"THE CLONE WARS" BOUNTY HUNTER - ASSAJ VENTRESS created by Elias of "Customs for the Kid"

I can't tell you how very proud I am of my most recent custom action figure commission. It turned out to be one of my more special creations. A few years ago I was asked to make a similar Assaj Ventress based on her appearance in the novel "Dark Disciple" based on the concept art from the unreleased Clone Wars episodes. I was very fond of that commission because she was paired with her beau Quinlan Vos. The set was recently featured at San Diego Comic Con in the Summer of 2024. The last time I made her I made molds of her lightsaber, head and Nightsister bow. Being able to just make new casts was a real time saver.  Just as I was wrapping up this commission one of my repeat customers requested that I make this very same figure. I was immediately thankful that I let my Dad talk me into molding the torso and gauntlets from this figure so we can make this figure of Assaj Ventress for our own collections one day. Now I can save even more time not ever having to sculpt the torso and gauntlets again too. The sculpt pn this figure can be extremely time consuming so streamlining the process is so helpful. 

Our client provided us with the helmet sold by Syndicate Customs.

I am really excited to post this Ventress action figure a week after we finished watching "Tales of the Underworld" on May the 4th. Sorry we didn't have her ready on time. 

The base of this figure was a TCW Assaj Ventress action figure and we used TCW Cad Bane elbows to add some additional articulation. Her boots were hand sculpted. In fact the entire figure was 100 % hand sculpted and then later casted for strength and flexibility. The only piece we didn't sculpt was Ventress' helmet. I used a magnet to attach the Nightsister bow to Ventress' back. 

Both the bow and torso were cast in Smooth-Cast 61D to prevent breakage. The head was cast in Smooth-Cast 321.

The hand painting was the most painstaking part of the process. Her tabard took a toll on me, but I couldn't be happier with the results.

"THE CLONE WARS"

BOUNTY HUNTER - ASSAJ VENTRESS

created by Elias of "Customs of the Kid"

Our client provided us with the helmet that was sold by Syndicate Customs.

"THE CLONE WARS" WAG TOO designed and printed by Peak-OB1 Custom Creations and painted by "Customs for the Kid"

While I have been busy making non-Star Wars custom action figures for clients, Dad has been helping with making content for our blog by painting up some custom action figure prints that were sent to us by friends of ours in the custom action figure artist community. Chad Peak aka Peak-OB1 Custom Creations is one of our oldest and closest friends. You may recall our YouTube show with Peak-OB1 Custom Creations called "Customizing The Clone Wars" where we went episode by episode sharing with our audience how we went about making the unreleased characters from the show as action figures. 

This great design of Wag Too and a great companion piece to his Tee Watt Kaa action figure design and print. Being able to complete the father and son set was a real treat! 

We have a plenty more prints that Darth Daddy will be painting this year so don't be surprised if you see a few other designs from Chad on the blog in the future,

"THE CLONE WARS"

WAG TOO

designed and printed by Peak-OB1 Custom Creations

and painted by "Customs for the Kid"

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"THE MANDALORIAN - SEASON ONE" 3.75" Q9-0 action figure painted by "Customs for the Kid"

Despite Din Djarin's disdain for droids, we happen to love them quite a bit here at Customs for the Kid. Since "The Prisoner" aired in 2019, Q9-0 has been a droid we've discussed making.  There were many technical hurdles we would have had to overcome to make him due to his unique parts.  There aren't any droids you can easily borrow parts from to build him, and sculpting all of his details with perfect symmetry would be so challenging, it borders on not being worth the trouble.  I could always open up ZBrush and sculpt him from the ground up, but thanks to the skills and generosity of Angry Raccoon Miniatures, I don't have to!  

Darth Daddy based the figure out with some un-diluted water based black airbrush paint.  You'll want to keep your brush clean to avoid the brush hardening, but the color coverage is strong, and the consistency is thin so it doesn't bury all the important details if you apply it quickly.  Once Darth Daddy finished the base coat, I dry brushed some rust colors over it.  I hand painted in the details such as the utility belts and the silver paint chips.  Once all of those things were finished, I spray sealed him.  I feel some of the rust color I had dry brushed onto him got lost after sealing him.  If you attempt this yourself, either use a richer color, or use a sealer that won't alter the look of the surface as much as a matte sealer. After sealing, I used a fine tip Molotow chrome pen on his eyes to achieve a mirror effect.  Note that the smoothness of the surface you apply the ink to can affect how well the mirror finish develops.  

We're happy to finally bring this character to life in the 3.75" scale, and we're excited to get the crew from "The Prisoner" just a bit closer to completion!  Stay tuned!

"THE MANDALORIAN"

Q9-0

Painted by Customs for the Kid

"STAR WARS REBELS" HONDO OHNAKA painted by "Customs for the Kid"

Darth Daddy has been working in the background painting up some more third party offerings to flesh out our Star Wars Rebels action figure collection. This is the fourth 3D print model created and sold by Angry Raccoon Miniatures that we painted up in celebration of adding The Ghost to our collection via HasLab.

While our original Hondo was a decent figure, we felt the sculpt provided by Angry Raccoon Miniatures had proportions more faithful to the Rebels animated style.  While we lost a lot of articulation with this 5poa version, screen accuracy almost always takes precedence when we make something to add to our shelf display.  We hope you enjoy this figure as much as we do!

"STAR WARS REBELS"

HONDO OHNAKA

painted by

"Customs for the Kid"

"STAR WARS REBELS" KETSU ONYO painted by Elias of "Customs of the Kid"

Ever since we saw her on screen in Season 2 of "Star Wars Rebels", I knew that I wanted Ketsu Onyo represented in my action figure collection. Since my animated collection is grander than what we have acquired in the TVC collection so far, we felt it fitting to utilize the talent of Angry Raccoon Miniatures once more. We love picking up his many 3D print model releases and this action figure is no exception. She painted up beautifully. All her markings were quite the challenge and a bit tedious to apply, but I can't help but appreciate the effort when the results are so fantastic.

Ketsu Onyo was a human female Mandalorian from Shukut who worked as a bounty hunter in the employ of Black Sun in the years prior to the Battle of Yavin. She was a friend of Sabine Wren and helped the cadet escape from the Imperial Academy on Mandalore. The two became bounty hunting partners before she and Wren parted on bad terms, and Wren joined the Spectres. After leaving Sabine for dead, Ketsu joined Black Sun.

Ketsu later resurfaced on Garel where she accepted a job from Black Sun to steal a GNK-series power droid called EG-86, who was carrying sensitive information. However, this job brought her into conflict with Wren and her rebel associates Chopper and Ezra Bridger. Following a struggle that ended in the space above Garel, Ketsu and Sabine reconciled and the two joined forces to escape an Arquitens-class command cruiser and deliver EG-86 to the rebellion on Havoc Outpost. While Ketsu declined Wren's offer to join the rebellion, the two parted on friendly terms.

"STAR WARS REBELS"

KETSU ONYO

painted by 

Elias of "Customs for the Kid"