1:12 scale Custom Action Figure Gallery
By: Net-Viper X
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SUMMARY
This section
contains custom figures of characters not found in the movie trilogies. These
characters will come from a variety of sources such as books and video games, while
others are characters of my own design.
GALLERY
SWG Player Character Imperial
Bounty Hunter
SWG Player Character Imperial Assault
Engineer Commander
Revised Snowtrooper
and Stormtrooper Style Darth Vader
Rogue One Imperial
Custom Troopers
Rogue One Imperial
Stormtrooper Mini-doll
Intelligence Director
Armand Isard
Star
Wars Galaxies Online Video Game
The Swamp Trooper
is another Imperial soldier from Star Wars Galaxies, this one a green Scout
Trooper. The trooper in the game appears to have normal white armor painted
green, with the white showing were the paint has scratched off around the
edges. I decided to weather mine the same way on all the green armor plates.
The gray knee pads don't show paint wear in the game, possibly because they are
made in that color, or coated with more durable paint than the green parts, so
I painted mine the same way.
The rifle is made
from a modified G.I. Joe SAW-Viper rifle. I shortened the stock and the
barrels, as well as modifying the scope.
Some close up shots of the Swamptrooper.
Star Wars Galaxies Online Video Game
6" Black Series Imperial Bounty Hunter
This figure is
actually a re-creation of one of my main characters from the Star Wars Galaxies
game, a bounty hunter named Valten Krieger. Valten had two different suits of
armor that he wore depending on if I was doing Imperial duties or freelance
work, with this being the Imperial version. The suit is a combination of the
three main types of Imperial armor that can be manufactured in the game. The
Helmet and left bicep are from the Stormtrooper armor, the chest plate, right
bicep, both bracers and the boots are from the Shock Trooper armor, and the
pants, belt, and gloves are from the Scout Trooper armor.
I created the base
for this figure by combining parts from a Sandtrooper, Biker Scout, and Clone
Trooper. Some of the parts could be used without alteration, but many had to be
modified to some degree. The helmet and left bicep just needed to have the
dirty weathering cleaned off, and some touch ups to the gray and black details
on the helmet. The scout legs needed a little notch added to the bottom of each
kneepad to better fit the clone trooper boots, and the scout hands remained
unaltered.
All the other
parts required varying levels of sculpting work to get them into the proper
form. The chest plate needed its breast ground away and re-sculpted with the
additional armor plate added to the left side. The shock trooper has a unique
style of pack on his back plate that I had to create from scratch and attach to
the figure. The lower torso had the abdomen plate smoothed out, and the back
kidney plate removed entirely. The codpiece and butt plate had to be ground
down and smoothed out in order to properly fit the scout belt in place. The
belt itself had to be shortened to fit the thinner clone trooper abdomen, and
some gaps on top of the belt pouches had to be filled in.
The right bicep
was slightly enlarged with a tapered area added on the upper front, and the
notched ridge was sculpted down the center of the shoulder bell and bicep
sleeve. Both bracers needed some extensive modification, starting with shaving
off the notched ridge on the underside of the forearms and reattaching them
further forward. The elbow reinforcement plate was then sculpted on the
underside of both bracers, and the extra armor panel was added to the left
bracer. The cuffs for the gloves were then added over the top as the final
step. Scout trooper gloves in the game have a puffy, ribbed pattern to them
that is different in appearance to those in the movie, so I decided to use the
puffy ribbed style to better capture his appearance from the game. The boots
required the ankle areas to be slightly re-sculpted, and indented area on the
back of the boots were filled in. After this the shin and knee reinforcement
panel was added to both boots, and the additional armor plating was sculpted on
the feet.
The rifle is a
standard E-11 carbine that has been modified into a weapon from the game called
the Elite Carbine. The standard E-11 was stripped down and the extra details
built back up around it using a combination of various sizes of wooden and
metal rods, and a fair amount of sculpting putty. A piece of sturdy metal wire
was inserted into the rear end of the rifle, with the stock built around it to
ensure its slender design didn't break off easily.
Star Wars Galaxies Online Video Game
6" Black Series Imperial Assault Engineer
Commander
Here is another of
my player characters from Star Wars Galaxies, a female Twi'lek crafter named
Ako'Li. She crafted and supplied Imperial equipment, and specialized in
constructing assault forces and city defense for the galactic civil war. Ako'Li
wore this body armor suit when operating in the field. The outfit is made up of
Stormtrooper forearm and torso armor, with the rest from Biker Scout. I used a
rebel soldier helmet since it fit a Twi'lek head better than the Imperial
designs, and it was the right color so it matched up well.
