Custom Action Figure News Episode 69 - CAFN goes to Video Podcasting

It has been a long time coming, but Lucasclones and Tamer had a very enjoyable first run as they made the jump from audio to video podcasting. A few of the items they talked about were: customizing highlights around the web (of course!), new announcements regarding Star Wars Collectibles, the latest Episode 7 rumors including that great new Battlefront Trailer, etc. Now I can't promise a totally glitch free podcast as this is their first time out in this format, but they wanted to work out all the kinks before they get back to their live interviews with the best customizers across the world wide web. And don't worry, for those that like the plain audio format, they will be converting all of these videos to mp3's! And don't forget to subscribe to our YouTube Channel as CAFN begins this new series.

Its time to get your Expanded Universe on for ISY's next Custom Challenge!

The voting has ended and its time to announce the next custom action figure challenge at ISY! Its time to get your Expanded Universe on! Imperial Shipyards wanted to do something to honor all of the wonderful folks out there who have added so much to the Star Wars Universe during the dark years when we had no toys, no movies, not much of anything as a matter of fact. And while it may be termed "legendary" it is definitely near and dear to many of us at ISY.  Click here to read the full contest details.  You have from now until July 12th to create your custom!

DARTH DADDY's CUSTOMIZING CORNER: LUCASCLONES

 

Darth Daddy's Customizing Corner featured Star Wars customizer Lucasclones in the latest Customizing Corner over at The Star Wars Underworld.

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When it comes to Star Wars customs, Chad Hitchcock aka Lucasclones creates some of the best Star Wars clone figures out there today. He's particularly fond of making ARC troopers.

As a commissioned artist, his figures have been some of the best selling I've seen in the community.  Lucasclones is a customizer that dives into everything. He customizes Star Wars, G.I. Joe, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Desolation, and several other toy lines. He even created an H.P. Lovecraft inspired custom.

He also has an extremely active Youtube channel complete with figure reviews, tutorials, and custom action figure debuts.

Lucasclone's podcast, Custom Action Figure News, has been gaining traction for a few years now and its creation has been a boon to the custom action figure community. On his show he has interviewed the most famous customizers around. Working with Imperial Shipyards administrator Tamer, his podcast's success has made customizers accessible to their fans, all while providing some great tips on how to make one-of-a-kind toys. His recent addition of "Roundtable" discusssions to his podcast need to be archived for all interested in the artform. These roundtable  discussions feature the experts who have teamed up to provide a free custom action figure education that's worth a fortune to the beginner and advanced customizer alike.

I can't even begin to list the many contributions Lucasclones has brought to the community.  He's definitely an artist to watch.

ARC Trooper "Fives"

Lucasclones on Imperial Shipyards:
http://www.imperialshipyards.net/SMF/index.php?topic=3618.0


Lucasclones on Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucasclones/


Lucasclones on Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/user/cha1man2?feature


Lucasclones' blog:

 http://lucasclonecustoms.blogspot.com/







Go here to listen to the Custom Action Figure News podcast:
http://www.imperialshipyards.net/CAFN/index.html


If there is anything you would like him to feature on a future podcast be sure to let him know at:
chad.cafnpodcast@yahoo.com

Custom Action Figure News - Episode #69: JRNY FAN

Enjoy Episode 69 of 

Custom Action Figure News!

Custom Action Figure News had an absolute blast talking with Brian aka JRNY FAN this past Thursday. Get yourself a cup of jawa juice, kick back, and listen to Lucasclones and Tamer talk about JRNY FAN's great Kenner inspired play-sets, hear about a cool product called Instamorph that you may want to add to your tool box, as well as a small tutorial and preview of what you are in for if you want to do some of your own 3D Printing. Hats off to JRNY FAN for giving CAFN a bit of his time. Don't forget to visit the ISY CAFN Archive Page where you can find this latest offering as well as all of their past episodes. 

We were really happy to hear that this artist was the one being featured.  We here at  home have been wanting to show his work on here for a long time now.  So happy that we can expose you to JRNY FAN if you haven't heard of him already!

JRNY FAN on FACEBOOK

JRNY FAN's WEBSITE

ABOUT INSTAMORPH

CAFN: Episode 67: Twelfth Parsec

Its time for Episode 67 of Custom Action Figure News!

