These are the figures I entered for the Doctor Who: The Legacy No-Joe Challenge. I will post the other figures I am finishing up in another thread every few days or so. Enough material to keep me going until Christmas. I have four figures on the go at the moment, but I am taking a short break from Doctor Who figures to work on a Shazam/Captain Marvel set. Stops me from getting bored.

The Sixth Doctor:



Head: Lanard Space Corps
Body: Harry Potter
Coat: Golden Compass Lee Scoresby
Frobisher: Schleich penguin figurine

This one took a good two weeks to get right. The basics were easy. Lanard Space Corps head with sculpted hair dremelled out to fit onto the neck post of a Harry Potter figure and a Golden Compass lee Scoresby coat over the main body. The waistcoat, collar, pockets and lapels of the coat were cut out from cotton-backed thin black vinyl and then glued onto the figure and coat. The buttons were made from the heads on sewing pins. The coat itself was the major part of the project. Each block of colour had to be painted on separately and had to wait for it to cure so that I did not get any bleeding into other colours. Once all that was done, I could add the plaid. That was done by using a 5/0 sable brush and a 0.5mm permanent drawing pen. I used the same pen to draw the stripes on the trousers. The cuffs were printed out onto inkjet vinyl paper (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/A4-Bright-White-V ... 1e57959004) which was then cut out and glued onto the sleeves of the figure.
Frobisher was a last minute addition. I went into one of the local Toymaster shops the day before the challenge ended to get some figure fodder for some more Doctor Who customs and saw the Schleich display (http://www.schleich-s.com/en/figurines/ ... index.html). I immediately thought about Frobisher, and luckily enough they had the penguin.


The Lord President of Gallifrey and The Time lords:





Heads: Lord President: Star Wars Phantom Menace Chancellor Valorum (Terence Stamp)
Time Lord (left): Star Wars POTF2 Grand Moff Tarkin (Peter Cushing)
Time Lord (right): Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Henry Jones sr (Sean Connery)
Body: Star Wars Phantom Menace Chancellor Valorum
Sash of Rassilon: sculpted
Rod of Rassilon: GI Joe nunchuks
Collars: card with silver plaited ribbon

These were almost as complicated as the Sixth Doctor to make. After browsing through http://www.rebelscum.com to look at Star Wars figures (best selection of 1:18 figures with robes), I decided on Chancellor Valorum from Episode 1. I wanted to make another two Time lords to go with him, but I wanted them all to look different. I sorted through my box of spare heads (Worzel Gummidge, eat your heart out!) and found spares of Peter Cushing and Sean Connery (nice all-star cast!). I sanded down the hair and sculpted the skull-caps. The high collars were a little more problematical. then i remembered a website where someone had created some beautiful 1:6 scale Time Lords: http://vikki.ethernauts.net/timelord.html . I copied the pattern, scaled it down and printed it out onto card. I painted the card with acrylics and added some silver plaited ribbon which I painted over in the appropriate colours. The Sash of Rassilon was sculpted from Milliput, the Rod of Rassilon was one third of a set of nunchuks that came with a GI Joe figure and the Seal of Rassilon on the collars was printed out on teh same material I used for the Sixth Doctor's cuffs.


Jamie McCrimmon:



Head: Star Wars Biggs Darklighter (Garrick Hogan)
Torso/Arms: Indiana Jones Kingdom of the Crystal Skull RPG Indy
Legs: Indiana Jones Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Ugha Warrior
Feet: Indiana Jones Kingdom of the Crystal Skull RPG Indy
Waistcoat: Thin vinyl and wool
Knife: Raiders of the Lost Ark Monkey Man
Scarf: Sculpted
Sporran: Indiana Jones Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Cemetery Warrior pouch with sculpted fur
Kilt: Royal Stuart Tartan printed onto inkjet fabric

Had this figure planned for a very long time, even before i made my Second Doctor. I could never work out how to do the kilt properly. I tried one once using tissue paper, but it was only mediocre, IMO. I have been using inkjet printable fabric (http://www.craftycomputerpaper.co.uk/pr ... sh_006.htm) for a while now on other projects and decided to give it a go. I downloaded a kilt pattern from the net and scaled it to fit using the Royal Stuart tartan. A nod to both Jamie and the Brigadier.
The feet were an easy swap, but I had to practically destroy the legs on the Indy figure to get at the torso. The waistcoat took some time, and a couple of attempts, to get right as I wanted to make it removable. I cast a copy of the pouch that came with the Cemetery Warrior figure and added sculpted fur to turn it into a sporran.
The head was a major problem. I wanted one that looked reasonably close to Frazer Hines. I settled on a Biggs darklighter head from the first Star wars movie, and just removed the moustache and repainted it. Rather ironic, really, as Garrick Hogan played Ky in the Jon Pertwee story: The Mutants.


