Evolution: Custom to Hasbro

Wullf Yularen - appears in a white tunic in the briefing room scene of Star Wars :A New Hope. This is where Vader force chokes an Imperial for "wrong thought"...

He's a grumpy lookin' fella.

Started off as a repainted POTF Tarkin figure w/the head from a Mego Buck Rogers Dr Huer head with sculpey mustache

Then a Count Dooku head w/beard sanded off, and hair re-sculpted

Finally Hasbro released him ...

BUT.... the pants should have been black ... according to the nerdy manuals and comics, so his pants got a coat of black.

Bad, Cheap, Simple Dioramas

Trying to find cool ways to show off the customs ... blank white backdrop? Blue? Grey?

Images from a galaxy far far away ...CHECK

What I made ... What They Made 4

Over the years some of my customs were way ahead of hasbro - not in quality , just in the creation. Weak skills, sort of winging it, my were a perfect filler until Hasbro finally gets them made...

Thanks to Rebelscum.com and JediInsider.Com for their image banks (saves me a whole lotta pic taking)

A Rodian Mechanic - who got a name years later as Pax Bonkik

My early Quinlan Vos was an amalgam of Han Solo head, Episode 1 Kenobi and Ki Adi Mundi

My Tagge had a Davy Jones wig I guess

Talon Karrde , one the first I ever did, just in a different outfit

BG-J38, another of my earliest works, wrong color, and almost got the head right...meh

Chief Bast

Wedge in Dress Uniform

Butlar Swan ( a real pain to try to sculpt hair)

finally a Weequay Skiff Guard who is coming out later in 2011

Snow Snow Snow

Every now and then I'll take the toys out for a day outside. Yes, it's a weird sight, a grown man and his toys and a camera... nothing to see here... move on , move on

Star Trek- crew members who died

More head swapping.

Playmates had a run of 4 inch action figures for all the Star Trek shows ( minus Enterprise...I'm one of the few who liked that show)

These figures were the some of the easiest to customize - due to the size, it took seconds to crack open the bodies with a thin flat head screw driver pushed into the waist. So head swaps were simple and smooth.

So heres a run of extra crewmen - most of which probably died in a klingon attack or an away mission gone horribly wrong... how many died in a gas cloud, energy beam or alien hugs.

Head Swapping Like Mad

Some of the simplest customs are part of an army builder approach. Buy a few soldiers , guards, troopers and pop off and swap the heads. PRESTO - conscripts for the imperial navy, or new commandos for a rebel strike force, or extra security for Cloud City.

Figures from other 3 3/4 lines ( G.I. Joe, Dragonheart, Star Trek, Marvel Universe) as well as figures from within the line; all work perfectly.

Sometimes I have to drill out the hole in th ebase of the head, of shave down the neck post to make a perfect fit. If its too loose, a little crazy glue, and BAM