FIRST CUSTOM FIGURE IN 10 YEARS!

After missing many casting calls on  the yakface.com customs contests I just had to do one. While a kit-bash it still looks okay. I'll have to give him a better paint job. At least he looks like a bounty hunter. First custom in over 10 years.

EVERY FIGURE... ANY PART?

The question I've had is can it be done? use pegs to create a way of linking and figure's parts to another. No matter the line of toy. I've seen pegs like these in hobby / model shops here in NYC but Have not been able to convince me myself to pull the trigger and try it.

"SPACE -BIKE"

Always wanted to make one. Always had tons of parts, but knew I had to do it from scratch. One day I figured after attempting to work with styrene before, I had to find a cheaper and easier way to manufacture my own designs. So I just said "screw it..." and cut up the left over bubbles from action figures I've bought new and cut into sheets that I could trace.

First I sketched a design to scale.

Then I measured and drafted a template on a piece of hard card stock. Cutting out the shapes I can now trace and reproduce the design in 3D as many times as I would like. Since the plastic I use is thin, I have to trace many to super glue together in layers (about 5x). Together these pieces are light and hard as a rock. 

Here is a quick mock up.

MORE TO COME SOON.........

Well... it looks like?

Here is the earliest attempt. This "TANK" was just a mock up to see what I could use for scale with SW figures. The idea is always to use plastic in creation the toys. I was just sitting around and took some leftover containers from takeout here in NYC. I was honestly impressed with what it could be...