The Celestial Toymaker:



Head: Star Wars Grand Moff Tarkin
Body: Star Wars The Phantom Menace Rep Been (Gungan)
hands: Harry Potter
Cap: Sculpted
Decorations: Inkjet Cotton and ribbon

Again, Rebelscum showed me the way on this one. Nice long plain robes in soft plastic that is easy to take the hem up on and insert a new one. Used the peter Cushing head again. This was quicker than the Sixth Doctor, but far more fiddly as i had to print out all of the adornments for the robes onto inkjet cotton and then glue them all into place individually. I find Bostick Impact cement is superb for this.
Always liked this character. Had a sneaking suspicion that he was also a renegade Time Lord.

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I thought I would keep my Doctor Who customs tidy by keeping them to one thread. These are some of the customs that were not quite ready in time for the NJC. The ones I submitted took a lot of time, and some parts, figures and accessories had not arrived by the deadline. This challenge has given me the impetus to create quite a few customs that I have been toying with for some time.

Draconians (Frontier in Space, Jon Pertwee):





Heads: Star Wars Ki-Adi Mundi modified and cast
Body: PTE Scuba diver
Robes: felt, ribbon
Shoulder pads: cardboard

I often wondered about doing some customs of the Draconians. they were one of the more interesting races introduced into the Doctor Who mythos. The two main problems were the head and the robes. While going through the photoarchives on Rebelscum looking for other ideas, I had a flash of inspiration: modify a Ki Adi Mundi head. I cut off the top-knot and applied milliput to the side of the head. To create the scales (and I used the same method on the arms) I pressed the open end of a Marauder John Uzi silencer into it to create the bumps. I cast the pointed ears from another figure and notched them, and then built the forehead up so that it overlapped the scales. The rest was gluing the pieces of felt into place for the sleeves and robes and cutting and gluing pieces of ribbon for adornment.


Ogrons (Day of the Daleks/Frontier in Space, Jon Pertwee):





Head: SHS Hulk, modified
Body: Attack of the Clones Captain Typho

Another race that has been on my list for a vary long time. I had already decided on the Captain Typho figure as it needed very little in the way of modification and repainting to look like the on-screen Ogron costume. The gun was also pretty close. I searched around for a head that was close and finally settled on the Superhero Showdown Incredible Hulk as having a very Neanderthal look to it. I sanded the hair off, added a new hairstyle to the back, a moustache and cast a couple of heads. I am quiet pleased with the results as I feel they look far more vicious and brutal than the televised appearence.

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The Autons:





Head (both): Spy Troops Crosshairs
Body: Both versions of Order of the Phoenix Harry Potter
Coat: Sirius Black
Hands: Microlady with the barrel of a GI Joe AK47

These did not take long to put together. I cast a couple of Crosshairs heads to get them looking the same from a shop window dummy point of view, and repainted the bodies. Used a pale fleshtone for the skin. I cut the fingers off a couple of Microlady hands and repositioned them as if they were on a hinge. I then driiled into the hand and inserted the muzzle end of a GI Joe AK47 to act as the gun.

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These all look great Kambei. I must confess that I don't follow the Who universe. But I do recognize some of the characters. My favorite is the Sixth Doctor. He looks really great. The others are all great as well. Keep up the good work and keep updating with more characters.

Thanks. I tend to stay with the classic series as I grew up with it on Saturday evenings back in the 1970s and 1980s.

Going to be showing another one tomorrow.

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That is pretty ingenious for their hands. The hinge is a pretty cool play feature. I also really like the mannequin look you were able to pull for them.

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Unfortunately, the 'hinge' doesn't work. I couldn't think of any way of making an effective one that small.

