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Title: Mitsukara's customs (updated 12/10/06- EU NR-era Jedi robes Luke Skywalker WIP)
Post by: Mitsukara on May 25, 2006, 10:56 PM
All right, these are my first custom Star Wars figures, and my first custom figures whatsoever that aren't in 1:6 scale (and in those cases, 97% of what I did was just gathering seperate outfit items and assembling them). Additionally, I've used some pretty old stuff here, and other than Han these customs look like they came from 2000, not 2006. So, bear with me here...

Also, I'm sorry for taking so long to get these done. Just today I managed to get another scanner we had hooked up, and it scans these to at least a seeable condition. Still, the picture quality is pretty bad, but at least it's something, right?

Custom #1: Luke Skywalker in traditional Jedi garb
(http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/9413/jedigarblukefrontside9ms.jpg)
Head: POTF2 Luke Skywalker in Stormtrooper Disguise (note the collar)
Body: Episode 1 Obi Wan Kenobi (Jedi Duel)
Lightsaber: POTF2 Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker (spare from Escape the Death Star game)

I made this back in December, and I have to say I'm not really all that wild about it >.> Actually, my first thought after seeing some Star Wars custom figures was that I wanted to make one of these ^^ But the painting didn't go that great and I think I'm going to try to strip it and redo it someday. As it stands, Luke is painted with Apple Barrel acrylics- the cheap stuff- and sealed with cheap Wal Mart acrylic sealer. I think I put too much sealer because Luke got this kind of sticky, glossy coat (despite it being flat sealer)- most of the really noticeable stuff I was able to get off, but as you'll notice he still looks kind of "shiny" and his "skirt" piece seems to attract tiny dirt and stuff over time. The lightsaber sealed great though, and isn't too sticky and hasn't worn.

I'm not sure when this Luke would really chronologically fit in- I planned it before I'd read any EU books and made it not too long after reading Heir to the Empire for the first time. I decided to paint the little "buckles" on the boots silver to add something different (and I was kind of thinking of Anakin's glove), and the color scheme I made up partially for easyness (wasn't brave enough to repaint his whole outfit). For some reason I had the hardest time getting the head to pop in, taking about an hour and a half to do it- I don't think I was doing it right. Later customs have gone much more smoothly though.

Custom #2: Han Solo in Stormtrooper Disguise (bet you've never seen one of these!)
(http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/8989/hansolostormtrooperdisguise8ay.jpg)(http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/4341/hanstormtroopermugshot9vf.jpg)
Head: POTF2 Commtech Han Solo (Cantina)
Body, Helmet, Gun: Luke Skywalker in Stormtrooper Disguise

Once I got experimenting with making my other Han Solo, I found myself with some leftover Cantina Han parts, and I had a stormtrooper disguise waiting to be filled from my Luke custom. So, rather quickly, I whipped this guy up. Later, I went back and added some paint details when I repainted my other stormtroopers.

The body is terribly lame of course, but I like this custom better than the pictures I've seen of the official POTF2 Hantrooper; he had this weird pose with his arms, and the Cantina Han makes a better young Harrison Ford likeness. The collar is a small rubber band which I painted black. The blaster, along with several of my other POTF2 E-11s, has some silver paint (Apple Barrel of course) added in areas I think might maybe be accurate from a search for pictures of the prop.

Finally, I decided for some reason to try to paint his head some- I don't much care for the tannish brown Cantina Han was painted with, and he lookd kind of cartoony. I think I used Burnt Umber, and I wiped it off with a napkin immediately after application- this worked great on the hair after doing it a few times. The trouble was, it made the eyebrows look horrible, so I attempted to repaint them with a needle. The results aren't very good and probably need reworked eventually, especially if they chip/rub off sometime.

Custom #3: Paint Enhanced POTF2 Stormtroopers
(http://img53.imageshack.us/img53/2070/improvedpaintpotf2strormtroope.jpg)

I think I just won "Boring Custom of 2006." All I did here was use some black paint- testors on the torso and Apple Barrel on the legs, "neck," and helmet- to add some details and make these guys look more accurate. I think I'll do this to my future POTF2 stormtroopers, but perhaps I'll try popping the limbs first, and using enamel and dullcote.

Sadly, I was unable to magically remove the mega-buffness.

