YAKFINITIES #65 - CUSTOM MINI RIGS

The current Yakfinities Customizing Challenge is starting to heat up as some fantastic entries have rolled in over the past few weeks.

Want to get in on the fun? Then create your own custom mini rig and share some pics of it in the Yakface.com forums after the jump!

UPCOMING CUSTOMIZING CONTEST @ IMPERIAL SHIPYARDS

It has been awhile since Imperial Shipyards has had a custom contest and they are asking for your help to decide the theme of their next customizing challenge. Click to post your idea for what you think the theme should be. Look for the vote to start sometime around noon on Sunday!

YAKFINITIES GOES ROGUE!

The latest Yakfinities Customizing Challenge has kicked off, and the Rogue One theme is one that holds a ton of promise considering the depth of figures Hasbro has yet to offer in the ever-popular 3.75″ super articulated line.

ENTER NOW

YAKFINITIES #62 ROUNDUP REPORT

The latest Yakfinties Customizing Challenge has concluded, and with over 50 customs submitted, Yakface.com once again has a fantastic Roundup Report to share.  Fans of the Expanded Universe will not want to miss out on these custom action figure entries!

CHECK OUT THE ENTRIES NOW

YAKFINITIES CHALLENGE #62: EXPANDED UNIVERSE

Yakface.com's latest Yakfinities Customizing Challenge delves into the Pre-Disney Expanded Universe days. This theme isn’t a slight toward Disney, but a recognition that there are so many character choices that still deserve to be made in 3.75″ form – so if you’ve got the itch to join in the fun, CLICK HERE!

YAKFINITIES #61: ROUNDUP REPORT

Yakface.com's latest Yakfinities Customizing Challenge has just wrapped up, and they’ve got almost 30 new custom dioramas to share after the jump!

IMPERIAL SHIPYARD's "I.M.P.S AT-AT HEAVY GUNNER CHALLENGE"

Check out the full details for Imperial Shipyards latest custom challenge. The submission date is fast approaching! Time to get to building!

LATEST YAKFINITIES UPDATE

YAKFINITIES #61 HAS BEGUN

One thing Hasbro has grossly neglected time and time again over the years is playsets/dioramas/environments for their action figure lines.

So in that light, our latest Yakfinities Customizing Challenge theme is custom playsets/dioramas/environments! This Yakfinities runs through the end of September, so there’s plenty of time to create and submit an entry.

For all the details, click here!

YAKFINITIES #60

ROUNDUP REPORT

The most recent Yakfinities Customizing Challenge has come to a close, and Yakface.com has the Roundup Report with dozens of “custom creatures” in a forum gallery for your viewing pleasure.

Check out all the customs, and see who is walking away with some random prizes after the jump!

Hasbro Launches First Star Wars Fan Figure Photo Series

Hasbro is putting a call out to fans asking them to recreate scenes from The Force Awakens using Hasbro’s Star Wars figures and vehicles to celebrate Star Wars: The Force Awakens landing on Digital HD and Blu-ray. 

Beginning Tuesday, April 5th through Wednesday, May 4th (aka May the Fourth), all photos posted to social using #StarWars and #HasbroToyPic will be considered for inclusion in the Star Wars: The Force Awakens Figure Photo Timeline in the Hasbro booth at San Diego Comic Con. With creator approval, credit will be given to those whose photos are used in the display. Background scenes and details can be found at Hasbro Pulse.

(images courtesy of @sgtbananas)

YAKFINITIES #60 KICKS OFF

A new Yakfinities Customizing Challenge has begun! Whether you’re a first time customizer or a crafty veteran, Yakface.com invites you to take part and customize a creature in their latest customizing challenge.

Repaint an existing toy or make your own fan-fiction creation – it’s up to you! Entries will be accepted through June 30. Head on over to the forums for all the details!

RebelForce Radio and Customs for the Kid: "Star Wars Smuggler's Bounty" Custom Action Figure Contest - WINNER ANNOUNCED

The judges for the contest, Jimmy McInerny, Jason Swank, Kyle Newman, F.J. DeSanto, Paul Bateman, Sam Witwer, and David Collins have chosen the winner of the "Star Wars Smuggler's Bounty" custom action figure contest.  

The official winner of the contest is Star Wars customizer, mousedroidhoojib for his Treya Lanic custom action figure entry.  He has won a signed script donated by author Kyle Newman, a "Force Awakens" teaser poster, official Star Wars 8x10's, Star Wars Hot Wheel Cars, and several Black Series 3 3/4" figures (Boushh Leia, Commander Wolffe, Han in Carbonite, and Mosep Binneed).

Congratulations to the winner and a big thanks to all who participated!

"TREYA LANIC"

created by mousedroidhoojib

The "Star Wars: Smuggler’s Bounty" custom action figure contest commemorated the "Star Wars: Smuggler’s Bounty", the radio drama recorded live at Celebration Anaheim.  The radio drama is based on an original script by Kyle Newman and F.J. DeSanto. "Star Wars: Smuggler’s Bounty" was directed by Kyle Newman (Fanboys) and produced by Jimmy “Mac” McInerney of RebelForce Radio, live onstage featuring some of the best Star Wars voice actors around today who performed to a packed audience of die hard fans at Star Wars Celebration Anaheim. 

ISY's Happy Birthday Custom Challenge!

