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Collecting => Customs => Customs Community and Group Projects => Topic started by: CHEWIE on April 13, 2005, 12:14 PM
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Well? I've got a few up my sleeve... nothing too dramatic, but a few that I think might be cool. Mainly stuff for the photonovels and some ROTS stuff...
Here's what I want to do -
PLAYSETS/DIORAMAS
TPM - Trade Federation Cruiser playset... I don't even know where to start
AOTC - Theed Palace playset... again, how they hell could I do this?
ROTS - Kashyyyk - that should be easy... maybe a few other planets - too early to tell yet
ANH - I really want to make a nice Death Star playset... been contemplating this for about 5 years... I have the Ultaramas right now which are ok
ESB - I want to make a kiler Bespin playset... been paying close attention to the one Muftak has been working on
ROTJ - Throne Room, Rancor Pit, Sail Barge, Sarlacc Pit
FIGURES
- Prequel Lars Family... may have a good friend (Owen D) commission a Cliegg Lars for me
- new Mandalorian for the Rykrof Enloe Series - Bledda is his name... this one is almost complete
- Tarfull... the ROTS one is ok, but I think I can do better; started on this one last night
- Ultimate Obi Wan... ROTS style... I did one already, but think he's a bit too tall maybe
That's basically what I have on tap right now... obvioulsy some of the playsets may never fully come to fruition.
What about you guys? What's up your sleeve? :)
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Well, let's see what I've got on tap...
KOTOR I and II: I'm still working on customs from these games; I have a Bastila, Jolee, Mission Vao, HK-47, Master Vandar and Darth Sion all in various stages of completion. The only ones I've finished so far are Zaalbar and Darth Nihilus.
Mandalorians: I have plans to customize Jango's unit from OPEN SEASONS, including Myles, a new Jaster Mereel from a VOTC Fett, and Montross.
Slave I: I've got a beat-up vintage Slave I, an incomplete Episode II Slave I, and a Target Exclusive Slave I, and my plan is to cobble them together in some fashion and make the ultimate Slave I, with all the cool features of the prequel ship, but the opening cargo hold of the original ship.
Aside from that, I don't have a lot of other plans at the moment...
-DD
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To be honest - most of the stuff (besides the dioramas) really isn't planned in advance for me... it just kinda happens when I'm sitting back watching the History Channel or a baseball game. I get out my custom fodder boxes and go to town.
I finished my Mandalorian tonight (Bledda), he'll be posted soon along with my Tarfful.
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Awesome! Can't wait to see them!
I'm pretty random with my customs too. I have a short list of characters I want to do, but often get distracted by pieces in my parts box. (Which has gotten HUGE.) ;D
-DD
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I'm up to 7 decent sized boxes of custom fodder... ha ha... I'm glad you are in the same predicament as I am in. :)
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FIGURES:
Nym
My KOTOR Character (Woman)
Carth Onasi
Canderous Ordo
Carnor Jax
Kir Kanos
Jag Fel
Soontir Fel
Chiss Pilot
Chiis Bartender
Myn Donos
ROTS Mace
ROTS Obi Wan
ROTS Tarfful
Tion's Aid
PHOTONOVELS:
Wrap up Battle for Ezatam...I like the story and have the finishing photos shot, but I need to actually get them down to size and all that jazz.
New Story involving every other SW element (that I can think of) that will become my main focus.
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Sounds very cool 760071!
I really have enjoyed your first photonovel... very impressive!
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Damn where do I start
12" figures
Luke in Jedi attire ROTJ
ARC Trooper EP3
Shock Trooper EP3
Obi Wan in clone trooper armour
Obi Wan EP2
Han Solo ANH (2nd figure)
Indiana Jones ROTLA (2nd figure)
Col Jack O'neill Stargate SG1
Ron
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Hemble is here! Rock on!
Our little Jedidefender customs community grows! Awesome.
-DD
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I actually don't have any SW customs planned in the immediate future. I've got a list of over 100 Stargate SG-1 customs I'd like to do though. I've got Customs cards made for a lot of them, but I'll probably only get through some of them this summer, but it is nice because most will use the same parts some I can make most of them from casts. I also started on my scale SGC base dio/playset this spring break. I haven't been able to work on them since then though, stupid school ruins everything! ::) >:( ;) On the bright side I've only got like 4 weeks before I can start working on them again :) I won't be able to stay away from SW customizing for long though, I have a very short atttention span, so I'll probably make a few more Wookiees and Clones. :)
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SLC, weren't you making some sort of Stargate diorama/playset? I remember seeing pics of a huge, ambitious project you were starting.
As for myself, right now I am kinda being lazy just making mix-n-match customs when I feel like it. In a couple weeks I'll try to have another photonovel completed and in the photonovel section.
