Topic: NFC's Star Wars customs (4/4 - random WTH)

[night force cynic]

 


thank you, I'm proud of them.   Honestly, Jabba's criminal empire is so big that I figure he's probably got hundreds of goons, hitmen, debt collectors, and dealers working for him we've never seen. 


"Tell your circle of friends there not to look so anxious with their guns." - Han Solo to Heater


I have to wonder when Brian Daly concieved the scene what HE imagined that 'circle of friends' consisted of.   I'm glad everyone likes these.

[droidbait]

wowey u must have a special gift to paint like that

[Tamer]

This is one sweet Gang of thugs. Nice work.

[Cimter]

Consider the idea pinched, I am really liking these and I know where I can get a Nimbanel Head, oh by the way guys expect to see 3 new customs from me very soon.  Sorry for the Hijack, these are most definitely pinched however.

[clonemedic96]

i love this whole gang dude, but id have to say my favorite is the Ithorian only because i love that species

[110clones]

cool looking squad

[wraithnine]

nice! mate what a great set of customs

[night force cynic]

okay, I'm stuck on my latest round of customs so I unfortunately don't have anything new for y'all to look at   

but I do a question.   I'm looking to expand my horizons a little bit.   I asked about paint in the Resources section but I need more help than just the paint I've discovered so I'll ask here.


Who has customized some die cast metal vehicles?  I know CH said he has.

I'm wanting to try it on a couple Hasbro Titaniums but I don't know what I'm doing, in fact, I am not even sure where to start.  Need to hit the hobby ship this weekend but I need to get a list together of what I'm looking for....  Type of paint?  What brands of paint, just Testor's?  Should I primer first?   What should I use to seal the paint on?   And if I'm doing more than just painting, how do i body different metal parts together?

Are the Titaniums all made of die cast metal or are there plastic parts here and there on them?  I swear the V-19 wings are plastic, if not, that's some light metal.  I don't know, I've never put a model vehicle together.


Do i need different paints for the metal and the plastic?   (if I do, I'm worried about finding matching paint colors among the different kinds)

[Clonehead]

NFC, yes, alot of the titaniums feature both metal and plastic parts on em. When I did mine, I just used the same paint for everything. At the time, I used Testors or Model Master enamel paints with pretty good luck. You can find a couple of shots of some JSF titaniums that I did in my out of date Shipyards custom Gallery, like this one



and this one


I believe that there are more in my custom figure thread but I'm not sure where. You would have to go through it and see.
I didn't use any primer but painted directly onto the painted metal and plastic and didn't seal over it as enamel is more durable than acrylic when it drys.

Good luck buddy. I can't wait to see what you come up with.

[night force cynic]

awesome, CH, thanks for the help. 

I'll get started on some stuff this weekend!

[night force cynic]

my own interpretation of Dr Evazen (aka Roofoo) and Ponda Baba (aka Sawkee).   




I wanted Walrusman to look more like the Aqualish seen in the prequels, the extra eyes are creepy and interesting and the tusks are a LOT better than the ass mouth the Cantina mask had.  The vintage figure's wardrobe was CLASSIC, the movie wardrobe sucked.  AND flipper feet!


I wanted the guy with a death sentence in a dozen planetary systems to look a lot younger in his prime for master criminal escapades, more believeable as a guy who's truly dangerous.  If he'd been in the Outlander Club when Kenobi and Sky Guy were, he might've appeared like this.




I hate the storyline that WEG devised for these 2 guys, I think they have a lot of potetial to be real creeps, really vile thugs who can scheme the galazy into their back pockets if they need to.   I think maybe their story is better left a mystery.

[wraithnine]

in my day ponda baba was nicknamed "bumface"

[Tamer]

Cool deal, I will put these up tomorrow if Clint doesn't beat me to it. Looks great. Paint apps are good, face sculpts looks good. Good job guy.

[clonemedic96]

cool ones NFC!

[Clonehead]

Looking good, NFC! I like how the Death sentence guy turned out. That's a good look for him.