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Showing posts with label Customs for the Kid. Show all posts
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Saturday, March 18, 2023

"THE CLONE WARS" SATINE KRYZE (ADVENTURE OUTFIT) created by Elias of "Customs of the Kid"

This was a super fun project to tackle for a client. Especially since both my client and I are HUGE fans of Satine Kryze as a character! As a result, this project was filled with lots of love and effort to make assurances that I got this figure right. What impressed me most about this client was how prepared she was compared to other clients. She already knew the parts she wanted used in the build, had ordered two Satine heads and her blaster from Audes Workshop on eBay, had said parts on hand, and was prepared to ship them over. 

The torso and thighs of a Clone Wars Assaj Ventress action figure, the arms of a Clone Wars Adventure Padme Amidala action figure, and the knees and boots of The Clone Wars Aayla Secura action figure. Once boiled, popped apart, and reassembled into the desired recipe of parts, I sanded down the figure completely. After preparing her for sculpting, I got busy with some ProCreate we had here at home and laid out all the necessary forms. After her silhouette was established I started to sculpt in all the detail, and followed that run with another pass adding in all the fine detail. 

The soft goods were hand cut and stitched by yours truly. Before even touching any fabric, I made the dress pattern with some paper and scissors. This was only my second venture into crafting my own homemade soft goods so with it being a new challenge, I wanted to take my time and get it right. Dad used to do the soft goods on our figures in the past, so I definitely still consider myself a novice in soft goods creation, but after seeing how nicely Satine's dress came out, Dad told me he wished I had been the one making the soft goods all this time instead of him. Ha ha. For her dress, I used some leftover fabric we had from the time Dad made me a Mother Talzin custom action figure for my 9th birthday.

Once the figure was completely assembled, sculpted, and the soft goods were applied, I quickly got to painting the figure. Painting two alternating heads was challenging because it was important to me that I got them as close to identical as possible and replication can take time when you make your own paint colors and don't just paint from a bottle. I find that making my own paint mixes make it easier when adding highlights and contrasting shades of color to make the paint really pop.

Both the client and I love the way she came out. She looks so good posed with the other action figures from the toy line. Another example of what we might have seen if the Clone Wars action figure had lived on for another couple of years.



"THE CLONE WARS" 
SATINE KRYZE (ADVENTURE OUTFIT)
created by Elias of "Customs for the Kid"













Posed with alternate head!












Had to have a picture of Satine with Obi-Wan.




Cardback mock up created by @greedo_collection on Instagram



SKILL LEVEL: ADVANCED







Another happy client!





Over the moon that the voice of Satine Kryze, actor Anna Graves, took the time to comment on the action figure I just made!



SATINE KRYZE
by Elias
of "Customs for the Kid"



Tuesday, February 28, 2023

"THE BAD BATCH" DEPA BILLABA & CALEB DUME created by Elias of "Customs for the Kid"

After viewing Caleb Dume and Depa Billaba's appearance in the premiere of "Star Wars: The Bad Batch", Dad and I agreed that they would both look great as action figures. So when a client approached me with this project, I just couldn't resist.

The base figure I used to make Depa Billaba was a Clone Wars Shaak Ti action figure. My client provided me with a 3-D printed headsculpt made by Watto's Scrapyard.  The braids at the back of the headcast were badly damaged when we received it in the mail so I completely resculpted what was missing. Once I had the head taken care of, I completely resculpted the Shaak Ti body with ProCreate to make the appropriate Jedi robes. 

To make Caleb, I sculpted the Jedi garb onto a Clone Wars Boba Fett body as my base figure and the headsculpt on this figure was also one of Watto's.  I made the headcast a new Padawan braid out of Procreate sculpting putty so it would have more durability than the original 3D printed resin.

It'll be a bummer to see them leave the home considering we've wanted them for our own collection, but at the end of the day, I'm more than happy to bring joy to my clients as well!



