DEATH TROOPER created by Darth Daddy

When an experimental virus was tested on this Stormtrooper, he surprised the Imperial research team when he exhibited an alarming reaction to the injection. The team disposed of him immediately down inside the ship's trash compactor.

Dad has been wanting to make one of these action figures ever since he listened to Joe Shreiber's book on audio tape during a long road trip. When the new G.I. Joe Zombie Viper action figure came out, he knew it was time to take a crack at it. After he found the action figure at a local pharmacy he was all ready to go. He used the Vintage Stormtrooper action figure for the body and the G.I. Joe Zombie Viper action figure provided the parts for the undead portion of his creation. Dad painted the figure with less blood and gore and tried to use a comic book color scheme. He did the build while he listened to Lucasclones and Tamer interview customizer TTT on Custom Action Figure News and when he heard them give the original blue skin tone a bad rap, Dad tried to see if he could make the blue look good. He really loves the way the figure came out. He's pretty sure somebody else has probably tried the same formula by now, but he hasn't come across it yet in the customizing forums. He considers the figure a work in progress, but to be honest Dad's been saying that about all of his completed figures lately.

DEATH TROOPER
created by Darth Daddy

Inspired by Joe Schreiber's "Death Troopers"

Here's a picture with the helmet off.

Dad's Death Trooper featured on the front page of Imperial Shipyards.

CAFN: Episode 23 - TTT's Customs

Episode 23 - TTT

It's already time for another podcast from Custom Action Figure News. This time around we get to hear from Dan of TTT's customs. If you didn't see the feature we did on him last month for our "Customs I Wish I Owned" page be sure to check out his work. His customs are too cool for words. But before you check out the video, be sure to listen to the podcast. Lucasclones and Tamer get to talk zombies with TTT.

CAFN GALLERY

To see more customs created by TTT go to:

http://www.imperialshipyards.net/SMF/index.php?topic=7082.0

TTT's FACEBOOK PAGE

TTT on Ebay

http://www.outofcommissiontoys.com/

GRAN JEDI YOUNGLING - NOW UPDATED!!

Dad surprised me when I came home and found this really cool Gran Jedi Youngling waiting for me. Originally it was just another No Paint Kit Bash (NPKB) that he created with the head, hands and feet of the new Discover the Force Mawhonic and the body of a Vintage Anakin Skywalker from the Phantom Menace wave. It was a really quick and easy custom action figure to make. Some customizers boil the figures for about 5 minutes, while others will use a blowdryer to heat up the places they want to pop apart. We're boilers at our house. I have even heard someone on Youtube say that they microwave their figures to heat them up and take them apart. If anyone knows how long a customizer should microwave their figure please leave the information in our comments section. Kids use a parent's supervision before trying this at home.

After posting this custom in various Star Wars forums, customizer Luke Sprywalker asked Dad to sculpt over the boots of the Vintage Anakin Skywalker figure and create Gran legs. Dad went to work and the final result is below.

GRAN JEDI YOUNGLING
created by Darth Daddy

SKILL LEVEL: ADVANCED

Originally Dad skipped sculpting new legs until customizer Luke Sprywalker suggested sculpting them on. Dad agreed that it would look better and sculpted on the legs the weekend after he posted the figure the first time.





Dad's Gran Jedi Youngling featured on the front page of Imperial Shipyards.

CUSTOMIZER SPOTLIGHT #19: Luke Sprywalker

Luke Sprywalker hails from another father and son customizing team. He has been displaying his custom action figures since 2008 and has created some really noteworthy action figures.

You need to check out the video Dad created of his action figures in our "Customs I Wish I Owned" page.

He is one of the first friends we made when we began our custom action figure hobby and his work is always an inspiration around the house.

Success in customizing sometimes relies on the artist having the right part for the job. We received this droid as a thank you from Luke Sprywalker when we sent him some much needed parts that he was looking for to complete a build. I was really excited when I got this custom in the mail, because I love droids and it was created by one of my all-time favorite artists.

YELLOW DROID
created by 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