CAFN was joined by Brent Picha aka Twelfth Parsec last night to go over in great detail the great Indiegogo Campaign for his Star Wars Inspired Space Trees. This was just an excellent interview with lots of great insight not only into his wonderful new product and how he is bringing that to the masses, but also the complexity doing something like this on a large scale. There were also some great hints about perhaps what projects might be coming next. Don't forget to go to our CAFN Archive Page to get the download link for your favorite device!

If you haven't seen the brand new and improved CAFN Page yet, be sure to give it a look.

 

If there is anything you would like them to feature on a future podcast be sure to let them know at:

chad.cafnpodcast@yahoo.com

tamer@imperialshipyards.net

Custom Action Figure News is back with Episode 67! - NY TOY FAIR 2014

Custom Action Figure News is back with Episode 67!

You knew this one was coming. CAFN did a recap of all the cool things they saw from Toy Fair 2014. They were joined by ISY Roving Reporter Extraordinaire Dan Kosa as they previewed all the new Star Wars Products showcased in NYC with a little Marvel, Transformers, and JOE thrown in for good measure. Hit that play button to see the good, the bad, and the downright ugly. As usual CAFN ran out of time so look for them to finish this up soon!

Custom Action Figure News - Episode 65: TOP TEN ACTION FIGURES - 2013!

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Lucasclones and Tamer had a great time in this episode of Custom Action Figure News discussing their favorite action figures of 2013 with action figure expert Dan Curto who shared not only his favorites from this past year, but also announced a great new podcast. 

If you haven't seen the brand new and improved CAFN Page yet, be sure to give it a look.

 

If there is anything you would like them to feature on a future podcast be sure to let them know at:

chad.cafnpodcast@yahoo.com

tamer@imperialshipyards.net

 

CAFN: EPISODE 64 - HOLIDAY SPECIAL

CAFN - EPISODE 64

CAFN has been trying since last year to get their families on to give you their viewpoint on Lucasclone's customizing and Tamer's collecting through a Q & A Session with their significant others. CAFN wants to personally thank Lucasclones' wife Amanda and his daughter Emma along with Tamer's wife Laurie and daughter Evie as they let their family give their audience the full uncensored scoop when it comes to dealing with collectors and customizers. CAFN also got to talk about "Whats On The Pegs" and previewed their "Top Five Toys of the Year".

If you haven't seen the brand new and improved CAFN Page yet, be sure to give it a look.

 

If there is anything you would like them to feature on a future podcast be sure to let them know at:

chad.cafnpodcast@yahoo.com

tamer@imperialshipyards.net

CAFN #62: THE SPECTRE

CAFN #62: THE SPECTRE

CAFN was joined by The Spectre, Dan Kosa, to talk about a small fraction of his great custom work. Hit that play button and listen in as he describes how he turns trash items to custom treasure, the construction of some of his awesome dioramas, his best custom figure recipes, and painting techniques. Don't forget to go to the CAFN Archive Page for all the download links and to go back and listen to your favorite episodes.

If you haven't seen the brand new and improved CAFN Page yet, be sure to give it a look.

Go here to listen to the Custom Action
Figure News podcast:

http://www.imperialshipyards.net/CAFN/index.html

If there is anything you would like them to feature on a future podcast be sure to let them know at:

chad.cafnpodcast@yahoo.com

tamer@imperialshipyards.net

CAFN EPISODE #61: Luke Sprywalker

"SWEEPER"
created by LUKE SPRYWALKER

CAFN Episode 61: Luke Sprywalker

Custom Action Figure News was joined by our friend Luke Sprywalker to hear about all his latest custom work and projects he is involved with as well as, Dan "The Spectre" Kosa ISY's roving reporter to fill us in on the all fun he had at NYCC last week including the Q and A with Hasbro, The Star Wars Rebels Panel, and the Making of Return of the Jedi Panel.

"Ro Kurota"

created by LUKE SPRYWALKER

If you haven't seen the brand new and improved CAFN Page yet, be sure to give it a look.

