Totally Custom Asajj Ventress

[dedguy]

I was posting this in the Asajj Ventress thread over in the Star Wars forum then I remember there's a whole forum just for customs and seeing as how this got a bit away from being a simple body swap maybe it deserved it's own thread? Maybe?

Started out, like I said as a simple body swap. Just put the Sideshow figure on a Hot Toys TT body.

I then shrunk the extra exclusive head since I was never a fan of Asajj with irises or the tattoos.

Did a body wrap over a black Triad Hero bodysuit, weathered the wrapping (made with white tactical webbing from GSTG) with some watered down gray paint. Made a skirt from two types of ribbon. A black grosgrain and a black velvet.

Made my first attempt at a belt for the skirt...

I didn't really like it and went back to the drawing board, literally and came up with this:

Which I then implemented thusly (the belt buckle is the lid from a WWII gasmask can)

 

[dedguy]

And finally the finished product with the head painted finally (the previous images where all photoshop fakery), a new mantle, and a new set of bracers.

 

[Wingster]

Nice custom. Any comparison shots of your new head-sculpt to the original?

Oh yeah. Nice pics too!

 

[drjedisith]

that looks awesome! great job man!

 

[boot25]

Beautiful work

 

[dedguy]

Thanks.

Wingster: the second pic from the top is such a comparison, albeit without paint on the shrunken head.

 

[automaton]

absolutely love it! congrats on a job well done!

 

[Agent47]

Stunning. Great stuff.

 

[Jessica]

WOw!! Absolutely fabulous! Bravo!!

This is the type of artwork that gets me inspired!!

 

[pixletwin]

That is awesome work. I would say it totally blows away the Bergholtz/Atom Hughes custom. Nice work.

 

[jediknight120]

Damn, that's amazing! Love it!

 

[shocktrooper_au]

Now if it looked liked that from SSC I'd would have bought it.....Awesome work there!

 

[Reinhardt]

Amazing work! Love the belt, and how you did the body wrapping. How did you shrink the head?

 

[GrayWolf87]

Looks awesome, nice

 

[Staggerly]

I usually don't find the character appealing, but I can't help but like your version! Excellent work.

 

[dedguy]

Again thanks all for the kind words.

Reinhardt: I used this guy's tutorial shrink the head. Basically just leave it in a 100% acetone bath for an hour and then wait a week. It really does take a full week for it to shrink.

https://blog.castlebrimstone.com/?p=363

 

[Mooncat]

Cool rendition and great execution well done

 

[King Darkness]

One of the best Star Wars customs I have ever seen.

 

[Agent47]

Again thanks all for the kind words.

Reinhardt: I used this guy's tutorial shrink the head. Basically just leave it in a 100% acetone bath for an hour and then wait a week. It really does take a full week for it to shrink.

https://blog.castlebrimstone.com/?p=363

That's crazy. Can't believe that actually works.

 

[drod26]

menacing looking... just the way it should off looked like from the start... Great job mate..