Author Topic: Gregorbian's Customs - UPDATE 07/04/06  (Read 65294 times)

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Re: Gregorbian's Customs - UPDATE 07/26/05
« Reply #135 on: July 28, 2005, 10:07 PM »
I love those customs!

 That SSA clonie is especiallu nice! Something that I didn't do for mine was the removeable helmet feature you have on yours.

 I'm too scared to cut the ball joint off and I don't have a dremel, so I won't be attempting it any time soon, though. It's a shame, My Tank gunner's face is perfect. I got one through a trade and the eyes have come up perfect; no cross-eyed expresion!

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Re: Gregorbian's Customs - UPDATE 07/26/05
« Reply #136 on: July 28, 2005, 10:24 PM »
I love those customs!

 That SSA clonie is especiallu nice! Something that I didn't do for mine was the removeable helmet feature you have on yours.

 I'm too scared to cut the ball joint off and I don't have a dremel, so I won't be attempting it any time soon, though. It's a shame, My Tank gunner's face is perfect. I got one through a trade and the eyes have come up perfect; no cross-eyed expresion!

Thanks man.  Transferring the neck to the SA Clone was actually the easiest part of the custom.  All that I did was cut the neck off at the base (right above the black neckguard); then I cut off the ball-joint at the shoulders and swapped.  Easy as pie  ;)
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Re: Gregorbian's Customs - UPDATE 07/28/05
« Reply #137 on: July 30, 2005, 09:44 PM »
A few more that I finished today (didn't feel like seeing Kelly Clarkson with my girlfriend  ;))

Junk Droids:






Mounted Clone:



Why the Empire decided to use the more docile Dewbacks:


The junk droids are made from the Robots movie line of figures.  The parts are interchangeable and they give you tons of extra bits.  Great droid fodder.

The mounted clone was based on those DinoRiders figures from the '80's.  I repainted a Jurassic Park raptor and added a saddle out of epoxy putty and some pouches from BBi figures.  I used my first SSA clone as the rider since he is able to straddle the seat easily.

Let me know what you guys think!  I know there are a few dino-customizers on these boards, so I'm eager for any pointers  ;D
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Re: Gregorbian's Customs - UPDATE 07/30/05
« Reply #138 on: July 30, 2005, 10:19 PM »
WOW!!!

I think the droids are pretty cool, but I can't get my eyes off the Dino-Rider type creature.  That is awesome... easily one of the coolest things I've seen around here in a while!  I simply love it!

You've just opened up a whole new world for me in customizing... I want to try and make some stuff like this.  Do you have a name for this Dinosaur type species?

Where do you get epoxy putty by the way?  Is it expensive?

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Re: Gregorbian's Customs - UPDATE 07/30/05
« Reply #139 on: July 30, 2005, 10:23 PM »
Chewie, thats a Jurassic Park Dinosaurs Velociraptor, exclusive to KB Toys.  ;D

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Re: Gregorbian's Customs - UPDATE 07/30/05
« Reply #140 on: July 30, 2005, 10:24 PM »
Do you have a name for this Dinosaur type species?

 Well, since corellia is a planet that has things named after things in our world like the Correllian Corvette, Why not just call this a Corellian Velociraptor?  : D

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Re: Gregorbian's Customs - UPDATE 07/30/05
« Reply #141 on: July 30, 2005, 10:29 PM »
Haha, I don't know about "Corellian Velociraptor"  :P
I'm open to suggestions about names though, I tried thinking of something but so far have come up blank  :-\

The dino was pretty fun to paint (you'd love it CHEWIE, it's a drybrusher's dream  ;)).

2-part Epoxy Putty - I buy mine from Games Workshop.  They call it "greenstuff" or simply "putty", but I think another brand is "Kneadite" or something like that.  I love it, it is much more durable than sculpey and it air dries, which is a lot easier for me.  It's pretty sticky so you will have to smooth it over (I dab a latex glove on it to get rid of my fingerprints), but it's really versatile with what you can use it for.  I highly recommend picking some up, they should have it at your Games Workshop store, or hobby shop, and if not there, check out Games Workshop's website: www.gamesworkshop.com.  If you can't find it, I can pick some up for you, just send  me a PM  ;)
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Re: Gregorbian's Customs - UPDATE 07/30/05
« Reply #142 on: July 30, 2005, 10:34 PM »
I knew it was a Raptor from the JP line, but I didn't know it was a KB exclusive.  i actually had a couple of Raptors a while back but sold them cheap at a garage sale.  D'oh!!

For the species name, I'd go with something completely made up; something that doesn't show a link to any "Earthly" but something more Star Wars-ish.  Maybe a "Medronochis" or something crazy like that.

Greg, thanks for the explanation on the epoxy.  I'll see if I can find it around here, if not I'll send you a PM probably.

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Re: Gregorbian's Customs - UPDATE 07/30/05
« Reply #143 on: July 30, 2005, 10:38 PM »
Check your local hardware store.

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Re: Gregorbian's Customs - UPDATE 07/30/05
« Reply #144 on: August 1, 2005, 12:35 PM »
Do you have a name for this Dinosaur type species?

Well, they looks like the inhabitants of Tiss'sharrl, but this specie is a intelligent one, not a animal-like one.

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Re: Gregorbian's Customs - UPDATE 07/30/05
« Reply #145 on: August 1, 2005, 03:21 PM »
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Re: Gregorbian's Customs - UPDATE 07/30/05
« Reply #146 on: August 1, 2005, 03:47 PM »
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Crazy ass. Kelly Clarkson is the ****. Everyone knows this. >:(

I'd rather play with toys  :P

OSC - that's a cool scan, maybe this race of mounted raptors are the dumb "cousins" of that race.  ...
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Re: Gregorbian's Customs - UPDATE 07/30/05
« Reply #147 on: August 1, 2005, 09:12 PM »
those customs are awesome!!! Maybe for a name you could look at some Warhammer 40k stuff they have some cool names and actually some guys that look like that (i just cant seem to think of their name today, its something like Tyrids or something like that) Awesome Job love the Dinosaur, now u need to post a pic of the Clone grabbing his blaster in shooting the dino through the head (or mouth either will do fine, same effect :P ;D)

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Re: Gregorbian's Customs - UPDATE 07/30/05
« Reply #148 on: August 1, 2005, 10:25 PM »
Haha, maybe I'll get my brother to photoshop the clone killing his mount. 
The Warhammer 40k creatures were called "Tyranids".  They were more insectlike, although there was a race of Lizardmen from Warhammer, I'll dig up an old White Dwarf and see if they have any cool names...  Thanks for the pointer ;D
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Re: Gregorbian's Customs - UPDATE 07/30/05
« Reply #149 on: August 2, 2005, 08:51 AM »
I love the junk droids - did you make them or are they repaints? Very well done!:)