"THE BAD BATCH"
DEPA BILLABA & CALEB DUME
created by Elias of "Customs for the Kid"

















Clone Commander Grey and Depa Billaba's Second Batallion created by Elias of "Customs for the Kid"




Clone Commander Grey by Elias of "Customs for the Kid"



SKILL LEVEL: ADVANCED










Monday, August 29, 2022

CUSTOMIZER SPOTLIGHT #59: "Ewoks: The Battle for Endor" action figures created by TwoMirrorsTreasures

Nine years ago Dad made a Kaink and Chukha Trok for a fellow customizer and about seven years ago we made some additional "Ewok: The Battle for Endor" action figures for a family member. First we made a Cindel Towani and Noa Briqualon. The following year we made him a Charal

Ever since the figures were completed we have wanted to add a set of these characters to the collection for ourselves. Recently, Dad came across some custom models on Etsy from seller Two Mirror Treasures of Prague from the Czech Republic. The painted models were very reasonably priced and Dad grabbed them to fill out our Endor Ewok Village display. After opening our shipment, we took some photos of our new figures and quickly added them to our shelves. Unfortunately, these models lack any articulation but they do fit within the 3.75" scale. Don't let the lack of articulation deter you from buying these though because the sculpts and paintwork are just wonderful.

Two Mirror Treasures recently started to offer an articulated King Terak so keep an eye out for him in his store.



CUSTOMIZER SPOTLIGHT #59:
"Ewoks: The Battle for Endor" action figures
created by Two Mirrors Treasures

King Terak & Charal


King Terak


Turok Woodland Creature


King Terak & Turok Woodland Creature


Kaink, Cindel Towani, Chukha Trok, Shodu & Woklings


Kaink


Chukha Trok


Shodu & Woklings


Kaink, Chukha Trok, Shodu & Woklings


Cindel Towani



Two Mirrors Treasures

Saturday, July 30, 2022

3.75" "STAR WARS REBELS (SEASON 3 & 4)" KANAN JARRUS custom action figure created by Customs for the Kid

To celebrate 12 years of blogging, Darth Daddy picked up the sculpting tools and started a new figure after 2 years away from the hobby. Dad announced his retirement from the blog on our 10-year anniversary just before he had surgery performed on both of his eyes to treat a rare degenerative eye condition he developed. The surgery was successful but it took about a full year for his eyes to heal post surgery. 

While Dad definitely expressed that he missed making custom figures, he spent the year after his recovery searching for a different job to facilitate some big changes he had been hoping to make. Well,  Dad landed a more than satisfactory upgrade to his former employment and spent a little free time returning to one of his favorite pastimes.

Dad thought that making a 1/18 scale "Star Wars Rebels" Kanan Jarrus from Season 3 and 4 would be a fitting project to take on for our 12-year anniversary celebration. To make Kanan, Dad used TVC Young Han Solo from the "Solo: A Star Wars Story" film as his base for the figure. He removed the figures jacket, sanded down the original figure with a Dremel and then re-sculpted the figure to look like Kanan. I helped Dad a bit with the shoulder pads when his new job became a bit too time consuming. After the sculpt was completed, Dad laid down the first few coats of paint onto the figure and then I finished the figure up by doing all the fine detail paintwork so we could reach our anniversary deadline. It was really nice to work on a custom figure together again.

It is important to mention that we used three Kanan Jarrus heads produced by Watto's Scrapyard for our figure both to feature all Kanan's different looks over the course of the last two seasons of the show, and well, to save on time. All three heads painted up beautifully and definitely helped us finish the project faster than if we had to sculpt all three heads from scratch. 

We love the final result and I am really excited to have a little help with the blog again now that Dad can make the occasional custom figure here and there. 

We're curious to hear what you'd like to see Dad make as far as future projects go. Any requests? 



"STAR WARS REBELS"
(SEASON 3 & 4)
KANAN JARRUS
created by Customs for the Kid

































SKILL LEVEL: ADVANCED


CHECK OUT SOME OF OUR OLDER
"STAR WARS REBELS"
CUSTOM FIGURES


HERA SYNDULLA

Season One - Sabine Wren

Season Two - Sabine Wren

Season Three - Sabine Wren

Ursa Wren

GREGOR

QUARRIE

SEASON 3 - EZRA BRIDGER

Chopper in Imperial Disguise

AP-5


MORAI

Grand Admiral Thrawn-
Imperial Officer Battle Armor

GOVERNOR PRYCE

HONDO OHNAKA

Azmorigan

Cikatro Vizago's Droid

Battle Damaged Darth Vader

Obi-Wan Kenobi

"IMPERIAL PROPAGANDA-REBEL GRAFFITI" DIORAMA

LOTH-WOLF














12 YEARS of CUSTOMS
by "CUSTOMS FOR THE KID"