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Monday, December 30, 2013

"Tawss Khaa" created by Elias

While Dad was working on making me a Mosep Binneed action figure, I was hard at work making myself a Tawss Khaa.  Truth be told, I think I made the better of the two figures.  I just like my paint application more.  I also made my action figure with a head cast from Star Wars customizer I-AM-BOBA-FETT.   I made sure I got him done in time to enter him into Yakfinities #50 before the December 31st deadline.

"Tawss Khaa"
created by Elias










ORIGINAL VERSION







SKILL LEVEL: BEGINNER


These are the seven custom Cantina aliens that we made in 2013.





My Tawss Khaa was featured on the front page of Imperial Shipyards.




Be sure to enter your own custom to Yakfinities #50.









Sunday, December 29, 2013

CUSTOMIZER SPOTLIGHT: HOLIDAY UPDATE - Peakob1, Marcus Starkiller, Wraithnine Customs, Mastercloner & Hunter Knight Customs

So I promised some close-up pictures of the Star Wars custom action figures that were under my tree this year.  All these artists are already featured on our Customizer Spotlight archive page.  So if you'd like to learn more about the artists being featured in this post, that's where to look.  We'll at least give you links for the artists here so you can explore more of their work if you'd like.  This is an awesome group of Star Wars custom action figures made by an amazing group of artists.  I hope you enjoy the latest additions to my collection this holiday season. 



"Derrown"
created by Peakob1



"Droogan"
created by Peakob1




"BANNAMU"
created by Peakob1




"Suu Lawquane"
created by Peakob1



A few years ago I featured a Cut Lawquane custom action figure created by Peakob1. The character was always our favorite clone trooper from the Clone Wars series.  When Peakob1 recently made a Suu Lawquane custom action figure, I knew I wanted to add it to my collection.




"REPROGRAMMED BATTLE DROID"
created by Peakob1




"MANDALORIAN SUPER COMMANDO"
created by Peakob1




"WAC-47"
created by Peakob1







I have two more figures made by Peakob1 that I will be adding tomorrow when I have a chance to photograph them.  We photographed as much as we could before we had to leave to visit family this weekend. 



Peakob1 on Facebook:

Peakob1 on Yakface.com:
http://www.yakfaceforums.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=5631

Peakob1 on Droids & Ewoks:
http://droidsandewoks.forumotion.com/customs-and-art-f13/

Peakob1 on Jedi Defender:
http://www.jedidefender.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=20796.0

To go to the ebay page of Peakob1 click below:
http://myworld.ebay.com/peakob1/?_trksid=p4340.l2559




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"CLONE COMMS OFFICER"
created by WRAITHNINE





Wraithnine Customs on Facebook:

You can see more custom action figures from Wraithnine here on Imperial Shipyards:


Wraithnine has a channel on Youtube under the name of Rasputin37 that you can find here:


He posts as Wraithnine on Rebelscum.com here:




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 "NIKTO REBEL GENERAL"
created by MARCUS STARKILLER





"JEDI"
created by Marcus Starkiller






"ROCKET BATTLE DROID"
created by MARCUS STARKILLER







 "CAMOUFLAGE BATTLE DROID"
created by MARCUS STARKILLER





To see more action figures created by Marcus Starkiller click here:

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v319/MarcusStarkiller/Custom%20figures/




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"ADMIRAL TRENCH"
created by MASTERCLONER















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"EMPEROR ROAN FEL"
created by Hunter Knight Customs













Hunter Knight Customs on YouTube

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Wednesday, December 25, 2013

CUSTOMS FOR THE KID: CHRISTMAS HAUL 2013





This is what was under my Christmas tree this year. Every Christmas is a Star Wars Christmas here at home. You can't really see everything I received in this video. I got waves 1-3 of the Black Series. The new Vintage X-wing for Biggs is pretty buried, as well as my LEGO Jabba's Palace and LEGO Rancor Pit. You also can't see my full Dark Times library, but most everything else is visible. The big blue round ball is a Death Star mold for ice or chocolate. The Clone Wars custom action figures were all made by Peakob1 Custom Creations, except for the Clone Officer who was made by Wraithnine Customs and the Trench created by MasterCloner. All the realistic figures were made by Marcus Starkiller, except the Roan Fel who was created by Hunter Knight Customs. I'll do a second post for the custom Star Wars action figures later so you can learn more about them and see them all in greater detail.  See if you can spot the Colin Hobbs action figure created by Colins Customs who visited our gift opening festivities Christmas morning while on his World tour.