Go here to listen to the Custom Action
Figure News podcast:

http://www.imperialshipyards.net/CAFN/index.html

If there is anything you would like them to feature on a future podcast be sure to let them know at:

chad.cafnpodcast@yahoo.com

tamer@imperialshipyards.net

CAFN EPISODE #60: Sith_fire30

CAFN Episode 60: Sith_fire30

We always love any opportunity we have to hear Sith_fire30 interviewed and last nights interview on Custom Action Figure News was just as enjoyable as the rest.  We heard  about some great molding and casting products, as well as techniques for how to use them.  Although this episode interview was dominated by talk about his incredible line of figures from the Alien franchise, there was still plenty of time for Star Wars talk regarding work in progress figures of his Star Wars Invasion Sprague and Spider Leg Darth Maul.  Give it a listen, you won't be disappointed.

If you haven't seen the brand new and improved CAFN Page yet, be sure to give it a look.

Go here to listen to the Custom Action
Figure News podcast:

http://www.imperialshipyards.net/CAFN/index.html

If there is anything you would like them to feature on a future podcast be sure to let them know at:

chad.cafnpodcast@yahoo.com

tamer@imperialshipyards.net

CAFN Episode 59: Galactic Merchants

CAFN Episode 59: Galactic Merchants

Wow, what a great podcast Custom Action Figure News had with Casey, lead designer for Galactic Merchants: creators of the great new Space Station and Space Cruiser Action Figure Display Dioramas for your 3 3/4" figures. Needless to say they covered the ins and outs of these great new diorama offerings, covered just a ton of member questions, and even talked about future action figure display dioramas. Lets just say we were left just as excited, if not more so, after the interview than we started out being.

http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/custom-star-wars-display-project

https://www.facebook.com/GalacticMerchants

If you haven't seen the brand new and improved CAFN Page yet, be sure to give it a look.

Go here to listen to the Custom Action
Figure News podcast: 

 http://www.imperialshipyards.net/cafnpage.html

If there is anything you would like them to feature on a future podcast be sure to let them know at:

chad.cafnpodcast@yahoo.com

tamer@imperialshipyards.net

Custom Action Figure News - Episode #58: DS CUSTOMS

Custom Action Figure News was joined by Darth Streams aka DS Customs and really enjoyed talking about his great custom figures. In addition CAFN really delved into the process of making your own custom cardbacks with removable bubbles from both a materials and hardware perspective, as well as the photo-editing work. Stay tuned as CAFN showcases some of Bill's great PSD templates and all the places he gets his materials from.

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Here is a link to the materials and supplies used to create custom cardbacks:
http://www.imperialshipyards.net/SMF/index.php?topic=8766.msg164601#msg164601

If you haven't seen the brand new and improved CAFN Page yet, be sure to give it a look.

Go here to listen to the Custom Action
Figure News podcast: 

 http://www.imperialshipyards.net/cafnpage.html

Custom Action Figure News - Episode #57: Customizer Roundtable (Custom Commissions)

Lucasclones and Tamer were joined by a very esteemed panel of custom action figure artists to talk about the very controversial subject of commissioning a custom action figure project. Just what is a fair price on a custom action figure or vehicle? Custom Action Figure News aimed to cover this entire process from start to finish, including both the commissioner and the commissionee perspective. CAFN would like to thank Luke Sprywalker, Darth Daddy, and Ratfink's Customs for giving CAFN some time to talk about this.

If you haven't seen the brand new and improved CAFN Page yet, be sure to give it a look.

Go here to listen to the Custom Action
Figure News podcast: 

 http://www.imperialshipyards.net/cafnpage.html

If there is anything you would like them to feature on a future podcast be sure to let them know at:

chad.cafnpodcast@yahoo.com

tamer@imperialshipyards.net




 

CAFN - Episode 54: Custom Action Figure News interviews Chad Crafts

CAFN: Episode 54 - Chad Crafts (C130IM)




Chad Crafts (C130IM) gave two hours of his time to talk with Lucasclones and Tamer about his custom work and the art of scratch-building.

If you haven't seen the brand new and improved CAFN Page yet, be sure to give it a look.

Go here to listen to the Custom Action
Figure News podcast: 

 http://www.imperialshipyards.net/cafnpage.html

If there is anything you would like them to feature on a future podcast be sure to let them know at:

chad.cafnpodcast@yahoo.com

tamer@imperialshipyards.net