The figure is
built out of an Ahsoka Tano 6" Black Series figure with the armor added
over the top of her clothes. I started by removing her existing armor and
smoothing off the top of her head. The Imperial armor was molded directly off
of a Black Series Biker Scout and Stormtrooper, then fitted to her body and
glued into place. The main part of the helmet and chinstrap was sculpted
directly onto her head and the extra panels were cut from a plastic Easter egg.
I was able to use
Ahsoka's existing boots and just modify them as needed, while the legs required
no modification aside from the addition of the Biker Scout kneepads. The cape
was made from some silky black cloth and was fitted with an internal wire
armature to help it hold shape.
Star Wars Galaxies
Online Video Game
6" Black Series Nova Trooper Units
These troopers are based on the elite Nova Trooper units from Star Wars
Galaxies. The base figure for these customs is a bootleg from China that is a
copy of the Black Series Stormtrooper molded in solid black. I masked off the
colored striping for the three figures and sprayed on the colors, then hand
painted the gray details on the face and some gloss black for the eyes.
The Nova Trooper Commander has gold striping and wears a shoulder pauldron
with gold panel. I used a slightly different shade of gold for the shoulder
pauldron to make it stand out a bit more from the rest. A standard rank and
file Nova Trooper looks just like this guy but without the shoulder
pauldron.
The Nova Trooper Sentinel is the silver striped version, and the rarest
type to see in game. These guys were originally called
"Stormcommandos" but after a few years they were removed from the
game. Later on they returned as the Nova Trooper Sentinel.
The Nova Trooper
Medic is a red striped version and was commonly seen accompanying squads of
Nova Troopers. The red was intended to be a more pinkish color but the clear coat
darkened it more than I would have preferred.
Star Wars Galaxies Online Video Game
6" Black Series
Stormtrooper Specialists
These are some simple customs of the various types of Stormtrooper seen in
the game. The figures are made from a batch of cheap bootleg Sandtroopers with
most of the dirt cleaned off. Most of them are simply a matter of changing the
shoulder pauldron color and giving them a different weapon. For the medic I had
to create a custom Stimpack injector from a leftover pistol.
Star Wars Galaxies Online Video Game
6" Black
Series Assault Stormtrooper
Here we have another type of Stormtrooper from Galaxies that specialised in
hand to hand combat. Rathen than having a colored shoulder pauldron like the
other variants, this one had dull yellow stripes on his armor in the same
pattern as a Nova Trooper. This trooper was also made from a cleaned up bootleg
Sandtrooper, and the stun baton was built from a modified projectile for a
spring loaded G.I.Joe missile launcher.
Star Wars Fantasy Figure
6" Black Series
Imperial Style Boba Fett
This is a custom I made from a bootleg white Boba from the Srar Wals line. The
idea started 20+ years ago when I became bothered with how the Snowtrooper
looked out of place next to the Stormtrooper and Biker Scout since his cloth
undersuit was white instead of black. I saw no reason for this aside from camo
properties, and we all know the Empire has no use for camo, so why isn't his
cloth undersuit black? I had to paint one of my old 3.75" Snowtroopers
with black undersuit just to see how it looked, and I really liked the result.
He really matched up with the other troopers so much better, especially the
Biker Scout.
I have been wanting to do the same treatment with a white Boba but was not
about to deface an exclusive figure, so when the bootlegs came out it was game
on. At first I just planned to make his bodysuit black, but the belt and armor
had something of a yellowish tint so I ended up repainting nearly the whole
figure. The belt has four different distinct parts, the upper belt, upper belt
pouches, the large pouches, and the braided sash. I did each of these parts in
a different shade of light gray so they would appear as separate parts and not
all blend together, leaving only the small upper belt pouches in their original
white. I used yet another shade of light gray for the rope braided around his
shoulder. In total, six different shades of gray are used on the figure. The
boots I left unchanged, but his gaiters I painted a light gray color matching
his large belt pouches. The helmet was going to stay solid white, but it looked
so plain with the rest of his body all detailed, so I decided to enhance it
with some gray details. The faceplate was painted in the same color layout as
Jango and Boba, but all in monochrome. The front trim of his visor was painted
light gray, with the bottom edge of the visor trim and the lower back panels on
his helmet a darker gray. In order to tie it in with the Stormtroopers, I
painted the ear plates and the vent on back in a dark gray with black details.
His jetpack also had some light gray panels added to give some detail. The
little status lights on his forehead and chest plate are done in red and blue
like the original white Boba costume, and the final touch was a black Empire
logo on each shoulder and one on his forehead.
