Topic: flaccideagle's Custom Vehicles ~~ UPDATED 9/26/2011

[flaccideagle]

Thanks so much guys...
I started two new customs last week.  One is the previously mentioned Mando speeder, and the other is a Joe-based one man vehicle.  I'll post pictures later this week when I can.  The Mando speeder bike is 90% done and will probably be posted first.  I also did some work on some non-star wars customs this weekend but nothing that will be photo-worthy for at least a year at my pace

[flaccideagle]

Here's a new one for you guys.  This is another little dio vehicle i cooked up.  I really like the way the front/engine came out.


IRIDONIAN SPEEDER  - AUG 2011

A Rebel veteran reluctantly lets his little friend borrow his vintage Iridorian Speeder.  "Not a scratch, man- it's over three hundred cycles old!"  The Chadra-Fan wonders how he would even be able to tell what was already there or not!







I got this vehicle for one dollar last winter, and it sat along with the other stuff in a box I had earmarked for trades.  Seeing as how the original toy is trash and no one wants one for any price, I wondered what I could do with it.  Originally I was going to paint a Zabrak to go with it, and decided to focus on making the vehicle cool on it's own, Maul free.







I thought the engine / front sensor array came out pretty nice.



"Alright, alright.  Here's the keycards.  Remember what I said. Not a scratch."



"Whatever."






Thanks for looking and I'm 75%+ through with a fun MANDALORIAN SPEEDER which I'll finish next week.  I hope.

[hannsfartknocker]

aweso speeder man

[flaccideagle]

aweso speeder man

thanks man!

[Tamer]

Another great speeder FE.

It is now on the front page. I can't wait to see that new one too.

[Mandalore_1992]

mandalorian speeder?      woooooooooooooaaaaaa I can't wait for see it   great job man 

[darthdaddy]

Love it!!

[FialaFernbrugg]

interesting vehicle and backstory FE
as always, great weathering
can't wait to see your Mando speeder

[Luke Sprywalker]

Very cool! I found one of these Lava pods at discount and was wondering what I could turn it into.

[flaccideagle]

Guys thanks so much.  You know I love to share here with you all.  You're just the best.

Work has been busy again (as it always does!  I finish a custom and post it and then BAM more work!) but I will be putting up some WIP pics of the Mando speeder this week and finishing it off really soon!

cheers!

[DocOutlands]

FE, what did you use for the nose of that speeder??  That is seriously awesome.  It looks like it could also be used as a miniature city if you turned it sideways.

[flaccideagle]

FE, what did you use for the nose of that speeder??  That is seriously awesome.  It looks like it could also be used as a miniature city if you turned it sideways.

Doc it's just a bunch of weapons and other spare plastic bits glued to a styrene disc.  I had to use this Plaststruct ABS glue that is incredibly toxic to bind the acrylic and ABS to the styrene!

The final one is actually the third attempt and trying to make it as cool as possible took weeks of working every night to make the bits disappear into the model.

I did a bunch more paint work and part fitting on the speederbike I'm working on and hopefully if all goes well at work this week, it will be done in a few days!

[DocOutlands]

Very cool end result.  Hopefully you didn't rot your brain out with the fumes!!

Great, now I'm wondering what a Mole Pod would look like with some speeder-bike control vanes out the nose instead of the drill...

[flaccideagle]

Very cool end result.  Hopefully you didn't rot your brain out with the fumes!!

Great, now I'm wondering what a Mole Pod would look like with some speeder-bike control vanes out the nose instead of the drill...

Do it! They're so cheap.  It's a cool little vehicle, and really easy to disassemble.  Try TJ Maxx, they have tons of GI JOE stuff for incredibly cheap.  I passed Wednesday on a cool giant desert airplane for only $6, and there was a ton of Mole Pods red-tagged for $2.  This is in my area of NJ where all toys stores are picked daily with a fine toothed comb for anything of value/awesomeness.  I'm sure you'll find it around you!

[DocOutlands]

Y'know... I think I actually have one tucked off in storage.  Seems like I grabbed "Raid on the Pit" or something - had 4 or so figs and a Mole Pod.  (If I had known about TJ Maxx, I think I was right next door to one Sunday.  But it's well over an hour away from here...)