"CUSTOMIZING THE CLONE WARS" - EPISODE 73

Clone Wars custom action figure artists, Peak-OB1 Custom Creations along with Darth Daddy & Elias of "Customs for the Kid" showcase Clone Wars custom action figures from Season 5 of The Clone Wars TV series "Mandalore" arc. Featuring custom action figure recipes for Mando Robot Legs Maul, Robot Arm Savage Opress, Latts Razzi's boa, Phase II Pre Vizsla, Bo Katan, Maul Mandos, Obi-Wan Kenobi in Mando Armor, Sugi, Dengar, Duchess Satine Kryze and Darth Sidious.

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CLONE WARS "OLD DAKA" created by Elias

Happy Halloween! 

Although this figure was finished over the weekend, we felt it would be best to post a Nightsister witch today, due to her ghoulish ability to raise the dead. "Massacre" was one of the most action packed episodes from The Clone Wars TV series due to the sorcery of Old Daka. When we saw the episode for the first time, this character was immediately on our radar as a character we knew we needed to make as an action figure. We only wish it didn't take us so long to get to her, but now that she is done, we couldn't be happier!

Daka, also known as Old Daka, was an elderly Nightsister who lived on Dathomir during the Clone Wars. Mother Talzin regarded her as the "oldest and wisest" member of the Nightsisters. Daka was skilled in many magicks, including the ability to resurrect the dead. Daka was killed when General Grievous stabbed her with a lightsaber during the Battle of Dathomir.[3]

This figure was a 100% sculpted action figure. A skeleton was created from a the arms and upper torso of a Clone Wars Luminara Unduli action figure, a chopped lower skirt of an AOTC Lama Su action figure and the head of a casted Clone Wars Darth Sidious action figure. Once the frame was assembled ProCreate was used to sculpt onto the skeleton to create the likeness of Old Daka. 

"OLD DAKA" 

created by Elias

  "Undead Nightsister" created by Peak-OB1 Custom Creations

 "Undead Nightsister" created by Peak-OB1 Custom Creations

SKILL LEVEL: ADVANCED

 WORK IN PROGRESS PICS

MOTHER TALZIN, 

NIGHTSISTER VENTRESS,

& NIGHTSISTERS

created by Darth Daddy

"CLONE WARS CHANCELLOR PALPATINE" created by Elias

Recently Dad was asked to do a commission of a Clone Wars Chancellor Palpatine.  Dad currently doesn't take on any commissions, but Dad thought that maybe I was capable of making the figure if I decided I wanted to give it a try. At the time I backed out of the commission feeling way too intimidated, but I still wanted to see if it was something I could do.  

I used the body from the "Attack of the Clones" Palpatine with head and neck casts of the Clone Wars Darth Sidious without his hood on. Because Dad had molded the head, I didn't have to be afraid of ruining it if my sculpted hair didn't turn out well.  If I messed up, I could just make another.  

Cool thing is, I got it right on my first try and got this figure done in just 4 hours! 

I'm so glad that I just jumped right back into sculpting. Completing a second sculpting project, less than a week from finishing my first sculpt, really solidified my confidence in myself as a sculptor after observing such successful results.

"CLONE WARS

CHANCELLOR PALPATINE"

created by Elias

 

My custom Clone Wars Chancellor Palpatine was featured in Yakface.com's "Customizer Mega Spotlight!" I was super excited.  This was the biggest honor I ever could have received as a customizer!

CLICK THE PHOTOS BELOW TO SEE DARTH DADDY's - "CLONE WARS - CHANCELLOR PALPATINE" CUSTOM ACTION FIGURES:

"MELAS - CFTK Version #2" created by Darth Daddy

We really hate doing this, but in this next post, we will be revisiting a character that we created once before at Customs for the Kid.  We personally don't like making more than one version of the same character, unless it's when the character appears in a different outfit, or the figure specifically references another point in the character's timeline in their fictional journey spanning all available Star Wars content. Originally Elias made an action figure of this Cantina denizen, but sold his version to someone after he found a photo of Melas that showed the character wore a skirt below the waist and not pants.  

