This project started when Dad bought a Gwarm custom action figure from customizer PeakOB1 for
my collection . After Hasbro released Hondo Ohnaka without any of his
Weequay pirates, Dad toyed with the idea of creating Hondo's pirate gang.
When Dad saw that his friend Star Wars customizer, PeakOB1 had started to create some of the characters he was hoping to make, Dad
commissioned his help in getting the project done. PeakOB1 is well known in
the customizing community for his Clone Wars custom action figures and
throughout the past year we formed a really good friendship.
The two of them chatted about the Wars, figured out who was going to create what, and Dad got off the phone. Then Dad grabbed some parts that he bought a while back off of a shelf in the corner of our kitchen, and he started to create two pirates of his own. It was
such a fun project. It was the first time Dad worked on a project with
another customizer other than me and he said it was an awesome experience.
The figures are just incredible! I only wish Hasbro would create them so
all of you could have them too. Dad said that this project will definitely go down
as one of his favorites even if it did take forever to get those group
shots done.
Hondo Ohnaka's Pirate Gang
created by Darth Daddy & PeakOB1
"Turk Falso"
created by PeakOB1
Falso tried to double cross his
captain,
Hondo Ohnaka, the leader of
a pirate gang on the backwater
world of
Florrum to steal the spice
ransom for himself. He ordered a fellow pirate,
Barb Mentir to shoot down
the ship carrying the spice in order to get it. His plan worked, partially, but the
clone troopers and
Jar Jar Binks survived the crash, killing only the
pilots
and Kharrus. After he heard that there were possible survivors from
Mentir, he went to get the spice himself along with some other
pirates utilizing
swoop bikes. Falso stole the spice from the wreckage of the ship located in the
Doshar fields, but the surviving clones and Jar Jar got it back after chasing Falso and his gang by riding on
skalders, creatures native to
Florrum.
After returning to the pirate base, Falso said to Ohnaka that the
Republic hadn't send the spice, but an army. He asked if he could send
tanks
to destroy the army. Ohnaka gave him permission, but Falso's plan
failed. One of the tanks was accidentally destroyed by Jar Jar who
rammed it into one of the power lines to the
pirate outpost. The remaining two tanks were attacked by
Commander Stone and the
clone troopers
and both tanks were captured. They used them to quickly go to Ohnaka's
pirate base and get in unnoticed. Falso was about to flee in a
Flarestar-class Weequay ship knowing that Ohnaka would figure out his betrayal, when he and
his accomplice were killed by
Count Dooku
who escaped from the pirate prison during the power loss in the base.
Dooku then escaped Florrum in the Weequay saucer craft which the two
pirates were planning to escape in.
[4]
"Barb Mentir"
created by PeakOB1
"Dagu Flask"
created by PeakOB1
During
one such escape, the prisoners attempted to escape by pole-vaulting
over the wall of the pirate outpost. They succeeded only partially; with
Skywalker clinging onto the edge of the wall, while Kenobi and Dooku
held on to his legs. Meanwhile Flask and several other
pirates
opened fire upon the escapees. Anakin couldn't hold on any longer and
told Kenobi to drop Dooku. Suddenly, Flask ordered to cease fire. Ohnaka
was then standing on the wall, and told his men to arrest the
prisoners.
"Gwarm and Pikk Mukmuk"
created by PeakOB1
Gwarm was a pink- and orange-faced
Weequay who operated as a
pirate in
Hondo Ohnaka's pirate gang during the
Clone Wars. He carried
an old type of
blaster rifle with a
vibrodagger mounted on the front of the weapon. Around
21 BBY, Gwarm was part of Ohnaka's band of pirates that traveled to
Felucia to extort a portion of the valuable crop of
nysillin from a
community of
Felucian farmers.
Gwarm and his cohorts came against more than they bargained for when
they found themselves going up against not just the simple farmers, but
also four
bounty hunters, hired by the farmers to protect them, and three
Jedi who had crash landed on the planet and found their way to the farm. Towards the end of the
skirmish, Gwarm noticed their leader, Hondo Ohnaka, hanging off a cliff at the mercy of
Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker. He called for an immediate retreat to go and rescue Ohnaka, forcing the pirates to leave empty handed.
