Joebizz34's 1/6 Star Wars Customs-*Update-Hoth Luke!* )

[SpaceCrawler]

Re: My 1/6 Hasbro Star Wars customs

Does anyone have a good picture of the Hasbro 12 inch imperial gunner that came with the Tarkin figure? I can only find somewhat crappy pictures of it online. Is the helmet utterly useless?

Sean

 

[barryo]

Re: My 1/6 Hasbro Star Wars customs

Does anyone have a good picture of the Hasbro 12 inch imperial gunner that came with the Tarkin figure? I can only find somewhat crappy pictures of it online. Is the helmet utterly useless?

Sean

no...........it has potential.....

i just got one in the mail the other day............planning on a few mods to bring it up to par

1. removing ribbed neck mount of helmet & replacing with a modified ssc ribbed neck bib
2. repainting entire helmet & hopefully the imperial decal
3. adding a clear plastic strip at the eye piece after the repaint
4. dying shirt & pants black
5. replacing gloves & boots
6. fill in the sew holes to armor/bib
7. repainting belt buckle with "silver leaf"
8. adding holster & pistol

not much at all.......

 

[Chakaman]

Re: My 1/6 Hasbro Star Wars customs

How bout the Tomy Imperial gunner helmet??? Or is it too small??

 

[barryo]

Re: My 1/6 Hasbro Star Wars customs

How bout the Tomy Imperial gunner helmet??? Or is it too small??

wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy too small..................i learned that recently...........

 

[SpaceCrawler]

Re: My 1/6 Hasbro Star Wars customs

no...........it has potential.....

i just got one in the mail the other day............planning on a few mods to bring it up to par

1. removing ribbed neck mount of helmet & replacing with a modified ssc ribbed neck bib
2. repainting entire helmet & hopefully the imperial decal
3. adding a clear plastic strip at the eye piece after the repaint
4. dying shirt & pants black
5. replacing gloves & boots
6. fill in the sew holes to armor/bib
7. repainting belt buckle with "silver leaf"
8. adding holster & pistol

not much at all.......

Went to a toy show today and found this set for under $20, so I bought it. Not that thrilled with the soft plastic, though. Any idea how to paint high gloss on that soft plastic helmet?

Sean

 

[barryo]

Re: My 1/6 Hasbro Star Wars customs

Went to a toy show today and found this set for under $20, so I bought it. Not that thrilled with the soft plastic, though. Any idea how to paint high gloss on that soft plastic helmet?

Sean

krylon makes a high gloss & matte finish specifically for plastics.............it's called "fusion"...........walmart carries this. i painted my death squad commanders helmet & gloves with this stuff. no problems so far.

 

[joebizz34]

Re: My 1/6 Hasbro Star Wars customs (Updated with custom Hasbro Wampa)

Hey guys, it's been a while since I bumped this thread but I have a new Hasbro redo/custom I finised and wanted to share it. I finished up with the Hasbro Wampa creature that came originally in a 2 pack with a Hoth Luke that you also saw some redo pics of what I did to him here.


Now this figure was soooo bad that even with my extra TLC he's far from perfect. However I feel that at least now he resembles the Wampa creature more then the big snow ball teddy bear like doll he originally looked like. Sometimes looking at him I thought he resembled the creature on the plane wing in one of the original Twilight Zone episodes with William Shatner more so then the Wampa. Here's a pic of what he originally looked like....

and now here's pics of him after I got through with him.....

 

[joebizz34]

Re: My 1/6 Hasbro Star Wars customs (Updated with custom Hasbro Wampa)

I basically went nuts with doing paint washes over him followed by gloss varnish and White Gesso. I repainted his face along with adding some more fur to his face in certain areas. Also in the originally film (not the Special Edition scenes), he had ears that I sculpted and added to his head....

 

[joebizz34]

Re: My 1/6 Hasbro Star Wars customs (Updated with custom Hasbro Wampa)

Some last few pics including some with him getting ready to attach poor unexpecting Luke.

 

[joebizz34]

Re: My 1/6 Hasbro Star Wars customs (Updated with custom Hasbro Wampa)

Freezer burn Luke! That Wampa rocks. Love the added ears and face repaint, excellent work.

Thanks man!! I've wanted to upgrade this guy for a while and finally got around to doing it.

 

[prvtnoclass]

Re: My 1/6 Hasbro Star Wars customs (Updated with custom Hasbro Wampa)

Amazing work, that's a heck of a difference!!!

 

[joebizz34]

Re: My 1/6 Hasbro Star Wars customs (Updated with custom Hasbro Wampa)

Amazing work, that's a heck of a difference!!!

Thanks!!! There are hidden treasures buried deep within these old Hasbro figures....

 

[Chakaman]

Re: My 1/6 Hasbro Star Wars customs (Updated with custom Hasbro Wampa)

That Wampa looks great, nice work.

 

[joebizz34]

Re: My 1/6 Hasbro Star Wars customs (Updated with custom Hasbro Wampa)

That Wampa looks great, nice work.

Thank you very much. It was either re-working him or possibly throwing him out.

 

[barryo]

Re: My 1/6 Hasbro Star Wars customs (Updated with custom Hasbro Wampa)

oh hell yea, that wampa looks all kinds of badass.............much more menacing now than the original. great job...

 

[joebizz34]

Re: My 1/6 Hasbro Star Wars customs (Updated with custom Hasbro Wampa)

oh hell yea, that wampa looks all kinds of badass.............much more menacing now than the original. great job...

Thanks barryo!!... There will always be Star Wars love from me!!!

 

[joebizz34]

Re: My 1/6 Hasbro Star Wars customs (Updated with custom Hasbro Wampa)

I did a YouTube video showing my Hasbro Star Wars customs that I had done in the past and showed pics of here. I also show my Wampa that I just finished along with a Hulk and Alien re-paint I did. However most of the video shows the Star Wars ones so I figured I would post it here as well as my main thread.....



[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnYgAqxf_TQ&feature=relmfu[/ame]

 

[prvtnoclass]

Re: My 1/6 Hasbro Star Wars customs (Updated with custom Hasbro Wampa)

Cool video Joe, thanks for sharing!

 

[joebizz34]

Re: My 1/6 Hasbro Star Wars customs (Updated with custom Hasbro Wampa)

Cool video Joe, thanks for sharing!

No problem...and thanks for watching!!

 

[Artoo]

Re: My 1/6 Hasbro Star Wars customs (Updated with custom Hasbro Wampa)

Polished turds! Nice job! Still funny to look back at where this hobby really started and how far it's come.