Custom Trading Cards by Kessel Run Imports

Kessel Run Imports has created trading card sets for the Imperial Shipyards, Luke Sprywalker and the Kessel Run Review with artwork on the cards backside done by boettcherART.



Now he is making this introductory offer to customizers who would like unique card sets of their work. Along with the right to sell additional copies of the sets, KRI is offering these custom designs for just $50. This includes, the design of 6 cards with back face image puzzle using photos of your work, and one hand assembled and cut copy of the card set. Additional sets are $7 each.



Also the following cards sets are available:


Kessel Run Review with Wookielover1138 - Set 1 - $7
http://www.ciurla.com/kesselrunreview/tradingcards.html

Luke Sprywalker - Set 1: Bounty Hunters - $7
http://www.ciurla.com/kesselrunreview/sprywalker.html




If you are interested in any of these offers please contact:
nate@ciurla.com

Or send a message to KesselRunImports on the Yards.







Dad and I were really honored to have our custom action figure "Rebekkah" featured on card #7.

"IMPERIAL SHIPYARDS" VIDEO features Customs for the Kid!!

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Dad started posting over at IMPERIAL SHIPYARDS http://www.imperialshipyards.net/ around the time we started this blog. The forum was full of talented artists all with a love for Star Wars. Forum member Wraithnine today posted a Youtube video showcasing what the incredible talent has unleashed at the Shipyards in 2010. Look for Dad's customs in the screen shot above, as well as in the video when they display the customs for Darth Daddy. Enjoy these great artists!!

"Thanks for the great video, Jay! Your hard work has crafted a jaw-dropping tribute for us all to enjoy." -- Posted by Clonehead on Thursday, November 25 2010

LOOK FOR THESE CUSTOMIZED ACTION FIGURES BY DAD
(DARTH DADDY) IN THE VIDEO:


Rebekkah


Android Assassin


Calamari & Twi'lek Bounty Hunters

Designed By A Six Year Old Boy

Not only do I like to play with Star Wars toys, but I love to draw Star Wars characters and scenes as well. I even create my own Jedi Knights and put them in my drawings.

When I asked my dad to make two characters that I invented into action figures, the first thing he said was, "Help me Obi-wan Kenobi. You're my only hope."

Before he had made Vixey and Rebekkah, he had only painted Star Wars figures to customize them. Never before had he made characters completely from scratch. The idea of making a Twi'lek with hair had him thinking he was in over his head this time.

REBEKKAH

One of my favorite creations is a Jedi Knight named Rebekkah who was a Twi'lek with long dark hair. Yep, my Twi'lek had hair. She had a Wroonian as one of her ancestors so that's where her hair came from.

One of my 1st drawings of Rebekkah (bottom right) as she is being killed during Order 66 by a clone trooper with Maris Brood in mid-air.

Dad worked on Rebekkah first. He had an extra Cesi "Doc" Eirriss laying around the house and an extra Dark Woman too. He used the head of Cesi "Doc" Eirriss as Rebekkah's head and gave it one of his customized paint jobs. He used the body of Dark Woman for the rest. His biggest challenge was how to do the hair. Fortunately, Cesi Eirriss wore flight suit headgear that covered most of her head, so Dad didn't have to figure out how the hair would attach around Rebbekah's lekku. To his relief, he only had to figure out how to attach the hair where it would come out of her hat. For her hair he bought a GI Joe Baroness action figure, ripped off the hair, cut it into three pieces and glued it to three different places around her head. My dad is more in touch with the force than he realizes.

VIXEY

My other favorite Jedi Knight is named Vixey who is a Vulftes, a rarely seen alien species that I created who is based on a fox.

This is Vixey (left) and Aayla Secura on Felucia.

Vixey was an even bigger challenge. There were no Star Wars characters in existence with a head like a fox that Dad could use, but he remembered seeing small plastic animals in the toy section of Target on a few occasions. The next time he went to Target, he kept his eyes peeled to see if he could locate a fox to get the job done. While there were no foxes available, he did see a gray wolf. He bought the wolf, took it home, and got to work. First he used the saw on his Gerber to take off the tail and head off the figurine. Next he went to work on the head. He used the knife of his Gerber tool to shave away the plastic and give it the shape that he needed. Because he didn't have a drill, he had to use a screw and screwdriver to bore a hole in the bottom of her head to attach to a spare Obi-Wan Kenobi body he had laying around. Guess Obi-Wan answered his call. Again Dad gave her one of his custom paint jobs and then clipped off two dog paws that he glued to where Obi-wan's feet once rested. Vixey was born. When Dad finished, he said he was officially retired from customizing.

"NEW" VIXEY

Vixey has been updated since this post. To see the "new" Vixey action figure, click the link below:
http://customsforthekid.blogspot.com/2011/02/revisiting-old-custom-action-figures_23.html