Custom #4: Han Solo (New Republic)
(http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/9905/hansolonewrepublic36bi.jpg)(http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/3712/hansolonewrepublic18no.jpg)(http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/6566/hansolonewrepublic27pu.jpg)
Head, torso, arms: TSC Han Solo (Carbonite)
Legs, pelvis, vest, blaster: POTF2 Commtech Han Solo (Cantina)

Yeah! A custom that's kinda cool in some way! Basically, I torso cracked Cantina Han- cracking quite a bit actually >.< - and after a bit of effort managed to remove the lower half from the upper half (mostly by destroying the upper half). Carbonite Han is made entirely of the soft plastic that used to be reserved to limbs/heads/accessories, so his torso actually pops off pretty easily via boil and pop.

I toyed with the idea of trying to cut and swap the posts for the torsos, since they didn't match, but in a moment of boldness I instead decided to try rewarming the Carbonite Han torso and then just pushed the post in and to my surprise, it worked and retains the articulation after cooling- though I suspect it warped the inside of the torso to do it. Nevertheless, it worked, so I'm happy about it :)

I decided to paint Han's pants black with yellow bloodstripes, to match the way the Heir to the Empire comic books (haven't read them, but I've searched around and found pictures) portrayed him. I think a number of other comic books like this combination, and I thought, why not. Painting was problematic though; I tried to use Testors enamel, and then seal it with dullcote, but it took way too many coats to dry I think, and even then it wouldn't dry around the joints. As it turns out I think I was supposed to prime the figure beforehand, but alas. So I spent about an hour stripping off all the paint and redid it with apple barrel acrylics which I carefully sealed, masking off the top half since it didn't need any. It might get changed later on, but it works for now- although there's a sport on the back of one leg where it's already chipped off slightly.

The blaster is simply painted with apple barrel acrylics, wiped away while wet, and that process repeated a few times. It makes the gun look kind of worn and retains some of it's metallic look, and it hasn't chipped off yet even in the holster or Han's hand. And the great thing is that this blaster fits near-perfectly in his hand.

I took a few more pictures of Han but figured not everyone would care to see them, and I didn't think I should clutter my post too much, so here they are:

Side-by-side comparison with VTSC Han Solo (http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/3929/hansolonrvtsccomparison0mt.jpg)
Han and MFC Chewie (http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/7711/nrhanandchewie0ex.jpg)
Han and Chewie again (http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/4290/nrhanandchewie28zb.jpg)
Also of note is that I customized Chewie's bowcaster a bit- I stole it from buff short POTF2 first Chewie, repainted it with the wipe-away method to add some silver/black/bronze weathering, and added a strap. The strap is actually a green rubber band with some crude black weathering added, attached by jumprings. It doesn't always hang quite right, but with some care it looks okay, and it works for actually hanging the bowcaster over his back.

Any comments/tips/suggestions are appreciated. I know these customs aren't much, but I hope to do some cooler stuff in the future. You can expect some more POTF2 parts to show up in them though, considering I just bought a lot of mostly POTF2 fodder (although I'm pretty happy with the lot, especially for the price I paid)...

NOTE: If some of the pictures aren't showing up, right click on them and click "Show Image"- maybe I have too many of them or something?
Title: Re: Mitsukara's customs
Post by: CHEWIE on May 25, 2006, 11:49 PM
POTF2 customs?  POTF2 customs??

Just kidding.  These look nice Mitsukara, especially if you are just starting on 3-3/4" customs, and if you have a lot of POTF2 fodder, it's probably best to start on those first.  You'll probably find that a lot of the plastic on newer figures is a lot softer and a bit easier to work with though, at least in my experience.

I really like the New Republic Han, it doesn't have a POTF2 look to it at all.  Great head choice too with the SAGA2 Han, it does look like an older version of Harrison Ford.

Looking forward to seeing more of your work.   :)

 :)
Title: Re: Mitsukara's customs
Post by: Smartypants1635 on May 26, 2006, 09:33 AM
Im not Wild about the POtf2 sculpts, but thats where we all started.  :-\ 

Any way that Han Solo is excellant it looks great, Its a good choice of parts that, Han head looks perfect a much older version than the other ones we have seen, I also love that cantina Han body you used for the legs He is a great base for Mercs smugglers etc(even if hes been rehashed 80 times). Keep it Up and you'll be churning out great cusstoms like this on every single try.
Title: Re: Mitsukara's customs
Post by: BrentS on May 26, 2006, 09:44 AM
Mitsukara

Han looks great.  Its a nice blend of parts.  I would not have thought about trying to use that torso in a "traditional" han custom.