Imperial Shipyards is having their annual Birthday Bash! This time the theme was pretty simple to come up with: take one of those awful TFA Figures with the 5 points of articulation and show Hasbro what they should look like with full range of motion! You will have between now and November 9th to post your entry so get cracking!

Yakfinities #56: Rebel Militia

It’s time to crack open some custom fodder, as a new Yakfinities Customizing Challenge has just kicked off in their forums – Rebel Militia! For all the details, click here!

Imperial Shipyard's 2014 Birthday Custom Challenge

Imperial Shipyards has a new custom action figure contest to celebrate ISY's birthday.  Voting has just wrapped up and it looks like the theme of this one is going to be to make the ultimate version of a character in 3 3/4" scale.  Check out the new contest and join in on the fun.  They have some great prizes so you don't want to miss out!

Imperial Shipyards "Expanded Universe Custom Challenge" Contest

HOW TO ENTER THE CONTEST

Rebels Customs Event Winding Down

The fan community was recently exposed to Hasbro’s upcoming Rebels line, which has been met with mixed results as so many of us prefer good articulation and more detailed sculpts with the Star Wars lines rather than what Hasbro revealed.

Soon after, Yakface.com teamed up with Imperialshipyards.net to host a customizing event where fans can make their own Rebels themed customs and have a chance to win some cool prizes.  While the number of entries has been somewhat modest thus far, the quality has been fantastic.

To check out the latest entries,  click here – and remember, entries will be accepted until the end of April.

Yakfinities #51 Continues

You only have until the end of March before Yakfinities #51 winds down, and as usual Yakface.com has plenty of random prizes to go around.  So if you like to customize, this is a great category with lots of potential – head on over to the forums and submit a custom Space Pirate after the jump!

OUR ENTRIES:

Clone Wars Weequay Pirate 

 Clone Wars Weequay Pirate

 Clone Wars Weequay Pirate

 Clone Wars Weequay Pirate with Massiff

STAR WARS REBELS CUSTOMIZING CHALLENGE

Imperialshipyards.net and Yakface.com have joined forces again to bring customizers another joint customizing event...STAR WARS REBELS! The rules are simple - create a custom figure, vehicle, playset, etc., that's inspired by the upcoming STAR WARS REBELS animated series and post your work in their forums. Read the full details here and get your plan together to show Hasbro what a real REBELS Action Figure ought to look like. And you can even make em more than 5 POA (sorry couldn't resist that)!

Imperial Shipyards - No Paint Kitbash Contest 2014 Entry

Imperial Shipyards announced their first custom challenge for the New Year! The idea is to get everyone thinking about what parts look good together without painting anything. This is open to any toy line and any scale you choose. The best part is that you can enter up to ten figures! The NPKB contest has always had a lot of participants and stands to be one fun event.  Click on through and read the full details and see what fabulous prizes await.  We already entered a figure.  Dad made a quick generic Clone Wars Weequay pirate for Hondo's gang to get things rolling. This one takes only a few seconds to create with a heat gun, I only had to swap out the lower arms and pop him at the waist to add the cumberbun.  I used a scissor to modify the jacket by cutting along the gold line.

CLONE WARS NPKB WEEQUAY PIRATE

created by Darth Daddy

Head, Cummerbun, and Lower Arms - Clone Wars Shahan Alama
Upper Arms, Torso, Gun,  Modified Jacket, and Legs - Clone Wars Hondo Ohnaka

 You could paint it if you want a more unique looking pirate.

 A close up picture of the painted version that we entered into Yakfinities #51.

SKILL LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE

Dad's Weequay Pirate was featured on the front page of Imperial Shipyards.

Our Weequay Pirates were featured on the front page of Imperial Shipyards.

RebelForce Radio 06.21.2013 - DAVID W. COLLINS, DAVE FILONI & LUKE SPRYWALKER

NEW SHOW! This week on RFR, they have a big preview of Star Wars Celebration Europe 2 with a couple of major players. First, host of the Digital Stage David W. Collins joins them to talk about what's in store for fans next month in Germany, they pull back the curtian to talk about "Smuggler's Gambit" and go behind-the-scenes, and they congratulate Luke Sprywalker the winner of our custom action figure contest. Then, they provide an inside look at The Clone Wars big win at the Daytime Emmys and welcome Supervising Director Dave Filoni to their show. Dave talks about the Emmy's, the upcoming Clone Wars Bonus Content, and a little about the next era of Lucasfilm animation - Star Wars Rebels. 

 CLICK THE LINK:

 http://traffic.libsyn.com/rebelforceradio/RebelForceRadio_062113_WeeklyRFR.mp3

“SMUGGLER’S GAMBIT”

CUSTOM ACTION FIGURE CONTEST

 

"Smuggler's Gambit" Custom Action Figure Contest Entries

WINNING ENTRY:

"Ro Kurota"

created by Luke Sprywalker

Click the links below to check out Luke Sprywalker's work:

http://s167.photobucket.com/albums/u130/sk8twistedtrees/Jedi%20customs/


http://www.imperialshipyards.net/SMF/index.php?topic=1200.0


http://www.imperialshipyards.net/SMF/index.php?topic=1202.0


http://www.imperialshipyards.net/SMF/index.php?topic=1212.0


http://www.yakfaceforums.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=2971