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Collecting => Customs => Star Wars Action Figures => Topic started by: Ner_vod on July 7, 2005, 12:55 PM
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help! I suck at this! Can someone help me in making Commander Cody using the tank gunner action figure?
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Do you need advice or do you want somebody to do it for you? ;)
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Hey! I'm going to post my customs when I have time so come back and check whenI've posted pics.
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I hope this doesn't turn into one of those notorious threads that are at Scum where people open a thread, say they are going to post their work, and never do.
I do hope you post your stuff.
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Comment on my customs. I'm only a teen so I don't know if they suck. Srry bout the crappy images.
501st Legion:
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y102/azianass/Dsc01155.jpg) (http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y102/azianass/Dsc01156.jpg)
Commander Bly:
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y102/azianass/Dsc01158.jpg) (http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y102/azianass/Dsc01159.jpg)
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question? how do you post pics? I have some stuff done that i'd like to share I just need to get the film developed. I have access to a scanner, and I was thinking about getting them developed to a disk instead? LMK.
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Well, you will need to download them into jpeg format onto your computer, then upload them to a website. Once you do that, you can either post links or post the pics here. If you can get them uploaded onto a website first, it will be easier to explain how to view them here.
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It's a little awkard turning my head to view the sideways images and yeah they are a bit blurry - but good job on these! I can tell that you have put a lot of effort into them.
The painting for the most part looks very well done. I can see a bit of weathering (which is cool) and the lines look straight. Much, much better than my first customs.
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Excellent job (especially for your first attempts!)
Your lines look very crisp, which is one of the hardest parts of painting clones. Good stuff! Keep it up!
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thanks Chewie, I'm gonna finish off the roll, and hopefully have them up by next week.
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Pretty Cool my friend, keep it up by the time you are our age you will be running hasbros paint department. :P
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501st Legion:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v220/TPM-1138/501.jpg)(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v220/TPM-1138/502.jpg)
Commander Bly:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v220/TPM-1138/Commander.jpg)(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v220/TPM-1138/Commander2.jpg)
Boy, they looks fine, keep doing it. ;)
Note: Please comment in my Blue Squad Commander, I don't care is it a bad comment I just want to hear something, I only have one reply. :-\
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Thanx for the comments! I'm currently working on Commander Coady and will be posted when done.
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Awesome !
I love the yellow one .
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I recently went to Wal-Marty and got a cloe commander and a quick draw clone. They were both Hasbro repaints.The commander was painted green and the quick draw was a shocktrooper. I was wondering if they worth the same as an ordinary hasbro 3.75" figure because I was planning on making a custom with the clone commander. Can someone tell me? I'm only 13 yrs. old so I don't really know. ???
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Well, they might be "worth" a little more, but the real value in collecting is enjoying your figures, not selling them. Customize that green Clone Commander if you want to... but if you do have access to the red Clone Commanders, I would personally customze that version over the green one.
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Thanx CHEWIE. I'm just going to cusstomize the green one since its hard to find clone commanders where I live.
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Ok, hope to see some pics of it. :)
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i have a feeling that these new grn cln comm's & qd shktroops will be popping up everywhere pretty soon. I saw a grn cln comm today and passed on him i've got enough reds in my army anyway. go for the custom on him and don't forget to post pics if you can. it's so great to see younger fans of star wars get into the customs area.
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i have a feeling that these new grn cln comm's & qd shktroops will be popping up everywhere pretty soon. I saw a grn cln comm today and passed on him i've got enough reds in my army anyway. go for the custom on him and don't forget to post pics if you can. it's so great to see younger fans of star wars get into the customs area.
Thanx! ;D
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so you thinking of any particular design/color scheme? Sounds cool post some pics! (you guys are lucky, here we havent even found Tarkin or the other senators :(
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It does my heart proud to see such a young customiser. There is hope for the youth of today. Hey man forget about how much it could be worth. Just have fun and customise the hell out of it. Or you could do what i do and keep that one and get another one to customise. I cant wait to see it man. ;D
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Hey everybody! just to let you know that I changed my name, Commander_Cody to Commander_shopao
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I made this one around June or July but never had the chance to post. (http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y102/azianass/Dsc01890.jpg) Obviously Cody
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y102/azianass/Dsc01892.jpg)
LMK what you think
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Ok, now we know who you are again. ;)
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I support this.
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That looks very good. I would suggest a bit of weathering, but not too much.
How did you add the visor and the antenna on his shoulder?
