This week, we were contacted by YouTube filmaker Nivrerex about commissioning Dad to make him some Clone Wars custom action figures. This Mexican director has made some of the coolest Star Wars stop motion videos we have ever seen and we knew once we saw them that we had to share them all with you. I'd love to see some of Dad's Clone Wars customs appear in his films. Below are three of his videos. Hope you all enjoy them as much as we did.
Sunday, April 13, 2014
Friday, April 11, 2014
SUPER-ARTICULATED "CLONE WARS DARTH SIDIOUS" created by DARTH DADDY
After I finished making my two custom "Clone Wars Chancellor Palpatine" figures, I found that I now had two "Clone Wars Darth Sidious" action figures in the house and I only needed one. I had a collectible that was displayed on a shelf in Elias' room, and I also had one that I bought to create head casts of so I could create new figures. I recently bought the second one, so I didn't have to rip the hood off of the head of my collectible. He's a super rare action figure and I didn't want to damage my only one, just so I could create a mold of what was underneath. Once I made a mold of the head underneath the hood, I was able to cast new heads for my customs and I was really thrilled with the results.
It all worked out great, but unfortunately, now the resale value of the figure I used to make my customs wasn't as good as my collectible because I hacked the neck off of the figure right at the shoulders so I could mold it at the same time as the head to speed along my customizing process. After the mold was made, I re-glued the neck back onto the figure, and reattached the hood and the head. Luckily, the cut in the neck wasn't visible, because the hood and soft goods hid all the damage I did to the figure.
So now what to do with it?
I knew I couldn't get the money I invested on the second one back now that I cut the neck off, and then glued it back on. No one would pay a premium price for that. While the figure later did pay itself off through other means, I still had an extra figure I didn't need, and I had to decide what to do with it.
I figured why not make a super-articulated version of Darth Sidious, giving the action figure both ball-jointed hips and knees. Originally, Hasbro's version had only a swivel waist and his legs were just one solid piece of plastic with no articulation anywhere at all. I decided to give the second figure more range of motion. First, I cut the knees out of the legs and replaced them with two Revoltech joints we had in fodder. I then cut the legs off where they attached at the groin. Afterwards, I created two ball sockets inside the groin with my Dremel and then made another recessed set of sockets at the top of the thigh to accommodate the the ball joints I stole from the elbows of the first Clone Wars Cad Bane action figure which proved Sidious the joints needed for his ball-jointed hips.
I stole the hands of the second figure earlier to make one of my customs so I replaced them with two Palpatine hands that I found in the leftover parts I used to make my Clone Wars Palpatine figures.
I finished the figure off by adding a floor length soft goods skirt from a Vintage Barriss Offee action figure to give him a more screen accurate look. I will most likely give the figure new feet with ball-jointed ankles once I find something appropriate to use.
SUPER-ARTICULATED
"CLONE WARS DARTH SIDIOUS"
created by Darth Daddy
Hidden under the skirt is all the articulation you would desire.
SKILL LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE
CLICK THE PHOTOS BELOW TO SEE "THE CLONE WARS - CHANCELLOR PALPATINE" CUSTOM ACTION FIGURES IN GREATER DETAIL:
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Thursday, April 10, 2014
DARTH DADDY's CUSTOMIZING CORNER: HEMBLE CREATIONS
Darth Daddy's Customizing Corner featured Star Wars customizer Ron Hemble aka Hemble Creations in the latest Customizing Corner over at The Star Wars Underworld.
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Ron Hembling aka Hemble Creations is a name that almost every Star Wars customizer knows. He's famous for creating lifelike dioramas filled with custom action figures that are among the best ever made. This Australian native is definitely within the ranks of the top three Star Wars customizers of all-time. His paint applications add so much realism with their masterful weathered appearance. I can recognize a Hemble piece immediately because there is no one else out there quite like him. He has a signature look that creates such uniformity when looking at all his pieces as a group. They would all display so well next to each other. Hemble's work is consistently classy. One masterpiece after another. I love the way he captures and exhibits the world that Lucas created.
Hemble is unique in the community for sometimes turning his super-articulated action figures into frozen statuettes. Once he poses an action figure in his diorama and gets it into its desired position, he will sculpt over the joints and hide the parts of the action figure that take away from the sculpts sense of realism. By the time he finishes hiding all the lines in the figure that could only come off a machined assembly line, Hemble has a piece like the one pictured below.
This artist really shows his mastery by being able to work within so many different scales. I can't tell you how many customizing contests I took part in where Hemble took the top prize. Hemble's been one of the most supportive members I've come across in the custom action figure community and talents like Hemble don't come around as often as we all wish they would.
CLICK HERE TO READ
Ron Hembling aka Hemble Creations is a name that almost every Star Wars customizer knows. He's famous for creating lifelike dioramas filled with custom action figures that are among the best ever made. This Australian native is definitely within the ranks of the top three Star Wars customizers of all-time. His paint applications add so much realism with their masterful weathered appearance. I can recognize a Hemble piece immediately because there is no one else out there quite like him. He has a signature look that creates such uniformity when looking at all his pieces as a group. They would all display so well next to each other. Hemble's work is consistently classy. One masterpiece after another. I love the way he captures and exhibits the world that Lucas created.
Hemble is unique in the community for sometimes turning his super-articulated action figures into frozen statuettes. Once he poses an action figure in his diorama and gets it into its desired position, he will sculpt over the joints and hide the parts of the action figure that take away from the sculpts sense of realism. By the time he finishes hiding all the lines in the figure that could only come off a machined assembly line, Hemble has a piece like the one pictured below.
This artist really shows his mastery by being able to work within so many different scales. I can't tell you how many customizing contests I took part in where Hemble took the top prize. Hemble's been one of the most supportive members I've come across in the custom action figure community and talents like Hemble don't come around as often as we all wish they would.
You can see more of Ron's work at his website or at many a custom forums which he frequents, below are just some he goes to.
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Yakfinities #52 - JABBA'S ENTOURAGE
Make any custom of a character you consider to be part of Jabba's gang, and you're set! Just make it a new custom! It can be fan fiction, EU, ROTJ based, whatever - entries will be accepted April 1 - July 31. As always Yakface.com will have some random prizes announced during the Roundup Report.
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