Then it's a huge photonovel project - The Battle of Rhen Var. Really huge! Biggest, baddest photonovel yet... or so I hope.
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Yup sure am. I'm glad you remembered :) I'm not sure how many of you are Stargate Sg-1 fans but I absolutely love that show. I love it just as much as SW, I think SW would win if i had to choose. There are no SG-1 figures for sale so I decided I'll just Customize my own :) And I figured they could use a home so I'm going to build the SGC (Stargate Command) It is the base on Earth in Cheyenne Mountain that is the base of all Stargate operations, it is going to be huge. I can't wait to work on it again, I've only got two weeks of school left then I'm headed home for summer break I can start working on it. I got some advice froom NiubNiub and theWOOK at C3 so hopefully I can make some progress. The gateroom itself will have a removable roof and back wall so I can access the room, both doors work. It is going to be really complicated, I plan on giving it lots of elctronics, hopefully all the lights will actually work and I plan on lighting up the computer screesn and alarms as well. And I need to put a removable light behing the gate to cast so blue light on the room. If it goes as planned this thing should be really cool, I don't want to toot my own horn, but hopefully it'll be one of the coolest out there. I doubt that for some reason though :P It is alsogoing to have a working elevator (probably not electronic, but it should work. And from what I've seen it'll be one of a kind, I've seen a LEGO version, it was kinda cool. In addtion to the Gateroom I'm going to build several more rooms.
As of right now I plan on making
- The Gateroom (Embarcation room as it is formally called)
- Hammond/O'Neill/Weir/Bauer's office, possibly with each different furniture arangment
- Several Hallways to conect it all (both the circular and straigh kind)
And I'll probably make these as well
- A "VIP" Room (the prison rooms) or 2
- and maybe more If I don't get sick of them ;)
So yeah I got a lot of work ahead of me, hopefully you guys will stick around on these boards well after ROTS so I can share these, I don't plan on leave here until I'm the last one left :) Oh and on top of that I have to make quite a few figures to stick in this whole thing. So I've got to do that too. Eventually I hope to turn out an SG-1 photonovel as well, maybe using SG-1 but I'll probably use a different SG team so I can explore them a bit more. Meaning I'll have to make a second gate as well to stick in some offworld dioramas. :) I'm never going to finish this ;) ::)
Oh and SW wise I got some Endor soldier and Bespin guards at C3 for cheap so I'll have to change them up a bit, as well as vary ,my Wookie Army up some more and maybe customize my Imperial officers as well.
Holy crap this is going to take me forever. Oh well at least I'll have something to do for awhile.
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Oh, I totally forgot I'm planning a Vintage style ROTS clone trooper and pilot this summer.
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Sounds like you're gonna be very busy SLC. Can't wait to see more.
I think I am gonna redo my Mos Eisley diorama soon... but really I need to get to planning on the actual custom diorama backgrounds and flooring for all of my ROTS dioramas... damn, this is gonna be very time consuming and expensive... how am I going to be able to keep doing all of these photonovels too? :-\
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Kligson from Marvel Star Wars issue "Droid World"
Fixing my Kir Kanos
and my Gand Padawan Jedi from the Republic series
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and my Gand Padawan Jedi from the Republic series
Vabeesh, I think her name was, am I right? Can't wait to see the custom!
-DD
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Thats it! Thanks! I finally scored a Zuckuss figure so I could do it. ;D
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I thought this might be a fun thread to dig up, and see if I've gotten any of these *goals* accomplished from earlier...
PLAYSETS/DIORAMAS
TPM - Trade Federation Cruiser playset... I don't even know where to start Have not started... thinking about doing the one in ROTS now instead.
AOTC - Theed Palace playset... again, how they hell could I do this? All I have right now is the hangar area...
ROTS - Kashyyyk - that should be easy... maybe a few other planets - too early to tell yet I have a decent battle scene going, but would like to make the area where Gree gets beheaded.
ANH - I really want to make a nice Death Star playset... been contemplating this for about 5 years... I have the Ultaramas right now which are ok Holding off on this as I want to get that Attakus diorama if it isn't priced to high.
ESB - I want to make a killer Bespin playset... been paying close attention to the one Muftak has been working on No progress yet, just a cheesy diorama I've made.
ROTJ - Throne Room, Rancor Pit, Sail Barge, Sarlacc Pit Still haven't started.
FIGURES
- Prequel Lars Family... may have someone (Owen D) commission a Cliegg Lars for me Going to try and get something going here soon on this... who knows, I might inquire about some help on this.
- new Mandalorian for the Rykrof Enloe Series - Bledda is his name... this one is almost complete Actually got this one done!
- Tarfull... the ROTS one is ok, but I think I can do better; started on this one last night Made my own on this too!
- Ultimate Obi Wan... ROTS style... I did one already, but think he's a bit too tall maybe Now that I've seen pics the new pilot version coming out, I can scratch this one off my list.
