BUGSKIRT ADDED TO "CUSTOMS I WISH I OWNED"

To celebrate Day 2 of BugSkirt's Jedi Week we are doing a feature of his work that is being added to our "Star Wars: Customs I Wish I Owned" page. Dad has been a long time fan of BugSkirt ever since he first started to scour the forums to see what people were making. We have been following his blog ever since we started our own and we can tell you his customs are nothing short of amazing. BugSkirt kills his audience with creativity showing them action figures you just don't see anywhere else. We're still trying to figure out what he used for his heads.

Be sure to click on the Jedi Week banner below to see Jedi #2 in his feature this week.

Florida-based action figure customizer BugSkirt, or John as most folks know him, has been a Star Wars fan since the summer of 1977. The Florida sun and cousins wiped out his original Kenner toys, but he began figure collecting again with the arrival of the POTF2 toys. He started tinkering with custom figures around 2005 and the hobby has increasingly become a focus of limited spare time.

BUGSKIRT

and check out JEDI WEEK @ BugSkirt Customs:

DAY 2: JEDI #2

Jedi from Day #1 of Jedi Week: Master Borget Meegar, Kadas'sa' Nikto from Kintan
Created by BugSkirt

To contact BugSkirt by email:
bugskirt@gmail.com

To see BugSkirt's Picasa Webalbum click:
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/myphotos

To view BugSkirt's blog click:
http://bugskirtsworkshop.blogspot.com

Feel free to comment or visit him on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/people/Bugskirt-Customs/100001635747932

DAD's "YAKFINITIES #40 - ROGUE JEDI" ENTRY

BACKSTORY

This Stennes Jedi was a Jar' Kai lightsaber instructor at the Jedi Temple that later left the order as the Clone Wars was nearing its end. He specialized in the use of the short saber or shoto. It was said that he instructed Ahsoka Tano in the use of the shoto blade. After he left the Jedi Order his whereabouts were unknown and his fate was uncertain. It could be possible he used his shapeshifting abilities to escape Order 66.

STENNES JEDI

Just a simple kitbash with some new paint applications.

The head and hands are from a Trinto Duaba action figure and the body is from a Legacy Collection Mace Windu. The hood is from a G.I. Joe Zartan action figure.

Dad admits that his entry isn't as creative or as cool as the entries the other customizers have entered in the contest, but he felt it was a decent enough custom action figure to qualify as eye candy.

Head on over to the forums for more details by clicking here!

Jedi Week @ Bug Skirt's Workshop starts TODAY!!

Click the banner to see Jedi #1.


Check our blog later this week to see our video for BugSkirt when he becomes the latest customizer to be added to "Customs I Wish I Owned."

THE GREAT STAR WARS CUSTOMIZING CHALLENGE 2011!!

LADIES & GENTS!! CUSTOMIZERS AND ARTISTS!!

!! Mercury Art Studios custom challenge has started TODAY !!

Be sure to visit the Echo Base News page and enter the contest.

!! THE PRIZES WILL BE ANNOUNCED SOONER THAN EXPECTED !!

http://echobase.d2i.net/index.php?topic=631.0

This contest is being sponsored by Mercury Art Studios, hosted by Echo Base News, with collaborators and promoters such as ISY, CAFN, Wookielover1138 and customsforthekid.blogspot.com, as well as a few others. This contest will be worth it guys!! I hope to see your talent pop up over there and help Echo Base get their fair share of web traffic.

Hope to see you there.

KESSEL RUN IMPORTS DELIVERS "KESSEL RUN REVIEW" ON DVD & MORE!!

(Sit back, relax and watch Wookielover1138 on your big screen. )


Episodes 1-10 of the Kessel Run Review are now available on DVD with Bonus Features!!!



To get your copy for just $12 send an email to nate@ciurla.com

DVD features custom action figures created by Customs for the Kid:

Vixey featured in Episode 3.

Jabba's Dancers featured in Episode 8.



ALSO AVAILABLE:

IMPERIAL SHIPYARD TRADING CARD SET #3

Back Image Art created by Hangarbay94. Custom action figures created by Psyclone.

IMPERIAL SHIPYARD TRADING CARD SET #4

Back Image Art created by Hangarbay94.


ISY Trading Cards are $7 a set (+$1 per set if you're outside the US).


THAT'S NOT ALL:

KESSEL RUN IMPORTS is making an 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.



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