some items here. I lost 99% of my pics when my old HD crashed but I will slowly retake and see if I can recover some others.

Here are a few pics of my scratch built swamp speeder. I still am not finished as once it was initially done I decided I could do better so I took it apart and started adding more details. Some can be seen in teh last few shots of the work in progress. Enjoy
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Reconsgt on January 07, 2009, 06:13:09 PM
Few shots with added decking
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Clonehead on January 07, 2009, 06:27:58 PM
I remember this one Wayne. Very awsome job there buddy. What did you make this out of? The detail and scale is fantastic!
  That smaller version that you are using as a guide, is that a titanium or a SW minuitures item?
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Tamer on January 08, 2009, 07:12:22 AM
OH Man! I was hoping to see some more shots of this. This is an awesome piece of sculpting. Wayne just built it from scratch! Now if I could only get him to build me a full scale walker or McQaurrie concept walker! I wish I had those types of skills!
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Darth Revenge on January 08, 2009, 10:03:04 AM
Really impressive !
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Cimter on January 08, 2009, 11:57:57 AM
I have to admit this is sweet, nice work my man.
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: customcloner on January 08, 2009, 04:15:33 PM
For this being scrach built,  you did a  fantastic job!! 8)
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Reconsgt on January 08, 2009, 04:25:02 PM
It all started as a pience of 1/4 plywood, water bottles, bondo and old parts :)

I started redoing it as I know I can do more detail but when it was originally built it was for a customs contest and I didn't have the time to stick into it. Now I do so I hope to really shape it up the way I want,

It started as a plywood base, I came up with the dimensions based on the titanium ship and a couple of SW refrence pics and I based them off a 6 foot clone trooper for ease of scale. The seats are from the vintage GI Joe Fang, while an old AMT millennium falcon was cut up for the deck plates. The shields were formed from foam balls quartered and coated with bondo and sanded and hollowed to size. The engine is a combination of water bottles, and sheet styrene and an old hand vac motor. The laser cannons are dart shafts. The edge is 3/4 pvc water line with 2 rafts from the elite force line carved up.

Right now it is 75% taken apart for it's redo and hopefully I will have some free time this winter to finish it up, The one draw back to me redoing my basement was I lost my winter work space. I have to much stuff in the works in my garage to do it out there.
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Clonehead on January 08, 2009, 05:37:43 PM
That's simpily an amazing recipe of materiels that you used for this stunning custom. Hats off to you Wayne. You have got to get that basement workshop back together so you can crank out some more awsome goodies like this!
  You show great talent and inginuity with this one, buddy.
Tamer, I believe that Wayne is your best bet for a McQuarrie walker.
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Tamer on January 09, 2009, 06:02:36 AM
You ain't a kidding Clint. He just takes a reference pic and fabricates it. He is like Orange Country Choppers applied to Star Wars. You know what I would like to see? Our Sarge, Customcloner, and Clonehead doing a project together. It is just simply amazing what you guys have come up with. I wish I could pay you guys to come to my place to make a few of the things I want. I don't know how Hasbro hasn't seen something like this and contacted you guys to be on the payroll!
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Clonehead on January 09, 2009, 05:57:31 PM
You ain't a kidding Clint. He just takes a reference pic and fabricates it. He is like Orange Country Choppers applied to Star Wars. You know what I would like to see? Our Sarge, Customcloner, and Clonehead doing a project together. It is just simply amazing what you guys have come up with. I wish I could pay you guys to come to my place to make a few of the things I want. I don't know how Hasbro hasn't seen something like this and contacted you guys to be on the payroll!
  I'm sure that they have seen it. There has got to be a person in the research dept that surfs for SW customs. 
  Wayne, what else have you been hiding from us?
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: StenHunter on January 15, 2009, 02:57:28 PM
awesome job! I really like the scale and the items used to create it were a great find!
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Reconsgt on January 15, 2009, 04:03:34 PM
Thanks all for the comments,  I have a few more hidden away, I normally didn't show to many customs for whatever reason so I went down in teh basement and pulled out a couple more.

