Customs for the Kid: CUSTOMIZING CONTEST

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Sunday, March 10, 2013

CONTEST COMMITMENTS

Even though we are hard at work here at home promoting the "Smuggler's Gambit" Custom Action Figure Contest with RebelForce Radio, we have some good friends over at Yakface.com and ImperialShipyards.net who are hosting a contest of their own, a Star Wars Episode VII Customizing Challenge to be exact. We figured since we are judging our own contest and we can't submit entries that Customs for the Kid should definitely support others in the community by participating in our friend's event in the meantime.

Here are the entries we threw together. Just background characters. Although, if there is one thing that can be said about Star Wars, it is that the background characters even have great tales told about them along the way. Here are our characters, but their stories are still a work in progress.

STAR WARS EPISODE VII

CUSTOMIZING CHALLENGE ENTRIES

by Customs for the Kid

PACITHHIP

by Darth Daddy

This custom was inspired by a custom made by our good friend Luke Sprywalker....

"PACITHHIP"

by Luke Sprywalker

Zabrak

by Darth Daddy

Twi'lek

by Elias

Our submissions were featured on the front page of Imperial Shipyards.

RebelForce Radio and Customs for the Kid present...

"SMUGGLER'S GAMBIT" CUSTOM ACTION FIGURE CONTEST

Saturday, March 9, 2013

RebelForce Radio and Customs for the Kid's "Smuggler's Gambit" Custom Action Figure Contest Is Making News...

"SMUGGLER'S GAMBIT" CUSTOM ACTION FIGURE CONTEST

Monday, March 4, 2013

ABROSSOS VI REBEL RECONAISSANCE TROOPERS

Dad threw these two custom action figures together to show potential "Smuggler's Gambit" contest participants how they can make a quick and easy "Smuggler's Gambit" custom action figure in just minutes for the contest that we are promoting with RebelForce Radio. This is a great technique on how to create a Hasbro looking figure without even having to break out a paint brush. These types of customs are great starting points for those of you who are are just beginner customizers and don't feel very confident with your painting skills yet.

"ABROSSOS VI
REBEL RECONAISSANCE TROOPERS"

created by Darth Daddy

"ABROSSOS VI

CALAMARI REBEL RECONAISSANCE TROOPER"

by Darth Daddy

Using the lower legs and lower torso of the Vintage Endor Rebel Soldier with the top half of a Vintage Admiral Ackbar, you can make a unique Abrossos VI Calamari Reconaissance Trooper that would work just as well in an Endor diorama as he would completing his scouting mission with Han Solo.

The following Vintage Star Wars action figures were used:

-Vintage Endor Rebel soldier
-Vintage Admiral Ackbar

DIRECTIONS

Action figure assembly requires adult supervision and the following tools for a kitbash project:

-Heat gun or hairdryer

Both the Ackbar and Endor Rebel action figures only had to be heated up at the waist enough to pop them apart. Make sure the action figures are not hot enough to burn you before handling and disassembling. Once sepaerated at the waist, we only needed to pop the parts back together in their desired positions before the plastic joints cooled down again.

(ADULT SUPERVISION REQUIRED: If no heat gun or hairdryer is available, both figures can be put into boiling water for approximately 5 minutes....NO MORE. Make sure the water level is higher than the figure and that no plastic is above the water line. Do not add the figure to the water until the water is boiling. After the 5 minutes has expired, turn off the burner, and remove the action figures from the water with tongs. Make sure the action figures are not hot enough to burn you before handling and disassembling.)