TheRealMarch4th Added to "Customs I Wish I Owned"

TheRealMarch4th has been customizing for 2 years now.  His work immediately caught our eye because he was one of the few artists out there making Clone Wars custom action figures. He paints, he kitbashes, and he sculpts too.  The entire customizing package. He loves customizing figures from the Star Wars animated TV shows and making Mandalorians.  The scope of his work even dives into the Expanded Universe/Legends.  His early work like most customizers focused on making Jedi action figures, but once his skill set expanded so did his character choices from which he drew his inspiration.  He is hoping to create more figures from Star Wars Rebels, Clone Wars and even the old Droids series in the upcoming months.  We talk to this customizer frequently and his enthusiasm for the hobby is infectious.

TheRealMarch4th

To see more of his work visit his Instagram page:

https://www.instagram.com/therealmarch4th/

TheRealMarch4th was also featured in Darth Daddy's Customizing Corner over at The Star Wars Underworld.

"CUSTOMIZING THE CLONE WARS" - EPISODE 9

Peak-OB1 Custom Creations and Darth Daddy of "Customs for the Kid" discuss "Hidden Enemy" and the Clone Wars custom action figures the episode inspired.

THE CLONE WARS "R5-S9" created by Elias

R5-S9 was an R5-series astromech droid that worked for the Galactic Senate during the Clone Wars. During the Senate hostage crisis in 22 BBY, R5-S9 was working at the Republic Executive Building in the power control room when Cad Bane's posse entered the room. It was destroyed by one of Bane's IG-86 sentinel droids.

To create the figure, I used the lower half of the The Clone Wars R7-D4 and the head of a Build A Droid R5-D4. After that I just did a custom paint application.

THE CLONE WARS

"R5-S9"

created by Elias

SKILL LEVEL: BEGINNER

"CUSTOMIZING THE CLONE WARS" - EPISODE 8

Peak-OB1 Custom Creations and Darth Daddy of "Customs for the Kid" discuss "Trespass" and the custom Clone Wars custom action figures the episode inspired.

TOY RUN: THE STAR WARS ACTION FIGURE CAST - EPISODE 14

Darth Daddy of Customs for the Kid had a great time talking Star Wars toys and custom figures with Criz Bee of JediBusiness.com and Jake Stevens of From 4-LOM to Zuckuss.com on their podcast "Toy Run: The Action Figures Cast". We found the podcast only recently and it quickly became one of my favorite Star Wars podcasts!

"Customizer Brian Fulton AKA “Darth Daddy” from the Star Wars action figure blog "Customs for the Kid" shares his thoughts on Hasbro’s transition to a less articulated figure line. Lots of listener feedback, mini-reviews of Disney’s newest die-cast droid offerings and Hasbro’s latest 12” figures, plus this week’s action figures and upcoming releases and more in Episode 14 of TOY RUN: The Star Wars Action Figures Cast!"

Show Notes

• Customs For The Kid website
• Customizing The Clone Wars YouTube show
• C-3PO and R2-D2 on Disneystore.com
• Exclusive Interview with Boutros77
• 12″ figures of BB-8 and R2-D2 on Amazon
• 12″ figures of FN-2187 and Fifth Brother Inquisitor on Amazon & Hasbrotoyshop.com

Christina Cruz "Mara Jade" custom

Toy Run wants to hear from you! If you have questions for the hosts, suggestions on which guest to have next, a figure fact you’d like to share or opinions on what segments you did or didn’t like, let us know! You can contact them on our social media pages or email the hosts Criz Bee and Jake and you just might be featured on the next show.


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About TOY RUN: The Star Wars Action Figure Cast

TOY RUN is the only podcast solely about collecting, reviewing and appreciating Star Wars action figures. The show is hosted by Criz Bee from JediBusiness.com and Jake Stevens from From4-LOMtoZuckuss.com.  When these long-time Star Wars collectors and good friends wanted to talk about Star Wars action figures even more than they do monthly on the Galaxy of Toys Podcast, they created TOY RUN.  The hosts who collectively have more than four decades of Hasbro Star Wars collecting experience as well as fond childhood memories of growing up in the 70’s and 80’s playing with Kenner action figures, strive to share their love and knowledge of collecting Star Wars figures with fellow fans of the hobby. TOY RUN is hosted on the Galaxy of Toys Podcast Network, which can be found as a featured podcast on starwars.com, as well as on iTunes, Stitcher, The Zune Network and Podbean.

