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Re: Darth Optimus' Customs. UPDATE 06-03! ARC 187 & USMCs!
« Reply #615 on: June 04, 2012, 04:09:08 PM »
Fantastic job on those marines!!

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Re: Darth Optimus' Customs. UPDATE 06-03! ARC 187 & USMCs!
« Reply #616 on: June 04, 2012, 04:56:37 PM »
Thanks for the love, guys. Hopefully will get to snap individual pics soon. These are some my favorite finished pieces, but I hate them while WIPs. It's the camo detailing that kills me. Never got the hang of camo patterns.

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Re: Darth Optimus' Customs. UPDATE 06-03! ARC 187 & USMCs!
« Reply #617 on: June 04, 2012, 07:32:46 PM »
Unbelievable man !!!! You should be at Hasbro making our star wars figures Cant wait to see more

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Re: Darth Optimus' Customs. UPDATE 06-03! ARC 187 & USMCs!
« Reply #618 on: June 04, 2012, 07:42:31 PM »
And again thanks for your kind words on the obi wan figure and yes i am currently working on a back story as to why i chose  Rex's armor and a custom Rex to go with the story stay tuned

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Re: Darth Optimus' Customs. UPDATE 06-03! ARC 187 & USMCs!
« Reply #619 on: June 05, 2012, 06:40:28 AM »
The Marines look great! Glad you finished them for us to enjoy.

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Re: Darth Optimus' Customs. UPDATE 06-03! ARC 187 & USMCs!
« Reply #620 on: June 05, 2012, 07:40:45 AM »
really digging the teams you put together :)

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Re: Darth Optimus' Customs. UPDATE 06-03! ARC 187 & USMCs!
« Reply #621 on: June 08, 2012, 01:23:32 AM »
Oh my, those are some FANTASTIC marines DO!! Well worth the wait to see the final figures and I hope you do some more!!!!

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Re: Darth Optimus' Customs. UPDATE 06-03! ARC 187 & USMCs!
« Reply #622 on: June 08, 2012, 05:00:07 AM »
Thanks, WB. Wave 2 will have four figs, as will Wave 3. Wave four will have three and a suit of power armor.
Whew!  I feel like Hasbro!

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Re: Darth Optimus' Customs. UPDATE 07/09! Well, a little one anyhow...
« Reply #623 on: July 09, 2012, 06:57:06 PM »
Here is a small update.  Lots of stuff ready, or in WIP mode...but very few things photographed.  Massive, life-altering problems kept me from updating sooner, but hopefully back on track.

First up is actually a snap-together model kit of a CIS droid tank, but my son and I play with it with the figs.  It's out of scale (being very small), but still cool.  I've had these forever, but just got around to finishing them.  I did the grey one, my son did the red.

This one is the one I did:




With Fordo for scale:


My son's version:




Both:



Next up is a droid I threw together:




Head from a Marvel Armored Hydra fig from Cap'n America, body and upper arms from a TCW Super Battle Droid, chest plate is a pauldron from a GI Joe Iron Grenadier, legs from a Concept IG-88, mid arms from a Tri-Droid, claw arms from a POTF2 Riot Control Stormtrooper.  Concept IG-88 foreams on back as power cells, TCW Magna Guard back armor grafted into similar place.  Despite being cobbled together, the arms are fully articulated.





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Re: Darth Optimus' Customs. UPDATE 07/09! Well, a little one anyhow...
« Reply #624 on: July 09, 2012, 07:17:26 PM »
I really like the droid tanks, they are better that size. Are they very sturdy, being they are supposed to be models?
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Re: Darth Optimus' Customs. UPDATE 07/09! Well, a little one anyhow...
« Reply #625 on: July 09, 2012, 08:15:30 PM »
Wheeljack, yeah...we love 'em too.  They are kinda fragile, since they are the simple snap-together models.  But that's what superglue is for, right?

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Re: Darth Optimus' Customs. UPDATE 07/09! Well, a little one anyhow...
« Reply #626 on: July 10, 2012, 04:45:22 AM »
Awesome update. Time to go get this on the front page too. I think I might like that red tank more than yours Michael!

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Re: Darth Optimus' Customs. UPDATE 07/09! Well, a little one anyhow...
« Reply #627 on: July 10, 2012, 06:25:11 AM »
Wow those tanks are cool and I'm not a big droid fan. Your sons is really nice too its nice to know theres more kid customizers out there than just me and Elias but then again I've been away awhille. ;D ;D ;D


I maybe little but i make one shot and one kill... At a cool custom-one more thing ITSA TRAP!

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Re: Darth Optimus' Customs. UPDATE 07/09! Well, a little one anyhow...
« Reply #628 on: July 10, 2012, 06:43:10 AM »
Thanks, guys. I think I like my son's (the red one) more than my own also. He's ten and dabbles in custom figure work. Mostly, he's into LEGO designs.

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Re: Darth Optimus' Customs. UPDATE 07/09! Well, a little one anyhow...
« Reply #629 on: July 10, 2012, 07:25:23 AM »
note to self:never pick a fist fight with that droid....  lol   awesome mate!
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