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Tuesday, May 29, 2012

DUG DROID


DUG DROID
by Elias and Darth Daddy


 This is a droid that I designed and Dad painted for me.  We call him a Dug Droid because he walks on his arms like a Dug. The arms and legs are from a General Grievous and they were heavily modified.  The torso is from a POTF 4-LOM and the head is a B.A.D. BG-J38.  Only the legs articulate at the hips.




 
  These droids were very popular on Malastare.  The camera battery died during the photo shoot.  We'll try and take more pictures later.












Our Dug Droid was featured in the Customizer Spotlight of DeathStarPlans.net




Our Dug Droid was featured on the front page of Imperial Shipyards.




Saturday, May 26, 2012

CAFN Episode 27- CAFN Roundtable - Parts Casting Masters



STAR WARS PODCASTS


Custom Action Figure News' first run at the roundtable hit a few glitches, and unfortunately, never saw the light of day. We have a feeling it was really awesome, but since both of their recorders crapped out, the world will never know.  Originally Remco of Incom's Customs and Doc Outlands participated on the roundtable, but they weren't available to come back for the redo. Good news is CAFN's new recorder seems to be awesome and they are back in business. Thankfully, Sith_fire30 and Clonehead were still available for the second attempt. If they could not have come on there would have no roundtable.  We here at CFTK were super happy to listen to this particular episode because it focused on the latest aspect of action figure customizing that we are looking to add to our repertoire.

Enjoy!




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drod26 added to "Customs I Wish I Owned"





drod26 is an engineer during the day and a dedicated father and husband. When he is not attending to his family or doing house work, he is digging throughout his pile of fodder, consulting art books, looking at the color wheel for inspiration for his next custom. His style is to come up with a well-designed character visually and aesthetically. drod26 got started customizing in 2011 when he joined YakFaceForums and his inspiration to customize came from seeing all the great work there and the welcoming members like Chewie.. If you like his work drop him a line. Want to know what his recipes are? Just ask, he will gladly share them with you.  Unfortunately, he doesn't do commissions at this time.

drod26 was the first subscriber to our blog and it's really cool that we now have the honor to share his work with all of you.  Dad and drod26 started making customs around the same time and were fellow padawan learners over at Yakface.com.  Dad is really blown away by the paint work of drod26, especialy on the horns of his Iktochi custom.  Dad hopes one day he can paint as well as drod26.  This video is a must see! 


drod26





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