The first time we saw Hangarbay94's "Nar Shaddaa Interceptor Patrol Vehicle" we were just blown away. The silhouette, the color, and the sheer amount of detail that was spread throughout it's entirety put this custom above anything we ever saw before. The first words out of my mouth when I held it in my hands, "Dad, Hangarbay94's a much better customizer than you." I never saw anything like it. The imagery was Star Wars meets Blade Runner. The vehicle was just gorgeous. I carried it around for two days straight. I couldn't put it down. I just loved looking at it. The slide decal work and the weathering made this custom vehicle look camera ready, set to be used alongside other models and filmed to be in the next Star Wars movie.
This vehicle is jam packed with play features too. The features include a hook and crane that lowers out of the bottom of the vehicle fit for carrying a bundled load or for towing, the cockpit contains a rolling cage in the back seat of the cockpit to detain prisoners or be moved out of the way for regular passengers, opening doors, and all greatly accented by it's flashing lights and sirens. The detailed paintwork on the super cool droid that came with it was the cherry on top.
Julian aka
Hangarbay94 is an avid Star Wars fan who has made a name for himself by customising vehicles and creating photo novels. His work is featured on
Yakface and at
Imperial Shipyards where he is also one of the forum moderators. His ongoing project is a graphic novelization of the classic PC game "X-Wing Alliance" which features a mixture of custom figures, dioramas, vehicles as well as creative artwork
Hangarbay94 produced using Adobe Photoshop. Julian is self taught and admits to being heavily influenced by
Chewie and other contemporary photo novelists.
Amongst his more notable custom projects Julian specialises in making flat, pack-and-easy-to-store dioramas, including large scale fold aways including an LED-lit "Endor Landing Platform" a huge flat-pack "Death Star Hangar" and a "Calamari Cruiser Hangar Bay".
Julian also produced a
movie novel called
Darkchild that we absolutely love here at home. Jules now admits to biting a little more than he could chew, and sadly the project remains unfinished at chapter 3. Don't let it prevent you from getting invested. It still has a big payoff in the experience of it alone.
Hangarbay94 is a real talent in the Star Wars community with his hands in so many different aspects of Star Wars artistry.
Every time I see Hangarbay94's work, Dad and I just sit there and wonder how he finds time to do it all and to the levels that he accomplishes. He's just phenomenal and raises the bar for the whole customizing community. Now it hangs suspended from my ceiling at the foot of my bed where I get to fall asleep looking at it and wake up with it being the first thing I see. It is definitely one of the favorite pieces that I have in my Star Wars custom action figure collection.
"Nar Shaddaa Interceptor Patrol Vehicle"
created by Hangarbay94
"It is my favourite custom." -
Hangarbay94
Hangarbay94's
"Nar Shaddaa Interceptor Patrol Vehicle"
Listen to the artist himself talk about this project in the second half of this video below in his "Fodder Alert"segment:
You'll find Julian's
X-Wing Alliance graphic novel and
movie at:
Also check out his Darkchild series on his Youtube Channel at:
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