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  • Tothiro
    Kitten Mittens
    • Aug 28, 2008
    • 1342

    Another Star Wars Just Started

    There's a LOT of work to do before it's ready to remold... but I just started busting this guy down to rebuild this weekend...

  • blastphemey
    Persistent Member
    • Jun 11, 2008
    • 1112

    #2
    i like him so far.

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    • alex
      Permanent Member
      • Jun 15, 2009
      • 3142

      #3
      I would love to see any other custom star wars 8 inch, that u have done.

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      • SlipperyLilSuckers
        MeGoing
        • May 14, 2003
        • 9031

        #4
        OH WOW. I LOVE the way you think.

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        • JediJaida
          Talkative Member
          • Jun 14, 2008
          • 5671

          #5
          Are you going to be making more than one of these? Cuz if you are, I'd like one.
          JediJaida

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          • vulcan2074
            Live Long and Prosper
            • Mar 23, 2008
            • 7811

            #6
            I like where this is heading. Sweet
            Sammy

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            • Timothy2251
              Jerks beef with Ten Bears
              • Mar 15, 2008
              • 1959

              #7
              If you make it, I'll buy it!
              "It's sad that governments are chiefed by the double tongues. There is iron in your words of death for all Comanche to see, and so there is iron in your words of life. No signed paper can hold the iron. It must come from men. The words of Ten Bears carries the same iron of life and death. It is good that warriors such as we meet in the struggle of life... or death. It shall be life."

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              • BlackKnight
                The DarkSide Customizer
                • Apr 16, 2005
                • 14622

                #8
                That is Very cool.
                Some Stretch String tied to the Head, strung down to a Pin the Can would make the Head Rotate very easy too.
                Great Stuff.
                ... The Original Knight ..., Often Imitated, However Never Duplicated. The 1st Knight in Customs.


                always trading for Hot Toys Figures .

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                • Tothiro
                  Kitten Mittens
                  • Aug 28, 2008
                  • 1342

                  #9
                  Originally posted by BlackKnight
                  That is Very cool.
                  Some Stretch String tied to the Head, strung down to a Pin the Can would make the Head Rotate very easy too.
                  Great Stuff.
                  This is actually an Estes model rocket from 1999 - the head held the return parachute (deployed via a weight in the top that popped the head out once it turned upside down). It's a pretty nice seam, and the head base fits cleanly inside the "can" so it already rotates via that assembly. My big dilemma has been "shoulder" rotation, whether to make one solid rod that joins both legs through the clamshell of the front and back of the can, or two independent sockets that snap in place... etc.

                  I'm already building out the disc "shoulders" on the can body... So today I decided the easiest route would probably be to design the legs and shoulders with ratchet articulation like a T2 knee, and sculpt in a hook assembly on a stick on each leg so one can be joined to the other inside via a rubber band or elastic, similar to a standard T2. That way they'd be independent, but also hold positions so the "can" may be tilted back and hold that pose. Also, this means I could cast the can section as one piece and abandon the fussy clamshell system I'd already started, which would probably simplify casting.

                  The only drawback to that is that the head would simply rest in the can assembly now, because with a clamshell I could have put a groove in the interior that the head locked into when the clamshell closed over it (via one screw in the back) which would lock the head in as a permanent joint ... I'm on the fence as to how important that really is. I mean... don't jawas randomly pop the heads of R2 units anyway?
                  Last edited by Tothiro; Aug 25, '09, 1:51 AM.

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                  • BlackKnight
                    The DarkSide Customizer
                    • Apr 16, 2005
                    • 14622

                    #10
                    ^^^ Rotation with the Head would be Key with me... I like that feature.
                    As far as the Joints for his Arms,.. I'd do what was Best. I don't think I remember an Ar-2 Unit ever Moving only 1 arm at Once..., I believe they Both always Moved at the same time.
                    .. You Know what would be cool ?... Hasbro has made a Slew of Sound Action Ar-2 Units the last few yrs,.. You should steal the Sound Chip for Yours.
                    ... The Original Knight ..., Often Imitated, However Never Duplicated. The 1st Knight in Customs.


                    always trading for Hot Toys Figures .

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                    • The Kryptonite Kid
                      Museum Gunslinger
                      • Oct 15, 2007
                      • 1230

                      #11
                      Sweet! Perfect scale
                      NO SIR, I DIDN'T SEE YOU PLAYING WITH YOUR DOLLS AGAIN.



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                      • 60'schild
                        Silver Haired Silver Ager
                        • Mar 27, 2009
                        • 0

                        #12
                        Looking really good so far!!

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