Topic: Yuzzums' Customs

[Starchaser]

Oops - I figure I better correct that blatant give away 

[Sjefke]

Oops - I figure I better correct that blatant give away 

It was the pimples that gave it away, wasn't it.
I just had to pick a figure with bad skin.
😆

[JDeck]

Cool figure! the belt and custom soft goods on the red witch is very nicely done.

[Mandalore25]

Wow, what great use of that mask, never thought to shave it down, and put it on another figure. The cloak is pretty rad too, sewing is overrated, and I think fabric glue works better in most cases anyway.

[Sjefke]

Cool figure! the belt and custom soft goods on the red witch is very nicely done.

Thanks JDeck
I manage to cut straighter, more even edges using paper than by sculpting.  I don't know how some customizers manage detailing sword pommels and the like.  I'm staining my eyes with 2.5x magnifiers as it is.

Wow, what great use of that mask, never thought to shave it down, and put it on another figure. The cloak is pretty rad too, sewing is overrated, and I think fabric glue works better in most cases anyway.

Thanks Mandalore25
Shaving the mask took a bit of time with a dremel tool.  While the mask does fit on the head cast, it has a tendency to scratch the paint off the nose. Wish I'd taken better close-ups. 
Also, I wish I had taken pics of how the cloak opens.  The rare earth magnets are hidden in the fabric and work like snaps.
Regarding the fabric glue, I brush on a very small amount on both surfaces that I want to attach.  I let it set for about 2 minutes and then use it like contact cement.  It works pretty fast that way and you can still make minor adjustments before it completely cures.  I also painted a little on the cut edges of the fabric to keep it from fraying.

[Tamer]

I don't know what I was doing, but I just now saw the soft goods cloak. Great work and back on the front pages.

[Sjefke]

I don't know what I was doing, but I just now saw the soft goods cloak. Great work and back on the front pages.

No big, Tamer.  You were busy with the Hasbro Q&A that day.
We still chatted that day, remember?  ....... and thanks 👍🏼

[mr.Jedi1977]

I am really liking the soft goods on this custom in addition to the mask !

[Sjefke]

I am really liking the soft goods on this custom in addition to the mask !

Thanks MJ1977

[Sjefke]

The Winter Wookiee WIPs

Hey Yarders

I want to show the build of a figure I made for Clone_Crazy's latest photonovel chapter.  He had asked for "kick a$$ Wookiees.  I talked him into my female Wookiee.  I'm not sure he'll use her, but I've fabricated some freaking awesome accessories for her.

This one I eventually nicknamed the Winter Wookiee.  I started out with an MU  Drax, an MU Dreadlock head and all the body parts from a Terminator T-1000.  I cut up the Terminator and lengthened the upper arm with a plastic gun butt and spliced on the left wrist of Dreadlock with a Megablock figure ball joint.  I cut off the Drax leg at the thigh and glued on the Terminator leg, making sure that the knee joints were even.  The foot is actually the T-1000's upper arm, flipped upside down.  The cyborg's ankle is the terminator's elbow, so it has rocker ankles. The feet looked kinda incomplete, so I sculpted on some toes.  I dremelled out most of Drax's chest and secured the Terminator chest and back pieces.

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I casted VOTC Chewey's left foot and stuck an extra large spare ball joint in it.  Now he has a left Wookiee foot rocker ankle too.

To make the Wookiee's pelt, I laid on a layer of green stuff starting on the feet and hands and working my way up the limb.  I made sure the fur overlapped the joints below to hide it.  When he limbs were done, I worked from the pelvis up to the neck.

I cut off Dreadlock's lower face and shimmed it forward 2 mm to give him more of a Wookiee snout before sculpting the hair.

Finally, I sculpted on some more details and added greebles and more pistons.




 

 
 

Here's the primed figure with his Ryyk blade.

I'll show the finished figure after Clone Crazy's next chapter.






Note the spoiler 

Thanks

[FialaFernbrugg]

wow
I've never seen a cyborg wookiee before.
Thank you for the detailed building instructions.
I can't wait to see the finished figure.

Excellent work!

[Tamer]

That is pretty cool. Wow, what a process. Off to share it to the front pages.

[Sjefke]

wow
I've never seen a cyborg wookiee before.
Thank you for the detailed building instructions.
I can't wait to see the finished figure.

Excellent work!

Thanks FF
I love your work too.

That is pretty cool. Wow, what a process. Off to share it to the front pages.

Thanks Tamer

[CloneCrazy]

Glad to see him on the frontpage! You certainly outdid yourself on this one, buddy!!!

[Sjefke]

Glad to see him on the frontpage! You certainly outdid yourself on this one, buddy!!!

I'm glad you could use him.
Can't wait to see more of how his story unfolds.