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Showing posts with label SPUDAFETT. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SPUDAFETT. Show all posts

Friday, October 24, 2014

DARTH DADDY's CUSTOMIZING CORNER: spudafett








Devin aka spudafett is a high school science teacher with a degree in geology. Since childhood Devin has collected two things, fossils and Star Wars. More recently he has gotten involved in the art and hobby of customizing Star Wars (and other franchises) action figures, vehicles and collectibles. 



 6" Jango Fett



 3 3/4" Aurra Sing Ball jointed hips.



 Clone Wars Boba Fett






 6" Mara Jade



 Mythos Obi-Wan Kenobi (Alec Guinness head)












You can view his work on Imperialshipyards.net or deviantart.com under his internet handle of Spudafett, but the best place to reach him is on his facebook page: 

https://www.facebook.com/pages/SpudaFetts-Custom-toys/275038512535165?ref=bookmarks# 


Sunday, January 1, 2012

Dad's Imperial Shipyards "Best of 2011" VIDEO

Last week Tamer of Imperial Shipyards asked Dad if he could create a "Best of 2011" video featuring the art of all the customizers there. The artist's all submitted their favorite pieces of 2011, and below is the result. Hope you enjoy. Happy New Year everyone!


Imperial Shipyards "Best of 2011" Video





Dad's video featured on the front page of Imperial Shipyards.

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

SPUDAFETT ADDED TO "CUSTOMS I WISH I OWNED"

Devin, aka SPUDAFETT, has been part of the customizing community for more than 2 years. Primarily a Star Wars customizer SPUDAFETT has been known to dabble in other genres as well. Including Gi-Joe, Marvel, and DC. His primary scale of choice being 1:18th figures and vehicles. Many of his Star Wars customs are re-creations of his favorite characters using parts to make them super-articulated and thus more poseable and playable. This usually means adding new points of articulation to existing Star Wars figures or recreating the figure on a super-articualated GI Joe body.



SPUDAFETT




Sunday, January 23, 2011

Tutorial: Five Minute Custom Modification for Your Clone Wars Young Boba Fett Action Figure

Hasbro's Clone Wars version of a young Boba Fett is by far one of the coolest action figures to come out of that line. Any collector or child is bound to have a load of fun with an action figure as good as this one with all the great articulation that it has to offer.

Recently while browsing through Imperial Shipyards, Dad came across a custom action figure made by customizer SPUDAFETT that just blew him away and he knew he wanted to make something similar. When Dad looked at SPUDAFETT's custom Young Boba Fett, he knew that SPUDAFETT nailed it. The figure had all the bells and whistles. When Dad took a look at it he thought that this was a custom that everybody would want. Then he thought that not everybody would feel that they had the knowledge or skills to be able to create it, so he figured what if he showed everyone a way to make a substandard version of that figure that required no dremel and no paint application that even a beginning customizer could tackle.

Dad's figure would only require the customizer to use a Clone Wars Mace Windu head, a Boba Fett helmet from the new Vintage line, a sharp knife, krazy glue, and 5 minutes of their time. In return, they would get a second interchangeable head for their Clone Wars Young Boba Fett action figure.

To create it, Dad cut the Clone Wars Mace Windu head just above the eyes, popped the head onto the torso of the Clone Wars Young Boba Fett action figure. Placed the Boba Fett helmet from the new Vintage line onto what was left of the Mace Windu head and krazy glued the head into the helmet in the desired position. Use your last four minutes to hold the helmet in place and let the krazy glue dry. Just be careful when applying the glue that you don't glue the head to the torso so the head maintains its articulation and remains interchangeable. Once the glue is dry, you're done. You now have a young Boba Fett sporting the iconic helmet that we all know and love. The great part is that the custom modification requires no paint since the helmet already matches the backpack.



YOUNG BOBA FETT CUSTOM
CREATED BY DARTH DADDY

The Clone Wars Young Boba Fett action figure with the new interchangeable customized head.



The Clone Wars Young Boba Fett action figure with original head.



The Mace Windu head, cut and glued to the helmet of the Vinatge Boba Fett that is in stores now. I love the irony of using the Mace Windu head to make this custom. But come on, we all know Windu is in Boba's head anyway.



Be sure not to glue the head to the torso to maintain the heads articulation.



This custom makes it so you can have the action figure with and without a helmet. A great custom for beginners.











YOUNG BOBA FETT CUSTOM
CREATED BY SPUDAFETT


It's easy to see how this action figure can inspire.



SPUDAFETT made the deluxe version of the figure with a crisp paint application, gauntlets, cape, and a custom missile in the jetpack.




SPUDAFETT even upped the game by making the helmet removable by removing some of Boba's hair.



The hair removal isn't even noticeable.





You can see more custom action figures created by SPUDAFETT at these three links:

http://spudafett.deviantart.com/gallery/

http://www.imperialshipyards.net/SMF/index.php?topic=720.msg11371#msg11371

http://www.imperialshipyards.net/SMF/index.php?topic=5089.0;topicseen