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Star Wars Action Figures / Re: 327th Star Corps!
« on: January 4, 2006, 12:28 PM »
all of your clones look nice, good detailing and clean lines.

like the others said, it would be much nicer & easier to read/view if you could put all your customs into one thread. maybe a mod could combine all the threads into one for you.

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i like the red Bib the best - nice throwback to the vintage kenner Bib that was a salesman's sample & never sold.


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Star Wars Action Figures / Re: New Community Member - a few customs
« on: January 3, 2006, 03:00 PM »
first of all welcome aboard!  :)

the shocktroopers and 501st look amazing as everyone else said. the weathering is nice and the lines are clean and crisp, especially the chest design on the 501st. the colors look great - no one would ever know you are color-blind.

the cape on the clone Obi-Wan is a little awkward. i would maybe try sculpting two small little "buttons"/clasps on the outside of the cape to add the "chain" to so it fits the cape a little better. i do like the soft goods addition.

i look forward to seeing more of your work.

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great use of parts Phruby, never seen that Leia before.

did you paint the Corellian blood stripes on the sides of her pants? just curious, b/c i think that's a cool touch on the comic cover.

the only thing i would add would be a holster on her leg. the color of her jumpsuit looks great, the paint apps is my favorite thing about this figure along with the legs you swapped on.

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as for myself, i have a vision of doing my own "lines" of customs.

i want to do:

more real world and cartoon style clone wars
ROTS Concepts (found in the art of book)
Holiday Special
12" ROTS Jedi

i also want desperately to finish up with the clones that i have lying here on my desk. i have such massively bad A.D.D. that it's hard for me concentrate on one project at a time, so i have a ton of things started/half finished/almost finished. the clones were fun and a great springboard to learn techniques with, but i just lost interest for awhile.

however, i am in the process of completing the first in my 12" ROTS Jedi line. all i need to do is pickup some gold & copper at the craft store tonite and finish up doing the metal lightsaber. hooray!

i can't wait to see everyone else's creations this year!

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Glassman, that's an amazing improvement on the heads with the second set. They look more like sisters rather than twins as they did in the first set of heads.

I'm really blown away with how great the sculpted hair looks, it really makes them pop imo.
can't wait to see them carded, that will be a real treat!

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Thanks for all the great comments DD & Findswoman -- its great to see you both back again!

DD - you were totally right about the Mara Jade head - ick!  :P i like the Scarlett head much better and like i said i end up looking somber when i wear that outfit so it fits me lol!

Findswoman - I used the EU Jedi Leia figure, the one from Dark Empire. I sculpted the pants to not be all baggy like Hasbro did it, but she doesn't wear any boots. i also like the body because she doesn't have a huge chest either. here's a link to how it started from Yakface's toyguide.

http://www.yakface.com/TGuide2004/html/potf2/3dscene/08.html

On the Obi-Wan clone, i used the # 55 Pilot Obi-Wan along with a #41 SA Clone.  the Pilot Kenobi has an awesome head sculpt and has a nice body too, very useful fodder for multiple Jedi creations :)

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Customs Community and Group Projects / Re: Missing in Action
« on: December 31, 2005, 01:19 PM »
good to see you back DD -- i really missed not seeing any updates from you. you'll have to check out how my chestburster came out, the Scarlett head worked out great, thanks again for that  :)

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Star Wars Action Figures / Re: Customs by Fritzkrieg Update 12-27-2005
« on: December 30, 2005, 04:31 PM »
the dead/decaying clone & rebel soldier corpses are well executed and obviously took a lot of time consuming work to complete. they really put the "wars" in star wars...i was kind of thinking of something like if saving private ryan met star wars, we might see something like your rotting clone/soldier corpses.

keep up the very cool work.


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i really like the Capt. America the best -- the level of paint detail is astounding on it. i like the torn mask and the weathering and tears on the suit look so realistic, like he fought one helluva battle in the real world and took a few licks here and there.

i am looking forward to seeing more of your work  :)

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i'm psyched about the fire pilot, there's so much potential there!

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Chewie, i like the way your sisters turned out & for a change i like the "clean" look with no drybrushing. i just can't see these gals getting into anything too dirty lol  :P

i also like the hair better on the green one, the blue one's hair is just a little flat in comparison (just if you want to nit-pick) they aren't supposed to be identical anyways actually. i think they work well, just add the few little details here & there & you got a nice Team Tonnika  :D

can't wait to see how yours turn out Glassman...the scuplted hair looks cool already!

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great job on these so far everyone. Phruby, i love the way the hair turned out on yours. i'm not feeling too hot myself today so i will have to give the nighttime cold medicine experiment a whirl on my current 12" project  ;)

i wanted to join in on this project, but i knew there was no way i could squeeze it in with the holidays.

Darth_Ennis, don't feel bad about being behind. it took me awhile to get my chest....burster completed and photos taken, i get kinda shy every now & then lol!  :P

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Star Wars Action Figures / Re: Gregorbian's Customs - UPDATE 12/25/05
« on: December 27, 2005, 03:16 PM »
great update Gregorbian. the 12" upgrades are very nice, its amazing how the whole character of a Hasbro 12" can change once the body is more realistic and posable. i myself have a whole graveyard of Hasbro bodies  ;)

i really like the paint apps on the Mandalorian and the droid especially. the mandalorian reminds me of a microman and the droid was a great use of parts which come together to make an original concept.

keep up the good work  :)

keri

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Wow, AMAZING job on the chest burster!  Wonderful!  May I ask what head you used for that, I don't think I've seen it before (either that or your hair sculpting is so brilliant that it perfectly conceals the origins of the head.)

Bravo.  Great work.

Thanks Quazar  :) the head is a GI Joe Scarlett head and the body is an EU Jedi Leia.

Thanks for the nice comments Gregorbian! glad to see you back and i enjoyed your new updated 12" too  :)

i'll have a 12" update in a couple of weeks, i am not feeling too well right now so i've been in bed most of the day, haven't felt like doing anything blah  :-\

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