DARTH DADDY's CUSTOMIZING CORNER: PATRICIO BERROETA aka PATO BERROETA

Darth Daddy's Customizing Corner featured Star Wars customizer PATRICIO BERROETA aka PATO BERROETA in the latest Customizing Corner over at The Star Wars Underworld.

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One of my favorite things about Star Wars custom action figure art is that it's a global phenomenon. Patricio Berroeta aka Pato Berroeta lives in Santiago, Chile. He is a graphic designer, digital art director, illustrator, and comic artist. He is also a Star Wars action figure collector, and action figure customizer.

Pato started to share his customs with the world in 2011. His personal goal is to complete all the characters that were not produced by Hasbro for the Battle of Carkoon, Jabba's Palace and the Mos Eisley Cantina scenes so he can add them to his personal collection. His representations of these characters are just spot on and every time I look at them I think about how much I'd like to add one of his customs to my own collection one day.

Sometimes he does figures from other Star Wars episodes, but only when spare pieces allow. His work inspires me to take up his cause and make these much needed additions for my own collection one day as well.

Here are some links to the work of Pato Berroeta:


Custom figures:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pberroeta/sets/72157632870643826/

All his figures in order (even with covers):
http://www.facebook.com/patoberroeta/media_set?set=a.10151400434033650.1073741825.719453649&type=3

His"Work in Progress" album:
http://www.facebook.com/patoberroeta/media_set?set=a.10151585511698650.1073741828.719453649&type=3

Cantina Mos Eisley Diorama (2012):
http://orden99.cl/cantina-de-mos-eisley/

Also be sure to check out his comics pages and illustrations:

Comics pages:
http://www.facebook.com/patoberroeta/media_set?set=a.340566438649.150326.719453649&type=3

Illustrations:
http://www.facebook.com/patoberroeta/media_set?set=a.311719368649.146152.719453649&type=3

'76 ILM MODEL SHOP - 1/18 Diorama by MAXXreplica

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Rykrof will discover he’s in for much more than he expected as the mission quickly falls apart; as Darth Vader has taken an interest in recovering the relic as he leads his best troops into battle on the planet.

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CUSTOMIZER SPOTLIGHT #37: HYPERDRIVE

When it comes to customizing, Hyperdrive is usually known for his signature "weathered and worn" soft goods. Hyperdrive's soft goods work is just amazing!  

What many people don't know, is that Hyperdrive has created some customs that have no soft goods work at all involved.   One of these figures can be found in my own collection.  Every holiday season, Customs for the Kid participates in Yakface.com's Secret Santa event in their forums.  Darth Daddy and Hyperdrive were each other's Secret Santa, and Hyperdrive made us a unique droid in the old Vintage style that Dad grew up with.  Both Dad and I were really impressed with this figure.  Dad was most impressed with the sticker that Hyperdrive created on his computer to attach to the torso of the droid.  This figure was a really cool addition to my collection and he is now posed with the complete Vintage Droid Factory playset that I found under my tree this past Christmas. 

Originally, we had planned to post this action figure back in January, but Hyperdrive had sent us two packages.  One with the figure and one with the diorama.  Unfortunately, the diorama was lost in the mail for a long time until the box and diorama had been returned by the post office to Hyperdrive's home completely damaged and beyond repair. 

 VINTAGE DROID

created by Hyperdrive

To see more Star Wars custom action figures created by Hyperdrive, click the link below:

http://www.yakfaceforums.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=6760   

While you're here, why not check out Darth Daddy's "Clone Wars General Pong Krell" custom action figure with soft goods created by Hyperdrive: