Topic: February No Paint Kit Bash Contest

[Luke Sprywalker]

Another great figure Von! That cantina is looking awesome!

Tom that is a good looking armor choice for Darth Bane and great use of the Joe parts.

[Phatty]

I actually went out and bought a couple of figures to use for this contest, and then to paint later for customs I have in mind.  I haven't bought Star Wars figs in a long time!  Everyone's doing so well with this, this is a lot of fun to see!

[von reinhardt]

Another great figure Von! That cantina is looking awesome!

Thanks mate,

click below for more cantina pix.
http://starwarsvonfrost.blogspot.com/2010/12/chalmuns-cantina-aka-mos-eisley-cantina.html

[CloneSniper78]

That Cantina is packed! There were some hot alien chicks in there too, lol.

[spudafett]

my entry

No-Paint Super-arty Trench-coat Mando







Basically:
the upper torso is the galen marek in bounty hunter disguise
loser torso/hips is a gi-joe BAT (belt removed)
arms and belt are from the comic pack black scout trooper (shadow scout?)
legs are from city strike snake eyes
gun/helmet random fodder
trench-coat: custom cut fabric

[Rustyscustoms]

Hey guys finally finished off my customs for this contest so time to poast them up. As always i have begun writting a back story for these guys which i will post up in my thread with more pictures of these guys. but for now heres the gist.

The two young humans are brothers both jedi are IZEAKIAL & TAYLETH, who are on the run from palpatines purge order. The other two are elite acolytes of Papatine who he has charged with hunting them down. more names and details will be in the back story when its finished. thanks guys

1st the younger jedi brother IZEAKIAL.


Head: Commander Keller comic pack
Torso: Trinto Duaba
Arms: Talon Karade
Legs: Talon Karade
Belt: Bultar Swan comic pack

2nd the older Brother TAYLETH.


Head: Galactic Marine comic pack
Head Wrap: Galen Marek
Torso: Talon Karade
Arms: Gijoe figure
Hands: Anakin Skywalker clone wars
Holster: Talon Karade
Skirt: Count Dooku
Legs: Imperial Knight Draco

3rd is the chiss acolyte


Head: Thrawn
Hood: Sidious
Torse: Mon Calamari warrior
Top Arms: Nikto guy
Bottom Arms: Vangaurd
Belt: Obi Wan Concept
Legs: Darth Vader
Skirt: Darth Vader

and 4th is the last acolyte


Head: Rug Slem
Torso: Vilmark comic pack
Arms Top: Vilmark
Arms Bottom: Gijoe Figure
Legs: Trinto Duaba
Skirt: Ganner Krieg
Holster: Trinto Duaba.
Hood: Darth Nihlis

So there are my four guys, 2 young Jedi Knights and 2 Dark acolytes =D
hope you all like them.

[Clonehead]

We may get the most entries ever in this contest, LOL.
Devin, I like your mando. Man, your easy to do trench coat really gives this guy a cool look.
Dan, your figures look cool. I like the Chiss one the most.

[Rustyscustoms]

thanks man, and yeh that trench coat is awesome, no doubt ill use the same design one day

And yeh the chiss guy came up pretty cool, looking nice and hardcore. I was going to deck all these guys out a little more but i think im preparing for a photo novel and wanted to have them as posable, and changable as possible with ease hence the simple effective looks of all 4.

[Phatty]

Devin, don't hate me for saying this, but that may be one of your slickest and wickedest looking Mandos to date, and that's without paint!  I'm very pleased with him for sure!

Rusty, you crank out more customs than I can keep up with, and they all are very unique!  I think I like Izekial the most of the lot!

[Luke Sprywalker]

Nice work everyone!

Spud- very nice looking Mando! I love the scout trooper pieces on his hips and the trenchcoat rocks!

Rusty - great work man! I saw your customs thread first and thought hey, these are all NPKB's.  I like the brothers and the story line but the Chiss is my favorite!

[DocOutlands]

Wow, the "No Paint" part is really cranking up the creativity!  Spud, when I saw your Mando, I thought, "Hey - rules said no paint!"  I totally FORGOT about the Galen armor!  Very surprising entry, since we all *expect* certain colors on a no-paint Mando.  Very nice trenchcoat, too.  I may need to try that in vinyl with a finished edge.  Wonder how it would look with those new Hoth Han arms...

Rusty - my son and I agree that the Trinto Duaba figure is probably the single most useful figure for us customizers that Hasbro has released.  Fantastic work on all of your guys!  (Rum Sleg is that bounty hunter's name - and yes, the belt/holster is from Trinto)

Very VERY good entries across the board!

[spudafett]

thanks guys.  I was so tired of fussing with the coat last night that simpler turned out better this time.  With it being one solid piece more like a vest with tails it makes it easy to re-produce. Anyone of you all should be able to create something similar.  The secret is to get fabric that WILL NOT FRAY since you wouldn't be heming the edges through any sewing.

I may make another couple figures for this.  It may sound strange but this contest was actually very dificult for me... I realy wanted to paint a helmet up for this guy and had to fight that temptation! 

I may also go back and try to make a more elaborate coat and hopefully create a tutorial as well....

[CloneSniper78]

Here is my SAMURAI YODA.

CW Yoda head and hands
 Jawa body
one of the older Yoda snakes
Storm Shadow Samurai Swords

[beige-4]

nice yoda cs78 ! i really like rusty's four entries ! very good , also think that devin's mando looks over the top !

[Rustyscustoms]

Thanks for the kind words guys.
And yeh so far i would have to say Trinto and Talon Karade are some of the most useful figures ive owned parts wise, except the trinto arms i think they suck ass, they (and head) are the only part of these two figures combined i have not used so thats alot of  used up parts between two figures. I say to anyone out there who can get them easy and has not, whether or not you like the characters grab them when your at the store, they make great parts and have very unique features.