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Monday, February 15, 2016

CUSTOMIZER SPOTLIGHT UPDATE: "Star Wars Rebels - Ahsoka Tano" custom articulated action figure created by SWK KUSTOMS

We were really impressed with the Kanan Jarrus and Ezra Bridger customs that we received from SWK Kustoms. So much so that when we saw that he was selling an "Zeb aka Garazeb Orrelios" action figure with increased articulation, we grabbed that too. Therefore, it comes as no surprise that when he had his Star Wars Rebels "Ahsoka Tano" up for sale we went out of our way to add that figure to our collection as well. 

The joints SWK Kustoms adds are seamless and strong. His action figures are very well engineered figures. While, the custom figures that he has made do lack ball jointed shoulders, even I will admit that I would forgo the modification for the sake of convenience. Almost all of us complained about the 5 points of articulation in the Rebels line that Hasbro was releasing, so it's nice to know that there are customizers out there providing the articulation that we all desire to give our figures more pose-ability for play.

With around 300 customs under his belt, SWK Kustoms specializes in fully articulated figures! SWK Kustoms creates fully articulated and detailed Custom 3.75” figures. Star Wars, Star Trek, DC, Marvel or anything you can think of. With SWK you can also become your favorite character as well: Jedi, Sith, Stormtrooper, Mandalorian and much more. Figures can be purchased upon request. Price is based on how hard the piece is to make, usually between $50-150. All figures come with specialized weapons or gear & name plate stands.



SUPER-ARTICULATED
STAR WARS REBELS
"AHSOKA TANO"
created by SWK KUSTOMS





















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Saturday, February 6, 2016

Super-Articulated "Finn aka FN-2187 in First Order Stormtrooper Armor" created by Customs for the Kid

A few months ago, we made a 5POA version of Finn in his First Order Stormtrooper Armor.  It was a custom that took only a few seconds to create. This time around we put a little more effort into it. Instead of using the 5POA Stormtrooper body as the base figure like we did in our previous effort, this time around we utilized the Black Series super-articulated figure exclusive to Wal-mart to make our latest version of Finn. For this custom, we hollowed out the Stormtrooper helmet so it would fit over Finn's head, and painted the bloody handprint on.  To make the head from a Black Series Finn fit onto the Stormtrooper body, we just had to reduce the size of the neck peg to accommodate the head. We like this action figure a great deal more.

Since Finn barely participated in the battle of Jakku, and refrained from even firing off his blaster, we decided to not weather the armor on the figure.



Super-Articulated
"Finn aka FN-2187 in First Order Stormtrooper Armor"
by Customs for the Kid




















SKILL LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE


Sunday, January 24, 2016

"R3-B2" created by Elias

This is just a simple astromech repaint.  It only took one day to paint.  This action figure was my first astromech custom and while it was very challenging, it was also extremely rewarding when all was said and done.

The toy was based on a droid I saw from the R2 Builders Club.  The real droid has a glass dome that was completely translucent.  The only astromech dome that I had that was somewhat clear was more opaque.  I like the translucent look best, but I had to work with what was on hand.


"R3-B2" 
created by Elias











Monday, January 18, 2016

CLONE WARS "CHANCELLOR PALPATINE" created by Darth Daddy

Finally had time to sculpt and paint the sleeves on this action figure after it was set aside for over a year.  So glad I wrapped this up and we can place him on the shelf alongside our other two Clone Wars  Chancellor Palpatine action figures.

There are many fans of the show that wished that this character was made in The Clone Wars style, but it just never happened.  There is a good chance if it were created, this would have been what it looked like.


CLONE WARS 
"CHANCELLOR PALPATINE"
created by Darth Daddy









SKILL LEVEL: ADVANCED




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CLONE WARS CHANCELLOR PALPATINE


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CLONE WARS CHANCELLOR PALPATINE