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Tuesday, November 28, 2017

CUSTOMIZER SPOTLIGHT #51: "Custom Cast Cargo Accessory Bundles" created by Empire Toy Works

This year I used some of my birthday money to purchase some items from Empire Toy Works to enhance my diorama displays. In the mail, I received a variety of really cool replicas of some Star Wars crates, generators and barrels that I absolutely love.  I highly recommend checking out this artists eBay page for not only the cool accessories he has available, but also to see his gorgeous wooden Star Wars dioramas that I hope to own one day!

"Custom Cast Cargo Accessory Bundles" 
created by Empire Toy Works























ROT-GUT STATION (Spaceport Playset) created by EMPIRE TOY WORKS
Slideshow Video by Darth Daddy




Monday, November 20, 2017

CLONE WARS "SERGEANT HOUND & GRIZZER" created by Elias

This was a clone trooper we have been wanting to get to for a long time now. Hound was an ARF Trooper sergeant of the Coruscant Guard who was stationed at the Republic military base during the Clone Wars. To make the figure we used the body from a Clone Wars Commander Wolffe action figure with a casted helmet that was sent to us by a friend. To finish the figure I just added the signature paint applications.

In 20 BBY, shortly after the bombing of the Jedi Temple hangar, Letta Turmond, who was responsible for planting the explosives, was taking into Republic custody at the Military base on Coruscant. After Turmond died, having believed to be murdered by Ahsoka Tano, Hound was part of the team that searched the base for Tano with his massiff, Grizzer. The massiff picked up on Tano's scent and led him towards her. However, she narrowly evaded them and escaped on top of the Geonosis monument. Hound later went with Grizzer and the others of his group to corner Tano.


"SERGEANT HOUND & GRIZZER" 
created by Elias

















SKILL LEVEL: BEGINNER




Wednesday, November 15, 2017

"REBEL HOVER CRATES" created by Kyp Durron

The other day we received an email from fellow customizer Kyp Durron who sent us some digital files of "Rebels Hover Crate" Papercraft that he made. 

In his email, he stated that he'd like to let us be the first to test them out. 

He said he used Paint.net to print out his own set of hover crates, and left the "fit picture to frame" box checked/ticked. This prints the hover crate and accessory page out in 1:18th scale. Files like the propaganda posters, props, and the walls and floors are all supposed to be printed out with the "fit to frame" left OFF. 

He made all on-screen versions he was able to find (standard brown/tan, Imperial grey, and Fulcrum Green). Plus he made several custom colors to represent various contents. 

The Custom ones are:

Blue = Aquatic foodstuffs and supplies. Like fish, chum, liquids, etc. 

White = Medical supplies like Bacta. 

Yellow = Hazardous materials like radioactive or bio hazard. 

Light Brown = Clothing and linens. 

He also made an accessory page that has squares for meilooruns, jogans, pistols, rifles, credits, and spice. This page includes racks that can hold the various pieces much like the racks seen in the first episode. And four extra foot pegs to help give the bottom of the crate definition. Kyp Durron even included a rough draft version of the credit boxes that Vizago, Hondo, and Lando are seen using. 

Each of the crates has the option to have a folding top or a removable top and there's an insert for the interior of the crate. He's working on some additions, so the lid to have an insert, as well as designs for other supply accessories. 

It's easy to add cardstock (cereal box material) to the crates to strengthen them, but the insert does make them sturdy enough for display purposes. 

He hopes you all enjoy these crates, and we'd all love to see them used in some of your dioramas too. Send all your diorama pictures that utilize these crates to customsforthekid@gmail.com so we can put together a nice little video compilation of all the dioramas that were inspired by Kyp Durron's hard work!

*UPDATE

The crates have had their Credit cases updated and the button panel added to make it more 3D.

He even made a new crate using an old WOTC free printout with crates in scale for the Star Wars miniatures. He then scaled it up and made it a single crate instead of the double one the Death Star scanning crew uses.

One page is a Sabacc deck, credits, credit cases, a Djerik Table Top(wip), and some spice for the crates. He used a fan made sabacc deck and scaled each card down. Cut them out, add glue, and fold them over. They're small, but you can tell that which suit they are. And the credit squares can be glued together to cut out individual credits. But these will be really small and easily lost.

There's a page that is a set of Topographic maps from a GI Joe papercraft site. He rescaled them and put them all on one page. I figure these are useful in certain dioramas/displays.

There are a couple of propaganda pages with wanted posters and advertisements. Some are correctly in Aurebesh while some are still in English. He's working on the English ones to make them in Aurebesh.

One page is a set of posters that has the translations on the left side. Another page is shop signs and their translations. The shop signs should probably be scaled up though.

He's even included files for the Yavin Base floors and walls as well as the floor from Hera's home. These are all from the assets and can be used to make diorama's/displays.

He also took the Puffer Pig crate you posted a while back and scaled it to print out in scale with Paint.Net.

His favorite page that he included is the props page. It includes: datapads for both Rebels and Imperials, baby blankets, blue milk cartons, space waffles and plates, Hera's Kalikori (requires skill and patience to assemble), factory ID's in multiple colors, Tooka dolls in multiple colors, credit and gem cases, some Atollon Spider eggs, and a random panel made from the Gonk Droid asset.



"REBEL HOVER CRATES"
created by Kyp Durron





























Friday, November 3, 2017

CubesCity Customs Added to "Customs I Wish I Owned"




Bryce Cooper aka CubesCity Customs started with purchasing just a few 6" figures 3 years ago, and from there his mild curiosity grew into a full collection. Soon he began seeing customs that others were making and decided he'd give it a go making some of his own customs. Bryce got his name out there with his first big commission project, an old Ben Kenobi. Unfortunately, he later realized that commissions were taking up all his free time, and customizing felt like more like a second job than a hobby. So he stopped taking commissions and focused more on individual customs for himself. 

He then met Jason Harrop, and they both realized that they had a real knack for making these custom 6" Star Wars figures. They then formed a relationship where Bryce would supply Jason with soft goods for their projects and Jason would supply him with the head sculpt and later full casting kits. They then decided to form Two Suns 6" Customs to share their work and to help others with their customs giving advice anywhere they could. The Facebook group they formed took off like wildfire!



Wednesday, October 25, 2017

CUSTOMIZER SPOTLIGHT #50: "STAR WARS REBELS" ACTION FIGURE BLEACHER KIT by THANK THE MAKER

Yesterday, we received a surprise package in the mail from our good friend Thank The Maker and we couldn't believe what we found inside the box.  Back in August, we did a feature on Thank The Maker's super cool Action Figure Bleacher Kits.  He painted up a few of the kits to to show how customizable these sets were. All of them were quite stunning, and really showcased what an impressive painter Thank The Maker is. 

His Star Wars: Rebels inspired bleacher especially caught our eye.  From the Sabine inspired paint scheme and taggings, to the sleeping quarters of Zeb and Ezra built into the right side of the stand, so much thought and planning went into this amazing work of art.  It's truly incredible. It made a great birthday even better! We loved it so much we spent the rest of the day rearranging all the display shelves in my room just to accommodate it, and boy it was so worth it! The Rebels shelf in my room looks amazing. 

The next day we have free, we are going to do an updated video to show everything we have on my shelves so stay tuned!

A HUGE THANK YOU TO THANK THE MAKER!


"STAR WARS REBELS"
ACTION FIGURE BLEACHER KIT
by THANK THE MAKER





The sleeping quarters aboard The Ghost was such a cool touch he added to the piece!


Click image above to view a 2nd bonus video!