"THE CLONE WARS" ADMIRAL TRENCH by Elias of "Customs for the Kid"

Happy Star Wars Day! 

To celebrate the day we thought we would share our latest custom commission.  This Admiral Trench action figure was 100% sculpted and painted by hand. 

To begin the build, I used an AOTC Orn Free Taa action figure for my base figure, and then completely rebuilt the torso to accommodate three arms on each side of the body. The arms I borrowed from several Clone Wars Phase I Clone Troopers that I sanded the armor off of so I could utilize their joints and appendages for Trench. 

Once I had a rough skeleton built out, I got to sculpting out all the necessary forms and later on, all the fine details with the help of some ProCreate. I made the head using a cast of my previous Trench’s head, and resculpting his left side with the same sculpting putty. 

I recarved the feet with a hot knife and then made molds and several casts of the  hands from the K'Kruhk action figure from the Build A Droid line to create the figure at a faster pace. 

His accessory was designed on my laptop and then printed out on our 3D printer.

Once I felt like I achieved Trench's likeness, I set to painting the intricate patterning on his robe and tackled the challenge of continuing the pattern around to the back of the figure. This proved quite difficult because there is no reference of him from that angle. I did my best with the partial shots I was able to locate and inferred how these patterns would continue outside of the frame. Once I felt I acheived a satisfying conclusion to my efforts, I set to replicating the Trench symbol and Trade Federation insignia on the shoulders to complete the figure.

I am really happy with both the sculpt and the paintwork on this particular piece. He turned out even better than I had originally envisioned. This is just one of several pieces I will be making for this client. 

We even got a second crack at making the Cyborg Trench pictured below. I sculpted the torso differently on our second version to make him a bit more hunched which allowed me to show off his cyborg neck collar some more. I was really happy with the results.

The last item was a finished head for a Clone Wars Old Daka. I have to find the photo of her finished head. So far I only found a photo I sent my dad on Instagram before I added the seeing thread to my sculpt. I remember my Dad asking me to take a photo of the finished Old Daka head before I shipped it, so I know when exists somewhere. I will post it here when I find it.

May the fourth be with you!

"THE CLONE WARS"

ADMIRAL TRENCH

created by Elias

SKILL LEVEL: ADVANCED

Cardback image created by @greedo_collection

Cardback image from @dutch_starwars_collector

Cardback image by @peakob1customfigures

Cardback image by @peakob1customfigures

CYBORG ADMIRAL TRENCH

"THE CLONE WARS" SATINE KRYZE (ADVENTURE OUTFIT) created by Elias of "Customs of the Kid"

This was a super fun project to tackle for a client. Especially since both my client and I are HUGE fans of Satine Kryze as a character! As a result, this project was filled with lots of love and effort to make assurances that I got this figure right. What impressed me most about this client was how prepared she was compared to other clients. She already knew the parts she wanted used in the build, had ordered two Satine heads and her blaster from Audes Workshop on eBay, had said parts on hand, and was prepared to ship them over. 

The torso and thighs of a Clone Wars Assaj Ventress action figure, the arms of a Clone Wars Adventure Padme Amidala action figure, and the knees and boots of The Clone Wars Aayla Secura action figure. Once boiled, popped apart, and reassembled into the desired recipe of parts, I sanded down the figure completely. After preparing her for sculpting, I got busy with some ProCreate we had here at home and laid out all the necessary forms. After her silhouette was established I started to sculpt in all the detail, and followed that run with another pass adding in all the fine detail. 

The soft goods were hand cut and stitched by yours truly. Before even touching any fabric, I made the dress pattern with some paper and scissors. This was only my second venture into crafting my own homemade soft goods so with it being a new challenge, I wanted to take my time and get it right. Dad used to do the soft goods on our figures in the past, so I definitely still consider myself a novice in soft goods creation, but after seeing how nicely Satine's dress came out, Dad told me he wished I had been the one making the soft goods all this time instead of him. Ha ha. For her dress, I used some leftover fabric we had from the time Dad made me a Mother Talzin custom action figure for my 9th birthday.

Once the figure was completely assembled, sculpted, and the soft goods were applied, I quickly got to painting the figure. Painting two alternating heads was challenging because it was important to me that I got them as close to identical as possible and replication can take time when you make your own paint colors and don't just paint from a bottle. I find that making my own paint mixes make it easier when adding highlights and contrasting shades of color to make the paint really pop.

Both the client and I love the way she came out. She looks so good posed with the other action figures from the toy line. Another example of what we might have seen if the Clone Wars action figure had lived on for another couple of years.

"THE CLONE WARS" 

SATINE KRYZE (ADVENTURE OUTFIT)

created by Elias of "Customs for the Kid"

Posed with alternate head!

Had to have a picture of Satine with Obi-Wan.

Cardback mock up created by @greedo_collection on Instagram

SKILL LEVEL: ADVANCED

Another happy client!

Over the moon that the voice of Satine Kryze, actor Anna Graves, took the time to comment on the action figure I just made!

SATINE KRYZE

by Elias

of "Customs for the Kid"