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Re: jlw515 Custom Figures Update 7-3-12 Ceremonial Luke & Gen. Cody
« Reply #90 on: September 04, 2012, 09:56:50 AM »
Cool Luke. I'd like to see a tutorial on how you shortened the feet. Anyway, great job.

Shortening the legs was nothing really. All I did was compare my custom to Jedi Luke & Bespin Luke to match their height. Then I cut off the bottom of the boots, which still left a bit of a socket in the leg. I used the feet from a Baron Fel comic pack figure. The one where he's in the officer uniform. The feet are actually glued in. I don't care much for ankle articulation, seeing as how I hardly ever use it. Simply as that.

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Re: jlw515 Custom Figures Update 7-3-12 Ceremonial Luke & Gen. Cody
« Reply #91 on: September 04, 2012, 09:57:08 AM »

Red Leader
Head/Neck Post - Red Leader
Body - Wedge (Red 2 X-Wing)

I'm tired of every new X-wing pilot figure using Luke's body. I had Wedge from the Red 2 X-Wing set, and don't think the headsculpt looks anything like Wedge (they should have just used the comic pack head); and I wanted a Red Leader that was taller than Luke. So I simply cut off the neck post from the Wedge body. Dremelled out a small hole. Cut the neck post off of Red Leader's body, leaving a stump at the bottom, and glued it into the hole I dremelled. You can see a comparison shot of my custom Red Leader with some of his vertically challenged Yavin pilots. The Wedge in the background is my custom Wedge.


Rebel Taun taun Trooper.
Body - Hoth Rebel Soldier
Legs - Han Taun taun
Head - various Hoth Rebels.

When Hasbro released Hoth Luke, I took my custom and put it back in the fodder box to make a couple of different custom Hoth troopers. So here is a Rebel Taun taun trooper. As you can see various heads can be swapped out to look like different characters.


Echo Base Officers
Colonel
Head - Biggs X-Wing pilot
Body - Gen. Riekeen

Captain
Head - A-Wing pilot
Neck post - Boba Fett
Chest/Skit - Saga Hoth Luke
Arms - Comic pack Wedge
Legs - Hoth Rebel Soldier

If you'll notice in the movie still some officers in Echo base do not wear gloves, and there are several that wear the same suit as Gen. Riekeen. I altered the rank badges as you can see. Again, the one on the right was made from left over parts from my custom Hoth Luke that went back into the fodder bin.


ENS Riev Tyrral

Head/arms - Comic pack Nrin Vakil
Body - Mon Cal A-Wing Pilot


Weequay Gunner - inspired by Luke Sprywalker's custom

Head/hands - Weequay Jedi
Arms - different Weequay Jedi
Chest - Darth Sidious
Vest - Han Solo
Belt - Qui-Gon Jinn
Skirt - Count Dooku
Legs - Barada Jedi


Ak-Rev - inspired by Luke Sprywalker's custom
Top half - Ak-Rev
Legs - Hoth Han Solo

Wookie Elder (Since the Holiday Special, I've always though an albino Wookie was interesting)
repaint of CW Chewbacca


Generator boxes

These are made from wooden cubes, available at hobby stores (Michael's, etc.). I used a compound-mitre saw to cut the angles. The one on the right was my first one, so some of the angles didn't come out as close as I would have liked. I applied various pieces (I think Daigo-bah refers to these as "greeblies"). The actual generators are more white than pictures. The lighting left them looking a little yellow in the picture.

As always comments and critiques welcome.

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Re: jlw515 Custom Figures Update 9-4-12 Various customs!!!
« Reply #92 on: September 04, 2012, 10:56:36 AM »
This latest batch is really nice!  I especially dig the generators.

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Re: jlw515 Custom Figures Update 9-4-12 Various customs!!!
« Reply #93 on: September 04, 2012, 01:30:37 PM »
EPICNESS! Love the new batch man! ;D ;)
My ebay  http://www.ebay.com/usr/zacha-mann?_trksid=p2047675.l2559   My collection and some new customs are there. Check it out


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Re: jlw515 Custom Figures Update 9-4-12 Various customs!!!
« Reply #94 on: September 04, 2012, 04:52:01 PM »
Awesome customs man

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Re: jlw515 Custom Figures Update 9-4-12 Various customs!!!
« Reply #95 on: September 04, 2012, 10:43:45 PM »
wow, great customs, especially like the Wookie Elder and the Generator Boxes :)

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Re: jlw515 Custom Figures Update 9-4-12 Various customs!!!
« Reply #96 on: September 04, 2012, 11:27:05 PM »
NICE!!!  Great work!

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Re: jlw515 Custom Figures Update 9-4-12 Various customs!!!
« Reply #97 on: September 05, 2012, 04:43:46 AM »
Wow, all kinds of custom goodness in here. Let me go take this update to the front page.

Really like the custom Hoth Rebs too.

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Re: jlw515 Custom Figures Update 9-4-12 Various customs!!!
« Reply #98 on: September 05, 2012, 05:52:58 AM »
Very nice work! I am honored that I influenced you to make the ROTJ figures. I love the generator! Now send that thing out to be cast so I can buy some!

