Friday, June 13, 2014
Thursday, June 12, 2014
DARTH DADDY'S CUSTOMIZING CORNER: TONY "THE MAD JAWA" DEIDA
Darth Daddy's Customizing Corner featured Star Wars customizer Tony "The Mad Jawa" Deida in the latest Customizing Corner over at The Star Wars Underworld.
So far I have been showcasing the work of the seasoned veterans within the Star Wars customizing community, but I thought it would be cool to give a shout out to some of the newer artists in the community as well. Tony 'The Mad Jawa' Deida is a 38 year old customizer from New Jersey. He has been seriously customizing for less than 1 year, and his devotion to the craft is quite evident. He was one of the first customizers I saw to tackle the Star Wars Rebels characters and it was cool that he made them to fit with the realistic line rather in their animated for. He has also produced some super creative droids that deserve a look. The tall Jawa custom that he made from the appearance at the sale of the droids from A New Hope is a figure I'd like to make for my own collection one day. What a great idea!
His interest in customizing Star Wars toys started because he found that he never had much money to purchase new figures due to the increasing price point, as well as not being totally happy with the look of the figures he was paying for. Mainly being a flea market and toy show shopper led to a build up of lots of fodder. Heavily influenced by seeing all the incredible artists on Facebook, he told himself, "I can do this!"
His interest in customizing Star Wars toys started because he found that he never had much money to purchase new figures due to the increasing price point, as well as not being totally happy with the look of the figures he was paying for. Mainly being a flea market and toy show shopper led to a build up of lots of fodder. Heavily influenced by seeing all the incredible artists on Facebook, he told himself, "I can do this!"
Around this very same week, one year ago, he gave up drinking, smoking, TV and all other aspects of the mainstream media the same day, and totally committed himself, and all his time, to learning everything he could about customizing. Tony said he learned his craft by watching hours and endless hours of YouTube to see how other customizers acheived their results. Customizing quickly become a passion for him. With his new found time and saved money, he studied paint technique, molding, casting, sculpting, and his favorite technique weathering. He said he will use real rust, and dirt to get the look he wants. Tony said while all the technical skills have been necessary to add to his repertoire, patience has been the most important skill of all.
Tony feels like he never would have made it this far in his skill set without the support of his friends in the online community, and his wife Stacy.
Tony feels like he never would have made it this far in his skill set without the support of his friends in the online community, and his wife Stacy.
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
"ZIRO THE HUTT" GETS AN UPDATE
This past weekend, Darth Daddy made a few adjustments to his Ziro the Hutt custom action figure. First, he made Ziro's headdress attach magnetically. He also did some minor sanding to enhance the appearance of his sculpt. To finish the figure off, Darth Daddy repainted Ziro's tattoos with phosphorescent paint so that they glowed under the blacklight like they did in the theatrical release of the movie.
"ZIRO THE HUTT"
created by Darth Daddy
Saturday, June 7, 2014
"Beyghor Sahdett" created by Darth Daddy
I always wanted a Verpine Jedi in my collection. When Dad saw a Verpine head cast being sold at Doc Outland's Production Platform 3 ecrater store, he jumped at the chance to get one so he could make me this custom action figure. Dad used the head cast he purchased with the upper torso of a Clone Wars Quinlan Vos action figure that was complemented by the arms, legs, and lower torso of a Clone Wars Geonosian Warrior. Dad modified the wings with a Dremel to give them a more rounded appearance. While Dad will admit, that the Jedi robes he used to create his Beyghor Sahdett, aren't ones that he wore in the Dark Times comic, Dad felt like they were good enough for what he was making for me. Dad said maybe he would make a more accurate looking figure sometime in the future, but he felt this figure fit very comfortably in his "done for now" group of customs.
"Beyghor Sahdett was a Verpine Jedi Master who lived during the final years of the Galactic Republic, and into the reign of the new Galactic Empire. Following the enactment of Contingency Order 66 by Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, Sahdett was captured by the Empire and converted into an agent for the Sith. Going undercover to hunt Jedi, Sahdett joined the crew of the Uhumele in search of fellow survivor, Jedi Master Dass Jennir. After informing Vader that his role for Palpatine was to eliminate Jedi in his place, the Sith Lord decapitated Sahdett."
"Beyghor Sahdett"
created by Darth Daddy
SKILL LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE
"Beyghor Sehdett" was featured on the front page of Imperial Shipyards.
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Thursday, June 5, 2014
DARTH DADDY's CUSTOMIZING CORNER: JediStyle
Darth Daddy's Customizing Corner featured Star Wars customizer JediStyle in the latest Customizing Corner over at The Star Wars Underworld.
Erik Chavez aka JediStyle not only has one of the coolest monikers in the Star Wars customizing community, as an artist, he has the creativity and skill wothy of the name. This Southern California customizer was one of the first artists that really caught my eye when I first started making my own figures and posting them the Yakface.com forums. I have long admired JediStyle's creative character creations, and his ability to apply paint with such beautiful contrasts and colors that REALLY make his action figures pop. JediStyle has a great eye for color and he's one of the best painters in the Star Wars custom action figure community. I just love this customizer's imagination and his creations are a testament to how far reaching it is. There is so much to appreciate in every unique piece.
JediStyle took some time off from the hobby about two years ago. Fortunately, he's back now and still has the ability to unhinge jaws. We talked by text last night and he just informed me that he has over 20 new customs that he hasn't posted anywhere yet due to a broken camera. I'd love to figure out how to get a collection going so we can get this guy a camera and have him up and running again.
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