TWO QUICK CUSTOM ACTION FIGURES MADE FROM SPARE PARTS

Here are two very easy action figures made from some spare parts that we had laying around the house. These two figures are ideal first custom action figures for a beginner customizer. The first is a simple head swap with a Padawan braid and pony tail glued onto the head and then finished off with only a quick paint application for the hair. It was made with a Zett Jukassa body and the carded Clone Wars Boba Fett head. I think the braid and ponytail came from an AOTC Anakin Skywalker head we had floating around, but we're not sure which one it was. With all the custom Jedi action figures we have made so far, we figured it would be cool to have an extra Padawan or two to keep them company.

JEDI PADAWAN

The articulation is pretty terrible, but he is a great background piece.

The second custom action figure required hardly any paint at all. We just used an Clone Wars Embo body and a Greedo head and hands to make this Rodian Crime Boss. We cut and glued the Greedo head peg to the Embo body and Dad made a gauntlet out of a holster we had in our fodder with some plastic detailing glued to it for his left arm. Then Dad painted the gauntlets silver to match one another. A simple 3 minute paint job and you get a brand new figure. We pretend the Rodian Crime Boss is even more powerful than Jabba the Hutt and use him whenever we want to have turf wars between rival organized crime rings on Tatooine. Both action figures should take less than a half hour to make and can really diversify your collection.

RODIAN CRIME BOSS

Kessel Run Review - Episode 10

If you have been reading our blog for the last few months, you probably have noticed the posts we have been doing of Kessel Run Review. Kessel Run Review is a Youtube show produced by two people, Wookielover1138 and Kessel Run Imports. Their goal is to reach as many Star Wars fans as possible with their awesome new show. Initially they started just doing reviews for fun, but the show quickly grew to where customs and art became a large part of the presentation. The review show is further enhanced by comedic shorts that are just fantastic. They both do the writing and voice-overs, but Kessel Run Imports does all the video and graphics. Both are long time Star Wars fans and customizers themselves. They spend most weeknights working on the show and they have been having a great time. The team started off as best friends and roommates before they were an item and if you ask us they make one great team.

Kessel Run Imports started customizing in 1994 when he made a custom Spawn for a contest in Wizard Magazine in 1994. Then he dabbled around with some sculpting, but didn't do another custom until he made the Geonosian Catacombs Padme in 2009. He later created the Star Wars photocomic fan films Aperture's Eye and Vanishing Point which took about 2 months of free time to make. Although, Aperture's Eye was much more involved taking a whole month just to create the two 3-D scenes. Kessel Run Imports doesn't have any new films in the works at the moment, but his current project is making Trading Card Sets of Customizers.

Be sure to check out the website below to see the photocomics Aperture's Eye and Vanishing Point and their Star Wars custom action figures.

Kessel Run Review - Episode 10






To see more from this awesome team check out:

http://www.ciurla.com/starwars/

and:

http://www.youtube.com/user/wookielover1138




We are happy to announce that the future episodes of Kessel Run Review will have a permanent home here at Customs for the Kid when Season 2 begins. Be sure to subscribe at the Youtube page so these two will have the ability to make longer episodes as their subscriptions increase.

Our Rodian Band was featured on the Facebook page of Yakface.com

Our Rodian Band was featured by Yakface.com on their Facebook page.

Kessel Run Review - Episode 9

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"DAN OF THE DEAD" VIDEO GETS AN UPDATE

Just updated DAN OF THE DEAD's video on our "Customs I Wish Owned" page. The work of DAN OF THE DEAD was also featured in one of our earlier videos that Dad had made and he too has been really busy customizing since the original video was created. Like Luke Sprywalker, Dad was introduced to DAN OF THE DEAD when he started to post his first action figures on Yakface.com. Dad was heavily influenced by Yak_Chewie, Luke Sprywalker and DAN OF THE DEAD when he was learning how to customize. The Yakface community was extremely supportive as we created this blog. We here at "Customs for the Kid" want to make sure the original customizers who helped establish the audience to our blog stay just as fresh as our newest additions. Therefore, we will try and make these older videos more current as we keep moving forward. DAN OF THE DEAD is our latest updated video and suffice to say with all his new material, it's even better than the last one.

DAN OF THE DEAD

DAN OF THE DEAD's action figures speak for themselves. Who wouldn't want these action figures? He always takes great photos of his action figures and gets an A+ in presentation. We love the occasional backstory that is attached to his figures and he also provides recipes for the action figures he creates. Not only is he an ace when it comes to customizing, but he's an accomplished blogger too. So after you check out this video make sure you take a spin over to his blog when it's done.

DAN OF THE DEAD

Click the links below for more of Dan the Dead:

http://www.yakfaceforums.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=2056

and:
http://www.imperialshipyards.net/SMF/index.php?topic=2656.0


Be sure to check out his blog:

Dad's "Luke Sprywalker" Video Featured on the Front Page of Imperial Shipyards

Dad's "Luke Sprywalker" Video Featured on the Front Page of Imperial Shipyards.

