Topic: Birthday Celebration 2013 Custom Contest Final Entries

[Tamer]

Wow, that TIE Bomber is for the win! What I wouldn't give to have something that cool in my own collection!

Oh yes, I must go share this all over internet land!

How in the world me and my guest judges are gonna be able to finalize these is beyond me. I think all shown so far deserve first place!

[Qrest Fourstar]

Good lord that bomber is awesome!

[StenHunter]

wow, I can't even imagine all the work that went into that... the attention to detail is amazing. I tip my hat to you good sir! keep on making the magic!! 

[rex smoke]

its going to take a while to pick my jaw up off the floor... wow thats truly a work of art

[Jedi Minstrel]

Well, here are my final entries.  The War Wolves, Independent Military Force.

Founder and Leader of the War Wolves Independent Military Force.  Raeth left the Chiss Defense Fleet due to "differences of opinion".  He searched out a Republic Officer he once fought against and together they founded a small mercenary unit that eventually became the War Wolves.  Kleese was a pup and only survivor of a litter found on one of Mer'aet'htorikstir's first missions as a mercenary.  Kleese has been at Raeth's side ever since.

Luxzian was working for her father at his restaurant when theives came in and robbed the restaurant and it's patrons.  She was about to throw a knife at one of the robbers, when his partner shot her arm.  The arm was irrepariable and the robbers got away.  A year later, she came across the theives and unintentianaly killed them both.  She was on the run from the law when she met the War Wolves.

Captain Myles Weslin was arrested for being drunk and disorderly after he was dishonorably discharged from the Republic Military.  Arrested with him were Raeth and Wren.  They believed his story that although he did what he was accused of, he did it to retain his own personal honor.

Nerish G'mar was the aide to a family that ran one of the biggest megacorporations on Coruscant.  It was also a very corrupt megacorp.  When mercenaries were hired to escort a company shuttle with G'mar aboard he had an intriguing conversation with a young lady representing the mercenaries.  Impressed with her and other members of the mercenary unit, he offered his services to the War Wolves.  Several weeks after completing the escort duty, General Raeth contacted G'mar and hired him.

[Jedi Minstrel]

More Wolves.

Hen'rae "Claw" Davern.  Claw was a Guard of Haunin with Wolf.  During a well deserved rest period, Claw shared with Wolf his concerns about their commanding officer and other officers of the Guard.  Having been raised from a family tradition of Guard enlistment, he had heard grumblings of family members about commanders and politicians.  There was face put on to the general citizenship.  Although it would put a strain on his family, he knew they would understand his reason for desertion.  The opportunity arose upon the battlefield.  Claw and his mount Pup joined Wolf and Cub in desertion and membership with a band of mercenaries led by a Chiss commander.

Neellan "Wolf" M'pez was fascinated with the wolfmounts of his homeworld of Zhazaq since he was young.  The fabled Guards of Haunin with their tales of great deeds would keep him up at night.  But all that was shattered when after achieving the rank of First Knight, he began to see corruption in the Guard and across his home system of Crixio.  In a battle against some mercenaries, Wolf decided to desert the Guard and join the mercenaries, along with him, his second-in-command, Hen'rae "Claw" Davern.  Strangely enough, they saw honor among not just one but several of the mercenaries.  One in particular, their leader, as he witnessed the Chiss commander rescue some innocent children from crossfire.  And the War Wolves were born.
Cub is the name of Wolf's mount.

Ashlen Giblis enlisted in the Corellian Defense Force and became an expert in desert survival.  After serving a few years, he wanted a change of pace and came across the War Wolves.

Beeboo, short for Big Blue, is from a long line of warriors who has found a group that surprisingly is high in honor.

[Jedi Minstrel]

Yet, more Wolves.

Braxian "Ax" l'Arey had fought all his life, first on the streets of Pentris City on Gentes.  When the planetary cataclysim destroyed the once lush and beautiful world, he learned to fight for survival for his family.  After a couple of years, he decided to go off planet to find work for his family.  He came across the War Wolves and since then has sent most of his earnings to his family.

Edinis Buwai, aka Eddy is a heavy drinker, gambler, and ladies man but in the trench he's sober and cunning. 

Unlike most Xluhga, Mudder is a very social being.  He just likes things a certain way.  One of which is the ship's armory.  When he first came on board, he complained about the condition of the armory and other parts of the ship.  Raeth being a very tidy being to begin with, wanted an explanation.  Mudder went on and on about the dust.  The General allowed him his rants and the ship has never been so clean.  Mudder's species sheds their skin once a month and the skin is stronger than standard leather.  The War Wolves use it as part of their standard supplies.

[Darth Optimus]

All righty!  Here are my entries into the birthday contest: Mash-up Mandos!  The idea behind the line is "mashing up" the universe of Star Wars and other franchises thru the use of Mandalorians.  I hope to get more pics loaded into my personal thread.  Please excuse the cruddy pics, I'm experiencing long-term technical difficulties.

