The Enloe Trials Photonovel Series by Chewie returns with an all-new installment in the series – Veils of Deceit! Check out this new chapter in the Yakface.com forums, filled with all kinds of new custom figures and dioramas after here!
Monday, December 22, 2014
Friday, December 19, 2014
DARTH DADDY's CUSTOMIZING CORNER: BRANDON JACKSON
Darth Daddy's Customizing Corner featured Star Wars custom action figure artist Brandon Jackson in his latest post over at The Star Wars Underworld.
Although Brandon Jackson will tell you that he still considers himself to be a noob when it comes to customizing, everyone else will tell you that he's way too hard on himself. Truth is Brandon is super talented.
Brandon Jackson hails from Los Angeles California, and has been serving in the military for 18 and a half years. He has loved Star Wars as long as he can remember and he has collected Star Wars throughout most of his childhood. Although he stopped collecting for many years, he got back into collecting in 2012. He now has a pretty large Star Wars collection and 1:6 Scale figures are his main focus. At the point when he started customizing he pretty much owned almost every Sideshow Collectible 1:6 scale figure that they made. He got into 1:6 costumizing because there were so many characters from Star Wars he loved, but no company made in 1:6 scale.
He joined a group on Facebook called One Sixth Republic ran by the creator Mark OSR. There he saw so many people from all over the country, kitbashing and customizing figures, that it made him want to create some of his own figures. He had never done anything artistic before, but Brandon wanted to give it a try. So earlier this year he did his first custom, a 1:6 scale figure he called Agent 47 - Mandalorian Bounty Hunter. He used the Agent 47 headsculpt from the awesome videogame series Hitman and custom painted a 12 inch Hasbro Jango Fett. At the time, he felt like he had no idea what he was doing until he posted it up on Facebook, and everyone loved it.
Shortly after that he got into painting head sculpts. Brandon uses brushes to paint his figures, but he hopes to start airbrushing in the near future. As far as supplies go, he uses a variety of different paints, mainly acrylic paints, but he stresses the importance of using the right brushes. He'll admit that he was a little cheap when he first started painting, but he later invested in better equipment and supplies.
He also recommends using a head set magnifier with a light. It really helps when doing the eyes. Brandon says his two biggest challenges are painting the eyes and sewing. All customizing artists will tell you that the eyes are the most important and also the most challenging.
When it comes to sewing the soft goods, Brandon's lucky to have a wonderful and supportive wife that not only supports his hobby but she also sews very well and has been showing him how to make some really killer threads for his custom figures.
Sunday, December 14, 2014
STAR WARS REBELS: THE INQUISITOR LIGHTSABER MODIFICATIONS
We are in the process of making a super-articulated version of the Inquisitor here at home. The villain of Star Wars Rebels has a really interesting lightsaber whose look provides several variations. We tried to recreate two alternate looks for his lightsaber to go with the lightsaber that was included with the original release of the figure. We used an X-acto knife to create the half ignited saber, and we used a magnet to attach the hilt to the Inquisitor's back. These are quick and easy modifications you can do at home in just a few short minutes.
"STAR WARS REBELS -
THE INQUISITOR's
LIGHTSABER MODIFICATIONS"
THE INQUISITOR's
LIGHTSABER MODIFICATIONS"
by Darth Daddy
Hilt attached magnetically.
SKILL LEVEL: BEGINNER
"STAR WARS REBELS -
THE INQUISITOR
SPINNING LIGHTSABER MODIFICATION"
THE INQUISITOR
SPINNING LIGHTSABER MODIFICATION"
by Darth Daddy
ADULT SUPERVISION REQUIRED!
DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!
EXPERIENCE NEEDED!
DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!
EXPERIENCE NEEDED!
SKILL LEVEL: ADVANCED
Thursday, December 11, 2014
DARTH DADDY's CUSTOMIZING CORNER: HALCION
Darth Daddy's Customizing Corner featured Star Wars custom action figure artist HALCION in his latest post over at The Star Wars Underworld.
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6" "THE FORCE AWAKENS" STORMTROOPER created by HALCION
Last week, I introduced you all to Star Wars customs action figures inspired by the recent teaser we were all privy to the day after Thanksgiving. I had several artists on display for that feature and one artist really caught my eye. I have only recently been introduced to his work, but HALCION has been cranking out projects at lightning speed. I'm really impressed with what he has been putting together in the 6" scale, especially his vehicles.
Brandon Flores aka HALCION was born in Los Angeles in 1974. His late father Fernando Flores was a well known fashion illustrator who had a huge passion for toys and film, particularly Star Wars. At around 5 years old Brandon started getting curious, digging through his fathers art supplies, he discovered the X-acto blade and screwdriver, two tools that sent him spiraling out of control! He began taking apart all his toys and reassembling them into new creations. Brandon has not stopped making toys since then. He is not only limited to toy design, he also is a graphic artist, painter, and clothing designer with a huge passion for underground music and sound exploration. His most recent works combine full scratch built vehicles, and dioramas with completely original parts adding his vision to the toys and the Star Wars universe.
6"CONCEPT TIE FIGHTER PILOT by HALCION
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HSS & PILOT by HALCION
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6" DOWNED AT-AT DIO - Work In Progress by HALCION
6" CONCEPT EP7 SNOWTROOPER by HALCION
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6"SNOWSPEEDER by HALCION
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6" AT-ST by HALCION
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6"SW EP7 BB-8 & Rey by HALCION
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He even has a 6" scale AT-AT in the works!
HALCION can be found at the following links:
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
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