CUSTOMIZER SPOTLIGHT #45: "Garouf Lafoe" created by CRIMSON DYNAMITE

Garouf Lafoe was a male Human from Tatooine. He was an ice trader, fetching ice from the rings of Adriana and bringing it back to Tatooine. Lafoe was a patron in Chalmun's Cantina when Obi-Wan Kenobi took Luke Skywalker there. After witnessing Obi-Wan whip out a lightsaber at both Ponda Baba and Cornelius Evazan, he went outside and informed sandtrooper Davin Felth of the incident.

We figured Cantina month would be a great time to share this Mos Eisley related custom in our newest Customizer Spotlight post.  Garouf Lafoe was a character we didn't have represented in our diorama, so when we saw a rendition of him available for sale on eBay we jumped at the chance to add him.  We had many figures made by the artist CRIMSON DYNAMITE so we knew the figure was worth the investment.

CRIMSON DYNAMITE is a seasoned veteran in the customizing community. Before adopting his new monniker he had one of the most popular Star Wars custom action figure blogs in the community.  The blog in fact that inspired the creation of our own.  His weekly eBay auctions were eagerly awaited on Sunday evenings.  Custom action figure collectors were elated when the listings returned after a long hiatus.  We have over 30 of his customs here at home.  Be sure to check out his eBay page and save him to your favorite sellers.

"Garouf Lafoe"

created by CRIMSON DYNAMITE

 

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"RYCAR RYJERD" created by Darth Daddy

The second addition to our Cantina for week two of our month long tribute to the Mos Eisley Cantina is Rycar Ryjerd.

Rycar Ryjerd was the father of Rayc Ryjerd. He was born on Corellia. Oftentimes, he found employment in the Mos Eisley Cantina on Tatooine, training people to be pilots or to help smugglers make a run. At one point, he was a partner of Nabrun Leids, but they later went their own ways, while maintaining a friendly competition. Ryjerd was an expert gun-runner, and flew weapons for Jabba between Nar Shaddaa and Tatooine. He had a droll sense of humor, and was considered by others to be an idiot. His personal bodyguard was Shud Haloo.  His ship was named the Tower.

Rycar was present in Mos Eisley Cantina when Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi chartered a flight off Tatooine on the Millennium Falcon with Han Solo and Chewbacca.

The body for the figure was an Endor Han Solo.  The head is a cast.

"RYCAR RYJERD"

created by Darth Daddy

SKILL LEVEL: ADVANCED

"ATHELOE aka THE COLONEL" created by Darth Daddy

For the month of April, Customs for the Kid will be posting a new Cantina custom every week for the next five weeks.  The first in the lineup is Atheloe. Now Atheloe goes by a number of names, The Colonel, Solomahal, and the Hare Mouse.  The head was a cast produced by I-AM-BOBA-FETT from Riff Valley Designs and was purchased through Facebook. After I painted the head, I laid synthetic hair onto the headcast where his moustache was located to give the figure a unique touch. I stole some hair off of one of Elias' old stuffed animals to make it happen.  It was my first attempt at doing hair work.  While it was very challenging, I was really happy that I was able to pull it off in this scale.

The jacket was handcrafted and the body of the figure was a 100% sculpted.  I used the Rancor Keeper body as my base figure, sanded it down and sculpted onto what remained.  I stained and modified the jacket from a Black Series Endor Han Solo. First I cut the jacket shorter, and then I created pockets from the scraps left behind.  I tried to keep the stitching wherever I could to give it a more finished look.

Atheloe was a male Lutrillian who lived during the Galactic Civil War. He was present in Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina on the day that Obi-Wan Kenobi and Luke Skywalker chartered Han Solo and the Millennium Falcon for passage to Alderaan in 0 BBY. Atheloe had a seat in front of the entrance and close to the bar. Atheloe is not very visible, and he receives little screen time, only briefly visible sitting near a pillar directly in front of the cantina entrance. Atheloe is more prominently featured in a rough cut of the cantina sequence.

"ATHELOE aka THE COLONEL" 

created by Darth Daddy

SKILL LEVEL: ADAVNCED

HEAD CASTS 

by I-AM-BOBA-FETT

 Riff Valley Designs aka I-AM-BOBA-FETT

Unique Star Wars head casts from a talented Star Wars customizer.

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"Mosep Binneed" created by Darth Daddy

This was a really quick custom action figure Dad made while I worked on a custom Tawss Khaa action figure.  We got two head casts in the mail that were created by Star Wars customizer I-AM-BOBA-FETT that we used with some Imperial officer action figures to create the Nimbanel Cantina aliens.  I'll probably post my Tawss Khaa very soon, but here is the Mosep Binneed Dad made.  I'm loving how much my Cantina diorama is growing this year.  I added seven Cantina aliens to my collection since summer started.  I may try to add a few more throughout 2014.

"MOSEP BINNEED"

created by Darth Daddy

Mosep Binneed was a Nimbanel accountant who served Jabba Desilijic Tiure. Like most of his species, Binneed entered a bureaucratic profession and worked for the Hutts, eventually ending up on Tatooine during the early Galactic Civil War. Operating out of Mos Eisley spaceport on Tatooine in the Outer Rim, Binneed managed the finances of crime lord Jabba the Hutt to the best of his efforts, along with a number of other accountants, many of whom were also Nimbanese. He was present in Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina in 0 BBY when Obi-Wan Kenobi attacked Ponda Baba with a lightsaber. 

After the death of Binneed's superior, Lhojugg, Binneed took charge of Jabba's financial affairs and was based in the Hutt's town house. He had many informants and contacts in the organizations of Jabba's criminal rivals, and he used their information to disrupt the competitors' flow of funding. However, he knew that Jabba would have no hesitation to end his life if he failed in his tasks, and Binneed was constantly in fear of such a fate. He had many underlings, though some of them wished to work against Jabba, mismanaging his books and seeking to leave his employ.

SKILL LEVEL: BEGINNER

Dad's Mosep Binneed was featured on the front page of Imperial Shipyards.

"CANTINA SPACER" created by Darth Daddy

Well, I'm still working on filling in my Chalmun's Cantina diorama with the characters from A New Hope that were never produced as action figures. My latest addition is a Cantina Spacer that can be found in the original movie in the background as the camera pans across the room. Since Hasbro has already produced all the parts needed to make the figure, it is one of the easiest ones to produce. Dad took the Legacy Bossk action figure, removed the head and replaced it with a Bo Shek helmet, and then replaced the forearms and legs below the knees and glued on the gloves and boots of a POTF Death Star Gunner to complete this figure.

"CANTINA SPACER"

created by Darth Daddy

SKILL LEVEL: BEGINNER

Be sure to enter your own custom to Yakfinities #50.