I agree, those lines look great!  The blue looks good too.  Did you mix it yourself?

Nice paint work, and I especially like how his cloak/robe thingy isn't pure white.  It matches the figure better that way.  Did you modify Glassman's Airborne Trooper helmet?  Whether or not, great job putting him all together.

Glassman, great job sculpting that helmet, btw.

Thanks guys.

Any Chance we'll see some Cast?

I don't know if I'll ever have the chance to get casting stuff on my own, so I may see if Glassman will make casts of it.  If the alternate helmet turns out better, I may have that one cast instead.  I'm recovering from sinus and nasal surgery, so everything's on hold for the next week or so......now if you'll excuse me I must rinse, blow ghastly chunks, and repeat.   

Thanks Chewie,  the weathering was something I stewed over quite a bit.  The cartoon version wouldn't be weathered at all, but he looks a bit too bright w/o it in the pics, and especially in the real world next to other clones.  I'm doing another one for my son, and I'll decide which one to weather when it's done. 

BTW, does anyone have a standard white color paint that they use for the clone body armor?  Like I said, he looks a bit bright, but I've yet to come up with a white color that isn't.  Maybe I should add a tiny bit of light blue?  Suggestions?

No offense taken.  My intent with this was to see how well an AOTC style helmet accommodated a Neyo-like sculpt, since I think the ROTS helmet-based Neyo sculpts out there have too much bulk in the rebreather area. 

I can understand your viewpoint, since the most we ever see is the back of Fordo's head prior to the Hypori rescue, I just like removable helmets for some reason.

Those two Padmes by Phruby and Ennis are my favorites EVAR! 

Ennis, the cowl looks spot on - just like she would have had to tuck some hair into it.  I really like her boots and fur, and I still don't see anything awry with the breasts even after you mentioned it.  Great job! 

Phruby, what did you make her belt and holster from?  They look great.  The fur effect, is that achieved with elastic bands that have been painted over?  Only thing I'd suggest for her face is slanting her eyebrows up a tad, to give her a less sinister look.

Sorry Spec, on behalf of those of us who "crank out clones" at the rate of 1 or 2 a month, and have little time or money to spend on much else hobby-wise, I sincerely apologize for the following:

A - Not being knowledgeable enough in other lines of toys to offer a decent opinion.  I know nothing about Predator action figures and therefore have no basis to offer constructive criticism, since you could've taken it right out of the package, posted a pic and said "Voila!" without us ignorant, unimaginative clone-crankers knowing any better.  Sure I could do a little googling and find out what you did to make the character better and more unique, but I have frozen burritos to cook, which require a careful, tending hand.

B - Many clone-crankers are fairly new to the hobby, and choose to hone our skills butchering easily fixable, faceless clones.  I myself have about 1 of every ROTS and AOTC Jedi and other non-clone figure, and about 50 clones total ranging the line.  So before I attempt to better (and most likely butcher) what I believe are very fine Jedi and other character sculpts, which I have in lower quantity due to budgetary restraints, I'll keep "cranking out" clones.

C - I like clones more than Tarkins, Veers's, and most Jedi.  So sue me.

D - This is all my own opinion, but the vast majority of cross-line part swaps end up looking out of proportion, with heads that don't fit the body, and limbs that just "don't look right," for lack of a better description.  Biceps that are twice as long as the forearm, that extend to the waistline look strange to me (general example, not citing or impugning your work in particular).

E - All opinion here as well:  If someone ports a head, limb, or accessory over to the SW-themed "universe," with a feable or nonexistent attempt to make it "Star Warsy," I don't think that much creativity or imagination was required.  While the work involved in doing so may have taken much time to do, the "creativity factor" is greatly diminished, since you just lopped off something and glued it onto something else.  You and many others here feel the same way about clone customs:  Little creativity and imagination = a lesser quality custom.  That's your opinion and I can respect that, but don't bitch and moan if someone who might hold a low opinion of your work refuses to give a false and disingenuous appraisal just so you can have a warm fuzzy.

F - That's about it.  You get just over an average of 1 reply per 12 views, which is nothing to complain about, and slightly better than my unimaginative clone-laden clone-cranker thread gets.  If you'd like to receive a million one-word replies to the tune of "Cool!" then this is the wrong place to be.  If you want more feedback on obscure, non-SW figures on a SW-themed board, you're barking up the wrong tree.  Since I pattern my entire life after the lessons learned from the movie Bambi, I think the following applies:  "If you can't say something nice, don't say nothing at all."

Sincerely and with much loving and adoration,

B

Here's my first attempt at Captain Fordo from Clone Wars Season 2.  You'll notice the holster doesn't close on the gun, it used to close into a little slit and it looked cool once, but I accidentally broke it off and am too lazy to fix it.

I'm not entirely happy with the way his helmet worked out, so I'm working on a second one, which you'll see in the last pic.  The tweezers are not custom, but I believe the brand name is Revlon, should you admire the craftsmanship thereof.

Captain Fordo with Jai'galaar Eyes, or "Jaig Eyes"






Head:  ROTS Evo clone
Helmet:  AOTC Evo helmet, cut and sanded blank for the most part
Visor/rebreather:  Sheet styrene +sculpy
Macrobinoc hinges/helmet "fin":  Sheet styrene
Pauldron:  Sheet styrene
Pauldron strap:  Elastic banding painted dark gray
Wrist Comm:  Sheet styrene
Belt:  ROTS Evo clone belt, cut.  Styrene rectangles cut to shape, glued, and painted.
Holster:  Sheet styrene
Sidearm:  Grievous blaster for the grip, sheet styrene for the barrel
Rifle Barrel/scope:  Clone Wars Trooper rifle
Rifle stock/grip/scope mount/red thingy:  Sheet styrene
Paint:  slightly lightened Apple Barrel "Red Apple;"  Apple Barrel "Misty White" and "White;"  custom mix light and dark gray;  Folkart "Licorice" black;