Customs for the Kid

Tuesday, September 2, 2014

CUSTOMIZER SPOTLIGHT UPDATE: LUCASCLONES

Like many collectors of The Clone Wars action figure line, we really wished Hasbro would have released Trandoshan hunting pods in their mini-rig line. A few years ago, Star Wars customizer Lucasclones made a custom version of the vehicle, and it's the only one I've ever seen made. If any start-up Star Wars 3-D printer artists want a cool vehicle to sell this would be one of them that I would like to see offered. If Hasbro had made this I would have bought several.

A few weeks ago, Lucasclones was advertising the two Trandoshan hunters pictured below for purchase on his Instagram account. Dad shot him a text message and asked him if he still had the Trandoshan hunting pod that he had made. We loved this custom 3 3/4" scale vehicle since the first time we saw it pictured in the Star Wars customizing forums on the web. Not only did Lucasclones still have the hunting pod in his possession he was willing to part with it. He even threw in the two advertised Trandoshan Hunters!

The roll bar broke in shipping, but Dad was able to repair everything with a little bit of krazy glue. I'm really happy the add this piece to my collection. Especially since it was one of Hasbro's biggest missed opportunities.

"TRANDOSHAN HUNTERS

with HUNTING POD"

created by Lucasclones

For the link to lucasclones on Imperial Shipyards go to :
http://www.imperialshipyards.net/SMF/index.php?topic=3618.0

For the link to lucasclones on Flickr go to :

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucasclones/

For the link to lucasclones on Youtube go to :

http://www.youtube.com/user/cha1man2?feature

Go here to listen to the Custom Action Figure News podcast:

http://www.imperialshipyards.net/podcasts/index.html

http://lucasclonecustoms.blogspot.com/

If there is anything you would like him to feature on a future podcast be sure to let him know at:

chad.cafnpodcast@yahoo.com

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

DARTH DADDY's CUSTOMIZING CORNER: Whiskeytango

Darth Daddy's Customizing Corner featured Star Wars customizer Whiskeytango in his latest post over at The Star Wars Underworld.

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Whiskeytango started customizing in 2009 after finding the excellent work of some of the greats on thefwoosh.com. He toiled away on comic book figures, ignoring his true love, Star Wars, until his dream of 6" figures was realized with the release of the Black Series.

Now he spends his time working on custom versions of characters who get official releases announced right after he finishes, which doesn't make him angry at all. Not a bit. Not... not even a little bit.

I figured it was time we show off some of the talented artists working in the 6" scale since I haven't showcased the larger custom action figures that are being produced. Whiskeytango has been making some amazing figures in the new Star Wars action figure scale and after seeing what he's accomplished, I'm eager to see what he produces in the future. If you want to see more 6" customs from this artist, visit the latest "Customs I Wish I Owned" feature on the Customs for the Kid blog.

Figurerealm gallery:

http://www.figurerealm.com/viewcustomfigures.php?op=4&id=6001

Fwoosh gallery:

http://thefwoosh.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=63960

Whiskeytango on Facebook:

https://m.facebook.com/whiskeytangos.customs?ref=bookmark

Monday, August 25, 2014

"CLONE WARS WEEQUAY PIRATE" created by Darth Daddy & Elias

We had big customizing plans this past week when we were on vacation. Unfortunately, this action figure of a Clone Wars Weequay pirate is all we have to show for it. Yeah, we know...another pirate. We worked on this figure over the course of the week. Every time either one of us walked past him, we worked on the action figure a little more until he was done.

I'd hate to share what we thought we'd have finished by the end of our week of rest and relaxation, because our latest offering doesn't even come close to what we had envisioned.

Over the summer, Elias makes all the custom figures, so I can take a break. The little guy was more interested in playing with the toys in his room than making some new ones, so we made none of the custom creations that I thought we would.

Don't really know what we will be revealing in the near future, because we are going to be making it up as we go along for a while. We haven't been very productive lately, and we've neglected getting any of our new larger projects started. Hope you enjoy the new pirate!

"CLONE WARS

WEEQUAY PIRATE"

created by Darth Daddy & Elias