Chakaman's customs, mods and repaints

[Chakaman]

Nice Chris! I have both those on my to do list as well. I may actually need your help with some of the clothing. I'll hit you up when the time comes

Sounds good Nate. Thanks.

Great work mate they look awesome. Love the Gotal head in the background as well. I picked up 2 from Duane.

Thanks mate. Gotal is a great sculpt. I'm looking forward to doing the outfit. Two eh? Looking forward to seeing what you come up with.

 

[Chakaman]

I did some paint work on Nysad tonight. Still need to do some touch ups around the eyes. Also, Nysad doesnt have horns on the sides of his head so I may trim them down/off. Im not sure what I am going to do, so those arent really finished. Getting there.....

 

[Chakaman]

I have shown you guys these before, but I finished modding another bandolier today. I thought you guys might want to see these since they are good for Jawas, Tuskens and skiff guards/bounty hunters. They are the "DiD Albert Brown" bandoliers modded with some studs added to them.

 

[Kodiak3d]

Great work!

 

[OutLander]

I have shown you guys these before, but I finished modding another bandolier today. I thought you guys might want to see these since they are good for Jawas, Tuskens and skiff guards/bounty hunters. They are the "DiD Albert Brown" bandoliers modded with some studs added to them.

WOW...that bandolier looks 1:1....just fantastic....I'll have to keep an eye out for one. Thanks for the heads up.

 

[Hewer]

Looks great mate, I'll have to check out those bandoliers as they look pretty cool.

 

[The_Darkness_Predator]

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Nysad looks great!

I thought the Tusken was a full scale reference for a couple of seconds.

As always, thanks for the helpful tips and photos.

 

[Chakaman]

Thanks guys.

Steven, good to see you back at it.

 

[Chakaman]

Some more progress on Nysad. I weathered/distressed the helmet and painted the cloth neck guard....

 

[Son Of Dengar]

Awesome stuff Chakaman. The depth in his eyes in so great. Vacant, yet focused. Like a soldier. I love it! Wondering what type of bodies you use for your guys. I'm making my first custom now, and I'm using the new Sideshow body.

 

[Chakaman]

Thanks man. For most of my customs, I use the TT knockoffs on ebay. They are from Asia and run about $22-25.00 shipped.

I was able to get Lando's belt and holster done tonight. Next up will be wrist guantlets and (sigh) the boots.

 

[The_Darkness_Predator]

Thanks guys.

Steven, good to see you back at it.

I feel like a soldier returning home sometimes.

I always look forward to seeing your new pics and updates. You have brilliant ideas. I even want to outright copy some of your creations, i.e., George C. Scott as an Imp.

 

[Natedog]

So far so good Chris. I don't know why they gave Billy sandals with gators. Maybe he didn't like to get sweaty feet during shooting. lol

Good luck!

 

[Chakaman]

I feel like a soldier returning home sometimes.

I always look forward to seeing your new pics and updates. You have brilliant ideas. I even want to outright copy some of your creations, i.e., George C. Scott as an Imp.

Thanks man. Hell, I don't know how many ideas I have copied from you. That's what makes this forum great.

So far so good Chris. I don't know why they gave Billy sandals with gators. Maybe he didn't like to get sweaty feet during shooting. lol
Good luck!

Yeah I know, pretty odd. Going to be tough to replicate. I'll give it a shot though.

 

[Hewer]

Thats good to know about the copied TT bodies as I have seen them on ebay and wondered if they were any good as they are so cheap.

 

[Son Of Dengar]

I'm in awe of you guys, I don't know where ya'll find the time. Lando is looking sublime Chaka!

 

[Chakaman]

Thats good to know about the copied TT bodies as I have seen them on ebay and wondered if they were any good as they are so cheap.

They are pretty decent. A couple of mine have loose joints, but that is probably to be expected given where they come from. For articulation and proportions, can't beat them for the price. I usually buy 4-5 at a time. I am slowly trying to upgrade all of my figures.

I'm in awe of you guys, I don't know where ya'll find the time. Lando is looking sublime Chaka!

Thanks man. I don't know where I find my time either, I'm pretty busy these days. I make time in the evenings when I can.

 

[The_Darkness_Predator]

They are pretty decent. A couple of mine have loose joints, but that is probably to be expected given where they come from. For articulation and proportions, can't beat them for the price. I usually buy 4-5 at a time. I am slowly trying to upgrade all of my figures.

I was wondering too if you found some good base bodies. The ones I have tried for the most part have loose joints too. I have done the super glue treatment and even taped inside some of the joints. There are some joints now that have screws you can tighten after removing the joints from the legs. That worked.

Thanks man. I don't know where I find my time either, I'm pretty busy these days. I make time in the evenings when I can.

Yep, Sometimes I have to work 70/80+ hour weeks to finish a work project, then take vacation time the next to do my stuff.

 

[j14]

Hi Chris, have you seen these bodies?

https://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=371178092051&alt=web

Seem to be smaller in stature than the usual bodies. I think all of my customs are on the knock off TTs.

As you say you can't go wrong for the price.

 

[Chakaman]

Steven, I had to mod some of my bodies as well. I wasn't too upset really given their price. Like I said they are decent. They do the job.

Those look nice J. Have you tried them out?