Topic: Making The Band, Part 2 3/1/23

[Jedi Minstrel]

amazing work! but my favorite is the Iktotchi bounty hunter, hope you don't mind if i borrow your idea 

Thanks!  Be my guest.  Let me know how it goes.

[Jedi Minstrel]

So, again just finally getting to post some customs I did a while ago.  Here's one that after I put him together, I reminded me of Tommy Lee Jones in MIB.  Got a couple of ideas for if I do a Will Smith but that'll be done the road.

Kae Vis was a Jedi from about 3475 years before the Battle of Yavin.  He was a strict but fair Master that had helped trained many padawans achieve Knighthood.  It was in a battle against a Sith Lord that blinded him years ago.  Vis was defeated by the Sith Lord and it was only by the aide of his then Padawan,  Wyl Sm’th, he even survived.  They escaped but not before leaving the Sith Lord stranded.   Later, he chose not to have implants.  He felt artificial eyes were a hindrance to the Force.  His other senses were more than enough.

[Tamer]

Awesome to see you back with a Jedi. Off to share. Love your back stories.

[Jedi Minstrel]

Awesome to see you back with a Jedi. Off to share. Love your back stories.

Thanks for the FP.  The back stories, a lot of the times, come along as I make these.  Other times, just as I'm posting them.  Always fun.  Thanks.

[Starchaser]

Too fun!!! What great concept and really nice execution as well.

[Jedi Minstrel]

Too fun!!! What great concept and really nice execution as well.

Thank You.  There are a few crossovers I've been thinking about.  Just a matter of time.  That which I have in abundance (sarcasm to the umpteenth power).

[Jedi Minstrel]

Few Jedi begin their training at a late age.  Tiklin was in his early 30’s by human standards when he began his training.  The Jedi Master, Hidmir, came across Tiklin during a Mon Calamari/Quarren dispute on their home world of Dac around 3475 years before the Battle of Yavin.  Interesting enough, Hidmir was a Mon Calamari.  Hidmir was part of a group of Jedi negotiators, all Mon Calamari and Quarren.  Tiklin was a very calm and persuasive speaker for the Quarren.  Hidmir sensed the strength in the Force Tiklin exuded and consulted his fellow Jedi about recruiting him.  Most disagreed but one in particular mentioned that Tiklin already exhibited some attributes of a Jedi – strength of character, negotiation, and focus to name a few.  Tiklin was intrigued by the offer but only required that he be allowed to finish his work in the dispute.  Tiklin became a great Jedi, known for his negotiation skills.

[Tamer]

Another great story too. Off to share

[Starchaser]

Tiklin looks good. Love the way the way the hands turned out.

[FialaFernbrugg]

A great figure with an interesting background story.
Good job.

[Jedi Minstrel]

Hey Folks.  Been a couple of months but alas, such is life.  Anyway, here are a couple of customs that were really fun to do.  They were inspired by a couple of buddies.  One had mentioned how much he really dug steampunk and the other said he was a huge Greenlantern fan.  So, I give you Steampunk Boba Fett.  I used an upper body Crimson Guard, Destro lower legs, IG-88 for a jet pack.  Wanting to go a little more left field of typical Boba Fett varients, I decided to go with Animated Boba Fett.  This gave me a small but huge problem with weaponry.  I really wanted to use the tuning fork looking rifle he has in the cartoon but still wanted to make it very steampunk.  I used the rifle that comes with many of the Fett action figures and a grapple that I believe came with many of the clone commander figures.  When I took off the cord, it fit perfectly onto Fett's rifle.  A jawa rifle and clone rifle painted a certain way fit into the genre.  The GL Jedi is a repainted Thor figure.  One of the Warriors Three.  The Asian-looking one, I believe.  The light-ax comes from an Avengers figure with a little paint.  Enjoy.

[Jedi Minstrel]

Here's another pic of Steampunk Boba Fett.  Since it was a gift for a friend, I decided to make the head look like my friend.  So too, the GL Jedi for my other friend.

The GL Jedi's name is Haa'll Joritz.  Stoic and logical but not without compassion and a mean right swing of his light-ax.

Ha'll Joritz was one of a very few Jedi that explored other shapes with lightsaber technology.  An ax head became possible when manipulating the spectral manipulation actuator (totally just made that up).  The swing of his light-ax could be seen at the crest above many battles.  Hard and logical, Joritz was a critical but fair Master.

[Tamer]

You can read my comments on the front pages.

[JDeck]

Cool figures! I can't get enough steam punk star wars.

[Starchaser]

The GL figure is just plain fun. The steampunk Boba - now that rocks! I think the construction of the "harmonic gun" is inspired. It looks really great. The Crimson Guard torso really works well for the steampunk style - kudos!