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Nice job shopao, it is always good to see customs from our younger members. :)
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I used a junk credit vard from the mail and cut it up for the visor. But my visor is a little off. And I use a piece of an engine or either a muffler piece from the Modifiers cars and the antenna piece on it was used from the Saga Bespin Luke. I first used elmer's superglue but it wasn't that strong so I used epoxy. I still have to add anther antennaon his left earpiece. Also I give credit to Gregorbian for helping me.
That looks very good. I would suggest a bit of weathering, but not too much.
How did you add the visor and the antenna on his shoulder?
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Nice job, I like that it has the removable helmet. The top of the helmet should have those brown leather straps on either side of the fin. I'm also a fan of not weathering the clones, I just dig the crisp look.
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Also there's more to come. (already finished customs but not posted yet)
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I just realized there were 2 Commander Cody's. I though you just changed your avatar all the time. Which one are you. ???
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Nice job man! I haven't been brave enough to tackle Cody yet, so my hat is off to you sir.
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I haven't had the nerve to try this one yet either... actually, Owen D is making one for me. :-X
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I like the name change as much as I like the food. And I really like the food; except it's spelled differently than it's pronounced - "Sio Pao".
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I like the name change as much as I like the food. And I really like the food; except it's spelled differently than it's pronounced - "Sio Pao".
I know it's spelled differently, it's just because my name's Paolo so sho"pao"
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That's an awesome cody custom, Man! I hope to see more customs from you!
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Thaks for the comments. Although I need to fix him up a bit. I might repaint some parts like his right knee pad 'cuz it looks faded a bit. Since I just bought Super Sculpey yesterday, I'm gonna add those to brown parts on top of the helm and another antenna. And I saw Owen D.'s Cody and it looks awsome.
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Great stuff shopao! I like the use of the fake credit card, those things are so handy! ;)
I think that a little more weathering would look good on this guy, normally I like "clean" clones, but for Cody, a little bit of battle damage would be a nice touch.
Did you make his jetpack?
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actually, Owen D is making one for me.
Luckeee!
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Great stuff shopao! I like the use of the fake credit card, those things are so handy! ;)
I think that a little more weathering would look good on this guy, normally I like "clean" clones, but for Cody, a little bit of battle damage would be a nice touch.
Did you make his jetpack?
I haven't made the jetpack yet because I didn't have the right clay at the time. But now that I bought super sculpey I'm gonna try and find some time to work on the jetpack.
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(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y102/azianass/Dsc01898.jpg)
Currently working on Gree.
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y102/azianass/Dsc01899.jpg)
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I noticed you took off his legs to paint. Has anyone ever taken the arms off or even apart for painting? Does "boil-and-pop" work for the joints as well?
I've considered trying this, but don't want to hose a whole clone. The way I've been doing it is just taking off the helmet and hands, and it's a pain still!
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I tried to boil and pop the arms but it seemed it might rip apart. For the legs it's kinda hard to put back so I might try to soften it up with hot water.
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I just realized there were 2 Commander Cody's. I though you just changed your avatar all the time. Which one are you. ???
I think I'm the second Cody and the other one came b4 me. Also my Cody name had an Underscore( _ ) and his doesn't.
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I'm just gonna call you Commander Spanky...simply to be contrarian. :P
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(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y102/azianass/Dsc01898.jpg)
You could just leave this one as is, and stand Yoda over him with a smoking lightsaber.
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Usually I don't take a figure completely apart to repaint it, but I still learn new methods all the time through trial and error.
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That looks like it's going to be an awesome Gree - I can't wait to see the end product!
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That looks like it's going to be an awesome Gree - I can't wait to see the end product!
I might finish it next weekend because of school and other things. I wish it was summer so I have time to work on my customs.
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That looks like it's going to be an awesome Gree - I can't wait to see the end product!
I might finish it next weekend because of school and other things. I wish it was summer so I have time to work on my customs.
I hear ya. School's a bummer for custom time. Since school started I haven't done much customs nor do I get any ideas for customs since you gotta concentrate on them grades.
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Work gets in the way a lot on customizing too... and busy weekends really cut into my customizing time.
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Here's Commander Shopao, my own creation.