"CLONE WARS
WEEQUAY PIRATE PARSEL"
created by PeakOB1
Parsel later informed
Jiro
that a ship's communication system was silenced, but working, and that
there were life forms aboard the ship. After that, when it turned out
that
Darth Maul and his brother
Savage Opress were on the ship, this pirate along with Jiro and some of the other pirates joined them against
Hondo Ohnaka. Later on, when the two
Sith were overpowered by
Obi-Wan Kenobi and Hondo, the remaining pirates joined Hondo again, and helped him to chase the brothers away from
Florrum.
"Finn Tegotash"
created by Darth Daddy
Finn Tegotash was a member of
Hondo Ohnaka's
pirate gang in the
Clone Wars around
21 BBY,
[1] and was present during the time that the gang held
Obi-Wan Kenobi,
Anakin Skywalker, and
Count Dooku prisoner. Finn preferred to wield two small knives in combat rather than a blaster, the standard weapon of the Ohnaka Gang. He wore very simple clothing, consisting of a drab beige top and plain blue pants; as well as standard boots.
Created almost entirely from a Shahan Alama action figure, Dad sculpted and modified the head, and then painted the forearms he substituted from a Hondo Ohnaka to create this action figure.
"Peg Leg Piit"
created by Darth Daddy
Peg Leg Piit was created using the head, torso, and upper arms of a Clone Wars Shahan Alama action figure, the articulated hips and upper thighs of a Clone Wars Mace Windu, the lower leg and peg leg were created from fodder we had laying around and Dad used the knee joints of the Shahan Alama. The holster was a modified Vintage Bom Vimdin holster. Dad then added Apoxie Sculpt to the figure and modified the existing pieces to make the almost completely sculpted Peg Leg Piit.
Because I invested so much time and money into building Elias' Hondo Ohnaka gang, I decided to take my Vintage style R5-P8 and give him a Clone Wars astromech body to fit the pirate collection better. I used the 2010 Clone Wars R4-P17 action figure as the base and used a black wash and some cinnamon to weather him up. I made the head interchangeable between what I already had, as well as for my new incarnation of one of my favorite droids of all-time. I just cracked the astromech's head off with a screwdriver and then I attached the head that I made a few years ago with the rubber housing I cut off one of my blue B.A.D. astromechs that we had several of.
CLONE WARS "R5-P8"
created by Darth Daddy
This droid appeared in Season 1 of the Clone Wars, "The Gungan General" episode. I created him by repainting the Vintage R5-D4 action figure. As soon as the figure came out, I knew I wanted to try and make this droid even though there were rumors circulating that he may find his way to a proper release by Hasbro down the road. We now know my time was not wasted because Hasbro discontinued the Clone Wars line. I used the gun from the Toys R' Us Nikto Guard and modified it by cutting pieces off some guns in our fodder bin. Nothing too crazy was done to make this one. What you see is what you get.
CLONE WARS "R5-P8"
R5-P8 was featured on the front page of Imperial Shipyards.
VINTAGE "R5-P8"
created by Darth Daddy
Before and after.
Dad's R5-P8 was featured in Yakface's Mega Spotlight.
Dad's R5-P8 was featured on the front page of Imperial Shipyards.
GET SOME PIRATE HEADS AT THE STORE
CLONE WARS WEEQUAY PIRATES FROM HONDO's GANG THAT WE HAVE CREATED SINCE OUR ORIGINAL POST:
WEEQUAY CRAGGY TOOTH PIRATE A
Unidentified Weequay Pirate 1 (Florrum)
Clone Wars Weequay Pirate
Clone Wars Weequay Pirate
Clone Wars Weequay Pirate
Clone Wars Weequay Pirate
Clone Wars Weequay Pirate with Massiff
GROUP PICTURES
We just had a chance to take a few pictures of Hondo Ohnaka's Weequay
Pirate Gang all together.
I bet if Hasbro ever sold these in 3-packs they would do very well.
They could sell the droid separately.
Darth Daddy's "Craggy Tooth Pirate A" with Hasbro's "Hondo Ohnaka", Elias' "Weequay Pirate with Massiff" and PeakOB1's "Gwarm" and "Parsel".
"Hondo Ohnaka's Weequay Pirate Gang"
created by PeakOB1 & Darth Daddy
The Hondo Ohnaka Pirate Gang created by PeakOB1 and Darth Daddy was featured on the front page of Yakface.com.
The Hondo Ohnaka Pirate Gang group photo of PeakOB1's and Darth Daddy's customs was featured on the front page of Imperial Shipyards.