I can see why people aren't terribly excited about POTF customs but you've got to start somewhere.  I like the Han in Stormie oufit.  However on the Luke figure, it almost looks like his head is a bit too small for the Obi-Wan body.  Or maybe the Obi-wan shoulders are just too big.
Title: Re: Mitsukara's customs
Post by: Phrubruh on May 26, 2006, 09:49 AM
POTF2 customs?  POTF2 customs??

Oh and who's not the king of the POTF2 customs? Hmm. Let me see.... ;)

I got to admit though, that Han Solo looks much better with that head than the weird head we got on the new saga version. The new version looks like the guy with the bong in the cantina. Some good solid customs here.
Title: Re: Mitsukara's customs
Post by: BrentS on May 26, 2006, 09:54 AM


I think I just won "Boring Custom of 2006." All I did here was use some black paint- testors on the torso and Apple Barrel on the legs, "neck," and helmet- to add some details and make these guys look more accurate. I think I'll do this to my future POTF2 stormtroopers, but perhaps I'll try popping the limbs first, and using enamel and dullcote.


Be careful with Enamel.  From what I hear, enamel and hasbro plastic don't mesh too well.  Basically the enamel reacts with the plastic leaving a wet tacky feeling.  I've never tried, but I've heard it enough on these boards to post the warning!
Title: Re: Mitsukara's customs
Post by: Smartypants1635 on May 26, 2006, 10:05 AM
Yeah thats exactly what happens Brents, it happened to me a few times when I started :-[ it got on my dresser and my mom wasnt happy :-X
Title: Re: Mitsukara's customs
Post by: findswoman on May 26, 2006, 11:19 AM
Looks like your 1:18 career is off to a great start, Mitsukara!  I especially like the Hans -- the head you've chosen for the Stormie Han really captures how he is in that particular scene of SW.  And I like all the articulation on the New Republic Han.  (Since he does look a good bit older than the Stormie Han, this seems like a good thing to call him! :) )

Keep up the fine work -- looking forward to seeing more.  And don't let anyone make you feel bad about using POTF2 fodder -- it's still great for many things.  (Aliens, for example.) Happy customizing!

... the Findswoman
Title: Re: Mitsukara's customs
Post by: Darth_Ennis on May 26, 2006, 04:04 PM
Its about time you updated, I was beginning to wonder what happened to you. I like the jedi Luke. His color scheme is more along the lines of what I was trying to do with mine, I think you nailed it.

The Republic Han looks cool too. He has a definate vintage figure look about him in those colors. The yellow bloodstripe is a nice touch.

Keep em comin.
Title: Re: Mitsukara's customs
Post by: Mitsukara on May 26, 2006, 11:18 PM
P.S. in advance- sorry for the super-long post here, feel free to skim it a bit >.<

Thanks for the comments, everyone :) I really appreciate it, and I'm really glad to see people like Han (both of them, actually- I thought the Hantrooper was about as exciting as a brick)- the need for such a figure as my NR Han is pretty questionable with the VTSC around, but I love the Carbonite Han sculpting, so I'm really pretty fond of both figures :) It also makes me feel better about displaying VTSC Han with my ROTJ stuff (and sporting the trenchcoat when doing so), since I can now keep this Han with my EU figures.

And yes, it did occur to me that the Vintage figure also sported black pants ;) Like I said though, this was largely because I found out Han wore this kind of pants (although the "bloodstripes" was pretty much just a thick yellow line there) in the Thrawn Trilogy comics- I don't always intend to follow comic book accuracy (I prefer Thrawn himself with shoulderpads), but the idea struck me as something kind of cool I could do. To tell the truth, I also stole the idea partially from a pretty old (I think?) custom on Jedime's website (http://www.angelfire.com/scifi/swfigs/heuthrawn.html).

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However on the Luke figure, it almost looks like his head is a bit too small for the Obi-Wan body.  Or maybe the Obi-wan shoulders are just too big.
Obi Wan has monster shoulderpads. Check out the original figure (http://www.rebelscum.com/episodeI/e1obiwanfront.jpg)- I'm pretty sure his head's about the same size. I think the problem is that the sculpting didn't quite account properly for the way the prequel Jedi robes/tunics hang over the shoulders so much versus how the shoulder joints are made to attach to the figure. Notice that POTF2 Jedi Knight Luke has a tunic that doesn't cover his shoulders at all either (although they did slightly in the movie IIRC). They tried with really thin upper arms- but it still looks too broad and kind of weird.

