Author Topic: Darth Optimus' Custom Nerdery! STRIDER HIRYU, fully kitted  (Read 143512 times)

Offline Darth Optimus

  • Devourer of brownies
  • Brigadier
  • *
  • Posts: 1073
  • Feedback: +20/-0
  • Gender: Male
  • What I lack in skill, I make up for in creativity.
Re: Darth Optimus' Customs 11/07 NEW! (old) Predator Armorer
« Reply #825 on: November 27, 2012, 09:36:14 PM »
Thanks, Mungo.  That's a really nice sentiment

Offline Darth Optimus

  • Devourer of brownies
  • Brigadier
  • *
  • Posts: 1073
  • Feedback: +20/-0
  • Gender: Male
  • What I lack in skill, I make up for in creativity.
Re: Darth Optimus' Customs 11/07 NEW! (old) Predator Armorer
« Reply #826 on: November 27, 2012, 09:53:52 PM »
Hey, Yarders!  I'm in the process of uploading a TON of pics on finished peices and WIPs to be unveiled soon.  In the meantime, check out this page:

https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/CANCELLED.FIGURES/?fref=ts

It's for a Facebook page called "Bring Them Back" and it's for discussion of cancelled, prototype, one-off and never-were action figures.  It's by my buddy Red Rebel Customs, and it's super awesome.  You know how I know?  'Cause I'm totally an admin there.  :) 

Offline Darth Optimus

  • Devourer of brownies
  • Brigadier
  • *
  • Posts: 1073
  • Feedback: +20/-0
  • Gender: Male
  • What I lack in skill, I make up for in creativity.
Re: Darth Optimus' Customs 11/28! Crew of the "Dragon's Fury"
« Reply #827 on: November 28, 2012, 07:44:51 PM »
Anyway, here are some new customs.

 This is the key crew of the rogue Star Destroyer "Dragon's Fury" under command of the power-mad Zabrak who insists on calling himself "The Dragon King".  His chief means of conveyance ground-side is a modified AT-AT called "The Red Dragon".  His top officers took his cue an they all gave themselves nifty "pirate-ish" nicknames.

The Dragon King.  Former first officer aboard "The Tamer", a special operations Star Destroyer in the Outer Rim during the Battle of Endor.  Seeing the destruction of the Deat Star via the holonet, he quickly inacted a mutiny and siezed control of the ship for himself.  Christining himself "The Dragon King" and renaming the ship "Dragon's Fury" he set about on a course of piracy and pillaging.  The majority of the crew stayed aboar, thinking work under this crazy Zabrak could not possibly be any worse than under the rule of Palpatine.





Trooper Commander Gravedigger, a Fett clone.  Equipped with a prototype dual-barrel quad blaster.  What?  The blaster has two physical barrels, each ending in two focal points...thus resulting in four blasts.






Heavy Door Gunner Widowmaker, also a Fett clone.  Favorite thing to do?  Hang out the door of the Red Dragon, shootin' stuff.  His smartgun is equipped with a cutting-edge flip-up display screen, displaying info from a variety of sources in a form of code known as "The Matrix".  The purpose is coallate the various data streams into a cohesive, useable form.  Widowmaker can pick out targets from the screen using his helmet HUD and then "fire and forget", as the projectiles are self-guiding.  The other troops insist, however, that he is actually watching Twi'lek pr0n...as he is the only member of the crew who can read "The Matrix" code.  And maybe he is...







Chief Engineers Scar and Purge.  These twins are mechanical geniuses and are in charge of keeping the ship and all her vehicles in top form.





ARC Trooper Fatal.  The only surviving ARC trooper on the ship.  He functions as The Dragon King's personal scout and assassin.





Captain, Air Patrol Screamer.  One of the best Imperial pilots, like EVAR.





Spacetroopers Rampage and Psycho.  These two hulking freakshows are experts in orbital EVA (extra vehicular actions) tactics.  That means they leave a perfectly good spacecraft, head on to the hull and kick ass.  It is also said that Psycho enjoys the "affections" of Ewoks, but that's just a nasty rumor.  Right?





Dark Trooper Power Armor pilot Berserk.  Pilot of one of the few Dark Trooper Phase 3 suits to survive Kyle Katarn's assault on the secret lab, Berzerk is a monster.   Abnormally large and strong, he is rumored to be a gengineered hybrid clone of Wookie/Human DNA.  He is mute and has covered his pale, slightly orangish skin in Wookie tribal tattoos.  He wileds a power hammer in battle, along with a massive twin-barrel concussion launcher. 





Scout Droid "Whisper" and astromech R2-T1 "Lil' Monster".  Whisper displays the same odd "Matrix" code as Widowmaker's smartgun.  "Lil' Monster" is The Dragon King's personal aid.




Roving Assault Droid "Rage".  Custom built by the twins, this unit can be dropped ground-side to wreck havok behind enemy lines.




Group shot!  Yes, I am aware that a good number of these are POTF2 figures.  I had 'em in my trade post for the longest time with no interest.  So, being 1) low on funds and 2) crafty, I decided to go ahead and use 'em.  Thanks for tuning in! 


PS: The "Red Dragon" AT-AT is in WIP mode.







Offline Luke Sprywalker

  • Grand Admiral
  • *
  • Posts: 6749
  • Feedback: +30/-0
  • Gender: Male
Re: Darth Optimus' Customs 11/28! Crew of the "Dragon's Fury"
« Reply #828 on: November 29, 2012, 07:30:51 AM »
Holy gobbidy gook! What a crew! Man you make the POTF figures look great! Love the little droid featuring your greeblies. This is really bad ass Michael!

