Thanks CHEWIE!

Luke - Super, just like Hasbro should make him.  Looks great... trouble getting the barrel roll arms to fit in the shoulder sockets?

The Barrel Roll arms actually fit perfectly, I didn't even have to dremel or anything.  The hardest part was actually swapping the Palpatine legs into the Luke Jedi's pelvis (since the Chancellor pelvis was incompatible with the Luke torso if I wanted to maintain articulation).  Still, assembly of this figure probably took about 10 minutes or so.

Jango - Did you make this for the Group Project?  I think you've made the coolest Jango Fett I've ever seen, for real!  Damn, I wish Hasbro (or me) could make one half that good.  So how did you make the shoulder pads?

 

Yupo, I made this specifically for the Group Project out of the myriad Jangos I have lying around  .  Paul (Outrider) actually reminded me about this a few weeks ago, so I decided to get to work when I had some spare time yesterday.

I think I discovered my new technique for attaching shoulder pads.  I dremeled down the Jango Fett shoulder pads until they were relatively thin.  Then I cut a small rectangle of thin black pleather that I was using for some 12" customs (it had a white cotton backing that I shaved off with my X-Acto knife).  The rectangle was about 5 mm wide by about 2cm long.  I glued half of the strip to the underside of the shoulder pad, and the other half to the top of the shoulder.  Now he retains full shoulder movement and, I think, it looks a bit more accurate.

Hope this helps!  Thanks for the comments CHEWIE 

Hey gang,
I haven't been posting much lately, but I've been lurking 

I've been stuck on a few 12" scale customs lately but yesterday and today I reverted back to a few 3 3/4" scale customs...

Hope you like 'em!

A small update:

SA Jedi Luke (ball jointed knees, elbows, shoulders; swivel waist, hips, wrists, neck)



Parts Used:
Saga1 Jedi Luke - torso, head
RotS Chancellor Palpatine - legs
G.I. Joe Barrel Roll - arms

SA Jango Fett (ball jointed knees, elbows, shoulders, ankles; swivel waist, hips, wrists, neck)








Parts Used:
Head/helmet - Kamino Escape Jango Fett
Torso - Final Battle Jango Fett
Waist/Upper thighs - Pilot Jango Fett
Lower legs - Saga2 Boba Fett
Shin/foot/Shoulder armor - Pilot Jango Fett
Arms - G.I. Joe Barrel Roll
Right Gauntlet/hand - Final Escape Jango Fett
Left Gauntlet - Kamino Escape Jango Fett
Left hand - Final Escape Jango Fett

Questions/Comments/Advice always appreciated!

That's awesome!  Congratulations Spectre! 

Updated Collection pic:


(Master Replicas and upgraded 12" figures)


(Gentle Giant mini-busts, some Halo 2 Brutes, and a couple of Predator mini-busts)


(rest of my mini-busts, a Koto Scout, Sideshow Warhammer 40k Space Marines (custom painted), and some Unleashed)

Thanks for looking! 

I really like the Clone Sandtrooper.  I'm sure everybody is sick of hearing it, but I love "clean" troopers - it really shows more of the details and it is a lot harder to do.  This guy looks awesome, I love the way that you made parts of his armor black.  Does he have the sandtrooper backpack?

Trofarr looks badass as always.   .  I'll wait for your recipe before I ask other questions 

Battlefront Rebel - looks cool, but I don't really like the Scorch gun (I just don't like the design itself, it looks too awkward).  I think that if you gave him a different gun he would look a lot better. 

Have you seen the new BBi WW2 figures?  They look 100x better than the 21st Century Toys figures and they have better articulation as well. 

I never noticed the Roron Corrob before - he looks awesome!  The parts look great together, I might have to borrow this recipe for my version. 

The Death Star Trooper is good too.  The grey wash definitely brings out the details.  It's good to see some more customs from you Jeff!

Aat'nro is awesome!  I love the parts choice and paint apps and the use of the kilt is really cool.  Great figure, he fits right in with a Huttese court!

Gardulla - Looking good so far.  The sculpting blends seamlessly with the actual figure.  I can't wait to see her finished

Weequay - friggin' cool!  He looks badass and, like Aat'nro, definitely fits in with a Huttese court.

I really like the parts choice/paint apps on the Diva.  I didn't realize Rystall's hair was removable.  Interesting and effective idea to put it on Sly Moore's head.