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Be careful with Enamel.  From what I hear, enamel and hasbro plastic don't mesh too well.  Basically the enamel reacts with the plastic leaving a wet tacky feeling.  I've never tried, but I've heard it enough on these boards to post the warning!
I thought a lot of people used Testors for customs, but I'm beginning to wonder if the majority actually avoid enamel- many very successful customizers certainly seem to. After the incident with Han, I'd really like to avoid using it for the most part. If I use it any more on soft plastic, it'll only be on popped parts where I can definately spray the whole thing thoroughly.

The trouble with acrylics is that they chip really, really easily. What I really need is some good, flat, acrylic paint that sticks really well, or some kind of technique for sealing it more practically- I don't want to repeat the incident I had with Luke and get a sticky, shiny figure.

Also, I really, really need to look into some priming methods- the figures you see here had no priming whatsoever, and that bodes ill, I know.

Anyway, once I get some more customs done, I should be able to scan them and get them up pretty quickly :) On the agenda for the near future, I have another Jedi Luke planned- using a DJ Luke head and Kit Fisto body, for which I have most of the parts (need some new hands- Kit's are just wrong for Luke) but not a method of assembly planend (still no dremel, not to mention any experience using one). I also want to do soup up my POTF2 EU Thrawn with some shoulderpads, and I have a few incomplete, POTF2-filled customs that are included in a parts lot I just bought a few days ago (should probably arrive next week). Also, I'm hoping to do a Lando or two soon- not sure which one, I have 4 or 5 planned long-term. One of those- probably won't do him next though- would be coordinated with a certain oddball/uncommon custom I'd like to do- using no figure parts, purely from scratch hobby materials- that would go with it ;)

As you can see, there'll doubtless be some more POTF2 parts in my future customs (though I want to avoid improper buffness where possible), but I hope to do some more cool stuff like Han too- it's mostly a matter of getting the parts I want, which means having the money for those parts. I suspect I'll try to do certain figures really well, but also throw together some simple stuff akin my Hantrooper and Luke. I'm really glad Cantina Han is everywhere though, because that figure- especially the legs- is pretty darn useful.
Title: Re: Mitsukara's customs
Post by: Smartypants1635 on May 26, 2006, 11:56 PM
Apple barrel/folk art is the cheepest acrylic out there (no offense chewie) you have to put many many coats on to keep from chipping, its ment for canvas paitning.

Tamiya on the other hand is great, you have  to put a lot of pressure or sharp tools to get tamiya off, and is especcialy durable in multiple cotes, thats what i use.
Title: Re: Mitsukara's customs
Post by: BrentS on May 27, 2006, 12:00 AM


 What I really need is some good, flat, acrylic paint that sticks really well, or some kind of technique for sealing it more practically- I don't want to repeat the incident I had with Luke and get a sticky, shiny figure.


You hit the nail on the head right there.  Good quality acrylic paints.  The apple barrel are good to cut your teeth on (so to speak) but most of the customizers here use model shop quality acrylics.  Tamiya, Citadel (Gamesworkshop), Reaper, and Vallejo all make good paints.  They are more expensive but worth every penny.  I think Testor's also makes an Acrylic Paint called "Model Master" (I think thats the name).  I don't have any experience with it.

Just for comparison here are two 501st troopers I did way back (some of my first customs).  If you look closely you can see the difference between the Apple Barrel brands and the Gamesworkshop brands.

 Click Here to see comparison  (http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y271/cerius31/501-comparison.jpg)

Anyway, sorry to hijack your thread with my own customs.
Title: Re: Mitsukara's customs
Post by: Mitsukara on May 27, 2006, 01:03 AM
Actually, that's quite helpful- no need to worry about any "hijacking," I'm in need of some pointers and examples are great ^.^ The one on the right is the Apple Barrel, right? Judging from the chip...

Where could I find some of these other brands? All I found at Wal Mart were Apple Barrel and FolkArt I think. I could check at Hobby Lobby and possibly some other stores when shopping out of town, though...

They're on clearance, but I think our Wal Mart still has some Testors acrylic, so I might try that out when I have a dollar to spare. Junk items first, of course.
Title: Re: Mitsukara's customs
Post by: Nirvana on May 27, 2006, 08:48 AM
The trouble with acrylics is that they chip really, really easily. What I really need is some good, flat, acrylic paint that sticks really well, or some kind of technique for sealing it more practically- I don't want to repeat the incident I had with Luke and get a sticky, shiny figure.

