My Kind Of Scum customs, update 8/26 TFA 3po

[my kind of scum]

I recently got a new camera and finished up a group of new customs. After photographing them, I figured I should go back and shoot some of my recent (and some not so recent) customs as my old pics were pretty awful comparitively. High time I started a thread here and quit lurking...

First up, the new ones:

This is my Utai traveller. Used the Clegg Holdfast body and the Legacy Utai limbs.

This is a lazy custom. Head is from the TPM Naboo Guard. Honestly, I planned to do some paint work to this one, but after I had him put together, I sort of just fell in love with him as is. He wil most likely play a role in my forthcoming photonovel if it ever gets off the ground.

Probably my favorite of this current batch, but I love sullustans. Another traveller from somewhere mid-rim. The cowl is the alternate hood from TVC Wicket. Does look a little strange from the side as the earholes are too large, but I like how it looks from the front.

My Abyssin mechanic. Wanted to make his pants worn like he had been crawling around under speeders. Will probably take a heavier weathering pass on his shirt especially before he makes an appearance in my photonovel.

Here's one I stole mostly from Chewie. (Never would have purchased that Spider-man Lizard figure if I hadn't seen him use it as a Barabel. Now I'm considering buying a couple more...) The main body is the Indy grail knight with the scarf from the Sandstorm wave.

This is supposed to be a hastily repainted protocol droid. Tried to slather the paint on kind of heavily to make it look like its new owner was not the best painter in the galaxy.

Older customs in the next post...

 

[my kind of scum]

And on with some recent favorites of mine.

This is my Weequay head of security/creature handler. Another pretty simple no paint custom, but I am happy with him. The creature is from the Red Faction toyline. The leash is from G.I. Joe as are the chest straps (zombie viper).

A close-up. Torso is from Concept Anakin - figured the heavily gloved right hand would work well with the leash.

Another reuse of the zombie viper accessories. Figured this worked well as a random background outer rim spacer. And a great way to disguise the TVC endor rebel head without it being obvious which head was used. (I ended up with a ton of endor rebel heads at the time of the 4.00 Wal-mart clearance)

Another thug working as security for the same Hutt as the weequay creature handler.

A Nautolan cantina patron. I'm currently reworking the paint on his outfit as it came out really shiny.

Another of the Hutt's security entourage (with a female bounty hunter in the background).

Better shot of the bounty hunter. Entirely modern joe parts. Head is from the night creeper, body from one of the first movie figures - I believe it was Scarlett.

More older figures in next post...

 

[my kind of scum]

And on with more of my "greatest hits..."

My intention here was Chiss initially, but I went more Pantoran in the end. I need to do more paint work on the body I suppose - just noticed that the Joe movie logo was still on the Helix body base.

Just another traveler - always looking to crank out a few human backgrounders as I tend to work more on aliens...

Now this one is really really old, but is still one of my favorite customs I've ever done. Wanted another Duros for the background of one of my Tattooine scenes and this one came together.

One of the first figures I painted after switching to Tamiya acrylics. I think the paint on the armor is a little heavy, but am still happy with him.

Another Sullustan. I just love these guys.


A couple more pics in the following post...

 

[my kind of scum]

Alright, a couple of bonus shots...

Here's another new one I hadn't taken pictures of with the others as the dullcote was still drying. I wanted to have a background neimoidian that wasn't in robes like all the ones we saw in the films. Tried to make him look tall and lanky. Not sure how I feel about him yet...

And a work in progress... A gonk droid that I am trying some weathering processes out on (you can still see salt residue on it) Not sure how I feel about the color. Need to darken it up, I think.

Well, let me know what you think. Thanks for looking!

 

[darth naes]

Really cool customs. The weequay creature handler looks really good. Welcome.

 

[YAK_Chewie]

So glad you are sharing your work here - these are some very professional looking customs and I'm extremely blown away by your talents. You've got some very unique but fitting customs for the Star Wars universe here.

The green Death Star droid just rocks - I love the paint scheme here, and would love to try and duplicate this.

And the Sullustan with the Wicket hat is perfect! I love this species too and am amazed at how cool this figure looks.

You've made a great use out of those zombie viper accessories too - I'll need to keep that in mind because I have a zombie viper for parts that I'm wanting to use.

Another highlight for me is the Neimoidian - always a fan of that species.

Very good work on all of these and thank you for sharing them with us on this side of the pond.

:wink:

 

[ghostskull18]

Awesome work!

 

[hyperdrive]

I love that green protocol Droid. Metallic green makes him look so insectoid-like. That's a great looking color choice but it also looks like you added some weathering. Very cool looking figure.

 

[my kind of scum]

Thank you all for the kind words! I really appreciate it.

 

[YAK_Chewie]

On that Gonk Droid, if you're not happy with the color, you could give it a bit of a black wash. And the panels, you could paint those a differnet color. But it looks really good "as is" to me.

:wink:

 

[DanOfTheDead]

You've got some really clever designs, very nice!

 

[stroebel83]

Very cool stuff. What is that purple background? I love it. You do awesome shading(?) the layers. The greens and purples are superb.

 

[my kind of scum]

Thanks again, everyone.

The background for the first set of photos is a custom ship made for me by the amazing Hangarbay. I purchased the large Wall-e truck and commissioned him to paint and detail it for me into a ship for a photonove series I hope to get to eventually. After the holiday weekend, I will try to post some shots of it. It is a very cool piece.

 

[YAK_Chewie]

:wink:

 

[drod26]

awesome figures man!!! Congrats on making the front page..

 

[Lance Quazar]

These customs are nothing short of astounding!!!

Some truly spectacular designs here - extremely imaginative use of parts.

All executed with absolutely top notch painting.

Bravo, sir. These are absolutely remarkable.

 

[JediMerc]

Your experimentation with different looks for figures and mix-matching accessories looks great. There are some nice paint touches as well (like the painted scruff on the pant knees on one.

Your work looks great; congrats on the front page!

 

[my kind of scum]

Wow. Thanks for the kind words, everyone. And front-paged? Sweet! I'm humbled.

 

[YAK_Chewie]

Wow. Thanks for the kind words, everyone. And front-paged? Sweet! I'm humbled.

Love your customs. They're damn fine work.

:wink:

 

[my kind of scum]

Wow. Thanks for the kind words, everyone. And front-paged? Sweet! I'm humbled.

Love your customs. They're damn fine work.

:wink:

That means a ton coming from you.

So amazed by the reception I've received here overall. Thanks for being such a great and supportive group!