Monday, December 23, 2013

CUSTOMIZER SPOTLIGHT #36: JediStyle

JediStyle not only has one of the coolest monikers in the Star Wars customizing community, but he also has creativity and skill that fits his name. This Southern California customizer was one of the first artists that really caught Dad's eye when we first started making our own figures and posting in the Yakface forums. Dad has long admired JediStyle's creative character creations, and his ability to apply paint with such beautiful contrasts and colors that REALLY pop.  JediStyle has a great eye for color and he's one of the best painters in the Star Wars custom action figure community. We just love this customizer's imagination and his creations are a testament to how far reaching it is. There is so much to appreciate in every unique piece.  

JediStyle took some time off from the hobby. Fortunately, he's back now and still has the ability to unhinge jaws.

Recently JediStyle, sent Dad a message, and asked Dad if he could commission him to make a custom Star Wars action figure.   Since Dad was always such a huge fan of JediStyle's work, Dad immediately asked if they could do a figure swap as payment.  For the figure swap they both agreed to create either a bounty hunter or a Jedi for each other, and then mail it when they were finished.

Dad didn't feel like he had any good Jedi fodder, at least not at the level to reach his standards. Which meant that Dad would be making a bounty hunter.  At first Dad was going to try and create some crazy alien bounty hunter, but after seeing JediStyle's Mandalorian series, Dad noticed that there were no female Mandalorians on display.  That's when Dad decided that instead of doing an alien bounty hunter, he was going to create a female bounty hunter, a Steam Punk Mandalorian

Dad shipped his creation out early this month and two weeks ago we received our figure from JediStyle.  Just instead of one figure, JediStyle sent us TWO figures!  Two figures AND a diorama!  He sent a figure for me and a figure for Dad.  I can't tell you how excited I was.  As thanks, I'm going to create a figure for him so he can have a figure from me and one from Dad.

The diorama is just beautiful.  The colors in the background are so rich.  I LOVE IT!  We're sure you will too.



"JEDI"
created by JediStyle




We love the hooks on the belts for the lightsaber hilts!















To see more Star Wars custom action figures created by JediStyle go to:  






Friday, December 20, 2013

"Mosep Binneed" created by Darth Daddy

This was a really quick custom action figure Dad made while I worked on a custom Tawss Khaa action figure.  We got two head casts in the mail that were created by Star Wars customizer I-AM-BOBA-FETT that we used with some Imperial officer action figures to create the Nimbanel Cantina aliens.  I'll probably post my Tawss Khaa very soon, but here is the Mosep Binneed Dad made.  I'm loving how much my Cantina diorama is growing this year.  I added seven Cantina aliens to my collection since summer started.  I may try to add a few more throughout 2014.



"MOSEP BINNEED"
created by Darth Daddy





Mosep Binneed was a Nimbanel accountant who served Jabba Desilijic Tiure. Like most of his species, Binneed entered a bureaucratic profession and worked for the Hutts, eventually ending up on Tatooine during the early Galactic Civil War. Operating out of Mos Eisley spaceport on Tatooine in the Outer Rim, Binneed managed the finances of crime lord Jabba the Hutt to the best of his efforts, along with a number of other accountants, many of whom were also Nimbanese. He was present in Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina in 0 BBY when Obi-Wan Kenobi attacked Ponda Baba with a lightsaber

After the death of Binneed's superior, Lhojugg, Binneed took charge of Jabba's financial affairs and was based in the Hutt's town house. He had many informants and contacts in the organizations of Jabba's criminal rivals, and he used their information to disrupt the competitors' flow of funding. However, he knew that Jabba would have no hesitation to end his life if he failed in his tasks, and Binneed was constantly in fear of such a fate. He had many underlings, though some of them wished to work against Jabba, mismanaging his books and seeking to leave his employ.



SKILL LEVEL: BEGINNER



Dad's Mosep Binneed was featured on the front page of Imperial Shipyards.