"LUKE SPRYWALKER" VIDEO GETS AN UPDATE

Just updated Luke Sprywalker's video on our "Customs I Wish Owned" page. He was only the second video Dad ever made and Sprywalker has been really busy since it was created so we wanted to try and make his video more current. Luke Sprywalker has so many cool customs. He keeps putting out inspirational pieces one after another. Definitely one of our favorite customizers.

Luke Sprywalker hails from another father and son customizing team. He has been displaying his customs since 2008 and has put out some great action figures. He did some really nice customs of the Rogue Squadron that are top notch and his speeder bike and Mandalorian is one of the best customs we've ever seen.

Luke Sprywalker

Click the links below to check out Luke Sprywalker's latest customs:

http://s167.photobucket.com/albums/u130/sk8twistedtrees/Jedi%20customs/

http://www.imperialshipyards.net/SMF/index.php?topic=1200.0

http://www.imperialshipyards.net/SMF/index.php?topic=1202.0

http://www.imperialshipyards.net/SMF/index.php?topic=1212.0

http://www.yakfaceforums.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=2971

Jesus Wasn't the Only One Who Rose from the Dead on Easter!

Dad and I were just playing and we came up with a fun way to diversify our Zombie Geonosians. The limbs all pop apart very easily and the sockets were all the same size so we made a few Geonosian abominations to spice up our play.

ZOMBIE GEONOSIANS

Four legged Geonosian

Four armed Geonosian

Two fun non-permanent custom action figure creations .

The Rodian Band - The Family Easter Project

This was a really fun project that Dad and I worked on together. I had a bunch of Rodian heads in our fodder box and had the idea to make a Rodian band and added a human female dancer to round out the mix. I did the kitbashing and Dad used some Apoxie Sculpt, a few fodder pieces and paint to differentiate them and make them stand out as individuals.


BACKSTORY
The Rodian Band were well known street musicians that could be found in Mos Eisley on Tatooine. A colorful bunch that could be found in the cantina after a long day spending their hard earned credits.

THE RODIAN BAND

created by Elias and Darth Daddy

Captain Ryll, the band leader, could have been a huge star if it wasn't for spending all his profits on glitterstim. By the time he was performing on the streets of Tatooine, his ship had sailed and fame was no longer within his reach. He really loved his hat made of Wookiee fur that was quickly becoming the new up and coming fashion trend.

Blind Bob was a blind kloo horn player and longtime friend of Captain Ryll.

Dad modified the holster on the Greedo action figure so it could hold the drumsticks.

The human dancer Famligletti was a slave since childhood. She was won in a bet by Captain Ryll. His last dancer disappeared under mysterious circumstances and she filled the position at just the right time. Some people say Captain Ryll rigged the bet.

We painted everyone in Easter pastels.



Pinkeeata was Captain Ryll's girlfriend and co-founder of the band. They constantly fight, but Ryll knows that there are few people that can play the ommni box as well as she does, so he just always does what he can to keep her happy for the sake of the band.

Although Captain Ryll loves to bang the drum he prefers to stick to his bandfill on most of the group's songs.




To order Apoxie Sculpt, visit here:
http://www.avesstudio.com/index.php?page=shop.browse&category_id=7&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=1
(They ship to every country via USPS)

Custom Action Figure News - A podcast by Lucasclones and Tamer : EPISODE #6

Be sure to tune in and check out this awesome Star Wars show hosted by Lucasclones and Tamer from Imperial Shipyards!! Special guests Wookielover1138 and Wraithnine!!

Custom Action Figure News- A podcast by Lucasclones and Tamer: Episode 6
(click the link above to listen!)

Dad's "SITHHAPPENS" Video featured on the Front Page of Imperial Shipyards

Dad's"SITHHAPPENS" Video featured on the Front Page of Imperial Shipyards.

SITHHAPPENS ADDED TO "CUSTOMS I WISH I OWNED"

SITHHAPPENS is a 39yr old who lives in North Carolina. He has been a Star Wars fan since he was five years old. He has been creating Star Wars custom action figures for about a year now. He was greatly inspired to create custom action figures when he saw the work of customizer Rundown and is further inspired by the work of the customizers found on ImperialShipyards.net. He recently started a blog of Star Wars customs located at http://sanitariumcustoms.blogspot.com.

SITHHAPPENS

To see more custom action figures created by SITHHAPPENS, you can go to his forum thread on Imperial Shipyards located here.

"Customs for the Kid" featured on the blog "Star Wars Customs" by SITHHAPPENS

To read the post click here and here.

Qiraash Jedi

This is my Qiraash Jedi. I'm going to try and post a custom a week like Dad so you get more to see when you visit us. I made this action figure from the body of a CW Shaak Ti and a Leesub Sirlin head and hands. Dad helped me by painting the shoulders and neck so the paint stayed in the lines.

Hope you like her!

Qiraash Jedi

This is my Qiraash Jedi before I painted the hilt of her lightsaber.

Dad helped me by painting her shoulders and neck.

