CLONE WARS "R5-P8" created by Darth Daddy

Because I invested so much time and money into building Elias' Hondo Ohnaka gang, I decided to take my old 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.  I just cracked the R4-P17's head off with a screwdriver.  I then cut off the inner workings of one of my blue B.A.D. astromechs that we had several of and glued it to the base of the Clone Wars astromech body.  This made the head interchangeable between the Vintage body that I already had, as well as for my new incarnation of R5-P8, who is definitely one of my favorite droids of all-time.   I only used a black wash and some cinnamon to weather him up. 

CLONE WARS "R5-P8"

created by Darth Daddy

R5-P8 was an R5-series astromech droid produced by Industrial Automaton. It served as an assassin droid of Hondo Ohnaka's pirate gang during the Clone Wars. It had a blaster pistol fixed on its head, so it could serve both repairs and security purposes.

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"

created by Darth Daddy

R5-P8 was featured on the front page of Imperial Shipyards.

VINTAGE "R5-P8"

created by Darth Daddy

Before and after.

R5-P8 was featured in Yakface's Mega Spotlight.

R5-P8 was featured on the front page of Imperial Shipyards.

I can't wait to take another group shot with my Clone Wars version of R5-P8 along with a few more pirates and a spaceship we haven't revealed yet.

DarthSinister added to "Customs I Wish I Owned"

Charlie White aka DarthSinister got his start customizing MEGO superheroes at a young age in the 1970’s and eventually moved on to Star Wars and Micronauts. After putting down customizing for decades he began to feel the artistic flicker resurge after becoming inspired by the artists around the web. His first step back into the hobby began on the RebelScum web site when he launched his digital customs or “PoorMan’s Customs” thread in 2009 using only images from the internet and a photoshop program. He heavily promoted the old MARVEL comics Star Wars series, giving them a much needed facelift in an attempt to bring modern relevance back to the beloved characters. He now resides mainly on the Imperial Shipyards, and while still doing digital imagery, he has begun a shift to actual hard customs since 2013.

DarthSinister's work is really nice on the eyes so be sure to take it all in. We never were exposed to the Marvel Star Wars comics here at home, but upon seeing the figures DarthSinister has created inspired by these comics, we'd sure like to see this part of the Star Wars universe more in depth.

DarthSinister

DarthSinister on Imperial Shipyards:

http://www.imperialshipyards.net/SMF/index.php?topic=7182.0

DarthSinister: A Different Point of View:

http://www.imperialshipyards.net/SMF/index.php?topic=6503.0

DarthSinister on eBay:

http://www.ebay.com/usr/whitestoysds 

Darth Daddy's Customizing Corner featured Star Wars customizer DarthSinister in the latest Customizing Corner over at The Star Wars Underworld.

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