Yakfinities #70 - DROIDS - WINNERS POSTED

Yakfinities #70 - Choose the Theme

  • Droids

    Votes: 10 38.5%
  • Desert Gear

    Votes: 3 11.5%
  • Entertainers

    Votes: 3 11.5%
  • Concept Series

    Votes: 8 30.8%
  • First Order Vs. The Resistance

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Pre-Disney Expanded Universe

    Votes: 2 7.7%

  • Total voters
    26
  • Poll closed .

huttman

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Thanks! Well, it was taken from a low angle on my computer desk. Solo was playing on the monitor but you can't see in the pic. When I take my photos of figures, I try to be as low as possible and use my phone with a cool little fold-able tripod by Joby.
 

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johnmorog":bgnpbowy said:
darthvlad":bgnpbowy said:
Great work on PZ. I thought it was a unique design when I first saw TFA and I'm curious as to why she's built the way she is... probably the model type would be the obvious guess, but the reasons why they elongated the neck. And why we've never seen other PZs about. Anyway, I like your update on PZ.
It is designed after the species of aliens who created it :)

Lol...I heard that too. Makes sense, although they must have been awkward runners and bumped their heads a lot!
 

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darthvlad":2j2f5tc0 said:
Great work on PZ. I thought it was a unique design when I first saw TFA and I'm curious as to why she's built the way she is... probably the model type would be the obvious guess, but the reasons why they elongated the neck. And why we've never seen other PZs about. Anyway, I like your update on PZ.

Thank You!
 

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ImperialOfficer":3eei6ec4 said:
DC-5PR "Decomposer" Droid

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These droids roam junkyards, dismantling things with their industrial strength lasers. Recently they have begun to pop up in various criminal syndicates as both pit fighters and battle droids.

Fantastic! That looks so menacing!
 

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I-am-Boba-Fett":1oqm2bp6 said:
Here's a custom Star Wars SUPER ARTICULATED 8D8 DROID figure.

Love this! I am so waiting for a Hasbro SA 8D8 and 9D9.....................
 

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darthvlad":1j9i88ny said:
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LL-3PO aka Two-El
LL-3PO supervised an automated workforce of nerfherders on Alderaan who was a victim of prank and the ill-fortune of his owner. The history is such: Two-El’s owner, a Republic-credit pinching farmer named Sydé Choa, was cranky and growled at the local teenagers to “stay off his farm!” Tired of his relentless antagonizing, a few of the teenagers snuck onto the farm while Two-El was powered down for the evening and removed the unsuspecting protocol droids right arm. Infuriated by his discovery, Sydé went to the local parts market in the city to find Two-El a new arm. After spending most of the day going from vendor to vendor without finding the right match to Two-El’s arm, Sydé was ready to give up hope until he found the arm at the next vendor’s place. Ecstatic to find a matching arm, the farmer immediately bought it and returned to the farm to replace the protocol droid’s missing arm. Upon reactivation, Sydé realized to his horror that in his excitement at finding the right pattern at the vendor’s he had bought the a left-side arm. Due to his tight budget, the farmer was unable to rectify the mistake and Two-El with two left arms, which drew heckles from passing teenagers on their way to school. LL-3PO was embarrassed by his situation and often hid his arm from view.

What a great color for a droid and I love the arm story. I had a similar situation with a princess Leia arm, but Tunghori sent me a proper one quick! I can't help but wonder, did inspiration for LL come from this pic? Or is the LL and blue color a throwback to some classic Lego space?
 

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my kind of scum":1r3sz077 said:
Oh yeah, I forgot the parts lists. The head of CT is from a War of Order figure (they have them at bigbadtoystore.com) and I am not sure where the head of Commo came from. It has been in my fodder box for awhile. The side of the head said "Max" Everything other than the heads are build a droid parts.

Great droids, but where did you get that awesome industrial background? Is that custom?
 

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huttman":kwq9hh7u said:
What a great color for a droid and I love the arm story. I had a similar situation with a princess Leia arm, but Tunghori sent me a proper one quick! I can't help but wonder, did inspiration for LL come from this pic? Or is the LL and blue color a throwback to some classic Lego space?

Thanks for the compliments!

Yeah, either I was in a rush at the store when I was building mine or the ebay seller sent me one with two arms (I didn't realize until I pulled the figure out to do the paint... could be either but the I bought some more from the ebay seller and got a white 3-PO but it came with the CZ arms (which is not what's depicted in the photo on the listing). I might see what he can do to rectify it.

