LUKE SPRYWALKER @ VIRGINIA COMICON and TOY SHOW on FEB. 7, 2015

If you are in the Richmond, Virginia area this upcoming weekend, be sure to check out the  Virginia Comicon and Toy Show on Saturday, February 7, 2015 that is being held at the Richmond Raceway Complex.  Star Wars custom action figure artist Luke Sprywalker will have a table at the event where he will be selling Star Wars toys, as well as some of his custom action figures and dioramas.

Luke Sprywalker is a great ambassador for the Star Wars customizing community. Sprywalker is regularly promoting customizing contests in fan forums and he's a custom action figure moderator for the forums at Imperial Shipyards. Luke Sprywalker was also an excellent representative for the hobby because he does diorama work and does more than just dabble when it comes to vehicle creation. Sprywalker even created the characters for the photo novel Star Wars Apocalypse written by Nate Ciurla aka Kessel Run Imports and with graphic design and action figures created by Julian Maurice aka Hangarbay94. Luke Sprywalker has had his hands in every aspect of the hobby. The Jabba's Palace diorama he built was full of his custom figures and were on display the entire length of Celebration VI at the Diorama Workshop. He was also one of three Star Wars custom action figure artists to speak at the first ever Star Wars Custom Action Figure Panel held at Star Wars Celebration VI.  It's worth going to the event just to see Luke Sprywalker's work up close and in person.

Also featured at "Darth Daddy's Customizing Corner" on The Star Wars Underworld.

The Virginia Comicon

Get Tickets Here!

Richmond Raceway Complex

600 E Laburnum Ave 

Richmond, VA 23222

Saturday, February 7, 2015 from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM (EST)

Hyperdrive Added to "Customs I Wish I Owned"

When it comes to customizing, Hyperdrive's signature "weathered and worn" soft goods are unique. He has been honing his craft for many years with no studio, only his wife's sewing room and kitchen island. It takes about a week to create each figure with great care and attention to detail. Each piece starts with an "ultra articulated" custom base figure, sanded down to remove any features that may reveal a bump or bulge from under the custom clothes. The clothes are then custom crafted to the size and shape of each figure for the best possible fit. Hyperdrive strives for maximum articulation underneath the fabric giving the figure a realistic look. Some of his favorite characters include, Kenobi, Qui Gon Jinn, Vader, Yoda, General Veers, Watto, Maul, Greedo, Jawas and Gamorreans.

Hyperdrive's soft goods work is just amazing! Once we saw his figures we knew we had to include his work amongst the other artists we have featured here on our blog. Our video museum full of talented Star Wars custom action figure artists just wouldn't have been complete without him. Hyperdrive is the guy that Hasbroshould hire to handle all the soft good clothing design on all figures going forward, but don't take our word for it, check out his custom action figures in the video below.

Hyperdrive

To see more Star Wars custom action figures created by Hyperdrive, click the link below:

http://www.yakfaceforums.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=6760

YakFace Added to "Customs I Wish I Owned"

Well, as you know, we are always on the hunt to find you a new customizer every month.  Well, being it's Halloween, we figured we'd give you all a treat and show you the customizer for November one day early.  So here is some Star Wars eye candy that is so big that you won't fit in that bag you carried along on your door to door shuffle.  We'll leave the "tricks" to YakFace, the latest customizer being featured here on our blog.  If you see the customs he has created you'll see that he has plenty of them up his sleeve when it comes to paintwork and action figure creation.  We'll even cap things off with a detailed view of the menacing monster shown above that Star Wars customizer YakFace created when he was only 15 years old!

Brent Gothold (AKA YakFace) is a 27 year old father who works in the video game industry but spends his spare time creating Star Wars customs. He posted his first custom Star Wars diorama at age 15 and is currently posting custom figures at the Imperial Shipyards. Brent mostly creates characters from the original Star Wars trilogy but is working on making some original characters that will fit nicely among the characters from a galaxy far far away. A talented sculptor and painter who is trying to make "toys" transform into art pieces and be viewed as such. 

 YakFace

SLAVE LEIA

by YAKFACE

YakFace can be contacted about tips or commissions at:

 brent.gothold@gmail.com 
or 
http://www.imperialshipyards.net