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Post by majikmonkee on Sept 7, 2007 14:16:16 GMT -5
I've seen custom Attacktix presented at this forum before, but does anyone else here customize regular Star Wars figures at all? I've done a few, but they were clone repaints, so I'm relatively new to it, but I find customs very exciting. I'm currently working on my most elaborate yet - a custom Desann from Jedi Outcast. Should be done by tomorrow, and maybe I can post some pics. Anyone else have any SW related customs out there? I'd love to see them.
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Post by majikmonkee on Sept 8, 2007 6:42:52 GMT -5
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Post by majikmonkee on Sept 8, 2007 9:18:32 GMT -5
Since I already posted some pics here, these aren't actual customs in the sense of having had work done to the figures, but my younger brother and I used to play with our Star Wars figures quite a bit, and we had our own EU thing going post Return of the Jedi before they wrote all of the novels, and he's continued it on with his younger bro now. I took some of the figures he pulled from the Prequel Trilogy to use as post-Return of the Jedi characters, and tried to photograph them with a little atmosphere (the background is actually a green pillow I recolored). Left to right they are: Darth Malus, Darth Reaver, and Octavia. I'm not much of a photographer, but I had fun with this... img.photobucket.com/albums/v616/majik_monkee/sithlords-2.jpg |
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Post by majikmonkee on Sept 10, 2007 7:22:30 GMT -5
After more or less completing the basic Desann, I'm considering trying to make him into an Attacktix fig...there's a road I'm better off not starting down...the "Jedi Outcast" tix series. I don't know if I have enough fodder to even start thinking along those lines.
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Post by Leumas on Sept 10, 2007 13:12:21 GMT -5
Kyle Katarn FTW! ;D
Desann looks great. What did you use to make him?
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Post by majikmonkee on Sept 10, 2007 13:51:06 GMT -5
The body came from an "Original Trilogy" Myo figure (link below): www.rebelscum.com/OTC/sw0507myoloose-m.jpgThe head came from an "Episode 1" cinema scene Sebulba (link below): www.rebelscum.com/episodeI/e1sebulbaencounterright-tn.jpgI trimmed the parts I didn't want off Sebulba's face, cut off his head, then removed Myo's head and trimmed down his neck post to fit in the hole I made on the Sebulba head's neck. I made the breastplate and shoulder pads from sculpey (which I was entirely new to) then just painted everything when the sculpey was dry. All the articulation of the original figure remains, except the head won't turn because I glued it in place - I was afraid the peg holding it in place might break over time if I didn't. |
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Post by YodaBreaker on Sept 10, 2007 21:44:38 GMT -5
I thought I recognized Sebulba from the side, but from the front, it looks quite like Desann's face shape and everything!
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Post by attacktixman on Sept 11, 2007 6:09:07 GMT -5
Fantastic job! And your photography skills are great!
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Post by majikmonkee on Sept 11, 2007 6:44:26 GMT -5
Thanks, guys! I had the body picked out before I ever thought of using Sebulba's head. I tried making the head out of sculpy a couple of times, but it looked crummy. I was about to ditch the idea before I was sifting through my big tub of figures and noticed the two Sebulbas in there. He was never my favorite character to start with, so I didn't mind slicing and dicing him a bit...lol
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Post by majikmonkee on Sept 11, 2007 16:10:54 GMT -5
My next mission is to make a 3 1/4" scale Reborn to go with Desann. It should be very easy if things go as planned. Of course, it means baking sculpey again, but oh, well...
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Post by majikmonkee on Sept 12, 2007 6:41:54 GMT -5
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Post by Leumas on Sept 12, 2007 12:15:29 GMT -5
Awesome job on the Reborn!
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Post by majikmonkee on Sept 12, 2007 12:45:20 GMT -5
Thanks. I don't think I nailed the best angle on his pictures because he looks best from a slightly above angle with his saber raised a little, but oh, well. They get the point across.
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