Jedi Insider's "Star Wars - Custom of the Week"

We just wanted to give JediInsider.com a shout out for a weekly feature that they have been putting together since 2003.  In the beginning, it was only an occasional feature, but this year website contributor, Bespin Refugee has really been doing his part to make it a more regular feature. Customs for the Kid has already been featured many times this year, and if you are fan of Star Wars customs we suggest you go over to their website and keep up with their ongoing offerings. Click on any of the features below to read.

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"CUSTOM OF THE WEEK" INDEX

"CUSTOMIZING THE CLONE WARS" - EPISODE 31

Celebration Anaheim featured Clone Wars  custom action figure artists, Peak-OB1 Custom Creations & Darth Daddy of "Customs for the Kid" continue breaking down Season 2 of The Clone Wars TV series as they showcase custom action figures from the episodes "Zillo Beast" and "The Zillo Beast Strikes Back".

3.75" SUPER-ARTICULATED "CHIRRUT ÎMWE" created by Darth Daddy

With Rogue One only two weeks away, we felt it was about time we posted our first custom action figure from the new film. When deciding what character to make the decision was pretty easy.  Many of you wouldn't know this, but Dad is a huge kung fu aficionado.  We have a few hundred kung fu movies in our home library and Donnie Yen's movies are in abundance.  When we found out he was going to be starring in Rogue One, we knew it was a movie we wanted to see based on his appearance alone.

We still can't believe this character wasn't released in Wal-mart's Black Series line because an action figure of a martial arts master with barely any articulation is just outright sinful.  Well, leave it to the customizers to correct yet another huge oversight by Hasbro.

We tried to use as much of the original figure as we could when putting this figure together.  We kept the head, upper torso and forearms of the original figure as well as the slip over removable cape.  The legs and lower torso we stole from a Vintage Darth Maul. We cut the original figure in half and bored up into the body to hollow it out to accept the Maul legs and create waist articulation. The shoulders, upper arms, and elbow joints were from a Clone Wars Count Dooku action figure.  Dad created the soft goods from scratch and he used some ProCreate to blend the original forearms to the elbow joints and to recreate the shoulder sash on Chirrut Îmwe's left arm. Dad used some Midnight Blue paint to match Dooku's arms to the original figure.

Dad also added articulation at the left wrist and on both forearms.  He drilled completely through the shoulders of the torso and added a cylinder of plastic with some holes drilled in at the end to attach the shoulder joints to the sockets that were originally designed for the swivel joints of the once 5POA action figure.  Now the figure is articulated so we can place him into all the dynamic poses we always wished we could.

Chirrut Îmwe was a blind human male, born on the moon Jedha, and a spiritual warrior-monk who was active during the days of the Galactic Empire. Alongside his friend and protector, Baze Malbus, he and other members of a rogue group of Rebels fought in an effort to steal the plans of the first Death Star.

3.75" SUPER-ARTICULATED 

"CHIRRUT ÎMWE"

created by Darth Daddy

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Original Hasbro 3.75" 5POA action figure.

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"CUSTOMIZING THE CLONE WARS" - EPISODE 30

Celebration Anaheim featured Clone Wars custom action figure artists, Peak-OB1 Custom Creations & Darth Daddy of "Customs for the Kid" continue breaking down Season 2 of The Clone Wars TV series as they showcase custom action figures from the episode "Bounty Hunters".

Mos Eisley Vent Tube

Last week, we posted a few new diorama pieces being offered by Hole In The Ground Productions. Well, the day after we published our post, a new item was listed that can enhance your Mos Eisley Spaceport dioramas.  It is a vent tube that was present in the short scene where Luke Skywalker sells his landspeeder to Wioslea.  The scene is only a few seconds long, but for diorama builders who want to recreate the scene this is a great addition to help you along your way.  Hope you all enjoy!

"DIORAMA PART"

by Hole In The Ground Productions

Vent tube - $12

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