Star Wars Fantasy Figure
6" Black Series
Revised Snowtrooper and Stormtrooper Style Darth Vader
Since the 6" Snowtrooper has arrived, I was able to catch one on sale and
give it the black bodysuit treatment like I did on some of my old Snowtrooper
figures. I always felt like this made them fit in better with the Stormtroopers
and Biker Scouts. Just a simple matter of repainting his cloth body suit black,
and giving the cape and boots a coat of white to remove that yellowish tint
they came with.
Once the new Darth Vader came out, he started appearing in large numbers
and I decided I might as well do a black and white version of him too just to
see how it would look. I repainted all of his armored areas white, along with
the padding on his gloves. The teeth in his face vent are painted grey like the
teeth in a Stormtrooper helmet. In order to better expose his white shoulder
plate, I tucked his black inner robe underneath it like he wears it in Empire
Strikes Back. The final touch was making a white cape for him.
6" Black
Series Rogue One Custom Troopers
First we have a rather simple
custom of the Imperial Hovertank Commander from Rogue One. The basic Hovertank
Driver figure was released as a Toy's R Us Exclusive and I wanted to make a
Commander for them. The driver and Commander have the same body armor, but the
driver has solid white armor. The Commander has the added gray marking on his
upper torso and shoulder, a black and white stripe on his left shoulder, and a
red insignia on his torso. I also added some extra dirt and grime to his helmet
and breastplate to make the details pop out more.
Next in line is the Imperial AT-ACT Driver. The Officer version with gray
markings was later released as a Target Exclusive but at the time no driver of
this type existed so I made my own. The AT-ACT Driver was not a unique design
like other Imperial vehicle drivers, and instead was a combination of a
Hovertank Driver body with a white Scarif Trooper helmet. This guy was made by
repainting a basic Scarif Trooper and redesigning his belt into the Hovertank
Driver style. A red Imperial logo was added to the helmet in place of the
Scarif logo.
The third figure is the Captain variant of the Rogue one Scarif
Shoretrooper. This trooper has three variants in the form of a basic trooper, a
Squad Leader, and a Captain. Only the Trooper and the Squad Leader have been
made as action figures so for the Captain I had to customize a figure. The
Trooper and the Captain have the same body, so all I had to do is some upper
body paintwork to create the Captain. All that was required was the addition of
some blue marking to his breastplate, left shoulder, and left forearm. An
additional yellow band was painted around his left forearm below the blue and
the Captain was complete.
6" Black
Series Rogue One Imperial Stormtrooper Mini-doll
Ever since seeing the screen shots of the Imperial Deathtrooper holding the
small Stormtrooper mini-doll, I had to have one for my display. Of course the
Deathtrooper action figure did not come with this doll so I had to make my own
from scratch. I sculpted the body and head from white Sculpey clay, and made
the arms and legs from sections of white 12 volt electrical wire insulation
tubing. I drilled a hole through the upper torso and the hip area, then
attached the arms and legs by running some thick black sewing thread through
the body and the sections of insulation tubing. The thread was then knotted off
on the ends and tiny hands and feet were sculpted on with Kneadatite and
painted black. The doll ended up being larger than I intended, but oh well, he
still fits the bill. I may make a smaller one sometime in the future.
Heir to the Empire Novel Trilogy
6" Black Series Grand Admiral Thrawn
I have aways wanted to add a Grand Admiral Thrawn figure to my collection and
when Hasbro released the Director Krennic figure, it was the perfect platform
to start from. A few modifications had to be made to the basic figure to get it
ready; The pistol holster and ammo on the belt had to be removed, and the head
had to be remodelled with some new hair. I decided that modifying the face
itself would not be needed since the difference in skin color should be enough
to remove any resemblance to Krennic. For his new haircut, I just shaved off
his existing hair with an xacto knife and sculpted on the new slicked back hair
in it's place.
The shoulder epaulettes had to be custom made using various materials I had
on hand. I started by cutting out two strips of plastic card and rounding them
on one end. After this I sculpted a couple of strips of fringe from some putty
and glued it to the edges of the plastic card. The final touch was the little
strand of cord around the top of each epaulette that I made with some small
braided wire from a picture frame hanging kit. Once complete I painted them
with dark gold and then added a thinned layer of bright gold over the top to
give them a good depth and luster.
Krennic has a slight off-white color to his tunic, so I felt it best to
just repaint the entire body since I wanted him to have a stark white
appearance that would really stand out. At this point I also repainted his rank
badge to the proper colors for a Grand Admiral. Afterwards it was just a matter
of attaching the epaulettes to his shoulders. I did this by drilling small
holes through the end of the epaulettes and down into his shoulders. Some glue
was applied to each shoulder and a shortened straight pin was then pushed
through the hole in each epaulette to pin them in place. The pin heads then
served as the buttons for his epaulettes while helping reinforce the
attachement.