Offline Darth Optimus

  • Devourer of brownies
  • Brigadier
  • *
  • Posts: 1073
  • Feedback: +20/-0
  • Gender: Male
  • What I lack in skill, I make up for in creativity.
Re: Darth Optimus' Customs 11/28! Crew of the "Dragon's Fury"
« Reply #829 on: November 29, 2012, 11:58:14 AM »
Thanks, Spry!  I appreciate the love!  This was a gun crew to make. I may add more to the ranks.

And I need to finish "The Red Dragon" AT-AT mod for them to cruise around in.

Offline Tamer

  • Administrator
  • Grand Admiral
  • *
  • Posts: 37789
  • Feedback: +204/-0
  • Gender: Male
  • He who is one with the Walker
Re: Darth Optimus' Customs 11/28! Crew of the "Dragon's Fury"
« Reply #830 on: November 29, 2012, 01:22:24 PM »
Of course I had to front page this. The Door Gunner is my favorite, but all of them are very nice. Well done and what a great use for POTF2 Figures.

Offline Commander_Kurgan

  • Brigadier
  • *
  • Posts: 1156
  • Feedback: +8/-0
  • Gender: Male
    • Kurgan's Star Wars Customs
Re: Darth Optimus' Customs 11/28! Crew of the "Dragon's Fury"
« Reply #831 on: November 29, 2012, 03:01:58 PM »
Off the scale.
Your POTF customs are really cool.
Kurgan's Showcase: http://kurganscustoms.blogspot.com

People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf

Offline Mando Assasin

  • Mando Assasin for hire
  • Admiral
  • *
  • Posts: 1945
  • Feedback: +3/-0
  • Gender: Male
  • Some people just wanna watch the world burn
    • http://www.flickr.com/photos/83627924@N02/
Re: Darth Optimus' Customs 11/28! Crew of the "Dragon's Fury"
« Reply #832 on: November 29, 2012, 05:35:05 PM »
Great job!
My ebay  http://www.ebay.com/usr/zacha-mann?_trksid=p2047675.l2559   My collection and some new customs are there. Check it out


[url=http://www.flickr.com/phot

Offline kreeper2

  • Brigadier
  • *
  • Posts: 1145
  • Feedback: +0/-0
Re: Darth Optimus' Customs 11/28! Crew of the "Dragon's Fury"
« Reply #833 on: November 29, 2012, 06:01:45 PM »
WOW AWESOME JOB!!!

Offline Mungo Baobab

  • Customs Merchant
  • Marshal
  • *
  • Posts: 1649
  • Feedback: +10/-0
  • Gender: Male
Re: Darth Optimus' Customs 11/28! Crew of the "Dragon's Fury"
« Reply #834 on: November 29, 2012, 09:08:06 PM »
Awesome!

Offline Darth Optimus

  • Devourer of brownies
  • Brigadier
  • *
  • Posts: 1073
  • Feedback: +20/-0
  • Gender: Male
  • What I lack in skill, I make up for in creativity.
Re: Darth Optimus' Customs 11/29! New WIP pics!
« Reply #835 on: November 29, 2012, 09:45:20 PM »
Thanks, guys!  Here are a few WIP pics.

First up is my latest Mando Mash-up fig.  This one is based on Kratos, from the "God of War" series.  He will have a nifty chain-whip effect when finished.  And the obligatory mixed universe backstory.

Kratos, the Ghost of Keldabe:





Next up is a BAT variant.  This unit is a pilot.




Third,  the next Mando Mash-up figs.  This duo and their rides will be inspired by the Junkion tribe from the old-school Transformers.  They are also my first attempt to meld Joe lowers onto SW uppers without losing the waist articulation.  Wish me luck!


Lastly (for tonight), this is a TCW trio of clones.  I don't normally customize TCW style, but I had a fistful of clones in my parts bin and three of these heads.  I figured I'd make them into a team.  Not happy with the camo work (I suck at camo), but maybe after weathering it'll look better.


Thanks for tuning in!

Offline benjani_1976

  • Colonel
  • *
  • Posts: 578
  • Feedback: +0/-0
  • Gender: Male
  • Banksy = star wars LEGEND
Re: Darth Optimus' Customs 11/29! New WIP pics!
« Reply #836 on: November 30, 2012, 05:25:10 AM »
Don't knock the camo you've done there.........I seriously like the look,I agree a bit of weathering will top it off but it looks a great design already.

Ghost of Keldabe is outstanding,I can already tell it's going in my favourite customs album. what head is that you used?
Seriously good work
« Last Edit: November 30, 2012, 07:15:19 AM by benjani_1976 »

Offline Jedi Minstrel

  • Marshal
  • *
  • Posts: 1664
  • Feedback: +0/-0
  • Gender: Male
Re: Darth Optimus' Customs 11/29! New WIP pics!
« Reply #837 on: November 30, 2012, 06:30:27 AM »
Diggin' it all!!!  Great work!

Offline ghostskull18

  • Brigadier
  • *
  • Posts: 1195
  • Feedback: +8/-0
  • Gender: Male
  • "customs that are so good, they're scary"
Re: Darth Optimus' Customs 11/29! New WIP pics!
« Reply #838 on: November 30, 2012, 01:32:30 PM »
All Awesome! Really like the B.A.T pilot and the mando duo !

Offline Mando Assasin

  • Mando Assasin for hire
  • Admiral
  • *
  • Posts: 1945
  • Feedback: +3/-0
  • Gender: Male
  • Some people just wanna watch the world burn
    • http://www.flickr.com/photos/83627924@N02/
Re: Darth Optimus' Customs 11/29! New WIP pics!
« Reply #839 on: November 30, 2012, 02:05:54 PM »
These are great!
My ebay  http://www.ebay.com/usr/zacha-mann?_trksid=p2047675.l2559   My collection and some new customs are there. Check it out


[url=http://www.flickr.com/phot