I was inspired by mousedroidhoojib's art deco inspiration to do this teal and gold color scheme. Plus, I wanted to challenge myself a bit instead of doing a straight repaint. I honestly have never seen that protocol droid in that picture you provided. I really like it. Reminds me of 2-1B a bit... I might have to try my hand at that one. Thanks! :cry: :lol:
 

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And in looking for a post here, I realized I didn't even see most of page 3!

ImperialOfficer, those are some nice droids. I don't think I'd like to encounter a Slaughter Droid in any location let alone the darkened alley scenario. The Bomb Disposal Droid is a pretty cool concept and very intimidating. the FO PZ is also a cool take on the design as are the Battle Droids. Definitely like the "Maintenance" Droid and its story.

darthapathy, love XA-22 and TA-001. And Kel is a nice repaint. Which color did you use for the assassin droid? Love the backstories for all of your submissions.
 
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my kind of scum":p6dmd2m9 said:
Oh yeah, I forgot the parts lists. The head of CT is from a War of Order figure (they have them at bigbadtoystore.com) and I am not sure where the head of Commo came from. It has been in my fodder box for awhile. The side of the head said "Max" Everything other than the heads are build a droid parts.

Great droids, but where did you get that awesome industrial background? Is that custom?

It's called the Ubiquitous diorama system. They carry it on Bigbadtoystore.com as well - it's expensive but worth it in my opinion. The lighting options are really cool.
 

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Poor Biggs. He spent most of his credits so that in a couple of weeks, he could jump ship when his Imperial frigate reaches a core system and join the Rebellion with his friends.

He spent all evening haggling with a Jawa for a stove top droid, but in the end, he didn't have enough to buy it.
 

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sam1":3i92hl0l said:
Poor Biggs. He spent most of his credits so that in a couple of weeks, he could jump ship when his Imperial frigate reaches a core system and join the Rebellion with his friends.

He spent all evening haggling with a Jawa for a stove top droid, but in the end, he didn't have enough to buy it.
Love this!!!
 

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my kind of scum":3047co4o said:
It's called the Ubiquitous diorama system. They carry it on Bigbadtoystore.com as well - it's expensive but worth it in my opinion. The lighting options are really cool.

Wow...thank you for this. Thank God for Paypal credit...
 

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darthvlad":2e42ec2j said:
And in looking for a post here, I realized I didn't even see most of page 3!

darthapathy, love XA-22 and TA-001. And Kel is a nice repaint. Which color did you use for the assassin droid? Love the backstories for all of your submissions.
Thanks. For Kel I used Folk Art Gunmetal Gray. It's part of their Metallic line of paints. As for the backstories, most are inspired by adventures played (or ran) in the Star Wars RPG. The backstory on OZ-3PO was exactly how the adventure went. Our mission group was to find an Imperial supply shuttle that had crashed on a nameless moon. We were to download the ships navigational computer and salvage whatever equipment we could.
 

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4D6-J-A7
The RA-7 protocol droid 4D6-J-A7 served the Galactic Empire's Imperial Security Bureau as an administrative assistant during the Age of the Empire. As a result of intrusion protection applied on her databanks, 4D6-J-A7 developed a conceited attitude that led to her looking down on other droids of lower station. She was present in the Empire's Citadel Tower on the planet Scarif when a battle against the Rebel Alliance began, which culminated in the tower's destruction by the Empire's Death Star superweapon.
 

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My entry is shadow, a protocol droid who witnessed his owner being killed by the 1st order.
His owner left a handprint on his droid when he told it to escape but something broke in the droid causing it to wander aimlessly in desert. A spooky backstory to tie into Halloween!
 

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0-RA-7O
0-RA-7O was a white Imperial protocol droid assigned to the secret coaxium processing plant on Vandor 1, which named after Palpatine's senior administrative aide, Sly Moore . After an unfortunate incident by an incompetent chemist (or if you believe the Imperial Holonews the explosion was the work of Rebel saboteurs) that ignited the unrefined hyperfuel and incinerated all organic beings in the path of the blast wave. Somehow 0-RA-7O survived, though her casing was permanently scared with a blast shadow from one of her Imperial colleagues who had been standing mere feet from the droid as well as obtained an eerie cool blue glow about the rest of her due to her prolonged exposure to raw Coaxium radiation.

There had been talk from locals who had seen an Imperial protocol droid fitting 0-RA0-7O's description who would seemingly disintegrate or disappear before them and reappear in a distant location, which suggested that the plant was really a front for a military research center and the Empire had been working on a new secret weapon using hyperfuel.