Clone Cadets: Customized with Dad's Birthday Present

Dad just had his birthday, and as a present, I got him a DREMEL tool so he can make me even cooler customs. Our first two Clone Trooper Cadet customs were his first creation using the DREMEL tool. He grinded and sanded down the heads of two Boba Fett figures we had gotten from the "new" Toys R' Us Ultimate Battle Pack and created two different hairstyles on the figures. When he was done, he painted them up to make them look as they appear below.

A few years later, I made my own two Clone Cadets from resin cast heads that Dad created using a mold from a sanded down Boba Fett head. I used some Aves Fixit and some ProCreate to scukpt my two additions.

"CLONE TROOPER CADETS"
created by Customs for the Kid

Dad was going to give the one on the left a crew cut, but I asked him to make his hair look like Commander Gree instead.

SKILL LEVEL: ADVANCED

Dad's Duros Jedi

Now, in all honesty, we have seen some much better Duros Jedi action figures made previously by other customizers. These figures had soft good clothing and most were super articulated, but sometimes as a customizer, you have to work with the materials you have on hand. So that's just what Dad did. He used the body of an Episode I Mace Windu action figure and the hands and head of an Ellorrs Madak action figure to create this custom. Dad admits it's not a great Duros Jedi custom, but when it comes down to it, I'd rather have a Duros Jedi action figure that not have one.

DUROS JEDI

A Quick Custom by Dad

Dad made this custom on the fly with an Anakin Skywalker Episode I action figure and a Greeata action figure that was in our fodder box. The hair was removed from the Greeata when we got her, but Dad found a plastic crown in the fodder box and was able to create some of the signature Rodian spikes along the crest of the head with some scissors and krazy glue.

RODIAN CHILD

Calamari and Twi'lek Bounty Hunters

So yesterday, Dad and I walked through a local retailer and we saw the new "Iron Man 2" toys being displayed for sale to coincide with this week's DVD release of the movie. We grabbed two action figures while we were there with hopes of converting them into customs when we returned home. We have seen a lot of customs made of Star Wars action figures in mechanical suits and we decided it was worth taking a crack at doing two of our own. Dad dug into the fodder box and ended up creating a Calamari Bounty Hunter and a Twi'lek Bounty Hunter. Below are the results.

CALAMARI & TWI'LEK BOUNTY HUNTERS

CALAMARI BOUNTY HUNTER

TWI'LEK BOUNTY HUNTER

CUSTOMIZER SPOTLIGHT #9: INSIDIOUS CUSTOMS

CUSTOMIZER SPOTLIGHT #9: INSIDIOUS CUSTOMS

Hello again and welcome once more to another edition of Customizer Spotlight. This time around, we are showcasing a custom Juno Eclipse action figure made by Insidious Customs. Eric LeFeber is a professional toy designer, game designer and marketer with over 13 years in the entertainment industry. When he's not creating new products for the top toy and game companies, he makes them for himself. He also has items for sale at his Etsy shop or on ebay auctions which we have posted at the links below. If you have something special in mind, you can even contact him for a commission.

JUNO ECLIPSE (CASUAL ATTIRE)

Although Insidious Customs loved the Toys R Us exclusive box sets of figures, he still felt that Hasbro didn't get Juno Eclipse right. So in anticipation of The Force Unleashed 2 video game being released later this month, he created another Juno Eclipse and this time she's even better.

He used the new box set version of Juno as a base, replaced her long sleeved arms with custom sculpted shorter sleeve arms, sculpted that disheveled hairdo she had when she kissed the Starkiller for the first/last time, and then repainted the whole figure.

Read Insidious Customs own review of this action figure at his blog located here:

http://insidiouscustoms.blogspot.com/2010/08/juno-eclipse-casual-attire-custom.html

You can view his ebay profile page here:

http://myworld.ebay.com/snake-eyes0217/


To see his current auctions listed on ebay click here:
http://shop.ebay.com/snake-eyes0217/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p3686


To see what he has available for sale on his Etsy page click here:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/insidiouscustoms


If you are interested in having a commission piece made you can reach him by email at:
EricLeFeber@gmail.com