Mash-up Mandos, wave 3

Wade Wilson, aka Deadpool (Marvel Mash-up)


Bruce Banner, aka The Hulk (Marvel Mash-up)


Frank Castle, The Punisher (Marvel Mash-up)


Heavy Battle Droid "War Machine" (Marvel Mash-up)


Alec Corvus, aka The Crow (Original character based on the "Crow" mythos)


FeMando Mileena (Mortal Kombat Mash-up)


Cyber-Mando Kazak (Original character based on the Mortal Kombat mythos Cyber-Ninja crew)


Unmasked Cyber-Mando Zorax (Original character based on the Mortal Kombat mythos Cyber-Ninja crew)


Junkion Tribe Mando Wreck-Gar (Transformers Mash-up0


Junkion Tribe Mando Detrius


Mash-up Mandos wave 2 carry-overs (aka the two older customs we were allowed to enter)

Scorpion (Mortal Kombat Mash-up)


Kratos, Ghost of Keldabe (God of War Mash-up)


These were all fairly simple kitbashes.  Most utilize a mixture of SW and Joe parts.  More in-depth recipes will be made available in my thread.  Thanks for tuning in!

[Clonehead]

I thought the tie bomber was going to melt my brain there for a min. Then, I got to the next page and my jaw dropped yet again.
You folks are pulling out all of the stops!

[darthstreams]

Here's my set of four Django figures.

Django, Schultz, Stephen, and Calvin.


Stephen



Calvin



Schultz



Django












Back of all cards

[Luke Sprywalker]

OK, I made way too much stuff to show in 12 pics. I have picked my favorites to post here but feel free to click my photostream link below each photo. I chose to reimagine the Adventure Team GI Joe line in 1:18th scale. It is a tribute to the 12 inch Joes I played with growing up. A friend showed me how to use photoshop, I made the first collage, they left and I couldn't make another one to save my life. I had a great plan but things didn't work out so I apologize for not having a better presentation.





AT Single Figures edit 3 by Luke Sprywalker, on Flickr



Mystery of the Undead Pharaoh



DSC_0049 by Luke Sprywalker, on Flickr



Mystery of the Ancient Mayans



DSC_0023 by Luke Sprywalker, on Flickr



Mystery of the Ghost Ninja



DSC_0002 by Luke Sprywalker, on Flickr



Mission in the Marsh Land



DSC_0095 by Luke Sprywalker, on Flickr




Woodland Camp Site



DSC_0033 by Luke Sprywalker, on Flickr



Danger of the Depths



DSC_0017 by Luke Sprywalker, on Flickr



Eight Ropes of Danger



DSC_0055 by Luke Sprywalker, on Flickr



Secret Mission to Spy Island



DSC_0018 by Luke Sprywalker, on Flickr



6 Wheel ATV



DSC_0097 by Luke Sprywalker, on Flickr



Training Center, please check out the rest of the photos on my Flickr photostream



DSC_0031 by Luke Sprywalker, on Flickr



DSC_0055 by Luke Sprywalker, on Flickr

[hemble]

Hi All,

Jedi Minstrel - Fantastic looking War Wolves figures mate I really like originality and the paint apps colours.

Darth Optimus - Your Mash-up Mandos are excellent the different style uniforms and equipment put together really make them stand out.

darthstreams  - Amazing looking Django figures and the paakaging just puts them over the top.

Luke Sprywalker - Damn buddy this is what a toy line should look like with all the extra equipment brillant work.

Ron

[Tamer]

Wow. This is gonna be a tough one.

Ok folks I am locking this up as the entry portion is now over (I will unlock it once the judging is over).

Stay tuned to this thread for the results I hope to have in about a week or so. I also have another prize or two to add!

[Tamer]

Well folks I am sure folks are wondering how this worked out and first off I want to thank the entrants for their great entries and patience while we worked this out! Then, I wanted to thank my esteemed panel of judges for helping me sort this. Without further ado, this is the order of how all the judging worked out:

1 - Ron Hembling- JOE Adventure Team

2 - MAXX Replicas-TIE Bomber

3 - Luke Sprywalker - Adventure Team JOE Line

4 - Darth Streams - Django AF Line

5 - Darth Optimus - Mandalorian Cross-over Mash Ups

6 - Jedi Minstrel - War Wolves

Congratulations to Ron Hembling for his winning entry and I feel they are all just great customs. As far as the prizes we will work our way down from number one with the top entrant getting the first pic of the prizes we have listed and then working our way down till we are out of prizes. As I have said before shipping in the US will be free and I will try to cover most of the shipping outside the US and will work that out with the individual entrant.

Once again thanks for your patience and stay tuned as we are almost ready to announce our next contest.