When you hit your shoulder on the bookcase in the dark and the figures fall like dominoes...

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yikes! zooming in on pics that is a lot of toppled pieces.

i haven't seen those fn based customs w/sw (pirates?).

is the fat green alien "chad" from weird science? on that shelf are the blue troops cobra?

i see my name and poor fallen over pinhead. wouldn't want to step on him in the dark!

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The FN figures were an experiment to see if I can remove some of the more cartoony aspects of the figures. I think they were a success. They are pictured elsewhere in this thread.

The blue troops are my "Brotherhood Of The Serpent", essentially Cobra in the "Star Wars" Universe.

That Pinhead you sent me is one of my most treasured gifts

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ok i went back and saw resaw them. i remembered the "spacer" ones from before those and bat and grey right after them. they are some good looking builds, but you should dirty them up a bit!

glad you still dig pinhead. i am thinking of making another (3rd) one at some point.

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Thanks!

Eventually they will get some weathering. They were just a quick experiment, they were all done in one evening to see if they would work for my needs.

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I think I need to see more of the split-wing fighter on the far bottom deck. Yeah, I'm pretty sure I do.

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That is one of my oldest surviving customs. A Rebel starfighter based on the Vipers from the original BSG.

I will take some additional pics tonight.

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As you all know, I am an action figure customizer.

I am from the "old school" and do kitbashing like the ILM guys did in the era before digital effects. So I am always looking for interesting "found items" (i.e. non-toy/model kit parts, often everyday household items) to use in my projects.

One of my favorite, more recent discoveries is this blue cap in the photos. It is the cap from the large sized Walmart brand Ibuprofen. As you may also know, I suffer from severe arthritis so I go through a lot of Ibuprofen. Walmart started using this design about 2 years ago and I have never shared this before for some reason so I am doing it now.

This cap will make for excellent diorama use, as either part of a larger tech device or as surface detailing on its own. It only comes in the one size as of right now. The smaller bottles use plain ridged caps like you would find on brand name bottles. It takes super glue and paint as well as most plastics do so it is ideal for model builders' needs.

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it would be a cool top and/or base for specimen containers. i could also see mini figure guys using it as a base, like some sci-fi dungeons and dragons compatible. looks to be a good size for lunar rover type wheels. you could put some on the final faction buggy

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Just drill a hole for a foot peg and you've got a great raised figure stand. I love weird bottle caps. I've got a plastic hording spot in the house and my 7 year old has recently started raiding it to "make stuff".

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Take two of the caps and a clear tube (or packing plastic rolled up) and you have specimen tubes/bacta tank.

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Doing some very minor customization/modifications on the newer "Halo" toys while I watch tv and relax.

The new Grunt Mule figures suffer from a rather poor design in that they are supposed to carry 3 additional weapons on their backs, but with all of the Halo accessories having posts on their lateral sides, you can only really fit 1 weapon on the figure. By removing and relocating the posts to the dorsal sides of the weapons, I can now fully stock each Grunt Mule with a full compliment of armament.

I do, however, require several additional Covenant weapons to fully kit out all 6 of my Grunt Mules.

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Did some minor accessory modifications to the "Halo" gravity hammers. I added pegs to the handles (donated from the SPNKRs from the Armory Set) so my Brute Soldiers can carry them on their backs as secondary weapons similar to how they would be carried in game. Only 3 of my 4 Brute Soldiers are so armed as the 4th gravity hammer went to one of my named Brutes as he could not hold his included Ravager rifle due to his forearm armor getting in the way.

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these are some cool mods that make sense and i'd never notice without the rundown.

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Thanks to some recent trades, I have filled almost all of the backpack slots for my Covenant Grunt Mules!

I still need 4 more weapons, which will be coming as part of a trade sometime next week, to complete this project!

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