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Monday, January 21, 2013

Peak-OB1's Video Updated on the "Customs I Wish I Owned" Page



  
Chad Peak (aka: Peakob1 or CAP) has been a Star Wars fan all his life. He makes customs for the love of the hobby and you won't find a more dedicated fan. He hopes one day that he can have an entire custom collection personalized to him. He never seeks financial gain by doing his customs, although Peakob1 has done a few commissions at reasonable prices. He started customizing in '95. He doesn't count some of the vintage Ewoks that he colored over with black and brown markers as a kid.

Peakob1 refers to his style of customizing as "hard sculpting" opposed to using sculpy to mold his own figures. He uses bits of existing parts and dremels those down to make a new result. He believes that it makes for a much stronger figure because he's a little like Jar Jar, "hesa clumsy" and often drops figures. Usually they don't break if he builds them properly. He finds customizing very exciting and he has many projects on the horizon. Hope you enjoy his customs!

He displays his customs on Yakface, Droids and Ewoks, and Jedi Defender.



Peak-OB1 Custom Creations

 

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2012's Custom Collaboration with Customizer Peakob1:








Aves Safety Solvent Tutorial by Lucasclones





Sunday, January 20, 2013

Bring on the Barge! Star Wars Fan Site Petition








Bring on the barge! In order for us to approach Hasbro with this petition, we would like at least 10,000 signatures supporting this cause, and sadly we are far, far behind, so would you kindly sign the petition? Do your part to help make this 3.75" scaled vehicle a reality so it can sail its way into your collection! Hasbro has hinted that they'd love to make a Sail Barge, but they'd like to gauge things like interest, cost and other things from collectors. Here is your chance! 





The collective goal here is to garner a significant amount of signatures from Star Wars collectors by January 31, 2013. We will then take these results with us and submit them to Hasbro at NY Toy Fair in February. With your support we hope that the iconic Sail Barge vehicle can be realized in a very exciting vehicle/playset for the 3.75" line. But it won't happen without you! So please sign the petition! After you sign it, be sure to leave some of your thoughts in the comments module below where you can discuss desired price points, features you want to see included and just general discussion about this awesome vehicle! Thank you for your support!




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Yakfinities #47: Tatooine Residents




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The current Yakfinities Customizing Challenge focuses on residents of Tatooine, and has already brought about some outstanding entries. We welcome all customizers to take part, which will enter you in for a random prize drawing — or if you aren’t the customizing type, you can still check out the latest entries by clicking here.



Saturday, January 19, 2013

CAFN: Episode 47 - Ron Hembling of HemblesCreations





Join Lucasclones and Tamer as they have Ron Hembling aka Hemble of HemblesCreations. Ron gives us his list of needed tools and supplies to start you on your diorama journey. He also shares quite a few tips and techniques as well as which environments might be better suited to the beginner. If you haven't seen the brand new and improved CAFN Page yet, be sure to give it a look.







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