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Re: jlw515 Custom Figures Update 9-4-12 Various customs!!!
« Reply #99 on: September 05, 2012, 06:24:17 AM »
What an excellent batch of figures from beginning to most recent . I have wips of some of those figures as well that i have been trying to finish so i can post them asap. I think you did great job of changing and matching up parts to make your customs looking forward to seeing more  again great job

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Re: jlw515 Custom Figures Update 9-4-12 Various customs!!!
« Reply #100 on: September 05, 2012, 07:04:04 AM »
Excellent update.  Love that you included the recipes for each figure!  Although I include recipes in all of my blog posts, I like the way you displayed your's much better.  In the vein of Chewie and Dan of the Dead.  Great work!

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Re: jlw515 Custom Figures Update 9-4-12 Various customs!!!
« Reply #101 on: September 05, 2012, 12:03:03 PM »
Very nice work! I am honored that I influenced you to make the ROTJ figures. I love the generator! Now send that thing out to be cast so I can buy some!

Thanks to everyone for all the nice comments!!

Spry, you are one of my favorite customizers! I love the way you blend parts together. As I've mentioned before, I'm not a huge Jabba's palace fan, but when I saw your customs, and I knew I had some parts, I just had to make those Weequay customs. Ak-Rev is SOOO much better now. Now he can be used in all sorts of situations, and not just some static pose playing the drums.

Thanks again everyone!!

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Re: jlw515 Custom Figures Update 9-4-12 Various customs!!!
« Reply #102 on: September 05, 2012, 12:06:02 PM »
Excellent update.  Love that you included the recipes for each figure!  Although I include recipes in all of my blog posts, I like the way you displayed your's much better.  In the vein of Chewie and Dan of the Dead.  Great work!

Thanks! Including the recipe goes back to the days when Erik Stormtrooper was active in making customs. Actually some of my first custom figures can still be seen on his website. If I remember right you had to list the parts you used. I always like doing this, it saves from people asking me; plus I don't sell my customs so I'm not worried about some "trade secret" of knowing what parts I used. I'm always bugging other customizers about what parts they used in their customs. No one has ever complained, so hopefully it's never been an issue.

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Re: jlw515 Custom Figures Update 9-4-12 Various customs!!!
« Reply #103 on: November 03, 2012, 08:34:16 AM »
Ok, so they're not really "Mandalorian Clone Customs," but that seems to be the going trend in custom figures; and it made you look!!!!!

Herre are my entries for the latest Yakfinities!
Latara
Latara was the female co-star to Kneesa on the Ewok cartoon. There seems to be some inconsistencies on how she is painted. Latara even appeared in “Ewoks on Ice,” and Kenner actually made an Ewok doll of Latara.


Head – Ewok comic pack “Romba head”
Body – Wicket
Hood – from TRU Ewok multipack
Braid – Boba Fett

I may try later on to make a resin cast of Kneesa’s head so that Latara has a more feminine “cartoonish” head sculpt.

Togruta Female
I never considered Shaak Ti’s species as a “sex symbol” until I saw this avatar (pic in right corner) used on one of the forums.


Head – Shaak Ti (Ep. 2 Jedi Council)
Chest – Spylounge.net
Arms – Shaak Ti (I think I mix matched arms
Skirt – Shaak Ti (dyed a different color)
Legs – Asajj Ventress

Twi’lek Female
There is a Twi’lek female in the Outlander Club that has Caucasian skin tones.



Head – POTF2 Oola (which I think is an awesome sculpt)
Chest – Spylounge.net
Arms – Pregnant Padme
Legs – Leesub Sirlin
Skirt – Golden Compass figure (wished they’d make the sequels)

Leia the Librarian
I borrowed this idea from Dan of the Dead. He made a Baroness figure similar to this. I figure this maybe some sort of Fanboy fantasy of Leia as the teacher/librarian.


Head – Medical Frigate Leia
Chest – GIJOE ROC Scarlett
Arms – GIJOE ROC Cover Girl
Legs – POTF2 Mon Mothma
Skirt – Golden Compass figure

Green Alien Female
There was an alien similar to this in the “Vader’s Quest” comic book. I lucked out and got this cool custom head sculpt through the “treasure chest” on Rebelscum we mailed back and forth a few years ago.



Head – Custom (RS “Treasure Chest” find)
Body – Bariss Ofee

Hoth Echo Base Female
This is a simple “head swap.” The ball joint on the neck made the head swell out a bit. Makes the figure look a little like Dakota Fanning to me. There are several females in the background in Echo Base.



Head – Beru Whitesun
Body – Hoth Leia
Headgear – ROTS Obi-Wan

And last but certainly not least, getting away from the Femme Fatales; I present three Ewok customs!



(From left to right)
Ewok – Comic pack Ewok (I like the color of this figure)
Hood – Comic pack Ewok
Sling – POTJ Teebo

Head – Custom Resin Cast (this figure was originally my custom Teebo)
Body – Comic pack Ewok
Hood & Sling – TRU Ewok Multipack

Ewok – Comic pack Ewok (mix-matched head & body – painted black)
Hood & Sling – TRU Ewok Multipack
(This Ewok looks like an old grumpy elder to me)

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Nice update!