About JediBusiness.com

JediBusiness.com – The Star Wars Action Figure Database was created by Criz Bee in 2003 in order to help Star Wars action figure collectors look-up figures. The database currently holds over 3,000 different Star Wars action figures with reviews, photo galleries, commentaries, comparison pictures and detailed information about each figure’s release. The website has a custom built toolbox which enables collectors to sort Star Wars action figures by movie appearance, movie sequence, species, profession (e.g. Bounty Hunters/Pilots), gender and more. In addition to the database the website features a wide variety of articles about collecting Star Wars action figures such as  interviews with community creators and the Hasbro Star Wars brand team, various event coverages, annual reviews, top 10 figure picks, photo galleries of collector’s collections and extensive galleries of stylized Star Wars action figure photography.  JediBusiness.com actively participates in the collecting community, it is part of the international The Force United fan group and the website was part of the collector group at Star Wars Celebration Anaheim in 2015 together with StarWarsActionNews.com, Yakface.com, JediTempleArchives.com and JediNews.co.uk. Criz Bee also actively participates in local Seattle area Star Wars Collector meet-ups. You can also find JediBusiness.com on starwars.com’s community page as an official Star Wars collecting site.

About From4-LOMtoZuckuss.com

From 4-LOMtoZuckuss.com is a website with laser (blaster) focus on Kenner and Hasbro Star Wars action figures.  Born out of a passion for Star Wars figure collecting, the site was created by Jake Stevens in 2013 and provides articles, pop culture news, checklists, collector resources, release dates, detailed guides, interviews and much more on all things Star Wars action figure related. Working with Hasbro, From4-LOMtoZuckuss.com participates in official Q&As, assists in Fan Choice figure selection polls and publishes information and press releases about new and upcoming Hasbro products. When not covering Star Wars Celebrations, events and comic cons for as a member of the Star Wars press for From4-LOMtoZuckuss.com, Jake is also a frequent action figure panelist at Emerald City Comicon,  a member of Seattle’s SARLACC collecting club, the host of The Star Wars Spinner Rack comic book podcast, a contributor on episodes of RetroBlasting’s Star Wars Follies and along with Criz Bee a founding member of the S.T.A.R.S. (Seattle/Tacoma Area Rebelscum Society) collecting group. Covering everything from 4-LOM to Zuckuss, From4-LOMtoZuckuss.com strives to be an informative resource for collecting Star Wars action figure toys and can also be found on the Community page at starwars.com as an official Star Wars collecting website.

"CUSTOMIZING THE CLONE WARS" - EPISODE 7

Peak-OB1 Custom Creations and Darth Daddy of "Customs for the Kid" discuss "Jedi Crash", "Defenders of Peace" and the customs the two episodes inspired.

"JESS" created by Darth Daddy

Here at home we are hoping to work some more on filling out Jabba's Palace with some of the unproduced characters from the action figure line. Our latest addition is Jess.

In 4 ABY, Jess was a Human female musician present in Jabba's Palace, hoping to eventually leave the establishment by joining a band. Jess was often seen in the company of Bib Fortuna stroking his lekku. He reciprocated the gesture, often leading her around the throne room by hand. She was in Bib's company when the dancing girl Oola was fed to the rancor. Later, she was left to slumber alone on Jabba's dais, as Bib Fortuna lay in wait with his master, ready to spring the trap as Leia Organa, disguised as Boushh, released Han Solo from carbonite.

To create the action figure, Dad used the lower legs of an Indiana Jones Marion Ravenwood action figure, the upper torso and arms of a Vintage Slave Leia, and an original headsculpt that he created.

"JESS"

created by Darth Daddy

SKILL LEVEL: ADVANCED

CUSTOMIZING "THE CLONE WARS" - EPISODE 6

Peak-OB1 Custom Creations and Darth Daddy of "Customs for the Kid" discuss "Dooku Captured", "Gungan General" and the customs the two episodes inspired.

NOTEWORTHY PHOTONOVELS

Several of the photonovel artists have posted some outstanding stories as of late for their readers’ enjoyment.

First up, Yakface staffer Jodo continues his outstanding Era of Darkness series, which can be seen here.

Next up, forum member Choi has added another action packed installment to his Alliance Intelligence series.

Need a break from the Original Trilogy? Then check out the latest update in the Will of the Force series by CloneCrazy by clicking here.

AWESOME DIORAMA SETS

If you’re a 3.75″ collector and have felt like you’ve been left out in the cold, it might be time for you to head on over to Hole in the Ground Productions and check out what they have to offer.

