"BATTLE FOR ENDOR" CHARAL action figure created by CUSTOMS FOR THE KID

Our first custom action figure post for 2015.  Even though it is our first post of the year, this action figure was actually made in 2014.

For my 5 year old nephew's birthday 2 years ago, we gave him the entire Star Wars video library complete with all the films, The Clone Wars TV episodes, and the old Ewok movies that were made for television when I was a little kid. When my nephew began to watch some of the content that we gave him, he started with the "The Battle for Endor" movie. He loved the movie so much that he watched it 3-4 times a day for weeks on end.

When we visited his house on vacation, we brought him the Vintage Wicket and Star Tours Teek action figures, as well as, the Ewok Battle Pack that was exclusive to Toys R' Us. While we were visiting for the week, he saw us make custom action figures for the blog and was really impressed with our ability to make our own toys. So much so, that he asked if we could make a Noa and a Cindel for him last Christmas. 

He really liked what we made him, so this holiday, he asked for some of the baddies from the same film. We thought it would be fun if we made him a Charal action figure.  To do so, we used the body from a G.I. Joe Baroness action figure, and used green stuff to sculpt on her armor and necklace.  Originally, I wanted to do an original head sculpt, but due to time constraints and a heavy work load, I had to utilize the Black Series Mara Jade head to finish the custom in time for the holidays.  I just gave the head a simple repaint.  The hardest part was creating the soft goods and the feather cape that she wears. The dress and cape I took from the Black Series Luminara Unduli action figure and sewed in a red liner from some spare fabric I had left over from my Mother Talzin custom action figure.  It was the first time I ever did feather work, but I was pretty happy with how she turned out.

My favorite part of the project was the crow that Elias sculpted out of Green Stuff. Since Charal frequently uses her red gemstone ring to transform herself into a crow, we thought it would be fun to include the crow as part of the gift too.

My nephew absolutely loved the new addition to his "Battle for Endor" action figure collection.

"BATTLE FOR ENDOR" CHARAL action figure 

created by Customs for the Kid

CHARAL as a CROW

created by Elias

 Complete with a red ring.

NOA BRIQUALON & CINDEL TOWANI

created by Customs for the Kid

Our Charal action figure was featured on the front page of Imperial Shipyards.

CINDEL TOWANI & NOA BRIQUALON created by Customs for the Kid

For my 4 year old cousin's last birthday, we gave him the entire Star Wars video library complete with all the films, the Clone Wars TV episodes, and the old Ewok movies that were made for television when my Dad was a little kid.  When my cousin began to watch some of the content that we gave him, he started with the "The Battle for Endor" movie.  He loved the movie so much that he watched it 3-4 times a day for weeks on end. 

When we visited his house this summer, we brought him the new Wicket action figure from the Vintage collection and the Ewok Battle Pack that was exclusive to Toys R' Us.  While we were visiting for the week, my cousin saw Dad make custom action figures for the blog and was really impressed with our ability to make our own toys.  So much so, that he asked if we could make him a Noa and a Cindel for Christmas.  Before we left that week, Dad ordered a Teek action figure to be mailed to his house, and told him to keep an eye on the mailbox around Christmas time.  When we returned home, Dad started to acquire the fodder we needed to complete his request.  When Dad started to obtain the fodder, he bought double of everything so that he could make me a set too.

Since time was limited, we only had the chance to make this first set for my cousin, but once the New Year rolls around, we'll most likely make the second set for my collection as well.  This project was a lot of  fun because it was a real team effort between me and Dad.  To create the action figures, we modified an Anakin Skywalker from Episode I to create the Cindel Towani, and we used a Willrow Hood body and a Henry Jones head from the "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" toy line to make the Noa Briqualon action figure.  Dad worked on the head sculpts and the soft goods, while I worked on creating Noa's staff and painting the figures.  I really liked the way that they both came out and I can't wait to add these two characters to my own collection now that I know what needs to be done.  My favorite part of this project was using the Dremel for the first time to sand a wooden chopstick into Noa's staff.  It was my first time working with the tool and it was a lot of fun to use.

I hope my little cousin enjoys the new toys that we made for him and even more importantly that his dog doesn't eat them.  Let us know what you think.

NOA BRIQUALON & CINDEL TOWANI

created by Customs for the Kid

 
Our Noa and Cindel were featured on the front page of Imperial Shipyards.

The Classic Star Wars Facebook group also featured our Noa and Cindel in their feed.