Gregorbian's Customs - UPDATE 07/04/06

[Ryan]

Oh, I really like the backstory too. It's very clever.

[Gregorbian]

Nice looking Appo Greg. Just a Quick Question but how do you mix the legs or where do you cut the torso?

The droids are fantastic! The Janitor is an excellent use of parts. I see some Grievous and Clone trooper parts but I don't know what the rest comes from. I'd love the recipie, this is one I may have to copy for myself one day. Nice choice of color on him too, it fits him really well. The mop turned out great. Is it custom made? I really like the bucket droid too. He really looks like he could be a mop bucket. These really turned out geat, it is cool to see something different like these guys. Someone has to clean up the Star Wars universe.  I have only seen something like this done once before, by Owen. Great Work, these are my favorite droids from this months CCC so far.

Thanks for the kind words! 

Here is a quick recipe for the Janitor Droid:
- Body - SP General Grievous (or GG from Jedi vs. Sith Battlepack)
- boots/head - dollar store Spacer figure (cut the GG's feet off right below the knee joint)
- hands - Darth Maul (with the spinny right hand feature - cut them off after the wrist joint to keep wrist articulation)

Mop - It's custom made; I took a wooden skewer and glued strands of embroidery thread to the bottom.  Then I painted the pole brown

SSA Commander Appo - to make SSA Clones, you need an AT-TE Tank Gunner and a #41 SA Clone.  Put them into some hot water for a while to soften them up, then take out the AT-TE Tank Gunner.  I cut directly below his sculpted-on belt (make sure to keep the front pockets intact).  The #41 Clone is a lot harder to cut through - you need to cut off his belt, then cut where the belt was (match it up to the height of the severed AT-TE Tank Gunner lower torso/legs to make sure they are the same height).  Then you just glue the #41 upper torso to the #38 lower torso and put the belt back on (you might need to shave the inside ridge of the belt to make it fit better).  Easy as pie 

EDIT: forgot to add - it's really easy to do a headswap with the #38 Clone and #41 Clone - just cut the neck peg off of the #38 Clone (directly above the black neck covering) and cut the neck-ball-joint off of the #41 clone (directly above the black neck covering) and then swap.  Hasbro should be doing this for us, but oh well 

[crazy about Clones]

I love the SSA Commander Appo, hes awesome!!! The Janitor Droid is awesome too, along with his "Bucket Buddy"

Awesome Customs!

[Omega Squad Commander]

I love your Janitor droid, Now I know what happend to Grievous Body.

[CHEWIE]

Sorry I forgot to comment on Appo.  I already commented more on the droids in the customizing challenge thread (they are some of the coolest customs I've ever seen).

Appo looks great - it's nice to see an AT-TE gunner used for him.  That's very mean that you had him standing on a dead Jedi (I'll pretend it's not Anakin).

 

[Gregorbian]

Sorry I forgot to comment on Appo.  I already commented more on the droids in the customizing challenge thread (they are some of the coolest customs I've ever seen).

Appo looks great - it's nice to see an AT-TE gunner used for him.  That's very mean that you had him standing on a dead Jedi (I'll pretend it's not Anakin).

 

Haha, well Appo's not exactly a nice guy eh? 

He's actually a combination of AT-TE Tank Gunner and a #41 SA Clone, so he's super-super articulated 

[Darth Delicious]

Very nice, Gregorbian! Commander Appo looks pretty good...makes me want to redo mine and add the Gunner pieces. Maybe I'll auction my first one off if I make another. Seems all the rage these days. Or I could send it to Chewie for some photonovel appearances. 

Those BBI figures with the straps have dried up in my neck of the woods though. It's killing me, because I can think of so many uses for them. *Sigh.*

The Janitor droid is pretty darn funny, and I like the backstory. Nice work.

-DD

[Gregorbian]

Thanks DD 
I love combining AT-TE Tank Gunners and SA Clones - I'm glad that hasbro is still shipping the AT-TE Tank Gunner because I was able to pick up a few more for that very purpose 

The 2 TRU's near me have never had the Navy Seal Breacher figures (as far as I know), but the TRU by my girlfriend's house and one I passed while on vacation had them so I was able to snag a couple.     I hope they are still shipping these guys, but I'm pretty sure they're not   

[crazy about Clones]

bump.

Got anything new for us Gregorbian?

[Gregorbian]

bump.

Got anything new for us Gregorbian?

  Thanks for the bump!

I started grad school this week so I've been swamped with homework/reading, but I have a few ideas that I want to try out.  Hopefully if I get through my work quickly enough I'll have some time to do some more customs. 
I picked up a few Clone Evolutions sets and if those don't scream "Customize Me!" I don't know what else does!  My only problem is that the figures are so cool without any tweaks, I might just go the long way in terms of using my SA Clones and AT-TE Tank Gunners instead.... maybe...

[crazy about Clones]

I wish i could find some Clone evo sets.... My friend saw one but he didnt have enough cash on him to buy it. Hopefully soon i can find some

[Gregorbian]

I wish i could find some Clone evo sets.... My friend saw one but he didnt have enough cash on him to buy it. Hopefully soon i can find some

Check TRU, that's where I found mine (they had about 6 clone and 4 or 5 Sith, I guess they got 2 cases in or something) .  They are AMAZING!  Buy as many as you can 

[Gregorbian]

Here's a Jango Fett Microman figure that I made today.  It'll probably (hopefully not!) be my last custom for a while since I just started law school and I've been doing a crapload of reading 

Anyway, what do you guys think?
I am debating whether to just paint the holster straps on or to use some extra BBi gunstraps...





Like father, like son

If only...


I used the Saga Jango Fett (Kamino Escape) for the head, helmet and shin armor/gun holsters; a Saga Jango Fett (Final Battle) for a gauntlet and the jetpack; and a Jango Fett Bust-Ups for the chest armor, gauntlet, and guns.

[CHEWIE]

Damn, I hope this isn't your last custom for a while... but it's understandable that you've got a life beyond customizing Star Wars figures.   

The Jango looks fantastic.  I have no idea how you pull these off, but they are amazing. 

The only thing I might suggest is somehow making him darker and his jumpsuit just a little more "worn" in some way.  Some sort of dry brushing or something might do the trick.

For the gun straps, I think that BBI ones would look fantastic.

 

[Gregorbian]

Some sort of dry brushing or something might do the trick.

I knew you were going to say that! 
I had to repaint his jumpsuit 3 times before I got what I thought was a "good" color.  I was going to drybrush him, but I kind of like the "flat" look to him, I'm not really sure why...
I think you're right about the BBi straps; that's probably what I'll go with.

Thanks for the kind words CHEWIE!  I promise to try to drybrush more!