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Ever since I made a suited figure using the Harry Potter body and a Sirius Black coat, I have had plans to make a custom of Count Scarlioni/Scaroth from City of Death. Fortunately, there is already a 1:18 scale figure of Julian Glover as General Maximillian Veers from Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back: http://www.rebelscum.com/photo.asp?imag ... sfront.jpg . I just cast a copy of teh head, sanded off the cap and sculpted some hair over the scalp. At the last minute, I decided that he needed some 'accessories', so it was not ready in time for the No-Joe Challenge.

Count Scarlioni:




Scaroth, Last of the Jagaroth:




7 Mona Lisas?



The Doctor: "Aaaah-Haaaa! The original I presume? Completed in 1503; it's now what? 1505? And you're getting the old boy to do you another six, yes? Which you then brick up in a cellar in Paris for Scarlioni to find in 474 years time. That's a very nice piece of capital investment!"
Captain Tancredi/Scaroth: "I can see that you're a dangerously clever man, Doctor. I think it is time we conducted this interview rather more formally."


The Fakes:



Head: Scarlioni: Star Wars Saga Collection General Veers
Scaroth: Sculpted over Star Wars Saga Collection General Veers
Body: Harry Potter
Coat: Sirius Black
Mona Lisa x7: frames are casts of a dollshouse mirror with the Mona Lisa printed out onto inkjet cotton to give a canvas effect (http://www.craftycomputerpaper.co.uk/pr ... sh_002.htm)

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Started adding some more companions to the mix:

Zoe Herriot:





Head: cast of comic pack Deena Shan
Body: Microlady


Sarah-Jane Smith:





Head: cast of comic pack Deena Shan
Body: RotLA Marion Ravenwood

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Wow. What a nice set.

And it isn't finished yet by a long shot.

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See what I mean?



Two today, now hopefully TWO on Wednesday and three Christmas Day! Don't bother looking at my Photobucket account to sneak a preview of what is left to show, I am only updating it as I showcase the figures.


Tegan Jovanka:



Head: Star Wars Comic Pack deena Shan
Body: Star Trek Uhura


Vizlor Turlough:



Head: Star Wars Clone
Body: Harry Potter
Coat: Sirius Black



Been meaning to do these two companions for a long time. I even had another figure in mind to make Tegan, but this worked out much better than the other would have. Once i bought the Uhura figure (on discount!! :egrin: ), I decided to get to work on them. I have a couple of other companions planned, one I have already started, but I will not be doing all of them. There are far too many aliens and monsters on my list.

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Well, that is almost it for this year. Well over 50 customs completed. All the paints, epoxy clay, brushes and custom fodder are stowed away until next year. Going to give myself a couple of weeks break before I start on what is becoming a Time-Loop of a custom list. Two today, and three more on Christmas day.

Aggador of Peladon:





Head: Sculpted
Body: PVC polar bear statuette (? Early Learning Centre)

Yes, I know Aggador is twice the height he should be, but the one we saw on screen has always bothered me. It seemed far too small. IMO, that one was a baby/juvenile. This is the fully grown version. Not easy to find a decent polar bear of bear with articulation. The Golden Compass ones were completely unsuitable, so I made it into a figurine. The only real work needed apart from the repaint was the top of the head and the snout. The hardest part was merging the added epoxy clay into the already existing fur. Fortunately, I have an excellent set of wax/clay carving tools.


Leela of the Sevateem:









Head: Pirates of the Caribbean Elizabeth Swan
Body: Takara Microlady

Although I was always happy with the Leela I made about ten years ago (see last picture), I wanted to make a far more articulated version. I have been putting it off for a long time, but the No-Joe Challenge finally gave me the nudge towards getting it finished. I used a soft vinyl for the loin cloth to keep the articulation as much as possible on the hips. I would have normally used a cast of the Comic Pack Deena Shan, but I found a spare Elizabeth Swan head in my fodder tub and immediately went for that instead.

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If I'd had the time, Leela would have been next on my list for the NJC as well. This version is very cool. And very fun to track progress (both in skill, but also in the production quality of the items we use to start with). I'm really enjoying being able to watch you round out the entire Dr. Who universe though.

I may still re-visit the idea myself, once I round out how the whole Doctor story will fit into my verse.

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My DW custom list is a mile long, and that is just the Classic Series. Got a few planned for the New Year that will prove challenging on teh sculpting, and a few more remakes of earlier stuff.

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