DARKLORD_67
11-22-2004, 10:38 AM
Hello fellow STAR WARS Action Figure Customizing friends!!!
I thought I'd share some recent photos of my custom figures. I have about 14 more to show, so this is just the first wave. This pair of figures are still works in progress. What do you think?
HAN SOLO: BESPIN OUTFIT: *** Work In Progress***
Custom Figure and Photos by Roberto Williams
PROBLEM:
I actually felt (and still do) that the Vintage Kenner Bespin Han Solo had a terrific general shape and build that I liked very much. Infortunately, the vintage Han's facial likeness was clumsy by today’s standards.
In contrast, the POTF II Han Bespin (both versions) were overly bulky, each with strange looking face sculpts.
The POTJ Han Bespin Capture is a VERY nice figure with some nice added articulation, However it’s just NOT neutral enough in its posing for my taste. I mean, even his jacket has a pre-posed sculpt. Also, the sculpted jacket seems to have a bulkiness that just makes it look Ill-fitting to me.
GOAL:
It took a LOT of experimentation to come up with the final “recipe” that I used to create this HAN SOLO in his “Bespin Outfit”. Of course, my goal with this figure is to reflect the cocky, cynical demeanor of the scoundrel star pilot. Hopefully, after I’m done painting him, he will really come alive! Also, he is correctly scaled in relation to the rest of the STAR WARS action figures in my collection (including other Customs). “You like me because I’m a scoundrel. There aren’t enough scoundrels in your life”
RECIPIE:
1) POTJ Han Solo Death Star Escape: (Head, Pelvis (with slight re-sculpt in crotch) )
2) POTJ Han Solo Bespin Capture: (White shirt torso)
3) Vintage Kenner Han Solo Bespin: (Arms, Legs, Torso (hollowed-out jacket only) )
4) POTF II Comm Tech Han Solo: (Left hand)
5) POTJ Rebel Trooper: (Right hand)
6) SAGA Han Solo Hoth Rescue: Holster and gun belt, Blaster pistol, Lightsaber hilt (as cylinder detail on gun belt) )
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/darklord1967/CUSTOM%20STAR%20WARS%20Action%20Figures/HanSoloBespinmailing.jpg
LUKE SKYWALKER: HOTH PATROL: *** Work In Progress***
Custom Action Figure and Photos by Roberto Williams
PROBLEM:
The Vintage Kenner Luke Hoth: This was an okay action figure, but the details were inaccurate. POTF II Luke Hoth: Once again, we have the tapered-waist and barrel chest mixed with pre-posed legs that I do not like.
GOAL:
It was my intention to create a neutrally-posed, detailed 4 inch-scale action figure of LUKE SKYWALKER in his Hoth Snow Uniform. I did NOT want to have this figure featuring the (scene-specific) bloody wounds on his face from his violent encounter with the Wampa snow beast. This figure is now nearly complete. He is awating the final paint for his pants. He has been correctly scaled in relation to the rest of the STAR WARS action figures in my collection (including other Customs). “Echo Three to Echo Seven. Han ol’ buddy, do you read me?”
RECIPIE:
1) POTJ 25th Anniversary Luke Skywalker: Swing to Freedom (Head (using the face primarily) )
2) POTF II Luke Skywalker: Hoth Outfit: (Head (carefully hollowed-out to accept a new Luke Face inside the snow head-gear) )
3) SAGA Luke Skywalker: Hoth Attack ( Full Body (wrists shortened, legs surgically straightened into a neutral pose)
4 SAGA Han Solo Hoth Rescue: (Holster, Blaster pistol)
5) SAGA Anakin Skywalker Tatooine Attack: (Metal Lightsaber hilt and blue blade)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/darklord1967/CUSTOM%20STAR%20WARS%20Action%20Figures/LukeSkywalkerHothE7871.jpg
I thought I'd share some recent photos of my custom figures. I have about 14 more to show, so this is just the first wave. This pair of figures are still works in progress. What do you think?
HAN SOLO: BESPIN OUTFIT: *** Work In Progress***
Custom Figure and Photos by Roberto Williams
PROBLEM:
I actually felt (and still do) that the Vintage Kenner Bespin Han Solo had a terrific general shape and build that I liked very much. Infortunately, the vintage Han's facial likeness was clumsy by today’s standards.
In contrast, the POTF II Han Bespin (both versions) were overly bulky, each with strange looking face sculpts.
The POTJ Han Bespin Capture is a VERY nice figure with some nice added articulation, However it’s just NOT neutral enough in its posing for my taste. I mean, even his jacket has a pre-posed sculpt. Also, the sculpted jacket seems to have a bulkiness that just makes it look Ill-fitting to me.
GOAL:
It took a LOT of experimentation to come up with the final “recipe” that I used to create this HAN SOLO in his “Bespin Outfit”. Of course, my goal with this figure is to reflect the cocky, cynical demeanor of the scoundrel star pilot. Hopefully, after I’m done painting him, he will really come alive! Also, he is correctly scaled in relation to the rest of the STAR WARS action figures in my collection (including other Customs). “You like me because I’m a scoundrel. There aren’t enough scoundrels in your life”
RECIPIE:
1) POTJ Han Solo Death Star Escape: (Head, Pelvis (with slight re-sculpt in crotch) )
2) POTJ Han Solo Bespin Capture: (White shirt torso)
3) Vintage Kenner Han Solo Bespin: (Arms, Legs, Torso (hollowed-out jacket only) )
4) POTF II Comm Tech Han Solo: (Left hand)
5) POTJ Rebel Trooper: (Right hand)
6) SAGA Han Solo Hoth Rescue: Holster and gun belt, Blaster pistol, Lightsaber hilt (as cylinder detail on gun belt) )
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/darklord1967/CUSTOM%20STAR%20WARS%20Action%20Figures/HanSoloBespinmailing.jpg
LUKE SKYWALKER: HOTH PATROL: *** Work In Progress***
Custom Action Figure and Photos by Roberto Williams
PROBLEM:
The Vintage Kenner Luke Hoth: This was an okay action figure, but the details were inaccurate. POTF II Luke Hoth: Once again, we have the tapered-waist and barrel chest mixed with pre-posed legs that I do not like.
GOAL:
It was my intention to create a neutrally-posed, detailed 4 inch-scale action figure of LUKE SKYWALKER in his Hoth Snow Uniform. I did NOT want to have this figure featuring the (scene-specific) bloody wounds on his face from his violent encounter with the Wampa snow beast. This figure is now nearly complete. He is awating the final paint for his pants. He has been correctly scaled in relation to the rest of the STAR WARS action figures in my collection (including other Customs). “Echo Three to Echo Seven. Han ol’ buddy, do you read me?”
RECIPIE:
1) POTJ 25th Anniversary Luke Skywalker: Swing to Freedom (Head (using the face primarily) )
2) POTF II Luke Skywalker: Hoth Outfit: (Head (carefully hollowed-out to accept a new Luke Face inside the snow head-gear) )
3) SAGA Luke Skywalker: Hoth Attack ( Full Body (wrists shortened, legs surgically straightened into a neutral pose)
4 SAGA Han Solo Hoth Rescue: (Holster, Blaster pistol)
5) SAGA Anakin Skywalker Tatooine Attack: (Metal Lightsaber hilt and blue blade)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/darklord1967/CUSTOM%20STAR%20WARS%20Action%20Figures/LukeSkywalkerHothE7871.jpg