Slowly but surely, progress toward the next installment in The Enloe Trials Photonovel Series continues. Head on over to the forums for some new previews, or catch up on the previous chapter by clicking here!
Category Archives: Arts & Crafts
Celebration Anaheim: Vader Case Project
The Celebration Anaheim Collecting Track is proud to announce: The Vader Case Project
New this year to the Celebration Track is the Vader Case Project. At Celebration IV in 2007, the original Vader Project showcased artist’s talents by having them decorate and alter full sized Darth Vader helmet replicas. The results were stunning with artist’s rendering Vader into everything from a clown to the Statue of Liberty to Vader with a fruit hat. More can be seen about this project at thevaderproject.com.
In a similar style, the Celebration Track has invited over twenty-five Star Wars artists and collectors to decorate a vintage Darth Vader carrying case with their own take on the Dark Lord. The artists include collectors like Gus Lopez, prolific Star Wars artists like Chris Trevas, and even Nathan Hamill has joined in. The cases will be shown throughout Celebration in the Collector’s Track Social Room. So, stop by and see these wonderful pieces of unique artwork.
Click on though for more info on this project as well as stunning examples that will be on display at Celebration Anaheim.
Yakfinities: Entry Submission Deadline Approaching
Our current Yakfinities Customizing Challenge – Bounty Hunters – is nearing a close! If you’re working on an entry (or need to still start), be sure to get your entry submitted by March 31!
Action Figure Customizing Panel at C7
Customizing legend sillof (Jamie Follis) will be hosting a customizing panel at Star Wars Celebration on Friday, April 17th from 12pm-1pm. Work from some of the Yakface forum members your are familiar with will be featured in this panel. This will be the second time that Jamie has lead up this event, and if your are going to be at C7 and enjoy customizing or are interested in getting started, you ought to make an effort to attend.
At this panel, Jamie Follis will give attendees a complete overview of the process of creating or modifying your own action figures. The panel will have something for newcomers as well as seasoned customizers including an introduction to the hobby, different types of customizing, instructions, suggestions, and tips on the hobby, and a showcase of some of the most creative fan made figures. Instructions will range from construction, to sculpting, painting, casting and 3-D printing your own pieces. A few lucky attendees will receive random prices. Jamie will also be hosting customizing classes daily at the Diorama Workshop area in the main showroom throughout the convention.
For more details, head on over to our forums or through the official C7 site.
Customizer Mega Spotlight
Yakface forum members continue to up their game as customizers – and our latest spotlight showcases some familiar names and a relative newcomer to the customizing scene.
First up, my kind of scum continues his recent customizing blitz with a great set of Tonnika sisters, which you can see a full shot of here, along with a plethora of other great recent updates.
Next, forumite CommanderJoe276 shows off his very first customs, which are some excellent 501st style Clone Wars troopers.
Finally, we get some more OT goodness from Evilivo, who has created an upgraded version of Max Rebo’s organ, a revamped version of Salicious Crumb, and more.
Check these great customs out in our customizing forums and share your thoughts! And if you’re customizing and not sharing your work in our forums, we’d love to see your stuff!
Awesome Star Wars Fishing Lure Illustrations
Check out these very creative Star Wars Fishing Lure illustrations designed by actionfigurepainter on Instagram.
Yakfinities: Create a Custom Bounty Hunter
The current Yakfinities Customizing Challenge has just over a month left – so if you like to customize, or have never created a custom but are looking for a reason to, we invite you to participate in Yakfinities #55 – Bounty Hunters.
The variety of entries thus far has been great, but there’s always room for more submissions, and remember, we’re going to have some random winners (regardless of skill level) after this wraps up at the end of March – so head on over to the forums and submit your custom, or just click through to see the cool creations made already.
Custom AT-DP Driver w/ Super Articulation
A lot of our readers find the Rebels figure line intriguing (when they can actually find them in stores), but frustrating because so many of us would like for the figures to have more articulation, or even have more of a hybrid/realistic appearance.
There’s a few figures I’ve toyed around with a bit that I’ll be sharing that are pretty easy modifications (little customizing experience necessary) that I’ll be sharing pics of… first off, the AT-DP driver. Check it out in the forums and let me know what you think (I know it’s not 100% screen accurate, btw).
Customizer Spotlight: my kind of scum
Once again we spotlight the customizing talents of another of our forum members – my kind of scum! From fan fiction creations to classic characters from the films, he continues to inspire with all kinds of custom figure goodness. Check out his latest updates after the jump!
Customizer Spotlight: EMPIRE
If you are active in our forums, chances are you’ve seen the amazing custom dioramas and playsets by forum member EMPIRE. But now, he’s taken it to the next level – by converting an entire ROOM into a custom playset. Head on over to the forums and check out this masterpiece – it’s one of the most jaw dropping Star Wars projects you will ever see.