Mercury Art Studios VIDEO UPDATED in "CUSTOMS I WISH I OWNED"

Mercury Art Studios does a little bit of everything in all scale, has been a Star Wars fan for years, and has also been customizing Star Wars action figures for years as well!. Last week he asked if we could update his video and we were more than happy to oblige!

This 27 year old from Georgia is one cool customizer! We've loved his customs ever since we first saw them and his Sith are just amazing. He recommends all of you enter the website's latest custom figure contest as well.

MERCURY ART STUDIOS

Click any of the three links below for more from Mercury Art Studios:

http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Mercur ... 9501317704

http://www.myspace.com/mercury_art_studios

http://www.youtube.com/user/mercuryartstudios

For his ebay page visit the link below:

http://myworld.ebay.com/mercuryartstudios/

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





Dad's "Mercury Art Studios" VIDEO featured on the front page of Imperial Shipyards.

StarWarsGeek ADDED TO "CUSTOMS I WISH I OWNED"

StarWarsGeek has been making custom items for the past 20+ years, and isn't afraid to branch out into other territories, whether it be for a part, or for inspiration. He's made figures and vehicles from Star Wars, GI Joe, Marvel Universe, Video Games and other properties as well. He also does minibusts, statues/maquettes, and even a prop or two from time to time. Currently accepting commissions, you can contact him at his website (http://www.starwarsgeek.net) or via any of the social networking sites listed at his site

StarWarsGeek

The Animoto video application Dad uses kept cutting off the heads of the action figures in the photos we had of StarWarsGeek's work. It was driving Dad crazy. Dad has the same problem when he tries to make videos of our customs. It's because Dad and StarWarsGeek use customized framing in their pictures. Dad had to manually reframe the photos to make sure the best parts of the figures were emphasized. Unfortunately Dad lost some of the lettering on some photos to save the heads. Dad was really bummed about it because StarWarsGeek does such a stellar job when it comes to presenting his work.

How to "Make Any Action Figure in Carbonite" Tutorial: PART ONE

Darthy Daddy's"Wookielover1338 in Carbonite"

Since this photograph was taken, Jenn's left hand has been repositioned into a pose Dad preferred more.



"NEW"
IMPERIAL SHIPYARDS CONTEST:
Create a Wookielover1138 Contest

This is how Dad is turning Jenn into "Wookielover1338 in Carbonite" for the latest Imperial Shipyards contest.

He traced and then cut plastic pieces from a plastic Chinese food container and turned them into the top and side panels of the carbonite block. He used his Han Solo in Carbonite as a template to trace the panels out so they turned out the right size. He then fastened the panels together with Apoxie Sculpt. Dad cut a silhouette of Jenn into the top panel. As a template he used a custom Wookielover1138 action figure created from the body of a CW Padme in Adventure Gear with the head of a Marion Ravenwood. He laid the action figure in his desired pose and traced around the action figure with a marker. So Dad then placed the action figure in the center of the cut out in the top panel and fastened the action figure in place with the Apoxie Sculpt. He finished today's work with priming the top panel with some grey paint.

Next Dad has to do all the sculpting on the side panels, sand and smooth out the top with more Apoxie Sculpt and then do all the painting to finish it up.

This is a technique that could be used with any action figure.

How to "Make Any Action Figure in Carbonite" Tutorial:

PART TWO

If you read our blog, we are sure you all know of Wookielover1138 and her very cool show the Kessel Run Review. We can't even begin to say how great she has been for the customizing community and the Star Wars collecting hobby in general. All entrants will have from now till the end of June to create their version of their very own Jenn action figure. We can't wait to see what everyone comes up with.

Click here for the full contest details.

Custom Action Figure News: A podcast by Lucasclones & Tamer: Episode 10

Get ready to listen to a micro-podcast from Custom Action Figure News with hosts Lucasclones and Tamer from Imperial Shipyards.

Custom Action Figure News: Episode 10

BugSkirt's Jedi Week Concludes

Jedi Week @ BugSkirt's Workshop concluded on Sunday and it was one cool customizing event that we hope to see displayed on other Star Wars customizing sites. It was definitely a great way to be exposed to a talented Star Wars customizer. BugSkirt really impressed Dad and I with his creative action figures on display. We hope that you continue to visit BugSkirt's blog like us and that you too enjoyed BugSkirt's Jedi Week.

Jedi from the Last Day of Jedi Week: Master Corlif Archant.
Created by BugSkirt