Monday, May 26, 2014
Saturday, May 24, 2014
Seekers of the Dark Relic Photonovel
An all new adventure in The Enloe Trials photonovel series picks back up, as Rykrof Enloe and his team of Rebels attempt to recover an ancient Sith artifact from a destroyed Imperial research facility on Dathomir.
Rykrof will discover he’s in for much more than he expected as the mission quickly falls apart; as Darth Vader has taken an interest in recovering the relic as he leads his best troops into battle on the planet.
Head on over to the forums for the latest installment!
Rykrof will discover he’s in for much more than he expected as the mission quickly falls apart; as Darth Vader has taken an interest in recovering the relic as he leads his best troops into battle on the planet.
Head on over to the forums for the latest installment!
This latest installment features Darth Daddy's "Vurk Zombie"
Abyssin & Vurk Zombies
Friday, May 23, 2014
CUSTOMIZER SPOTLIGHT #37: HYPERDRIVE
When it comes to customizing, Hyperdrive is usually known for his signature "weathered
and worn" soft goods. Hyperdrive's soft goods work is just amazing!
What many people don't know, is that Hyperdrive has created some customs that have no soft goods work at all involved. One of these figures can be found in my own collection. Every holiday season, Customs for the Kid participates in Yakface.com's Secret Santa event in their forums. Darth Daddy and Hyperdrive were each other's Secret Santa, and Hyperdrive made us a unique droid in the old Vintage style that Dad grew up with. Both Dad and I were really impressed with this figure. Dad was most impressed with the sticker that Hyperdrive created on his computer to attach to the torso of the droid. This figure was a really cool addition to my collection and he is now posed with the complete Vintage Droid Factory playset that I found under my tree this past Christmas.
Originally, we had planned to post this action figure back in January, but Hyperdrive had sent us two packages. One with the figure and one with the diorama. Unfortunately, the diorama was lost in the mail for a long time until the box and diorama had been returned by the post office to Hyperdrive's home completely damaged and beyond repair.
VINTAGE DROID
created by Hyperdrive
To see more Star Wars custom action figures created by Hyperdrive, click the link below:
While you're here, why not check out Darth Daddy's "Clone Wars General Pong Krell" custom action figure with soft goods created by Hyperdrive:
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
DARTH DADDY's CUSTOMIZING CORNER: DAN OF THE DEAD
Darth Daddy's Customizing Corner featured Star Wars customizer Dan of the Dead in the latest Customizing Corner over at The Star Wars Underworld.
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One of my favorite parts about writing the "Customizing Corner" feature is introducing you all to the artists who have influenced me on my journey through the world of Star Wars custom action figures. One artist that really stands out and always releases one exciting figure after another is Dan of the Dead.
Although Dan gets most of his notoriety for his G.I. Joe custom action figures, his Star Wars figures are certainly nothing to scoff at. He always makes such creative characters and his color pallette constantly demands my eye's attention. He always takes such great photos of his action figures, and a lot of customizers could learn a lot from Dan about how to present one's art. Best of all, Dan of the Dead is another artist that provides the recipe that he used to make every one of his figures. A trait I have always admired a great deal.
Dan has played with and taken apart toys all his life. On his blog, he's very open about his dabbling with customizing action figures for as long as he can remember. Dan of the Dead really got involved in the hobby in 2009 after he was diagnosed with an acoustic neuroma/vestibular schwannoma. His surgery came and went, and somewhere during his recovery, toys became art and art became therapy.
Not only is Dan an incredibly talented artist, but he also pens some super cool stories about the action figures that he makes that are always a lot of fun to read. Hopefully his art will be just as inspirational for you as it was for me.
Although Dan gets most of his notoriety for his G.I. Joe custom action figures, his Star Wars figures are certainly nothing to scoff at. He always makes such creative characters and his color pallette constantly demands my eye's attention. He always takes such great photos of his action figures, and a lot of customizers could learn a lot from Dan about how to present one's art. Best of all, Dan of the Dead is another artist that provides the recipe that he used to make every one of his figures. A trait I have always admired a great deal.
Dan has played with and taken apart toys all his life. On his blog, he's very open about his dabbling with customizing action figures for as long as he can remember. Dan of the Dead really got involved in the hobby in 2009 after he was diagnosed with an acoustic neuroma/vestibular schwannoma. His surgery came and went, and somewhere during his recovery, toys became art and art became therapy.
Not only is Dan an incredibly talented artist, but he also pens some super cool stories about the action figures that he makes that are always a lot of fun to read. Hopefully his art will be just as inspirational for you as it was for me.
Click the link below for more of Dan the Dead:
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