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Saturday, March 8, 2014

"AHSOKA TANO" created by Elias

This custom action figure is just a simple head swap and repaint.  We liked the Scuba Ahsoka head sculpt better than the original one that came with this figure so we quickly switched it out.  Nothing fancy.



THE CLONE WARS
"AHSOKA TANO"
created by Elias

























SKILL LEVEL: BEGINNER






Mechanic Ahsoka Tano with R7-A7

Ahsoka Tano - Zygerrian Slave

"Walkabout" Ahsoka Tano 

"SIEGE OF MANDALORE" AHSOKA TANO
FINAL SEASON


"DARKSIDE - AHSOKA TANO" ALTERNATE HEAD
created by LUCASCLONES

The Mortis Darkside Ahsoka figure below was originally posted early last year in the
Lucasclones Customizer Spotlight.




Friday, March 7, 2014

"CLONE WARS CHANCELLOR PALPATINE" created by Darth Daddy & Elias

To commemorate the release of "The Clone Wars - The Lost Missions" on Netflix, Dad wanted to do something special for all the fans that fought so hard for us to see these last remaining episodes of "The Clone Wars" TV series with our "Save the Clone Wars" campaign.  Dad thought it would be fun to make an action figure of the architect of the Clone Wars.  The master puppeteer himself, Chancellor Palpatine.  Unfortunately, this action figure was never made.  Probably because there were some serious fears of peg warming, but hardcore Clone Wars fans all wanted to add this figure to their collections.

To create the action figure, Dad committed a little Star Wars collector sacrilege.  He defaced one of the rarest and most sought after Clone Wars action figures ever made.....that's right, Darth Sidious.  For a few years now, Dad and Star Wars customizer, Peakob1, have been wondering just what was under that plastic hood of Darth Sidious, but both of them had no interest in taking a chance at ruining the rarest action figure in their Clone Wars collection.  Instead they just twisted the action figure at numerous different angles trying to see just how much of Palpatine's headsculpt was hidden under there.  

That was, until last week, when Dad was able to acquire a second Darth Sidious action figure.  He called Peakob1 on the phone, immediately took out his heat gun, pointed it at the head of the Darth Sidious action figure, waited for the glue holding the head to the hood to soften, and when it released, Dad found a near perfect headsculpt of Palpatine under the hood minus Palpatine's hair. 

Dad knew that he wanted to make more than one version of Palpatine, but with just one head, he had to do some molding and casting to get the job done.   This is where things got dicey.  Using the head to make the mold was easy.  The hard part was having a neck post to use with the head if he wanted that head on another body.   Out came the X-acto knife and off came the neck post.  Dad molded the head and the neck post, and fortunately all the casts came out extremely well.

Last, Dad sculpted the hair onto the Palpatine head casts with Aves Fixit, accounting for the variations in the hairstyles for Palpatine along the Clone Wars timeline.  Modified the arms on the ROTS Palpatine body with the red clothing, and finally painted the head casts to complete the figures.  

The best part is, now we have an unlimited supply of Clone Wars Palpatine heads.  Before anyone goes damaging any more Clone Wars Darth Sidious action figures trying to recreate what we've done here, send me a message at customsforthekid@gmail.com.  We have a mold for this head.

I even made one of my own version of Chancellor Palpatine after Dad finished.  Dad says mine has the best paint applications.  Even better than his,

Hope you all enjoy "The Clone Wars - The Lost Missions" if you're watching today!




"CLONE WARS
CHANCELLOR PALPATINE"
created by Darth Daddy




Dad was able to keep the action feature on the figure.



PURCHASE HEAD HERE



SKILL LEVEL: ADVANCED



"CLONE WARS
CHANCELLOR PALPATINE"
created by Elias










PURCHASE HEAD HERE



SKILL LEVEL: ADVANCED



"CLONE WARS
CHANCELLOR PALPATINE"
created by Darth Daddy






PURCHASE THE HEAD HERE



SKILL LEVEL: ADVANCED




My custom Clone Wars Chancellor Palpatine was featured in Yakface.com's "Customizer Mega Spotlight!" I was super excited.  This was the biggest honor I ever could have received as a customizer!



Dad's Clone Wars Chancellor Palpatine was featured on the front page of Imperial Shipyards.







Thursday, March 6, 2014

CUSTOMIZER SPOTLIGHT UPDATE: WRAITHNINE CUSTOMS & Peakob1

Less than a day left until "The Clone Wars - The Lost Missions".  We figured we'd post a few figures in my collection with a Clone Wars slant to get you all excited before the big reveal on Netflix tomorrow.  Wraithnine Customs and Peakob1 are two Star Wars customizers that epitomize Clone Wars cool and are our go to artists when we need our Clone Wars fix.  To celebrate tomorrow we'll be doing a Clone Wars custom action figure reveal of our own so be sure to bookmark the blog so you can visit again tomorrow.



"CLONE WARS
DROIDS"
created by Wraithine Customs






Tatooine droid RA-5P (on left.)





















Wraithnine Customs on Facebook:


You can see more custom action figures from Wraithnine here on Imperial Shipyards:


Wraithnine has a channel on Youtube under the name of Rasputin37 that you can find here:


He posts as Wraithnine on Rebelscum.com here:






For a bonus treat, check out Dad's latest feature on Wraithnine Customs 
over at The Star Wars Underworld:

http://www.starwarsunderworld.com/2014/03/darth-daddys-customizing-corner.html







"CLONE WARS 
WEEQUAY PIRATE PARSEL"
 created by Peakob1




Peakob1 on Facebook:








Saturday, March 1, 2014

Custom Tree Huts Star Wars !!!!

Hey everyone!

TwelfthParsec is posting in several custom action figure dioramas about a start up diorama company on indiegogo! They are going to specialize in large scale dioramas and environments for 3.75" figures.

Space trees is their first endeavor for the business and they have been making customs for years. The first design is inspired by the forest villages that the Ewoks call home.

They stated that they will be specializing in large scale enviroments and that they have much more in the works as long as they can get up and running. The perfectly scaled dioramas will be both customizable and expandable.

Hope you guys will take a look head on over and help them get up and running.





































Check out their campaign here:
http://igg.me/at/twelfthparsec/x/6311184









Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Parintachin73 Added to "Customs I Wish I Owned"




Parintachin73, aka Blaise Bear, hails from Kingston, NY where his time is divided between working full-time, being a parent to a beautiful little girl, freelance graphic designing, and cramming in as many hours at his customs workspace as possible. He has been doing custom figures for about 7-8 years now with an emphasis on Star Wars figures. Although he has been known to delve into the world of superheroes from time to time, his primary goal these days is to expand his skill set and take on new challenges.

Parintachin73 is a veteran with powerhouse skills.  I really love his paint work. His colors are so rich and warm.  Very nice on the eyes!

The creativity in his builds is evident too.  The head he used for his Mara Jade custom action figure is a head that I've never seen used before and it is the most flattering version I've come across.  His Mythos Obi Wan Kenobi in 3 3/4" scale is just awesome!  So well done!



Parintachin73












Link for his work on rebelscum.com:
Parintachin73's customs thread




For commissions please contact:
 blaisebear@yahoo.com






Also check out DARTH DADDY's CUSTOMIZING CORNER featuring
Parintachin73:

http://www.starwarsunderworld.com/2014/02/darth-daddys-customizing-corner_26.html