The first is just a simple repaint of the A-wing. When I saw thr blue titanium version I had to repaint a POTF one to match. The lighting doesn't show it off the best so teh last pic is a close up of the detail I tried to do, I wanted a pock marked or pitted look and the paint lines are cleaner than they appear in the first 2 pics ;)
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Reconsgt on January 15, 2009, 04:05:48 PM
Next again is  asimple repaint of the 12" hasbro clone trooper into a 501st trooper. The hardest part was getting the damn red insignias off, that took alot of Q-tips and paint thinner. I just taped it off and airbrushed the blue, I am pickey about brush strokes so I mainly just air brush, then I just bry brushed some dirt and stuck it back in the box.

I have some more I will share when I can get some time to dig them out and snap some pics. I really need to get my butt in gear and get some new stuff out.
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Clonehead on January 15, 2009, 04:11:52 PM
Nice job on that A-wing. I can see what you are talking about with the close up shot.
  I really like that 12 inch 501st clone! He turned out great. I will have to find the pics of the 12 inch shock trooper that I did.
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Reconsgt on January 15, 2009, 04:16:51 PM
Thanks, that paint effect is pretty easy to do, You just use your base color spray one layer normally then for teh second hold the air brush back so the paint drys when it hits the project, that way it doesn't "lay" down and rather is almost like a textured finish, then lightly spray a contrast color the same way clear it and it's done.
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Tamer on January 16, 2009, 07:53:18 AM
Man I love that A wing. I sure wish hasbro would give us one like that. It exactly matches the titanium one. I like that five oh one too. I hear you on that sticker and paint thinner thing! I had a similar experience with some walker stickers.
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Reconsgt on January 17, 2009, 12:20:44 PM
Here is a vintage style sandtrooper I did years ago. The torso was created by a very talented guy named Ryan Shaw, I just painted it up and tore apart a minty vintage stormtrooper for the limbs. I deliberatly left the paint on the backpack less than perfect to capture the vintage feel. I also have a Rocket Fett Ryan did, it is suberb.

Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Clonehead on January 17, 2009, 02:02:14 PM
Nice! Now that is one vintage custom. What year do you think it was, Sarge?
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Reconsgt on January 17, 2009, 03:25:32 PM
As far as what year? If your asking when I did it, I would say 2004 or 5, or when Ryan made sculpted the torso, I would say 2003 perhalps, it all blends together.
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Tamer on January 18, 2009, 08:07:07 AM
Wow, that is a great looking vintage custom, I really like it. Boy that Shaw guy looks like he knows his stuff!
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Reconsgt on January 22, 2009, 03:25:34 PM
Ryan does, he used to have a site devoted to his customs but I don't think it's around anymore, He carves and builds in wax and then makes molds and does injection molding I believe. He did and does fantastic work, I should see if I can get him to join up and share his work.
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Tamer on January 23, 2009, 01:28:31 PM
Man, I would love to see it!
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Reconsgt on May 07, 2009, 04:43:48 PM
Now granted this isn't SW but it is the first custom project I have done all spring, so here it is.   I was at a car show this past weekend and saw this lonely 1957 Chevy headlight bezel sitting dirty and alone, it struck me as it would be a cool shop clock if I did a little work to it,   teh chrome wasn't the best so I buffed it with 000 steel wool, repainted the inserts and trim a satin black, cut a backing from 1/4 inch plywood, printed a face from cardstock on the comp, added a hobby lobby clock kit and done.

57Chevy wall clock

not thrilling I know but atleast the airbrush working once again ;)   and yes Tamer I started on those chin guns as well :)

Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Phatty on May 07, 2009, 06:33:36 PM
Very classy Wayne!  I think that would go well in any car enthusiast's garage!
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Tamer on May 08, 2009, 04:56:59 AM
Wow, what a cool clock! LOL! I amost forgot about those side guns! Thanks for tackling them. I was just showing my little gal that walker this morning. We had to bring her to work. Long story.
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: spudafett on May 16, 2009, 05:33:30 PM
That scratch built swamp speeder is awesome.  From someone who has tried to scratch build and failed numerous times that is simply amazing.  I know how dificult it is to get things to look right...  of course it does help to have a miniature to look at! 

Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: narceron on May 28, 2009, 12:54:13 PM
wow, the clock is freakin sweet.

a vintage custom sandtrooper, definitely something you don't see everyday.
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Reconsgt on July 17, 2009, 03:51:44 PM
Been a long time since I have done any custom SW work but I had to get some guns painted for Tamer, Custom ATAT side guns made from some elite force thing if I recall correctly, I just cast some pegs and epoxied them on and painted them to match his custom ATAT

Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Tamer on July 17, 2009, 05:37:49 PM
Sweet. They look great Sarge! It will be nice to get those bad boys back onto that "Heavy Walker."
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Clonehead on July 17, 2009, 06:00:04 PM
Heavy walker???
Those guns look cool Wayne.
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Tamer on July 17, 2009, 06:02:56 PM
Heavy walker???
Those guns look cool Wayne.

Yepper those heavey cannons give that walker Sarge made for me look just sweet in regards to massive firepower. I love the gray paint job with blaster marks that Sarge did too. I thought I took some pics and put em in his customs thread, but I may not have gotten to that yet.
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: spudafett on July 18, 2009, 07:29:21 AM
man lets see some pics of that thing!  I love the sw universe walkers... so impractical yet so friggin awesome!  Definately wnat to see those sweet custom guns in action.
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Reconsgt on August 30, 2009, 02:54:29 PM
Been a long time since I have done any SW related customs, so today I got off my shebs and started on 2 projects I have been mulling over for a while.

These are only teaser shots.
The first pic is my interpitation of what a LRP sniper AT-ST could look like. Second and you get a bonus if you can tell me what vehicle I cut up and re-aranged for this shell of what will become a SW utility vehicle. A loader or mover for a hanger scene of some kind.
Even started on a small Vader for Tamer since I have a package I need to mail, figured if I got that holo vader done I could send it all at once.
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: UnitedStatesDemocrat on August 30, 2009, 03:08:03 PM
Looks like a snowspeeder, but could be a Republic Tank.
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Clonehead on August 30, 2009, 03:15:46 PM
Cool! New customs from Wayne!! Like the idea for the sniper atst! That other one reminds me of the original Battlestar Galactica cylon raider but that's not it.
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: spudafett on August 30, 2009, 04:05:22 PM
those look like awesome projects.  my first thought was that that second ship was a tyderium shuttle hull, but that's not right is it?

is it some old vintage gi-joe vehicle?
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Reconsgt on August 30, 2009, 04:12:12 PM
It's 2 parts of a vinatge B-wing I bought for a "junker"   I wanted to use the cockpit and gun, when further looking I saw the side housings if matched could have potential for something else.  More pics of that once I get it going further
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Tamer on August 30, 2009, 04:13:15 PM
Just awesome news on that Vader Wayne. There is a smile on my face tonight. Lets just say that LRP atst has caught me eye, what an awesome idea. That last pic sure has me scratching my head though, B wing?
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Clonehead on August 30, 2009, 04:23:31 PM
Oh, I see it. You tricked us there, Wayne. I was trying to think of an existing hull, not a modified one. Nice mod on thatone. I too am excited to see how it turns out.
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: spudafett on August 30, 2009, 07:10:40 PM
AHAH! I knew I'd seen that somewhere. I see it now. I've got one myself that is missing a wing, one blaster cannon, and the cockpit cover.  I'll be watching this project with a close eye to see if i can ween any ideas for my old clunker b-wing. 

Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Reconsgt on September 03, 2009, 03:57:58 PM
WIP Pics again.  I am finishing the cockpit of the ATST. I closed the hatch cover for 2 reasons, 1. I didn't have an extra hatch to use as a custom and 2 I wanted it to appear to be more at "scale". So while it may not be used for a dio upclose with 3 3/4 inch figs it will find a home in a dio project at some piont. I added a few bits and a differnt style hatch. You can't see the work on the underside yet I did to blend the cannons in but I will snap some when the paint dries and I am done sanding on it. I mainly used some auto body fiberglass to blend the top flush. If you use fiberglass on customs just be sure you use short starnd and that the piece can handle the curing temps. It may warp thin plastics.
The color is just an acid etching primer I am using for a base coat, final colors are yet TBD.
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Clonehead on September 03, 2009, 07:08:24 PM
Nice mods to the topside, Wayne!! This bad boy is going to look sweet! I put that bottom pic on the Front Page, buddy.
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: spudafett on September 04, 2009, 01:35:57 AM
very cool, so did I miss something or is this a smaller scale model?  just curious.
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Reconsgt on September 04, 2009, 02:47:31 PM
No it is the regular sized ATST, what I was refering to as far as scale was, I deleted the factory hatch and cover and used a smaller style that would make the top more in proportion to the rest of the ATST. It now can't hold a figure out of the hatch. I glassed it shut and smoothed it over
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Reconsgt on September 04, 2009, 04:33:14 PM
Almost done, I need to do the final paint details but it's close to complete. I will do that over the weekend. I also need to glue the legs into position, these are pretty worn and it squats to low for my taste so I will have to settle for pre-posed I guess.

Here you go for now

Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Clonehead on September 04, 2009, 04:41:02 PM
Wayne, that us just awsome, dude! I love the pics! I love the paintjob man. You have outdone yourself this time.
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Tamer on September 04, 2009, 04:43:56 PM
Daggone Wayne. Can you hear me cheering from here? You ever want rid of this one, please give me first dibs. Just awesome.
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: spudafett on September 04, 2009, 05:41:10 PM
very cool.  Unfortunate about the preposed legs, it does give it a very squatty look.  It almost looks like it's chin heavy too, like it should fall on it's face...  obviously it doesn't though.  The paint job is awesome, love it! 

I think I'd loose the radar dish on the back though... maybe putting it on top would look better? idk...
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: XizorsVirago on September 05, 2009, 02:15:19 AM
I like it! Even the dish is alright to me... I think on top it would stand out too much, or make me think of the falcon's dish. It looks like a sweet station to be hidden in, and having the dish on there means you'll never get bored on those long sniper missions with satellite Holonet! Live podracing any time of the day!  :D
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Tamer on September 05, 2009, 05:01:06 AM
I don't think Wayne has glued the legs into position yet, but I have a few atst's that have the same droopy problem. I think preposed is the way I will go with those too.
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Reconsgt on September 05, 2009, 05:10:34 AM
Correct Shawn, The legs are nto glued yet, they will be due to the droopy look, They will be glued so that the ATST stand "straight" . It also makes it appear taller, When I get it done there will be more pics, as for the dish, I didn't paint it yet but I did originally want a slightly smaller one, my idea on the dish was tehre were to be long range mission platforms working far away from other units so I wanted it to look differnt from a standard ATST. I will still be adding a few details to this today, it's not done yet ;)
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Clonehead on September 05, 2009, 05:17:52 AM
I like the dish idea, Wayne. This is turning out sweet. Did you mention about a possible diorama in this custom's future?
I can't wait.
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Tamer on September 05, 2009, 05:24:09 AM
This thing looks sweet. I bet you can't wait to get your hands on the new one! I for one can't wait to see how this all turns out.
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Reconsgt on September 06, 2009, 11:40:14 AM
Done with the ATST

I will get better pics up sometime soon, but I fixed the sagging issue, so now it stands much straighter, I shot it witha comparision to the other vintage ATST I have for parts.

Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Reconsgt on September 06, 2009, 11:44:52 AM
So on to my next project. I think folks will see where the original idea came from with this next project. I am doing a cross interpitation on a SW fighter. I had a few old broken up vintage X-wings and was wondering what to do with them when it occurred to me. I made the wings from 1/4 plywood and glasses them into place, cut the fusalage down, added some thrusters and this is where it is now. I need to fab up the upper wing and other top side details, add some cannons, paint and other details but here is a few teaser pics as to where I am going with it.

Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: XizorsVirago on September 06, 2009, 02:56:55 PM
Oh holy crap, is that going to be a Battlestar Galactica Viper?! Hells yeah(if it is...)! I've always wanted a 3 3/4" viper, such sweet looking ships. And, if it's not, it's still looking pretty awesome!
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Tamer on September 06, 2009, 03:07:07 PM
I am hoping for a headhunter! That being said I love the paint job on that atst and the stand job looks great. So do I get this for xmas this year? LOL.
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: wraithnine on September 06, 2009, 04:21:40 PM
yep thats gotta be a colonial viper
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Reconsgt on September 06, 2009, 04:25:32 PM
It is indeed going to be based on the viper. I can't be 100% accurate with it due to the parts available but it will be a viperesq SW ship. I will due the best I can with what I have but it is based off of the Xwing hull with a nod to BSG. The Colonial Viper is where I drew the inspiration from and like others I always wanted one in the 3 3/4 scsale so I have to settle for this right now, the one in the pic is a working prototype and I have a second under way. I am taking more pics  as I go with this one for a refrence guide later on.
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: XizorsVirago on September 06, 2009, 05:28:34 PM
Lol, what do you mean "settle"? Hand-made things are always more impressive in a collection! Plus you can be as nitpicky-detailed as you want (or not) since you're not a corporation with mass production manufacturing concerns to keep you from doing what should be done ;)

Oh and Tamer, I like your thinking on the Headhunter... Always liked those, especially the Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels version, which someone needs to do a nice reproduction of! Kinda makes me wish I took a different route customizing my Action Fleet X-wing that one of the guns broke off of... Should have taken the bottom guns off and glued / smoothed the wings together for an almost-headhunter! (Sadly, my choice at the time was just to take off the fragile parts of all four guns and drill out a barrel in each to make it some kind of heavy gunner or something, lame!)
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Psyclone on September 06, 2009, 07:08:30 PM
NICE!  Love that swamp speeder!  Awesome job on the AT-ST Sniper. 
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: spudafett on September 06, 2009, 07:20:14 PM
that atst did turn out realy awesome.  IT looks top notch posed out in the woods next to the old version!  those chin guns look awesome in profile..

oh yeah.. and...

OMFG I"M SO JEALOUS.  I have been wanting to do a freaking colonial viper for ages.  LOVED battlestar as a kid and loved the new version as well.  The viper is one of the all time best sci-fi space fighters ever made.  The battlestars were awesome too!  You need to design and build a custom launch tube to display it in!  it'd be awesome'

Man now you have got me off on e-bay looking for busted old x-wings for cheap!  shame on you! 

I'll find the links to it, but theres a guy I've talked to on deviant art that has done some realy awesome mash ups of star wars and battlestar galactica ship models. 
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Clonehead on September 06, 2009, 07:26:28 PM
Wayne, that sniper atst turned out awsome!! that viper esque ship is looking sweet also. You are on fire, dude!
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: spudafett on September 06, 2009, 07:34:03 PM
found that guys pics, they are of some viperesque fighters spliced into jedi starfighters and other ships.  him and I collaborated on a concept where the battlestar galactica jumped into the star wars galaxy instead of ours in the final ending to their journey.  The humans in the ragtag fleet joined the republic while the cylons, being machines, naturally joined the sepratist alliance giving them their "droid" technology a much needed boost!

anyways it was a fun idea to think about and this is some of his concepts I liked the best:

(http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs40/f/2009/023/8/c/BattleStar_Wars_fighters_by_kavinveldar.jpg)
(http://st.deviantart.com/minish/main/blank.png)
(http://th05.deviantart.net/fs38/300W/f/2008/340/d/8/X_Viper_by_kavinveldar.jpg)

here is a link to his gallery on deviant art http://kavinveldar.deviantart.com/gallery/#_featured--11 (http://kavinveldar.deviantart.com/gallery/#_featured--11)

I've got an old scratch built 6" viper I think you'll like too. I'll post it in my thread, check it out when you get the chance.
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Reconsgt on September 06, 2009, 07:54:57 PM
Some very interesting ideas you guys came up with,. I may have to try a mix of Xwing with jedi starfighter one one day.
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Tamer on September 07, 2009, 08:40:14 AM
Wow, those are some great ships Spud. I like the sound of integrating a jsf into an xwing!
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Reconsgt on September 07, 2009, 08:46:23 AM
Mondays teaser pic  WIP

I am also taking pics of most of the steps along teh way, if there is intrest I can do a tutorial thread once this is completed
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Clonehead on September 07, 2009, 09:33:52 AM
Nice buddy! Is that lower black one the shadow version? I remember you mentioning that you were working on two.
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: DS-61-2 on September 07, 2009, 09:52:44 AM
I like the AT-ST Sniper very good work, as well as the Swamp Speeder I will be waiting to see the new updated version.
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: spudafett on September 07, 2009, 04:45:15 PM
reconsgt... I have been so inspired that I just bought two junker x-wings off e-bay.  Dare you make me spend more money on junk! lol.