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I have several figures on tap...
***Non-Animated version of Commander Cody from the Clone Wars saga
***Non-Animated Shock Trooper from the Clone Wars saga
***V-Wing variant republic version (white)
***Commander Appo
***An additional #41 Neyo soldier
***Clone Intel Unit (2 figs)
***Clone Heavy Weapons division (from the ROTS video Game)
***Commander Faie (2 versions - removable helmet and cloaked)
***Various Clone Repaints
***A Turbo Tank (Plans on paper right now)
***Various senators, droids etc...
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My first order of business is to take digital shots of all the customs I've made in the past 3 years and post them here in the custom section!
I'm about 2 weeks away from having this capability.
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My current WIP diorama projects:
Order 66: Felucia
Boushh's Bounty (limited scale - Jabba's Throne Room)
Dios under consideration:
Purchase of the Droids (ala Daigobah's (sp?) shelf version)
Order 66: Utapau
Order 66: Commander Neyo
Cantina Shelf Dio
Customs WIP:
Lando Calrissian: Oseon
Commander Neyo
Commander Gree
Bib Fortuna
Vima Daboda
Jan Orrs
Customs Under Consideration:
CLONE WARS 3 PACK:
Quinlan Vos
Khruh'k
Unknown
Asaaj Ventress
Coruscant Firefighter pilot
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I've got ...
Episode III Female Proticol Droid
Clone Wars Cartoon Padme
Baccara and Troop grunt w/ removable helmets
Republic Commando w/ removable helmet
...Either on the boards or in the works.
Then i think i'm taking a break from star wars... I've got a long list of Justice League Figs i want to make.
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I've got my Calamari dancer and my sith witch. After that will be a vintage cola-bot and jedi master mondo beefheaded tribesman.
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I'm still looking for saga jango pilot legs and the right paint for my Jaster Mereel VOTC custom. I have a pair of broken ones, but they still stand, so I might post WIP pics here soon.
Along with that, I'm making mandalorian customs of:
~Vode An (a fanfic mandalorian who'll be in my photonovel. He won't be the main character, but his armour is what I'd like mine to look like if ever I had mando armour)
~Spar (The clone-turned mandalorian who reformed the army during the clone wars. He's the main character is my upcoming photonovel)
~Jaster mereel (Like I said above) :P
~A bunch of miscellaneous mandalorians.
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bespin luke/mara jade/eeth koth and retooling my hooded Yoda are in the works as we speak. now that I have my crispy Anakin I'm going to do my own version of unmasked Darth Vader the younger years since the operation table version kind of blows. I'm thinking of using the saga throne room Vader head dremeled out or waiting to see what the evolutions Vader looks like.
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Ive Got quite a few clones lined up that need to be finished. And ive got about 5 figs from my "Great Pegwarmer Roundup" that im working on. And then Im going to try my hand at some Mandalorians. That should keep me busy for a while.
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I bought a bunch of ROBOTS toys on clearance at Target, so I'm converting them quickly into some crappy pit-droids. It's actually taking a lot longer than I had anticipated... ::)
I also painted a vintage Fett to give him a slightly more accurate paint job, but I need to fix 1 part of him first before I take pics....
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I have about 5 SW Miniatures that are either half painted or almost done. Been busy with all kinds of randomness lately, but I want to get them done.
I also started remounting some Heroclix figures. I thought their stat bases were silly so I rebased them with some fodder SW Mini bases. Was rewriting the rules for them a little too to be played more like an RPG.
Heres a pic of some I did.
(http://x2e.xanga.com/3bc8246a76c309917341/b7501452.jpg)
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I've been working on a beast custom these past few days. I'm building the "horse" yoda rides in the last season of the Clone Wars cartoons. I hope to have pics up soon. Still a lot of work to be done on it though...
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I think I might take a small break from customizing. Maybe get some more work done on another photonovel.
Everyone looks like their hands are full with these, and Dimetrodon keeps up those awesome miniatures (I don't know how you have the patience or steady hand to paint those!).
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I don't like posting what I'm working on because I always leave it and start something new ::)
I'll try to finish those droids, but today I was cutting the accessories off of one of those BBi soldiers from TRU and I think I can make him into some sort of clone hunter. I'll give him some beat-up clone armor and a helmet, a custom paint job (ala Fett or some other Mandalorian), and have him hunt down and kill Commander Gorb and his troops!
CHEWIE - I hope it really is a small break! I always love seeing your new customs ;D Are your photonovels uploaded on TheCustomAlliance.com yet?
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No, for some damn reason they aren't updated yet. They were supposed to be update on July 11. Bah! :)
Possibly they will be updated here soon.
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Ok, I think I have an idea for some Clone Wars AT-AT Drivers... will see if I can get something customized and up this weekend. Pretty simple but I think the idea will be effective.
