Thanks for the welcome and the comments!
I really appreciate the constructive criticisms Darth Delicious, thanks for those!
For Commander Cody - I didn't notice that armband or the rank badge until you mentioned it, so I guess I have to touch up the figure a bit. I was going to sand down the shoulder antennae to make it more accurate, but so far I haven't found a really good reference pic other than what other people have done on eBay and such.
I will definitely clean up the Commander Bly chest paint, I forgot about until you mentioned it
For the paints, I use Games Workshop brand paint (
www.gamesworkshop.com). These guys make the LOTR miniatures game as well as Warhammer miniatures. Their paints are excellent quality and mix very well. To get Commander Bly's paints, I mixed some Sunburst Yellow with a touch of Blood Red. It seemed to be the closest that I could match it to the reference pics.
I am going to retake a lot of my customs pics because most of them were taken with a cheap digital camera that I got for free (with digital cameras, free = garbage). I made the Tarfful out of pure rage because I hated that he didn't have the Sneak Preview Wookie Warrior level of articulation. I just threw the He-Man armor on so he wasn't "naked"
The General Grievous Bodyguard's knees were indeed Stikfas ball-joints. I used the upper-arm piece and it was fairly simple. I cut out the knee portions of the figure, took the upper-arm stikfas piece and cut it in half. Then I sanded it down with my dremel until it looked like it would look good for a knee. Then I glued the pieces in place and painted.
I'm going to try the Stikfas ball-joint technique to make a better-articulated General Grievous (I saw one on eBay a few weeks ago that looked really good).
The Obi-Wan in Clone Armor retained his head articulation (I cut off the neck peg and replaced it with a small screw that I glued in Obi-Wan's head). If you're going to make one, I recommend using a bootleg ep. II Clonetrooper helmet (I like these helmets because they're a little bigger than the normal Clone Trooper helmets and I think they are a little more accurate in terms of proportions)...
I guess you can tell that I like to keep my clones "clean"
Again, thanks for your comments and warm welcome!