I'll be doing something similar for sure, only using sheet styrene instead of balsa wood for sturdyness.  Stuff around my house seems to recieve alot of punishment.

The x-wings which I bought don't have their cannons so I figure I'll have to figure out different weoponry anyways.

I'll definately be watching this thread closely, I like that top wing you've got on there.

I realy like the intake nacelles on the stealth one, what did you use for those?
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Reconsgt on September 07, 2009, 05:30:37 PM
TY,

 As for sturdiness, they are very sturdy as they are 1/8" plywood, not balsa so the strength is there, also they have tabs on them that are screwed into the fiberglass base I formed in the inner hull. By bedding it in glass, it is far stronger than the originals.  A pic will follow

As for the intakes, I used a broken landspeeder. I cut the side pods off and halved  them.   I like these as they blend very well into teh hull. I will be using these on the finished model. The black one wasnlt intended to be a stealth version, rather a prototype, to work out the bugs before the final ship, teh benefit is I will have 2 ships as every pilot needs a wingman ;)


If anyone wants to build one similar I have hardcopy templates I made for the wings and top fin. Hit me up, I can cut some in either wood or in cardboard for use as a teplate for your project.
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: spudafett on September 07, 2009, 06:31:23 PM
anchoring those in there with the fiberglass is genious.  How thick do the wings look from the front?  are you going to sand down the edges to make it more streamlined? 

Naw, I'll try to make my own design as to not coppy yours too closely.  I'm probably going to give mine a more swept forward look with the guns close to the fusalage like the original BSG viper.
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Commander_Kurgan on September 07, 2009, 11:07:25 PM
Wow, it's hard not be excited when looking at your recent projects.
Big thumbs-up!
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: hangarbay94 on September 07, 2009, 11:57:52 PM
Recon,

You've got some amazing "skeels" there...Your paintwork on the customs and creations is superb. I love the ATST and this latest project is looking very exciting. Your swamp ship at the beginning is really stunning.

I think it was Tamer who said you should be working for Hasbro, he was right...
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: narceron on September 09, 2009, 01:05:56 PM
anchoring those in there with the fiberglass is genious.  How thick do the wings look from the front?  are you going to sand down the edges to make it more streamlined? 

Naw, I'll try to make my own design as to not coppy yours too closely.  I'm probably going to give mine a more swept forward look with the guns close to the fusalage like the original BSG viper.

snub fighter challenge?

I gotta get my swoop done, lol.
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: spudafett on September 09, 2009, 02:06:43 PM
sounds like a good idea to me!
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: narceron on September 12, 2009, 02:24:19 PM
give me some time, my bike had to be scrapped, its going to be a challenge to get one done, lol.


But your garage has inspired me in another project I shelved a long time ago.
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Reconsgt on September 13, 2009, 12:22:12 PM
Here is a pic of the base coat applied,  now to stripe and weather ( dirty ) it, I still may either use a vintage canopy or scratch build one, depends. I want it to look used.
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Clonehead on September 13, 2009, 01:29:42 PM
Yes! Looking nice, Wayne. Cant wait to see it weathered.
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: spudafett on September 13, 2009, 03:39:32 PM
oh hell yeah!  Get that sucker painted I can't wait to see it!

now I realy want to do a similar project... that is bad a$$
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: narceron on September 13, 2009, 04:01:39 PM
yeah, ok, that is freakin rad.
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: DocOutlands on September 13, 2009, 05:32:49 PM
Now see, that's what I think a Z-95 Headhunter *should* look like...