Our second version of Melas is what we have on our collection shelves today and we feel it is a bit more screen accurate than what we previously made. This time instead of using the 2001 Power of the Jedi Ketwol action figure for the base figure of Melas like Elias had, I used only Ketwol's cape and head.  On top of that, I substituted the body in my recipe for a 2010 Darth Sidious (Palpatine) (REVENGE OF THE SITH) VOTC #12 action figure. I sculpted the upper torso, as well as a hat onto the back of Ketwol's head. The hookah I assembled from an assortment of random fodder that I had laying around.  The skirt I used was also from unidentified fodder. 

I personally like the paint job on Elias' original figure much more than my own. I may have to spend an extra hour or two on this paint job one day down the line in an attempt to try to equal what Elias did on his Melas' head.  

"Melas was a Sarkan exile who traveled from planet to planet. Unlike most Sarkans, he was short, with bright blue eyes and short claws. 

Melas' exile was not due to his appearance—rather, it was due to his gregarious nature. Melas enjoyed the company of Humans and other non-Sarkans, and often ignored the complexities of Sarkan rituals when socializing with them. He was forced to leave Sarka because he violated the strict laws of Sarkan protocol on numerous occasions.

Melas greatly missed the natural beauty of his homeworld, but exile was not an insurmountable hardship. He managed to smuggle a fortune in precious metals and gems off Sarka before his exile. Melas traveled across the galaxy, sightseeing and meeting as many different alien species as possible. Naturally, he found himself in Chalmun's Cantina when he visited Tatooine. He was present in the Cantina on the fateful day Obi-Wan Kenobi and Luke Skywalker hired Han Solo.

Melas became fond of smoking an Esoomiangruu pipe during his exile, and was rarely seen without it."

"MELAS"

created by Darth Daddy

SKILL LEVEL:ADVANCED

"MELAS - CFTK Vesrion #1"

created by Elias

CLONE WARS "PRIME MINISTER ALMEC" created by CUSTOMS FOR THE KID & WATTO'S SCRAPYARD

Almec was a male Human from the planet Mandalore, and a one-time believer in the pacifist ways of Duchess Satine Kryze. During the Clone Wars, Almec served as the Prime Minister of Mandalore and did as he thought best to watch over and represent the interests of Mandalore. His dedication became his undoing, however; when Mandalore declared neutrality in the Clone Wars and the planet became cut off from Galactic Republic aid. Almec then established a black market trade network to bring much-needed goods to the Mandalorian people. These smugglers poisoned the people of Sundari with toxic tea, putting numerous children in the hospital. Almec was exposed as the leader of the black market network and summarily imprisoned for his crimes.

When Darth Maul took over Mandalore, Maul broke Almec out of prison and reinstated him as Prime Minister, with Almec declaring loyalty to Maul and his Death Watch allies. Following Maul's capture and imprisonment by Darth Sidious, Almec saw to it that Maul was rescued and brought back to the Death Watch.

This is a 100% sculpted action figure made with ProCreate used on a Clone Wars Savage Opress action figure. The thighs of the figure were shortened to reduce the height of the figure and the hands were switched out with the hands from a realistic version of Count Dooku that came with Force Flipping Attack. The tabards on the figure were manufactured from the skirt that was already present on the Savage figure. From there it was all handcrafted. 

The head was a 3D resin print that we purchased from Watto's Scrapyard and Elias painted.

CLONE WARS

"PRIME MINISTER ALMEC"

created by Customs for the Kid 

& Watto's Scrapyard

SKILL LEVEL: ADVANCED

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THE WANDERING JEDI

Jedi Master Chi was a true master of Force Speed when it came to hand to hand combat and was an instructor at the Jedi Temple. Master Chi later became a Rogue Jedi who abandoned the Order at the beginning of the Clone Wars. He refused to adopt the role of a general. As he handed in his lightsaber and walked out the Temple doors, he vowed to go wherever the Force led him and never looked back.

THE WANDERING JEDI

Master Chi was created from a Vintage Darth Sidious and the head of an Indiana Jones Mola Ram action figure. The hair is Dad's first ever experiment using Apoxie Sculpt.



Dad's "WANDERING JEDI" featured on the Front Page of IMPERIAL SHIPYARDS