Chewie: I appreciate the feedback. It's nice to be part of a community like this, because I get so many ideas from my fellow customizers. For example, the Whipid was totally inspired by you, and I'm working on a Mandalorian today inspired by aeseven.

hyourittai: Thanks, I appreciate it. While I do some clones clean, ones that are all one color like Omega Squad I tend to scar up to show off the sculpt...you lose a lot of detail when a figure is all black, especially in photographs.

Speaking of battle-scarred clones:

Null ARC Trooper



The Null-ARC troopers are the result of an unsuccessful Kaminoan attempt to make super-soldier clones of Jango Fett. The genetic tampering resulted in unstable, erratic clone troopers loyal only to Sergeant Kal Skirata, a Mandalorian contracted by Kamino to aid with the training of special clone units, and only six of the twelve survived past the fetal stage. The Null-ARCs, as they become known, are a failed experiment that the Kaminoans did not try to replicate, instead resigning themselves to less spectacular clonings of their bounty hunter template.

During the Clone Wars, the Galactic Republic employs the Null-ARC, or Ø-ARC units as black-ops forces. Their roles cover special operations such as work for military intelligence, among others. They are very difficult to control, by most accounts, and often Sergeant Skirata has to be called off of Kamino to help with giving them directives. Finally the Republic returns Skirata to active duty and places the Null-ARCs under his command. Skirata's favorite Null trooper is Captain Ordo.



This guy was inspired by the various Null ARC's mentioned in REPUBLIC COMMANDO: TRIPLE ZERO. There wasn't really any reference for them, so I just kind of went wild.

-DD

Hey Fritz,

Yeah, he does have kind of a chieftan feel to him...I'll just say his clan was enslaved and he was forced into the Gladiatorial arena. 

Here's another I finished up today. My "Boss" custom didn't do it for me, so I started a new one and took my first attempt back to matte black, and decided that this is Darman from Omega Squad.



Although you cant tell in the pic, the hemet is removable. In addition, I have some custom gear that will go on his leg, but it's not quite finished yet.

Next up is a Trandoshan tracker. The first (the one with the cloak) is one I assembled a long time ago; it was one of my first customs,  but I didn't get around to painting it until recently.



The second Trando is one I won from one of Chewie's auctions, hence the great weathering. I just threw it in because I thought they looked cool together, even though mine suffers by comparison. 

More later.

-DD

Wow, so many of you have turned in great entries so far! I like the Dexter gladiator, he looks really cool. Chewie's Protarr is awesome...I only wish I wasn't using that same body for something else...Chewie always beats me to the punch! And the Tusken Raider is quite original as well.

Well, here's my first entry this for this month's challenge.

Inspired by Chewie's giant Whipid Gomorr, I decided to do a Whipid custom in the same vein.



I may yet sculpt a little hair on this guy and give him a topknot, but I'm undecided so far. What do you guys think?

Time permitting I may have two other gladiators done by the end of the month.

-DD

That hover tank loos awesome, Chewie. Can I put in my order for one now? 


-DD

Any idea of when we'll see Part 3?


-DD

I'm starting to get the impression that certain members around here seem to be treated better than others, and are allowed to act like sanctimonious little asshats, just because they're buddies with some of the mods. I consider Justin to be one of JD's pivotal contributors, and think he contributes far more to this community than certain naysayers ever could.

I also love how brave certain people get in cyberspace, where they know they can't get belted in the mouth like they did every day growing up, no doubt.

Whether public or private, the attack on Justin was very personal and VERY unwarranted. Give me Justin's photonovels "shoved down my throat" than any attempt at witticism from certain narcissists any day.

-DD

Hey Ben,

I didn't comment at first because not being a Babylon 5 fan, I really didn't know what to make of the alien heads, although the sculpting was obviously top notch. These latest, though, really blow me away! From the verpine to the various Twileks, these look awesome! If you're casting these, count me in for a standing order! 

-DD

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-DD