One acrylic paint that I've used but not so much any more is Tamiya Paints. It's only sold online or at hobby stores (HobbyTownUSA) but it's very military based colors and doesn't chip most of the time after it's dry. Just make sure you don't touch it before it is dry or else it will adhere to your fingers and peel off. Other than that, it's a low-odor, high quality paint taht I've used alot on some of my earlier customs (305th Legion, Mobile Artillery Commander, Imperial Boarding Trooper, to name a few.)
Title: Re: Mitsukara's customs
Post by: Joe on May 27, 2006, 10:07 AM
nice set of figures there, the New Rep. Han looks GREAT!

in respone to your quote above.....try gamesworkshop paint..they usualy don't chip ,  espically if you use a sealer on them.(try a dull-cote)
Title: Re: Mitsukara's customs
Post by: VF/501 on May 27, 2006, 08:31 PM
I use Testors my self right now.  They have a decent set of colors available in a model car paint set at walmart for $6-7 but it has no yellow paint in it ???.  But it has a great selection of tan, gray and blue paint, and you can shade and tint with black and white.  There is also red, silver and a gloss black and white which are good for boots and armor, a word of warning though, the blues are also gloss.

They stick pretty well except in the joints.  Not as good as Tamiya but it is a good set to start out with.
Title: Re: Mitsukara's customs
Post by: Mitsukara on December 10, 2006, 09:52 PM
No, I haven't completely fallen off the face of the planet. I haven't been posting here much and likely won't a whole lot more right now, but I've been getting some work done on something and wanted to post it: my long-planned Luke Skywalker figure.

Evidentially, I wasn't pleased with my first Luke, so of course I started planning a better one, got carried away, and a year after the first have a new- mostly intact- Luke Skywalker figure to show for it.

Behold custom #6: Luke Skywalker EU Jedi Master, New republic era! He might've looked like this in such great books as Darksaber and The Crystal Star or maybe even as early as Jedi Search, almost none of which have I read. I like to pretend he could've looked like this in the Thrawn Trilogy but it's all but established that Luke mostly ran around in the same old ROTJ clothes (the books themselves mention it) and periodically ran around in manly tanktops to show off his force-filled biceps (according to the comic book adaptations).

Incidentally #5 was a Coruscant Guard Disguise Lando. If anyone really wants to know I'll post pictures, but it was indeed a POTF2 Lando head on the POTF2 Luke body.

(http://mitsukara.galxeth.net/LukeSkywalkerEU.jpg)
Luke in an "out of the package" pose with his stuff (http://mitsukara.galxeth.net/LukeFrontStuff.jpg)
Side View (http://mitsukara.galxeth.net/LukeSide.jpg)
Back View (http://mitsukara.galxeth.net/LukeBack.jpg)
Luke poses in his cloak (http://mitsukara.galxeth.net/Lukecloakjedipose.jpg) (I was going for a ROTJ look and failed, I think. Curse you, my nemesis called gravity!)
Luke poses with his saber (http://mitsukara.galxeth.net/LukeFrontStance.jpg) (without the cloak)
Luke with my (badly posed) earlier Han custom (http://mitsukara.galxeth.net/LukeHan1.jpg)

Luke is WIP in that some things may need to be changed (like if my current "solution" to the head problem stops working) and that his paint job is disgustingly horrible. :ermm: I'm still using cheap acrylics and I've grown to hate them. Someday when I have real paint I want to finish him and do a nice job, but for the meanwhile I've crudely slapped on basic colors which aren't even quite the scheme I've since decided to go with- I want dark brown over black possibly with some gray, whereas he has more of an Anakin circa episode II color scheme now. Oh well. Additionally, the lightsaber needs work, and once I get better paint I want to do a hilt for him.

Luke is made from:

POTF2 EU Luke Skywalker from Dark Empire: Head
ROTS Kit Fisto: torso, arms, "skirt", lightsaber blade
ROTS Obi Wan Pilot Gear/Saga reprint: Hands, legs, cloak, lightsaber hilt

Luke has 14 points of articulation: "Swivel" Head, ball shoulders, ball elbows, swivel wrists, swivel waist, swivel hips, ball knees, and ball ankles. That's a ball head short of matching VOTC Han, if I'm not mistaken. ^.^

To get the head to fit, I pondered and pondered for several months with the stuff sitting in a bag packed away, or out to look at and "do something about". I got tired of it, so I got an idea and decided to do it; I cut down Luke's neckpost (via xacto) to fit the small hole in Kit Fisto's torso (Kit has a head on a hard plastic pin which is inserted into a hole). His head stays in there unless it's pushed on softly; then again, it stays in when you turn him upside down. As such he arguably has full POTF2 neck articulation. It's also removeable. It reminds me of the ROTS C3PO, except much looser.

