CLONE WARS "SORA BULQ" created by Darth Daddy

Although the Star Wars character Sora Bulq had a prominent role throughout the comics based on the Clone Wars era of the saga, in the TV series he was relegated to the background and never even received a speaking part or featured as a main character in an episode.  He stood at conference tables, paid his respects at a Jedi funeral and walked down the halls of the Jedi Temple, but well that was about it. 

So why make him?

Well, because we had the parts to make him, and we wanted to do an exclusive reveal for Episode 22 of "Customizing The Clone Wars".  He took only half a day to create the figure with a Clone Wars Obi-Wan Kenobi, the braids from a Hondo Ohnaka, and a head cast of an original Weequay head sculpt that I made to make pirates from Hondo's gang.  Once it was built we painted him and called it a wrap.

CLONE WARS

"SORA BULQ"

created by Darth Daddy

SKILL LEVEL: ADVANCED

QUICK ALTERATIONS

As you know Dad likes to introduce our audience to quick and easy modifications that they can make to their existing action figures to spruce things up a bit. These two action figures are no different.

ULTIMATE BARRISS OFFEE

We really loved Hasbro's new VOTC Barriss Offee action figure, but she didn't have a very battle ready appearance. But by accessorizing her by combining parts from the Star Wars Saga 2002 Collection 2: Attack of the Clones #12 Barriss Offee [Jedi Padawan] and a few accessories from the new CW Barriss Offee, we were able to create the Ultimate Barriss Offee with an interchangeable head sculpt, a short cloak to go with the existing hood, and a battle action cloak too. Dad is planning on adding an interchangeable right hand so I can keep using the magnet hand from the Star Wars Saga 2002 Collection 2: Attack of the Clones #12 Barriss Offee also.

She looks a lot more battle ready now.

Dad loved the head sculpt of the original Barriss and wanted to come up with a way to show off the hair of the action figure in his Ultimate edition.

With an Exacto knife Dad cut of the head of the AOTC Barriss and then used a drill and Dremel to give the head the ability to snap securely onto the neck post of the VOTC figure and have full articulation.

With all these accessories a lot of variations could be produced to enhance play.




ORIGINAL ACTION FIGURES

VOTC Barriss Offee

Star Wars Saga 2002 Collection 2:
Attack of the Clones #12 Barriss Offee
[Jedi Padawan]

SKILL LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE

SORA BULQ
with Articulated Knees

Dad boiled the original Saga 2 Sora Bulq action figure to remove his unarticulated legs and replaced them with the CW Eeth Koth legs instead. By boiling the two action figures in hot water for about 5 minutes, the plastic was soft enough to swap out the legs of the figure. Dad read that JACKOFTRADZE used the same technique with the legs of a Kit Fisto from the Target Geonosis 2-pack. Dad didn't have one in our fodder so Eeth Koth had to step in to make it happen. Dad at some point would like to replace the hard goods skirt with a soft good skirt when he finds a suitable replacement.

ORIGINAL ACTION FIGURE

Saga 2 Sora Bulq



FEATURED

Dad's "Ultimate Barriss Offee" was featured on the front page of Imperial Shipyards.

SKILL LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE

JACKOFTRADZE CUSTOMIZER SPOTLIGHT: UPDATED

JACKOFTRADZE is a professional Toy Designer who has been working in the industry for over 10 years designing real toy products! He has been a very committed 1/18th scale Star Wars collector since 1991! He collected when no one cared about Star Wars and has been with the line ever since. He recently created a blog and as you read his blog you get the unique perspective of a Toy Designer and a Collector. He has been an active eBay member for over 10 years and for over 4 of those years he has been creating custom figures to enhance his collection. He has a lot of cool customs and insights to share that I think you will enjoy.

Since our previous Customizer Spotlight on JACKOFTRADZE, we have acquired several more Star Wars custom action figures and we decided to use the slideshow format to showcase them all just so we could save on space. Check out the newest JACKOFTRADZE additions to my collection!

JACKOFTRADZE CUSTOMIZER SPOTLIGHT:
UPDATE

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