Awesome fighter!
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: spudafett on September 13, 2009, 05:40:31 PM
doc, shoudln't the z-95 have longer more x-wing like wings?  and I don't think the headhunter had a top fin either...   
Maybe this should be labled the
"z-100 pit-viper" or something like that... giving homage to both the BSG viper and the z-95... 
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Reconsgt on September 13, 2009, 07:48:30 PM
Thanks guys,   just for refrence here are pics of the Z95 headhunter from SW galaxies, there have been many rendering but these are from Lucas Arts so to me it is the Z95


Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: spudafett on September 13, 2009, 08:24:53 PM
ok yeah that's what I remember the z-95 looking like.  I think the only reference I'd seen to it as a kid was the technical guide to vehicles and vessles. 

I think someone did a realy interesting from scratch model on rebelscum's forums that I ran across a long time ago...
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Reconsgt on September 16, 2009, 03:25:22 PM
first layer of paint is on, now it's on to all the detailing work.

Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Clonehead on September 16, 2009, 03:26:37 PM
Oh Yeah, Wayne................Oh Yeah!! I am really liking it!
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Tamer on September 16, 2009, 03:32:05 PM
Oh hell yeah! That is looking sweet. Hard to believe this is a part of an Xwing!
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: wraithnine on September 16, 2009, 03:57:11 PM
looking forward to seeing this beaut finished
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: spudafett on September 16, 2009, 04:06:39 PM
heck yes! that's what I'm talking about.  The thing doesn't even look like an x-wing anymore!  awesome.  I got my two junger x-wings in the mail yesterday and have started in on one of them that's going to be just a fun little project on the side.  I started it first to see how the body shell was constructed and how easy it would be to manipulate.  I havn't started on my "viper" custom conversion yet though... I hope it's half as good as this one is turning out to be.
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: XizorsVirago on September 16, 2009, 07:53:28 PM
Holy crap, that thing is looking absolutely AWESOME! I'm currently turning an Action Fleet x-wing into a Z-95 headhunter, but I'm beginning to think I should have gone the Viper route... Oh well! Great work so far, can't wait to see when it's done!
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Reconsgt on September 17, 2009, 06:02:35 AM
Ty all,

 I may have a loose action fleet xwing around if you need another.
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: DS-61-2 on September 18, 2009, 10:14:44 PM
DROOL!!! looking great me want lol
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Reconsgt on September 19, 2009, 11:07:42 AM
Almost done, looks a little shiney in the pic, I just hit with a coat of clear to seal the baseline paint on. I am not going to do much more to it I don't think.

Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: wraithnine on September 19, 2009, 11:35:36 AM
jesus that looks the mutts mate
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Psyclone on September 19, 2009, 02:27:21 PM
Awesome looking ship!!  You're doing a great job with this.
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: TheCloneCommander on September 19, 2009, 05:46:57 PM
Almost done, looks a little shiney in the pic, I just hit with a coat of clear to seal the baseline paint on. I am not going to do much more to it I don't think.



Freakin Awesome mate!!! that looks so cool!! i wanna fly around the house with it ...lol
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: spudafett on September 19, 2009, 07:39:15 PM
hey recon, would you do me a big favor and take a detail shot of the front of it for me? I want to see how you did the nose.  BTW this thing is looking great!
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Reconsgt on September 19, 2009, 07:47:39 PM
Here you go, if you need a differnt angle let me know. What I did was unscrew the nose cone, and cut along the body lines. I filled the nose with bondo and sanded smooth. Pardon the shark teeth as they are not finish painted yet, just roughed in
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: spudafett on September 19, 2009, 08:23:00 PM
lol that's awesome. Love the teeth.  I figured you'd just took it along the original lines.  It looks alot like what the viper nose should look like.  thanks for the pics, that gives me alot of ideas for mine. 
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Tamer on September 20, 2009, 02:41:32 AM
Love the ship Wayne. Those shark teeth in the nose are over the top too. It just amazes me how you can visualize something and just make the daggone thing. I wish we had you in Hasbro's Development Shop!
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Clonehead on September 20, 2009, 04:53:07 AM
Cool teeth, Wayne! You ought to throw together a pilot figure for this bad boy.
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: hangarbay94 on September 20, 2009, 09:56:12 AM
Great ship! I love the sharks teeth.

