Customs for the Kid: June 2024

Sunday, June 30, 2024

CUSTOMIZE YOUR CANTINA

While perusing comment sections on social media regarding the HasLab Cantina that was recently announced, we decided it would be a nice time to share some 3rd party offerings from members of the customizing community who are making some unique items to help fill out your display or possibly provide you with some useful offerings to create your own display if the HasLab is just not in your budget. Two of the sellers showcased here are in the United States, one is over in England and the last is from Australia so if international shipping costs are a concern, hopefully the selection presented will help ease your wallets if it lessens the costs in some way. Check out the video below for a sample of each of the sellers Cantina themed offerings and click their logos below to visit their websites.

Saturday, June 29, 2024

"THE VINTAGE COLLECTION "STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE" DAMONO DEOMALEY created by "Customs for the Kid" (Headcast by John Evergrey)

Damono Deomaley was another human from the Mos Eisley Cantina we wanted to add to our shelf display. A John Evergrey headcast of Damono put us off to a great start. Once the headcast was painted, all that was needed was some minor sculpting. For the sculpt we took a Farmboy Luke Skywalker action figure and modified the arms, legs and torso. We then used the fabric from one of Dad's old socks to make the soft goods, resulting in one more patron being added to our Cantina display. We originally made his robe from a basmati rice bag, but unfortunately the texture of the fabric wasn't working on camera, so we decided to use a different fabric.

I did the figure's body sculpt, both Dad and I took turns painting parts of the figure, Dad made the soft goods robe and then I made the robe's lapels to finish the figure.

Damono Deomaley was a short, male humanoid who was present in Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina on the planet Tatooine shortly before the Battle of Yavin. While he was in the cantina, the Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi and the former moisture farmer Luke Skywalker entered looking for a pilot, but ended up getting into a fight with two other patrons.

"A NEW HOPE"

DAMONO DEOMALEY

created by "Customs for the Kid"

Headcast by John Evergrey

Cantina Booth by Twelfth Parsec.

"Customs for the Kid"

CANTINA CUSTOMS

For recipes on how to make your own versions of these characters click on the images of the action figures below.

9001 Z001 LANDSPEEDER

TONNIKA SISTERS

ATHELOE aka THE COLONEL

Cantina Spacer

MELAS - Version #2

Lirin Car'n

MOSEP BINNEED

TZIZVVT

REEGESK

Braconnor Bakiska aka Fu Manchu

OWNELLCO

Chachi De Maal

Yerka Mig

TAWSS KHAA

RYCAR RYJERD

DEBNOLI

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*Limit of 5 per customer.   

Standard shipping and handling to the contiguous United States included for Pulse Premium members. Shipping and handling charges will be calculated at the time of checkout for non-Pulse Premium

If this campaign is successfully backed, the offering will include:  

Star Wars: The Vintage Collection Mos Eisley Cantina
Star Wars: The Vintage Collection exclusive carded 3.75-Inch Wuher figure with 3 accessories  
Star Wars: The Vintage Collection exclusive carded 3.75-Inch Brea Tonnika figure with 4 accessories 
Star Wars: The Vintage Collection exclusive carded 3.75-Inch Senni Tonnika figure with 4 accessories

Deluxe Pack will include all of the above, plus:

Cantina expansion with extra wall, booths, and furniture

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Saturday, June 22, 2024

THE VINTAGE COLLECTION "STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE" DEBNOLI created by "Customs for the Kid" (Headcast by John Evergrey)

With the the new Cantina HasLab now in full swing, we thought it would be an appropriate time for us to pull out some really spectacular headsculpts we were fortunate enough to acquire from the talented sculptor John Evergrey. We wanted everyone to get as excited as we are about Hasbro's latest campaign offering and we figured what better way to go about that than by creating and sharing some really cool custom action figures with you all from the Mos Eisley Cantina.

If you saw our recent Fozec figure we posted last month than you may already be familiar with the artist John Evergrey. The sculptor has legendary status in the Rebelscum.com forums for well over a decade now. Evergrey had the most desired headsculpts in the entire community, but they were never available for purchase. Then, one day, Evergrey offered to sell all of his original Star Wars headsculpts as a lot. The price was a bit steep but a small group of customizers banded together to make the purchase and the rest is history. We were extremely fortunate to acquire a few of these casts from the artist privately and they our the perfect centerpieces for our latest custom Cantina creations. We are hoping to share a few other Cantina customs before the campaign ends July 8th.

To make Debnoli, Dad sourced the parts from what he was able to find in our fodder, then did the quick build, as I painted the Evergrey head. I also drew the lines onto the robe Debnoli was wearing with a thin brown Sharpie. The permanent marker had some serious fumes that made me feel nauseous and even gave me a headache so be careful working with them for a long time. Make sure to be somewhere with good ventilation and take breaks if you feel yourself start to become affected.

Dad used TVC Bespin Luke beneath the robe of the Comic Pack - Uncle Owen so the action figure would be able to sit in a chair like in the movie. Dad used a strap of a Clone Trooper gun to fabricate Debnoli's belt. After the head was painted and the robe was comletely pinstriped, the figure was complete and ready to be photographed.

Debnoli was a marksman who frequented Chalmun's Cantina in Mos Eisley. He sought revenge on the Galactic Empire for impounding his ship. From time to time, Debnoli worked with Bron Burs, a former commando from the planet Nentan.

In 0 BBY, the smuggler Gela Yeens, who also worked for Jabba Desilijic Tiure as a debt collector, was searching for him.[4] Debnoli was present in the Mos Eisley cantina when Greedo was killed by Han Solo.

"STAR WARS"

THE VINTAGE COLLECTION

DEBNOLI