I hope this weekend to work on my next photonovel, but I need to relax... photonoveling is not relaxing at all. :-\
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My apologies, I've hit a bit of a rut with my customs this week as most of my free time is going into the next photonovel... I'd like to get #14 and #15 finished up and then take a month off from the photonovels.
Anyways, I do have my custom complete for this month's customizing challenge, and am looking forward to showing that as well.
For future projects, I plan on making the following for sure within the next few weeks (time permitting of course) -
- new Quinlin Vos
- new Badoo Corba Terrorist
- new alternate outfit Alyssa Enloe
- new alternate outfit Padme
- new rogue Jedi
Also, Owen D. is currently working on a large project for me. I can't wait to reveal what it is!
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Hey dont worry, we all hit a slump, look at me with all the playset's I have been making and now I have drawn a blank, but I still come here for inspiration and conversation.
If it stops being fun, take a break.
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Man, there are so many that I have in the preliminary stages, but I just haven't had time :'(
12" figures
As I posted in the other thread, I have a couple of 12" figures that I want to make, namely Commander Bly and an Ep. II era ARC Trooper. I'm not sure how to go about switching the bodies and armor and stuff, but Darth_Ripley gave me a start ;D
3 3/4" figures
I have a (what I think) pretty good idea about the "organic" Separatist forces. I'm not sure if it's accurate, but if it turns out not to be, a little tweaking would allow it to fit in the Clone Wars saga. ;)
I made a hover patrol ship (1 pilot, 1 rear gunner) that is reminiscent of the "Warthog" in Halo (the video game). I need to paint the vehicle, the pilot, and work on the gunner, but that shouldn't take too long.
I have 2 Halo customs planned as well:
Master Chief - repaint the figure to more accurately match the in-game shots (add battle damage)
Civilian 'Hog - I had an extra Warthog so I wanted to repaint it as a normal civilian vehicle (like the "chase" 'hog that was shipped earlier)
Well, all of those are in one stage or another, plus I want to make a custom for Darth_Ennis' auction thing. So much to do! I liked it better when I was taking a year "off" from school and had lots of time :P
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I've accomplished nothing on my list. All the customs I was planning sit on my shelf, collecting dust.
I'm hoping to take tomorrow off, so maybe I can dust a few off once I run my errands in the morning...
-DD
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Well I think I made some major progress in the last two hours on my latest photonovel... this weekend is going to be really busy, otherwise I think I'd have it up and finished early next week... damnit!
Tijuana, you're right, that's good advice. It's always fun though, just time consuming. :)
Looks like you all have some interesting projects coming, especially yours Gregorbian... I'm very much looking forward to seeing what you do with your Separatist figure(s). But that's a ways off still. :-\
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I know that people have done this but I plan on making clone being impaled by Yoda. But I need to get a dremel first. Do you think a regular DeWalt drill will do?
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I would imagine that any drill would work, although Dremels are really easy to use.
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This latest photonovel is about 90% done... woo hoo! With any luck, by Tuesday it will be complete (or even tonight if I can get out of work on time).
Then, I need to get back into my customizing kick.
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Hey...I've been on hiatus all summer. It's not that bad.
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Hey Chewie that thing that Owen D. is making, does it have to do anything with the Executor?
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Newbie to customizing here, but my next project is to make a Hoth Rebel Solider that I actually like (not the Buzz lightyear from the Saga Line). In reality it won't be this weekend because I have a conference I am attending so it will be next weekend before I can start on this one.
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Blackdog, so did you make your Hoth Trooper?
Currently for myself, my attention has been on getting #15 in the Rykrof Enloe photonovel series complete... not too far away from that actually. I think by Sunday it will be up! :)
After that, I really want to get #16 going too. Geeze.... these photonovels have a grip on me. I'm so addicted to them it's crazy.
But before I start on #16, I need to get a couple more customs going to give me a nice break in between photonovels. And get my BLUE HARVEST custom started too.
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Ok, tonight is the first night I will begin on my Blue Harvest figure. I don't have a clue yet what I will make, but I do have the head picked out.
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Lately I've only had about an hour a day before I go to bed to do anything recreational, so I've been doing a bunch of body swaps for my 12" figures. Pretty fun and I can do most of them in about 20 mins. So far I've done body swaps on:
Imperial Officer
TIE Fighter Pilot
AT-AT Driver
Boba Fett (KB Electronic Version)
Boba Fett (VOTC - need boots for him though...)
Wedge Antillees
Biggs Darklighter
Snowtrooper
...I think that's it. I have to paint their gloves the proper color, but after I do that I'll take some pics. I'm surprised by how much better the Dragon and BBi bodies work using Hasbro's costumes. A much cheaper alternative to Medicom/Marmit figures ;)