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Re: Dressel Rebel's customs thread - UPDATED 4/26/06
« Reply #105 on: April 26, 2006, 09:01 PM »
Wow, check out those awesome Kashyyyk Clones!  Woo hoo! 

Felucia is coming along nice too, and look at all those Tactical Ops troops!

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Re: Dressel Rebel's customs thread - UPDATED 4/26/06
« Reply #106 on: April 28, 2006, 12:16 PM »
Clone Hunter - Thanks.  If Hasbro ever did get around to releasing the Kashyyyk clone, it wouldn't surprise me at all if they used the 2001 POTJ sculpt.  I'd say it's 50-50 between the POTJ and VTSC sculpts if and when they get around to it, and even then they'd probably mess up the paint scheme.  Just look at Gree.  So I figured, what the hell, might as well pick up 15 VTSC scouts and just make the Kashyyyk squads myself.


CHEWIE - Thanks again for the Yak feature, looks sweet on their main page.


BrentS - Thanks.  I'm trying to find some good mushrooms for to litter the Felucia base with.  It's just a matter of finding them and that dio will be done.  I might also put a blue backdrop behind all the flora like in the movie.
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Re: Dressel Rebel's customs thread - UPDATED 4/26/06
« Reply #107 on: April 28, 2006, 01:19 PM »
DR --

Great job on the BARC troopers -- now if I could only find any VTSC :-P.

I like your Felucia work so far.  I wish you luck on the mushrooms -- I searched all over the place when I was working on my Felucia dio and had a hard time locating anything in scale.  My final soultion was to use nut and bolt combinations which I covered in terracotta Das pronto to make them organic looking mushrooms...



If you do find anything workable, let us know because I'd love to upgrade mine.

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Re: Dressel Rebel's customs thread - UPDATED 4/26/06
« Reply #108 on: April 28, 2006, 01:45 PM »
dressel, wow man really great setups you got going on there, very envious.  the BARC troops grade A+.  Tykrazen don't put your shrooms down dude they look really good, very creative.
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Re: Dressel Rebel's customs thread - UPDATED 4/26/06
« Reply #109 on: April 29, 2006, 05:26 PM »
Okay, big update today.

First up, is my improvement to General Grievous.  Grievous is HUGE in the movie, yet Hasbro made him 3 3/4".  My version is an inch taller like the figure should have been in the first place, and I was tempted to make him even a little taller:








Next up is Tarfful.  He looks very bulky in the movie, kind of like the Preview Wookiee Warrior.  Hasbro's version was too skinny, and a little short.  So, I took matters into my own hands:



Hasbro's version:



Here's Tarfful meeting with General Gree and some troops on Coruscant before they depart to Kashyyyk:





And here is Gree and his troops landing on Kashyyyk in their BARC gear:



Last up is a Fan Fic Scuba Clone that I made a while ago but never posted:





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« Last Edit: April 29, 2006, 05:42 PM by Dressel Rebel »
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Re: Dressel Rebel's customs thread - UPDATED Saturday 4/29/06
« Reply #110 on: April 29, 2006, 05:33 PM »
Nice update!  I like the X-tra tall Grevious.  What did you do to make him taller?  I looks like you might have spliced together extra leg pieces. 

Tarrful definitely looks much more menacing this way!

The Kashyyyk troopers are a great update on the biker scouts.

All in all great update!

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Re: Dressel Rebel's customs thread - UPDATED Saturday 4/29/06
« Reply #111 on: April 29, 2006, 10:50 PM »
I like the rest, but your Tarfull is lacking somthing. Maybe you should sculpt his armor on.

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Re: Dressel Rebel's customs thread - UPDATED Saturday 4/29/06
« Reply #112 on: April 30, 2006, 12:12 AM »
It is good to see the VSTC Scouts can hold clone blasters.

Yours look good but, I think you need to camo or dirty them some more.
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Re: Dressel Rebel's customs thread - UPDATED Saturday 4/29/06
« Reply #113 on: April 30, 2006, 06:27 AM »
The taller Grievous is something that my friend and I have been debating customizing, but never got around to it. I was thinking of a combination of extending his mid-torso and his shins, but your method works perfectly.

Wow! Your Tarful is just worlds better than the stock Hasbro fig. I really always thought that the Hasbro one was too malnourished-looking, as well. This figure does the character justice.
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Re: Dressel Rebel's customs thread - UPDATED Saturday 4/29/06
« Reply #114 on: April 30, 2006, 04:00 PM »
Grievous looks a lot better at your height Dressel.  How did you do it?  Also I wonder how one would make the cape a bit longer? 

I think Tarfful looks great the way you made him, just a bit dark in the one pic. 

The Scuba Clone looks nice, but a bit fluorescent(sp?) I think.  Still a great use of additional parts on him and looks great.

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Re: Dressel Rebel's customs thread - UPDATED Saturday 4/29/06
« Reply #115 on: May 5, 2006, 09:07 PM »
That Greivous looks great Dressel! It is something I've been thinking of doing too, but haven't quite figured out what parts to use. Judging by the pic next to Obi-Wan you seem to have a done a great job on the scale.

The Kashyyyk clones look great as well, I think the visors on them are supposed to be green but I don't remember for sure...

I think you are off to a good start with Tarfful but I really think you need to add his bandoliers, rather than just painting them. You did a good job on the fur tone though, it looks much better than Hasbro's.
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Re: Dressel Rebel's customs thread - UPDATED Saturday 4/29/06
« Reply #116 on: May 6, 2006, 11:08 AM »
The barc clones are great, but the Tarful is exceptional. Now this is a figure I would have bought. Hes huge like a wookie should be and doesnt have that stupid power action that In my opinion ruined the sculpt of the figure. Excellent job Dressel.

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Re: Dressel Rebel's customs thread - UPDATED Saturday 4/29/06
« Reply #117 on: July 24, 2006, 08:50 PM »
Back from the dead!!

Here is my improvement to Commander Gree, removable helmet and updated paintjob, functional holster w/ removable sidearm:







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Re: Dressel Rebel's customs thread - UPDATED Saturday 4/29/06
« Reply #118 on: July 24, 2006, 08:54 PM »
Grievous looks a lot better at your height Dressel.  How did you do it?  Also I wonder how one would make the cape a bit longer? 

I think Tarfful looks great the way you made him, just a bit dark in the one pic. 

The Scuba Clone looks nice, but a bit fluorescent(sp?) I think.  Still a great use of additional parts on him and looks great.

 :)

Sorry I disappeared so long.  I suck.

Basically I chopped Grievous' lower leg in half at the shin, then used sculpy to mold a piece to join the two pieces of his shin.  I added 1" to Hasbro's figure.  The cape is the same that came with Hasbro's version.  All I did then is paint the shin the right color scheme.
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Re: Dressel Rebel's customs thread - UPDATED 7/24/06
« Reply #119 on: July 25, 2006, 03:40 PM »
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