We have purchased numerous items from this seller and we can't say enough good things. Here's a sneak peek at a new item coming.

Oldboy CTTS Added to "Customs I Wish I Owned"

Oldboy Custom Tattoo Shop are a small pack of Thai tattooists located in Bangkok, Thailand that have followed their interest in action figures and collectibles to create some truly original custom sculpt work with realistic details and paint apps. They started off a few years ago in 2012 collecting 1/6th scale figures. After collecting for a while, they explored different techniques of sculpting and painting figures heads with the objective of trying to achieve the most realistic effects possible. They told us that it took a very long time to refine their techniques, but during that time their interests moved down to the 6" scale due to there being very limited artists/customizers for this scale. They wanted to position themselves as a recognizable and distinctive 6" scale customs maker. For now, their focus is totally on 6" scale headsculpts and soft goods for mainly the Star Wars line (Black Series/Bandai S.H. Figuarts) due to their passion and love for the movie. They also have plans in the future to explore the Marvel line and have speculated moving into the Art/Designer toys industry. 

As for materials and techniques used to achieve their works, Oldboy CTTS sculpting is done with Super Sculpey Firm, along with carving/sculpting tools that are all available online. Their head repaints/paint are done purely with a hand brush using a variety of different paint types (acrylics mostly, and washes/enamels) to achieve different effects desired. 

As for Oldboy CTTS' future work, they will be striving to accomplish the very challenging work of creating characters from the Star Wars universe that have not received the attention that many fans that they talk to really want! Therefore, a few characters shortlisted are Qui-Gon Jinn, variations of Obi-Wan Kenobi, and as for the Marvel line, they really want to have a take on Tony Stark. Also some projects on hand that are really close to going on pre-order within the next few months are their Daniel Craig headsculpt. Last but not least, Oldboy CTTS will be doing a special give-away when their Facebook page reaches the 5k "likes" milestone, which will be their George Lucas headsculpt. This will be a really limited piece ( >10 worldwide). They will be announcing a small activity for all their fans to have a chance to receive it!

Oldboy CTTS

Painted alternate headcasts for The Black Series 6" Kylo Ren.

OLDBOY CTTS on FACEBOOK

Also check out Darth Daddy's feature on Oldboy CTTS over at The Star Wars Underworld  in Darth Daddy's Customizing Corner.

CUSTOMIZING "THE CLONE WARS" - EPISODE 5

Peak-OB1 Custom Creations and Darth Daddy of "Customs for the Kid" discuss "Lair of Grievous" and the customs the episode inspired.

"ENDOR CAPTAIN REX aka NIK SANT" created by Darth Daddy

If someone asked me a few months ago, if I planned on making the Nik Sant action figure anytime soon, my answer most likely would have been, no.  Maybe at some point I would have gotten to it, but because of a comment Star Wars Rebels producer Dave Filoni made back in March of this year in which he stated that Captain Rex was the white bearded Endor Rebel soldier that we watched in Return of the Jedi, once affectionately referred to as Nik Sant by fans due to his resemblance to Saint Nick; suddenly, the desire to create this version of him in plastic shot right to the top of the list of things I wanted to get done!

Rex was one of the coolest characters to come out of The Clone Wars television series.  The idea that Rex lived to fight on Endor and had front row seats to the destruction of the second Death Star just warms the heart.

I actually bid on an action figure version of him on eBay right after the story dropped. The price went over a $100, and I gracefully bowed out knowing I could make a No-Paint-Kit-Bash replica that was exactly like the one in the auction for about $40.  Maybe even for less if I still had some of the parts I needed in my fodder.

To make this custom action figure, I used the hat and body of the 1st Release 2010 Star Wars Vintage Collection - Return Of The Jedi  Endor Rebel Soldier. The vest and backpack I grabbed off an extra 1st version of the Endor Rebel Soldier from the 2002 Star Wars Return Of The Jedi SAGA collection. Lastly, the head I popped off the Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - Templar Knight action figure.

All it took was a wardrobe change and headswap to make this great looking figure!

"NIK SANT aka CAPTAIN REX"

created by Darth Daddy

SKILL LEVEL: BEGINNER

CUSTOMIZING "THE CLONE WARS" - EPISODE 4

Peak-OB1 Custom Creations and Darth Daddy of "Customs for the Kid" discuss "Cloak of Darkness" and the customs the episode inspired.  We tried a different format tonight shortening things down to just 30 minutes by covering only one episode this time to make it easier to consume.