Dad's "Kaink: Ewok Priestess" on the Front Page of IMPERIAL SHIPYARDS

Dad's "Kaink: Ewok Priestess" on the Front Page of IMPERIAL SHIPYARDS

Kaink: Ewok Priestess

Kaink was the Ewok priestess. She served as the guardian of the Soul Trees, and the village legend-keeper. She lived several miles away from the village where the Warrick family lived, leading a life of solitude and oneness with nature. Kaink carried a magical staff with a crystal on top. Kaink used her staff to emit a beam of mystical force when necessary, or at other times, to hypnotize animals. She accompanied the Ewok warriors on their mission to save Mace and Cindel Towani's parents.

It's unknown whether Kaink assisted Wicket and the other Ewoks in helping the Rebellion to defeat the Galactic Empire in the Battle of Endor.

To read more about Kaink visit Wookieepedia.

KAINK: EWOK PRIESTESS

Dad tailored up an old sock that had no match to make the dress for Kaink and then painted the cloth the shade that he wanted.

Dad and I walked through the woods to find the perfect two sticks to use for the magical staff of Kaink. Dad wanted to make one green crystal staff and one white crystal staff.

He sculpted the jewelry out of Apoxy Sculpt and then painted it. He may use thread instead, but he hasn't decided yet.

Kaink with the white crystal staff.

Dad used real crystals in both of the staves.

The feather came from a G.I. Joe Zartan action figure.
(The Zartan that came with a falcon.)

Dad hated Hasbro's version of the figure and felt that it was ridiculous that they did not include any of Kaink's accessories. Dad made all the modifications to this figure so that the Hasbro action figure was not disturbed in any way but was properly accessorized.

Before I was born, Dad worked in the Education Department of a Native American museum. He taught me how to attach the crystal to the staff using earth skills that the human race has passed down from generation to generation.




To order Apoxie Sculpt, visit here:
http://www.avesstudio.com/index.php?page=shop.browse&category_id=7&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=1
(They ship to every country via USPS)

Kessel Run Review - Episode 8

Dad has his "Jabba Dancers" action figures featured in the episode.



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JACKOFTRADZE HELPS TO PROMOTE THE TOY DRIVE FOR ELI

Dad's "Captain Lux" Video Added to the Front Page of Imperial Shipyards

Dad's "Captain Lux" Video posted on the front page of IMPERIAL SHIPYARDS.

The Shipyards "Trash to Treasure Contest"

The Shipyards "Trash to Treasure Contest"
-- Posted by LukeSprywalker on Thursday, April 14 2011

Yes indeed hot off the heels of one of my favorite contest ever we are ready to put our members to a new challenge. In tough economic times every one can afford to get in on this one!

CAPTAIN LUX ADDED TO "CUSTOMS I WISH I OWNED"

Damien, is a Star Wars Fan from Buenos Aires, Argentina. We know him at Imperial Shipyards as Captain Lux of the 327th Star Corps. He is 22 years old and started customizing about a year ago. He also draws and has been collecting manga and anime ever since he was 5 years old. His favourite saga movie is The Empire Strikes Back. Looking at his body of work one thing can certainly be said, "He likes the clones a lot!!!"

CAPTAIN LUX

If you would like to see more custom action figures from Captain Lux, look no further than this link.

JABBA'S DANCERS Posted on the Front Page of IMPERIAL SHIPYARDS

Jabba's Dancers Posted on the Front Page of IMPERIAL SHIPYARDS

JABBA'S DANCERS

Before Oola, Jabba had quite a few dancers pass through his doors. These two dancers were by far his favorites. Togruta "Luv Li" and Clawdite "Mira Ya" were well known throughout the galaxy before finding their way to Jabba's Palace.

Luv Li was kidnapped as a young Togruta for her unique markings and sold on the black market in hopes that she would sell for a high price in the seedier edges of the galaxy. She quickly found her way to the home of the powerful aristocrat Prince Xizor. She was known to be one of his prized possessions. Her beauty was well known throughout the entire galaxy and she danced at all his most prestigious events. She was acquired by Jabba when Xizor was believed to be killed aboard the Faleen's Fist when Vader ordered the ship destroyed.

Mira Ya was no slave. In fact she was probably the most famous dancer of her day and was paid a considerable fortune for her performances at Jabba's Palace. While not appealing to the eye in her original form, she was well known for her mesmerizing dances and her ability to take any form while she danced. Mira Ya quickly became a household name and she had a long career performing in front of sold out crowds. She used her shape shifting ability to seduce and she was unmatched in that endeavor . Toward the end of her career, she did not have the draw she once did in her younger years, but still could still draw a sizable ticket price in the right circles.

Unfortunately both dancers were killed in crossfire as a result of a petty argument between two local thugs who were quickly fed to Jabba's rancor for their insolence.

JABBA'S DANCERS

The Clawdite dancer Mira Ya was made from a Slave Leia and a Zam Wesell Clawdite head. The hair was from a POTF2 Greeata.

Luv Li was created from a Slave Leia and a CW Shaak Ti.







These action figures were featured on Kessel Run Review in a skit with Dengar.