I was going to get all fancy and give Luke's lightsaber a removeable blade, but I wound up with three Obi Wan sabers and two hilts, plus Kit Fisto's flimsy peg snapped off the first time I dropped the saber. So I lopped off Obi Wan's blade and glued on Kit Fisto's blade and tried to paint the handle with acrylics, which didn't really work that great. Like Luke, the paint needs redoing quite badly.

I also decided to sacrifice a ROTS Obi Wan to the cause, giving Luke better legs (in sculpt, superficial height, and articulation) and hands (Kit Fisto's are huge and green; I was almost going to try to lop off and glue their pegs onto a spare pair of Cantina Han hands. I'm rather glad I didn't.) It also gave me a good excuse to buy the Saga version with the cloth cloak. How the heck do you get the hoods on these to look right, though? It's humongous,  and tends to want to either stand way up or poof out backwards when down. It looks okay when it's down and you're not looking at the back :pinch: But otherwise it's pretty cool, and I really like it.

Outfit wise, I was going for part old Jedi, part what Luke saw of the Jedi, part ROTJ; I would like the majority of his outfit (everything that's the original light brown color) to be black, the top layer (the parts that are black) to be dark brown, for the neck to stay the same, and the sleeve cuffs to be better painted and show white sleeves on the parts sculpted to go lower than the main droopy jedi sleeves. The turtleneck and layer immediately above it seen at the neck, I painted the same color, and am going for kind of an OT Jedi look (Obi Wan and Anakin's ghost both wore mock-ish turtlenecks with jedi tunic/robe thingss over them, basically). The boots should be black, the right hand should be black gloved, and the pants I'm not sure about (whatever works when I get there- if I can make the boots shiny, dull black pants would be cool).

Head wise, I got precisely what I wanted. I love the DE Luke head. Wonderful likeness, great crazy '80s hairdo that was never in any movie or on Mark Hammill's real head (though it might've looked kinda cute).

Lightsaber wise, I also got exactly what I wanted: a nice recent years-style flared green lightsaber blade on the awesome ROTS Obi Wan saber hilt sculpt (which is a near-total match for Luke's ROTJ saber). Too bad the paint is horrible.

I really, really like this figure. Sloppiness and removable head aside, he's one of my absolute favorite Star Wars figures. I'm really happy with where he's going, and think he's probably by far the best figure I've done (out of 6- though I rather like Han). Now I REALLY want to do an EU Leia- I have something of a plan for one. It's based on the HTTE comic book cover designs (the suit looked a bit different there, and I'm hoping to pull off maybe pregnant/maybe general purpose at the same time). Hasbro already made a wonderful Chewbacca (VOTC), C3PO (TSC ewok throne), and R2D2 (TSC because I didn't feel like spending $14 more for the VOTC's accessories) for me, and I now possess each ^.^ Complete Luke, actually work on my Mara WIP (something you may actually see in the next... sometime) make Leia, and finish Lando (Who will never work until I get real paint because I need to paint nearly everything), and I'll have my dream EU main bunch completed.

I'll keep track of this thread of course, and I'll post any progress or new customs that aren't looking completely dumpy and terrible, but otherwise I still won't be around a whole lot- a lot of my time is tied up with my (first) job, and what free time I do have I spend on other things a lot of the time. Sorry :pinch: I'd love to hear any advice or opinions about this figure or customizing in general, though. Thanks for reading/looking! ^.^

(PS: Thanks, BrentS ^.^ I finally used the Kit Fisto figure! Wow!! And only what, 7 months later?)
Title: Re: Mitsukara's customs
Post by: BrentS on December 13, 2006, 04:47 PM


(PS: Thanks, BrentS ^.^ I finally used the Kit Fisto figure! Wow!! And only what, 7 months later?)

Nice job.  Glad to see the Kit Fisto came in handy.  Looks like you were able to maintain maximum articulation so that is good.  That is still one of main weaknesses as a customizer.  I'm always sacrificing articulation because I can't get the pieces put together correctly!
Title: Re: Mitsukara's customs (updated 12/10/06- EU NR-era Jedi robes Luke Skywalker WIP)
Post by: Darth Depressis on December 21, 2006, 12:48 AM
its exactly what i visualized as i read the jedi academy trilogy.