Restaurajones
Super Freak
Good job in the paint!! really you have made a improvement on it!!
And very nice figures
And very nice figures
Repaints and customs by icruise
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icruise
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A couple of more Jabbas.
Vintage Jabba metal miniature from West End Games (painted by me). It's 2" x 0.75" large, so it looks better in person.
I really hate the POTF Jabba figure. The sculpt is based on the terrible CGI version from the special edition of ANH, the paint job is very bare-bones, and the way they did the eyes (plastic eyeballs inset into the head) must have sounded like a good idea, but makes it look like one of those haunted house portraits with the moving eyes. Anyway, I was able to get a second one on ebay for about $1.50, so I decided to repaint it.
BEFORE
Another thing I dislike about this figure is that you can't turn his torso so that he's facing to the side, which is how we normally imagine Jabba. So I decided to fix this. It was actually pretty hard. I had to dremel the hell out of it since it's sealed shut and the plastic is insanely hard and thick.
AFTER
Probably not my best work, but think it's a bit better now.
Vintage Jabba metal miniature from West End Games (painted by me). It's 2" x 0.75" large, so it looks better in person.
I really hate the POTF Jabba figure. The sculpt is based on the terrible CGI version from the special edition of ANH, the paint job is very bare-bones, and the way they did the eyes (plastic eyeballs inset into the head) must have sounded like a good idea, but makes it look like one of those haunted house portraits with the moving eyes. Anyway, I was able to get a second one on ebay for about $1.50, so I decided to repaint it.
BEFORE
Another thing I dislike about this figure is that you can't turn his torso so that he's facing to the side, which is how we normally imagine Jabba. So I decided to fix this. It was actually pretty hard. I had to dremel the hell out of it since it's sealed shut and the plastic is insanely hard and thick.
AFTER
Probably not my best work, but think it's a bit better now.
Devil_666
Super Freak
Probably not my best work, but think it's a bit better now.
A bit!? Dude it's 1000x better! Great work.
icruise
Super Freak
When I got my vintage Jabba shampoo bottle a while ago, I actually won an auction for two of them. Since I had an extra, I decided to repaint one of them. Something about the sculpt reminds me of a Buddha or other idol so instead of going for the realistic look, I made it look like a bronze statue. I permanently attached the head to the body and also sanded it a little bit all over with some fine grain sandpaper to help the paint stick to the plastic. The flash makes the "patina" effect a bit more prominent than it is in person.
galactiboy
OT Preferist
That is awesome Great faux bronze technique
Great faux bronze technique 
Mr. Fusion
Super Freak
BEFORE
Another thing I dislike about this figure is that you can't turn his torso so that he's facing to the side, which is how we normally imagine Jabba. So I decided to fix this. It was actually pretty hard. I had to dremel the hell out of it since it's sealed shut and the plastic is insanely hard and thick.
AFTER
Probably not my best work, but think it's a bit better now.
That's amazing! Looks worlds better.
This is just the cutest!
icruise
Super Freak
I cut up a stuffed Christmas ornament to get the beard and outfit for Jabba Claus.
MANDO
Super Freak
Jabba Claus! That's too much! Love the Hasbro repaint and that faux bronze shapoo bottle is ace!
Love the Hasbro repaint and that faux bronze shapoo bottle is ace!
icruise
Super Freak
I've done a few more custom Mighty Muggs to go with my Jabba that I posted earlier: Bib Fortuna, Oola, and the Rancor.
icruise
Super Freak
I thought I would resurrect this thread to add my repaint of the 2010 Hasbro Vintage Collection Jabba and throne. I have some information about it on my blog.
Also, I recently finished painting the AMT/ERTL Rancor. Took quite a while, although that's mostly because I had troubling finding the time to work on it. I added a custom base to it. There's more info on my blog (in my signature). More info on my blog.
This is how it started out:
And this is the finished product:
Also, I recently finished painting the AMT/ERTL Rancor. Took quite a while, although that's mostly because I had troubling finding the time to work on it. I added a custom base to it. There's more info on my blog (in my signature). More info on my blog.
This is how it started out:
And this is the finished product:
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