Chakaman's customs, mods and repaints

[Chakaman]

Had no idea. I just bondo'ed the whole back of the magnet to a junk Dragon head and redid all the striping on the helmet... when I could have just got the head from Duane...

But how a 1/6 Nien became my new fave, I have no idea, but he's just awesome and fun. Thanks for your pics and get going on a weebly.com website! I would love to have the Chaka catalog easily accessible.

Anyway, back to Jabba's Palace.....

Yeah, I did what you did with my Ten Nunb. Since he has no headgear, I just built the back of the head and neck out of sculpy. Once Duane offered up his version, thats when I did Nein.

I am working on doing a weebly website like Boba Mike did. I have been pretty busy with other crap and havent had a chance to work on it. I will soon.

I too am back to Tatooine. Lots of Cantina guys and Jabba's guys to work on.

 

[Chakaman]

Im back at Jabba's palace.

I got the muscle body I ordered from TA today. I started working on the shirtless human Skiff guard from Skiff #2.

First step was to dremmel the head down so the Tomy helmet I modded would fit.

Next up was the armor. Its Hasbro Lando skiff guard armor. I took the dremmel to it to make it smoother and smaller.

After I took that picture, I made the chest armor much smaller as seen in my reference pics.

I am waiting for some paint to dry, so here are a couple shots of where I am on him..

I need to sculpt the visor on the front of the helmet next...

 

[feroze13]

Ah, unidentified shirtless human guard...I think this guy needs a name...I christen thee CHAKAZ MONZ!!!

Is the chest plate sculpey? good luck with the helm!

 

[Chakaman]

Cheers Feroze. The chestplate is the Hasbro Lando skiff guard. I just took the dremmel to it and made it smaller. I also made the surface smoother.

I just popped in ROTJ on Blu-ray to get some still shots of this guy. I never did realize that he wore a brownish tan mask over his face. Its fun to watch the Jabba scenes and look at all the background guys, so many cool thugs.

Im trying to get a shot of the visor on the helmet, it looks identical to the one on Fozec.

 

[barryo]

looks good chris..........but from what i see in the background it looks as if you have plenty to keep you busy for a week or two...........

 

[Chakaman]

looks good chris..........but from what i see in the background it looks as if you have plenty to keep you busy for a week or two...........

Thanks Barry, and yes I hae quite a bit to work on in the coming months.

This is looking really cool! Fozec's doppleganger. Try to figure out the shot continuity with this guy in the ROTJ skiff battle!

I'm probably only a week or so away from posting my WIP Fozec. What I love about Jabba's goons is that there's a ton of customs you can do with little danger of Sideshow ever doing them... Fozec is still yet to see life in 3 3/4" and they've done even the blink-and-you-miss-them guys.

I had started Fozec two years ago, but when Hasbro mentioned they might do him, I waited... and waited (hoping for some better reference from their figure.) After he didn't show up at Toy Fair, I decided I'd get him done.

Thanks.
If sideshow ever did any of these guys, it would be years from now. I never really think about stuff like that when I decide to do a particular character. I do what I like.

Im looking forward to seeing your version of Fozec.

 

[Chakaman]

Im back at the Cantina. I got a couple new additions in the post today.

I picked up the Cantina enviroment set......

I also picked up Figrin D'an...

Awesome figures, they really add a lot to my customs. Now I just need to figure out how to build a couple of booths.

 

[barryo]

Im back at the Cantina. I got a couple new additions in the post today.

I picked up the Cantina enviroment set......

I also picked up Figrin D'an...

Awesome figures, they really add a lot to my customs. Now I just need to figure out how to build a couple of booths.

cantina stuff & figgy looks great man...........and somehow i think i know a few peeps that could hook you up with some sweet cantina booth plans......

 

[KashKenobi]

Chakaman. You are awesome. I just scrolled through to see what you were working on and I am blown away dude! Cheers!

 

[Weezer]

You're gonna need a lot of cantina tables and chairs!

 

[feroze13]

He's gonna need a CANTINA!!!!!

 

[Chakaman]

cantina stuff & figgy looks great man...........and somehow i think i know a few peeps that could hook you up with some sweet cantina booth plans......

I know man, I just wish there were a few peeps that could BUILD a couple of booths for me.

Chakaman. You are awesome. I just scrolled through to see what you were working on and I am blown away dude! Cheers!

Hey thanks!! I really do appreciate it. Cheers mate!

You're gonna need a lot of cantina tables and chairs!

Tell me about it. I just wish these sets werent so expensive.

 

[bobamike]

Yeah, one of these days I'm going to get me a set and make molds of the set and then I can cast up my own table and chairs. And maybe then I will try and build a cantina.

 

[Chakaman]

Seeing the Dengar pics Brian and Jay were posting in their thread, I decided to pick up the same headsculpt and redo my Dengar. It arrived today...

I also picked up the Greedo suit from TA, thats why I just put him in it. Its a great headsculpt. If I wasnt going to use it for Dengar, it would look good as an Imperial officer.


Thanks to Barry, I was able to track down the jacket I am going to use for Ree-Yees. With some modding and painting, I think it will look spot on.

Cheers Brian, Jay and Barry!! Thanks for the inspiration.

 

[barryo]

btw chris.............you may want to turn that jacket around and have the opening at the back. all the ref pics i was using i couldnt see where there was any kind of seam or zipper/buttons in the front.

 

[FLOSI]

Love checking out your stuff, Chris! It's amazing to see how much your collection has grown over the years.

 

[Chakaman]

Love checking out your stuff, Chris! It's amazing to see how much your collection has grown over the years.

Thanks Flosi, I appreciate it.

btw chris.............you may want to turn that jacket around and have the opening at the back. all the ref pics i was using i couldnt see where there was any kind of seam or zipper/buttons in the front.

Cheers Barry. I just threw the jacket on to see what it looked like. Im gonna try to make it look like yours. Should be fun.

 

[Chakaman]

I did some more on the "Unidentified Human Skiff Guard" today.

I cut up the helmet visor to make it more accurate. I still may tweak it some more.

Looking at the blu-ray Sarlaac scene, I did the lower legs/boots as best I could tell from the frame by frame shots.

 

[FLOSI]

Your work station is so damn clean! How the hell do you pull that off? I have crap everywhere at all times.

Great Skiff Guard, BTW!

 

[clparker04]

Wow mate

I'm loving the cantina set and I can not wait to see your re- worked dengar