Heir to the Empire Novel Trilogy
Here is another character from the Heir to the Empire novel trilogy. Mara
Jade was a former Imperial Agent that was working for a smuggling group and
much later went on to become the wife of Luke Skywalker. Her clothing changes
quite often thoughout the various stories she is involved in, so I decided on
using the most commonly seem image of her with the black bodysuit and tan cape.
This one is made primarily from Marvel Legends comic book figure parts with
a lot of modification. I used the
body of Mockingbird with the head and arms from Black Widow. In order to remove
the lanky comic book body proportions, I had to shorten both the torso and the
legs. I did this by cutting a section out of the abdomen and reattaching the
parts back together, then sculpting over the gap. The legs are shortened the
same way by removing a section just above the ankles and at the thigh joint.
The feet on this figure were huge so they also had to be ground down to a less
manly proportion. I filled in the exposed cleavage area on her upper torso and
sculpted it into part of her shirt, and also removed the shirt buttons. The
belt was remodeled by adding a lower strap, a couple of pockets and a new belt
buckle. The legs were bulked up slightly and had the ribbed area sculpted onto
the inner thighs. The only modification to the arms was the addition of some
cuffs around the wrists for the gloves. The goggles were leftover from a custom
I made out of a Hera Syndulla figure a while back, with a new strap added. The
cape is a square cut out from a piece of tan cloth and stitched at the neck for
the proper fit. The saber is made from a leftover Rey handle with the blade
from Jaina Solo.
Interlude to Darkknell Short Story
6" Black Series
Imperial Intelligence Director Armand Isard
I made this guy since I always like the image of a red Imperial Officer
uniform, and he is one of only two characters I am aware of that wear this
color. The other character to wear red is his daughter and successor; Isanne
Isard. I would have liked to make her since she is a much more prominent
character, but with no female Officer figures to work with this was out of the
question.
The figure is a relatively simple conversion only requiring the removal of
the gear from his belt and a rearranging of his rank cylinders. I replaced his
head with a figure from the Marvel Legends action figure line and then
repainted the whole figure to the appropriate colors.
Star Wars Fantasy Figure
6" Black Series
Mando Calrissian
This character started out as a spelling auto-correct error on a forum post
in the RebelScum.com message boards and resulted in the custom parody figure
you see below.
He is a simple parts swap of Lando legs and cape
on a Boba Fett body. I turned his belt around backwards to hide those bulky
pouches and added a beer can holster made from pinstripe tape. I added a few
"Easter Eggs" to his costume from a couple of Billy Dee William's
other appearances as the front man for Colt 45 beer, and his "General's
Fried Chicken" commercial from Undercover Brother. The final touch was the
tiny Colt 45 beers cans holstered on his belt that started out as doll house
accessories.
A bit of backstory:
Lando was disgruntled after his time in the rebellion when he realized that
being a rebel just didn't pay, AT ALL. The guy was instrumental in blowing up
the second Death Star and saving the rebellion from total defeat, and all he
got was a big gaudy medal that totally didn't go with his wardrobe. Not even so
much as a kiss on the cheek from Leia. That Sucked! To make matters worse, the
rebellion was a huge sausage party. The only girl he was interested in had just
fallen in love with his best friend. That also Sucked! Added to that, the
rebellion had a strict rule about not drinking on the job, forcing him to give
up his beloved Colt 45. That really Sucked!
After thinking back to his travels, he recalled the massive pay check Boba Fett
got for bringing in Han. He also remembered all those exotic alien females
flirting it up with Boba at Jabba's Palace, and how everyone was totally wasted
all the time and the boss was fine with it. That settled the issue, it was the
life of the Bounty Hunter for Lando. To hell with this saving the galaxy
business, that was no honest living for a scoundrel of his caliber. From now on
it was Beer, Booty, and Bounty Hunting!
Star
Wars Fantasy Figure
6" Black Series BB-66 First Order Utility Droid
Since I had
replaced my Hasbro BB-8 with the Bandai model kit, I decided to give this one a
new life as an First Order version. I wanted him to match up with my other
Imperial droids so I painted him gloss black with some brown details. It was a
simple repaint with not much shading required except on the brown and silver
areas.
Star
Wars Fantasy Figure
6" Black Series WD-4P0 Imperial Interface
Droid
When the Hasbro
3p0 came out, it made a great base for some custom protocol droids. I knew
immediately that I wanted one painted in the same black and brown color scheme
as the Imperial astromechs that I had painted. Since all the other black and
brown droids are used in a repair and maintenance capacity for servicing
Imperial starships, the human technicians and pilots would need a droid that
could translate the astromech's droid language into something they could
understand.
