I was recently contacted by a forum member to commission a Super articulated Jango Fett in my normal style.
I wound up re-working my old super articulated jango, a figure I already had basically finished.
I remodeled the leg armor to make it fit more flush and seamlessly with the gi-joe leg style. I used the apartment jango's removable shin and knee armor, cut it into seperate shin and knee pieces and then permanently glued them into place on the gi-joes legs.
I was sad to see this figure go... It was the only super articulated version of jango that I had made in my personal collection... But I got to digging and found enough parts to re-build my own version of the figure with a couple minor changes.
here is a WIP photo of the figure:
In the WIP shot you can see again how I affixed the apartment jango's leg armor to the new GI-joe legs. Unfortunately these gi-joe legs didn't have the pre-sculpted thigh armor like my previous version did so I had to cut out some styrene bits to glue onto the thighs.
The lower torso I used on both of these figures is from a Resolute Cobra Comander.
While looking through my parts bin I didn't have another set of holsters and belt that had the leg straps built in. I really like those for the super articulated figures as it keeps the holsters at his side, instead of waving around awkwardly.
I decided I'd try something different this time and make my own stretch cord straps for the holsters.... Unfortunately I had to drill holes through the holster to push the stretch cord through, rendering the holsters useless... the guns just can't fit down in them anymore. So what you see in the pictures is actually cheating. I took two extra guns and chopped off the barrels, only a small portion fits into the holster, but it appears as though they are in there with just the handles sticking out!!!
Also, that version of the belt did not have the cod piece sculpted on it like the other one did, so I had to cut another piece of styrene to make that!
I also use the hands from an ARF trooper to get a little bit more articulation in the wrists after cutting off jango's sculpted on hands... I didn't know how well this technique would work and I didn't want to risk making a mistake on my commissioned piece... but since this one is staying on my display shelf I figured I'd take the risk.
I'm also planning on trying to articulate the neck using a swivel peg so that he can lean his head back farther for "flying" poses.... but that will be a HUGE risk... I'll mess with it later.
For now, here are the pics of my newest version of the figure:
So.... long story short... I sell a figure, only to make myself another one... and I wonder why I can't make any money at this hobby!?! lol