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y102/azianass/Dsc01895.jpg)
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y102/azianass/Dsc01894.jpg)(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y102/azianass/Dsc01893.jpg)
Backstory:CC 1160, also known as Commander Shopao was trained by ARC
Alpha along with Gree, Cody, and the other commanders. There he befriended C. Gorb, Jedisearch,Corp. Sureshot and moany others. Shopao's specialty was the sky. He and his
squad were called "helljumpers" because they jump from gunships on
daring missions.Their job was to deploy to areas on the the battlefield when troops
couldn't get their on ground. During the attack on Coruscant, Shopao was under the
command of General Tiin. On that mission, Shopao and his squad jumped down to Republica
500 and rescue as many senators and politicians as possible. Shopao got his name when he destroyed a TF cruiser by throwing a sandwich called shoapo into the reactor core. (Nah, just
joking 'bout that part, but it would be cool though). Shopao was killed while trying to takedown
a Jedistarfighter from the outside when it crashed. He died honorably while Executing Order 66.
Shopao's gear consists of a breather on his chest that also has a holoprojector and also gives him data on the climate, atmospheric conditions, density, and other things. He has a wrist gauntlet on his left arm that consists of a small screen,communicator, Kamino Kyber darts, and a mini fusion cutter.
His weapon of choice are the ARC rifles and the Republic Commando DC-17m rifle.
Sorry, the text got kinda misplaced. Anyways LMK what you think. Also should I switch the Saga Clone pilot breather to an ROTS Clone pilot breather? I also plan on weathering him.
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Very cool design. I love the backstory! ;)
I think you should add a jet-pack of some kind to give some more credence to the sky-jumper aspect of his bio. I think you should also add some sort of sidearm holster to his hip or ankle, just 'cuz it's cool ;)
The armor designs are well done - what color is that (it looks gray)?
I really like the Saga Clone Pilot breather, the smaller size works better.
The pics are a bit blurry so It's a little hard to see what's on his left arm :-\
I really like this guy, nice job! 8)
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Very nice job! I like your paint job and agree the color is cool. Love the Clone Wars ARC weapon and the backstory. I agree that a jet pack might work, maybe a modified Jango. Great job overall!
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Thaks for the comments. Yeah, I might add a jetpack later on and the thing on his left arm is the gauntlet from the CW ARC trooper. Sorry about the pics, they are kinda blurry. I just used a regular Testors black flat.
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I sholud be done with Gree this week.
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Here's my custom pilot. It looks kind of similar to the black variant, but I might change him a bit. Sorry the pics are blurry, I think it's the camera.LMK what you think.
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y102/azianass/Dsc01897.jpg)
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y102/azianass/Dsc01896.jpg)
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That black clone pilot looks excellent. I really like the color scheme with the gray areas added in. Looks great and the helmet almost looks removable. Well done!
So, did this start as a white clone, or one in the black outfit?
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That black clone pilot looks excellent. I really like the color scheme with the gray areas added in. Looks great and the helmet almost looks removable. Well done!
So, did this start as a white clone, or one in the black outfit?
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It was the regular white pilot. I haven't found the black variant in my area.
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Nice work again!
I did almost the exact same thing with a pilot that I'm working on. Same colors too (although I left his boots black).
The silver highlights came out very well and really add to the figure, nice work!
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11 yrs. and with 30 plus customs (mostly clones or Jedi)
Youngest hmmmm someone invite Starkid1 over here....
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Hey kid, I'll give you a dollar for that red shocktrooper. He's pretty worthless anyway. Its a Hasbro mistake. I'm doing you a favor taking it off your hands. Really. You can trust me. <evil grin>
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noooooo not starkid 1 please i beg of u :-[ hes pretty annoying all he says is cool ,and he dosnet post his customs so whats the point of him being ther at all >:(
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I'd say he wants some help.....
to start off the best way would be to sculpt it and then if you want cast it.
The only other way I can think of is....
using 2 or 3 41 SA clones "antenna" you could make the antenna cody has as for the visor instead of sculpting use some "card" paper and super glue.For thing lines use a sharpie.
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In the store, obviously, all figures are "worth" the same. The harder to find ones can sell for more on the secondary market, so they are probably more valuable in terms of re-sale value or if you can't find them in the stores yourself.
I was amazed to find a green commander a couple weeks ago, given how impossible it is to find anything good in my area with the large number of collectors (and scalpers) here. But I saw a few more green guys a short while later, which leads me to agree with the above assessment that, yeah, they are becoming easier to find and therefore "cheaper".
But, as Chewie said, they're YOUR figures now, enjoy them however you wish! I recently pillaged some rare (and expensive) old EU figures for customs 'cause, what the heck? I wanted to and it was fun.