I had a vision in my head for this Droids Custom - a noble TIE Pilot perched on his crashed TIE Fighter, defending himself against an onslaught of blaster fire. I drew the fighter, but then I struggled with a pose I liked for the pilot. Here's my third failed attempt...
This pose was just lame. Almost Charlie's Angels-ish. I didn't take photos of my first two attempts, but they were just as bad. Sheltering against a TIE Fighter wing is just not a great dynamic thing. So it was time to reimagine my scene...
I present the noble TIE Pilot perched on his crashed TIE Fighter, raining down blaster fire on some unfortunate souls who run away shrieking in terror! (unfortunate souls to be added later)
I'm much happier now. That's a strong pose. I think I've captured the likeness of the action figure in the Droids style. I see this as a really promising start to what could be a great one.
I'm headed to Toy Fair in New York this weekend, so I probably won't have a lot of time to work on any art for next week. But I will have lots and lots of toy photos to share! So see you then!
Regal Robot's latest magnet is the Armorer's Mythosaur Skull from her foundry in the Covert! As seen in the hit Star Wars series, The Mandalorian the "beskar" skull was itself an homage to the skull marking on the armor of iconic bounty hunter, Boba Fett and the beast that legend says lived deep within the Living Waters of Mandalore
These magnetic mini-skulls are cast in solid resin with faux-metal paint and a strong neodymium magnet. Each is cast and hand finished in the company's New York studios and they're available now! Order today on their official Star Wars Decor Page ( https://www.regalrobot.com/starwars-furniture-art-decor/ ) and be sure to check out all of their other offerings from the Mando-verse!
I'm trying to come up with some snappy puns to go along with this article, I've been thinking about it so much at my head hurts, in fact, my brain is Mytha-SORE! Make sure to get in on adding these to your collection. Better to be part of the Besk-ARE's as opposed to the Besk-ARE NOT's. If this skull was lost for some time, does that make where it was located a "Lost and Foundry?"
They say the hardest part of any journey is taking the first step. I don't know that'd I agree with that... I'd think the hardest part of a journey would be when you're well into it, exhausted, and not close enough to the end to see it. But still, the saying illustrates my point...
I don't know if I can legitimately call my marking off a blank sheet with guide lines my "first step" of my Droids Custom TIE Pilot... but it's something. The thing with this one... I have a very clear vision in my head for what I want to do, but I really need to carefully lay it out for it to work. Lots of geometry that I can't screw up. So I wasn't ready to put pencil to paper quite yet. Maybe I'll be able to do that tonight, and have something a bit more exciting to share next week.
Last weekend our street held a neighborhood garage sale. In preparation for that event, I dug through a bunch of boxes in my attic, and I came across some Star Wars stuff I completely forgot about!
I priced all of the piece about 30% below ended eBay auctions, but nobody who stopped by bought anything. So I figured the next thing to do is post on Craig's List!
I posted these yesterday, and so far haven't gotten any offers. So what to do next? Free publicity on my own website!
I was honestly surprised how much some of these things were going for on eBay. Maybe there's something here YOU are interested in!
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Happy shopping!
REDLEG SPICED RUM
It's International Talk Like A Pirate Day again, and I've been saving this review for this very occasion! For more information on International Talk Like A Pirate Day, you can click over to this article I wrote four years ago.
But in the meantime, RUM!
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Over Labor Day weekend I travelled with Star Wars friends to Indiana, to visit other Star Wars friends. Fun event. Lots of conversations. And one conversation worked its way around to my Droids Customs.
Mark Huber, one of my consistent loyal Droids Customs customers, asked which coins I'd be using for Nein Nunb. I told him I planned to use casts of the Millennium Falcon coin. So he was like "Would you consider using a Nein Nunb coin instead?" And I was like "There wasn't a Nein Nunb coin." And he was like "Would you consider using my Nein Nunb coin? Oh yeah... and I also have General Madine!"
Mark and Broc Walker produced custom coins for swag at Star Wars Celebration, ordered from the same factory that made the original Power of the Force coins in 1985. Thing is - when you order coin runs like this, you gotta order A LOT. So Mark had a bunch of leftovers. And he offered to give me enough for my Nein Nunb and Madine runs.
This is all very exciting! Hopefully the primer and gold paint take to these coins as well as they do my cast plastic ones, and I'll be able to offer something genuinely unique. I still have a two other customs to complete before I get to either of those guys, but it's definitely something to look forward to.
My friend Geoff and I went to see the White Sox play over Labor Day weekend because Sunday's game was Star Wars Day and if you bought a special ticket (which we did), it included a special bobblehead of Tim Anderson in Mandalorian armor.
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There will be no "Scarifcon" like there has been in past years, but a couple of us got together for pizza at Moretti's in Rosemont a few weeks ago, right before "Fan Expo Chicago."
The group was much smaller than last year's get-together. There were only 4 of us, myself, my friend Barry, Greg from @RebelBaseCard (his formerly-Twitter, now "X" handle), and Ro from @ScarifPodcast. We had some good food, shared some good stories, and promised we'd all get together again for a meal before year's end.
Greg, Barry, and I all went to "FEC" on Sun, Ro went on Sat because he had to work on Sun. While there, we ran into Todd & Trent of @BLiltpodcast and also @FatherSonGalaxy . I went on Sun because that was the only day Andy Serkis was going to be there. It was a nice time even if I left the con with the start of a cold. It’s always great to hang out with fellow SW fans.
I'm here today with another "What's in the box" unboxing! This time I promise you it's not a box of loose figures. In fact, this is my biggest eBay score in years!
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Last week when I received my big box of FX-7 figures from Atlanta Vintage Toys & Comics, there was one small issue. I had asked that the claw arms of the figures be straight, and a few of them weren't. One of them was actually pretty crooked.
That'd just look bad on a custom, so I figured I'd need to find a replacement. But then maybe not! I've always heard some of these softer plastics have a "memory" and that if you heat them up, they revert to their original shape. I had tried that out once for my IG-88 Droids Custom to success but also failure. The legs straightened, but the torsos got damaged. But given This FX-7 was gonna be junk if I couldn't fix it, I figured why not give it a shot.
This time instead of a rolling boil in a pot on the stove, I just nuked some water for 3 minutes. Then instead of dunking the figure, I just dipped the arm.
And again, it was like magic! I could actually see the arm straighten out in real time. It took all of 7 seconds. Totally freaky.
Now old FX-7 is ready to report for duty as a future Droids Custom! There were a few others that were less severely warped, and they all responded perfectly to the treatment. Now they only question is if they'll stay that way for another 6 months while I produce my TIE Pilot before getting around to FX-7 next year. I'll keep you posted.
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