Author Topic: Darth Optimus' Custom Nerdery! STRIDER HIRYU, fully kitted  (Read 143729 times)

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Re: Darth Optimus' Customs RETURNS! Predator "Scourge" finished!
« Reply #405 on: February 27, 2012, 08:32:24 AM »
Very  nice. I look forward to talking about this on our podcast. On the front page.

DO, if you want to email me (tamer@imperialshipyards.net) your top 30 pictures I can get an ISY CAFN Gallery started for you. I know picking thirty of your top picks won't be easy, but we will definitely add more to it later.

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Re: Darth Optimus' Customs RETURNS! Predator "Scourge" finished!
« Reply #406 on: February 27, 2012, 10:55:06 AM »
Hey DO that predator is all sorts of Bad A$$!!

love the colour scheme and the amount  of detail you went into with the paint apps on this guy! He is definately some of your best work yet!!!

Keep up the awesome work mate, I cant wait to see what you have up your sleeve next  ;D

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Re: Darth Optimus' Customs RETURNS! Predator "Scourge" finished!
« Reply #407 on: February 27, 2012, 03:34:11 PM »
Tamer: why, hell yes!  *ahem*  I mean, "of course".

WB: Thanks!  This was one of my favorite pieces.  I had a blast figuring out what trophies to give 'em.  My USCM squad is up to TEN (human) members and several robot sidekicks.  I am having difficulty getting the armor needed from my supplier that they are taking longer to finish than I'd like.

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Re: Darth Optimus' Customs RETURNS! Predator "Scourge" finished!
« Reply #408 on: February 27, 2012, 05:23:52 PM »
Very nice job on the Predator...loving the trophies too!! :)

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Re: Darth Optimus' Customs RETURNS! Predator "Scourge" finished!
« Reply #409 on: February 27, 2012, 08:26:36 PM »
Roaming the farthest edges of the Outer Rim are The Doctor and The Nurse.  Originally a medical droid and a scavenger-scout droid aboard a Rebel salvage hauler.  The ship dropped out of warp to repair a faulty hyperdrive motivator when it was caught in a freak solar storm.  The organic crew was killed outright and the magnetic radiation shorted out most of the droid crew.  The remaining 2-1B slowly evolved himself into a "biologic pain-threshold manager"...aka a torture droid.  He modified himself to allow his right arm to detach and currently utilizes the following "tools": an industrial-grade plasma torch, a claw "borrowed" from a heavy salvage droid, a carbonite blaster and a sonic welder.  His personality is of an ice-cold, detached serial killer (think Jigsaw from the "Saw" series).  His Nurse began exisitence as a scavenger-scout droid.  Over the years "her" personality morphed into a hyperactive sociopath (think Harley Quinn from the 90's Batman animated).  Gleefully carrying out her Doctor's wishes is the crux of her existence.  The two travel the galaxy in randomly genrated spirals on lightspeed, answering SOS calls to frightening ends.  Once the airlocks fill up with "broken toys" they flush them and start over.  THey have been at their macabre game for well over 200 years, and are the only beings that have a "terminate on site" order that has transcended all governments to rise and fall.




The Doctor:



Sonic Welder attachement:

Carbonite blaster attachment:

Plasma-Torch attachment:

Salvage Claw attachment:


The Nurse:




The lighting could be better, and I may take more pics to get the colors to come thru better.

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Re: Darth Optimus' Customs RETURNS! The Doctor & The Nurse torture droids!
« Reply #410 on: February 27, 2012, 08:34:44 PM »
Brilliant droids!! The doctor is insanely awesome!! :)

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Re: Darth Optimus' Customs RETURNS! The Doctor & The Nurse torture droids!
« Reply #411 on: February 27, 2012, 08:38:49 PM »
That's probably the single darkest thing I've ever seen inserted into the SW universe.

Awesome, but dark.
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Re: Darth Optimus' Customs RETURNS! The Doctor & The Nurse torture droids!
« Reply #412 on: February 28, 2012, 12:04:00 AM »
super cool work, love 'em :)

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Re: Darth Optimus' Customs RETURNS! The Doctor & The Nurse torture droids!
« Reply #413 on: February 28, 2012, 06:10:40 AM »
Wow man, you are on fire! So many awesome customs! The Predator is so bad ass! You really brought him to life with your paint aps. Then the Doctor and Nurse, such a great idea! I LOVE the Doctor, very dark ad dangerous looking. Like he could be DR. Evaziens assistant. Love the parts and over all look of him. Very well done DO!

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Re: Darth Optimus' Customs RETURNS! The Doctor & The Nurse torture droids!
« Reply #414 on: February 28, 2012, 06:50:19 AM »
Very Cool!

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Re: Darth Optimus' Customs RETURNS! The Doctor & The Nurse torture droids!
« Reply #415 on: February 28, 2012, 03:38:15 PM »
Creepy as heck DO!! But great characters - they'd fit right into my dark, adult SW RPG sessions!! Great paint apps and part choices as always mate! :)

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Re: Darth Optimus' Customs RETURNS! The Doctor & The Nurse torture droids!
« Reply #416 on: February 28, 2012, 07:11:16 PM »
Something tells me the patient isn't going to make it ;) Very grindhouse my friend!

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Re: Darth Optimus' Customs RETURNS! The Doctor & The Nurse torture droids!
« Reply #417 on: February 28, 2012, 07:54:51 PM »
Thanks again everybody.  This seems to be the norm for me...a dry spell, the BAM! A ton of work!  Here's more!

Here is the full crew of the Bird of Prey freighter.  The pilot and copilot were created for the last contest.  I alluded to the copilot (Byn Kasz) being really good with droids, so here they are:
From left to right: Byn Kasz (copilot of the Bird Of Prey), FRAN (cheif of security), Beelo (medic and navigator), SAM (mechanic and chef) and Myllo Xyllo (owner and pilot).


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Beelo:




SAM:




Organic crew:


Droid crew:


Beelo was actually built by my son, who occassionally posts as Dark Wolf.  He has Battle Droid appendages, a 4-LOM head and body from a Deleted Scene Jedi Research Droid from AOTC.  FRAN is: a concept IG-88 head, body from a Chopper Droid, arms from an Octopurra Droid and thrusters from a GI Joe H.A.L.O. jetpack.  SAM is a vintage R2 dome on a vintage 2-1B body w/ vintage 3PO legs and an arm from the original Droid Factory set.

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Re: Darth Optimus' Customs RETURNS! ALL NEW! ALL DIFFERENT!
« Reply #418 on: February 28, 2012, 07:58:53 PM »
These are all brilliant!! I think I like Beelo and SAM the best! :)

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Re: Darth Optimus' Customs RETURNS! ALL NEW! ALL DIFFERENT!
« Reply #419 on: February 28, 2012, 08:20:49 PM »
Beelo is AMAZING!  Can we see some more pics of Beelo in better lighting, please?
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