Breathing space

I just bought a new desk at IKEA which gives me a lot more space to work on. Since my customizing/collection room isn't very big, this corner desk is an ideal solution to have more work space, without taking up too much room.

I'll do my best to keep it as tidy as it is now....

Below you can see my old desk:

Last Droid Standing mini dio

I made this mini dio back in early 2009.

The dio depicts a scene of a female Jedi that has just sliced her last SBD. I've always wanted to make a lightsaber slash effect and learned a lot from reading posts about making lava bases on various miniature gaming forums.

Why the Rebels won on Endor.

You think the Rebels won the battle on Endor because of the Ewoks? Fur real? Those cute little furballs were just a mere distraction. In reality the courageous acts of the battle hardened Rebel troopers, who gave everything they had in the final battle to regain their and the galaxy's freedom, turned the tide and helped bring down the Empire!


Here's one of those seasoned troopers, who will be joined sometime this month by a squad mate.

Parts used:


Trigate Creations* - head
POTJ Rebel Trooper - jacket
Saga '06 Endor Rebel Soldier - helmet, hands, belt, holster, blaster
G.I. Joe Resolute Duke - body

* Trigate Creations, formerly known as Good-to-Go Customs, has been renamed to Slayer Design Studios, awesome place to obtain some high quality casts of just about everything!

"Yer welcome to give it a go...."

One of my favourite PS3 games is definitely Darksiders. Featuring the artistic talent of Joe Madureira, Darksiders has an awesome feel and look to it. Add Mark Hamill to the voice actors and you've got a sure win!

Although I really dig each and every one of the characters, some are just that teeny bit cooler. Take Ulthane for instance. The minute I entered his part of the woods and saw the introduction video, I was sold. What an awesome character! Naturally, the customizing bug started to tickle me and when the right base figure (Marvel Universe WW Hulk) came along, I was ready to start on what will be my most extensive custom ever.

As is often the case, a character appearing in comics, video games and concept art will have differences in appearance. For Ulthane, I chose to go with this concept drawing I found on the net. It's quite different from how Ulthane looks in the game, but it's the most detailed reference picture I could find.

This project requires me to seriously test and develop my skills using Fixit Sculpt. So far I'm very pleased with how Ulthane looks and this of course really motivates me to keep on working on him!

Below are two WIP pics of that big grumpy Ancient One, who has this weird dislike of.... pigeons.

You have been..... deceived

I'm sure all of you have seen the awesome SW:TOR Deceived trailer back in 2009. If not, check it out right here:

In September 2010 I was contacted by an Australian fellow who asked if I could make him a diorama of the main characters in that trailer: Darth Malgus and Master Ven Zallow. I was very happy to make this happen and the final result is what you see in the pictures below:

More pictures can be seen here.

The Duros race: space travelers

At Yakface.com the customizing community hosts a Secret Santa round every year. I've been part of it since the very first one and this year was no exception. This year I made a Duros pilot/space traveler. The Duros are one of my favourite races in the GFFA* and I've been meaning to make something like this one for some time. The Secret Santa round was the final nudge to get me started. On to the pics!

* GFFA = Galaxy Far Far Away

Yesterday's news: Phase I Utapau Shadow Trooper

I've got a lot of projects waiting to be finished and since it's been over half a year since my last update, I thought I'd throw in some of my older work. This Phase I Shadow Trooper was commissioned by a fellow member at TheForce.net. A great custom to work on, one of my best troopers imho.