build your own tusken raider thread

[barryo]

oh yea, hurricane has definitely set the bench mark. he is pretty much all encompassing of that which is star wars...........

 

[BHD2]

If its not clones now its Tusken Raiders. And here I was planning to work on some Romans......sigh, what do I do?

Awesome Tuskens everyone, whenever I get around to doing one I may just steal your tips Hurricane! The best thing about yours is the fact one can just make one without needing the orginal Hasbro. And some of that is what I was planning to do whenever I got around to it (atleast the head idea).

"They will return in numbers....."
"Good, then we will have a nice choir sound" Sorry, I had to do it rofl

Edit:

I found this yesterday when looking around randomly. It won't help me because I'm broke, but for someone else its a damn good deal

https://cgi.ebay.com/3-Star-Wars-12...emQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item1e5b042df3

 

[barryo]

done with another tusker...........

i modified the gaffi stick a bit & made it about an inch & a half longer..........

 

[bidufarewell]

These are just perfect barryo, can't wait to get one (or two) of my own! You've really nailed how to do these guys now, brilliant.

 

[xil3f]

beautifully made hurricane

 

[clparker04]

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this is my first try at a tuskin raider after seeing yours I had to have a go still have some work to do to it and going to get a second one as well not sure how to get the photos bigger!!

 

[barryo]

from what i can see it looks pretty darn good. my only nit & a slight one at that would be to add few more wrappings around the head to fill it out a tad more. i ran into the same thing & it had a sunken in skull look to it.
but overall..................

 

[clparker04]

Thanks Barryo I have now added more head wraps and now working on making a Tusken rifle to go with the second one

 

[automaton]

love them all!

 

[hemble]

Ok these new lot of Sand people are awesome and very inspirational, all I have to do now is try and find some to do myself.

Ron

 

[FLOSI]

Great work Barry! Thanks for the tutorial!


I had started on one of these last year and tried using fabric tape for the wrappings.... ended up not working very well.

Anyway, might give it another shot and follow some of your tips.

 

[clparker04]

Great work Barry! Thanks for the tutorial!


I had started on one of these last year and tried using fabric tape for the wrappings.... ended up not working very well.

Anyway, might give it another shot and follow some of your tips.

try using a first aid bandage or a field dressing cut up in to thin strips

 

[FLOSI]

I was using athletic tape. Same difference?

 

[clparker04]

Hi All here are some more photos of my Raider


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and the start of my scrach built Tusken Raider Rifle

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What do you guys think. still not sure how to show the photos bigger. I don't no how

 

[hemble]

clparker04 looking great alreay andthe rifle is coming along extremely nice.

Ron

 

[clparker04]

Hi again here are some more photos

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[clparker04]

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I would like to send a big thank you out to Mark for helping me with adding the large photos thank you.

so what do you guys think

 

[barryo]

thats ace work there man. great job on the tusker & that rifle................

now throw him in the dirt a bit..............

 

[clparker04]

He is abit to clean isn't he

 

[clparker04]

Here are a couple more photos of my raider with a bit of dirt on him

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the before and the after

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How's it looking now is there any one else doing any raiders I would love to see what you have make of the figure