Chakaman's customs, mods and repaints

[Chakaman]

 

[BottleRocket]

Congratulations on the baby. Be careful though, they can slow your hobbies down a bit but they are totally worth it.

Judging by your wall you already have all of his college paid for and then some.

Awesome collection. I loved seeing the Droids cartoon represented. I used to love that show as a kid.

 

[Darth_IMPoor]

Awesome stuff Chaka. I didn't know you had 3 3/4 stuff as well. Congrats on Chaka Jr. too. You bring him up proper now...4,5,6,1,2,3 (maybe just 4,5,6 )

More pics please!

 

[Chakaman]

Thanks for the congratulations guys, I am very excited.

No worries Darth, he will be brought up a OT boy!!

 

[Chakaman]

I was able to finish my 3rd Sandtrooper today, the black pauldron one.

Here are some shots of my squad.....

 

[Chakaman]

Here is a shot of the Dewback that Ryan repainted. I still need to redo the trooper and get him a proper bucket, but I had to get him in these shots.

I did the saddle, saddle bags out of sculpy. I still need to do a few touchups on it, but so far so good. I will take some more pics soon.

Great paintjob Ryan!!

 

[the dude person]

Wow, those pics look great!

I sure missed a lot on this thread... Congrats on becoming a father Chaka! Any thoughts on a name for your kid? Luke perhaps?



Very nice job on the squad, they do look much better with Marmit buckets!

 

[Ryan1982]

great work chak! glad u like it.
congrats on the kiddo too buddy

 

[Dinosoar Daz]

Hey Chaka, congrats on the first born Loving the mods, your troopers are stunning. Loving the kenner collection too!

 

[Chakaman]

thanks for the kind words guys.

 

[Chakaman]

Jason (Lopie) was kind enough to send me a Luke Skywalker head cast. I thought it would be a nice upgrade to the SSC Bespin Luke. I started to paint him up. I decided to go with the battle damaged look.

I am not quite finished, but here are a couple of pictures..

any feedback would be appreciated, I am still learning when it comes to painting heads.

Thanks again Jason for the cast!

 

[LOPIE]

Looks great, I hate painting heads I suck at it. But you pulled it off.

 

[dh4]

Nice custom!

 

[Chakaman]

Thanks guys. I need to work on the left eye a bit, but I am happy with it so far. Jason, thanks again!!

I also am redoing my Skiffmaster. I never was really happy with the length of the tunic, so I made it a bit longer. I am also planning on using Unsung's amazing sculpt....

Nothing is painted, just piecing everything together.

 

[feroze13]

Chris, that's awesome!!!, what kind of material did you use for the tunic?

 

[Chakaman]

Chris, that's awesome!!!, what kind of material did you use for the tunic?

Its a tunic Bill (Vivisect) did for me a while back. I did some alterations to it, but its great. I think he was talking about doing some more of these when he gets caught up on a few other projects first.

 

[Chakaman]

I had some time today and decided to work on the skiffmaster. I repainted the tunic a light tan color then weathered. I wanted it to have more brown than black.

I also did a base coat and some work on the head. He is still not finished, but getting there. Here is what I have so far....

Sorry for the blurry pic, I was in a hurry. Ill take some better ones when he is finished.

 

[bidufarewell]

Awesome job as always Chakaman, have four of Unsung's heads, two painted, two unpainted, should keep me busy for the winter!

 

[Chakaman]

Thanks mate. Looking forward to seeing those.

Here are some better pics of him. These are taken while on my display shelf.

 

[the dude person]

Wow Chaka, it's amazing how perfect each of them look.


The weathering on that vest is excellent by the way! Looks like it's made of some sort of giant lizard-ish skin, like the Star Wars equivalent of a crocodile or something. Very nice work.

Can't wait to see the skiffmaster all the way finished!