These types of cutoms and creations are my favourite. I've always been into my Scifi vehicles and you have done a really superb job. I'm wondering what you'll be doing next!

All the best,

Jules
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: DS-61-2 on September 20, 2009, 12:21:20 PM
It just keeps getting better and better
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: dana.raye.smith on September 21, 2009, 10:10:08 AM
that ship is awesome. i love it.
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: spudafett on September 21, 2009, 01:30:45 PM
man this stinks... I was realy hoping to get to work on my viper version soon but I've got to pack all my customs up for moving and probably won't be able to get back to it for several weeks... 

I have a bad tendency to pack things up and then forget about them or be to lazy to unpack them so that I can get back to work on things! lol. 

I'm still drooling over yours though!  love it!
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: hangarbay94 on September 24, 2009, 06:49:07 AM
ReconSgt....You've been hangarbay'd

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2592/3949935749_cfff4bc30e_o.jpg)
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3443/3950715444_5db5f8a744_b.jpg)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3443/3950715444_5db5f8a744_b.jpg (http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3443/3950715444_5db5f8a744_b.jpg)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2592/3949935749_cfff4bc30e_o.jpg (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2592/3949935749_cfff4bc30e_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: DocOutlands on September 24, 2009, 06:55:34 AM
DUDE!!!  More awesomeness, as usual.  That first one looks like something out of a "Weird War Tales" comic and the second like an illo straight out of an old West End Games sourcebook.
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Reconsgt on September 24, 2009, 08:17:06 AM
Damn, you really made that ATST pop with the backgrounds and highlite work.  I am impressed. 

Thank you
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Clonehead on September 24, 2009, 08:18:40 AM
Nice! I love that first one.

Where will the phantom strike next?
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: TheCloneCommander on September 24, 2009, 08:21:47 AM
well jules you have got the whole forum abuzz mate love what you are doing buddyit's great to see the updates then BAM!!! a new HB pic
awesome work dude ;D
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: spudafett on September 24, 2009, 08:49:35 AM
man that makes his atst look amazing.  At first I realy honestly didn't care to much for the custom! but seeing it in a new light after it was hangarbay'd it looks amazing!  definately uber cool.

I think it'd be funny to stick it in a forested scene and have two big logs comeing down on both sides of it's head though... ;) lol
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Tamer on September 26, 2009, 09:09:10 AM
Man, I love that first pic, it has a WWII feel to it for me. Heck, I like the second shot too.
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: r1bb1t on September 27, 2009, 08:19:22 PM
Gorgeous work on all of these customs. That swamp speeder was hella cool!
Really like the vintage sandtrooper, and that AT ST was awesome!
Nice work on the headhunter, as well. All around great job.

Barry
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Luke Sprywalker on September 30, 2009, 06:55:53 PM
Wow awesome work here man. I have never seen anyone do that swamp speeder and yours looks perfect. That AT ST is is another great creation, love the extra bits and technology you added. And you have been Hangerbayed! How awesome is that?!
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Darthlvan87 on September 30, 2009, 08:41:35 PM
Wayne u have some pretty cool customs   You going to keep up the good work right
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: DS-61-2 on November 02, 2009, 06:30:51 PM
Just seeing if you had any new customs going on maybe a sneak peek
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: Reconsgt on November 02, 2009, 07:08:25 PM
I broke my threads up, into figures, vehicles and dios,    Nothing new since my Skirata custom, though I have a few vehicles and a dio  in the works in various stages.  I am a little down with a flu bug but hopefully this weekend I will have updates of a few items,

Stay Tuned!
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: commander camo on November 13, 2009, 07:10:59 PM
Impressive most impressive lvva
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: RunDown on October 13, 2010, 10:19:29 AM
Just made my way through your posts, Recon.  Very nice work and I love the AT ST.  Great work!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: CaptainLux on October 13, 2010, 01:02:49 PM
yep awesome work with the at-st man, the swamp speeder looks amazing too!
Title: Re: Recon's Customs
Post by: beige-4 on October 16, 2010, 05:24:06 AM
holy hell ! these are the the dogs bollocks i love the long range at st