Thanks, M_P and CHEWIE  -

M_P, the funny thing about that Kel Dor is I made him with the full intention of him being a good guy, either Rebel or Republic-loyalist. That whole alien design, for some reason, is quite intimidating, though. I like having someone who looks the part of the bad guy being in league with the good guys.

The bedroll on the Radio clone came from the same Japanese Machine Gunner who donated his body to the Kel Dor... that's a great figure for parts. Lots of pouches and ammo boxes with him.

CHEWIE, I have had that Lando cape in my parts bin for a long time, and I decided to go through and try on the capes I had to see what works. I was as shocked as you when THAT cape worked well.

The uniform on the Kel Dor is stock. I painted the lower legs uniform brown to give him the appearance of boots (as opposed to shoes and leggings). I may still change the color scheme up, but for now I'm inclined to leave him along until it bothers me... On that Aqualish skull, it's still very much a WIP. Good idea to bore out the sockets a little more.

And the Radio Clone is very much like a TeleViper. He's more inspired by the Vietnam and WWII movies I've see... always had a lightly armed radio man in the group, and it made sense to me that Koe and his squad would set down on a planet, leave their ship at the LZ, and then rely on the radio man to relay messages to and from the drop ship which in turn relayed the messages to high command/orbital ships. Overthought a little, probably, but good inspiration

Thanks again, guys.

A couple of new additions today...

First is I.O. (Eye-oh), Koe's radio man.






Large, whip ant. helps keep Koe in contact with his drop ship even on the longest foot patrol missions.

And here's one I've been wanting to do for a long, long time - a Kel Dor soldier. I think he might be my entry in this month's Custom Challenge.


The head is an AOTC Plo, the hands are from the AOTC Plo. The body is a Japanese Machine Gunner from the 21st Century line, and the gun is a cut down gun from the same figure.


I gave him a new skintone and resculpted his mask to try and make it clear he wasn't Plo. The hands have carved pegs, so his wrists are still articulated. The neck was sculpted to fit this body specifically. There was a lot of work there, actually. The skull is an Aqualish custom gone bad, so I'm going to work on stripping that down and painting it bone white for a prop.

And here's something I've noticed... the cape from the first crack at a Lando General Hasbro cursed us with fits Clones like a GLOVE. I think I'm going to coordinate the Kama and cape and just weather this guy... I'm digging the Vader-ish look!

D_N

You're heading in some new and interesting directions here. Good for you!

seems like this Cerean head is really making the rounds, but you've found a great set of shoulders to leave it on. I'm finally buying into this NOT being Ki-Adi Mundi, so nice work there!

On your grunt, good call keeping him friendlier looking... it goes with his job. However, I'd like to see something more there... perhaps some color on the Clone armor that is also applied to his flak vest?

As an aside, wouldn't a Jedi make for a better negotiator, what with the mind tricks? Just a thought here, but you might slap that flak vest on Creon and make him a Jedi with especially strong Jedi Mind Trick powers. Back him up with a small squad of SWAT Clones (flashlights on their heads, small arms for close-quarters combat, handcuffs, etc with a navy blue color scheme)

Just an idea. As it stands, you're really onto something, and I really like the work you've turned out. Working on Coruscant, will there be Police speeders? Perhaps a SWAT-van air speeder? 

My wheels are turning... I'm hoping for some cool stories here, D_N!

CHEWIE -

What more can be said? I hoped you would carry the new Rykrof outfit forward. Little did I know you would do that and then some!

The Typho head is a great Clone variant. The eye patch really sets him off, too. As to the hair style, I'd have to think that if you can have your own name and armor design, a hair style would be the least of Republic Command's concerns with their Clones. The helmet looks big-ish, but I think that's just a byproduct of the Evo mold. It's just bigger...

I really like this Emporer custom... I'm glad you got around to giving him a crack, and as expected, you've done a fine job with him. For some reason, though, I'm just not liking any of the ROTS bodies under that Bust-Up cowl... the proportions always seem off. Of course I'm to the point now that I have an overly-critical eye for that detail, so this is probably closer to correct than I'm seeing it as, if that makes sense.

Now, the use of the cowl on Rykrof...


Hoe.


(Stan) Lee.


Cow.

That's the thing that has taken this from the best Rykrof yet to probably being the best Rykrof we're ever likely to see. I hope you plan to keep him in this gear for a long, long time, as you'll be hard pressed to upgrade him. You've inspired me to track down some Emporer Bust-Ups just for those hoods! They are awesome, especially when applied to excellent pieces like this Rykrof.

(as an aside, since I'm sure you've addressed this before, is it Rike-roff, Rick-roff, Rike-ruv, Rick-ruv? How do I actually say Rykrof?)

Fritzkrieg -

I am so glad you finally got this Mon Cal Jedi posted here. Thanks for your kind comments re: Sedo Crus, but I have to say you've blown poor Sedo out of the water with this effort.

Let me be the first to comment here at JD about how impessed I am with the paint work on this guy's head. It is special-effects-creature-shop good, man! The tiger stripes are very consistent with Mon Cal from ROTJ, and switching him up to a green base removes any question that he is NOT Meena Tills . You've also done a very nice job on the hands; perfect consistency there.

I really like how Ki's body accomodates the Mon Cal Jedi. The neck is long, and the forearms short to accept the middle-length parts from M.T.

The use of the Clone boots, though, might be my favorite upgrade. Where I opted to stick with Ki's boots, this one makes a heck of a lot of sense to me.

[Tangent]I know Master_phruby disagrees with humanoid feet on a Mon Cal, but given what we have seen from ROTJ through ROTS, I think it's safe to say these feet are at least cannon. Perhaps Mon Cal swim with their forearms, having abandonned flipper feet ages ago to better facilitate their amphibious ways? Who knows... And crabs have spikes for feet, so I think it's fair to say there's a broad spectrum of possibilities (Mon Cal to me seem like fish crossed with crabs, so...).  Suffice to say I dig these feet, and I look forward to Master_Phruby's web-footed version [/Tangent]

Finally, I really appreciate your giving him a yellow saber. Lucas be damned with his blue and green, I *like* yellow! It looks to me like you've used a Gundam hilt for the saber... I considered the very same thing (as I took my yellow blade from a Gundam fig).

We need to get a pic of these guys together... email me a higher-res version so I can composite them.

As for the Zero-G Const. Worker, I really dig this one, too. He looks decidedly non-military, which is a big plus. He's got bulked up gear on for warmth, another big plus. And the helmet is dead-on perfect for a worker (with the light attachments)

The only suggestion I would make would be to somehow give him a visor. If he's building in space, we can't have his eyes exposed. You might be able to fill the opening in the helmet with sculpy?

Where did this helmet come from?

Great work. Thanks for sharing.

Cloth. The vinyl ties his head back into the old Obi too much. The cloth cape left no doubt that the fig was Dooku.

And I sort of envision Kenner as giving Dooku special treatment anyway; like they did Jedi Luke.

This is a really cool concept and a very nice mix of parts, Phruby. As to the belt making him look fat... it's not like he had the physique of an Olympian God, so I think a little girth works here.

SWEET, Phruby. That looks very much like it would have come off a vintage card. It appears you have added some detail to the belt? He really does appear to be wearing a tunic insofaras a vintage sculpt would show one.

I wish I had a suggestion to improve him... maybe slap him on a card? 

Great job!