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Tuesday, January 20, 2015

"Zeb's Extended Bo-Rifle" created by Darth Daddy

As soon as I finished creating the extended bo-rifle for my custom Agent Kallus action figure, I knew I needed to create an extended bo-rifle to use with our Zeb action figures.  Especially if we wanted to recreate that epic battle between Kallus and Zeb in the Rebels episode Droids in Distress.

To make the extended version of Zeb's AB-75 bo-rifle I used some clear styrene rod and then used twisted clear rubber bands to simulate the pulsing energy strands found at the ends.  It used two of Zeb's rifles to arrange the bo-rifle the way that I did it.  I included work in progress pictures at the bottom so you can see where I extended the bo-rifle with the polystyrene rod.  The clear rubber bands are glued in place with krazy glue.  I drilled through and into some of the Hasbro bow rifle parts so the polystyrene would have stronger connections when glued into place.


"Zeb's Extended AB-75 Bo-Rifle"
created by Darth Daddy









SKILL LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE



SUPER-ARTICULATED
"GARAZEB ORRELIOS aka ZEB"
created by SWK KUSTOMS

 &
SUPER-ARTICULATED
"AGENT KALLUS" 
created by Darth Daddy













WORK IN PROGRESS

PICTURES


 Dad used 2 bo-rifles, clear styrene rod, krazy glue and clear rubber bands to create an extended bo-rifle for Zeb.



 After I painted the bo-rifle a uniform color and painted the clear rubber bands purple, I added a brown wash to bring out the details.  Afterwards, I painted the bandages on the weapon a light beige color, and then added a brown wash over that paint layer as well.



Dad's version of "Zeb's Extended Bo-Rifle" was featured on the front page of Imperial Shipyards.




"AGENT KALLUS" 
created by Darth Daddy





SUPER-ARTICULATED
"GARAZEB ORRELIOS aka ZEB"
created by SWK KUSTOMS





Friday, January 16, 2015

DARTH DADDY's CUSTOMIZING CORNER: Ric Customs

Darth Daddy's Customizing Corner featured Star Wars custom action figure artist Ric Customs in his latest post over at The Star Wars Underworld.






This week's featured artist is Ric Customs from Singapore. He's a big fan of Star Wars and Bruce Lee. His artwork is mainly custom Star Wars action figures. His work pays homage to the video games of Star Wars from The Old Republic to The Force: Unleashed.  He also finds inspiration from The Clone Wars animated series.    I really suggest using the links I provided below to see more of his work because this artist has been busy.  He has a vast body of work filled with material I haven't seen anywhere else. Ric Customs' Mandalorian action figures are must view material!


































Saturday, January 10, 2015

CUSTOMS for the KID - GREATEST HITS VIDEO UPDATED




After we posted the video of our customs from last year, we incorporated our favorites into our greatest hits video that we keep posted on the bottom of the blog page.  The video features our favorite creations from our five years of action figure creation.


CUSTOMS for the KID - GREATEST HITS
Star Wars Custom Action Figures by Darth Daddy & Elias

We updated the video at the bottom of our page to include last years figures.


Thursday, January 8, 2015

Yoda's Hut Diorama (4 inch scale) by The Budget Jedi





Yakface.com Custom Action Figure Contests


Another Yakfinities Customizing Challenge has just wrapped up, and they announced some cool Hasbro prizes in the Order 66 Survivors Roundup Report. Head to the forums and check it out!


Yakface.com is kicking off the new year with another fun Yakfinities Customizing Challenge – Bounty Hunters! Yakface forum members have already started strong with several entries submitted, and we’ll be accepting submissions through March 31. For more details,click here.