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Re: Customjedi's Figures (Hammerhead & Labria - DONE)
« Reply #225 on: August 02, 2015, 12:28:39 PM »
Tamer, Stan, mr.Jedi1977, AjuntaPall & I-am-Boba-Fett, thank you all so much!

I had one more Mos Eisley character to get out of the way...



Before correcting Leia Boushh. I combined the old hands and removable thermal detonator with the Black Series version and repainted the boots.




Started on an upgrade to one of Jabba's pals, too. Just a test fit on the legs.


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Re: Customjedi's Figures (Labria, Tawss Khaa & Boushh)
« Reply #226 on: August 04, 2015, 10:32:00 AM »
As much as I liked the vintage soft goods on the vintage figure, it's just not the right look for this update. I found a spare piece of cotton microfiber material from some sheets I bought. Let's see what we can do with that...

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Re: Customjedi's Figures (Tawss Khaa, Boushh & WIP-Tessek)
« Reply #227 on: August 04, 2015, 01:19:45 PM »
Wow, very nice with it all. Let me go see which one I want to take to the front pages.
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Re: Customjedi's Figures (Tawss Khaa, Boushh & WIP-Tessek)
« Reply #228 on: August 04, 2015, 04:11:04 PM »
Ok CustomJedi,  it time for Hasbro to hire you!!!! Wow!
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Re: Customjedi's Figures (Tawss Khaa, Boushh & WIP-Tessek)
« Reply #229 on: August 04, 2015, 07:55:07 PM »
Great job ! I actually happen to like the original soft goods on the update a little better then the newer version .  It gives it more of a worn color /look to it  imo !
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Re: Customjedi's Figures (Tawss Khaa, Boushh & WIP-Tessek)
« Reply #230 on: August 04, 2015, 08:17:24 PM »
Great work as always! I personally like the Boushh Leia, that was always one of my favorite figures and you made it the way Hasbro should have.
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Re: Customjedi's Figures (Tawss Khaa, Boushh & WIP-Tessek)
« Reply #231 on: August 04, 2015, 11:31:48 PM »
Your reworks on the last two figures turned out great and Tessek is looking like it is shaping up nicely too. I'm with Mr.Jedi1977, I like the vintage soft goods on Tessek.
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Re: Customjedi's Figures (Tawss Khaa, Boushh & WIP-Tessek)
« Reply #232 on: August 05, 2015, 07:30:00 AM »
Thanks for the share, Tamer and thanks for your comments everybody!

Since Tessek is going to take me a bit to finish off, I thought I'd share a little of my process on the upgrades I'm doing. I'm sort of approaching them like homework. I'm trying to complete them using materials I have on hand while focusing on a particular skill I hope to improve on each one.

With Hammerhead, I really tried to focus on hiding joints. Labria was face paint and Tessek will be improving my soft goods skills. I originally intended to use that vintage skirt but as I was looking at the reference two things stood out that I wanted to incorporate into the figure. The costume has a lot of volume in the skirt and the fabric is used as the lining of the cape. The lined cape is something Hasbro did with the last two Bespin Lando's and was something I wanted to try to incorporate.

I found enough fabric to construct a new skirt and cape lining. The previous photo was just a test fit. I'm now recoloring the fabric to match the figure. It may be hard to tell in this pic but what was stark white will be "antique" white which is closer to the color of the vintage piece and matches the limbs.



I'm also trying to match the aesthetics of the nouveau vintage styling so I took my inspiration from one of the more recent Leia figures and the Bib Fortuna I completed last year.



So even though I purchased that skirt years ago to incorporate into this custom, it just didn't fit with where Tessek is going now. Well, that's enough typing. I have a cape to build...  ;D
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Re: Customjedi's Figures (Tawss Khaa, Boushh & WIP-Tessek)
« Reply #233 on: August 06, 2015, 11:14:12 AM »
Nice work.
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Re: Customjedi's Figures (Tawss Khaa, Boushh & WIP-Tessek)
« Reply #234 on: August 06, 2015, 12:09:45 PM »
Impressive, most impressive.
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Re: Customjedi's Figures (Tawss Khaa, Boushh & WIP-Tessek)
« Reply #235 on: August 12, 2015, 09:35:56 AM »
Quote from: Tamer on August 06, 2015, 11:14:12 AM
Nice work.
Quote from: MsComicStar86 on August 06, 2015, 12:09:45 PM
Impressive, most impressive.

Thanks Tamer and MsComicStar86!

Let me just say, Hasbro gets a lot of flack for bad soft goods (much of it deserved) but it is really easy for soft goods to go terribly wrong. Case in point, my first FAILED attempt at Tessek's cape.



I'm hoping to find a use for that fabric some day, but this ain't it.
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Re: Customjedi's Figures (Tawss Khaa, Boushh & WIP-Tessek)
« Reply #236 on: August 15, 2015, 05:47:21 PM »
After several attempts at cape building, I was able to get my hands on some gray "deer suede" to complete Tessek.



The majority of time spent on this piece was getting the soft goods as right as I could. There are magnets embedded under the lining so the cape can be "locked" in an over the shoulder position to show the lining. Since the lined cape was a major part of the costume which I hadn't yet seen represented in any incarnation of the figure, I wanted to be able to highlight it.



The figure has its original head, hands and torso. Endor Han's arms and lower legs were used along with the 2006 Battle of Carkoon Han Solo crotch and thighs. The original figure's holster was transplanted onto the new legs.

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Re: Customjedi's Figures (Tessek - completed)
« Reply #237 on: August 16, 2015, 07:46:43 AM »
You can read what I think about this one on the front page. A plus plus plus plus.
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Re: Customjedi's Figures (Tessek - completed)
« Reply #238 on: August 16, 2015, 10:28:14 AM »
Man those soft goods look awesome!! The "deer suede" is cool looking.
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Re: Customjedi's Figures (Tessek - completed)
« Reply #239 on: August 16, 2015, 12:52:04 PM »
Thanks for the front page, Tamer. And thanks to you and JDeck for your kind words!
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